FMS DAILY BULLETIN
Wednesday, 2/15/12
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059
Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve
STUDENT INFORMATION
1. ATTENTION FMS BULLDOGS – Get your jeans on! Wear your favorite jeans on Friday!
2. SCHOOL RULES – Cell phones are not allowed at FMS. If you are using your phone without permission from a staff member, it will be confiscated and your parent will have to come and pick it up.
3. AR READING CONTEST is here! Go and check out the prizes in the library! Keep listening to the bulletin for more information.
4. THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 17th is a regular late start schedule. The first bell rings at 8:55 a.m. and school is out at 2:50 p.m. This is NOT a minimum day.
5. MARK YOUR CALENDARS – No school next week, February 20-24, 2012.
6. DONKEY BASKETBALL IS BACK! The high school FFA is sponsoring Donkey Basketball on Sat. Feb. 25th at 6 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are available for $8 for adults and $6 for students. You may purchase pre-sale tickets from our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Roderick. If you purchase tickets at the door, the cost will be $10 for adults and $6 for students.
7. 8th GRADE GIRLS – Applications are available for the Miss Teen Fillmore Pageant. If you are an 8th grader in good standing and turned 13 by January 1st, you are eligible to compete. Applications are available in the office here at the middle school. The Mother/Daughter Tea is scheduled for Wednesday, February 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Bldg. The first practice begins Wednesday, Feb. 29th. Just a reminder that points begin at the tea.
8. CALLING ALL WRITERS AND POETS! All students interested in competing for the Soroptimist Writing Contest prizes must turn in poems or essays by Monday, February 27th which is the first day we come back after our week off. Get them in before the week off so you don’t forget! Essays and poetry submitted can be about any school appropriate topic. Contribute your best piece of writing and compete for $35, $25 and $15 prizes. 6th graders should turn your work in to Mrs. Fitzgerald, 7th graders to Mrs. Wade and 8th graders to Mrs. Livermore.
PARENT INFORMATION
1. MEET & GREET – Please join us in the staff lounge TOMORROW, Feb. 16th at 7:30 a.m. for our February Meet & Greet!
2. FMS invites parents to use a computer in the front office that is dedicated to parents for using Parent Connect to check your student’s assignments and grades.
3. TDAP IMMUNIZATION – For the 2012-13 school year ALL students entering 7th grade will need proof of a whooping cough booster shot (TDAP) before starting school. By law, students who do not have proof of a TDAP booster shot will not be able to start school until proof is provided to the school. So, make an appointment with your child’s doctor now and avoid the back-to-school rush. Save your proof of TDAP immunization and bring or FAX into the middle school a copy of this documentation. Our FAX number is 524-6063.
4. BE SURE VISIT OUR WEBSITE at fillmore.k12.ca.us. Click on any school within the District to find all types of information such as staff email connections, cafeteria menus, available programs, etc.
5. PARENTS – SIGN UP FOR PARENT CONNECTION for Zangle. See your student’s grades, attendance, class assignments. You may access the required form at our website: www.fillmore.k12.ca.us Click on the “For Parents” drop down, Zangle Parent Connection, Registration Form. Print and complete the form and have your student deliver it to the front office. Once processed you will receive a PIN number for accessing your student’s information.
