
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...

September 14, 2022
You may recognize Wendy from one of the Provident HealthCare billboards around the Rogue Valley (there’s one outside the Tinseltown Movie Theater in Medford) or one of the local n...

September 9, 2022
André Carvalhaes, or Dr. Dre as he is known by his students, is the science teacher for the Aspen team. Born in Brazil, he got his Ph. D in Ornithology before moving to the U.S. m...

September 7, 2022
Karin Pasche is the face of Ashland Middle School! As our Office Manager, not only is she the first person most visitors encounter, but she is a main support for staff and adminis...

August 31, 2022
The science behind why apps like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat impact your child’s brain in a different way than your adult brain. Original story from American Psychological As...
