Olivia Johnson
Thanks to a donation from Elite Island Resorts, FRMS will include hotel stays at several Caribbean resorts in their March Madness fundraiser on March 14th. The hotels that will be up for bid during our silent auction include:
Up to 3 rooms for 7 to 9 nights at St. James’s Club in Antigua (Valued at $3,600)
Up to 2 rooms for 7 to 10 nights at Palm island in The Grenadines. (Valued at $3,000)- Adults Only
Up to 3 Rooms for 7 to 10 nights at St. James’s Club Morgan Bay on Saint Lucia (Valued at $2,745)
Up to 2 rooms for 7 to 9 nights at Pineapple Beach Club on Antigua (Valued at $2,100)- Adults Only
Up to 3 Rooms for 7 nights in Panama (Valued at $3,000)
Up to 3 Rooms for 7 -9 nights at the Verandah on Antigua (Valued at $2700)
Up to 3 Rooms for 7 to 10 nights at The Club on Barbados. (Valued at $2400)
Airfare is not included. Also, since these are all inclusive resorts, there is an additional per person daily charge that covers all dining (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks), all beverages (including alcohol), resort facilities, activities including non-motorized watersports, and gratuities. Depending on the island/hotel, that cost ranges from $115 to $140 per person per day. Complete information on these packages will be available at the auction on March 14th. The silent auction opens at 6:00. Checks and cash only- we cannot accept credit cards at our fundraiser. All funds raised will go towards field trips for our middle school students.
Concerned about how your teenager uses social media sites like Snapchat or Instagram? Worried about cybersafety or cyberbullying? Need more information about social media and the impact it has on your teen or preteen?
Parents/Guardians are invited to a very special social media and cyber safety presentation in the Elmira High School Theater on Monday, March 5th from 6 to 8 PM
. This workshop is for any and all parents/guardians of school age children Kindergarten thru 12th grade. The workshop shares with parents the basics of social media and cyber safety. Hear from experts, including a panel of trained students, regarding the ways kids are using social media today. Parents/Guardians from Fern Ridge School District, Crow Applegate Lorane, Junction City, and Triangle Lake are invited to attend, as well as any interested adults who may find this information useful. This event is hosted by ECASEY Lane County.
Interested parents are encouraged to RSVP by emailing Emily@kidsfirstcenter.net Free childcare may also be available by emailing Emily@kidsfirstcenter.net
Click on the link below for a flyer with more information.
FRMS is holding a raffle to help raise money to pay for field trips for our middle school students. The raffle, along with a silent auction and a Staff vs Student Basketball game, is part of what we are calling our March Madness Fundraiser. Our goal is to raise at least $4,000 to help fund field trips. Currently, the school district does not pay for field trips for students. Any field trips that our stud
ents go on is paid for by funds raised by school fundraisers like our March Madness fundraiser.
Beginning today and ending on March 9th, students should sell raffle tickets to family and family friends. All they need to do is to collect the money and put the names of the individuals and the number of tickets sold on the envelope. Most families with students attended Veneta or Elmira should be familiar with this process. Parent volunteers will put names on tickets and put the tickets into a drawing. We have some nice prizes to give away, including $400 in gift cards from Winco Foods. Students can also earn prizes for selling tickets. For every $5 in tickets a student sells, they get their name in a drawing for prizes like passes to the City Pool. In addition, students can earn the following prizes: Continue reading
Fern Ridge Middle School will hold their Second Semester Parent Conferences on Thursday, March 1st from 4 PM to 8 PM. Evening conferences are generally more heavily attended and FRMS uses an “arena” style conference on Thursday night where all teachers are in the commons. Parent conferences are “drop by” and appointments are not needed. If there are parents ahead of you, we ask that you wait and teachers will be with you as soon as possible.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be open on Thursday night from 4 PM to 8 PM so families can stop by and purchase a book on their way in or out of conferences. This is the buy one, get one free Book Fair.
School will be closed on Friday, March 2nd.
Please Note: As we did in the fall, we will not send home progress reports before parent conferences. We will have mid-term progress reports ready for parents to pick up during conferences in the commons.
FRSD has updated their emergency closure information handout to include times/stops for snow routes based on the new schedule for FRMS. Clink on the links below for the updated information.
