East Fairmont Middle School

Wear blue tomorrow!

EFMS students helped with a project led by our Gamechangers to honor Veterans for their sacrifice and commitments by sending over 300 cards to Veterans at the VA Hospital and overseas! Thank you Veterans for your service!

5th-6th STEM students tried to help Hansel and Grettel build support columns to save their house from collapsing! They learned that they had more failures than successes but each failed trial led to their one success!

Bus 105 was delayed on picking up this afternoon, they are on their way and will be arriving home shortly.

Our 5th graders had a special visit from Mr. Tom Garrett, a Vietnam veteran, in honor of Veteran's Day. He shared his stories from basic training at Fort Knox, AIT at Fort Polk, and his year spent in Vietnam in 1967-68. We really enjoyed learning from Mr. Garrett today.

EFMS Science Fair will take place on Wednesday, December 2nd during the school day. If your student would like to participate, they should see Mrs. Golson to get registered and all needed Information.

A reminder to 7th and 8th graders as they prepare for the Golden Horseshoe!

🚔🐝 Exploring Careers in Public Safety! 💙💛 Our Hornet Career Connections students had the opportunity to learn about careers in law enforcement with Trooper Mabin! Trooper Mabin shared his experiences with academy training, discussed his daily responsibilities and duties, and answered students’ questions about a career in public safety. Students also got a hands-on experience with fingerprinting, learning about an important technique used in law enforcement. They even had the chance to examine and show off their own fingerprints! A big THANK YOU to Trooper Mabin for taking the time to share his knowledge and provide our students with this engaging career exploration experience! #HornetCareerConnections #EFMS #PublicSafetyCareers #BuildingTomorrowTogether 🐝

Our Hornet Crew is working hard for Mia’s food drive here at EFMS.  They worked to sort through cans and make sure we can keep our blessing box stocked to the brim!  Keep your eyes out for more news from our Hornet Crew!

🎨 Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest 🌎 The theme for this year’s contest was “Harmony in Humanity,” giving young artists the opportunity to share their vision of peace through art. All of Mrs. Skarzinski’s Art Classes participated in this wonderful contest, which is open to students ages 11, 12, and 13. A big congratulations to our winners! 🥇 1st Place – Kinslee Kyer 🥈 2nd Place – Phoenix Barrett Our school has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with the Lions Club for many years, and we are grateful for their continued support of young artists and their creativity! Best of luck to Kinslee as she advances to the next round of competition! We are so proud of both of you! ❤️🎨

🤼 Wrestling Parent Meeting Reminder! Attention all 6th–8th grade students interested in wrestling this season! A mandatory parent meeting will be held TONIGHT at 5:00 PM in the EFMS Cafeteria. We look forward to seeing you there! 🐝💙💛

🐝💙💛 Hornet Career Connections: Exploring Careers Through Creativity and Innovation! From designing shock-absorbing systems to protect astronauts 🚀, to creating floor plans for their dream homes 🏡, developing their very own digital parks 🌳💻, and becoming sports nutrition detectives 🥗🏀 to discover how food fuels athletic performance, our Hornets are putting their creativity, problem-solving skills, and imagination to work! Through hands-on experiences, students are exploring careers in engineering, architecture, technology, design, sports nutrition, and more while discovering how their interests and talents can shape their futures. Building Tomorrow Together, one career connection at a time! 🐝💙💛

Hornet Career Connections was in full force yesterday! While creating a hands-on project for East-West spirit week 🐝, Events Planning Club students put the Hospitality Career Cluster concepts into action. Students learned first hand how creating an experience for your guest is part of making a memorable, guest-centered experience. The students discussed how their project could be used for birthday parties, party favors, team building and more.

Hornet Career Connections was in full force yesterday! Ms. Henderson’s Food Safety Club worked together to create Sloppy Joes made with ground chicken, onions, green peppers, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, and spices. Students completed various tasks including sautéing peppers and onions, breaking up meat as it browned, measuring ingredients, pouring in sauces, adding spices, preparing slider buns, and serving pickles. They saw cooking tools such as measuring spoons and cups, Ninja Foodi in searing mode, spoonulas, ground meat masher, and serving utensils. Many students were a great help, most were happy to try their creation, and several came back for extra helpings.

East Middle is sponsoring a non-perishable food drive. These items can be turned in during 1st period.

📢 EFMS Report Card Reminder

First 9 Weeks Report Cards were sent home with students today, along with their Student Attendance Reports and WVGSA Family Portal Access Codes. Parents and guardians, please take a moment to review these important documents with your child.

Mr. David Tucker of the Marion County Historical Museum came to speak to our students about the life is a serviceman and veteran. Our students were intrigued with many questions about the lifestyle, benefits, sacrifices and importance of the military as we honor our veterans!

Students received PBIS permission slips for our 1st 9 weeks reward today during AA. We will be taking a field trip to Tygart Valley Cinemas and watching the new Cat in the Hat! 5/6 grades will be going Thursday, November 12 and 7/8 grades will be going Friday, November 13. In order to be eligible for the field trip students must meet these requirements for the 1st 9 weeks: - Pass all classes (D or above) - No suspensions - No more than 5 days of structured lunch - No more than 5 zeroes across all classes Permission slips are due this Friday, November 6!

Tomorrow's PTO and LSIC meetings have been moved to Monday, November 9th. PTO will meet at 5:00 with LSIC following at 5:30 in the EFMS Library.

East Fairmont Middle School 7/8 STEM capped off their pumpkin drop season by capturing a 2nd place finish by team 007, Team Green! Congratulations! 🎃