AMS Fine Arts Department

10/11/2026

Congratulations to our Former Knights as their work was selected to be displayed at the PCS K-12 Exhibit in the Teacher’s Resources Center at ECU’s Joyner Library. Their pieces were hand selected by Joyner library staff, and we are just thrilled that their work will be representing the best of Pitt County Schools this year! Congratulations to Lauren Knight, Laylah Hart, Hayley Spady, and Charlotte Pilgreen! Well done 🎨🖌️🖼️

10/11/2026

More to share about our former student artists at this wonderful opening reception… here’s a first look at our Sunday Aftetnoon

10/10/2026

The Ayden Middle and Ayden Elementary choruses combined for fall fest performance at AES! Shout out to all of our wonderful singers for doing a great job and for our families for coming out to support! Excited to have a big group this year! Look at them GROW! Be sure to come see us again at the youth arts performance next Saturday!

09/11/2026

What a great evening supporting our Visual Artsists at the Ayden Collard Festival Art Show! We are so proud of our artists participating in this year’s show and taking home so many awards and honors, including the Viewer’s Choice Award!!! Congratulations to all the student Artists, and please make it by the Community Civic Center on 2nd Street during the Collard Fesitval to see all the beautiful pieces created by our local talented youth! Ayden Middle School Ayden Middle PTO

05/22/2026

We LOVED getting a visit from the class of 2026 today!!! Such wonderful memories with our creative, talented, musical and artistic past students! Wishing you all the best and remember, “Once a Knight, always a Knight!” Keep creating, keep dreaming, and keep reaching for the stars! ⭐️

05/20/2026

Last week was a wonderful celebration of the arts! Check out the links below to last week's concerts! We hope you enjoy the talents of our students who performed! I know we do!!!!

Chorus/Modern Band Concert
https://youtu.be/0BlDe8SaX1U

Band/Orchestra Concert
https://youtu.be/GVDLh0mI6TU?si=qQngffFA8zLbEYLH

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05/20/2026

Today the AES and AMS Choruses celebrated a year of music making together! We have really enjoyed growing our relationship with the AES music program and are excited to welcome our rising 6th graders next year! Thanks for a great year everyone! Check out the AES/AMS chorus end of year slide show below to see just how busy we were this year! Hoping everyone has a great end to the school year! Thank you for all the amazing support that helped us to achieve such great things this year!

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05/13/2026

Wonderful job to all of our fine Arts students tonight on the Spring Fine Arts Showcase!!! We are blown away by your talent and blow away by the support from our AMS families and staff! Tomorrow we will post concert and artwork link but, here is a little taste from tonight’s concert!

05/12/2026

Best in Show: Laylah Hart and Hayley Spady’s collaboration on their torn paper collage entitled: “Boondocks” receiving a Viewer’s Choice Award nominated by Staff and Faculty at Ayden Middle School for technical application and craftsmanship! It’s the cleanest collage of the show. Charlotte Pilgreen’s Acrylic Portrait of Misty Copeland entitled: “The Color of Dance” received Best in Show for Acrylic Painting as well as her Acrylic 3-D Georgia OKeeffe inspired painting entitled “Lily”. Madison Bunch received Best in Show for Textiles, and Presley Chappell received Best in Show for her Wire Sculpture entitled: Chameleon.

05/03/2026

Congrats to our AMS Knights Orchestra on a great day today at music in the parks! Orchestra received 1st place with a rating of excellent, chorus received 1st place with a rating of Superior, and band received 5th with a rating of excellent! Congrats also to Josiah Harrison who won a student accompanist award!

Even with a bus switch and switched up schedule the kids kept their focus and performed to their best ability! We are so proud of them an how they represented our school today! Be sure to give them a shout out Monday when you see them at school! Way to go knight! This is how we level up!