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First Day Celebration - Celebración del Pr...

It's that time of year! We're excited to announce the date for the First Day Celebration! Join us on August 27, 2019 on the Amherst Town Commons at 5:00 PM! Join friends and school staff at the community's Welcome Back to School party! Enjoy fun...

VELA Shout Out

This is a shout out to our ARMS VELA program! Towards the end of May the VELA program had an end of year event that was hosted by VELA Students. There was music, games, FREE food and FREE T-shirts donated by Black Star Transit that were designed (by...

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Babyberk Food Truck

For all families! Here is a wonderful program that is FREE and available to you!

ARMS DRAMA!!!

Students in Margarita Bonifaz's 8th grade Drama class completed a smashing Spring season! Here is a LINK to some photos from some of the performance days. The performances were delightful, original, and indicative of months of dedicated rehearsals...

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Enjoy the Summer!!

The ARPS District would like to wish all of our students and staff a wonderful and safe summer!

ARMS Art Show 2018-19

ARMS students demonstrated their growing knowledge about visual art techniques and principals of design through their creative work throughout the 2018-19 school year. Follow THIS LINK to view a slideshow of some of the student art from this year...

Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School

Who We are

Amherst Regional Middle School is a 7th and 8th-grade school
serving students from the towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, and Shutesbury. We are a culturally rich, linguistically diverse, socially responsible community. Our school has approximately 440 students, organized into four different teams. Our school is grounded in middle school philosophy which emphasizes the unique needs and learning opportunities of early adolescents to approach our education with open hearts, open minds, and open ARMS.