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Monday, October 25: PJ Day

• Rescheduled Healthy Youth Survey for 6th & 8th Graders during Falcon Time

• RHMS @ FHMS Varsity/JV Boys Basketball, gym, 4:00 PM - 6:00 pm

• RHMS @ FHMS Varsity Boys Tennis, FHMS tennis courts, 4:00 pm

Tuesday, October 26: Identical Day (dress like your friends or wear Finn Hill gear)

• Rescheduled SBIRT administration for 7th graders in health classes

Wednesday, October 27: Fancy Day

• LEAP Day-Building Time
• LWEA Building Rep/FHMS Admin Building Labor Management Meeting, library, 3:35-4:05 pm

• FHMS @ KiMS Regional Boys Basketball, KiMS gym, 4:00-5:30 pm

• KiMS @ FHMS JV Boys Tennis, FHMS tennis courts, 4:00 pm

• Varsity and JV Finals @ EMS Cross Country, 4:00 pm

Thursday, October 28: Sports Day

Friday, October 29: Halloween Costume (no gore or full face masks)

November 2-4

• SBA Testing

November 5, 8, 9, 10

• Make-up SBA testing dates

November 11

• No School-Veterans' Day

Join in the fun with each day's theme:

Monday-PJ Day

Tuesday: Identical Day (dress identical to your friends)

Wed: Fancy Day

Thurs: Sports Day

Friday: Halloween Costumes!

Dear Finn Hill Families,

Happy Friday! I am reaching out to share some information regarding recent acts of vandalism at our school. Over the past few weeks, several student bathrooms have been vandalized. Students have broken equipment, and left messes for our custodians that go beyond the typical middle school mess. As a result of these behaviors, we have had to lock two student bathrooms this week.

Vandalism is defined as “Intentionally destroying, damaging, or defacing school or personal property. This includes tampering with equipment or supplies or displacing property.” Lake Washington School District takes vandalism seriously. It is costly to our schools, creates challenges for our staff, and disrupts student learning.

We are asking for families to discuss this serious issue with your student(s). We have increased our presence in hallways and will have adults monitoring bathrooms more frequently.

Additionally, students should be aware of school cameras that capture who enters and exits student bathrooms. If students are found to have vandalized our school, consequences may include restitution, detention, suspension or expulsion.

We are fortune to have a beautiful school. Thank you so much for helping us to reinforce appropriate behaviors with our Finn Hill Falcons so we can all continue to enjoy it!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Stacy

Dr. Stacy Mehlberg

Associate Principal

FHMS | EAS

Lost a water bottle? A sweater? A lunchbox? Bike helmet or a retainer? All of these things are currently in our lost and found. Please have your student take a look at the table across from the cashier's window in the main hall. Smaller items are kept in the office, so ask an office member if you have lost smaller or valuable items.

Dear Families,

As you may already be aware, growing our students’ social-emotional (“SEL”) skills is an important goal for our school. As part of these activities, we survey students (grades 3-12) and ask them to reflect on their own mindsets and approaches to learning. The data we get back helps us continue to identify opportunities for growth and development with our students.

We partner with a leader in the SEL space, Panorama Education. Panorama develops tools to empower schools and districts to learn about students’ self-perceptions, better understand student experiences in their learning environment, and identify opportunities to enhance support of teachers and counselors as they implement SEL programs.

Panorama’s SEL survey is grouped into three categories:

· Student competencies

· Student supports and environment

· Teacher skills and perspectives

These surveys will help shape the districts’ approach to supporting teachers’ work in service of the whole student.

The survey will take place between November 1st - 15th. If you have any questions about the survey administration, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We appreciate your partnership!

Thank you,

Finn Hill Middle School

Lake Washington School District

AVID (advancement via individual determination) is looking for guest speakers to visit the classroom virtually to share their career and college experience. Please email pbergstrom@lwsd.org for more information.

AVID is also looking for tutors. Tutors help students work through academic problems (little to no academic knowledge in specific subjects is needed). Tutoring will occur Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:35-10:20 at FHMS. Please email pbergstrom@lwsd.org for more information.

Picture retakes will be on Tuesday, October 26th. If your student has never had his/her/their picture taken, he/she/they will do it during Re-Takes. If your student is unhappy with the original pictures and wants to do retakes, he/she/they must bring in the picture packet if pictures were purchased.

Way to go, Falcon friends and families! We netted over $10,000 in the ASB popcorn sale this fall. Thank you for your generosity in support of our ASB!

Thank you to everyone who came out for the MOD Pizza fundraiser on Wednesday night. While we don't have totals yet, we do know that MOD Pizza ran out of dough because of our awesome participation! Way to go, Finn Hill!

Mission

Each student will graduate prepared to lead a rewarding, responsible life as a contributing member of our community and greater society.

Vision

Every student future ready: Prepared for college, Prepared for the global workplace, Prepared for personal success

Website: https://fhms.lwsd.org/
Location: 8040 NE 132nd St, Kirkland, WA, USA
Phone: (425) 936-2340
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FinnHillMiddleSchool
Twitter: @FinnHillMS