AMS Multimedia On The WEB

Students Create Web Pages

by Greg Friesen | April 6, 2009

Alliance Middle School multimedia students have been busy creating their own web pages.  Many of today's students are active on the web using sites like Facebook or MySpace.   Mr. Friesen's advanced Multimedia students have been . . . read more

Red Ribbon Week

Poster Contest Winners announced

by Greg Friesen | October 31, 2008

This week Alliance Middle School celebrated Red Ribbon Week to encourage students to be drug-free. A poster competition was held with the winners being selected on Thursday, Oct. 23rd. The winning posters will be displayed in front of . . . read more

5th Graders Off to a Good Start!

Mrs. McCaffrey's Student's Tour AMS

by Rita Moravek | August 28, 2006

Mrs. McCaffrey's 5th Graders begin their year by touring Alliance Middle School and meeting all the people they may see in their day.  Mrs. McCaffrey has a Hawaiian theme this year and students were decked out as they traveled all . . . read more 1

I'm the Shortest Tailed Monkey!!

Who Am I?

by JoEllen Underwood | March 14, 2007

Each year 6th grade science students at AMS do an endangered species report. As part of my student mentor job, I'm working with the first period science students and they wanted me to do a report. Mrs. Hanson, 6th grade science teacher, . . . read more 1

Trading Spaces...AMS Style

by Audrey Hanson | April 18, 2006

Recently 6th grade Social Studies teacher Mrs. Cody and 6th grade Science teacher Mrs. Hanson traded classrooms and subjects for a day. Mrs. Cody spent Thursday, March 16, in the Science classroom preparing the students for a visit from . . . read more

March Maddness Comes to AMS

by Alan Van Tilburg | March 16, 2006

Alliance -- In honor of March Madness, Mr. Van Tilburg's United States History classes played History Hoops to review for the Chapter 17 Test. Mr. Van Tilburg frequently plays History Hoops during the basketball season to review for tests. . . . read more

Ready, Set, Dinner!

by Krestie Tolstedt | October 30, 2006

Eighth graders in Mrs. Tolstedt's Advanced Family and Consumer Science class recently completed a module entitled, "Dinner Time". The module addressed issues families deal with when planning menus on a daily basis. Students . . . read more

Bilingual Aide Provides Many Services at AMS

by Valerie Vander Schaaf | January 26, 2006

The Alliance Middle School has a new member on their team. Ruth Escamilla has joined the staff as a bilingual aide for the English as a Second Language Program. Ruth previously worked as a family service worker for Panhandle Community . . . read more 2

FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGISTS RETURN TO CLASSROOM!

by Julie Cody & JoEllen Underwood | January 3, 2005

Indy & Jonesy, infamous archaeologists, aka Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Cody, are making their second out of three appearances in the 6th grade social studies classes. Each skit deals with the subject under discussion in the social studies . . . read more 2

Decorations for Iraq

by Jody Mischnick | December 6, 2004

8th grade students at Alliance Middle School are getting ready for Christmas a bit early. They have been making paper chains to adorn the living quarters of Zach Pryor and his fellow corpsmen and marines serving in Iraq. Each student . . . read more 1

AMS Homepage Index

February 17, 2004

Click below to access the AMS Homepage AMS HomePage AMS Teaching Staff: Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cody, Mrs. Custer, Mr. Custer, Mrs. Dietrich, Mr. Folchert, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. French, Mr. Friesen, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Hannaford, Mrs. Hartman, . . . read more 1

ASPN Presents History Hoops

(Alliance Sports Programming Network)

Alan Van Tilburg | January 31, 2006

A special installment of History Hoops was presided over by the elusive though hugely famous Vanilla VT. Hey! Ho! Vanilla stopped by to hold court with ESPN's rendition of Jock Jams playing in the background as 8th grade students answered . . . read more

Mr. Taylor Serving As Student Teacher For 8th Grade United States History

Alan VanTilburg | April 11, 2005

Mr. Ted Taylor, from Chadron State College is working with Mr. Van Tilburg during April and part of May in United States History as a student teacher. Mr. Taylor is from Ogallala and is the son of two former educators. Mr. Taylor brings a . . . read more

What We Face in Math

by Diana French | October 14, 2004

Recently, Mrs. French's math classes further studied symmetry by doing a bilateral facial symmetry project in the computer lab. Pictures were taken of each student. Each student then used their own picture to test their facial symmetry by . . . read more 1

Alternative Room Studies Motion + Design

by Stephanie Van Tilburg | March 15, 2006

Students in Kelly Sloan and Stephanie Van Tilburg's middle school alternative class recently designed vehicles using K*nex toys in a hands-on study in Motion + Design. Prior to building the vehicles, the students studied balance, . . . read more