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Falcon Flyer
October 19, 2009
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From the Principal's Desk
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 During the first six weeks of the school year we have seen
some very significant successes. Students and teachers alike have
been pouring their hearts out to make each day count.
Our primary foci, the students, have accomplished a great deal during
the first part of the school year. The first six-week grade
reports revealed that our students are making the effort to take
advantage of what we have to offer. During the week of October
12th we went into the Advisory period for each grade level and
recognized students who achieved "A" Honor Roll status,
"A/B" Honor Roll status, and those who were selected by their
teachers for a special recognition in our "Falcon Fiesta"
program sponsored by the generosity of the PTA. Selection of
students for Falcon Fiesta is based on academic achievement reflective
of a consistent and diligent work ethic, growth and/or improvement,
participation in class, consistent completion of work, citizenship that
reflects the student's efforts to put forth the best effort and follow
the school's rules, and participation in extracurricular activities.
In addition, our athletic teams have experienced both success and
heartbreak on the field of competition, however throughout each contest
they have made us proud as they remained competitive and played with
heart and determination. If we are able to teach our athletes
competitiveness, commitment, and team spirit, we have been able to make
them winners regardless of the score.
Band, orchestra and choir have performed or are preparing their fall
concerts as we write. They are also preparing contest
music, for which goals are set and the ground laid for our students to
achieve great results. Extracurricular organizations have been
extremely active. Student Council has held elections, conducted
one dance and scheduled more throughout the year, and chosen additional
members. National Junior Honor Society is conducting a routine
recycling program and will soon launch additional service
projects. The Cheerleaders have made us proud by setting a
positive example with their exuberance at football games and pep
rallies. All of these organizations continue to represent the
school well at public events.
As you well know we continue to keep an eye on the health of our
students in regard to the flu and H1N1 viruses. Hand washing,
refraining from sharing foods and drinks are just a couple of simple
measures that will help stave off illness. If your child does become
ill please be sure to contact the Attendance Office and our Nurse; keep
the student home for twenty-four hours after the fever is normal
without fever reducing medications. The Forestwood website and the
LISD website contain information related to this topic; we will make
direct contact as needed and, as always we welcome your questions in
person.
Since the first day of school, our dedicated staff has been here to
support, challenge, cajole, and otherwise encourage your
children. Day-in and day-out they work to mold our students into
the future of our world. It is the daily commitment of each of
these talented people that makes the school function smoothly every
day. Together we will continue the traditions of excellence,
success and growth that are at the core of the Forestwood Middle School
mission.
David Tickner
Principal
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PTA Meeting
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Join
us Thursday, October 22 at 6:45pm for the next regular PTA meeting!
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From the PTA President
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 Forestwood Parents, Students and Staff,
I'd like to remind everyone that it's never too late to join PTA!
One goal of our PTA is to have one member for every child at
Forestwood. Your support of PTA with your membership, donations
of snacks for events like dances and Falcon Fiesta and participation in
events like Book Fair help make it possible for us to bring great
programs to and sponsor other events at Forestwood. The school and
PTA also heavily depend upon your volunteer time. Take a peek at
our volunteer form on the
website and see if there is an area where you can help.
I also want to remind everyone that there are two great programs this
month for 7th and 8th grade parents: 180 Degrees Sexual
Abstinence Program has a preview night for 8th grade parents on
October 19th at 7 p.m., and Aim for Success previews
their program for 7th grade parents on October 22nd at 7 p.m.
There will be a PTA Meeting on Thursday, October 22nd at 6:45pm,
immediately prior to the program. These previews are available to
all parents but we really hope to see many 7th and 8th grade parents so
you will have an opportunity to hear valuable information about presentations
your children will see later in the week. Watch for permission
slips being sent home later this week and available on our web page.
Don't forget that we are Community Partners with Kroger and Tom
Thumb. Please take a moment if you have not already done so and
link your Kroger Plus card or Tom Thumb Reward Card to Forestwood PTA
so that we might share in their profits. There is a form for Kroger on the PTA
page of the FMS website which must be taken in the first time you link
it with your card. The number assigned to PTA from Tom Thumb is
#7187. I would like to thank both Kroger and Tom Thumb for their
support of our school.
Chere' Vinson
PTA President
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Reflections
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The 'Reflections' deadline is approaching...
BUT there's still time to work on your entry!
Visit www.txpta.org/programs/reflections
for category information
and to print your submission form.
Remember this year's theme is: "Beauty is..."
ALL entries will be collected in the cafeteria on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 8:00am - 8:45am
Questions? Email Kelly Spirit at kellyspirit@verizon.net
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Join PTA
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It's Not Too Late to Join PTA!
The beginning of the school year is very busy and maybe you simply
forgot to join PTA this year....
