Last week Kevin Dolbeare took his Environmental Chemistry class to the C. C. Williams Waste Water Treatment Plant in Mobile. “Students experienced first-hand the macro chemistry performed at the plant,” he says. “A giant 10-foot pH probe checks the acidity of the water before it enters the Mobile Bay. Oxygen is concentrated to 95 percent before used to support the ‘bugs’ consumption of the waste. Bugs meaning a natural mixture of bacteria, protozoa and fungi that do the majority of the treatment. Students learn how plants like these prevent cholera and other third-world diseases from occurring in Mobile. Although many are apprehensive before the trip, almost all the students enjoy seeing where the toilets go and how the water is cleaned before re-entering the environment before the end of the tour.”

The ASMS Parent Association-sponsored Dragon Drawdown will be held on October 14 at 6:00 PM at the Downtown Mobile Holiday Inn. It will be the only fundraiser held this year. In the above video, Parent Assoc. Co-Chair Tabitha deVilliers encourages all parents to participate in the Drawdown. To buy a ticket, contact Debbie Manning in the Development Office at 251-441-2120.

ASMS Executive Assistant Carlotta Russell has published a book entitled “We Smoked Our Sister and other Stories from a Childhood: A Time to Remember,” which chronicles the life of a rural family in Chunchula, Alabama. For more information and to order a copy, click here.

Computer Science teacher Dr. Albert Lilly heads up an after-school tutoring program that allows ASMS students to help local elementary and high school students from Mobile County. Here is a sampling of students who have volunteered this year at Leinkauf Elementary School: Emily Kendrick, Kirsten Andersen, Dustin Smith, Nicholas Davidson, Brianna Daniels, Jania Washington, Brittney Clem, Valle Bermejo, Alessia Guerra, John Upton, and Will Blackwell.

The ASMS Volleyball team is 1-2 on the year, having beaten B.C. Rain of Mobile at a home game on Thursday. The team is: Audrey Arnold, Valentina Corbett, Kelley Foster, Meg Freeman, Hope He, Kalee Jones, Jane Murphy, Laura Oudenaarden, DNA Preyear, Raven Proctor, Alexicia Richardson, Courtney Rogers, Whitney Rogers, and Sydnee Wood. Their next match is at Saraland on September 13.