This week the 5th graders made slime while learning how to add and subtract unlike fractions. They needed to solve a math problem with their group. Once they solved the problem correctly, the answer was the amount of the specific ingredient needed to make the slime!!
Students participating in Geography Bee recently travelled to Pittsburgh to participate in the International Academics Competitions Regional Geography. FMS students performed well with Trey Mondy making the final round for 8th grade division, and Anson Huang placing 3rd in the 7th grade division.
7th & 8th graders learned more about career paths and some of the offerings available at Northern Pennsylvania Regional College. Mrs. Fickenworth shared about her current position and her career path to get there.
In Mrs. Tost's 7th grade ELA class, students are learning about bias and the ways it shapes how information is presented. Pictured here are Colbie Olesnanik, Blakely Nornhold, and Tanvi Panga holding up their summative doodle notes about bias. Students combined visual and verbal communication skills to synthesize their understanding of this complex term!
The FMS Music Department presented "An American Holiday" as their winter concert on Thursday, December 18th. Students in the 5/6 Band, 7/8 Band and FMS Choir presented songs that represent the holidays celebrated in America in December.
Students in Miss Stewart's class were given the opportunity to "recap" their Winter Breaks and had a great time doing it.
Students in the Guided Painting Studio are creating some amazing art Fridays during Exploratories!
Every Friday in Mrs. Nicholl's Autistic Support classroom, her students bring around the Woot Woot Wagon to teachers! A google form is sent out on Thursdays where teachers can place their orders, the students fill everyone's orders, and then distribute the bags to the teachers. After distribution, the students will help to count the money.
In 5th grade ELA, we are just wrapping up our Unit 2 with background information about ancient civilizations. Students are learning how to paraphrase information from the text and then put it into their own words. They are creating their own Codex project which will be made up of paragraphs, pictures and captions of their chosen topic about each ancient empire. They enjoyed collaborating and applying these skills to produce this project.
Miss McMullen's class read about ancient civilizations and identified characteristics of what makes a civilization. They placed the civilizations on a timeline to practice identifying events that happened "before common era" and during "common era." Throughout the unit, students will read and write about ancient civilizations, their characteristics, and their time periods, comparing and contrasting along the way. This activity built background knowledge for future lessons as they saw ways these civilizations were similar and different.
Students from ROAR Club participated in a community service event at Second Harvest Food Bank this week. They had a tour and packed 840 backpacks of food for students.
Five Choir students from FMS and FHS had the opportunity to attend the 2025 IU5 PMEA Jr. District Choir festival on November 7th & 8th. The festival took place at Corry High School with guest director Mr. Bruce Yates, retired General McLane music teacher. 150 students were in attendance including Jenna Bull (9), Sid Ganeshan (8), Arianna Herrera (7), Chloe Snyder (8) and Claire Thompson (8). Jenna was also selected to perform a solo in the piece "Give Us Hope."
Students in Mrs. Mummert's 5th & 6th Grade music classes had the opportunity to learn about music and musicians connected to fall celebrations. Mini 1 students learned about Hispanic Heritage Month and created banners with information about Hispanic Musicians. Mini 2 students learned about the French piece "Danse Macabre" and shared facts they learned by decorating skeletons.
Sixth grade students in Ms. Hayes's FCS class completed a Spooky Snack Board Challenge while focusing on incorporating a variety of MyPlate food groups.
The students in Mrs. McCall's 6th grade gifted class attended a field trip at Presque Isle and learned how to fish. Everyone caught at least one fish and released it back into the water.
Students in Mrs. Luke's Pre-Algebra classes are learning how to solve multi-step equations. They have been working hard to solve even the most complex equations, and today they practiced their new skills by playing a game that got them up and moving and working with a variety of different people in their class!
Things are rough all over, Ponyboy! Today our 8th grade students celebrated the conclusion of our Outsiders unit with a "Greaser Day." Thanks to all who got into the spirit of the novel with your creative Greaser gear!
On Monday, September 29, students in Ms. Hayes' 8th Grade Family and Consumer Science class received a visit from Jamie Snider, who is a paramedic and the Executive Director of West County Paramedic Association. She assisted Ms. Hayes in the instruction of the CPR/AED unit of the course, and discussed career opportunities in the emergency medical services. Students had the opportunity to tour an ambulance, see up to date life saving equipment, and ask questions about pursuing careers in this field.
Students in 6th-grade computer science applied conditional statements, logical operators, and control flow programming concepts to create fun board games in the makerspace that aided students in reviewing what they learned. Students played each other's games in class!
On Tuesday, September 23rd, FMS School Counselors Mrs. Beall and Mrs. Kovacs piloted the district’s new digital career portfolio and curriculum, Smart Futures. They visited Mr. Samples’ 5th grade Media Literacy class to deliver a “Career Crash Course.” During the lesson, students explored how their interests and abilities connect to career choices, identified key information to look for when researching jobs, and learned about various Career Training Programs that prepare individuals for specific occupations.
