Grades for Trimester 3 will be posted online by noon today, and will go in the mail on Tuesday.

The June issue of In the Middle is here!

Summer Office Hours and Info: Our hours will be 8 am to 2 pm from June 20 until August 22. Please note that the office and nurse's office will be under construction and the front entrance to AMS will be closed off. If you need to come to AMS in the summer, please enter through the science wing entrance by the jersey barriers. Follow the signs once inside to the temporary summer offices.

Do you have a dog that…Loves a parade, loves people, loves other dogs, and loves to be dressed in red, white and blue?? Then we are looking for you! The theme of Amherst’s 2008 Fourth of July parade is “Our Founding Fathers” and we invite you and your four-legged friend(s) to march with us in the Puppy Parade. On the day of the parade, we will gather at Spaulding Field, the corner of Davis Lane and Foundry Street, at 9:50 am and then join in the parade. If you would like to join us, please contact Mary Beyers at 672-7835 or by email pmselby@verizon.net with your name, telephone number and your dog’s name.

REGISTRATION DAY INFO: All grades, K-12, will hold Registration Day on Monday, August 25, 2008. Grades K-8 will be at Amherst Middle School; grades 9-12 will be at Souhegan High School. Registration takes about a half hour. Hours at AMS are from 8 am to 5 pm. One parent from every family, returning or new, must come to AMS to fill out emergency paperwork and forms that are applicable for the new school year. School calendars and schedules will also be given out. It is not necessary for students to attend.

New Student Orientation Day: Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 8:30 to 11:30.

School begins on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 7:30 AM!

The June issue of the Eagle Express student newspaper is available now!

  If you and your family will be moving out of Amherst for the next school year OR if you plan to send your child to a different school, please send us an email ASAP at ams@sprise.com to let us know, and give us the name of your child and the child's current grade. This will help with our scheduling. Thank you!

Join us for the Amherst Town Library’s Summer Reading Program: VOTE FOR READING! This program runs from June 23 to August 15. Read this summer and win! We have a brand new program designed just for Middle School kids. For every one book read, one Book Buck will be earned. Turn it in for an instant prize or enter the weekly raffle, or use it at the July 14th Book Swap! Win great prizes including gift cards to: iTunes, Toadstool, Cinemagic, Movie Scene, The Homestead, Moulton’s and Wal-Mart. We also have special events planned just for Middle School kids and up. These include a Movie Showing, Guitar Hero Battle and Scrapbooking Session. See our calendar of events at www.amherst.lib.nh.us for more information. We hope to see you at the library this summer!

PTA   PTA needs your help in the fall (yes, the fall!). Please download this PTA volunteer form and sign up to help with activities that begin in September and October.