ARMS Highlights

BUILDING BRIDGES—Building Community

• Formation of the Family School Partnership

• Creation of the first ARMS family Directory

• New and improved ARMS website

• Latino Family Events—dinners, performances, cultural celebrations, parent/guardian education programs

• Monthly meetings between ARMS administrative team and ARHS administrative team

• Creation of a Staff Lounge; Student and Staff Art work on the walls; Coffee Shop run by students from
Essential Skills Program

• Parents/guardians—MCAS SNACKS project provided water and a healthy snack for every student
• Teams CULTURAL FESTS

• ARMS First Back to School Picnic for students and families
CELEBRATING our Achievements

• Science Fair honors: Seven teams from ARMS placed first, second, third or honorable mention at the
Regional Science Fair.

• Geography Bee: Each year an ARMS student is one of 100 students statewide who qualify for the State
Geography Bee.

• ARMS’ “MOVING ON” ceremonies for all eighth graders

• ARMS student was Boston Scholastic Art recipient

• First ELL newspaper-Future Global Reporters
Spotlight on What Makes ARMS Unique

• Staff meet monthly in Inquiry Groups to address identified challenge areas facing our
school. We use a research process and data based decision making to guide our action plans.

• We offer more than twenty after-school clubs including Ballroom Dancing, Best Buddies, Drill Team,
Math Counts, Yoga and Relaxation and Esperanza.

• Every student at ARMS presents an Exhibition which is the culmination of research and self reflection.

• Our secretaries provide a home cooked holiday luncheon for the entire ARMS staff every year.