AMS Trivia
- The Amesbury Junior High School's first principal, Mabel Emma Lunt, served longest, for 29 years, from 1918 to 1947.
- The Amesbury Junior High / Middle School has had eight principals and nine assistant principals.
- The Amesbury Middle Schools third principal, Edward Boulter, served 22 years, at the original AJHS, the AJHS wing, and the middle school. The center wing of the middle school built in the 1960s is dedicated in his name.
- The middle school is a middle school concept school, with grades divided into teams. The 8th Grade contains only two Teams, Yellow and Orange Teams.
- The school has had three principals serve more than ten years, Lunt (29 years), Boulter (22 years), and Raymond Tiezzi (17 years).
- On the front lawn of the school is The Doughboy memorial by sculptor Leonard Craske, creator of the Gloucester Fisherman, it was dedicated November 11, 1929.
- Students may elect to attend either Amesbury High School or Whittier Regional Vocational High School upon 'graduation' from AMS.
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