2017-18 Emergency Closure Information (Including Snow Routes) in English
2017-18 Cierre de la Escuela por Emergencia
Concerned about how your teenager uses social media sites like Snapchat or Instagram? Worried about cybersafety or cyberbullying? Need more information about social media and the impact it has on your teen or preteen?
Parents/Guardians are invited to a very special social media and cyber safety presentation in the Elmira High School Theater on Monday, March 5th from 6 to 8 PM. This workshop is for any and all parents/guardians of school age children Kindergarten thru 12th grade. The workshop shares with parents the basics of social media and cyber safety. Hear from experts, including a panel of trained students, regarding the ways kids are using social media today. Parents/Guardians from Fern Ridge School District, Crow Applegate Lorane, Junction City, and Triangle Lake are invited to attend, as well as any interested adults who may find this information useful. This event is hosted by ECASEY Lane County.
Interested parents are encouraged to RSVP by emailing Emily@kidsfirstcenter.net Free childcare may also be available by emailing Emily@kidsfirstcenter.net
Click on the link below for a flyer with more information.
FRMS 6th and 8th grade students will be taking part in the Oregon Student Wellness Survey, sponsored by the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education. It will ask 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students about academic commitment, the school environment, positive youth development, and behavioral risks such as fighting, depression, substance use, and gambling. The SWS gathers information that is used to plan and evaluate programs that address these areas. The survey provides schools and communities a clear picture of what the problems are, what prevention efforts/programs are working, and how we can better support youth in our community.
The survey will take 45 minutes or less. Data gathered will be anonymous. The data will be reported back in groups only- no individual data will be reported. Students will not be asked to put their name or any identifying information on the survey. Students are free to skip questions or stop at any point. Parents can also opt their child out of the survey by returning the attached letter by Thursday, February 22nd. A hard copy of the letter was sent home with students. Students will be taking the survey as part of their Language Arts classes.
For a copy of the informational letter to parents click this link: Parent Information Letter
This is a great program to help 
your child be successful in high school and beyond! Monday, July 30th through Thursday, August 2nd are the dates that EHS will host the 4-day summer Strong Start program. This program is for incoming 9th graders of ALL ability levels to assist them in developing some skills that encourage a strong start to their High School Career!
More information will be coming out in the coming weeks, including an informational flyer. Stay tuned and save the date! For questions, contact EHS Teacher Stu Burgess at sburgess@fernridge.k12.or.us or FRMS Counselor Ryan Chambers at rchambers@fernridge.k12.or.us.
Go Future Falcons!
This Friday from 6:30 Pm to 8:00 PM we will have our Gold Card Dance and Open Gym from 6::30 to 8:00 P.M. It is free to all students who kept their Gold Card all through second quarter- this would mean students who never received a detention or a referral between November 6th and January 25th. Students who kept their gold card status will be receiving an invitation to the Dance/Open Gym. Students who had one or more detentions or referrals will not be allowed into the Dance/Open Gym. Students with earned a detention by having 5 or more tardies will also not be allowed in. Leadership will be selling concessions at the event.
Parents who would like to help chaperone, should contact Ryan Chambers at 541-935-8230 ext. 4202.
Gold Card events happen at the end of each quarter as a reward for those students who do not receive detentions or referrals that quarter. Students who lose their gold card one quarter, will get it back at the beginning of the next quarter. Gold Card events are planned by Mr. Chambers working with our leadership class and we thank them for their hard work. Leadership has also opened a student store on Wednesdays where students can use their High Five tickets to purchase school supplies. We have a very excited leadership class and can’t wait to see the things they do this semester.
Beginning Friday, February 2nd volunteers from Planned Parenthood will be making presentations during our science classes on health and human sexuality. They will be presenting for two class periods. Topics are as follows for each grade level:
The topics covered for the different grades are described below:
Topic: Human Growth and Development –Anatomy and Physiology (6th Grade)
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- Recognize the importance of healthy body systems and how each contributes to personal health.
- Recognize female and male reproductive systems including reproductive anatomy and function.
- Identify medically accurate information about male and female anatomy.
- Demonstrate use of medically accurate language for reproductive anatomy and reproduction. Continue reading