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Nov. 3 & 4 – Boy’s Basketball and Girl’s Soccer tryouts to be held immediately after school. Students must have a current physical on file and all consent forms signed prior to trying out. Girls must have shin guards to try-out.

Nov. 6 – FHMS Falcon Leaders participate in the Kindness Retreat held at Four Peaks

Nov. 7 – 6th grade Greek Olympics

Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day – NO SCHOOL

Nov. 13 – 6th Grade Silver Team are the recipients of the first quarter spirit lunch

Nov. 14 – 8th grade assembly – “Internet Safety” presented by Terry Goddard

Nov. 20 – Progress reports will be handed to your student’s during homeroom

Nov. 21 – Early Release, student’s dismissed at 11:45 am.

Nov. 21 – Midnight Madness – sponsored by MCSO. 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Oct. 28 – Girl’s Volleyball and Boy’s Flag Football, away game at Tesseract. Games begin at 4:00 PM.

Oct. 29 – All parents are invited to a presentation by Joe Cavanaugh, founder of Youth Frontiers from 6:30-8 PM. Forum will be held in the multi-purpose room.

Oct. 29 – 2:30 -2:45 PM. Informational meeting for any girl’s interested in soccer. Meeting will be held in the Courtyard. Coach is Mr. Sunshine.

All FHMS parents are invited to a presentation by Joe Cavanaugh, founder of Youth Frontiers on Oct. 29, 6:30-8 PM, FHMS Multipurpose Room. Mr. Cavanaugh is a nationally-recognized advocate for youth promoting timeless values and personal character. Joe will discuss the “character disconnect” many see in today’s youth and offer tangible tips and strategies for parents to bridge the gap between belief and action.

The Fountain Hills PTO has sponsored Youth Frontier’s Courage Retreat for FHMS eight graders for the past two years. The Courage Retreat this year will be held on Oct. 29, in the FHMS gym for all FHMS eighth graders.

Please join us Oct. 29 for this wonderful opportunity! Click on the link below to see the flyer.

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Ms. Sarah Butchin’s Language Arts class did a unit on the novel How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. The students enjoyed the stomach turning story! After each group of chapters, the class created flow chart graphic organizers to assist in sequencing the pertinent events. After completing the book the students created colorful time lines, wrote a book report and cooked a worm-tastic meal.

 To read a book report about the novel, click on this link:

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Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Perry collaborated to create an assignment that linked descriptive language and writing with visual art.

Mrs. Nichols’ assigned students to write a detailed description of a character called “Glue Boy”. Glue Boy was wanted for causing damage in a variety of areas and the students used words to create the image of what he looked like.  This project was the culmination of a unit using descriptive language to create a word picture, thereby enhancing creative writing.

Mrs. Perry’s Art class first learned the importance of Forensic Art and how sketch artists create images of a person from a description. They then became Sketch Artists by using the Glue Boy written descriptions, or created new ones, to create a realistic portrait. Students used correct proportion in relating parts and sizes when placing those unique features on Glue Boy’s face. Students also applied value through shading to create a more realistic image. The final touch turning the drawings into a poster by adding the words “Wanted” and a reward so the FHMS students can help find this much talked about boy!

To view a complete slide show of all posters, click on the link below.

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