March 2, 2023
You might think with two parents for teachers that Martha Street, 6 th grade Language Arts teacher on the Cascades team, was destined to become one herself, but she insists other...

March 2, 2023
Jeff Multanen is the 6th grade math teacher on the Siskiyou team here at AMS. In his 12 th year, Jeff taught Health and PE when he was first hired in 2011 and has taught Math for...

February 21, 2023
For 19 years, as our Special Education Language Arts Resource Teacher here at Ashland Middle School, Greg Hanzel has been motivated by the question, “What can I do that’s going to...

February 9, 2023
Although this is Jarrett Davidson’s first year at Ashland Middle School, it seems as if it were just a matter of time before he became an art teacher in the Ashland School Distric...

January 27, 2023
This is Daniel Otte’s 12 th year of teaching science at Ashland Middle School. His passion for teaching science and astronomy, in particular, are evident in a career dedicated to...


January 23, 2023
Austin Wallace is the kind of staff member every administrator wants on their staff. In his 8 years at AMS, he has served in multiple capacities—as Language Arts teacher on the As...

January 11, 2023
Samantha McMillan is a 6th Grade Science & Social Studies teacher on the Siskiyous team here at Ashland Middle School. Born and raised in Illinois (she is a die-hard Chicago Cubs ...

November 21, 2022
If you’ve had the good fortune to meet Bonny Photinos, an Educational Assistant in the Site-Based classroom, then you know what an out-going, generous, and kind person she is. Sta...

November 15, 2022
This is Ty Hampton’s—our new 7 th and 8 th grade Social Studies teacher on the Manzanita team—first year at Ashland Middle School, but he has spent most of the past ten years te...

October 24, 2022
If you come to Ashland Middle School on a Friday, you’ll probably catch Louise Claussen wearing one of her “Be Kind” shirts. Louise is an Educational Assistant here at AMS who is ...
October 20, 2022
Aspen students talk about their definition of identity and aspects of their own identities as represented through a project in these short videos. Check out the video of e...

October 19, 2022
James Johnson wears many hats at Ashland Middle School. Hired in 2003, James has been a fixture at AMS for 19 years. Currently, he oversees the Academic Support Center, coaches th...

October 5, 2022
This is Rebecca Delforge’s 4 th year here at AMS as our school nurse. Growing up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Rebecca made her way west when she was 18 and decided she was “ready for...

September 29, 2022
Elisabeth Atanes is the Spanish teacher on the Sequoia team. This is her 5 th year at AMS; she and her family moved to Ashland from Georgia to be closer to family on the West Coa...

September 27, 2022
Kerri Mallory is our registrar here at AMS. She handles all student registration and manages students’ files. In addition, she serves as the co-athletic director at AMS. In essenc...

September 27, 2022
On August 31 st of 2022, Ashland Middle School opened the doors of the new campus to students for the first day of school. Ashland School District is excited to share that day ...

September 22, 2022
Abdiaziz is, without doubt, the face of Ashland Middle School. Bubba, as he is known to many, is our Student Advocate, and since 1997 he has dedicated himself to the well-being of...