We still need you and it is not too late to join! Please consider
joining as YOUR membership in PTA is what provides the many
important programs and services to ALL of our students, parents, and
teachers. Plans for this year include: Aim for Success, 180 Degrees,
Teacher Wish List program, Reflections, Destination Imagination, school
dances, book fairs and many other events and programs.
You can become a member of FMS PTA by simply paying $10.00 dues per
person, or through a donation of $40.00 which includes two memberships
and eliminates the need for further PTA fundraisers. Because PTA
does not do fundraisers, we depend on our membership dues to provide
our many programs. To join, please fill out the form which can
be obtained in the school office or on the school website by clicking here, attach a
check made payable to FMS PTA, and drop it in the PTA box in the
school's front office.
If you are unsure of your membership status for this year, please email
Cheryl Jackson at jackson.cd@verizon.net.
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Health & Craft Fair
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FMS Health, Art & Craft Fair
Saturday, October 24th
10AM - 3PM
Free and Low Costs Immunizations!
$20 Flu Shots for Adults: 10 AM - 3 PM
Free Immunizations (includes Flu): Kids 6 mo.s - 18 yrs: 11 AM -1 PM
- Bring Shot Records
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Yearbooks for Sale
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Get your book full of memories - order a yearbook today! Click here for the order
form, or pick one up in the office.
ATTENTION: 8TH GRADE PARENTS!
Make your
8th grade student's yearbook even more memorable - purchase a message
space and personalize it! Click here to download the
message space order form from the FMS website. Contact Daniela
Fontana at fontanada@lisd.net
for more information. Hurry, space is limited! Forms must
be received by November 2nd.
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Circle of Friends
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 Attention to all
Circle of Friends members:
Sign up sheets will continue to be available in Ms. Jones's rooms
106 and 208 for COF activities during advisory. You may
come by after 8:15 in the mornings, during passing times, or after
school.
On October 24, COF will have a booth at the Forestwood Craft Fair to
sell homemade baked goods. Ms. Jones' and Mrs. Warner's classes
will be making goodies to sell. Any COF member can also donate
cookies, cupcakes, brownies, etc. We will need them delivered to
school by Friday, October 23 or bring them to our booth on
Saturday. All proceeds will be used for COF activities.
Our next COF social will be Wednesday, October 28, 4:00 to 5:00 in the
cafeteria. Come join us for lots of food and fun!
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180 Degrees
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A whole new way to think about sex... 180 Degrees is an
abstinence education program that presents the startling reality of the
consequences of premarital sex and the benefits of healthy relationships.
The student presentation will include: staggering statistics, how to
set physical boundaries, and how to start over if necessary and make
better sexual decisions. This is NOT your typical sex education
class - this is an interactive discussion that allows students to ask
all the questions they never felt they could ask. You know
a lot has changed, and parents, you may just learn something that you
never knew! This presentation is created to turn our children's
thinking about sex around a whole 180 degrees. It's harder than
ever to make good choices, but students can stand for purity and SAVE
sex for marriage, but first they have to...
GET THE
FACTS!
PARENT PREVIEW for 8th grade:
Come and learn more about the 180 Degrees Abstinence
Program.
WHEN: Monday, October 19th, 7:00pm
WHERE: Forestwood Cafeteria
If you have questions, you can contact Jennifer Shelton, (972) 424-5144
or JShelton@realoptionsforwomen.com
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Aim for Success
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We are pleased to announce a presentation called "AIM
FOR SUCCESS" for our 7th grade students. Aim for Success is
a nationally acclaimed educational organization that promotes sexual
abstinence until marriage. This program addresses the health
reasons for choosing sexual abstinence including pregnancy, STD's, and
emotional scars.
The parent meeting includes a preview of the student program so you will
know firsthand what the students will be seeing. This program
equips parents with the tools and medical information needed to
communicate effectively with their children without
embarrassment. Parents learn how, when, and why to talk to their
children (toddlers to teens) about sex. Aim for Success believes
parents should be their children's primary sex educators, but they have
found that many parents don't know how to approach this critical
subject.
Aim for Success is the largest provider of sexual abstinence programs
in the United States. They present about 2500 programs each year.
Ninety percent of these programs are in public schools across the
nation, reaching about 200,000 students and their parents each
year.
Aim for Success has received local, state and national
recognition for their work in public schools.
PARENT PREVIEW for 7th grade - come and learn more about
the Aim for Success Abstinence Program.
WHEN: Thursday, October 22nd, 7:00pm
WHERE: Forestwood Cafeteria
Aim for Success, Inc. PO Box 550336, Dallas, TX 75355
972-422-2322
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Technology Recognition
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We've come a long way in technology from just a few short years ago, so
I want
to acknowledge some people who have stepped up their game.
