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Amity Middle School
Amity Middle School Orange Students Receive Superintendents Award
AMSO students Maya Quaranta and Colin Spoerndle received the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents Award of Excellence and were recognized at the January Board of Education meeting for their community service and service to others, as well as their academic progress and leadership service to the school community. Maya Quaranta is an active member of the … Read more
Amity District 5 Teacher Of The Year
This year’s Teacher of the Year has been with Amity schools since 2006. Described by her colleagues as “lighthearted and approachable, she will always make the time for you and never makes you feel like you are unintelligent with respect to technology,” the Amity Teacher of the Year from Amity Middle School in Orange is Kristen Yaekel. … Read more
Amity Middle School Students Help Central American Students and Families
The Pulsera Project was a fundraiser facilitated by 8th-grade Spanish teacher Stephanie Sanchez’s advisory group at Amity Middle School in Orange. Artisans from Guatemala and Nicaragua sent handmade bracelets and cross-body bags to be sold to help provide education, clean water, and housing to the people in those countries. The advisory group was able to … Read more
Orange Middle School Students Participate In Government Day
On Wednesday, October 16, students from Amity Middle School in Orange worked in the government offices for the town of Orange. From the 55 essays submitted to the contest, 17 students were chosen to participate. Eighth-grade social studies teacher, Jennifer Marganski, has coordinated this annual event for the past few years. “Seventh and eighth-graders were able to learn from … Read more
Amity Students Participate In PEACE Project
Students at Amity Middle School in Bethany, Amity Middle School in Orange, and Amity Regional High School have been working to paint symbols of peace, harmony, and unity. Throughout Amity Regional School District No. 5 schools The Peace Project will be installed in outdoor areas, such as our own courtyards. This project of peace is … Read more
New Haven Mineral Club Show At Amity Middle School This Weekend
The New Haven Mineral Club will celebrate its 46th annual show on Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7, at Amity Middle School in Orange. There will be minerals and gems, of course, to dazzle visitors, but the show also serves to promote the study of mineralogy, geology, paleontology (fossils), lapidary and other sciences. Each year, a … Read more
Amity Middle School Students Emulate Jackie Robinson's Character
Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play professional baseball, has been used as a role model for the students at Amity Middle School in Orange. Jackie lived by non-violent actions and by values that the teachers, staff, and administrators at Amity use today as an example for the student body. Courage is the “Jackie’s … Read more
Chinese Educators to Visit Amity Middle Schools Next Week
Twenty-five distinguished Chinese educators, mostly principals, will be visiting the Amity Middle Schools in Bethany and Orange on Tuesday, November 13. These educators have been selected by Guangdong Province, one of China’s most progressive provinces, to come to the United States this year. The trip for the delegation, which is visiting Connecticut November 4 through … Read more
Minerals, Gems, and Fossils, Oh My!
The New Haven Mineral Club presents its 45th Annual Show at Amity Middle School, 100 Ohman Ave., Orange, on Sunday, April 8. The show is a gem collector’s favorite and only comes around once each year. Dozens of vendors and dealers will have a wide variety of minerals, gems, crystals, metaphysical stones, fossils, and jewelry … Read more