Thank you to all of our students and parents for a great first day!!!! East Fairmont Middle was buzzing with excitement as our students returned to the classrooms today. A few reminders: Parents are not to come into the parking lot during morning drop offs or afternoon pickups. Drop off is to occur along Mason Street. Please have your student exit the car as soon as you get stopped on Mason and then walk toward the yellow stairs. This simple step will help keep traffic flowing. Can't wait to see all of our kiddos back tomorrow!
East Fairmont Middle does not allow the use of personal communication devices in the classrooms. Cellphones and other devices are to be turned off and placed in the locker during the school day. Devices that are being used or seen out during the school day will be sent to the office. Students can retrieve these devices at the end of the day for their first offense. After that, parents will need to come into the office to retrieve them and repeated offenses will also result in structured lunch. Wireless earbuds, smart watches that are being used to communicate with people, and other like devices all fall under this policy as well. If you need to contact your child during the school day for emergency purposes, please call 304-367-2123. Encourage your child to follow school policies as they are in place for maximizing learning and safety through the school day!
County Policy for COVID now is a minimum five day quarantine if your child is positive. These days will be counted as excused. Please notify the school by calling 304-367-2123, emailing Ms. Snodgrass at hsnodgra@k12.wv.us or sending a message through our official Facebook page as soon as you know your child is positive so that we can discuss the date of return. The child will also need to wear a mask on days 6 through 10. Students who have tested positive will not be allowed to actively participate in school sports until at least day 11.
East Fairmont Middle would like to welcome Danielle Bittenbender to the Hornet Family. Danielle will be our school counselor/social worker here in the fall. Below is a brief bio that she wrote to share with our Hornet Family. "My name is Danielle Bittenbender and I am the new counselor at East Fairmont Middle School. I graduated with my Masters from West Virginia University in 2013. Prior to WVU I went to Southern New Hampshire University on a basketball scholarship where I majored in Forensic Psychology. A fun fact about me is that I am from New York but I can’t stand the Yankees (sorry if we have any Yankee fans, don’t hold it against me). I can’t wait for the year to start and to work with the kids!" Welcome Danielle!
We are so excited and have been working so hard to make sure things are ready, we have not put out many reminders of details about daily runnings of the school. Students can be dropped off between 6:45 and 7:15. If you are going to drop your child off, the procedure is to go up Alta Vista to Mason St. Turn right onto Mason. Once on Mason, please let your child out anywhere along that sidewalk. They will then walk to the yellow stairs, down the hill, across the driveway, and into the building. Parents should NOT enter the parking lot during morning drop off or afternoon pick up. Classes start at 7:20 so it is important that all students be in the building by 7:15. Afternoon dismissals will start at 2:14. We will call for early busses at that time. Once the busses have been loaded and pull out, we will dismiss walkers. Walkers are to exit the building through the front door, cross the driveway at the crosswalk, go up the steps, and leave from there. Please be patient the first week during drop off and pick up as we have approximately 750 students and a large majority of those chose not to ride school provided busses.
Thanks to Woodmen Life for providing breakfast for our staff this morning while they completed necessary projects to make sure we are ready for students on Monday. Student Council also provided drinks and snack for today!
East Fairmont Middle Staff has worked hard this week to have everything ready to welcome our students on Monday! We can’t wait to see these halls filled with the smiling face of our students!
East Fairmont Middle School teachers returned to their building today and began preparing for the upcoming year. Much of their professional development for the day focused on building positive relationships first with each other which will then cross over into positive relationships with their students. Marion County Schools focus on Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships. East Fairmont Middle realizes that a focus first on positive relationships will naturally push students to be more successful when they start focusing on the rigor and relevance pieces.
Reminder that all students that require an emergency medication at school MUST provide the medication and order the first day of school or cannot attend this year until that is completed. If the emergency med was discontinued, we need a doctor order stating it is no longer needed. Please call tomorrow between 8-3 and ask to talk to the school nurse if you have any questions.
East Fairmont Middle School and High School Cross Country teams brought donations to be added to the bus that will head to Kentucky later this week to provide supplies to flood victims. If you or your group would like to make donations, there is still time!!!! Bring donations between 8 am and 3 pm, Wednesday or Thursday! Let’s show that East Side Pride and finish packing our bus!
