Fugett Flash

Fugett kicked off the school year with a fantastic start! This week, we warmly welcomed back our students and staff. Each day began in CARE period, where we revisited our iCARE pillars and reviewed expectations for the cafeteria, bathrooms, hallways, and classrooms. Our Cougars rose to the occasion, showing pride each day and going above and beyond our expectations. It was truly a great opening week!

Looking ahead, we are excited to welcome our 6th grade families to Open House on Thursday at 6:30 PM. Thanks to our partnership with the YMCA, fun and free childcare will be available for younger family members during the event.

The following week, on Thursday, September 11th, we will host our 7th and 8th grade Open House—again with free childcare provided by the YMCA.

I look forward to connecting with families in the weeks ahead. It has been an absolute joy getting to know your children, and I am excited for all that lies ahead this school year.

Warmly,

Dr. Alexis McGloin

Monday September 1 -- NO SCHOOL (Labor Day!)

Tuesday September 2 -- Day 5

Wednesday September 3 -- Day 6 ***PICTURE DAY*** (Care Period - Academic)

Thursday September 4 -- Day 1 ***6th Grade Open House***

Friday September 5 -- Day 2 (Care Period - Academic)

Monday September 8 -- Day 3 (Care Period - Academic)

Tuesday September 9 -- Day 4

Wednesday September 10 -- Day 5 (Care Period - Academic)

Thursday September 11 -- Day 6 ***7/8 Grade Open House***

Friday September 12 -- Day 1 (Care Period - Academic)

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!

Thank you all for making our Community Day such as success! We had a tremendous turnout and it was great to see the kids back in the halls! Thank you to all of the teachers, office staff, facilities professionals, and PTO members who made the night a success. We could not have done this without you all!

We are pleased to introduce a new, districtwide attendance reporting system which will go live on the first day of school.

Through the Parent Portal, you will now be able to:

• Report your child’s attendance.
• View attendance data on an easy-to-read dashboard.
• View attendance notifications.
• View history of attendance and codes.

Please note:

• Doctor’s notes must still be submitted to your school’s attendance secretary.
• College & Career Visit Forms and Family Vacation Forms must continue to be submitted to the building principal. These absences can be entered into the Parent Portal, with physical documentation sent separately.
• Once your attendance report is received, you will automatically receive a confirmation email from the district.
• You can monitor your child’s absences and attendance codes directly in the Parent Portal.

The PickUp Patrol system will no longer be used for attendance reporting. Some schools may continue to use this program for dismissal purposes only. View detailed instructions for entering attendance in the Parent Portal or watch a video.

Please review the district’s updated Attendance Administrative Guideline regarding early dismissals and tardies. Reminder, families have a total of fifteen parent notes or combination of up to 5 family vacation days and ten parent notes per year.

If you have questions regarding your child’s attendance, please contact the attendance secretary at your child’s school. Thank you for your cooperation as we work to streamline attendance reporting across the district.

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!

Thank you for following the circle pick up path. This traffic pattern is in place to ensure the safety of students and staff.

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.

See attachment below for specific information regarding FMS carline directions and visuals.

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.

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

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.

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 Paypay QR codes)

Upcoming events

• PTO General Meeting & Meet Up, Wednesday, September 24th 6:00-7:00 pm, Fugett Cafeteria, Stone Tavern 7:15-9:00 pm
• Dining Night Out, Thursday, September 25 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Panera West Chester. More information to follow.
• Bloom Box Fundraiser September 1st - September 30 More information to follow.
• Fright Night, Friday, October 24th, 5:00 - 6:30pm (6th Grade), 6:45 - 8:15pm (7th & 8th Grade), Fugett Middle School

Volunteer

If you are interested in being the first to know about volunteer opportunities throughout the school year please fill out this google form.

Volunteer slots for the School Store will be posted through Membership Toolkit. The sign up will go live on Thursday, August 28 at 6:00 pm and will be located on the my account tab of our website. Please make sure your MTK login is active before this date. Everyone will be limited to 3 slots to start.

6th Grade Team Building. A handful of parents are needed to serve a snack at the 6th grade team building event on Friday, September 19th. Please visit this LINK to sign up!

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