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May 2014
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AMS Student Council Supports Relay for Life
By Jennifer Beasley, Student Council Sponsor
During the last week in
April, the AMS Student
Council raised money for
Relay for Life by selling
colorful wristbands to commemorate the annual event.
With 60 members on the
Council, each member will
receive 10 wristbands to sell
for a minimum of $2. Members will be in competition
with one another to raise the
most money, so they will
hope to receive more than
just the minimum donation.
The member raising the most
money at the end of the week
(April 21-25) will win a
Samsung Galaxy tablet,
donated for the cause by
Arlington Computers.
The students designed the
wristbands, in part, and the
group voted on the favorite
design. We hope that these
wristbands will be a symbol
of the solidarity our school
feels with the community
and this important event for
victims of cancer and their
families.
Results of the
fundraiser will be published
in the June issue of The
View.
In addition, the Student
Council will begin the election campaign for our 201415 officers. The week after
TCAP officer candidates will
campaign for votes and
AMS Donates to Food Bank with Kids Kan
By Susan Smith, Beta Club Sponsor
present speeches for those
positions in front of the
student body. 6th and 7th
graders will cast their ballots
for each office, and these
elected officers will take over
for the current officer board
consisting of:
President
Thomas Scott; Vice President Taylor Dempsey; Secretary Miya Burt; Treasurer
Landon Williams; and Historian Meredith Ewen. The
Student Council looks forward to honoring our current
officers and installing the
newly elected officers in a
formal ceremony on Friday,
May 16th, to close out the
school year.
Summer Reading
Registration
Begins Saturday, May 31, 2014 at
the Sam T. Wilson Public Library
11968 Walker Street, Arlington
901-867-1954
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” — Margaret Fuller
Summer Reading participants must have a Sam T. Wilson Library Card.
Kids Kan is sponsored by
the AMS Beta Club. This is
a county-wide project to
benefit the Memphis Area
Food Bank. Kids Kan, 2014
was a huge success! AMS
donated 17,506 items/money
to the Memphis Food Bank.
This was the first year we
accepted money in lieu of
cans since the Food Bank
suggested that idea to us. We
know that AMS is a very
giving school and that was
Keegan Fong Named State
Geographic Bee Semifinalist
Keegan Fong, 7th grade
student at Arlington Middle
School, was selected by the
National Geographic Society
as one of the semifinalists
eligible to compete in the
2014 T