Ashland Middle School

This is Damon Orrell’s first year at Ashland Middle School but he is already having a big impact for students as an Educational Assistant in Erika Williford’s Resource classroom. ...

Mindy Lindgren is in her 3 rd year as the Spanish teacher on the Aspen team here at AMS, and she brings a wealth of educational experience into the classroom (along with her mann...

Vickie Bates is in her 17 th year—you heard me correctly, her 17 th year —as an Educational Assistant in the Site-based Special Education classroom here at AMS. Starting as a v...

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...

Since 2007, Suzy Hudson has worked in Greg Hanzel’s Resource Language Arts class as his go-to Educational Assistant here at Ashland Middle School. That’s a remarkably long partner...

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 ...

Kathy Olson has been quietly making a difference for students as an Educational Assistant at AMS for 10 years now. “I remember middle school as kind of a rough time for me, and I ...

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...

Splitting his time as a boy between the Eastern Sierras and Mendocino, CA, Lance Matthewson grew up with a love of the outdoors and nature. Maybe that’s why hiking, cross country ...

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...

After six years as an Educational Assistant at Bellview Elementary, Ginny Sagal joined us at Ashland Middle School four years ago and constantly finds new ways to positively impac...

Maybe it’s because she plays the ukulele in class (she’s in a band called the Ukulele Sisters) or maybe it’s because of the bouncy ball seats and rubbery seat cushions she purchas...

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 the Social Studies teacher on the Aspen team of 7 th and 8 th graders here at Ashland Middle School. Born and raised in Illinois (she is a die-hard Chicago ...

This week marks Rachel Starr’s one year anniversary as an Educational Assistant at Ashland Middle School. She grew up in Philomath and attended Oregon State University where she g...