January 31, 2020
We Need Your Help!
The FFMS PTSA has a volunteer opportunity, and we could really use your help! Please click here for a quick and easy way to help us show our teachers and staff how much they are appreciated! We're planning a little Valentine's Day treat for each of them and we'd love to have your support!
Sherrilyn Hill
FFMS PTSA, President
Art News!
Wrestling News!
Orchestra News!
Parent Conferences/Early Release
Run the Reagan!
We hope you'll join the Five Forks team for the annual Run the Reagan on Saturday, February 29, 2020. It's an event for everyone! Whether you're speedy or you want to relax and take it easy while having a great time, this event is for YOU! Please join us by registering for our team, "Five Forks Middle School." Remember, $5.00 from every team member registered comes back to our school! We hope to see you there!
Help Us Tell Our Story!
There is importance in telling the Five Forks Middle School story! If we don’t tell it - someone else just might, and it could very well be different from what we know. As you have seen from our many communication avenues: Bucky Connects, our updated website, and our weekly newsletter “The Hitching Post,” we work hard to keep the community up to date with all of the great things taking place at our school. With that said, we need your help to share your thoughts on the work that we are doing here at Five Forks.
The Georgia Department of Education has created an opportunity for you, the parents, to identify the great things that are taking place at Five Forks. Additionally, it will also provide us with areas for improvement. The survey also helps the Georgia Department of Education determine our score for CCRPI, which is a very important “report card” for our school.
Click here for the link to the Georgia Parent Survey. It will only take you a few minutes, and your feedback will be invaluable in telling the story of our awesome school. Thank you!
Instructional Resource Review Committee!
Gwinnett County Public Schools is inviting parents and community members to apply for the district's Instructional Resources Review Committee (IRRC), a group charged with evaluating print and digital instructional resources for potential pilot in our schools. This year’s IRRC will review resources for select courses in the areas of Language Arts (grades 3-5 and high school), Social Studies (grades K-2, 6-8, and some high school), Career and Technical Education (grades 6-12), and Foreign Language (grades 6-12). Click here for the application.
Vaping Informational Resources!
Clinic News!
1) Sore throat with fever, 2) Diarrhea, 3) Vomiting, 4) Fever over 101 degrees. Remember, students should be fever free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school. Thank you for helping to keep us all healthy through the winter!
Car Rider News!
Please click here for important information about our Car Rider lane. We appreciate your assistance and support to keep our students safe.
BHS and Community News!
'Count Me In' Award!
Help Our Media Center!
Recycling News!
We also collect and recycle any size, any brand of dried-out/used markers. The Crayola Company has a wonderful recycling program and will even pay for shipping to their recycling facility. Just bring them to the front office and leave them for our amazing Art Teacher, Ms. Birmingham. Thanks for helping out!
Parents/Guardians,
Check out the FFMS Counseling Department's website for the community resources, tutoring list, suicide prevention resources (including parent discussion guide for watching TV shows with sensitive content), digital citizenship, and much more.
Dates to Remember!
2/1 - Basketball vs Crews MS, 9:00 am, Brookwood HS
2/1 - Paint Recycling, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, (see BHS News above)
2/1 - Soccer vs Lanier MS, 10:00 am, Away
2/8 - Saturday Opportunity School, 9:00 - 11:00 am
2/8 - Soccer vs Duluth MS, 10:00 am, Away
2/12 - Girls Soccer vs Crews MS, 5:00 pm, Home
2/13 - All Pro Dad Event, 7:30 am, Cafeteria
2/14 - No School (Inclement Weather Day #1)
2/17 - President's Day - Student Holiday
2/18 - 7th & 8th Grade Chorus Pre-LGPE Concert, 6:00, ?
2/19 - Early Release Day, 1:25 pm
2/20 - Early Release Day, 1:25 pm
2/22 - Saturday Opportunity School, 9:00 - 11:00 am
2/22 - Soccer vs Sweetwater MS, 10:00 am, Home
2/22 - Brookwood Maker Faire, 12:00 - 4:00 pm, BHS Commons
2/24 - Scholastic Book Fair (through 2/28)
2/26 - No One Eats Alone Day
2/26 - Boys Soccer vs Crews MS, 5:00 pm, Home
***PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR DATES, TIMES, AND
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL CLUB AND PERFORMING ARTS NEWS***
Five Forks Middle School
Email: five_forks_middle@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: fiveforksmiddleschool.org
Location: 3250 River Drive Southwest, Lawrenceville, GA, United States
Phone: 770-972-1506
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BuckyConnects
Twitter: @BuckyConnects