Olivia Johnson
Seventh Grade Field Trip
Tuesday, November 12th
Fern Ridge Middle School is happy to announce that their Seventh Grade Field Trip on November 12th will be to the Eugene Symphony Youth Concert: World Beats. Students will leave here at approximately 9:15 and return around noon. They will eat lunch at school. The performance will be at the Hult Center.
Students who attend are expected to demonstrate appropriate behavior, comply with all school rules/expectations during the field trip, and positively represent FRMS.
Permission slips will go home on Monday, October 28th during Social Studies, In addition, the permission slip can be accessed at the link below.
Permission slips must be returned no later than Friday, February 8th at 3:30. Permission slips will not be accepted on the 12th and permission cannot be granted verbally or through text or email.
Parents who may want to help chaperone this trip must have passed our criminal history background check and notify Tammy by November 5th so that we can include them in our final numbers we submit to the Hult Center. Questions? Please contact the office. Thank you.
This is just a reminder to parents that first quarter will end on Thursday, October 31st. We are encouraging families to check Home Access now to see how their child is doing at school while there is still an opportunity to turn in missing work or complete make up assignments. If you need help accessing Home Access, feel free to contact our school office or check the link on the right hand side of this page for more information.
If you have questions about a specific class or assignment, please feel free to email or call that staff member for more information or clarification.
There will be no school on Friday, November 1st to give teachers the chance to complete their grades.
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his post is intended to inform and remind folks about the free and reduced lunch program. Please take advantage of it if you qualify, and if you are not sure, please fill out the application and find out! It is a tremendous asset to our families and students. As a reminder, if you qualify for Free or Reduced lunch, breakfast is ALWAYS FREE! Alan Fullerton our food service director, in conjunction with his staff, have been working hard to provide healthier and more made from scratch meal options. Even if you don’t use this service consistently, having the option of knowing that your child can receive free breakfast on those mornings when you are running late, is a great deal!
There are two ways to apply. Go to this link (click here) print off the application, fill it out and drop off in the front office, or go to this link (click here) and apply directly online.
As a final reminder, you must apply each year. Those that were eligible in 18-19, remain eligible through September 2019, however beginning Oct 1st if you did not reapply, charges are accruing. Get your applications in ASAP. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Renee Ota at rota@fernridge.k12.or.us or 541-935-8218 Ext 2
Expect Respect is an anti-bullying curriculum developed by UO that utilizes PBIS strategies and is focused on the middle school age group. The curriculum highlights bystander training and helping students identify bullying type behaviors in themselves and in others.
To help us get ready for our Expect Respect week, all FRMS students took a school climate survey. This week in homeroom we shared the results of that survey with students. Continue reading
Students will receive their 19-20 FRMS Student ID Card during their 7th period classes on 10-17-19.
Families should know that under the LTD Student Pass program, students can use their FRMS ID Card to ride free on LTD buses. This is a LTD program that they hope will make it easier for families to get around town and help build life-long transit users.
For information about the LTD Student Pass program click on the links below.
Next week is Fern Ridge Middle School’s Spirit Week. Help us celebrate and dress up on the following days:
Monday- Tie Dye Day. Wear your Tie Dye socks, shirts, bandanas, etc.
Tuesday- Character Day. Dress up like a character from your favorite movie, book, or TV show. (FRMS Dress Code Still Applies)
Wednesday- Lazy Day. Wear your favorite lounge around the house clothes. (FRMS Dress Code Still Applies)
Thursday- School Colors. 6th graders wear black, 7th graders wear blue, and 8th graders wear red.
Friday- EHS Day. Wear Purple and Gold or EHS Falcon Gear to help support Elmira High School.
Fern Ridge Middle School will have their first dance of the school year on Friday, October 25th from 6:30 to 8 PM. Cost to get in will be $5. Refreshments will be sold by our leadership students. Funds raised from the dance will go towards the class accounts that are used for promotion and class activities.
Per our handbook, FRMS students must be at school all day on 10/25/19 in order to attend the dance. Students who are tardy, absent, get checked out early, etc. cannot attend the dance that night. The only exception will be students with medical appointments if they have a note from the doctor’s office excusing their absence.
Parents who are interested in chaperoning must have an approved criminal history background check on file and contact Whitney Davis, leadership advisor, at wdavis@fernridge.k12.or.us
Students who want to are welcome to wear a costume to this dance. The costume must follow all FRMS Costume Guidelines. Please read below for those guidelines:
Once again Fern Ridge Middle School will allow students to wear Halloween costumes to sc
hool on Thursday, October 31st. The following guidelines must be followed:
- If students are going to wear a costume, they must wear it to school. Except for P.E., Students will not be permitted to change at school. Students must be able to wear their costume throughout the school day.
- No masks or full face painting will be allowed.
- Costumes must not be too scary or inappropriate for the school environment. Please no gory or grotesque costumes.
- Absolutely no props are allowed. (no swords, weapons, wands, etc)
- The school is not responsible for costumes that are torn or damaged while at school.
- Students must wear shoes that are appropriate for school.
- Students who come to school wearing something inappropriate, will have to call home for new clothing or remain in the office.
- Dress code standards still apply, even on Halloween. Costumes that are too revealing or that promote drugs or alcohol will result in students calling home for a change of clothes.
- Costumes should not interfere with the ability of students to attend classes, sit at desks, get their lunches, etc.
Thanks to a very generous donation, FRMS has Duck Football Tickets for the November 16th Arizona game that students will have the opportunity to win. Students will be entered into drawings and given the chance to win a packet of 4 tickets for the game. There will be three drawings:
- Perfect Attendance– All students with perfect attendance (no absences and no tardies) at the end of the quarter will be put into a drawing. 15 students with perfect attendance will have their names drawn and win tickets.
- Gold Star List– All students who make the Gold Star List this quarter will be entered into a second drawing for another 15 sets of tickets. Students make the Gold Star List for having no detentions, no referrals, no bus citations, and no more than 4 absences for the first quarter.
- High Five Drawing– Finally, all students will have the opportunity to purchase “raffle tickets” for 20 High Five tickets. All raffle tickets will be entered into this third drawing for Duck Tickets. Students can purchase as many “raffle tickets” as they have High Five tickets for.
Students can only win one time. Because they were a donation, the tickets cannot be sold. If for some reason a student doesn’t want or can’t use the tickets, we will draw another name to award the tickets to.
We are excited to have this opportunity to reward our student’s positive behavior and positive attendance with such a great incentive!
We’ve had some questions asked about the news program that is shared with students in some of our classes. This program is called “CNN 10” and is a daily video news segment produced by CNN and designed for schools to use in classrooms- like a video version of the Weekly Readers or Scholastic News parents might be more familiar with. It has a global perspective and includes stories of events happening around the world. They also include a test for teachers to use in the classroom. In classes like Social Studies or Current Events, this program has been a great tool to help students learn more about different countries as well as advancements in technology, science, etc.
This is the description from the CNN 10 website:
What is CNN 10?
We encourage parents who have questions to click on the link below and check out the videos themselves. The link will take you to the video for today and an archive where you can watch prior videos. If, after viewing the program, you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher or the school.