Ashland Middle School

While in just her 2 nd year as the Special Education Resource Teacher for 6 th graders here at Ashland Middle School, this is Erika Williford’s 24 th year as a special educatio...

We can all thank Mr. Foxbailey, Jacob Holderman’s English teacher at Snohomish High School in Washington, for planting the seed. “It was the first time I had read a book not just ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...