Forks Middle School Bulletin

Elena Velasquez

April 3, 2025


FMS SPARTANS Family  Bulletin

April 7 - April 11, 2025

Empowering Students to Succeed

Mission: At FMS we Collaborate, Create, Communicate and Celebrate to provide an equity-based holistic approach to empower students to succeed in their educational, career and civic pathways.

Vision: Each student engages for academic success, social-emotional well being, and career pathway preparation as they transition to high school.

Date

Activity

Monday

4/7

  • Return to School from Spring Break

  • CANDY GRAM Fundraiser Begins and runs through April 18 (See details below)

  • Review Schoolwide and Classroom Expectations all week (See details below)

  • Forks STEM Rovers: 3:30-5:30 (FHS CTE Room)

  • Track Practice Begins: 3:30 (Location TBD)

  • QUARTER THREE ends Friday, April 11 (See details below)

Tuesday

4/8

  • Review Schoolwide and Classroom Expectations

  • 8th Grade AVANT World Language Testing: Time/Location TBD

  • Academic Support: 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Gingrich’s room)

  • QUARTER THREE ends Friday, April 11

Wednesday

4/9

  • Review Schoolwide and Classroom Expectations

  • Academic Support: 7:30-8:10 am (Ms. Hunley’s Room)

  • 8th Grade AVANT World Language Testing: Time/Location TBD

  • Early Release- class dismiss at 2:30

  • Academic Support: 2:30-3:30 (Paraeducator Room)

  • QUARTER THREE ends Friday, April 11

Thursday

4/10

  • Review Schoolwide and Classroom Expectations

  • Academic Support: 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Gingrich’s room)

  • QUARTER THREE ends Friday, April 11

Friday

4/11

  • End of Quarter 3

  • Welcome the Whales Field Trip- 7th Grade: 8:30-12:30 (La Push)

  • 5th Grade Class Meeting: 11:05 (Mrs. Feasel’s Room)

  • Student of the Month Luncheon: 12: 08 (B Echeita’s Room)

@Beyond

  • Week of April 14: I-Ready Testing:

  • CANDY GRAM Fundraiser Continues through April 18 

  • 4/14 Forks STEM Rovers: 3:30-5:30 (FHS CTE Room)

  • 4/15 Academic Support: 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Streutker’s room)

  • 4/15 School Board Meeting: 5:30 (FHS Library)

  • 4/16 Bright and/or Neon Dress up Day!

  • 4/16 Academic Support: 7:30-8:10 am (Ms. Hunley’s Room)

  • 4/16 Early Release- class dismiss at 2:30

  • 4/17 Academic Support: 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Gingrich’s room)

  • 4/18 BINGO during lunches (Stage)

  • 4/23 FMS Track Meet @ Stevens Middle School: Dismiss at 1:15 Meet at 3:30

  • 4/25 ASB Bake Sale: 4:00-7:00 (Forks Outfitters)

  • 4/26 8th Grade Bake Sale: 10-3:30 (Forks Outfitters)

  • 4/29 Spring Music Concert: 6:30-7:30 (FHS Commons)

FAMILY FEEDBACK SURVEY:  If you haven’t already done so, please, please, please take this survey to provide us with feedback that will help us improve our practices at FMS.  It will only take about 10 minutes.  https://ceeffectiveness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7aIRchN4N7R1v1k

SAVE THE DATE- END of YEAR Activities

  • Week of May 5th: SBA ELA Testing:

  • Week of May 12: SBA MATH Testing:

  • Week of May 19: WCAS 5th/8th Grade Testing:

  • May 20: Incoming 9th Grade Family Night: 6:00-7:00 pm (FHS Commons)

  • May 29: Multilingual District End of Year Assembly: 6:00-8:00 (FHS Commons)

  • June 3: 6th Zoo Field Trip

  • June 6: 8th Grade Field Trip

  • June 4: 8th Grade High School Tour

  • June 10: 5th Grade Field Trip- Makah Cultural and Research Center Museum

  • June 12: 4th Quarter Honor’s Beach Field Trip

  • June 13: 8th Grade Completion/Dance: 6:00/7:00 (Aux Gym/FMS Cafeteria)

  • June 14: High School Graduation: 5:30 pm (FHS Spartan Gym)

  • June 15: Last Day of School: Half Day for Students- 8th graders do NOT attend.

Quarter Three Ends Friday, April 11:  Please communicate with your student’s teacher to ensure that assignments/assessments are turned in on time.

Academic Support:  FMS offers a number of opportunities for students to get additional support with classwork within and outside of the school day.  

  • Daily: Each grade level offers academic support with a certificated teacher and a paraeducator during 1st period 8:15-8:59. 

  • Tuesdays: 3:30-4:30 pm in Ms. Streutker’s Classroom (Transportation provided by arrangement- Contact Kala Jackson at extension 256)

  • Wednesdays: 7:30-8:10 am in Ms. Hunley’s Classroom 

  • Wednesdays: 2:30-3:30 pm in the Paraeducator Support Room

  • Thursdays: 3:30-4:30 pm in Ms. Gingrich’s Room

Candygram Fundraiser: The 7th grade class will be running a Spring CandyGram Sale.  

  • This year we will be able to accept online orders and payment (More information to come). 

  • $1.00 per CandyGram with a choice of Chocolate or Fruit-Flavored

  • You can send it with a specialized message for one or multiple students and/or staff.  All orders will be due by 3:30 on April 18th.  CandyGrams delivery TBD.

TRACK Sport:  It’s not too late to sign up to participate in TRACK.  Call our office for more information.

SCHOOLWIDE/CLASSROOM Expectations Review:  We ask that you help us reinforce our schoolwide expectations.  Students need to be reminded and/or retaught expectations after being out of school for a week!  Our teachers will be reviewing expectations all week.  We expect students to be SAFE, RESPONSIBLE and RESPECTFUL.  These expectations help provide a positive learning environment at school.  You can go to our web page to get more information about our expectations and discipline procedures.

FAMILY FEEDBACK SURVEY: If you haven’t already done so, please, please, please take this survey to provide us with feedback that will help us improve our practices at FMS.  It will only take about 10 minutes.

QVSD EES Family Survey

https://ceeffectiveness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7aIRchN4N7R1v1k