The Faubion Lion Pride Press
Week of September 13, 2021
Dear Faubion Family,
In this edition of the Faubion Lion Pride Press, we highlight instruction, celebrate student acts of kindness, and point out upcoming events. Please mark your calendar for picture day on Thursday, September 16.
Calling community partners! One of our teachers, Mrs. Wells, is starting a healthy snack cart for our teachers and for after-school tutoring. We would love to gather advice from members of our school community to help with inventory, delivery, and customer service. If anyone in our school community has expertise in the grocery business, please send an email to miwells@mckinneyisd.net.
A wise man once said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." At Faubion Middle School, we make excellence a habit, and we are kind to each other. Parents, thank you for instilling those values in your children so they can make a lasting and positive mark on our community.
Go Lions!
- Mr. Boom
Campus-Wide Fall FUNDRAISER!
Our fall fundraiser is well underway, and we have nearly reached the 40% mark towards our fundraising goal. With a goal of $30,000, funds collected from this fundraiser will be used for student activities, campus beautification efforts, and staff celebrations.
Register today at www.supportandgive.com/21094, and remind your child to register under their 2nd period teacher. View the Catalog here! Please share your fundraiser page with friends and family and on social media. Items can ship anywhere in the USA.
Important Dates
Packet orders are due September 13.
Online orders are due September 26.
Fundraiser delivery will be on October 14.
The top prize winner from each grade level will win a swingboard, and students selling 18 items will win a limo ride to Gatti’s Pizza. There are many other prizes available, so be sure to participate.
For safety purposes, remind your child to NOT sell to strangers or sell door-to-door.
PALS in action
Teamwork, Novelty, and Academic Vocabulary
The 8th grade math team took their students on a short field trip to the hallway outside the room, where they completed proportional relationships task cards. Working in groups of three, students used the academic vocabulary required to solve the problems. "Direct variation", "origin", "proportional", and "linear" were all terms discussed, and scholars were reminded to use complete sentences.
The 2021-2022 yearbook is now on sale! If you order by Friday, Sept. 10, you will not only receive the 2021-2022 book for the lowest price of the year, but you can also get 4 free cover icons as well! The free cover icon offer ends on Friday, Sept. 10. NOTE: You do have to purchase personalization in order to receive the 4 free icons.
You can purchase the 2021-2022 book online here.
Kind acts by our scholars
Brenley Nobles is pictured above, holding the door for Mr. Boom. When Mr. Boom was leaving a math classroom, Brenley quickly got out of her seat, walked into the hallway to open the door, and then returned to her seat. This act was incredibly selfless and thoughtful!
Madden Nimmons found a $10 bill in the courtyard as he was walking from athletics to breakfast. He turned in the money to his coach, Coach Larsen, who was able to determine who dropped the money!
Mrs. Wolf had the following to share about Jose Martinez: "He is a super amazing young man and is ALWAYS willing to help anyone and everyone! He pushes himself to learn English and do his best in all of his classes! Without anyone asking him to do so, he stepped up and helped the sub and all of the other newcomers in the class on how to complete and submit their assignment in Canvas. This young man is absolutely amazing young man, and I am so proud of all his hard work and dedication!!"
Anddy Cisneros made a list of commonly used phrases in class and translated into Vietnamese so our class could better communicate with a student brand new to Faubion!
Our teachers give formative assessments regularly to our scholars to gauge their understanding of content and then intervene/extend as needed. During a recent game of Kahoot, which is a quiz show game that students use their Macbooks to participate, we had a student whose Macbook was not charged. Zaniyah Hicks offered her phone to the student to help her join the game!
Guest String Conductor
Tutoring Buses
Bring a ReUsable water bottle!
Clubs and Organizations
Fine Arts Accents
Design Project in Art
Grades and Tutoring
Parents,
Every 3 weeks, individual progress reports (IPR) will show students' current grades. Parents and students are encouraged to monitor classes with IPR, and HAC (Home Access Center)to identify missing assignments and/or failing summative grades that may be able to get re-tested. Counselors may be visiting with students after each IPR and 9-week report card (RC) period to work with students on passing their classes. Remember, tutorials are a great way to keep grades up, get additional help and re-take summatives. Tutorials are offered before and after school, and during lunch for some classes. Teacher's post tutorial schedule on Canvas and outside classroom door.
KINDNESS
We are continuing or focus on "Kindness" this month and encourage students to find ways they can be kind to themselves and others. We have started our classroom guidance lessons that focus on healthy relationships and being what it means to be kind.
Join the PTO!
Please make sure to join today if you have not done so. We also have lots of opportunities for volunteers, so please follow this LINK if you want to help. On the right-hand side of the PTO home page, you can contribute to the PTO and browse the other tabs at the top to purchase spirit wear or volunteer. A newly-added tie-dye hoodie is part of a premium membership package!
Hydrocephalus Recognition Month
It’s a good thing that doctors now have a lot of ways to successfully treat hydrocephalus. Just remember, like a lot of medical conditions, hydrocephalus may or may not be something that we can see on the outside of a person. This is just another reason to always be kind and respectful to the people around us! You may not know what someone may be going through or what is affecting their health. You should also remember to always tell a parent or trusted adult if something doesn’t feel right in your body. Take care of yourselves today and share a smile with your classmates!!
