Ashland Middle School

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...

You can’t miss Rosie Russell, one of AMS’s three Special Education Resource Teachers and Case Managers, when she walks around campus. That’s because there is generally a large gro...

It may be Shauna Murphy’s first year as a teacher at Ashland Middle School, but it’s a position she’s been preparing for for a long time. “I’ve always wanted to be a teacher,” she...

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...

Although this is only Kiernan Hodge’s 2 nd year at AMS as our English Language Development teacher, she is not new to Ashland or to teaching. Kiernan grew up in Ashland, attendin...

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...

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 ...

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...