FMS DAILY BULLETIN
Friday, 8/20/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. CONGRATULATIONS on a successful first week! We will have a D.J. lunch rally so enjoy the music in the pavilion during lunch. Keep up the good work!
2. SCHOOL RULES – FMS students may NOT go on other school campuses after school.
3. BRIDGES after school program is accepting applications for all middle school students. Applications can be picked up in the office or in room D-1.
4. WASHINGTON D.C. – If you still want to go to Washington D.C., see Miss Beal in room K-3 for the sign up information. There are only 12 spots left. They will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Only 7th and 8th graders may attend.
5. SHAVE IT VAN – Starting next Wednesday and every Wednesday this quarter the Shave It van will be here selling shaved ice for $3.00. Buy one to cool down after school and support the school’s trip to Washington D.C. Look for the van on the far side of the parking lot, next to the 6th grade playing fields. No walking in the parking lot to get to the van. You may only cross the parking lot across from the van and line up in the grass. Thanks!
6. LUNCH – 6th graders will be going to 1st lunch (11:20-12:00) and 7/8th graders will be going to 2nd lunch (12:15-12:55)
7. DISCIPLINE ASSEMBLY for 8th graders will take place today during Advisory.
8. BUS INFORMATION – If you are a bus rider, you must bring in your completed bus form to the office and receive a sticker on your ID card. Bus forms were handed out at registration. If you did not pick up a bus form, you may obtain one in the front office. Bring your forms in right away!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. WELCOME TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR! You are welcome to come to our school any time. Please be sure to sign in at the front office and get a visitors pass before going on campus.
2. PARENT MEET AND GREETS will take place again this year on the last Friday of each month (starting 9/24/10) from 7:30-8:30 a.m. This is an opportunity to come and spend time with Administrators and teachers and hear about what is happening at Fillmore Middle School. Watch the bulletin for more information.

FMS DAILY BULLETIN
Thursday, 8/19/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. THE FILLMORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD provides a process for complaints alleging discrimination of a program or a program’s failure to comply with state or federal law. The policy protects the privacy rights of the complainant and prohibits retaliation for filing a complaint. Complaints must be written on “Program Discrimination/Legal Violation Complaint Form” available from the Assistant Superintendent and filed within six months of the incident or when it became known. Help in filling out the form will be provided if needed. All other types of complaints, including complaints regarding personnel or instructional materials follow other board policies. The process for registering other complaints is: 1) if the complaint concerns a teacher, first contact the teacher. 2) if the complaints are not resolved by the teacher, contact the principal of the school, then the district superintendent, and finally the Board of Education. Complete copies of these policies are available through the superintendent’s office.
2. SCHOOL STARTS at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:50 p.m. each day. Wednesday’s are late start day and school begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 2:50 p.m. We will begin late start next Wednesday, 8/25/10.
3. LUNCH – 6th graders will be going to 1st lunch (11:20-12:00) and 7/8th graders will be going to 2nd lunch (12:15-12:55)
4. DISCIPLINE ASSEMBLIES will take place during Advisory as follows: 7th graders today and 8th graders on Friday.
5. CAFETERIA INFO – If you receive free breakfast you may eat your breakfast before school or at break, but you must choose one or the other. If you eat twice, you will be charged for a second breakfast.
6. BUS INFORMATION – If you are a bus rider, you must bring in your completed bus form to the office and receive a sticker on your ID card. Bus forms were handed out at registration. If you did not pick up a bus form, you may obtain one in the front office. Bring your forms in right away!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. WELCOME TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR! You are welcome to come to our school any time. Please be sure to sign in at the front office and get a visitors pass before going on campus.
2. PARENT MEET AND GREETS will take place again this year on the last Friday of each month (starting 9/24/10) from 7:30-8:30 a.m. This is an opportunity to come and spend time with Administrators and teachers and hear about what is happening at Fillmore Middle School. Watch the bulletin for more information.

