FBMS Weekly Leadership Message
October 18, 2019
PROGRESS REPORTS POSTED TODAY
WIZARDS DEFEAT TEACHERS
6th GRADE HALLOWEEN DANCE 10/25
The annual Halloween dance is Friday, October 25th, 2019 from 2:30 - 4:00 pm in the cafeteria. Tickets are $5.00 each and they will be sold at 6th grade lunches on Wednesday, October 23 and Thursday, October 24th. Please bring your costume to school on Friday- the day of the dance and change into it after school in time to floss with your friends! There will be a DJ, Games and prizes. We are asking for students to bring refreshments by cluster:
Starfish and Anchors please bring water and juice
Vikings please bring sweet or salty snacks in individual servings.
LIBRARY NEWS
POUND WITH JADE EVENT: Free activity for interested FBMS students, this Pound Class is part of Mrs. DeLuca's #strongertogether themed activity for October. Pound class fitness is a music, high energy exercise that uses drumming.
Check out this video to learn more:
TODAY is the last day to sign up.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS 10/25
- About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
- In 2019, an estimated 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 62,930 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
- About 2,670 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in 2019. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 883.
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
...make sure he or she comes to school everyday! Research shows that students are more likely to succeed in academics if they attend school consistently.
- Students should be arriving to school by 7:40AM to have time to get to their locker and get into their homeroom seat by 7:50am. This includes students who are getting dropped off. Please drop your child off by the cafeteria by 7:40AM.
- If your child is coming in the morning to see a teacher, he/she needs to enter through the cafeteria and sign out. Please do not use the front door entrance.
Get a good nights sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and keep up the great work! A+
FBMS CLINIC NEWS
ANNUAL PHYSICALS: Students in Grade 7 are required to submit an updated physical with proof of immunizations for their health record at the beginning of the school year. ABSENT NOTES/INJURY NOTES: please provide written documentation for any important issues such as attendance, absences due to illness, injury, medical appointments, travel plans that result in missing school. MD notes are required for out of PE and for return to PE. MD notes are required for concussion protocol.
ABSENCES: Safe-to-School Program implemented so that all children are known to be safe and accounted for. When your child is absent please notify the front office by phone 781-834-5020. If your child is absent we request a written note upon the child’s return to school.
· CONTAGIOUS ILLNESSES such as fevers, flu, strep throat, your child must stay home from school and be seen by a Doctor. A note of medical clearance that your child is free from contagion must accompany upon return to school. Please observe the 24-hour policy of being fever/symptom free prior to return to school.
· MINOR ILLNESSES such as stomach ache, GI illnesses or head colds that result in absence just require a written note from parent/guardian upon return to school. Please note that only a Doctor’s note excuses an absence.
INJURIES: please notify the school of an injury, major or minor, and provided written documentation, from a Doctor, if gym needs to be restricted. If the injury is MAJOR (stitches/fractures/concussion) and your child has been seen by a MD, please provide the medical note to school upon returning to class. An additional note of medical clearance must be presented for students to return to gym following injury.
ANNUAL SCREENINGS: the following mandated health screenings are done annually in the health office:
· Vision/ Hearing 7th grade Fall/Winter
· BMI 7th grade Fall/Winter
· Postural 6th,7th& 8th grades Fall/Winter
We look forward to assisting families and students in achieving optimal health and wellness during the academic school year, please feel free to contact us any time with concerns or questions.
Maura Carroll,RN & Karen Mellen, RN
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
10/24- Early Release 11:55am
10/24- Parent Conferneces by appt. 12:30-2:30pm
COMMUNITY EVENTS
HALLOWEEN PARTY 10/19
The South Shore Turkey Trot
Thanksgiving Morning
7:30am Thursday, November 28th
South River School, Marshfield
Click on the link below for more information
FBMS Leadership Team
Email: mkemmett@mpsd.org
Website: https://www.mpsd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=9
Location: 500 Furnace Street, Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone: 781 834-5020
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Twitter: @FBMSPPAL