The Buffalo Bulletin

Para leer en español, haga clic en el botón "traducir" a la derecha.

Happy Holidays, FMS!

We are down to the final week of 1st Semester. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work before skating off into Winter Break!

FMS is wrapping up the semester with Final Exams where students have the opportunity to show their learning. Please encourage your student to get rest and study to prepare for their final exams.

As a reminder, the next edition of The Buffalo Bulletin will be sent out on January 5th. Have a wonderful holiday!

BuffsBeTheBestTheyCanBe!

December 16th- Boys basketball @ Llano; Girls basketball home vs Llano 5, 6pm

December 16th- NJHS Meeting at 7:30am

December 18th- FMS/FHS Band Concert at 6:15pm in the FHS Gym
December 17th-20th- Final Exams

December 19th- Fall FFA Banquet 6:30pm. RSVP on Facebook.
December 20th- Early Out 12:40pm

Student/Staff Basketball Game at 11:40--Parents are welcome to attend, bring ID to check in.

December 23-January 6th- FISD Winter Break
January 6th- No School/Staff PD

January 7th- First day back of Semester 2

January 9th- Boys Basketball Home vs. Ingram 5pm, 6pm; Girls basketball @Ingram

FMS students will be taking Semester Finals this school year: December 17th-20th. Final exams are a summative exam for the semester to show your student's understanding of the content. During this time, our campus will function under a special Final Exam schedule. See below for the Final Exam Schedule the week of December 16th-20th.

High School Credit Classes ONLY: Final Exams are 15% of the semester grade per FISD Policy. *There will be no final exam exemptions.

All other classes: Final exams are an additional test grade for the nine weeks.

*All Final Exams are not eligible for re-test.

Parents, if you are able to give our campus feedback on our Capturing Kids' Hearts program here at FMS, please click on this link for a few questions on the CKH Campus Family Survey: https://iheartckh.com/squrl/erzbkbkf

The survey closes 12/20. We would appreciate your feedback!

Lady Buffalo Basketball defended our home courts vs. Brady on Monday with a clean 2 game sweep. Congrats to our 7A and 8A teams!

Boys Buffalo Buffalo Basketball played at Brady last Monday and came away with 3 victories! Congrats to our 7A, 7B, and 8B teams!

Congratulations to all Williamson County Youth Livestock Show and Youth Fair exhibitors!

Emily Miller:

All Breed Jr Bucks- 1st Place

All Breed Sr Does- Best of Breed, 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place

Grand Champion Breeding Rabbit

Intermediate Showmanship Champion- Breeding Rabbits

Intermediate Showmanship Reserve Champion- Market Rabbits

Emma Easter:
6th place goat

Kyndall Harvey:

Grand Champion Iced Cake

Grand Champion Candy

Reserve Champion Wood Working Project

1st place watercolor

2nd place acrylic painting

2nd place in wildlife photography

3rd place holiday craft

4th place in travel photography

5th place Texas photography

5th place in miscellaneous creative craft

Bailey Montandon:

Best of Show & Grand Champion Decorate Cake

1st place decorated cupcakes

Week of 12/2-12/6 Campus Attendance Rates: 94.55%

6th Grade-95.75%

7th Grade- 93.25%

8th Grade- 94.60%

Year-to-Date Campus Attendance Rates: 95.5%

6th Grade-95.95%

7th Grade- 95.99%

8th Grade- 94.72%

Send all attendance notes to: fms-attendance@florenceisd.net.

Questions about Skyward or an attendance letter?
Contact Ms. Flores
Email: yflores@florenceisd.net
Phone: 254-793-3127

Please be sure your student is getting enough rest and going to bed at a reasonable time. They need to be hydrated, rested, and have nutrition to avoid getting run down and sick.
Please ensure your student brings a water bottle to school and eats breakfast each day.

Questions? Contact Nurse Tipsword at mtipsword@florenceisd.net

718 S. Patterson Avenue
Florence, TX 76527
Phone: 254-793-2504
Facebook
Website