Mr. B’s Blogspot

Mrs. Larsen received a check for $600 from the Golden Eagle Foundation in support of a writing workshop for her National History Day elective course. The grant was awarded in October. Congratulations, Mrs. Larsen!

FHMS students took the top two spots in the 2007 National Geographic Geography Bee on Dec. 11. Seventh grader Alex Johnson emerged as the FHMS champ, and eighth grade student Vivien Poterack took second place. Coming in third place was Katie Male, a fourth grader from Four Peaks Elementary. The top two finishers survived nine rounds [...]

The FHMS band program, under the direction of Mrs. Stefani Bullard, hosted its first concert of the 2007-08 school year on Dec. 6. Jazz Band, Beginning Band, Intermediate Band, and Advanced Band each performed a set during the show. The concert show cased the hard work and dedication of our FHMS musicians. A number of [...]

In honor of Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day, FHMS coordinated with the Joe Foss Institute to bring a two-star general and an active member of the Arizona Army National Guard to the eighth grade team room. General Don Owens and Captain Tim Woods talked to students about patriotism, military service, and the US Constitution. Each [...]

On Dec. 6, Mrs. Manes eighth grade science students used compressed-air-powered rockets to test some of the physics theory learned in the classroom. The rockets, constructed out of two-liter plastic bottles and student imagination, were filled with water and then pumped with 40 psi of air. Mrs. Manes timed the rocket’s flight and reported the [...]