Amherst Regional Middle School
A Turning Points National Demonstration School
Amherst, Massachusetts

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Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst Massachusetts
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Exhibition at ARMS
Exhibition Calendar
Description of Current Exhibitions
Exhibition Inquiry Group
Exhibition Resource Page

Additional Links
ARMS Curriculum Links           Curriculum Revision Timeline
Other links of interest:   Turning Points Overview
  National Turning Points Web Page
  Middle School Reform Links
  A.R.M.S. Homepage
  Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools Homepage
  ARMS in the News
Presentations

 

 

Portland Turning Points Materials Summer 05
     Kathy Reckendorf & Susan Quick
National Leadership Presentation Materials Feb. 5 - 7
     Baltimore, Maryland
     Backward Design & the ELA Standards:  Refocusing the
     Conversation

    
 Backward Design 101
    
 Transformations - ELA/science collaboration

ARMS Curriculum Links
Curricular Timeline       Data Resources

English Language Arts
   Curriculum Leader - Heather Sullivan-Flynn
   Curriculum Revision - An Evolving Process

 Social Studies
    Curriculum Leader - Irene LaRoche
Science
    Curriculum Leader - Norm Price
Math
    Curriculum Leader - Mike Hayes