Fremont-Mills Community School District - Developing the Potential of All

Elementary SEL Newsletter

Please see the flyer attached for FM Softball Chicken Dinner.

Please consider nominating a teacher for the Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award. Nominations and more information available at the link below. Nominations close on March 31st. https://www.ghaea.org/?fbclid=IwAR1YQjr29QuF4fEnM6x_ABcLnerW0bltqheKG067ZMzyy8DITLh4lK7UstQ

Today's varsity co-ed track scrimmage at Shenandoah has been cancelled.

An additional day is being added to FM's upcoming April break. Please see the letter from Mr. Gute.

Please see the information attached for current employment openings.

Midlands Reading announced the winners of their Creative Writing Contest. Poetry winners were: 7th Grade - McKenna Johnson - 1st, Jenevieve McLaughlin - 2nd, and Isabella Heard - 3rd; 8th Grade - Ella Thornton - 1st, Rowen Howe - 2nd and Sawyer Forney - 3rd. Congratulations!

Second graders and preschoolers protected the east hall by making leprechaun traps today. Earlier in the week second graders wrote about what they would do with a pot of gold.

These FM musicians will be performing in the Corner Conference Band Concert tonight at 7:00 pm at East Mills High School in Malvern.

Scholastic Book Fair is this week at the FM library. Parents and other shoppers are welcome to shop after school and from 8:00 - 8:00 on March 17th during Conferences. You can also shop online from March 14-27. Visit our web page at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/fremontmills

Landon Morse (7th grade Euphonium) Alex McCollum (8th grade Tenor Sax) Jenevieve McLaughlin (7th grade Mallets) Jadyn Wolfe (7th grade Clarinet) and Ben Milbourn (7th grade Tuba) participated in the 2022 Lenox Junior High Honor Band on March 12.

Midlands Reading VP announced the winners of their Short Story contest: Fifth grade - Haylee Madsen - 1st, Leyani Reeves - 2nd, and Adelynn Billingsley - 3rd. Sixth grade- Katie Howe - 1st, Harper Christiansen - 2nd, and Gavin Crom - 3rd. Congratulations to all the winners!

Congratulations to the Fremont-Mills Speech Team on an incredible showing at State Speech this weekend! They received 4 Division I ratings, and 2 Division II ratings! Special congratulations goes out to sophomore Macy Mitchell for being selected as an All-State Performer! Full Results: Macy Mitchell - Poetry - Straight Division I Rating, All-State Selection Mylie Hughes - Prose - Straight Division I Rating Hannah Wilson - Prose - Straight Division I Rating Lily Crom - Prose - Mixed Division I Rating Mylie Hughes - Poetry - Mixed Division II Rating Ella Owen - Solo Musical Theater - Straight Division II Rating

These 5 girls will represent the Fremont-Mills Speech Team at State Individual Speech Contest tomorrow in Adel. Special thank you to the Fremont-Mills Booster Club for the goodie bags! L to R: Ella Owen, Lily Crom, Macy Mitchell, Hannah Wilson, Mylie Hughes

Iowa Testing Begins March 21 for students in grades 3-11.

Elementary SEL Newsletter

3-Year-Old Preschool had a surprise visit from the Cat in the Hat (FM’s Librarian Mrs. Wake). She read Dr. Seuss’s “Horton Hatches an Egg”. The preschoolers loved it!

FM’s School Nurse Erika Mitchell told the first graders about the importance of taking care of their teeth. She also gave them a bag to take home to help them with this. Thanks Mrs. Mitchell for telling them the “tooth” about tooth care!

Midlands Reading VP announced the winners of their poetry contest. Fifth grade winners were Raif Wederquist - 1st place, Dean Schoening - 2nd, and Tayleigh James - 3rd. Sixth grade winners were Keyanna Haggerty - 1st place, Lillian Gill - 2nd, and Katie Howe - 3rd.

Fremont-Mills Parents - Please check your emails for information regarding the scheduling of parent/teacher conferences. Reminder that parent/teacher conferences will take place on Thursday, March 17th. Also there will be no school on Thursday, March 17th or Friday, March 18th.