AOMS Email Blast


Spelling Bee Results
Congratulations to the following participants in the school wide Spelling Bee: Justin Collins, Kayla Duplak, Jose Rodriquez, Diane Kim, Peicong Dong, Joe Gload, Eliane Coffler, Connie Liu, Janine Chow, Gianluca Pesaresi, Kyle Montiel, Luke St. Marie, Rachel Davis, Jason Wang, Joe Valenzuala, Melissa Lee, and to the school champion--seventh grader Loren Galdiano!! Loren will compete at the San Diego Union-Tribune Countywide Spelling Bee on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. 

Community Forum on Carlsbad High School Task Force Recommendations at AOE February 13th
In response to the upsurge of considerable discussion regarding the preliminary recommendations of the High School Task Force, the AOE PTA will be hosting a community forum on Tuesday, Feb 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the AOE auditorium.  In attendance will be Kelli Moors, President, CUSD Board of Trustees and Dr. John Roach, Superintendent.  The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for interested community members to discuss the issues at hand so that those comments/concerns can be shared with other CUSD board members.  In addition, these members of the school board will discuss what the process will entail in the next few months. This will be an AOE PTA sponsored event. 

Champagne Tasting Fundraiser Feb 9th
Wine Street, one of our FAME Wine Festival sponsors, is holding a Champagne Tasting on Friday, Feb 9th as part of a pre-Wine Festival fundraiser.  $5 of each $25 ticket and 10% of all sales will go to FAME. For more information, click
here.

Barnes & Noble Fundraiser Feb 10th
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 12 - 8pm at 2615 Vista Way, Oceanside.  Chipotle (next door) will provide one free burrito with each stamped receipt during book fair 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.

Spring Musical 3/1-3/3
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.

Don't Miss This Years' "Come To the Cabaret" 3/30
A showcase of talents of AOMS students and staff is being presented Friday, March 30th for two shows only at 6:00 and 7:30 PM. Reserved Seats are $20 per person with a  limited number sold.  General Seating is $10 per person on a first come basis. Ticket order forms are available in the AOMS office or by clicking here. General Seating Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office prior to each show. All proceeds benefit the AOMS Drama Department.


Come Join Us at a YES Meeting!
Carlsbad Youth Enrichment Services (Yes) is a networking group that meets once a month in the Barrio in Carlsbad on Roosevelt Street across from Lolas Market. YES has been meeting for the past ten years to collaborate with other agencies in Carlsbad and the surrounding areas in the area of youth Development.  The Guest speaker at their next meeting Wednesday, February 21, 2007 will be Kelli Moors, President CUSD School Board. Mrs. Moors will be giving an overview of the progress that is happening with Prop P up to this point. The meetings are always the third Wednesday of each month at noon and last only 1 hour. Lunch is also provided.  If you have any questions please call Rosemary Eshelman at 331-5362. Please join us and be informed.

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.

AYSO Matrix La Costa Competitive Soccer
 is holding tryouts Feb. 13 & 15 for BU11, GU12, & GU13 at Aviara Community Park. For more information visit our website at
www.ayso-lc.org.

Three Lions Intl FC Soccer Tryouts
Director of coaching Martyn Hansford presents a professional competitive soccer program. Utilizing English & Dutch coaching philosophies and techniques, the program is fully focused on player and team development by challenging all players to become skilled, confident, and passionate soccer players.  Please refer to their website at
www.fitnessunique.com and come join the Three Lions International FC in Try outs on February 12th - 15th at Calavera Middle School.

Get Ready for Summertime Fun
Water Wise Swim School is offering professional swimming lessons and swimming development (great preparation for Jr. Lifeguard tryouts!!!!) throughout the year in a warm-water indoor pool in Carlsbad. Our next session starts in April (register from Feb 17-Mar 3). Extra classes have been added to meet demand but spots fill up quickly. See our website www.waterwiseswimschool.com for more information or call 
Jeff Prior, Program Director Water Wise Swim School at 760.216.SWIM.

JP'S Surf Camp Would Love to See You this Summer
JP's Surf Camp is a camp where surfing takes place in a safe, well-staffed, instructional environment where wonderful friendships are created amongst surfers in appreciating and respecting our oceans. Located in beautiful Carlsbad at Frazee State Beach, JP's Surf Camp offers children through adults the opportunity to learn how to surf or better their surfing ability in a small group environment of 9 surfers per session. JP's Surf Camp maintains a 3 to 1 instructor to student ratio with 3 instructors on staff. All instructors are CPR and first aid certified.  Small group instruction provides students with more individual attention and a safer environment in which to learn surfing. To register or for questions, please contact us at (949) 547-2088 or visit our website at www.jpssurfcamp.com.

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.

 

Upcoming Events:
2/7: Band & Orchestra Restaurant Night at Pat & Oscars, download form here
2/9: Champagne Tasting benefiting FAME
2/13: Forum on High School Task Force at AOE, 6:30PM
2/16: Holiday No School
2/19: Holiday No School
2/22: AOE Ruby's Restaurant Night
2/23: Deadline for 8th Grade Ads
2/25: KAWAM A Night with Hollywood

Playground Partners Game Schedule
2/8:
6th & 7th Grade Lunch: flag football;  8th Grade Lunch: Basketball Shoot
Around
2/13: 6th & 7th Grade Lunch: lacrosse;  8th Grade Lunch: 3 Flys Up

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all of you who sponsored Ms. Decosmo on her Carlsbad Half Marathon on Sunday, January 21st.  She was able to raise over $800 for the AOMS Art Department!  Thank you for continuing to support the arts at our school!  It is greatly appreciated! 

AOMS Art Calendar Price Slashed!
Barnes and Noble does it, Borders does it, and now AOMS is doing it!  The AOMS Art calendars are now on sale for just $10.  There's still time to enjoy the artwork of AOMS students.  The calendars are on sale in the AOMS office and from Ms. Decosmo in 1303.  Get one today!


A Night with Hollywood
Kids Are Worth A Million is having their 2nd Annual Academy Night at the
Ultra Star Theater, 6941 El Camino Real, Carlsbad on Sunday, Feb. 25th.
Come walk the red carpet, have a delicious dinner and watch the awards on the big screen!  Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by contacting the Carlsbad Educational Foundation office at 929-1555.


Become a PTSA Committee Chair!
Do you want to be involved in your child's Middle School experience?  Consider joining the PTSA!  Contact Kellie Dunn at
kellied@ix.netcom.com or 212-0217.

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! Information is available on our web site here.  Checks can be made payable to AOMS yearbook. Any questions, please contact Ms. Standley at 331-6123.


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.

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.

E-mail Notifications & Submissions
Please limit submissions to 80 words and PDF files to 200K max! If you are an outside organization, you must contact Libby Knapp (
lfbknapp@sdcoe.k12.ca.us) first at the Carlsbad District office for CUSD approval prior to review by AOMS administration. To find out more about submitting announcements to the email blast, visit http://aviaraoaksmiddle.com/contact.htm.

Outside Organizations are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Carlsbad Unified School District. The District's policy is to permit distributional flyers as a community service.

STAY INFORMED - BE INVOLVED!
Dana Love AOMS PTSA Volunteer Communications Coordinator