The Firebird Flash
August 24, 2020
Updates from the Principal
I hope everyone had an outstanding weekend! Thank you to all of our students, staff, and families for their amazing work last week for our launch of the 2020-2021 school year! I was so impressed with everyone's participation and work as we began this new year. Our teachers spent time getting to know their new students while working to build strong relationships and classroom environments centered on trust. This step is crucial as we begin the learning process in a remote setting and will also help once we return to in-person learning. The county data continues to improve, so we are optimistic that an in-person return could be coming soon. We will keep you informed as we learn of any new information here.
I am so proud of the hard work our staff has put into making this launch a success. Our E-Learning website and team landing pages have been created to make our return to learning easy to access and efficient for students, families, and staff. We were recently featured in an article from our D49 Communications department as we received national recognition from our partners at Modern Teacher. Take a look at the featured article from D49.org. Falcon Middle School continues to work towards creating personalized learning opportunities for our students that will help propel them towards any future endeavor they choose. The process we have launched will continue even with in-person learning to help ensure students have one place for all of their school work as we move forward.
Don't forget, Back to School night is this Thursday! We have included information below as to how this event will operate this year, due to it taking place virtually. We also have the schedule posted so that you can attend each of your child's classes throughout the evening. We hope all of our families will be able to attend this event so that you can meet your teachers and learn what will take place this year. Be watching for an email from our system on Thursday with a YouTube link that will launch the evening at 5:45pm.
We will be launching our FMS Daily News broadcasts this week! Teachers will stream these live in first period; families can also watch from our FMS News YouTube Channel. Thank you to Mr. Cochell and our Broadcasting classes for working to put these daily broadcasts together!
Have a great 2nd week of school!
Sincerely,
Brian Smith
Executive Principal
Falcon Middle School
Need help navigating the FMS E-Learning Landing Page? Please view the video below.
FMS Virtual Back to School Night - This Thursday!
Falcon Middle School
6th Grade Assistant Principal: Tim Scheck
7th Grade Assistant Principal: Kava Lientz
8th Grade Assistant Principal/Athletic Director: Elena Forehand
6th Grade Counselor: Carrie Clay
7th Grade Counselor: Amber Villani
8th Grade Counselor: Lisa Murdock
Email: fms@d49.org
Website: https://www.d49.org/fms
Location: 9755 Towner Avenue, Peyton, CO, USA
Phone: 719-495-5232