East Fairmont Middle School

Tonight starting at 5 pm is our new student orientation and open house for all students. During open house, any 5th grade student that has their chromebook and charger with them, will be able to change out their old ones for new chromebooks and chargers. New students need to start off their night in the gym with their parents. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!

East Fairmont Middle School Cheer Tryouts Date: Monday August 7th Time: 6pm to 9pm Where: EFM Gym Anyone trying out must have a Physical dated after May 1st, 2023. No exceptions! Come out and be a part of a great team! Thanks, Coaches Kim & Erica

East Fairmont Middle School’s new student orientation and open house will be Thursday, August 17th from 5-7 pm. Please use the following link to register if you plan on attending so we can plan appropriately! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpCGX1FFQnonjiYvDvf89SEN5O9F_Wbi_B8lAyA-6vmxlWFA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0N1wArvwnxNQkqUZho-yqcTh9-5sAx-HGnqg4OL_oBJdKX5jRT5w6C4vA_aem_ATWMPNhZigv5juRWJKEPhTSudet7nt6HTZ4mp6HqOz7rKT3pIu4Oglbbrr2M1PtIUSE

This coming school year, the decision has been made that students at East Fairmont Middle will not be allowed to carry a bookbag during the instructional day. Students may carry one to and from school, but they will need to be placed in the locker before classes start. Students may carry a small neoprene sleeve to carry their chromebook in and a small pencil bag or purse for writing utensils and personal items. Students going into 5th and 9th grade will receive new chromebooks this fall and the new chromebooks will come with one of these sleeves. Students in other grades may purchase their own to use. Below is a link to the one that will be provided with the new chromebooks. https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Inch-Laptop-Case-Accessories/dp/B00D2CR2S6/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2QN1J47ZDWADM&keywords=belkin%2Bneoprene%2Bchromebook%2Bsleeve&qid=1689864694&sprefix=belkin%2Bneoprene%2Bchromebook%2Bsleeve%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-3&th=1

Reminder—-girls basketball live period stared Monday, June 12th 7:00-8:30pm at the middle school old gym. We will have a short parent meeting before we start at 7:00. This is open to any incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls that is interested in trying out for basketball at EFMS in November. Any questions, contact Coach Rogers at 304-517-4131.

This year's National Honor Society induction ceremony will be held this Wednesday, April 19th at 5:00 in the EFMS gym. If your student is being inducted and will be participating in the ceremony, please RSVP as soon as possible in Google Classroom. Thank you.

Parents and guardians: it has come to our attention that there are some questions regarding the Personalized Education Plan and we want to clarify. The pep plans are a guide for schools to follow but they are not written in stone. Students will have every opportunity to give any input on their schedules and class listings when they meet with their prospective counselors each year. The classes you see listed serve as a guide but not as a schedule for the students. These listings are subject to change each year. Each student will be met with yearly to discuss core classes and electives. If there are any remaining questions please be sure to contact Mr. Sayre or Mrs. Bittenbender here at EFMS.

Picture Day is coming on Thursday, March 9th! Lifetouch School Photography, known for capturing school pictures from K-12 nationwide, will take our school photos this year. For more information about Picture Day, check out the flyer provided or visit: https://schools.lifetouch.com/for-your-families/ School Name: East Fairmont Middle School Picture Day Date: Thursday, March 9 Picture Day ID: EVTP9BZRD

Parent/teacher conferences will be Thursday, February 9th from 3:30 - 6:30. These will be in person and will be a first come, first serve basis with each teacher. Teachers will have sign up sheets outside of their classroom for you to sign in on. Parents will not be allowed to enter the building until after 3:30 and will be asked to leave by 6:30. There will also be no English tutoring with Ms. Sisk that evening due to the conferences. There also will be no East Middle sports practices that evening.

We shared this link with staff and students a few months ago and have received some wonderful responses. We would like to give parents and community members the opportunity to recognize some of our staff as well. If you have a staff member that has went above and beyond, for you, your child, or the community, please consider taking a few minutes to complete the form attached and let them know that you appreciate them. Each response will be printed out for the teacher and gives the teacher the chance to be selected as our Staff Hornet Hero of the Week. Thank you for you r time! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9cQm7bfMeJDCBEvK_9OOwIsCvJI4tF1s7dlOz6Erd4ZUTZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Reminder that if students have plans for after school, all arrangements need to be made before they come to school and the student needs a note from home. If their plans involve going to another student's home, that student needs a note from home as well. Students will not be allowed to board a bus without having a note from home and turned into the office so that a bus note can be prepared.

A few reminders as we start into the second semester: Students are to arrive at school by 7:15. Classes start at 7:20 and if students are not seated in class ready for instruction to begin at 7:20, they can be counted tardy. Also, teachers who do morning duty need to leave their assigned stations at 7:15 to report to their classrooms. This can cause serious safety concerns for students arriving after this time. Students have been arriving later and later as the year goes on. Also, parent and doctors' notes are supposed to be provided to the school within 3 school days of absences in order for those to be excused. Many parents provided notes at the end of the grading period expecting absences to be excused for their children so they could attend the PBIS reward. This will not be allowed at the end of the 3rd and 4th nine weeks. If notes are not provided in a timely fashion, absences will not be excused.

On Wednesday, January 18th, East Fairmont Middle will take their 8th grade students to the Marion County Tech Center to explore the various class options that are available to Marion County students during their high school career at the Tech Center location. Students will be assigned to either a morning tour or an afternoon tour. Students will come to school as normal and leave school as normal. Students will ride a Marion County School Bus to and from the Tech Center. Students will eat lunch at school but if they are attending the afternoon session then they will eat lunch earlier in the day than normal. All school rules apply while on the field trip. Students will not be allowed to take book bags or phones with them to the tech center. These items will need to be locked in their lockers while on the trip. Any misbehavior while on the trip will result in disciplinary action. All 8th graders will attend the tour unless the form sent home is completed and returned to the school by Tuesday, January 17th. Thank you and please email me at hsnodgra@k12.wv.us if you should have any questions. You may also use the email option to opt out of your child attending. Thanks, Heather Snodgass Assistant Principal.

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.