On Friday, November 5, 2021, the MS/HS Drama Club will present The Murder Box by Reid Conrad.
The Matinee starts at 1:20 p.m. and the evening performance starts at 7:00 p.m.
The play will be performed at Altoona-Midway High School's Peterson Gym.
The performances are free, but a goodwill donation is appreciated.
We hope to see lots of our wonderful families and community members on Friday. Thank you for your support!
The MS/HS Drama club will have dress rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday night. We start performances from 5:30 - 7:30. If students stay after school or arrive early to start makeup and hair, students are to go to Mrs. Dvorachek's room.
November Menu!
The Kinder Jets explored the inside of a pumpkin! They learned to identify the stem, rind, ribs, pulp and seeds of the pumpkin. They all agreed that it smelled like "yuck!"
Reminder: No school tomorrow, Monday, November 1, 2021.
MS/HS Drama will meet and have our first dress rehearsal from
10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, November 1, 2021. We start make-up and costumes as soon as students arrive - 9:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m.
We perform our play at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. next Friday, November 5, 2021
Questions? Please call Mrs. Dvorachek at 620-794-1499.
FRIDAY, OCT 29, 2021
By: Craig Null
ALTOONA-MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
CHETOPA – For the Altoona-Midway High School football team, hopefully this is an omen for things to come.
With both teams agreeing to venture into the rules of six-man football for their final game of the season, the AMHS Jets definitely adapted more quickly than their Chetopa Hornet counterparts.
Altoona-Midway scored early and often and its defense was stingy, rolling to a gratifying 50-7 victory over the Hornets in the trial contest played in wet, windy conditions here Thursday night.
Altoona-Midway and Chetopa and two of the schools who will make the switch from eight-man football to six-man football next season, in conjunction with the Kansas State High School Activities Association voting to sanction six-man competition beginning in the 2022 fall season.
“Wow, what a night. A 50-7 victory in our first-ever six-man game,” said an elated AMHS head coach Chad Raida. “My hats off to this team and the way they played tonight. I’m just so excited for them.”
The victory also provided the Jets their first foray into the win column in 2021. AMHS had lost their previous six games in eight-man action (two games were canceled), including a 50-44 loss to Chetopa back on Sept. 24.
Jet senior Dalton Smith had a career night, amassing six touchdowns and rushing for an incredible 319 yards on 25 carries.
“Dalton had one of the greatest games I have ever watched,” Raida said. “He made some very nice cut-backs to find pay dirt.”
Smith evidently gets fired up to play Chetopa. In the earlier eight-man contest, the senior compiled five touchdowns and nearly 300 yards total offense against the Hornets.
But it was far from a one-man show. Leading only 12-7 in the second quarter, junior Brandon Johnson scampered in from 30 yards out to give the Jets an 18-7 halftime advantage.
Johnson finished the night with 197 yards rushing on 10 carries.
The Jets tacked on three more scores (all by Smith) in the third quarter to go up 38 7, and closed out the game with another Smith TD run and a first in AMHS history, the center lineman on the receiving end of a TD pass.
Chase Nalley, Jet center, got open on a pass play for score the final TD of the game. Under six-man rules, all six players on offense are eligible receivers.
“What a tremendous effort on both sides of the ball,” Raida said. “We amassed almost 600 yards rushing and allowed less than 100 yards total offense by the Hornets. I am so proud of these kids.”
Another rule to note in six-man football, the players receiving the snap from center cannot run the ball past the line of scrimmage until an exchange (lateral or handoff) has taken place.
In addition to Altoona-Midway and Chetopa, Southern Coffey County and Waverly in the East have also announced plans to drop to six-man football beginning in the 2022 season.
Other schools dropping from eight-man to six-man competition next year include Chase, Ingalls, Lost Springs-Centre, Peabody-Burns, Southern Cloud, Tescott, Wetmore, and Winona-Triplains/Brewster.
This season 15 schools in Kansas – primarily in the western part of the state – played six-man football, but the competition was not sanctioned by KSHSAA.
To play six-man football, a school can have no more than 55 students in grades 9, 10, and 11. Eight-man has a maximum of 100 students.
A great opportunity for seniors and their guardians
Math Day at Emporia State University
Be sure to check out the "Jet Jot Newspaper" on our website. There are many interesting articles and pictures for all ages. www.usd387.org
The MS/HS Drama Club is performing the fall play, Murder Box, next Friday, November 5, 2021, at 1 pm and 7 pm at the Milo Peterson Gymnasium.
The MS/HS Drama Club is performing Reid Conrad's dark comedy play, Murder Box, and will be sure to leave the audience on the edge of their seats!
Published by Eldridge Plays and Musicals, the play is a dark mixture of mystery, ghost, death, and humor. At the end of the 1940s, an old theatre building is about to be torn down. As the theatre’s acting troupe is packing up the props, costumes, and set pieces, an old magician’s trunk is wheeled onstage. Suddenly, members of the company are turning up dead. Margaret, the director’s assistant, is the only witness to these crimes, and no one will believe her! Can she solve the mystery, or at least convince her fellow cast and crew about the sinister happenings, before the entire company is doomed? And when ghosts from the past mysteriously return, will former victims turn into new killers themselves? This thriller has plenty of twists, turns, and terror, and you never know who will end up in the “Murder Box.”
Make sure to mark your calendar for next Friday at 7 p.m. It will be at the Altoona-Midway High School gym.
Important Information regarding Halloween at AMES Friday, 10/29/21:
Students need to bring their costumes to school, they will change after lunch.
AM preschool will change before going to the fire station. (9:30 AM)
Costumes should not include face make-up or fake blood.
Costumes should not include accessories, or any type of weapon, (i.e., replica guns, knives, swords, etc.).
PM preschool - 5th grade will be going to the Altoona-Fire Station at 1:30 PM.
Questions? Call 620-568-5725
Check out a few highlights from the football game on Friday against Colony-Crest @ home.
The football game will be played at Chetopa on Thursday.
The AMHS Football team will be playing Chetopa, on Thursday 10/28/21 at 6:00 PM. This will be a 6-Man game. Come support the Jets as they begin their new adventure into 6-man football.
Wichita State University representative Zane Clark visits the kindergarten classroom to begin recruitment early!
High School Volleyball is playing in Sub-State today at Waverly. First game is at 1:00 PM.
The kindergarteners ended fire safety month with a visit to the Altoona fire department!
AMES students were recognized today for 1st quarter achievements!
Red ribbon week is next week!
