FMS Update 1.7.24
Week of January 7, 2024
From the Desk of Our Proud Principal
Good evening, Trojan Families!
Second Semester Open House: January
Please mark your calendars for our 2nd semester Open House and Report Card Pick-up Nights taking place from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Parents will be able to pick up their students' report cards and get specific grade-level updates. Each event will begin in the gymnasium.
January 29th: 8th Grade Open House
January 30th: 6th Grade Open House
February 1st: 7th Grade Open House
Interim Assessment 2
Students will take their second set of interim assessments next week. It is crucial that students arrive on time by 8:20 a.m.
Did you miss fall picture day? FMS Fall Picture Retake Day
PBIS and Class Craft Update - Mr. Russell
PBIS (ClassCraft)🏆
Teachers will continue to award each student Class Craft points this year for meeting classroom and schoolwide expectations and showing Positive Attitude, Respect, Integrity, Dependability, and Excellence (PRIDE). PRIDE is our school-wide acronym for Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS).
Class Craft points will allow your student to receive multiple incentives both in the classroom and around the school throughout this year. Class Craft points have allowed students to qualify to participate in an ice cream social, a staff vs student flag football game, and attend a Charlotte Hornets vs Milwaukee Bucks game and a popcorn and a movie event. Our next event will include a board game with a friend event and a Staff v. Students Basketball game.
You, too, can award your students points when they are showing PRIDE outside of school and monitor your student's school behavior by creating a Class Craft account. Your student's homeroom teacher has sent sign-up information specific to your student home. Please contact your student's homeroom teacher if you have not received this information.
Help Your Student be Present on Purpose
Throughout January the attendance team will be tracking students who are present each day. Students who are present everyday will receive a special prize and recognition at school at the end of the month. Be sure to make sure your student is Present on Purpose!
Did You Know?
If your student has missed 17-18 days thus far this school year, they are considered to be chronically absent. Each week this number increases as the school year progresses.
Attendance Percentages-Week of 12/18/23
6th Grade: 89.1% (+2.6%)
7th Grade: 90.6% (+5.6%)
8th Grade: 82% (+5.2%%)
Overall: 88.75% (+4.5%)
Message from Our IB Coordinator - Ms. Sherrod
Happy New Year from the IB Department and Testing Updates
Interim 2 Testing Dates:
Tuesday, January 16, 2024: Math
Wednesday, January 17, 2024: ELA
Thursday, January 18, 2024: Math I and Science
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is mandated by Congress to assess the educational achievement of U.S. students and monitor challenges in these achievements. Here at Ferndale Middle School, a sample of 8th-grade students, will participate in the NAEP.
Testing Date:
February 7, 2024
Message from Our Math Multi-Classroom Leader - Dr. Cole
Math Curriculum
Hello Ferndale Family.
All Math Classes will take a Common Math Assessment on Monday, January 8, 2024 to prepare them for Interim Assessment #2 on Units 3 and 4 in Open Up, the GCS district supported Math Curriculum.
Please click on the link below if you are interested in exploring the content.
https://access.openupresources.org/curricula/our6-8math
The actual Math Interim Assessment #2 is on January, 16, 2024.
All teachers will review the results of the Interim Assessment #2 Prep Exam on Tuesday through Friday to ensure that all Math Scholars are ready to excel on the actual Interim Assessment #2 on January 16, 2024.
Since school is closed on Monday, January 15, 2024 to celebrate Rev. Dr. King's birthday, and the take the Interim Assessment on the following Tuesday, all math scholars will have an opportunity to reinforce their math skills on through assignments sent home by Math Teachrers for the weekend.
Thanks so much for your continued support.
With Mathematical Appreciation,
Dr. Cole
Message from Our ELA Multi-Classroom Leader - Ms. Mcleod
Vocabulary that Matters
12 powerful words are a list of words used in testing. It is important that you talk about these words with your child. Larry Bell, educational consultant, believes that all students can be achievers on standardized test if our students become familiar with these testing words.
There are many websites about these words. Please take some time each day to go over these words with your child: make and play a matching game, draw a picture for each word or make a poster with all words and pictures.
Each of these ideas is an excellent way for your child to prep for the upcoming standardized tests.
- Trace – list in steps
- Analyze – break apart
- Infer – read between the lines
- Evaluate – judge
- Formulate – create
- Describe – tell all about
- Support – back up with details
- Explain – tell how
- Summarize – the short version
- Compare – all the ways they are alike
- Contrast – all the ways they are different
- Predict – what will happen next
Message from Our Curriculum Facilitator - Ms. Harrington
“Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first” – Matthew Jacobson
Counselors Corner
6th and 7th Grade Families: Registration information for 24.25 School Year
Counselors will be meeting with rising 7th and 8th graders on January 29th and January 30th to share information about ENCORE selection for the 24.25 school year. Please talk to your scholar around what ENCORE courses they are interested in selecting.
8th Grade Families School Choice Information
The school choice window will be open from January 19th- February 23rd 2024. Please visit the GCS Choice Schools and Programs website for additional information. Please use this link for How To's on creating a school mint account and applying for school choice.
FMS Sports 🏀⛹️🤼
🏀Basketball Schedule 23-24
Thurs., Dec. 7, Ferndale @ Jackson
Thurs., Dec. 14, Ferndale vs Allen Jay
Thurs., Dec. 18, Ferndale @Welborn
Wed., Dec. 20, Ferndale @ Southern
Mon., Jan. 8, Ferndale @ Penn Griffin
Thurs., Jan. 11, Ferndale vs Lincoln
Thurs., Jan. 18, Ferndale @ Swann
Mon., Jan. 22, Ferndale BYE
Thurs., Jan. 25, Ferndale @ Allen Jay
Mon., Jan. 29, Ferndale vs Welborn
Thurs., Feb 1, Ferndale vs Southern
Mon., Feb 5, Ferndale vs Penn Griffin
Thurs., Feb 8, Ferndale @ Lincoln
Mon., Feb 12, Ferndale vs Swann
Thurs., Feb 15, BYE
Girls play first for all contests from Dec 14 to Jan 22.
Boys play first for all contests from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15.
The schedule is subject to change. Please refer to the school calendar for any possible changes.
🤼Wrestling Schedule 23-24
Thurs., Dec. 7, Ferndale @ Jackson
Thurs., Dec. 14, Ferndale vs Allen Jay
Mon., Dec. 18, Ferndale @Welborn
Thurs., Jan. 11, Ferndale vs Lincoln
Mon., Jan. 18, Ferndale @ Swann
Mon., Jan. 22, Ferndale BYE
Thurs., Jan. 25, Ferndale @ Allen Jay
Mon., Jan. 29, Ferndale vs Welborn
Thurs., Feb 8, Ferndale @ Lincoln
Mon., Feb 12, Ferndale vs Swann
Thurs., Feb 15, BYE
🎟️Please Come out and root your Trojan Athletes on!
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Location: 701 Ferndale Boulevard, High Point, NC, USA
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