FMS News
December 2018
Dear FMS Families,
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! We look forward to welcoming back students tomorrow. Just a few updates for December.
- Our new coding club kicks off tomorrow. All students are welcome to attend (details below).
- One other update for the school is that we will begin a new alternative classroom, ARC, this month (Alternative Resource Classroom). There are two main goals for this classroom, one is that students that may struggle in the traditional classroom setting will have the opportunity to work in the ARC room as needed to achieve academic and behavioral success. Secondly, it will reduce behaviors that distract from learning for students and staff. More updates to come!
- Coffee with the Principal: Newsletters are nice, but if you would rather do a coffee talk, we will start a time each month to visit with the principal in a more informal way. Our first coffee talk will be December 3rd from 7:45-8:30 am. The topic will focus on navigating social media as a middle school parent/caregiver, but I will be happy to answer other questions you may have as well. Coffee will be provided and we will plan to be in the library.
- Do you have a staff member that you would like to recognize for going above and beyond? Take a moment to fill out the link below. Thanks so much!
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, concerns or celebrations! Thank you for all you do!
Sincerely,
Beth Houf and Erica Hogan
Proud Principals, Fulton Middle School
Click on the picture below to recognize a staff member at FPS that goes above and beyond!
Churchill Memorial Art Projects!
On the Tuesday before break, we learned about the Cold War, the Iron Curtain Speech, and the relationship between our Churchill Special Relationship Projects! These paintings are phenomenal!
Daily Announcements
Subscribe to our daily announcement page on YouTube to keep up with what is going on at FMS. The digital copy is also linked to our webpage. Thank you to our tech interns and stuco for making these a reality!
November-December at a Glance
- Sports Info here: https://fultonhs.rschoolteams.com/
- NEW CLUB: Coding Club will be held Mondays after school in the computer lab until 4:30. The purpose of the club is to introduce computer science topics and get coding! You can find out more information about what coding is at code.org Our Tech Interns are working on an FMS Club page to add to our website that gives dates, times and locations. It will be up and running by the end of the week.
- Nov. 30th - Tornado Drill
- December 7th - Winter Sports Pictures 3:30, Winter Choir Concert 7pm
- December 10th - No School, PD Day
- December 14th - Arts Alive performance of Annie Jr. 7pm
- December 20th - Band and Guitar concert 6pm
- December 21st-Last day before break, last day of 2nd quarter
- January 3rd, back to school!
Our Webpage has more dates and details:
FMS School Goals and Data Share
Attendance Data
This has been an area that we are already behind on the goals the state has set down for us. Here is our most updated attendance:
School Attendance: 95%
Percentage of Students Here 90% of the time: 86%
(this means 13% of our students have missed more than 90% of school)
Behavior Data
Positive - 2264
Office Discipline Referrals - 551
Last Month
Positive - 1836
Office Discipline Referrals - 369
Assessment Resources for Parents!
Check out this amazing resource that our FMS Academic Focus Team put together for parents. it is a work in progress, so please feel free to let us know if there is something more we can add or if you have any questions.
Making Kindness Normal
Did you know our FMS Ambassadors do monthly events for new students to FMS? This month our theme was we are so THANKFUL for you! Enjoying a visit, pie and friends bingo!
Box Tops at FMS!
Fulton Middle School
Email: bhouf@fulton58.org
Website: http://www.fulton58.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/Fulton%20Middle%20School
Location: 403 East 10th Street, Fulton, MO, USA
Phone: 573-590-8200
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Twitter: @FMS_Hornets