Principal's Message:


Welcome to Anna Middle School!


We are excited to utilize this year's All Rockets Read theme of "Lead with Kindness". This year's book is the "Kindness Diaries" by Leon Logothetis. We have a number of activities planned as we read and watch the TV series that follows his journeys to move around the world on nothing but kindness.


AMS is also utilizing a Social Emotional Learning program called Squabbles. Squabbles has the following objectives/outcomes:

  • Teach students how to apply the common-sense wisdom of the Golden Rule to break free of the bully-victim cycle.

  • Promote the resilience, emotional maturity, and independence that will equip students for facing life’s challenges.

  • Teach students how to handle the broad variety of social challenges they typically encounter, such as verbal bullying, cyberbullying, rumors, social exclusion, relational aggression, physical aggression, and intimidation by adults.

  • Teach school staff simple approaches for reducing aggression among students while enhancing their self-regulation and coping skills.

  • Replace the prevalent, ineffective and time-consuming legalistic approach to bullying with a more effective and efficient psychological/educational approach.

  • Teach students to solve interpersonal problems on their own.



Additionally, here are the State Testing Dates for MS:

    • April 20 & 21, 2023: MS ELA - All 6th, 7th & 8th Graders

    • April 25 & 26, 2023: Science - 8th Grade Only

    • May 2 & 3, 2023: MS Math - All 6th, 7th & 8th Graders

Please be aware that vacation requests will not be approved for these dates.


If you are in need of anything or have questions for me, please contact the MS/HS office.


GO ROCKETS!


Derrick Purtee