Coyote Connection
Volume 1, Issue 13
A Note From Mrs. McNeil
We had another filled week at the Creek last week. We honored Red Ribbon Week, recognized our October Students of the Month (check out our FB posts), finalized report cards, congratulated our October Teacher of the Month (Ms. Miller), participated in our final playoff football game at FMMS, delivered Boo grams to our students, and celebrated all of our teachers and staff Friday with our Coyote Celebration Cart sponsored by Smallcakes! This week, we are excited to launch our Athletic Boosters Fundraiser (Penny Wars), conduct our Basketball Tryouts, and plan an Honor Roll celebration for our 1st nine weeks honor roll recipients. We are looking forward to our first ever book fair November 8-12.
Have a fantastic week!
Yours In Education,
Christine V. McNeil
This Week During FLEX (Flexible Learning Experience) Time
Monday - FLEX (student/teacher driven)
Tuesday - FLEX (student/teacher driven)
Wednesday - Character Strong Lesson #8
Thursday - FLEX (student/teacher driven)
Friday - #sdr (independent reading)
PTO Announcements
Save the Date: Moe's Spirit Night (Indian Land location) - November 9
Thank you to Smallcakes for sponsoring this month’s Coyote Celebration Cart! Smallcakes is located at the intersection of Fort Mill Parkway and S Dobys Bridge Rd (next to 7-11). Their sweet treats include gourmet cupcakes, homemade ice cream, and celebration cakes.
6th Grade
8th Grade, AP Cook, and Mr. Dunmyer (awesome sub)
Cafe and Day Porter
AP, Nurse, and Guidance
7th Grade
7th Grade and Related Arts
Our F Wing Related Arts Team
Mr. Quinn - Our Theater Director
Coach Colson (PE)
Mrs. Grupp, our Literacy Specialist
Officer Hiraldo
Ms. Beck (Art) and Mrs. Larkin (Spanish)
Coach Twitty (PE)
Coach Wall (Girls Basketball and our ISS instructor)
The Best Assistant Principals Ever!
Basketball Tryouts Information
Girls and Boys basketball tryouts will begin TOMORROW. There will be at least two days of tryouts for all students. Tryouts are not open to spectators/parents. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE GYM. Please see the times below. Also, student documents must be uploaded to PLANET HS before tryouts. We will not accept paper copies.
3:30-4:45 8th grade boys
4:45-6:00 7th grade girls
6:00-7:15 8th grade girls
7:15-8:30 7th grade boys
Instructions for Planet HS can be found on the athletic website.
Please contact Coach Devon Craig for further information at craigd@fortmillschools.org.
1, 2, 3, 4 ... We Declare a Penny War!
Need to Access Parent Portal?
https://fortmill.powerschool.com/public/home.html
Access the link below to learn how to use this tool.
http://fortmill.ss11.sharpschool.com/parents_summary_from_fmsd/parent_portal
If you are having any issues with Parent Portal, please notify Madeleine Madsen @ madsenm@fortmillschools.org.
Please contact your student's teacher(s) if you have concerns once you have reviewed grades in the Parent Portal. Please reach out directly to your student's teacher if you have any questions about missing grades after you have discussed these issues and viewed the notes/comments in Parent Portal with your student. Thank you for encouraging your student to reach out to his/her teacher(s) and to use FLEX to complete missing or incomplete work.
Upcoming Events
November 8-12: Book Fair
November 17: 2nd Nine Weeks Progress Reporting Day
November 24-26: No School