FMS DAILY BULLETIN
Wednesday, 8/18/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. WELCOME TO FILLMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL! We are excited about another new school year and we hope everyone had a restful summer. Let the learning begin!
2. SCHOOL STARTS at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:50 p.m. each day. Wednesday’s are late start day and school begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 2:50 p.m. We will begin late start on Wednesday, 8/25/10.
3. LUNCH – 6th graders will be going to 1st lunch (11:20-12:00) and 7/8th graders will be going to 2nd lunch (12:15-12:55)
4. DISCIPLINE ASSEMBLIES will take place during Advisory as follows: 6th graders will attend today, 7th graders on Thursday, and 8th graders on Friday.
5. CAFETERIA INFO – If you receive free breakfast you may eat your breakfast before school or at break, but you must choose one or the other. If you eat twice, you will be charged for a second breakfast.
6. BUS INFORMATION – If you are a bus rider, you must bring in your completed bus form to the office and receive a sticker on your ID card. Bus forms were handed out at registration. If you did not pick up a bus form, you may obtain one in the front office. Bring your forms in right away!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. WELCOME TO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR! You are welcome to come to our school any time. Please be sure to sign in at the front office and get a visitors pass before going on campus.
2. PARENT MEET AND GREETS will take place again this year on the last Friday of each month (starting 9/24/10) from 7:30-8:30 a.m. This is an opportunity to come and spend time with Administrators and teachers and hear about what is happening at Fillmore Middle School. Watch the bulletin for more information.

A student listens to Clara Knopfler as she speaks.
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Eighth grade students at Fillmore Middle School had a rare opportunity Tuesday May 25th. They heard the testimony of a Holocaust survivor, Clara Knopfler. As Clara related her story of life in Transylvania she emphasized she was the same age as FMS students when her country was occupied by Hungarians, Hitler‘s first allies in World War II. As she spoke the silence in the FMS gym was palpable. Eighth graders have been reading the Diary of Anne Frank in Language Arts and studying the Holocaust in their history classes. They sat mesmerized by actually hearing the history from a woman who lived it. As Clara explained, she was first made to live in the ghetto, an old brick factory with no restrooms. She was then transported to Auschwitz and later ended up in Riga concentration camp where she made gun powder for the German army. Luckily she lived through these trials with her mother at her side, Pepi Deutsch, who’s spirit led she and her daughter through the darkest times. From Riga she went to the Eastern front to dig anti-tank trenches. There she confronted a German soldier beating her mother. By the simple, but strong statement, “don’ t you have a mother?” actually got him to stop hitting her mother.

Lastly Clara and her mother were forced to CONTINUED »

Fillmore Middle School
Thursday, 6/10/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. ANY PYLES BOYS CAMP paperwork left to turn in can be dropped off on Monday, June 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Sheriff’s Station with Elizabeth Kohli.
2. 8th GRADERS wishing to participate in Football, practice will begin Monday, June 21st. Please report to the lower locker room at the high school no later than 3:15 p.m. You will need to bring $100.00 for your spirit pack.
3. THE WASHINGTON DC TRIP for Spring, 2011 has been planned and 6th & 7th graders need to get your application to attend from Miss Beal in room K-3. There are still some spots available.
4. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• Thursday, June 10th – 8th grade Promotion 11:00 am; Last Day of School
Students released at 12:15 a.m.
5. LIBRARY INFO – All textbooks are due today! Teachers may bring classes to the library at will to check in textbooks. Thank you everyone for a great and wonderful year!
6. YEARBOOK INFO –Yearbooks are on sale after school until we sell out. $50.00 cash only – No checks will be accepted! Go to room K-3 to make your purchase.
7. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! School starts again on Wednesday, August 18, 2010!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. 8th GRADE PROMOTION takes place TODAY, 6/10/10 at 11:00 a.m. Please remember that the gym fills up quickly and we start on time! Also, we are not allowing balloons into the gym as they block the view of the audience. We also do not encourage the renting of limo’s, but if you choose to do so, please note that they will not be allowed to park in front of the school. You will need to arrange for them to park in the adjacent neighborhood.

