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School Events   

A/B Schedule:   

Ma y 26  (A)
May 27   (B)
May 28   (A)
May 29   (B)
June 1     (A)
June 2    (B)
June 3    (A)
June 4    (B)
June 5    (A)
June 8    (B)
June 9    (A)
June 10  (B)

Calendar:
 
May 25 
Memorial Day, No School

May 26 
Chalk Art Festival,
1 – 2:30 pm
(June 2 will be the makeup
day if it rains)

May 27 
Parent Night for incoming
6th graders, 7-8:30

May 28 (A) 
ASB meeting, 8 am in
Room 206

May 29 (B) 
8th Grade
Orchestra/Band Field Trip 
EMP

May 30 
Saturday School, KMS

Fairhaven Events Calendar

District Events Calendar

School News

High School Activity Packet: Families with students attending high school next school year and who plan to participate in summer activities (sports practice or clubs) are required to have an
Eligibility Packet for
Co-Curricular Activities completed and on file at the high school before the end of the year.  (Students planning to participate in athletics need to request physicals be copied and sent to their respective school.)  Packets are available for pick-up and drop-off in our office with Mrs. Davis.    

Dear families,
Another school year is almost behind us and we’re already seriously working at getting ready for next year.   The eighth graders are anxious to leave Fairhaven and enter the world of high school.  Our sixth graders are maturing into young adolescents.  In our final weeks of school, we need to continue to keep our students on task. Please help us give encouragement to them to do their very best each day of school. 

Staff and program update:  As the district implements their budget savings reduction plan, I know that you may have many questions about our program for next year. Although we have had a slight reduction in elective and PE staff, I want to assure you that we will be offering the same core content classes and the same range of electives that we have been able to offer in the past:  Spanish, Art, Orchestra, Band, Music of the World, and Drama (or Media/Art) as well as PE for every student.  Our PTSA is also investigating the establishment of a “before school” French class, which would be a welcome addition to our other “before school” offerings such as Morning Choir.  At Fairhaven, four of our non-continuing teachers have been displaced.  I know that our district is doing everything possible to insure that these folks will be assigned to other positions in the district as jobs open.  We are saddened to lose these teachers, but we know students elsewhere will benefit from their expertise and passion for teaching.
 
Magician casts his spell: On Monday, our students and teachers assembled in The Commons to watch Lynden High School senior, Sterling Dietz, present his magic tricks.  He managed to stump our resident mathematician, Bryan Beatty, and kept the kids attention as he put a girl in a box, pulled things from smoke, and made cards appear out of no-where. In addition to his playful presentation, he put forward a powerful message to our students to follow their passion, whatever it may be. 

Thanks for your good parenting—it makes a difference!
Deirdre O’Neill

PTSA News:

8th Grade Celebration

8th Grade Parents - if you haven't sent in your donation for the 8th grade events, please do so as soon as possible.  Checks payable to FMS PTSA can be dropped in the office, and we are suggesting $10 per family.  Also we would love more cookie bakers!!  Thank you, thank you to Lisa Mudd-Keenan and Tracy Anderson for volunteering to organize the picnic.

6th & 7th Grade Parents - we still need volunteers to help serve refreshments and clean up at the ceremony, and to serve refreshments and clean up at the dance.  Contact Gennie Clawson (bgclawsons@msn.com) or Kerri Sloan (kerriandpaul@comcast.net).  Many thanks to Patti Fairbanks who will be taking care of the decorations & dance and Tracy Diehl & Michelle Barenchi for heading up refreshments.

Challenge Run: The Middle School Challenge Run will be held on Saturday June 13th.  The challenge is between all 4 Middle Schools and the 'winning' school is that which registers the most participants. Fairhaven has won the past two years.  Let's do it again!  Pick up a purple registration form in the office or PTSA room.  The first 400 registrants (from all schools) receive half- off waterslide passes.  All attending will have a great time and be eligible for many terrific prizes.

Chalk Art Festival is coming up on Tuesday May 26, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. Registration forms are available in the main office. There will be no registration fee this year. Bring your imagination and your group of three chalk artists!

Thank you to 8th grader Nick Smith, his sister Lauren, and his mom, Stephanie Walters, for serving dinner this month at the Lighthouse Mission!

CALENDAR:
May 26 - Chalk Art, 1 – 2:30 pm
May 27 - 6th Grade Parent Night (Orientation) 7 – 8:30 pm
June 2 – Chalk Art Makeup Day in case of rain on May 26
June 13 - Middle School Challenge Run

* If you have not received your magazine subscription from our Fall Fundraiser magazine drive, please contact: Christopher W. Eastwood, Field Sales Manager, QSP Inc./Reader's Digest, Office: 800-921-9066, Fax: 425-742-2343, Email: christopher_eastwood@qsp.com, www.qsp.com

* If you have not picked up your school directory, you may pick one up in the main office; one per family, please.

* For more information about PTSA activities, please visit the
FMS PTSA Website.

Athletic Schedule: Track  
(coaches: Dustin Heaton, Tanya Pepe, Janie Overman, Sara Case)

Start: 3:30 pm at Ferndale High School, 3:45 pm at Civic Stadium

May 28 (Thursday)   Horizon –vs- FMS @ Civic Stadium

June 3 & 4 – Middle School Championships at Civic Stadium

Fairhaven Middle School
110 Park Ridge Road 
Bellingham, WA 98225-7999
(360) 676-6450

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