Fugett Flash

8th Graders team up for pumpkin decorating contest! Creative, collaborative, and competitive fun gearing students up for Halloween! And a huge thank you to Home Depot in Frazer for their generous donation of pumpkins!

Red Ribbon Week runs from October 23 through October 31. The 2023 national Red Ribbon Week theme is "Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug-Free.” This week marks the occasion when schools across the country focus their attention on drug use and prevention among school-aged children. National Red Ribbon Week began in 1988 with a Congressional Proclamation. This week is dedicated to Federal Drug Enforcement agent Enrique Camerena who was killed by a drug trafficker in 1985. National Red Ribbon Week has become a symbol for a drug-free society.

Red Ribbon Week is celebrated by over 100,000 schools and organizations nationwide. Each day an announcement will be made reminding us of Fugett Middle School’s commitment to be drug-free. Part of the announcement will include a statistic or fact regarding drug or alcohol use.

Fugett will have special Red Ribbon Week themes each day. The Red Ribbon Week committee encourages all the students and staff to dress in the theme of the day.

Students in Mrs. Hafer's 6th grade science class investigated how the cell membrane functions using eggs without shells placed in different liquids. Students made observations, asked questions, and sketched a model of what they saw. Throughout the remainder of the week they will discover the answers to their questions and learn about the important functions of the cell membrane.

Science classes continue with their field studies and explored adaptive structures in nature this week!

Check out these pictures of Mrs. Mizak's classes playing games to review their vocabulary words!

Dear Coaches, Players, Parents and Guardians,

Winter sports will begin in November for Girls Basketball and Wrestling. Boys Basketball will

begin in December. Coaches will be providing more information to students prior to tryouts

and practices.

● Depending on the sport and the number of students interested, tryouts may take place

before practices begin.

● Practices will be held each day after school (weather permitting).

● Coaches will announce practice times and distribute schedules to teams once practices

begin.

● PIAA physicals (must dated after June 1, 2023) must be uploaded into Family ID for

your son/daughter to continue to participate in winter sports. If a student is interested

in a winter sport and played a 2023 fall sport with their PIAA physical already in

FamilyID, simply register for the spring sport.

https://students.arbitersports.com/j-r-fugett-middle-school/winter-sports-23-24-2

● If you have any questions about winter sports, please contact:

○ Girls Basketball: Lindsay Wilson lwilson@wcasd.net & Mim Jones

mjones3@wcasd.net

○ Boys Basketball: Mike Dunn mdunn@wcasd.net & Ben Giordano

bgiordano@wcasd.net

○ Wrestling: Corey Webb cwebb@wcasd.net

○ Athletic Director: Tom Swift tswift@wcasd.net

● Students and parents may be informed via Remind of any updates during the season. If

you have not already joined Fugett Sports Update through Remind, please join using this

link: https://www.remind.com/join/kde9ek (Please note that most coaches will also

share a sport-specific Remind or Schoology link once the season begins).

Parents - please encourage your children to retrieve their clothes and items in the Lost and Found, located in the cafeteria. Any unclaimed material remaining at the end of the marking period (Monday, October 30th) will be donated or discarded.

6th grade wrestling will run from November 6th to the 17th after school until 4pm in the auxiliary gym. If you are interested please fill out the google form on Schoology.

Reach out to Mr. Webb with any questions. Email cwebb@wcasd.net or find me in the gym.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (PGSS), an affiliate of the National Conference of Governor’s Schools, is a 5-week summer residential program for talented high school students of science and mathematics, which emphasizes cooperative learning and hands-on laboratory research. Hosted by the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University, the PGSS offers an enrichment experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The major goal of PGSS is to encourage young talent to pursue careers in STEM-related fields.

Help support Best Buddies by dining in or ordering out from Chipotle (101 Turner Lane) Tuesday, Oct 24th from 4:00-8:00 pm. Use the code Z43PW43 when ordering online/on the app or show the flyer when ordering at the register.

Student Equity Club is running their first fundraising event of the school year! Support Student Equity Club by purchasing a cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes. $5 from each cake sold will go to support Student Equity Club. Orders forms should be placed in a sealed envelope in the main office. Order will be collected until November 9, and cakes will be delivered on November 20. Orders can also be collected via the Google Form: https://forms.gle/3r23bKgW5zXmRvG59 Order form is also available on the FMS Schoology page. Paper order forms are also available in the main office if you would like a paper copy.

Student Equity Club is running a Pretzel Day fundraiser. Pretzels will be delivered on October 31 and in the shape of a pumpkin! Pretzel orders will be collected during homeroom on Mondays and Thursdays, starting this Monday, October 9, by members of the Student Equity Club. Pretzels are $2 each. Pretzel money will only be collected on the days that members of the Student Equity Club come to the homeroom to collect. Orders will continue until October 26. Please make sure you have your pretzel money on Mondays and Thursdays to order your pretzel!

Students worked to understand the role and behaviors of an upstander. Bullying behaviors were discussed, and how we can be more inclusive when people are intentionally excluded.

• Happy Fright Night Week!

  Our decorating committee has completed the awesome entrance decor and our Haunted House committee is busy this week with setting up!

  We also still have some scare slots that need filling, so be sure to check out the Volunteer SUG HERE.

  For those that signed up for food and water donations please be sure your donations make it to the front office by Friday morning!

  At the time of this email we are down to 165 tickets remaining. Here is the link to our ticketing page: TICKETS

  As you may know our 2nd time slot is sold out. We've received a handful of emails from parents whose student didn't get into the later time slot with a group of friends. To remedy this, if the group of friends can purchase tickets together for the earlier time slot, we can then refund the tickets to the later time slot. If you are able to coordinate this amongst friends, please email your 5:00 ticket confirmation email, and your request to refund your 7:00 ticket to fugettpto@gmail.com. As a reminder NO tickets will be sold at the door and once the tickets are sold out there will be no more tickets offered.
  
  Lastly, Fright Night is limited to Fugett Middle School students only (for capacity and liability purposes). While we are not able to extend ticket sales to elementary school friends or siblings, we look forward to having those students join us when they enter 6th grade.

  We appreciate your understanding of sticking to our capacity limits, and we hope this can help with some groups of students attending together.

• Questions? Concerns? Comments? Check out our Website or Contact us!
• Fugett PTO is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. All donations to the PTO are fully tax-deductible.

Two Time Slots

5:00 - 6:30

7:00 - 8:30

See attachment below for specific information regarding FMS carline directions and visuals.

Please wait until 7:00 to let children out of the car. We have staff ready to welcome students every morning, but this role does not start until 7:00.

To serve you better, families may drop off and/or pick up East and Fugett students at either building, as long at you are using the typical drop off/pick up location.

Parents: Please encourage your children to check their backpack for toys and water guns before coming to school after a weekend. We understand that backpacks may serve a dual purpose over the weekend, but any items in violation of the WCASD Discipline Manual will result in student disciplinary outcomes.

All Community Resource information going in the Fugett Flash need to be approved by Dr. Sara Missett, Director of Elementary Education. Please include Dr. Missett's (smissett@wcasd.net) approval when requesting a flyer be included in the Fugett Flash. Thank you!