Fillmore Middle School
Wednesday, 6/9/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. A BIG GREAT BIG THANK YOU goes out to our wonderful, marvelous parent volunteer, Betty Bow Withers, who generously gave the Fillmore Middle School Library a $500 donation. Thank you Betty, we will use it well!
2. 8th GRADERS wishing to participate in Football, practice will begin Monday, June 21st. Please report to the lower locker room at the high school no later than 3:15 p.m. You will need to bring $100.00 for your spirit pack.
3. THE WASHINGTON DC TRIP for Spring, 2011 has been planned and 6th & 7th graders need to get your application to attend from Miss Beal in room K-3. There are still some spots available.
4. MINIMUM DAYS this week today and tomorrow. All students will be released at 12:15 p.m. on these days.
5. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• Wednesday, June 9th – 7th grade Shiells Park 8-12 pm; 8th grade Promotion Practice;
Minimum Day
• Thursday, June 10th – 8th grade Promotion 11:00 am; Last Day of School
Students released at 12:15 a.m.
6. LIBRARY INFO – All textbooks are due when your teacher tells you to bring them in. Teachers may bring classes to the library at will to check textbooks in or inform students to return them to the library. Thank you everyone for a great and wonderful year!
7. IF YOU OWE MONEY to the cafeteria, please pay your debt. If you don’t, your debt will still be owed at the beginning of the new school year.
8. YEARBOOK INFO –Yearbooks are on sale after school until we sell out. $50.00 cash only – No checks will be accepted!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. 8th GRADE PROMOTION takes place on Thursday, 6/10/10 at 11:00 a.m. Please remember that the gym fills up quickly and we start on time! Also, we are not allowing balloons into the gym as they block the view of the audience. We also do not encourage the renting of limo’s, but if you choose to do so, please note that they will not be allowed to park in front of the school. You will need to arrange for them to park in the adjacent neighborhood.

Fillmore Middle School
Tuesday, 6/8/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. PRIDE IN AMERICA COMMITTEE – Potluck dinner this evening starting at 5:30 p.m.
2. SCHOOL RULES – Possession of unauthorized devices (cell phones, cameras, I-pods, etc.) will result in the item being confiscated and your parent will have to pick it up.
3. 8th GRADERS wishing to participate in Football, practice will begin Monday, June 21st. Please report to the lower locker room at the high school no later than 3:15 p.m. You will need to bring $100.00 for your spirit pack.
4. THE WASHINGTON DC TRIP for Spring, 2011 has been planned and 6th & 7th graders need to get your application to attend from Miss Beal in room K-3. There are still some spots available.
5. MINIMUM DAYS this week today through Thursday, June 10th. All students will be released at 12:15 p.m. on these days.
6. NO LATE START on Wednesday, 6/9. All students need to be at school at 7:55 a.m. and will be released at 12:15 p.m.
7. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• Tuesday, June 8th – 8th grade Shiells Park 8-11:30 am; Minimum Day
• Wednesday, June 9th – 7th grade Shiells Park 8-12 pm; 8th grade Promotion Practice;
Minimum Day
• Thursday, June 10th – 8th grade Promotion 11:00 am; Last Day of School
Students released at 12:15 a.m.
8. 7th & 8th GRADERS – For your Shiells Park trips this week the Shave It van will be there selling shaved ice for $3 and water as well. They’ll be there from 9:30-11:00 am. All sales will go to the Washington D.C. trip fundraiser.
9. LIBRARY INFO – All textbooks are due when your teacher tells you to bring them in. Teachers may bring classes to the library at will to check textbooks in or inform students to return them to the library. Thank you everyone for a great and wonderful year!
10. IF YOU OWE MONEY to the cafeteria, please pay your debt. If you don’t, your debt will still be owed at the beginning of the new school year.
11. YEARBOOK INFO –Yearbooks are on sale after school until we sell out. $50.00 cash only – No checks will be accepted!

PARENT INFORMATION

1. 8th GRADE PROMOTION takes place on Thursday, 6/10/10 at 11:00 a.m. Please remember that the gym fills up quickly and we start on time! Also, we are not allowing balloons into the gym as they block the view of the audience. We also do not encourage the renting of limo’s, but if you choose to do so, please note that they will not be allowed to park in front of the school. You will need to arrange for them to park in the adjacent neighborhood.

