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.

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 by clicking here. 

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. 

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.

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.

Barnes & Noble Bookfair Fundraiser
Carlsbad's newest school, Poinsettia Elementary School, will be opening August 2007.  Library funding for new schools is limited.  There will be a fundraiser at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, Feb. 10th from 12pm-8pm at 2615 Vista Way, Oceanside.  Chipotle (next door) will provide one free burrito with each stamped receipt during bookfair hours.  A voucher must be presented at the cash register at the time of purchase and a percentage of the net sale will be donated to the Poinsettia School Library.  To obtain a voucher, contact Anna Lozar at 804-0062 or Laryssa Freeman at 271-8362.

Carlsbad Masquerade
This event will be held February 24th from 6PM-Midnight at the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort and will include over 30 sculpture artists from San Diego displaying their art along with food, wine, music. Money raised for the event goes towards the placement and maintenance of significant pieces of art in Carlsbad.  For more information, go to http://outdoorartfoundation.org/events/index.html.

Carlsbad Youth Baseball Sponsorships Available
CYB  has finalized its sponsorship program for the Spring 2007 season.  New this season is the "TEAM" sponsorship level, under which a sponsor can have their company name positioned proudly on the backs of one of our team's uniforms.  For details about the sponsorship program, and to download an application, go to our website (www.carlsbadyouthbaseball.org), and look for the "CYB Offers Team Sponsorships" headline.

AOMS YMCA Winter Sports Season 2/6-3/31
An intermural program designed and managed by the YMCA is being offered to AOMS students. For the Winter session, Basketball and Soccer are being offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4:30PM at a cost of $100 for the Season. Financial Assistance Scholarships are available. Register by calling the YMCA at 760.635.3050 or online at http://ecke.ymca.org. If there are not enough participants registered, the league will be cancelled.