East Fairmont Middle School staff returned to work today to prepare for the start of the new school year next week. Teachers started out their day at East Fairmont High School listening to a guest speaker whose message was one of motivation and encouraging teachers to build relationships and to be caring adults in the lives of their students. Marion County Teacher of the Year, East Fairmont Middle’s Charlotte Romberger, opened up the session by leading the county’s professional staff in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bus Schedules are posted for the 2022-2023 school year. Please click on the following link to find times for pick-up and drop-off. https://www.marionboe.com/page/bus-schedules
Keep those donations coming! The bus is looking great but we would like to see it packed before it heads off to Kentucky next week. Donations are accepted weekdays from 8-3.
East Fairmont Middle would like to officially welcome Brittany Rhoades to the Hornet Family. Brittany will be our 5th and 6th grade gifted teacher here in the fall. She was a long term sub in that position last year but has officially been hired as the gifted teacher. Below is a brief bio that he wrote to share with our Hornet Family.
"My name is Brittany Rhoades, and I am very excited to officially be joining the EFMS Family as the 5th & 6th grade gifted teacher. I graduated from North Marion High School in 2016 and from Fairmont State University in 2020 with a Bachelors in Education and a Bachelors in Mathematics. In 2021, I taught a semester of Algebra 1 at East Fairmont High School, and last year, I taught 5th & 6th grade gifted at East Fairmont Middle School as a full-time substitute.
My teaching philosophy is that all children are unique and must have a stimulating educational environment where they can grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. I am looking forward to getting to know all my students and a fun year of learning!"
Welcome Brittany!
Let’s fill the bus and get ready to roll to Kentucky to help our neighbors in need!!! Thank you to all of the community members and groups who have already donated but we still have a long ways to go to fill our bus by next week! Please keep the donations rolling in. The bus is open week days from at least 8-3 until next Thursday although we are there later than 3 many days. Let’s show that East Side Pride!
Parents and Students:
Please be aware that West Virginia switched platforms this summer for their student management system. Currently, this platform does not appear to be communicating accurately with Clever or LiveGrades so if your child has accessed their schedule through one of these platforms, it is very likely that their schedule is not accurate.
East Fairmont Middle would like to welcome Austin Sayre to the Hornet Family. Austin will be our school counselor here in the fall. Below is a brief bio that he wrote to share with our Hornet Family. "I went to high school at Buckhannon Upshur. I did my undergraduate studies at West Virginia Wesleyan with a major in psychology. I completed my Masters in Arts in school counseling at WVU. I am an only child. Some of my favorite things are any and all types of music(Literally something from any genre), football, and working out. My teaching philosophy is that I believe every student deserves to be in an environment that works to get the very best out of them while encouraging them to be true and authentic to themselves. "
Welcome Austin!
Let’s pack the bus!!!!! Our bus is parked in front of East Middle and ready for those donations! Here is the information from the county: Ready to Roll to Help Our Neighbors in KY: Beginning Monday, August 8 through Thursday, August 18, 8-3, MCS will be collecting non-perishable items such as soap, shampoo, toiletries, canned foods, water and school supplies to take to flood victims in KY. Pack the busses parked at NMHS, EFMS, and FS Field House, 8 AM to 3 PM.
East Fairmont Middle would like to welcome Loran Lowdermilk to the Hornet Family. Loran will be teaching 6th grade ELA here in the fall. Below is a brief bio that she wrote to share with our Hornet Family.
"Hello!
My name is Loran Lowdermilk. I have been married for 10 years and have 2 children. My husband's name is Chris, and he is a controller at Diversified Oil and Gas. My kids are Eden and Owen. Eden is 7 and in the second grade at Monongah Elementary, and Owen is 5 going into kindergarten this August. I am 33 and graduated from Fairmont State with a degree in Elementary Education in 2011, and a master's degree in Reading Education in 2015. Previously I have been a substitute in both Marion and Harrison, and worked at a private nursery school, Whitehall Nursery. The last board of education teaching job that I held was a title one teaching position at Adamston Elementary in Clarksburg. I am very excited for this coming school year, to be able to work with older children teaching what I love. "
Welcome Loran!
Please see the following flyer pertaining to all of the EFMS fall sports tryouts.
