Fuller Family Newsletter
Vol. 3, No 6 - September 19, 2021
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Week of September 20th
Tuesday, September 21 - Day 6 - Pool Testing (Students and Faculty)
Wednesday, September 22 - Day 1
Thursday, September 23 - Day 2
Friday, September 24 - Day 3 - Student Vaccination Clinic (Shot #1 of 2- See Details below)
Sunday, September 26 - Fuller Grand Opening Celebration - 1:00-4:00 pm - All are Welcome
COVID Vaccinations - Ages 12-17
COVID Pool Testing - Every Tuesday
Fuller MS Grand Opening Celebration - September 26th - 1:00-4:00pm
We need students as Tour Guides:
We need students who are willing to attend the Grand Opening Event from 12:00-4:00 pm in order to provide tours to families and community members.
Students who are interested in being a Tour Guide must commit to attending from 12:00-4:00. All interested students should fill out the Google Form below.
PTO and School Council
School Council is from 6:00-7:00 (this week 7:00-8:00)
Fuller's PTO is from 7:00-8:00 (this week 8:00-9:00)
Future Dates: 9.20, 10.4, 11.1, 12.6, 1.3, 2.7, 3.7, 4.2, 5.2, 6.6
We are currently looking for new School Council members. If you are interested, please email me at kwood@framingham.k12.ma.us This opportunity is open to caregivers and students.
The Fuller PTO is always looking for new members, please consider joining them as we work together to make Fuller a place where all of our children are able to grow and learn with support from our families, our community, and our faculty.
September 20th - School Council Meeting
Instead of meeting in person this month, I am asking that all School Council members join me in viewing Rev. Dr. Lloyd's virtual program at 7:00pm through the Framingham Public Library. This program is designed to look at the themes from this summer's 8th grade reading assignment - Dear Martin by Nic Stone. Nic Stone will be holding a virtual events with our students on October 5th and 6th, and the Framingham Public Library will be holding a virtual event with her on the evening of October 6th. As we continue our work on equity and anti-racist education, these events are important for us to attend and will provide us information and insight as we move our work forward to ensure that all students are treated with dignity and equity in our schools.
September 20th - PTO Meeting - A Message from Kate Schneider - PTO President
Please join us for our first Fuller PTO meeting of the year. This will be a social meeting over Zoom for Fuller parents and caregivers to meet each other, ask questions about Fuller, and learn more about what PTO does. Our meeting will be held on September 20th from 8:00-9:00 PM.
Topic: Fuller PTO social meeting
Time: Sep 20, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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After School Open House - September 20th 6:00-7:30pm
iReady Diagnostic - Make-Ups and Retesting This Week
This week we will be working with students who need to make-up their iReady diagnostics due to absences. We will also be retesting students who "rushed" their diagnostic. iReady is able to indicate if a student "rushes" through the diagnostic. If this happens, the score a student receives does not appropriately indicate the supports the student needs - it gives false data because it will often indicate a lower score than what the child might be capable of. Since we are using the iReady diagnostic data as one of our data points when assigning targeted interventions this year, it is essential that the students show their best work so the data is accurate. Please talk to your children about the importance of showing their best work always, so that the school can support them appropriately and place them where they will benefit the most. We need families to help us encourage our students and stress the importance of school for their futures. It takes families and the school working together to help our children.
If you would like to lean more about iReady, please use the link below.
Team Community Meetings this Week
I ask that you speak to your child about wearing hats and hoods at school. I asked for families to have this conversation with their children before school started, and I am sorry to report that many of our students continue to test boundaries around this simple request. Please talk to your children about this - we want Fuller to be a place where students are focused on their learning and treating their school as a professional space.
Media Opt-Out Form
The Framingham Public School District uses images and/or videos (‘media’) of students and
student work to showcase educational activities and programs (including before and after school and vacation programs), as well as to inform the community of the Framingham Public Schools experience. Photographs, videos, and/or the name of your child may be included in publications (print or digital), news releases, and on District maintained websites or social media accounts.
If you DO NOT give Framingham Public Schools permission to use your child’s name,
image, or school work in any public display or presentation, please sign below and return
this form to your child’s school (office or classroom for BLOCKS students, homeroom
for elementary students, and the school office for middle and high school students).
