Arlington Middle School

Last Day of ACS Camp Explore. The middle school students and teachers had an adventurous time. 🐅 💙

8th Grade Parents: If you would like a copy of your student's spring Aimsweb screener report, please email Dr. Ducey, Supervisor of Accountability Support, at [email protected].

Thanks, and have a great summer! 😊

Yayyyy Dr. Sauls!!!!!

🎉 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬, 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢. 🎉

Dr. Sauls joins the administrative team for the 2024-2025 school year and will serve alongside Principal Shannon Blackburn and Assistant Principals Jonathan Hawkins and Jason Reed. This new role will let each assistant principal focus on one grade level, helping Principal Blackburn and the administrative team better understand and support the needs of teachers and students at each level.

With a diverse background in teaching and school and district-level administration, Dr. Sauls spent more than a decade in administrative roles before joining AMS. She held leadership positions within the Corinth School District in Mississippi, including her most recent role as the Science Curriculum Specialist. There, she played a pivotal part in supporting schools by implementing science curriculum, developing tailored lesson plans and leading teacher training sessions on a variety of professional development topics. As an assistant principal in Corinth, a position she held for seven years, Dr. Sauls also demonstrated strong supervisory skills, overseeing grade-level instruction, policy development and student discipline, where she focused on implementing supportive measures and corrective actions to ensure students’ future success. She also once served as the administrator over the Alcorn County Juvenile Detention Center and the Corinth School District Alternative School.

Dr. Sauls is no stranger to the classroom! She brings 14 years of teaching experience from Tupelo and Clinton, Mississippi schools, where she taught a range of subjects including high school Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Genetics, and Physical Science. She’s also a former, long-time cheer coach.

“Dr. Sauls will bring the perfect blend of administrative expertise and classroom insight to her new role,” said Principal Shannon Blackburn. “Her extensive administrative experience leading up to her time at AMS proves she has a wealth of knowledge and expertise that will help facilitate student growth and achievement. She’s already engrained in Arlington Middle’s culture, and I’m confident this familiarity with the school and community will further benefit the students and staff.”

“I love the children and seeing them grow throughout the year,” Dr. Sauls said. “It’s been a wonderful experience coming back into a school building where I’m able to interact with the students because it really is all about them. Returning to administration brings me right back to what I believe is the best of both worlds, and that is helping guide students through their school journey while providing as much support to teachers as I possibly can.”

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬: She and her husband, Johnny, enjoy spending quality time with their three children and three grandchildren. Before moving to the Memphis-Metro, her family lived on a farm in Corinth, where they took advantage of the farm life with pet donkeys, pigs, chickens, cats and dogs. Although they’ve left the farm (and donkeys and pigs) behind, they still find joy with their cats and dogs.

Dr. Sauls will begin her new position when administrators return to school in July.

8th grade math got to solve some Outdoor Classroom opportunities through using the Pythagorean Theorem and Volume formulas last week!

This has been a true labor of love for the past few years. We are so excited to start using it!

Arlington Middle Boys Basketball Summer team tryout details announced!

NOTE: Required paperwork must be submitted through our online FinalForms system before being able to tryout. Physicals must be dated April 15th or later, for all returners or newcomers. See attached Final Forms info. Please email Coach Duncan ([email protected]) with any questions.

Final Forms info - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sUUu3irXZfY_81f3kJIlK8JYXgz3wQPj?usp=drive_link

Register for Tryout - https://forms.office.com/r/9qe3naZ8nY

Thank you for supporting our teachers!

Please join us in welcoming our new girls soccer coach Emily Land! Go Tigers!
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As a resident of Arlington for 12 years and an Arlington High School teacher for the last 16, my husband Chris, our children Justin and Elizabeth, and I have been closely tied to this great community for over a decade.

Soccer has been a part of my life since I started playing at the age of five. By my teens, I was playing competitive soccer in and around Memphis, and for Collierville High School, where I was on the varsity roster all 4 years. As a junior, I was recruited to play Division 1 soccer at UT Martin after graduation where I played wing midfield during my college career. As an adult, I’ve successfully coached soccer in the community for several years and during that time, have held an almost perfect record with only one loss and one tie to 30+ wins.

Since I am a long-time teacher at AHS and am personally familiar with high school soccer and our current players, one of my top priorities as head coach at the middle school will be to cultivate a seamless and authentic connection to the program here at AHS. I will be working with AHS’ Coach Duncan Nichol to develop players in middle school that will be powerful and impactful assets to the team when they reach the high school level and beyond. I’m excited for the opportunity to grow this program in a direction that is beneficial for the girls I’ll get to coach, the Arlington community, and the legacy of the ACS soccer family.

iPad collection begins this week: 8th grade - May 9, 7th grade - May 10, & 6th grade - May 14. See below for details.

Yesterday was Swap Day for Purple Up for Military Kids Week where students dressed like their favorite teacher and teachers dressed up as students. It was so much fun.

Don't forget it's Purple Up week for military kids!

Welcome to AMS Ms. Blackburn! We are so excited to welcome you as our newest 🐅 Tiger 💙💛💙💛

Shannon Blackburn selected as Arlington Middle School principal Currently an assistant principal at Houston High, Blackburn has held positions a principal and a K-12 instructional support supervisor focused on data and growth.

AMS has the BEST paras out there!! Thank you for all you do tigers 💙💛💙💛

We LOVE our librarian! Thank you Robin Finley for all you do for our school and young readers! You are the best ❤️❤️. Happy School Librarians Day.

Reminder: Tomorrow is Parent Q&A Night for AMS Rising 8th grade parents @6-7PM in the cafe.

Tickets for the 8th grade dance will be on sale this week (March 18th-22nd) during 8th grade lunch. Tickets are $40 and permission slips MUST be filled out and turned in no later than March 22nd. Tickets will not be sold at the door so this will be your opportunity to purchase your tickets. Tickets can be paid with cash or checks (payable to AMS PTSA). Be sure to get your ticket this week…this is something your graduate doesn’t want to miss!!!

The Arlington Middle School Dance Team will be holding clinic and tryouts for the 2024 – 2025 school year. The clinic will be April 1st and 2nd, with the tryout on April 3rd. Tryout packets can be found in the AMS office. Packets will also be available at Arlington and Donelson Elementary Schools. Please review as there are documents that have to be signed and submitted prior to the first day of clinic. Go Tigers.

ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ꜰᴏʀ ɪᴛ?…. 𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦

📣𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: bit.ly/AMSCheerTryout

📣𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼: https://acstigersathletics.com/2024/03/03/ams-cheer-tryouts/

Spring Pictures are March 22! Don't wear green :)