Fugett Flash

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

Tuesday September 9 -- Day 4 ***ELA IXL Benchmark***

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

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

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

Monday September 15 -- Day 3 (Care Period - Academic)

Tuesday September 16 -- Day 4

Wednesday September 17 -- Day 5 (Care Period - Academic)

Thursday September 18 -- Day 6

Friday September 19 -- Day 1 (Care Period - Academic) ***6th Grade Team Building Day***

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.

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 was a huge success! Below is an order form for you to order your students portrait from Picture Day this week.

Reminder: Picture retakes are on October 15th. Students should sign up in the main office if they need to be scheduled for a retake.

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

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)

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.

The Fall Spirit Wear Store is officially OPEN! 🍂🐾

Show your Cougar pride this season with fresh gear — hoodies, tees, and more!

🛍️ Click the link on Schoology to see what’s available.
⏰ Don’t wait—orders close on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025!

Let’s go, Cougars!

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 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.

-Volunteer slots for the School Store are now open! Check out 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.

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.

Connect

- 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).