After reading “Click-Clack the Rattlebag” by Neil Gaiman, students in Mrs. Huggler’s 8th Grade ELA class put their creativity to work! Students created public service announcements warning others about the mysterious Click-Clack. Their goal? Spread the word, raise awareness, and make sure everyone knows to be on the lookout!
Throughout October, students earned ROAR tickets for demonstrating ROAR expectations and entered them into our October raffles! Winners enjoyed pumpkin painting, visiting Wesley Station Preschool, spending time with Therapy Dogs United, and sharing an Art’s cookie with a teacher during Tiger Time. Some winners invited a friend, one student won a free yearbook, and more winners will enjoy pickleball next week!
This week Miss McMullen's ELA class completed their projects comparing and contrasting three ancient civilizations. Students read about the Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca, noticed similarities and differences, and wrote informational paragraphs about each one. Each student assembled their informational paragraphs into a Codex, a book-style format that was used by the Maya to relay information.
My students completed a study guide this week while playing a review football frenzy game! All of my classes chose to be either the Bills or the Steelers! We were studying for our Chapters 3 & 4 test about long division!
Students in Mrs. Kloecker’s 8th grade Computer Science class spent a week designing their own Adventure Games complete with hand-drawn maps and hundreds of lines of code to bring their ideas to life! At the end of the week, students played each other’s games and voted for Best Map & Design, Best Story & World, and Player’s Choice. All students did a fantastic job!
Last week 7th grade gifted students traveled to Presque Isle to help the Erie Bird Observatory band birds. Students learned about the migratory patterns of birds in this region, threats facing our bird populations, and why gathering data through banding is so important to conservation efforts in our area.
On Tuesday, September 29th, select 7th and 8th grade students participated in a Leadership Summit led by Jamar Root from Teen Truth. Jamar challenged students to consider how the small, everyday decisions we make can have a meaningful impact on our school culture.
Throughout the morning, students worked collaboratively to identify challenges they experience as students at FMS and brainstormed solutions to help address them. Most importantly, students were empowered to recognize that they have a voice and an important role to play in shaping their school community.
We are excited to build on the ideas and solutions generated during the summit and work alongside our students to turn their ideas into action as we continue striving to make FMS an inclusive, positive, and welcoming place to learn and grow.
Throughout the morning, students worked collaboratively to identify challenges they experience as students at FMS and brainstormed solutions to help address them. Most importantly, students were empowered to recognize that they have a voice and an important role to play in shaping their school community.
We are excited to build on the ideas and solutions generated during the summit and work alongside our students to turn their ideas into action as we continue striving to make FMS an inclusive, positive, and welcoming place to learn and grow.
7th Grade Career Exploration students got to speak with Bridget Philip, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Gannon University. She shared the programs that GU offers and answered tons of student questions.
