FCMS Family,

As the school days continue to roll along, I wanted to take this time to recognize our faculty and staff. Their commitment to fostering meaningful relationships with students and supporting them beyond the classroom truly impacts their learning and growth. They play an important role in shaping students’ lives, both academically and personally. The FCMS faculty and staff go the extra mile and are invaluable as they contribute to a supportive environment that extends well beyond academics. It’s clear that their hard work and dedication play a major role in helping our students succeed both in school and in life.

Thank you faculty and staff for recognizing our students in a positive light and making a positive difference in the lives of our FCMS students!

November

• 11th - Veterans Day Performance 9am

• 11th - 15th Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center

• 15th - Midterm

• 15th - FFA Friday - SRT

• 18th- National Honor Society Induction Ceremony (6:00-7:00 pm)

• 18th-21st -Safe Passage (7th/8th Boys PE) Power Up Speak Out

• 20th- Washington DC Parent Kick Off Meeting @ 6:00pm, in the FCMS cafeteria

• 27th-29 - Thanksgiving Break, no school

This week's staff spotlight focuses on Mrs. Smith, the assistant PE teacher. She helps Mr. Laughlin with equipment and class management.

Mrs. Smith attended Ivy Tech College and majored in Business. She has been an assistant at FCMS for four years and also subbed at Franklin County and Batesville Community Schools for several years.

A little bit about Mrs. Smith is that she loves summer. She enjoys swimming, hiking, and other kinds of outdoor activities. Mrs. Smith likes to watch pro football, but because of all the changes, she doesn’t prefer just one team. When Mrs. Smith was younger, she dreamed of being a landscape architect. She prefers Starbucks over Dunkin, but she likes McDonalds over both! She loves it when the pumpkin spice lattes are out in the fall, but when they aren’t out, she only drinks hot coffee. Mrs. Smith played softball when she was 11-12 years old, but she was not very competitive. She likes to play for fun and exercise.

Mrs. Smith is a student favorite at FCMS.

--Kodi Cox, Journalism

Monday November 11

5/6th grade vs. Laurel @ 5:30-HOME

Tuesday November 12

5/6th grade vs. Greendale @ 5:30-AWAY

8th grade vs. St. Michael @ 5:30-HOME

Thursday November 14

7/8th grade vs. Lincoln Middle School @ 5:30-AWAY

Basketball season has started! Make sure you come out and support our players, cheerleaders, and dancers.

FCMS is especially proud to honor the veterans in our building:

Mr. Scott Rosenberger- Air Force

Mr. Kenny DeMoss- Army

Mrs. Tori Wurzelbacher - Kentucky Air National Guard

Mr. Kenny Doerflein - Army

Officer Andrew Voelker - Marines

*A very special thank you to Mrs. Hollie Noah and her family for working so hard to make our Veteran's Day program such a beautiful tribute. Mrs. Noah's husband, Jeremy Noah, served in the Navy and helped run the sound system during our program.

Also thank you to the following: FCMS student council, Mr. Williams and choir students, Mrs. Kercheval, Mr. Johnson, and band students, Mr. Laughlin, Mrs. Bradley, Mr. DeMoss, and our amazing cafeteria staff.

The Academic Team had its first meet last night. Three of the five teams scored very well, correctly answering ten or more questions in the respective categories! The team came three points from passing the next best team. This was an excellent effort from these students as they entered the first meet for FCMS since before covid. Congratulations to all the team members: Emmalee Pease, Aylah Taylor, Ariannah Ison, Jade Rolfes, Jo Vessal, Brigette Day, Aubrie White, Adam Lee, Harper Mainous, and Kelsey Young..Dane Brougher and Emma Amburgey were absent for this meet. If anyone would like to join us in competing against the other schools in our conference, please see Mrs. Edwards or Mrs. Mitchum.

The next Academic Team Meet will be December 11th @ 3:30 in the FCMS Media Center

Students in 7th grade science applied what they learned about work and power to calculate their individual horsepower. Students took their weight and converted to Newtons and then calculated the work done climbing 13 steps. They were timed in the climbing of steps to find their power. Using James Watt's power conversion they determined their approximate horsepower.....usually less than .5 hp.

6th grade students in Mrs. Ariens' Writing classes worked on silly poems about Mr. Sherwood to demonstrate their "Sentence Fluency" skills. They definitely understood the task! We now have a very entertaining wall at FMCS! A very special thank-you goes to Mr. Sherwood for being a willing participant in this activity!

Olivia made an AMAZING Extra Credit project called an Aztec chinampa! Chinapas are floating gardens that are still used today! Anybody have a pond??? Try constructing one for yourself!

The Exploring Ag classes made solar bots this week as part of our Natural Resource lesson in order to explore the power of solar energy and some benefits and limitations of utilizing our renewable resources.

The Book Fair is here all this week in the FCMS Media Center!

Dear Franklin County Community,

As we know the holiday seasons are coming up very fast! Franklin County Middle School is collecting money so we can go out and buy gifts for any students who may be in need this holiday season. We wanted to reach out to the community for anyone who is willing to help out and donate cash and/or gift cards so that we can buy shirts, pants, socks, sweaters etc. Please do not feel obligated to donate, but we would greatly appreciate any donations for the students. Please contact Rachel Ratz @ 765-647-6040 ext. 1109 or can drop off at the front office of the middle school November 20, 2024. Thank you from everyone at FCMS!