Fugett Flash
Week of Monday, August 26th - Friday, August 30th, 2024
September 12, 2025
The Principal's Paw Print
Thank you to all of our families for supporting our IXL benchmark assessments. We appreciate the support that went into preparing students. Your encouragement truly makes a difference in the effort they put forth. Once the assessment window closes and reports are generated, you will receive your child’s results.
This week also marked the start of school sports, and our students proudly showed both their Cougar spirit and our iCare pillars of care, acceptance, and respect. I want to highlight a message from Mr. Swift, our athletic director, that captures the positive culture our students are building:
“Hi everyone. I just wanted to share something I saw- a genuine culture of caring and kindness among our students. At today’s cross country meet, so many of the girls’ soccer players went over to wish the runners good luck, offering high-fives and hugs. Field hockey players called out encouragement as the race began, and boys’ and girls’ soccer players paused their practice to cheer along the course during the race.
I know the start of this year has felt different in so many ways and today was a clear reminder of the kindness our students are carrying forward this year. And I’m certain much of this comes from the example you set as coaches. The way you lead has a direct impact on the culture our 7th and 8th graders are building. Thank you for the role you play in shaping this positive, supportive environment. Let's keep that momentum going…”
We don’t always take the time to share the good that happens each day at Fugett, but I want to say how much I appreciate the wonderful students you send to our building. We all play a role in shaping their future and your support is very important.
Warmly,
Dr. Alexis McGloin
8th Grade Field Trip Announcement -- Click on Image to Activate Links
6th Grade Team Building Day
Dear Students and Parents,
We wanted to let you know about an exciting event that will be happening Friday, September 19th! We will be having a 6th grade team building day here at school!!! We wanted to send a short note with some important information regarding the team building day!
In the morning we will be participating in curriculum based activities where A and B team students will be placed together in groups and go through a circuit of five different activities. 3rd, 4th, and 5th period will not be affected by the team building day. Students will still have their Day 6 Unified Arts classes as well as lunch. In the afternoon we will be outside doing team building activities followed by soft pretzels thanks to the generosity of our PTO. If your child has a food allergy and cannot have soft pretzels, please feel free to send in a snack with your child. Please dress for the weather – we will be outside all afternoon! Please bring a labeled water bottle. Make sure appropriate footwear is worn – NO FLIP FLOPS!! Thanks!
Sincerely,
The Sixth Grade Staff
Fall Spirit Wear Store
The Fall Spirit Wear Store is officially OPEN! 🍂🐾
Show your Cougar pride this season with fresh gear—hoodies, tees, and more!
🛍️ Click here to see what’s available.
⏰ Don’t wait—orders close on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025!
Let’s go, Cougars! 💙🤍
📆 Coming Up! 📆
Calendar -- Look Ahead and Plan
Monday September 15 -- Day 2 (Care Period - Academic)
Tuesday September 16 -- Day 3
Wednesday September 17 -- Day 4 (Care Period - Academic)
Thursday September 18 -- Day 5
Friday September 19 -- Day 6 (Care Period - Academic) ***6th Grade Team Building Day***
***Monday September 22nd through Friday September 26th is Yellow Ribbon Week***
Monday September 22 -- Day 1 ***1/2 Day PM Teacher In-Service***
Tuesday September 23 -- NO SCHOOL
Wednesday September 24 -- Day 2 (Care Period - Academic)
Thursday September 25 -- Day 3 ***Alice Training for Kids/Kona Ice Fundraiser***
Friday September 26 -- Day 4 (Care Period - Academic)
💝 September is Suicide Prevention Month 💝
Fugett Middle School will acknowledge World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th and celebrate Yellow Ribbon Week from September 22–26, 2025. Throughout the week, students will hear daily announcements promoting mental health awareness and suicide prevention. On Friday, September 26th, we encourage all students and staff to wear yellow in support of suicide prevention.
🏈 EHS Football Games (Middle School Attendance Policy) 🔴🟡
Hey Parents and Fugett Students,
Below is a letter from the EHS athletic department outlining the process for buying tickets. Just as a reminder no outside food or drinks are permitted into the game. Additionally, all K-8 students must be accompanied by an adult. Please read carefully and should you have any questions please reach out!
📸 Picture Day Order Form Flyer & Retakes 📸
Reminder: Picture retakes are on October 15th. Students should sign up in the main office if they need to be scheduled for a retake.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
🆕 Attendance (NEW UPDATES)
Fugett Middle School - Attendance
Family Vacations
Students may be excused from school for up to five (5) days of school per year for a family vacation. Family Vacation days must be pre-approved by your child’s administrator. A family vacation form must be completed and turned into the office prior to the absence.
Please submit vacation requests at least one (1) week in advance to the attendance office: FMSAttendance@wcasd.net. Please note that parents or guardians will only be notified if any or all of the request is not approved.
