Join us in the fun as we celebrate Homecoming with Spirit Week dress up days!
All high school students are invited to celebrate Homecoming at the Mardi Gras Masquerade following the Homecoming game!
Homecoming is just around the corner! Join us @ Home on Tuesday, February 7th as we take on Southern Coffey County! The Altoona-Midway 2023 Winter Homecoming King and Queen Candidates are:
Kyra O'Connor and Brandon Johnson, Karissa Cook and Harley Lopeman, Julia Hall and Blaine Collins,
Kaylene Dorsey and Caden Crawford, & Ava Hufford and Andy Tiger.
We are wishing good luck to our middle school basketball teams as they travel to Altamont tomorrow to finish out their season with the MBL Tournament! Good luck Jets!
Congratulations to our middle school basketball teams, who both ended up with victories last night, and a special thanks to our middle school cheerleaders for cheering our teams on! #itsagreatdaytobeajet
AMMS MBL Tournament Schedule
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Altamont, Kansas
5:00 PM AMMS Girls vs. Elk Valley (Altamont Elementary)
6:00 PM AMMS Boys vs. Chetopa (Harrison HS Gym)
6:00 PM AMMS Girls vs. Chetopa (Altamont Elementary)
8:00 PM AMMS Boys vs. Elk Valley (Harrison HS Gym)
Tomorrow is RED MONDAY. Wear your Chiefs Gear!
One of the greatest barriers schools currently face is recruiting and retaining teaching staff. School districts are increasingly looking at four day school weeks to attract teachers. Altoona-Midway is considering this option for next school year. A folder containing several articles and research reports about four day schools is posted in the documents section of the district website. (Direct link below.) Within the next few days we will post a survey asking if you think we should consider adopting the four day school week. The USD 387 Board of Education will consider the results of that survey as well as a district staff survey when they discuss the possibility of a four day school week for next year. We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of the information presented, and look forward to your participation in the upcoming survey.
Direct link here: https://www.usd387.org/docu.../4-day-week-information/409972
Middle school basketball plays Edna @ Home tomorrow at 5:00!
Go Jets!!!
All after school activities are canceled for today. No Grant activities or practices.
Notice: due to weather, tonight’s high school basketball game has been cancelled.
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Activities for the week of January 23, 2023
Monday-
MS/HS 21st Century Grant Activities 3:20-4:25 PM
AMMS Girls basketball at St. Patricks, (Parsons) 5:00
Tuesday-
AMES 21st Century Grant Activities 3:20-4:25 PM
AMHS Basketball at home vs. Southeast 5:00
Wednesday-
AMES WILD Wednesday 3:15-4:25
MS/HS 21st Century Grant Activities 3:20-4:25 PM
Thursday-
AMES 21st Century Grant Activities 3:20-4:25 PM
AMMS basketball @ home vs. Edna
Friday-
AMHS Basketball at Pleasanton 5:00 PM
Saturday-
HS Forensics at Neodesha 7:15 AM
Reminder: USD #387 will be dismissing at 3:00 PM today. Have a great weekend!
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023
ALTOONA-MIDWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
OSWEGO – It was a rough night on the hardwoods for the Altoona-Midway Middle School basketball teams as they dropped a pair of games to Oswego here Tuesday.
The Indians rolled to a 51-4 victory in the boys’ contest, while in girls’ action, the Lady Jets were on the short end of a 45-8 final score.
The AMMS squads will be on the road again Thursday, traveling to Mound Valley. Those games were originally slated as home games but had to be moved due to the Milburn G. Apt Memorial Tournament hosted by the high school.
AMMS Boys
Altoona-Midway (0-8) had tough time finding any offense in a 51-4 loss against Oswego. The Jets did get two points each from Chance Mustain and Zach Good. Chance Carter pulled down 12 rebounds for AMMS and also recorded three blocks.
“It was an uphill battle before the opening tip. Oswego was just an older, bigger, and faster team. But our kids never gave up and fought hard until the final buzzer,” said Altoona-Midway head coach David Batzer.
“His shots weren’t falling, but Chance Carter was doing a good job passing out of the double team down low. He is starting to see the court better, and had our only assist of the night.
“Overall the boys are starting to try to attack the basket better,” Batzer said. “Chance Mustain was able to get to the rim for a couple of shots tonight, and Zach Good is getting better at penetrating the lane and finding the open man. Now our younger players need to build up enough confidence to take that open shot. Despite the loss I’m really proud of the team for never giving up.”
AMMS Girls
In the girls’ game, Oswego raced to an 18-2 lead after one period and never looked back, winning 45-8.
Altoona-Midway (1-6) finished the game with four points from Bella Douglas, three from Sandra Morales, and one point from Destiny Raymond. Douglas and Raymond are sixth-graders and Morales is a seventh-grader.
“The girls played strong the whole game and never gave up,” noted AMMS head coach Amanda Odell. “We actually ran the offense better than we have all season.
“Each girl individually has improved so much, now we just need to work on playing together; it will come,” Odell added.
Morales also hauled down six rebounds for the Lady Jets.
Trimble knocked down 13 points for Oswego while Schultz added 11 and Trimble 10 for the Lady Indians.
Due to early home basketball games, we will be releasing students at 3:00 PM Jan. 19 & 20, 2023.
To view our boys game: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=liberty%20home%20school%20alliance
All games from the Milburn G. Apt Memorial Tournament this week will be broadcasted on the NFHS network. Subscription is required. www.nfhs.com
A note from the school nurse.......
Middle School Cheerleaders are selling Krispy Kreme Donuts! Please let Ms. Parra or a MS cheerleader know if you would like any! You can also comment on this post with how many you would like
and Ms. Parra will add you to the list.
• $14 a dozen original glazed
• All orders and payments due by February 10th
• Donuts can be picked up at the Altoona-Midway Middle/High School on February 16th and 17th.
📣📣 Thank you for the support! 📣📣
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Activities for the week of January 16, 2023
It's Tournament Week!
Monday-
No School
Tuesday-
High School Basketball Tournament at home 4:00 PM
Middle School Basketball at Oswego 7:00 PM
Wednesday-
4th thru 8th grade Spelling Bee 12:30 PM
Thursday-
High School Basketball Tournament at home 4:00 PM
Middle School Basketball at Mound Valley 4:00 PM
Friday-
High School Basketball Tournament at home 4:00 PM
Saturday-
No activities scheduled
