Fairview Middle School

Four FMS students attended the PMEA Elementary Chorus Fest on Friday, March 13th at Meadville High School. Victoria Byrd, Adelaide Carner, Brielle Heitzenrater and Rose Young rehearsed for 6 hrs during the day with 160 other 5th and 6th grade students from IU5. Guest conductor Dr. Bryan Helsel from Youngstown University spent the day working with them and conducted them in an exemplary public concert that evening.

On February 21st, representative from Fairview Middle School participated in the regional Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science competition at Penn State Behrend. Three students from FMS qualified for states this year. Congratulations to Trey, Rithika and Aadya! All of the FMS students this year were first time participants and were a great representation of our school. Congratulations to all participants on a job well done!

LastTuesday FMS 8th graders took part in a career fair. Thank you to all those who heped to make the event a success!

Last week, 7th grade ELA students participated in an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge. Groups of students designed, built, and wrote about a new AI tool or product. They utilized nonfiction writing skills to design a manual for their product, create advertisements, and communicate important information about their designs in a visual display.

The winners of the AI Fair were:
1st - Jackson Santos, Blake Hazelet, Anthony Cusati with the Stream Assist
2nd - Amelia Bender and Meghan Pfleger with The Closet
3rd place tie - Adhiraj Ghosh, Drew Jardina, Gavin Doerr with the MED Scanner
3rd place tie - Jocelyn Hadbavny, Gracie Zohos, Rafa Piovezam with the Pup-Portion Pro

All projects will be on display during the annual Celebrate FMS event in May!

Mrs. Beachly's 5th, 7th and 8th graders are creating word art to high lite what they did in the 6 weeks of Lifetime Health and Fitness!

In our recent science lab, students explored the principles behind Newton's Laws of Motion using a hands-on toy car investigation. Using Matchbox-style cars and pull-back cars, students tested how changing the height of a ramp affected how fast the cars accelerated and how much force they produced when they reached the bottom. By raising and lowering the ramps, students observed that a steeper ramp increased acceleration, helping them see how gravity and motion are connected. Students collected observations, compared results, and discussed how their findings relate to Newton’s ideas about force and motion. This engaging experiment helped bring physics concepts to life while encouraging curiosity, teamwork, and scientific thinking.

The 5/6th grade Student Council sponsored a change challenge from February 9-13 to coincide with Valentine's Day: Every coin counts when it comes from the heart. The student representatives chose to donate the money to both the Humane Society and the Anna Shelter. The total amount collected was $1,421 and the homeroom who donated the most was Mrs. Visosky's who brought in $522.18.

Joe Lang, the director of the Humane Society came to FMS on Thursday, February 19 to accept the check.

Students in Mrs. Yates' Dessert Decorating Exploratory Session 2 have been working hard each week on new challenges. First, they designed logos for their packaging, and then they competed in a cookie competition, cupcake wars, and a Valentine's house challenge. Great job working together on these yummy competitions!

Mrs. Willats’s students learn the difference between correlation and causation in the unit on linear relationships. They found funny examples, explained why they were not an example of causation, and then identified the lurking variable that could have caused the correlation.

Students in 8th grade ELA classes had the opportunity to hear a guest speaker today, Rabbi Morais, D.D., who shared a wealth of information to our classes to provide important historical context for our Holocaust Literature unit. Rabbi Morais shared a comprehensive overview of the history of the Holocaust, using materials designed by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He also was able to share his family's unique experience during the Holocaust, and answer student questions about the history. We cannot thank him enough for spending his day sharing his expertise with our learners.

Congratulations to Fairview students who competed in the regional MathCounts competition this past Saturday at Gannon University. Kadee, Tanishq Nicholas , Anthony, Justice, Declan, Ardra, and Anson competed against 130 of the best math students in this corner of the state, and did an awesome job.

A team, consisting of Kadee, Tanishq, Nick, and Anthony, took 4th place out of 19 schools from 6 different counties.

A special congratulations to Kadee who took 3rd place and earned a chance to compete at the State competition in March.

All of these students have worked hard, along with the over 30 students who participated at school over the last few months. Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Potocki are incredibly proud of all of them.

6th grade ELA has been reading and analyzing poetry. A big piece of this unit is figurative language. My class took a literal approach to this key concept. Students were asked to create their own example of figurative language or use an already existing example. The students explained the figurative meaning behind the phrase and drew what the phrase would look like literally. My students did a wonderful job with the assignment, we will continue to deep dive into our poetry unit.

Members of the FMS Choir performed "O Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Erie Otters School day game on Thursday, February 5th. Following their performance students enjoyed watching the Otters play while also participating in the fun. Seven members of the choir even got to go on the ice after the 1st period to do the mattress race. Those students included Ardra Abi, Arianna Herrera, Lucia Moritz, Rithika Narayanan, Chloe Snyder and Claire Thompson. The group was later thanked on the Otters' Instagram page for their amazing performance!

8th Grade Business students worked to create their food truck’s target customer and highlight aspects of their personality. Some of the designs got pretty creative and others were based on real people.

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.