Words from the Learning Commons
I hope you are settling into this year! Around the Learning Commons we are enjoying helping students find books to read and helping with various technology issues. You can use SSO to login to the library catalog, called Destiny to see what your child is reading, put a book on hold, or create a resource list of books they might be interested in reading at a later date!
I want to share how to set your Canvas notifications. This is something that each account must set individually. You can determine what things trigger a notification as well as how often that notification is sent. You can set these Globally for all courses and specifically for individual courses. This video will walk you through setting up notifications.
Steps to set your Canvas Notifications
Login to your SSO account at sso.mckinneyisd.net
Open Canvas.
Click on Account in the blue Global Naviation Sidebar on the left.
Click on Settings to view and add Ways to Contact.
Add any additional ways you would like to be contacted from Canvas.
Click on Notifications.
Set the Notifications to your preferences.
To set up a different set of notifications for a specific course, open that course and click on View Notifications. On this screen you will be able to override the Global Notifications and change the notifications for just this one course!
Melissa Willardson
Students in AVID practiced efficient study skills using their notes from history, language arts, math, and science. Students learned that repetition is the determining factor for whether or not we retain information. Each time that a student re-reads or interacts with their notes, there should be a purpose.
How many times have you been reading a book and you have to read the same paragraph over again because your mind was thinking of other things? This is not uncommon, and it is why simply reading over your notes is not effective. Having an objective as you read helps to keep the mind focused on the material, and it is simpler than one might expect.
Here are some examples of objectives: reading through your notes to highlight key words or main ideas, add high level questions, and summarize in just a few sentences. It is well-known that students practice note-taking skills in AVID. However, the note-taking part is just the beginning. The most important part is what you do with the notes after you write them.
Pictured above is Lois Iwerebor after adding some information to her history notes as she studied them. No room to add to your notes? Add post-its!
helping our community
One Heart McKinney is an organization that partners with McKinney ISD to provide for those in need. Go to www.oneheartmckinney.com for a one-stop shop of resources related to COVID and community support. You can donate to the cause or seek help, if interested.
Drug Use Prevention Resources
McKinney ISD offers a Canvas course called "Talk it up! Prevention resources for parents," which is full of drug prevention resources. Please visit the following LINK, bookmark it, and review it at your convenience. Our district truly embodies the "Live Kind" mindset in taking care of the entire child. Our district Substance Use Prevention Committee works hard to make the content relevant, engaging, and timely. Our counselors are also equipped with lots of resources to assist you, so if you need anything please reach out to us.
How to stay updated with everything!
Staying current on information is easy, if you know where to look! For school-wide information, you can visit us at:
(New) School website - schools.mckinneyisd.net/faubion;
(New) Twitter - twitter.com/faubionmiddle; and
Facebook - facebook.com/faubionms.
Our counselor webpage is https://fmscounselors.weebly.com/, and our PTO website is http://faubionpto.weebly.com/.
Please visit all of these sites regularly to stay updated. Make sure to check your child's grade regularly in Home Access Center (HAC) at https://hac.mckinneyisd.net and view coursework in Canvas at https://canvas.mckinneyisd.net.
You may monitor your child's grades and attendance by using the Home Access Center.
Here are the steps to follow:
1) Please make sure that you are using Google Chrome as your browser.
2) Go to https://sso.mckinneyisd.net
3) Enter your login credentials. If you need assistance with your login information, please reach out to your child's house secretary:
A-G: Mrs. Soroa - rsoroa@mckinneyisd.net or 469-302-7005
H-O: Mrs. Gonzalez - amgonzalez@mckinneyisd.net or 469-302-6911
P-Z: Mrs. Dedman - odedman@mckinneyisd.net or 469-302-6917
Faubion Middle School Model of Learning
Friday, September 10
McKinney High School Homecoming Football Game @ MISD Stadium
Monday, September 13
School fundraiser packets due (online orders continue)
Tuesday, September 14
Tutoring buses leave FMS cafeteria at 4:30 p.m.
8th Football Gold - 5:30 pm @ Ron Poe Stadium
8th Football Navy - 6:45 pm @ Ron Poe Stadium
7th Football Gold - 5:30 @ Prosper Rogers
7th Football Navy - 6:45 @ Prosper Rogers
7th Football White - 8:15 @ Prosper Rogers
Thursday, September 16
Tutoring buses leave FMS cafeteria at 4:30 p.m.
8th Volleyball White - 5:00 @ Faubion Middle School
8th Volleyball Navy - 6:00 @ Faubion Middle School
8th Volleyball Gold - 7:00 @ Faubion Middle School
7th Volleyball White - 5:00 @ Dowell Middle School
7th Volleyball Navy - 6:00 @ Dowell Middle School
7th Volleyball Gold - 7:00 @ Dowell Middle School
Friday, September 24
UIL Grade Check
Jack C. Faubion Middle School
Email: mvandenboom@mckinneyisd.net
Website: schools.mckinneyisd.net/faubion
Location: 2000 Rollins Street, McKinney, TX 75069
Phone: 469) 302-6900
Facebook: facebook.com/faubionms
Twitter: @FaubionMiddle