Absences
If your student is going to be absent, please submit their absence on Parent Portal.
You may also send an emailed Parent Note or copy of the doctor’s note directly to the attendance office: FMSAttendance@wcasd.net. Please note that you must send the email from the email address we have on file. If documentation is not provided within 3 days of your students’ return to school, the absence will be considered unlawful.
A student is allotted 10 Parent Notes and 5 Family Vacation days for the school year. Every absence after that will require a Doctor’s Note or the absence will remain unlawful.
If a student is absent for 5 consecutive days, a Doctor’s Note is required by the 6th day of absence, even if PNs have not been exhausted.
At the 4th unlawful absence, a Student Attendance Improvement Plan (SAIP) meeting will be held with our Home & School Visitor.
Lateness & Early Dismissals
Following ten excused tardies and/or early dismissals in a school year, the school will require a doctor’s note or other corroboration beyond a note from a parent/guardian. Failure to provide corroboration beyond the allotment will result in absences being classified as unlawful.
All students are expected to locker and report to their homeroom by 7:30 a.m. every day. Students arriving after this time will be considered tardy.
A tardy is defined as a minimum of one minute of lateness to school. Eight (8) tardies to school will be considered one (1) unlawful absence in grades K-8.
Late arrivals to school due to medical appointments (doctor, dentist, orthodontist, etc.) will be excused with a note from the practitioner.
Any late arrival when the student does not arrive by 11:30 a.m. without a doctor’s note will be considered a full day absence.
If your child must leave school early, a request must be submitted on Parent Portal or emailed to FMSAttendance@wcasd.net. An early dismissal pass will be given to your child to meet you in the office at the requested time. A parent/guardian must come into the office with a photo ID to pick up the student.
In order for an early dismissal to be excused, a doctor’s or dentist's note must be turned into the office or emailed to FMSAttendance@wcasd.net upon the students return to school.
Any early dismissal where the student leaves before 11:00 a.m. and does not return to school with a doctor’s note will be considered a full day’s absence.
Parent Check-In
Just a friendly reminder to all parents that if you need to come into the building to pick up your student or drop something off to them to please check in with the main office. Thank you for your cooperation with this to help keep our school safe and secure!
Drop Off
Pick Up
Thank you for following the circle pick up path. This traffic pattern is in place to ensure the safety of students and staff.
Drop Off/Pick Up for Families with Students at EHS and FMS
To serve you better, families may drop off and/or pick up East and Fugett students at either building, as long at you are using the typical drop off/pick up location.
FMS Carline Information
See attachment below for specific information regarding FMS carline directions and visuals.
Please Check Backpacks 🎒
Parents: Please encourage your children to check their backpack for toys and water guns before coming to school after a weekend. We understand that backpacks may serve a dual purpose over the weekend, but any items in violation of the WCASD Discipline Manual will result in student disciplinary outcomes.
Dress and Grooming Guidelines (Board Policy 221AG1)
Cell Phone Policy
Reminders of Student Expectations
Phones are “Off and Away”. When the homeroom bell rings at 7:30, until dismissal at 2:15, phones are turned off and placed in student lockers. Any phone out between these bells will be turned in to the office and will begin the progressive discipline process with the student. This practice will be strictly and consistently enforced across all three middle schools.
Bring your device charged and protected. Devices should come to school daily, fully charged, to reduce the need for charging cords and cables throughout classrooms. During the school year, if a student has a district-issued laptop not in their case, this will prompt a discipline referral. This is to ensure digital learning opportunities, protect the device, and reduce potential parent invoices for damaged devices. (*We recognize not all returning students may have a laptop case on the first day of school. Students without a laptop case should notify their homeroom teacher the first day of school.)
Attendance - Students arriving late to homeroom (after the homeroom bell rings at 7:30) must report to the office for a pass. Lateness will be handled in accordance with the WCASD Attendance Policies, and PA State Laws. Unexcused lateness will result in an after-school detention for the student. A tardy is defined as a minimum of one minute of lateness to school. Late arrivals to school due to medical appointments (doctor, dentist, orthodontist, etc.) will be excused (ET) with a note from the practitioner.
Ineligibility - Any student who is failing at least two major subjects, or at least one major subject and two minor subjects (such as a Unified Arts class like Art or PE), by noon on Friday is ineligible to attend sports practices and games, clubs, and any extracurricular, school-sponsored activities which occur from the next Sunday through Saturday of the following week. This would include musical performances*, drama, dances, and sporting events. *Culminating musical performances related to Chorus, Band, and Orchestra are not subject to ineligibility as they are curricular events and not extracurricular activities.
Monitoring grades - We highly recommend that families use the Parent Portal to monitor grades and sign up for automatic email updates in the Email Notification tab. You can also look through individual course and assignment updates by using your child's Schoology account and accessing each Class and Assignment.
