• We believe in STEM for ALL . . .

    We believe that our school is different from other schools based on these key characteristics – collaboration, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, along with a key connection to the community.  At AMS, we want our students to not only collaborate with each other but also with their teachers and the community beyond the walls at AMS.  We want them to talk, listen, and learn by collaborating together. This includes community shareholders, business partners as well as the school community.  We want our students to communicate with each other and the community by providing embedded opportunities by teaching the students how to talk/collaborate with accountable talk.  AMS teachers collaborate on projects that span cross-curricular, embed the four “C’s” and the Tiger Design Process into these projects.  It’s one thing to grow as an individual; it’s another thing to grow together as a group.  We want our school to model that same effective communication with our students, district, and community at large. 

    We want our students to be able to solve problems that do not even exist yet and to find multiple solutions. Through innovative thinking and problem solving, we encourage our students to believe that all problems are worth solving.  Along with this, we believe that students should be challenged with problems that will allow them to experience and learn from failure, and through failure, truly learn and iterate until a solution is obtained. This has become a part of the pathos that makes Arlington Middle School what it is.  We believe that by providing STE(A)M and problem-solving practices, we are equipping our students for the future. 

     

  • Prepping for Their Future, Not Ours

    AMS uses cutting-edge technology and innovative practices to meet the potential of all its students by helping them become effective collaborators and communicators, critical and creative thinkers, as well as problem-solvers. In this ever-changing technological world, we recognize we must prepare our students for their future, not ours.  Through the use of STE(A)M-based practices, teachers can regularly make experiences available to all students regardless of their starting points, empowering all students to open doors and walk into opportunities.  Preparing students for the future is no small task, and AMS has made a commitment to STEM practices for all students in order to tackle this challenge.  With this commitment, students are able to take a STEM course all three years they attend AMS as well as experience STEM-based practices in their other courses.   ​

    • An Outdoor Classroom

      The brainchild of a group of AMS students, we have been working to create an outdoor space for our Tigers to learn and create. This year, a group of students even got to begin the heavy lifting and put together several raised beds for this classroom to begin to come to life. We cannot wait to see it completed and see our students and teachers enjoying their hard work.