Welcome to the Asheville Middle School PTO Web Site

We hope you will be able to find information useful to you and your student(s) on this site. Please contact us with any suggestions for how we can make this site more relevant to your needs.

PTO NEWS!

NEW ISSUE OF COUGAR TRACKS IS HERE!
Click here to view Winter 2010 Edition
FREE WEBINAR SERIES FOR PARENTS! Webinars are interactive presentations or workshops that are done over the internet.  Once registered each participant will receive instructions on how to log on. Each participant is at his or her own computer and can see the presentation on the screen and listen over the phone.  You can ask questions either over the phone or through your computer.  Even if you don’t have access to a computer you can listen in over the phone.  Participants will be provided with a toll free number to call in.  Materials will be sent prior to the workshop.  Join us for our next webinar.

Session I:
Five Things You Need to Know Before the School Year Ends
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11:00 am – 12 noon or 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Session II:
Preparing You Child for Testing
Thursday, March 18, 2010
11:00 am – 12 noon or 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Session III:
Discipline With Love
Thursday, March 25, 2010
11:00 am – 12 noon or 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Staff Development Webinar — Why Don’t They Come?
 Strategies to increase effective parental involvement at school and home.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
3:00 pm  - 4:00 pm

To register for these Webinars, or for more information please call
Terri at 1-866-740-4135 at ext 12

*** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED *** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ***

  • The Media Specialist has asked for parent volunteers to assist in shelving books in the library. If you can help please call the school for more details. 350-6200
  • Asheville Middle School is in need of parents to volunteer as proctors for the upcoming EOG testing in May. The dates are May 11, 12, and 13. If you are available any or all of these dates and would like to volunteer as a proctor, please contact Assistant Principal Gerii Jackson at AMS (350-6200) or email her at gerii.jackson@asheville.k12.nc.us
What is your young teen going to do after school next year? Listening to Our Teens Network, a project of Asheville City Schools Foundation, is offering a campus of high quality after school programs at Asheville Middle School starting Fall 2010. We offer students variety and choice from a menu of engaging programs.

Click here to see a video of the program model http://www.edutopia.org/pasa-after-school-program-video

Do you want to see it happen? Please contact Hanna Woody and see how you can become a Parent Advocate for Teens and make this vision a reality.

Hanna Woody
Hanna.woody@asheville.k12.nc.us
828-350-6135
Asheville City Schools Foundation

Need more information? Click Here for a history of LTOT Network http://www.acsf.org/listening-project.htm
The Cougar Cause Campaign (Stay-At-Home Fundraiser) is underway.  Sponsored by PTO, it is the only fundraiser PTO conducts during the year.  Donate what you can…no selling!  Send in your donation in the self-addressed envelope that came in the mail.  Funds raised will help teachers and students by filling in the gaps not covered by our school’s budget.  Need a fundraiser flyer?  Stop by the front office and pick one up.
PTO Volunteers Needed – Do you have time and talents to offer the PTO this year?  We need you!  Please contact one of the PTO representatives to join the volunteer effort at AMS.  Jobs big and small are available to meet your availability!  See the “Contact Info” section of this website for a complete listing of current volunteers.