Representatives from every grade level at every middle school in Marion County gathered tonight at our Central Office to discuss education at the middle school level from the student perspective with Superintendent Donna Hage. Our representatives were Ellie Current, Colin Roberts, Ty Hutson, Mackenzie Shupe, Annaleigh Pollastrini, Kaiden Barr, and Kasey Rogers. Kasey and Kaiden were also chosen to serve as facilitators for this meeting.
Tom Garrett presented to the 5th graders last Thursday about his time serving in Vietnam in honor of Veterans' Day. The students then had to interview a veteran over the weekend, so this activity was meant to engage their interest about what a veteran has done. It was a special day in Mrs. Brown's classroom!
There has been a menu change for today. Today’s two options will be burrito and a grilled chicken salad.
Mrs. Bland and Ms. Golson's 6th grade science students had a chance to learn more about the lunar cycle with Mrs. Suter in the star lab from Nasa IV & V Resource Center. They even found out about the phenomenon where things may get a little "lun"ey during full moon, the middle of the lunar cycle.
Boys Basketball Tryouts will be this coming week.
Boys Basketball Tryouts:
Monday, Nov 7th, and Wednesday, Nov 9th
8th grade - 2:45 - 4:15
6th and 7th grade - 4:15 - 5:30
Tuesday, Nov 8th, no practice due to Election Day.
If you child has been sick and had to miss school, please send in a doctor's note so that the day can be excused. If you did not take your child to the doctor, you may write a parent note or fill out an online form at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=S7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNavw-0Z1ByuZMqwY70SW6iAJUQ1ZRWDZYQjYwTVpJUE9RT01TTFpLNkxZWi4u.
We can only excuse five days a semester with a parent note or one of these electronic forms though, so doctor's notes are always better. Please send these notes with your student and ask them to turn them into the office or their first period teacher. We CANNOT excuse days without written verification. Also, in middle school, it is your child's responsibility to get their make-up work. Many teachers are posting work to their google classrooms so students can get it from there, the student or the parent can message the teacher through livegrades, or the student can speak with their teachers upon returning and ask for make-up work.
Students in Mrs. Pill’s Science classes are learning about the structure of DNA by making beaded DNA models. The letters on the beads help students learn the base pairs.
Picture retake day is Thursday, November 3rd. Students who would like a retake must bring their original portrait packet to the camera and return it to the photographer, and students who missed picture day back in September will just come up and get their photo taken.
8th grade students in Mrs Romberger’s ELA classes completed their Outsiders body biography projects!
There is only about half an hour left to pick up the fundraising cookie dough orders in our cafeteria and there are still several orders left!
Cookie Dough fundraiser items were delivered today. Parents can pick up their items today between 3:00 and 7:30.
Students in Ms. Golson's science class GLOW. The scientist review gravity's role in the universe by having a glow day. Learning is easy when it's fun!
Tomorrow is wear red day for Red Ribbon Week! Be sure to wear your best red outfits to bring awareness to staying drug free!
East Fairmont Middle 7th and 8th grade Stem members continued their adventures in Charleston by enjoying a visit to the State Capitol and took the opportunity for another group photo op.
Congratulations to our Stem Club teams that competed in the Capitol City Pumpkin Drop today. We sent three teams to compete and two of our teams placed first and second.
Mrs. B (one of our counselors) had class with the fifth graders today and taught the importance of establishing and respecting boundaries so that we can avoid any unnecessary touching.
Our 7th and 8th grade STEM students are competing in the Capitol City Pumpkin Drop today at 9 am in Charleston. Below is a link to watch the activities. Good luck to our students!
https://vimeo.com/event/2489516/ed0be444a6
For all 6th, 7th, & 8th grade girls interested in playing basketball this upcoming season: Tryouts will be on Monday, October 31st and Tuesday, November 1st 5:30-7:30pm in the school gym. There will be a very brief parent meeting at the beginning of the Monday tryout. Each girl will need a completed, current physical form signed by a physician in order to participate in tryouts. For those that are playing a fall sport, a copy of the player’s physical is required to be brought to tryouts. There is a sign-up sheet in the main office this week and blank physical forms for the girls to bring home. Forms can also be downloaded at wvssac.org.
East Fairmont Middle boys and girls cross country teams won the Marion County Middle School Cross Country Championship!
Congratulations to Jenna Conaway for winning the girls race!
Other medalists- Annabelle Skidmore 2nd, Lily Stuck 5th, Linsey Kramer 7th, Anna Wycoff 10th, Ryleigh Bills 11th and Shayla Wotring 19th.
Kelcie Criss was 1st place in JV Girls.
Congratulations to varsity runners Ben Barnes 3rd, Brady Hutson 5th, Dominic Rinehart 6th, Grayson Childs 7th, Ty Hutson 8th, Jaxon Conaway 10th and Adam Morris 11th.
Jonah Henderson was 1st place in JV
Other JV medalists Ryder Biggie 2nd, Bryler Wilson 3rd, Caden Caldwell 4th, Reese Tennant 5th, Owen Kramer 6th and Ashton Bean 7th
East Fairmont Middle School Girls’ Soccer Team enjoyed some bonding time tonight by traveling to Morgantown and cheering on the WVU Women’s Soccer Team.
