FBMS Weekly Newsletter

December 20,2024 #inspiringhope

DECEMBER and JANUARY

Vacation is here! We wish all of our FBMS families a wonderful holiday break! See you in January 2025!

December 23rd-January 1st: School Closed

January 2nd: Return to school Thursday

FBMS HOLDAY VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Today, our students took part in a school-wide holiday volleyball tournament, with each cluster battling for the ultimate bragging rights of victory! Thank you to the teachers for supporting the tournament and to Mr. Madden and Mr. Sorensen for organizing! This was a great end of week activity!

SPIRIT WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

We had a festive week at FBMS! Spirit week makes each day so much fun! Check out our pictures below. Thank you, parents, for supporting the fun, and thank you Student Council for organizing!

Grade 8 CANDY GRAM deliveries were today!

Candy Grams were delivered to Grade 8 students today and every student received at least one Candy-Gram and card. Money raised from this fundraiser will help to support 8th grade events.
The 8th Grade Advisory Team appreciates your contributions and wishes you a happy holiday season!!

Mr. Baldwin and Mrs. Segalla, our Grade 8 Advisors, were outside of the cafeteria this week taking orders from Grade 8 students during lunches.

DECEMBER CLUSTER AWARDS

Congratulation to our December cluster award recipients. Your hard work, dedication, and kindness to others is appreciated!

STARFISH recognized Hailey M., Madalyn M., Byron J., and Ronan C.

WHALES recognized Aubrey H., Maeve C. (not pictured), Will V., and Charlie M. as well as students' accomplishments with iIREADY: Alexa T., Ana C., Maeve. H., Finn H., and Ryan W.

Well done, students!

SPANISH CLASS

Mr. Alvarenga's Spanish Class was caroling through the school spreading holiday cheer! Their rendition of 'Feliz Navidad' was particularly impressive and wonderfully performed! Thank you, Mr. Alvarenga, for bringing your many talents to our students!

EMPOWER CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY

Mrs. Bohorquez and the EMPower club celebrated the holidays by creating crafts!

Grade 6 Science

Students in Mrs. Asmus' science class have been exploring the fascinating world of electric circuits, electromagnets, and speakers. As an exciting culminating project for the unit, they designed LED-powered holiday cards using copper tape and batteries! The students had a blast creating closed electric circuits. Below, you’ll see photos of students hard at work, along with a picture of a thank-you card they made for the parents who generously donated materials to make this activity possible!

8TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE TO MHS

Calling all Grade 8 Parents! There will be a 8th Grade Open House at MHS on Thursday, January 23, starting at 5:30PM. Attendees will have an opportunity to explore the high school facility, visit the unique learning spaces there, meet current students and teachers, and hear how Marshfield High School prepares all students to be college and career ready. Please attend if you want to learn about your child's opportunities at our great high school!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JANUARY CONCERTS

Our students in Strings, Band, and Chorus are currently preparing for their January Concerts. Check out the dates below. All concerts are at 7:30PM and take place in the FBMS Auditorium:

January 14th: Grade 6

January 16th: Grade 7

January 22nd: Grade 8

We look forward to seeing the talents of our students! We hope you will join us!

7TH GRADE PASTA POD CHALLENGE

The 12th annual 7th Grade Pasta Pod Challenge concluded today, with Narwhal's students Charlotte S. and Aniyah W. taking home the gold!

Over the past two weeks, 7th-grade students have been learning about energy, the relationship between force and mass, and the engineering design process. They applied these concepts to design a "pasta car" or "pod," which was tested to see how far it could travel. Classes competed for first place before today's grade-wide challenge. Congratulations, winners and participants! Also, a big thank you to our Grade 7 Science teachers for their planning and to parents who donated many boxes of pasta to make this happen!

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS

Thank you, parents, for your generous donations to the Marshfield Food Pantry! Our Project 351 Ambassador from last year, Nick R. (currently in Grade 9), gathered the food items to deliver. Additionally, any extra boxes of pasta which were donated for use with the Grade 7 Pasta Pod Challenge, were also donated to the Food Pantry. (Your pasta went to a good cause either way!) Thank you, everyone!