Framingham Reads Together with Nic Stone
Drop Off and Pick Up
Not labeled on the map are 4 handicapped/visitor parking spots near the main entrance and our wheelchair accessible ramp and bike racks for students who are planning to ride their bicycles to school.
Please find a video below made by our PTO President showing where buses and caregivers will be dropping off/picking up students.
If you need to drop off your child after 8:15 am or pick up your child after 3:00 pm, please use the loop at the front of the school that will take you to Door #1 (main entrance).
Timetable
Students must not arrive to school before 7:55; school doors open at 7:55.
Breakfast is served from 7:55-8:10.
The school day ends at 2:25.
Free Breakfast and Lunch
Important Policies to Review with Your Child Before School Starts
- Students will put their cell phones in their lockers before the school day begins and will remove their cells phones to take home at the end of the school day. If you would prefer your child keep their cell phone in their backpack, they may, but their cell phone cannot be used during the school day and must be turned off. If a student needs to contact their family, they will need to go to the main office to make a phone call. If you need to reach your child during the school day, please call the main office.
- Students should not bring Airpods to school. Airpods are not compatible with students' Chromebooks and all students have been ordered a pair of earphones that are compatible with their Chromebooks.
- Students may wear hooded sweatshirts, but hoods should remain down while inside during the school day.
- For the time being, all students and staff will wear an appropriate face mask while on the bus and in the school building (except when eating).
School Supplies
We ask that you send your child to school with a face mask and a reusable water bottle. We will have some reusable water bottles available in the main office if a student needs one. We have water filling stations available for students on each level of the new building.
Technology
- Last year, current 7th and 8th grade Fuller students received a new Chromebook. Students will be keeping these Chromebooks this school year. Your child's Chromebook should come to school charged each day. Students will be bringing their Chromebooks home daily in order to complete homework and project work. Please ask your child to bring their Chromebook to school every day starting on September 1st. Chromebooks must transported in their protective bag in order to keep them safe.
- Rising 6th grade students who attended a Framingham Public School last year, were given a Chromebook in their 5th grade class. Please have your child bring this Chromebook to school on September 1st. Your child has been assigned a new Chromebook for middle school but will not receive the new one until they turn in their old one.
- If your child is new to Framingham Public Schools, your child will be assigned a new Chromebook and protective bag on September 1st.
- If your child's Chromebook is damaged or is not working properly, please have your child bring it into school and notify their homeroom teacher. We will be able to replace the Chromebook.
Summer Reading 2021
Rising 6th and 7th Graders - Summer Reading
Author: Nic Stone
Rising 8th Graders - Summer Reading
As you read this summer, you are encouraged to select an activity from the Summer Reading menu found in the link below to share your experience and express your thinking about what you’ve read! You are invited to share your projects with your teacher in the fall.
Fuller's rising 6th and 7th graders received a copy of Clean Getaway and rising 8th graders received a copy of Dear Martin. Rising 9th graders will need to choose a book from the 9th grade reading list. Please use the links below to access further information.
COVID Protocols
Face Masks
Water Filling Stations
Reusable Water Bottles
Fuller Middle School's New Core Values
Families, staff, and students were given the opportunity to respond to a survey about Fuller Middle School's Core Values: Respect, Responsibility, and Results.
After compiling all of the data, we have decided to change our Core Values to:
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITY
RESILIENCE
Resilience - is the ability to bounce back from life’s challenges and unforeseen difficulties. To be knocked down and come back stronger rather than being overcome by failure.
To recover quickly from setbacks & become stronger from experience.
Moving forward, these are the Core Values we will honor and build in our school community.
Food Information - Summer
All students who attend in-person learning at Fuller MS are eligible for free breakfast and free lunch.
Students received their ID badges last week. Instead of manually inputting their pin numbers at lunch, students are instead swiping their badges. This change was put in place for COVID safety reasons.
Financial Assistance for Families
Fuller Middle School Principal
Email: kwood@framingham.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/Domain/14
Location: 31 Flagg Drive, Framingham
Phone: 508-907-2214