East Fairmont Middle School

For all 6th, 7th, & 8th grade girls interested in playing basketball this upcoming season: Tryouts will be on Monday, October 31st and Tuesday, November 1st 5:30-7:30pm in the school gym. There will be a very brief parent meeting at the beginning of the Monday tryout. Each girl will need a completed, current physical form signed by a physician in order to participate in tryouts. For those that are playing a fall sport, a copy of the player’s physical is required to be brought to tryouts. There is a sign-up sheet in the main office this week and blank physical forms for the girls to bring home. Forms can also be downloaded at wvssac.org.

East Fairmont Middle boys and girls cross country teams won the Marion County Middle School Cross Country Championship! Congratulations to Jenna Conaway for winning the girls race! Other medalists- Annabelle Skidmore 2nd, Lily Stuck 5th, Linsey Kramer 7th, Anna Wycoff 10th, Ryleigh Bills 11th and Shayla Wotring 19th. Kelcie Criss was 1st place in JV Girls. Congratulations to varsity runners Ben Barnes 3rd, Brady Hutson 5th, Dominic Rinehart 6th, Grayson Childs 7th, Ty Hutson 8th, Jaxon Conaway 10th and Adam Morris 11th. Jonah Henderson was 1st place in JV Other JV medalists Ryder Biggie 2nd, Bryler Wilson 3rd, Caden Caldwell 4th, Reese Tennant 5th, Owen Kramer 6th and Ashton Bean 7th

East Fairmont Middle School Girls’ Soccer Team enjoyed some bonding time tonight by traveling to Morgantown and cheering on the WVU Women’s Soccer Team.

Congratulations to the East Fairmont Middle Cross Country teams at the Mid Mountain 10 Conference Championship this past Thursday. Our girls finished first overall and our boys second with Jenna Conaway finishing 2nd individually and Annabelle Skidmore finishing 6th!

East Fairmont Middle Boys’ Soccer Team is enjoying some team bonding at the WVU Mens’ soccer game this evening.

The Fairmont State University swim team came to East Fairmont Middle on Tuesday to work with some of our fifth grade students on conflict resolution and communication.

Help support the toy drive that benefits many of our students. Students can purchase and color a stocking for $1 each. More details coming soon to students!

East Middle Family,   We have two amazing individuals who we would like to shower with support: Mr. Leshko and Ms. Drainer. This Friday, East Middle is going to (weather permitting) form a support ribbon made up of students and staff wearing their East Side blue and gold. If you want to participate, we ask that you please wear your East Side colors to school on Friday! We are going to take a photograph, and we would love as many members of our hornet family as possible to join.

6th grade students practiced dividing whole numbers by fractions with play-doh! They loved it!

Team Leshko is sponsoring a benefit dinner to help one of East Fairmont Middle School's teachers who has been battling a grade ii oligodendroglioma with the cost of his ongoing treatment. The spaghetti dinner will be held at East Fairmont Middle on Sunday, October 16th from 11:30 to 3:30. Tickets are $10 for an adult and $7 for children age 10 and under. Organizers are trying to get a count on how many meals they will need and there will only be limited amounts available that day. If you are interested in attending, we encourage you to contact Lori Ennis at East Fairmont Middle to purchase your ticket between 8 and 1 tomorrow.

East Fairmont Middle School staff spent the morning reviewing active attack scenarios and discussing emergency responses to such incidents in a two hour presentation by Fairmont Police Office personnel. Staff also had the opportunity to talk one on one with a police officer for suggestions on ways to help secure their room in case of an emergency if they wished.

East Fairmont Middle PTO is hosting their first annual craft fair. Come out and support your local crafters and get a jump start on your Christmas shopping!

On Tuesday, EFHS STEM members, Zoe Boyles and Eleanor Capuder, visit with EFMS 5th and 6th Grade Members to talk about their experiences and to give ideas on our upcoming WVU School of Engineering Annual Pumpkin Drop.

With the recent event of hurricane Ian, Mrs Bland's classes spent this week engineering hurricane proof structures. Students tested their structures today.

East Fairmont Middle is practicing a precautionary code yellow at this time. Students are safe and there is no concern within the school.

East Fairmont Middle School administration has been following absenteeism rates and we have approximately a fifth of our students that are considered to be chronically absent. Chronically absent means that they are missing 15 or more days of school in a year regardless of the reason. Chronically absent students are not only missing out on school days and opportunities to learn, but they are at the greatest risk of falling behind. Chronic absenteeism has been linked to reduced student achievement, social disengagement, and feelings of alienation (Gottfried, 2014; Gottfried, 2015; Johnson, 2005). We need to work together to encourage our students to attend school regularly so they can achieve. It is also important to teach the value of attendance as we are preparing our students for adulthood. Let's work together and teach our children that attendance really does matter.

Next week is our annual book fair week. Please see the attached link for more information! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/eastfairmontmiddleschool

Parent/teacher conferences are next Tuesday, October 4th from 3:30 to 6:30. We are returning to the in person model of PTC which means that you may come any time during the above listed times and sign up to meet with each of your child's teachers. Because of the number of students that each teacher has, we limit these to five minute meetings to address concerns of the teacher and/or parent. Parents will be taken on a first come/first serve basis.

Parents, don’t forget that tomorrow is the last day to get a yearbook for $36! You can submit the form that was given to your student along with payment to the office or click this link to purchase online: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1205750/East-Fairmont-Middle-School/2023-Yearbook/2022080214161367089/CATALOG_SHOP/

Please see the attached flyer for any 5th or 6th grade boy interested in playing basketball for the East Athletic Association this year.