Fillmore Middle School
Monday, 6/7/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. PRIDE IN AMERICA COMMITTEE – Please come to room J-1 today at lunch or after school to sign up for our potluck dinner which will take place tomorrow, June 8th at 5:30 p.m.
2. SCHOOL RULES – Possession of unauthorized devices (cell phones, cameras, I-pods, etc.) will result in the item being confiscated and your parent will have to pick it up.
3. 8th GRADERS wishing to participate in Football, practice will begin Monday, June 21st. Please report to the lower locker room at the high school no later than 3:15 p.m. You will need to bring $100.00 for your spirit pack.
4. THE WASHINGTON DC TRIP for Spring, 2011 has been planned and 6th & 7th graders need to get your application to attend from Miss Beal in room K-3. There are still some spots available.
5. MINIMUM DAYS this week Tuesday, June 8th through Thursday, June 10th. All students will be released at 12:15 p.m. on these days.
6. NO LATE START on Wednesday, 6/9. All students need to be at school at 7:55 a.m. and will be released at 12:15 p.m.
7. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• Monday, June 7th – 6th grade Shiells Park 9-2:30; 8th grade Towne Theatre 8-12 pm.
• Tuesday, June 8th – 8th grade Shiells Park 8-11:30 am; Minimum Day
• Wednesday, June 9th – 7th grade Shiells Park 8-12 pm; 8th grade Promotion Practice;
Minimum Day
• Thursday, June 10th – 8th grade Promotion 11:00 am; Last Day of School
Students released at 12:15 a.m.
8. 6th, 7th & 8th GRADERS – For your Shiells Park trips this week the Shave It van will be there selling shaved ice for $3 and water as well. They’ll be there from 9:30-11:00 am. All sales will go to the Washington D.C. trip fundraiser.
9. LIBRARY INFO – All textbooks are due when your teacher tells you to bring them in. Teachers may bring classes to the library at will to check textbooks in or inform students to return them to the library. Thank you everyone for a great and wonderful year!
10. IF YOU OWE MONEY to the cafeteria, please pay your debt. If you don’t, your debt will still be owed at the beginning of the new school year.
11. YEARBOOK INFO –Yearbooks will be sold after school on Monday, June 7th only and will be sold until we sell out. $50.00 cash only – No checks will be accepted!
12. 8th GRADERS – If you are attending Park Day tomorrow, don’t forget to bring money for snacks and water that will be available at the park. Also, you are allowed to bring I-pods, PSP’s, sports equipment, games or other things that you want to do while at the park. However, you will not be allowed to bring backpacks or purses. Anything you want to take must be carried. And REMEMBER, you are responsible for whatever you bring so be careful so that your belongings won’t get lost, damaged or stolen.

PARENT INFORMATION

1. 8th GRADE PROMOTION takes place on Thursday, 6/10/10 at 11:00 a.m. Please remember that the gym fills up quickly and we start on time! Also, we are not allowing balloons into the gym as they block the view of the audience. We also do not encourage the renting of limo’s, but if you choose to do so, please note that they will not be allowed to park in front of the school. You will need to arrange for them to park in the adjacent neighborhood.

Fillmore Middle School
Wednesday, 6/2/10
General Info 524-6055; Attendance 524-6065; Health Office 524-6059

Mission Statement: Together We Will… Think, Believe, Create and Achieve

STUDENT INFORMATION

1. CONGRATULATIONS to all Pride in America student ambassadors! You did a great job planning and contributing to the Memorial Day celebration.
2. SCHOOL RULES – Possession of unauthorized devices (cell phones, cameras, I-pods, etc.) will result in the item being confiscated and your parent will have to pick it up.
3. LIBRARY INFO – The last day to check out books is TODAY, 6/2. All library books are due Friday. All fines are due before any field trip in which you are participating. Please return all your books!
4. YEARBOOK INFO – All pre-ordered yearbooks for 8th graders will be distributed on Thursday, June 3rd during 1st period. No yearbooks will be for sale after school. All pre-ordered 6th & 7th grade yearbooks will be distributed during 61st period on Friday, June 4th. No yearbooks will be sold after school. Yearbooks will be sold after school on Monday, June 7th only and will be sold until we sell out. $50.00 cash only – No checks will be accepted!
5. 8th GRADERS – Our Park Day is Tuesday, June 8. You must pay any money you owe to attend. Check the list in room J-2 BEFORE or AFTER school. Do this ASAP and pay off your debts, then turn in your permission slips by Friday, June 4.
6. END OF THE YEAR DANCE is next Friday, June 4th. Save the date for our Party Grande which starts at 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale during both lunches. Cost is $4.00 in advance and $5.00 at the door. Tickets are on sale during both lunches in the pavilion. Students must have a signed parent permission slip in order to enter the dance. Don’t forget to purchase your ticket! Glow in the dark items, snacks and beverages will be available for purchase.

PARENT INFORMATION

1. 8th GRADE PROMOTION takes place on Thursday, 6/10/10 at 11:00 a.m. Please remember that the gym fills up quickly and we start on time!