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"Technology Twizzler" award goes to a faculty member who
has gone above and beyond what is expected in technology.
The first "Technology Twizzler" award goes to MUSTAFA
KUCUK (not pictured).
- Secondly, we're
giving another "Technology Twizzler" award to the person
who was the very first to submit their technology usage report.
This award goes to ANGIE KEMP!
We're also going to start "showcasing" teachers
who are integrating technology into their classrooms. Each six
weeks, we will award the "SILVER MOUSE AWARD" to one teacher
who has shown improvements in integrating technology. This first
six weeks, we will be honoring two teachers. They will each
receive a certificate and a gift card.
- The first
"SILVER MOUSE AWARD" is going to a teacher who has made
great strides in integrating technology in his classroom this
year. Congratulations to RANDY ROBERTS!
- The second
"SILVER MOUSE AWARD" is going to a teacher who has
already been integrating technology into her classroom and
continues to do so this year. Congratulations to GISELE
FRANKS!
Marty Ross
Technology Integrationist
Forestwood MS
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Nurse's Corner
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 FMS Health, Art & Craft
Fair
Saturday, October 24th
10AM - 3PM
Free and
Low Costs Immunizations!
$20 Flu Shots for Adults: 10 AM - 3 PM
Free Immunizations (includes Flu): Kids 6 mo.s - 18 yrs: 11 AM -1 PM
Bring Shot Records
Have a fun and festive day at Forestwood! This is our first
annual crafts fair. Stop by to see beautiful crafts, shop for the
holidays and get your flu shot, too. Money raised through this
fair will help fund activities for your children and teachers.
So, come out and support your school.
We need volunteers to help with the fair and assist with the
immunization clinics. Please give me a call at 972/350-2712 or
shoot me an email at degiulioj@lisd.net.
See you there!
Seasonal and H1N1Flus
The flu season is already upon us. Please take a moment to read
the Denton County Health Department HINI Parent
Letter. If you child is ill with a fever, he/she MUST
be fever free (less than 100 degrees), without the use of fever
reducing medications, for 24 hours before returning to school.
And, please consider getting a flu shot. We will offer free
immunizations for children and low cost flu shots for adults at our
craft fair on October 24th.
Immunizations Due in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
Immunization reminders have been sent to parents of children whose Tdap
booster is coming due through March 2010. If your child has
already received this booster, please send in a copy of that
immunization. If your child has not received this booster,
consider getting it at the Health, Art & Craft Fair.
Parents of sixth graders please take a look at the new immunization
requirements, on our website, for your
child to enter the seventh grade. You too, can take advantage of
the Free Immunization Clinic at our Craft Fair in October.
When your child receives these immunizations please send me a
copy. Please consider getting it done before the end of this
school year to avoid long lines at Orientation next August.
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FMHS Rocket Camp
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 The FMHS Technology Club
Presents: The 2009 Rocket Camp
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, the FMHS Technology Club will host a one
day camp from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. at Flower Mound High School to teach all
about model rocketry and high powered rocketry. Through the course of
the day students will learn about rocket stability, the basic math and
science concepts behind rockets, and how to build a flyable rocket that
students will be able to launch at the end of the day! This camp is
open to all Middle School students.
Please go to http://www.wix.com/fmhstech/FMHS-Rocket
for registration form & release of liability form or for more info
or questions contact us at fmhstechnologyclub@gmail.com.
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Dallas Mavericks Tickets
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 Dallas Mavericks offer discounted tickets to LISD
Community
Attention Dallas Mavericks fans! The Mavericks organization is offering
discounted tickets without processing fees for LISD employees,
students, friends and family for the following games: Nov. 7, 10 and
20; Dec. 5, 8, 12, 14, 18 and 22. Click here to enter the
offer code "lisd" and to purchase the discounted tickets.
Tickets are sent via e-mail shortly after purchasing. For questions
concerning the tickets, contact Paul Calvin at 214-658-7168 or by
e-mail at paul.calvin@dallasmavs.com.
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FMS Tennis Team
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Good luck to the Forestwood Middle School members of the Jaguar Middle
School Tennis Team!
Fall 2009 Team Tennis Schedule for the remaining matches:
October
22
Flower Mound vs
Lewisville
7:15 AM
October
28
MS Fall Championships (FMHS &
Marcus) All Day
Head Coach - Brad Wikse
Assistant Coach - Tim Fails
All matches will be played at FMHS courts except for October 28, which
will be played at Marcus High School. The MS Fall Championships,
on October 28, will be played at both FMHS and Marcus. Players
will be at one or the other. Players will need to bring a lunch
to both The MS Fall Championships and the Quad Match.
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