UCI Academic Talent Search
UC Irvine is conducting its annual Academic Talent Search for academically talented youth in grades 6 through 10. UCI Academic Talent Search is a two-fold testing program primarily designed to identify students with extraordinary mathematical and/or verbal reasoning abilities and assist participants in their placement in pre-college programs.  Additionally, ATS offers students the opportunity to sharpen their test-taking skills in preparation for the SAT Reasoning Test and the PSAT, which is the basis for the National Merit Scholarship awards. Eligible students are those who have been identified as gifted through a school or district GATE/Honors program or who have scored at least at the 90th percentile on a standardized grade-level achievement test. Please contact Mr. Kalk at the AOMS office to receive a brochure or visit www.admissions.uci.edu/ats/ to apply.

Attn: 8th grade Parents - Yearbook Ads Available
Your child is about to successfully complete his or her middle school career. What a better way to congratulate the graduate than a congratulatory message in the yearbook?  Be a part of this exciting new tradition by reserving your ad space today. Ad pages are limited so please plan ahead. All ads are business card sized and are available for $25.  Submit your order form, $25 payment and all ad photos and text to Ms. Standley by February 23rd to reserve your space. The deadline of February 23 is set in stone due to our production schedule!  Eighth graders will be getting a handout and order form in their SSR class; the information is also available on our web site here.  Checks can be made payable to AOMS yearbook. Any questions, please contact Ms. Standley at 331-6123.

San Diego Union-Tribune Countywide Spelling Bee
The AOMS Spelling Bee for 7th grade and 8th grade students will be held on Friday, February 2nd from 1:10 to 2: 10. Parents, along with the student body, are welcome to attend the assembly in the gym.  The school winner will participate at the County level on Tuesday, March 13.

2007/2008 Transfer Request Procedures
Applications are required yearly for any student not attending their neighborhood school inside or outside our district boundaries.  Families who are currently attending Aviara Oaks Middle School on a transfer, must also apply annually.  Approval will be granted if student maintains satisfactory attendance, citizenship, maintains at least a 2.0 or higher GPA each grading period and adequate room exists at our school. Transfer applications are accepted at the District Office and school site.  All applications MUST be turned in by March 30, 2007.  No exceptions. 

Spring Musical
Tickets are on sale for the AOMS Drama Department presentation of "Annie Jr., at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center located next to Carlsbad High School. There will be 3 shows only: Thursday, March 1st, 2007 at 7 pm; Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 7 pm, and Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 at 2 pm. You may pre-order your tickets through the AOMS Drama Boosters now through Friday, February 23, 2007. Ticket Pre-order forms are available in the AOMS office and on our web site by clicking here.  All pre-ordered tickets will be held in "Will Call" at the ticket office for pick up on the performance date you select. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the box office prior to each performance.

New High School Task Force Prelim Recommendation
The Carlsbad Unified School District is seeking your input on the preliminary recommendation of the New High School Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of parents, teachers, support staff and administrators who have met over a five month period and considered information on exemplary highs schools, visited high schools with curricular specializations and other unique features, reviewed parent perspectives via web and phone surveys, and reviewed student perspectives from essays.  Please visit the District Website to read the recommendation here and provide feedback to The Task Force. Feedback is due by January 31st.

Gently Used Books Needed!
CHS student Clay Johnson is collecting "gently used" books, grades K-6th for his Boy Scout Eagle Project for the new Poinsettia Elementary School Library.  Books can be dropped off at the Cole and Dove Library from Feb. 1st - Feb. 8th in the Children's Room.  Clay has collected 2,500 books and needs 500 more to reach his goal.  For more information, contact Clay at clayj90@gmail.com.

Lightning Soccer Competitive Tryouts 2/ 19-2/24
Do you want to take your soccer game to the next level?  Come tryout with the top club in North County. For more info, go to our website www.lightningsoccerclub.com.

Teen Trips from Magdalena YMCA
Are you looking for something to do with your friends on your weekend and days off from school?  How about going to Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Mammoth Mountain, K1Speed, Ultra Zone, or Ice Skating?  These are all trips the YMCA has set up FOR YOU! For more information please contact Jay Anguiano, Teen Coordinator at the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA @ 942 9622 ext. 1404. 

CYB Registration
Carlsbad Youth Baseball will begin its spring season soon, and time is running out to sign up. Registration forms can be downloaded from the CYB website here. Tryouts for the spring season will be held on January 13th and 20th. For
locations and times, see the website.