November Newsletter 2024-2025

Students with 95% or greater attendance got to spend an extra 20 minutes doing some free activities and having popcorn & candy in the library or the art room. We played Bingo or watched a movie and had some free phone time. Next month we will be doing a "Turkey Trot" where advisories will be moving their paper turkey across a raceway to compete. The top 3 advisories will get to pick from some special prizes!

🎣🎥📸School Events🎹🎵🎼

NO SCHOOL DAYS

11/27 - 11/29 - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday

Important Events:

11/11 - Veterans Day Celebrations

Veterans are invited to breakfast at MS

Band Concert

11/12 MS Band Concert- Centene 7pm

FHS Academy for Current 8th Graders

Parent Meeting for those who want to do dual credit at FHS

11/14 6pm @FHS Room 109

Picture Retakes

11/14 - See Wagner's Website for more info

👪November School Board Meeting👪

11/19 - Board of Education Meeting 5:00 pm at Truman Auditorium

CLUBS

FHS Theatre Guild - Middle School may audition

The Addams Family Musical Auditions - Dec 2nd, 3:10 in FHS Choir Room

Game Knights Guild Gaming Clubs after school Tuesdays

Students can come to the library to get permission slips to join.

Fishing Club has began - Contact Mr. Winick for more information

mwinick@farmington.k12.mo.us

🏀🤼Sports Events🤼🏀

Basketball

Girls

7th Grade is at 4:00 and 8th Grade is at 5:00

11/25-26 Kingston Tournament (B team)

11/25-26 Ste. Genevieve Tournament (A Team)

Boys

7th Grade is at 4:00 and 8th Grade is at 5:00

11/25-26 Kingston Tournament (B team)

11/26 Poplar Bluff 4:00 and 5:00 (A Team)

Wrestling

11/20 @ Desoto

11/26 @ Cape 4:30

St. Francois County Community Partnership coordinates county-wide to make an impact in our community for the holidays. Last year, 1,135 children in St. Francois County were given a much brighter season because of the donations and efforts from our community.

Season of Hope

Schoolwide Goal: $1800

Advisory Goal: $10 for every 3 students in the advisory.

Service Learning:

Students will complete research about poverty in our county and how Season of Hope helps our community.

Project:

Character Council will make big paper ornaments for advisories. Each advisory will write 4-6 facts they learn from research about Seasons of Hope to their ornament. These ornaments will be displayed outside of the classroom on the wall or the door. Advisories will also receive a goal meter to display outside of their classroom to track their progress to their goal.

Incentives:

• The first advisory to reach their goal in each grade level will get doughnuts!

• On Fridays, students will be able to pay $1 to wear a hat. Funds will go to Seasons of Hope but won’t count towards the Advisory goal.

• If we meet the schoolwide goal, we will have a Christmas Social before Christmas break.

• Christmas Social Details

• Takes place during the school day for around 2 hours

• Concessions would be sold in the cafeteria. (Teachers would sell and supervise.)

• Dance takes place in the gym. (Teachers would supervise.)

• Activities will be available for those that don’t like to dance. Activities could include: movie, board games, gaming room, craft, etc. (Some teachers would volunteer to host other activities. Teachers would choose the activity they would like to host.)

November:

1.Cold and Flu season is upon us.. Please help decrease the spread of germs by reminding your child to wash their hands... Do not share food or drinks with others...cover their mouth and nose with coughing and sneezing!! Use Hand Sanitizer; Keep your hands away from your eyes/nose/mouth areas to prevent the spread of germs!

2. Communicable Diseases: “I need to stay home If...” flyers….I need to stay home if...

-Nurse Anderson

Students will need their ID# and money deposited in their account to purchase from the A La Carte Line at Middle School.

We celebrated our October "Fall into Reading Day" this week. Students have been becoming acquainted with Beanstack and learning how to build better reading habits by logging their book reading. This allows students and staff to set goals and work to become better readers.

Remember there is an app you can use as well to log from a cell phone and connect it to your school Beanstack account.

8th Grade Families- Our counselors wanted to let you know about the FHS College Academy. There will be a meeting for parents on November 14th, FHS Room 109, at 6pm. Admission to the FHS Academy is necessary for Dual Credit at FHS. This is for students who plan or want to attend college.

Email: djenkerson@farmington.k12.mo.us
Website: http://www.fsdknights.com/o/ms
Location: Farmington Middle School, 506 South Fleming Street, Farmington, MO, USA
Phone: 573-701-1330
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