Thank you, PTO!!

We’d like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Furnace Brook PTO for organizing a wonderful luncheon for our teachers and staff on Wednesday. The sandwiches and snacks were thoroughly enjoyed and greatly appreciated! We acknowledge the generous donations from parents this past month that made this event possible. Your support means the world to us—thank you so much!

GRADE 8 SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

Students in Ms. Mullen‘s science class documented data during a recent Chemical Reaction lab, which is part of the OpenSciEd curriculum.

LIBRARY DECEMBER WINNER

The Library's "Reading Challenge" winner for December is Joey G. Congratulations on a job well done! Enjoy your gift card from Mrs. Deluca, our awesome Librarian and teacher!

FROM THE FBMS CLINIC

We have the following upcoming screenings:

SBIRT Screening for FBMS 7th Graders will take place in the late winter/early spring of 2025.

What is SBIRT?

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is used in schools as a process to screen for substance use and have a brief conversation. This health screening is required by Massachusetts law. School SBIRT teams can consist of school nurses, guidance counselors, health and wellness staff, youth wellness coaches, or other trained staff.
All students in 7th Grade will take part in this process. The screening and conversation takes about 5-10 minutes per student. After screening, trained school SBIRT teams will have one-on-one conversations with students about how to support their overall health, safety, and success in school. If the student needs more assessment or support, school SBIRT teams may work with the student and/or their caregiver to meet their needs.
Parents should contact the school nurse to opt out of the process: mcarroll@mpsd.org, kmellen@mpsd.org, mowren@mpsd.org Please email all RNs if opting out of SBIRT.

Postural Screenings for 6th and 8th graders will take place in December 2024.

Parents should contact the school nurse to opt out of Postural (scoliosis) screening: Please email all RNs if opting out of screening: mcarroll@mpsd.org, kmellen@mpsd.org, mowren@mpsd.org

Annual Physicals:

Students in Grade 7 are required to submit an updated physical with proof of immunizations for their health record at the beginning of the school year. Please send in via scan/email or Fax

Medication:

All meds must be hand delivered by the parent and be given directly to the Nurse. Medications are not permitted to be sent in with students- this is unsafe as medication could get lost or contaminated. Guidelines PRIOR to bringing in medication, please have:

A current Physician’s order,
Parent Consent Form Filled out
The medication in its original container with a pharmacy label if applicable.

Absences / Injuries:

Please provide up to date information and indicate that students are receiving adequate care at and home and by their pediatrician, and clearance for participation in gym class. Please report any changes in health status e.g. health conditions, new medication, illnesses, and injuries.

Guidelines as to when to keep your child home. See attached link:

Guidelines on when to stay home

Please feel free to contact us at any time with concerns or questions. Be well.

FBMS Nurses: Maura Carroll, RN , Karen Mellen, RN , Megan Owren, RN

Clinic Contact Information: Phone: (781)-319-3965 / Fax: (781)-319-1780

We look forward to assisting families and students in achieving optimal health and wellness during the academic school year. Please feel free to contact us at any time with concerns or questions.

Maura Carroll, RN, BSN mcarroll@mpsd.org

Karen Mellen, RN, BSN kmellen@mpsd.org

Megan Owren RN, BSN mowren@mpsd.org

LATE BUSES ARE AVAILABLE M-TH

Later than normal transportation, or "late buses," run almost every day. FBMS provides two late buses: a North Marshfield bus and a South Marshfield bus. If your child is staying after school for a club or activity, your child can take a late bus home at approximately 4:05PM. Events that run later than 4PM will require a ride home.

Students can determine what bus to ride (North or South) by checking the list of bus stops located in the front lobby. Additionally, students must have a bus pass to ride the bus. Buses pick up and leave an hour and a half (4PM) after dismissal so it gives students time to participate in after school activities or obtain extra help. We will be on hand to help students navigate this optional transportation.