Ten students represented Fairview Middle School at the PJAS Region 10 Meet on January 27 at Penn State Behrend. As part of PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science), these students presented their research findings to a panel of judges. Students who were awarded First Place Awards are eligible to present at the State Meet held at Penn State University in May.
The FMS Robotics Team hosted a booth at the first annual FES STEM Night on January 25th. Robotics members shared information with guests about their season, their robot, and their project. Thank you to FES for inviting the team to show the littlest tigers what robotics is all about!
The dodgeball exploratory finished and we had so much fun! The 8th grade winner was Janiyah Bennett. Aiden Doerr took the prize in 7th grade. Our 6th grade winner was Alex Young and last but not least Anson Huang claimed the prize for 5th grade. Hope to see everyone again next time! Great job everybody!
8th-Grade FMS Computer Science students are working on creating their own adventure games! Students worked with a partner to design an adventure map. Then students utilized loops, conditionals, lists, and more in the Python coding language to code their adventure games. This project has allowed students to apply programming skills and logical thinking while being creative.
Students in Mr. Brocious' class have been focusing on studying populations. They have been using demographic data sets to analyze and draw conclusions about life in those countries and have taken population data and turned it into population pyramids that they then compared/contrasted. Most recently, students interpreted population pyramids that they had to match up with global news headlines based on the data presented.
Mrs McCall's 5th grade Tiger Time class participated in the annual door decorating contest sponsored by Student Council. This year's theme was "Rockin Around the Chemistree" and was created by her students.
Junior and Senior Student Council @FMS participated in Stockings for Soldiers sponsored by Burton Funeral Home. Students went shopping for the gifts and then stuffed the stockings to be given to the residents of the Soldiers and Sailors Home.
In Mrs. Potocki's 6th grade math class, students simulated the concept of "tag and release," which is used to analyze fish populations. Students marked 50 pieces of pasta, "released" the marked noodles back into their bag of unmarked pasta, and collected samples. Then they used their understanding of equivalent ratios to calculate how many total "fish" were in their "sea" of pasta.
This week in Ms. Pagel's math classes students are learning about parallel and perpendicular equations on the coordinate plane. Students have talked about how to create these equations, and students have been on the hunt for real life examples of parallel and perpendicular lines all over the school and in their everyday lives.
At Monday's board meeting, members of the Fairview Middle School R.O.A.R Service Club gave a presentation on club activities and provided information the R.O.A.R (Respect, Ownership, Achievement, Resilience) Program at FMS.
During their Percents Unit, 7th graders in Miss Stankiewicz's class used the Cakery Cafe Menu to practice calculating tax, tip, and discounts.
Four students represented Fairview Middle school at the IU5 PMEA Jr District Choir on November 17 & 18 at North East High School. Pictured (L-R) are JaNiyah Bennett, Jenna Bull, Jailyn Bull and Kendall Biggie.
Students in Mr. Gebauer's 6th grade Social Studies class had the opportunity to virtually meet with PA State Senator Dan Laughlin on November 15th. They have been learning about the legislative branch of government and were very grateful for the opportunity. Topics and questions ranged from campaigns to filibusters to a typical day in the life of a Senator.
Please join us this weekend as FMS presents Disney's Newsies, Jr. Shows are Friday, November 17 at 7 PM, Saturday, November 18 at 7 PM and Sunday, November 19 at 1 PM. Tickets are $5 at the door. Cash and Check payment (Adopt and Artist) are accepted. No advance ticket sales. Doors open approximately 30 minutes before showtime.
This year for Veterans Day the students and families of Fairview School District honored Veterans both known and unknown to them with a field of flags displayed outside of Fairview Middle School. Thank you to all the families who supported this recognition with flag purchases and donations. Your efforts raised a $600 donation for the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' located here in Erie. Another thank you to the moms who gave their time and effort in support to this much deserved recognition. To those Veterans remembered in our field of flags, and to all Veterans far and wide, we thank you for your service and your sacrifice not only on Veterans Day, but every day.
Students are working on their 3-D Growth Mindset project display. After researching a famous individual with a Growth Mindset the students began to put together a 3-D design of their individual to use during their Growth Mindset Presentation on their individual next week.
Field of Flags: The FMS PTO is organizing a district wide Veterans Day event. Please see the attached flier for more information.
Mrs. Staab’s 8th grade class is practicing CPR skills as part of their Human Service unit.
Some staff members celebrated along with some of the students yesterday for Halloween, proving that your never too old to have fun.
Today in Mrs. Rieger's 7th grade ELA class, students were introduced to descriptive writing through Halloween-related activities! First, students were tasked with using their senses, specifically their sense of smell and touch, to describe each of the items within the bags with their groups. Then, they worked on speaking descriptively by creating their own monsters and describing them to a partner to replicate.
