FMS students eating and enjoying lunch together after a long summer!

Ms. Lindemann guides her new FMS students through the 8th Grade American History curriculum.

Fillmore Middle School reported an “amazing, smooth start” from the first day of school and through the rest of the week. All staff gave warm welcomes to new and returning students and 6th graders learned what they needed to know to be “Bulldogs” for the next three years. Teachers and staff brought all students to grade-level assemblies to learn and be reminded of the school’s top three priorities: a primary focus on safety; learning that meets the needs of each student, and love for our school..which means always taking care of each other.

FMS staff is pleased and proud to be implementing a strategic, three-tiered plan to continually improve efforts to meet all students’ needs. Due to a combination of after school visitations by teams of staff members, in-service trainings, collaboration among staff, District Office support, Ventura County Office of Education support, and teachers volunteering their time last year and this summer, every adult on the FMS campus will now be a part of the daily effort to implement a much-refined version “Advisory Period.” This effort to tailor interventions and enrichments to the needs of each student has been researched and built as a true Response to Intervention (RtI) Model. As a solution to the lack of funding that challenges all schools, this FMS Advisory period is built right into the school day. Students will be asked to schedule appointments and mid-day pick-ups around this valuable time, in an effort to get the greatest results for everyone.

Family and community members are encouraged to come visit FMS and see what’s new. Karaoke Fridays, Assemblies, Back to School Night on September 10th, lunch with your student, or a walk through of FMS classrooms with an administrator, counselor, or teacher are all ways to get to know your school better.All are welcome to come by and see how many ways FMS students are winning this year.