Making up work – All students have two Academic Care Periods (extended homerooms) on Monday and Friday each week. This is an ideal flexible time to work with any staff member in the building. Teachers have until noon Friday to grade and update any missed work or tests to improve failing grades before the ineligibility report is generated. Turning assignments in on time is the best way to keep grades up-to-date.
WCASD Discipline and Records Policy - https://www.wcasd.net/families-students/discipline-manual
Inside Fugett Middle School
Fugett MS Jazz Band Try-Outs
Do you play a band instrument, guitar, piano, drums, or bass? Are you interested in playing Jazz, Funk, Rock, Pop, and Latin music with friends? Audition for Fugett MS Jazz Band! Info flyers and sign ups can be found outside of the band room - 231. There will also be a help session during CARE on 9/19 - See upstairs* Mr. Turley to sign up or with any questions!
FMS Yearbooks -- Click on Image to Activate Links
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Fugett Chorale
Attention singers- all Fugett students are invited to audition for the award-winning Fugett Chorale, an auditioned ensemble that rehearses after school in preparation for several performances throughout the year, culminating with a competition trip to Hersheypark to perform for judges.
Auditions will be held on Monday-Thursday, September 15-18 afterschool in the Chorus room. Students will need to sign up for one 5-minute time slot outside of the Chorus room (229)
Reading Olympics
Do you enjoy reading? Do you love to talk about what you're reading with others? Do you like a little friendly competition? Then Reading Olympics is for you! Join us in the library on Friday, September 12 during CARE for an informational meeting. Please see Dr. Moyer in 201 or Mrs. Conaghan in 301 if you have any questions or can't make the meeting.
Cougar Sports!
Fall Athletics information and WCASD PIAA sports registration website (deadline 09/20/2025)
For any families looking to attend an EHS football game this year, please review the attached ticketing and attendance expectations. All tickets are purchased online.
PTO Corner
Hello and Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! We are delighted to lead the PTO this year and have listed some very important information below. As always, do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns. We look forward to making this school year a great one for our students!
Membership Toolkit (MTK)
If you have not already done so, please create a login/password, and confirm your information on our Membership Toolkit page. Here you will find important PTO info including our calendar, sign ups for volunteer opportunities, directory info and reimbursement forms. We will be using the email blast feature for our main form of communication. We will also list info in Dr. McGloin's weekly Fugett Flash.
Donations
-Monetary: Please give what you are able to. We kindly suggest $25 per family but are thrilled to receive your donation at any amount. Your support allows us to provide funding for grade level activities, assemblies, staff grants, field days, 8th grade picnic, fright night and much more! Plus, the more general donations we get, the less fundraising we have to do throughout the year! We accept Venmo, Paypal & Cash/Checks! (scroll down on our homepage for Venmo and Paypal QR codes).
Upcoming events
Wednesday, September 24th 6:00-7:00 pm, PTO General Meeting Fugett Cafeteria, PTO Meet Up Stone Tavern 7:15-9:00 pm
Thursday, September 25th 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Dining Night Out, Panera West Chester. More information to follow.
September 1st - September 30th Bloom Box Fundraiser
Volunteer
-If you are interested in being the first to know about volunteer opportunities throughout the school year, please fill out this google form.
-We're so grateful for all the volunteer signups to help at the school store! If you'd like to be placed on a list of backup volunteers to be contacted when someone can't make it, please email Lani Aquino at laquino6548@gmail.com
Bloom Box Fundraiser
BloomBox website: https://getblooming.com/ Code: FUGETT15
The Fugett PTO is pleased to announce our 2025 Fall Fundraiser in Partnership with BloomBox! BloomBox is a local online garden center that sells fall plants, mums, planters, pumpkins, fall décor and more. You will order these things online on their website and they will deliver them by hand, right to your home!
When you order your fall mums, flowers & décor from BloomBox, they will donate 15% of your purchase amount directly to us. We are so excited about this fundraiser because it’s an easy way for us to earn money, and all of you have the opportunity to purchase beautiful plants & décor, have it delivered, and support a local business at the same time. It’s a win-win for everyone!
1: Visit www.getblooming.com on your computer or cell phone
2: Shop for fall mums, flowers, shrubs, pumpkins, planters and porch décor. Add them to your shopping cart and head to the checkout page.
3: On the checkout page, you need to enter our unique code FUGETT15 into the ‘fundraising code’ box.
4: After you order, BloomBox will hand-deliver your purchase directly to your home in 3 business days or less.
- Stay connected with the PTO and the Fugett community through our PTO page and the Fugett Parents Facebook page. (Be sure to fill out all the membership questions for the FB page, which helps admins keep the community FMS-focused and vet incoming members).
