Ashland Middle School

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...

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...

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...

Splitting his time as a boy between the Eastern Sierras and Mendocino, CA, Lance Matthewson grew up with a love of the outdoors and nature. Maybe that’s why hiking, cross country ...

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...

After six years as an Educational Assistant at Bellview Elementary, Ginny Sagal joined us at Ashland Middle School four years ago and constantly finds new ways to positively impac...

Maybe it’s because she plays the ukulele in class (she’s in a band called the Ukulele Sisters) or maybe it’s because of the bouncy ball seats and rubbery seat cushions she purchas...

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...

Samantha McMillan is the Social Studies teacher on the Aspen team of 7 th and 8 th graders here at Ashland Middle School. Born and raised in Illinois (she is a die-hard Chicago ...

This week marks Rachel Starr’s one year anniversary as an Educational Assistant at Ashland Middle School. She grew up in Philomath and attended Oregon State University where she g...

Hannah Kolni is in her 2 nd year as the Science and Social Studies teacher on the 6 th grade Siskiyou team here at AMS, but she has taught in the Rogue Valley since 2013. Origin...

John Stroud comes from a family of teachers; both his mom and dad taught, and for 20 years, his dad told him he should become a teacher, too. Eight years ago, John finally took hi...

Julie Bleicker is our Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) here at Ashland Middle School. In her 2 nd year at AMS, Julie works with students who need someone to talk to about d...

Having been a teacher at AMS for 28 years, Beth Oehler may very well be the longest-tenured member of the Ashland Middle School staff. Hired right out of SOU’s teaching program in...

This is Marianne Wallace’s 11 th year as an Educational Assistant at Ashland Middle School, and during that time, she has made herself an indispensable part of students’ middle s...

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...

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...

This is just Tami Williams’ 2 nd year as an Educational Assistant at AMS, but she has already made a big impact on our school culture. In addition to working with our 6 th grade...