All Things Fisher Family

Monday, April 14th

• Chorus Returns from NY
• National Volunteer Appreciation Week

Tuesday, April 15th

• Student Council Retreat

Wednesday, April 16th

Thursday, April 17th

• During lunches; Jeremiah's Ice Fundraiser for VEX Robotics
• Spring Pictures
• 5:30 Spring Sports vs Ralph Chandler
• 5:00 Fisher Middle School Block Party

Friday, April 18th

• NO SCHOOL
• Asynchronous eLearning assignment #2

We will have Mitchell's Photography coming to Fisher Middle on Wednesday, April 17th. If you would like to have your child included in this years Spring Pictures, please register here: https://mitchellsphotography.gotphoto.com/login

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7th Grade Students will be taking a You Science assessments later this spring (May), These assessments will help develop aptitude profiles for students that will then emerge in the IGP's in 8th Grade. We encourage you to click on the links below to explore more.

Parents Page - here you'll find an online article that explains the importance of understanding aptitudes, a demo video of student results, FAQ's and more.

YouScience Flyer for Parents - here's a flyer you might wish to explore in addition to the page above.

Current and New to Fisher Families, you are invited to the Fisher Middle School Block Party on April 17 from 5:00-7:00PM. Our spring sports teams will be hosting Ralph Chandler MS, and we will be receiving our Schools to Watch Re-Designation 1 banner from SCAMLE. There will be food trucks, music, and STEAM activities, and we will be joined by some of Fisher's community partners.

This will be a fun night for all our new and current Firebirds! We hope to see you then!

6th Grade students will be attending Roper Mountain Science Center for a field trip which includes three engaging 55-minute learning labs: Crater Chronicles, Cellular Collapse, and Bones From the Blast.

During this experience, students will become paleontologist apprentices, investigating how asteroid impacts, volcanic eruptions, and other catastrophic events have shaped Earth's history. They will analyze fossils, examine present life forms, and model geoscience processes to explore mass extinctions and Earth’s dynamic changes over time.

Green Community: Monday April 21
Red Community: Tuesday April 22
Blue Community: Wednesday April 23

Cost: $3.00
Make payments by clicking here.

April 15th; Baseball & Soccer vs Beck @ Fisher; 5:30PM

April 17th; All Sports vs Ralph Chandler @ Fisher; 5:30PM

Playoffs TBD

Please help support the Fisher Robotics teams who are heading to Texas to compete at Worlds! Below are some opportunities for you to contribute:

4/16 - Mrs. Ottaway's Workout Class- $10, 3:45-4:30pm, sunken assembly
4/17 - Jeremiah's Ice- all lunches
4/16 - Dodgeball Buyout- (4th/5th periods), cost $5, starts 11:40 am
4/16 - Change Buckets in Car Line- donate to Robotics Team

Community Events
4/17- Fisher Middle Block Party - from 5:00-7:00 PM

State Assessments Parent Refusal Guidelines have been updated to include pre-kindergarten & kindergarten students and required assessments. Guidelines provide a process/guidance to use if parents refuse to allow their children to participate in state testing. The Guidelines have been updated since their initial release for 2024-2025 (Aug. 1 eMM). Accessible to principals only, it is not meant for distribution but for school administrators’ use in the event parents/guardians refuse state testing.
Link: 2024-2025 - State Assessments Parent Refusal Guidelines

The Fisher MS Extended Day Program (EDP) is accepting up to 20 applications for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year. The program runs each school day until 6:00PM. You can access the application HERE or on the Fisher website under the Extended Day tab on the main page. Questions may be directed to Trandon Dendy, Tinika Steverson, or Gerriann Koch.

You can check in periodically to the Eye on Legislation section of the Board of Trustees’ web page to see updates on education-related legislative and budget issues during the 2025 session of the SC General Assembly.

Parents are strongly encouraged to create a Backpack account for their children. Greenville County Schools uses Backpack to provide parents with the most recent news and information about our schools. The Backpack for Parents account also provides parents, guardians, or contacts with a central place to sign in to:

• View their student's information including demographics, attendance, classes, grades, lunch balances, and test scores
• Apply or register their student to Special Focus schools and programs (Fine Arts Center, Career Centers, etc.)
• Receive alerts and notifications regarding their students
• View their student's school and contact information
• Manage parent and contact information for their students

Click the link for instructions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLfZzYSvD3K7q60iTRm3iaF5FL6-_CEl/view?usp=sharing

Link in Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VN9vJP2NZuuMFuVmvTU_ft54kw_3qmmH/view?usp=sharing

Career Path Presenters Wanted!

The world is FULL of possibilities! We want our students to see that their hard work now can and will translate into something bigger later. If you are interested in sharing your career journey with our students we would LOVE to have you! Please take a moment to complete the form below. Once completed, our career-focused counselor Mrs. Graf will be in contact to make

arrangements.

CAREER PATH PRESENTER FORM

The EVOLV Detection System is used district-wide as a part of Greenville County Schools collective safety efforts. These are used primarily for weapons detection. All schools partner with the GCS Security Department as well as local law enforcement agencies. As parents you can expect that we will run EVOLV a minimum of once per week but more often we will run screens multiple times per week. These screener sessions will remain completely random and will always be unannounced. We will often conduct an EVOLV Intake which is conducted as students enter the building before school at all student entrances. During an intake students should remove their Chromebooks and carry it in separate from their backpack.

Please know that school administration maintains regular contact with GCS Security in our continued efforts to ensure school safety.

The Fisher Middle School SIC developed a program years ago call the Birdwatcher program. This is a program that allows Level 2 approved parents, family, and community to come to Fisher to help with supervision and hang out with our kiddos. The cool thing is that you can do this around your schedule. You can assist in the morning before school in the cafe, gym, or hallways during lunches, during the school day, and even after school during carline. If you want to help out but don't have all the time in the world this could be the opportunity you're looking for. Check out how to become a Level 2 volunteer below.

Please click this link HERE to explore your options when it comes to being a parent volunteer at Fisher Middle School. This would include in-school opportunities such as Field & STEAM Day and external events such as class trips or field trips. We prefer that volunteers, chaperones, etc. are Level 2 approved.

Please be informed tha ALL 7th Grade students must have their TDAP vaccination prior to starting 7th Grade. Please schedule your appointment now as getting in over the summer and especially close to the start of school will be very, very difficult. You must provide proof of the vaccination to the Fisher Middle School Nurse and can bring a copy into the main office.