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Fountain Hills Middle School students claimed the top four places at this year’s FHUSD Script’s Spelling Bee, Jan. 22, at Four Peaks Elementary. The event is hosted annually by Four Peaks, and principal, Mrs. Romans. FHHS English teacher, Mrs. Couture, once again served as the word pronouncer. Judges for the event were Mrs. Hare, Mrs. Jarriell, and Mrs. Zahara.

And the winners are:

Marie Olson, first place

Dylan Norther, second place

Khari Smith, third place

Maddie Weisbach, fourth place

Marie will represent FHUSD at the regional spelling bee next month. Way to go!

Jan. 18 – M.L.K – NO SCHOOL

Jan. 19 – Boy’s Soccer/Girl’s Softball tryouts.  Current physical must be on file in the office

Jan. 22 – Games cancelled

Jan. 27 – Talent show tryouts – 8th grade team room

Jan. 28 – Talent show tryouts – 8th grade team room

Jan. 29 – Sports teams will be playing away at Pardes.

In cooperation with the Fountain Hills Artists’ Gallery, 20 FHMS students currently have their artwork on display at the Fountain Hills Community Center. The 20 artisits were slected by FHMS art teacher, Mrs. Perry.  The artwork will be on display through Jan. 24, and community members may vote on the art displays to select their favorites. The top three winners will receive a cash prize! The FHMS artists who have work on display are:

Aubrey Abreu; Brandon Barth; Madeline Briguglio; Rachel Crowley; Valeri DeBoer; Jacob DeGroote; Lauren Devlin; Paige Greenly; Kaycee Hixson; Tatum James; Flourian Joulain; Grace Loisi; Kaelen Loving; Madeline McKellips; Carly Montanez; Marie Olson; Tulsi Rama; Austin Robles; Nick Smout; Madeline Weisbach

Congratulations artists!

Three FHMS students earned honors in the 2009-10 VFW Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. The Patriot’s Pen contest is sponsored locally by VFW post #7507, and calls upon students to respond to a patriotic writing prompt. Here are the FHMS winners for this year:

Patrick Moyse, first place ($300)

Michelle Farella, second place ($100)

Sean Loving & Ilyia Patrick , honorable mention ($50)

These students will be recognized at an awards ceremony on Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the FHUSD Community Learning Center. Come out and support our Falcons!

2010 is now six days old, but the 2009-2010 school year is 88 days old! That means we’re almost half way through the current academic year. It goes quickly. Although there is never really a “quiet” time in the academic year, second semester gets wildly busy March-May. We will carry on with our academic and athletic activities, after school sports, fun classroom activities and the like. However, the last quarter of the year will bring: Spring Break, AIMS testing, eight grade Catalina Island field trip, seventh grade Astrocamp field trip, seventh grade Washington D.C. field trip, sixth grade Renaissance Faire field trip, Arts in the Courtyard, fifth grade “Middle School Experience,” and eight grade promotion! I know, it’s amazing. Students may feel like the year drags on at times, but we will be talking about promotion and summer break before you know it.

Here are some highlights of the next few weeks: Honor Roll Assemblies and early release, Jan. 15; No School Jan. 18; eight grade registration for high school, Jan. 19; Spelling Bee, Jan. 22.

There’s more, and there may be more scheduled in the days to come. Please check our blog each week–We’ll keep our calendar summary updated even when Mr. B doesn’t make time to write a post (although he’s trying to be better about that!)

Have a great second semester!