Great Way To Start Your Morning

Seventh graders are dissecting fetal pigs today!





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Girls Bible Club Middle School

Back during first semester, many of our students attended the RED Student Leadership Conference at South Ft. Myers High School. The event was sponsored by Union Station, a united group of youth pastors from this area. Students were challenged to start a bible study at their school, and encouraged to pray for ways to make an impact for Christ ion their campus. . Seventh graders, Robin Mitchell and Mallory Dillon have been hosting an optional girls middle school bible study on Wednesdays during lunch time this year.

Today, their guest speaker was FMCS alumni (class of 2002), Arianne Hutcherson! It is great to see what God is doing in our alumni and how they are passing on the message of Christ! Thank you Arianne. Arianne and her husband, Will, are expecting their first baby very soon.

Fourth Grade Mission 25:40 This Year

Thank you everyone who has been collecting soda tabs this year for the Ronald McDonald House. 4th grade students’ mission project is the Ronald McDonald House. As classes collect tabs, they give them to a fourth grade student. Madi and Christine, fourth grade students, helped deliver the 2 two feet storage bins of tabs. The Ronald McDonald House gets about $5,000 annually from the collection of tabs. - Mrs. Judy Sanders, 4th grade

Don't Forget The Book Fair

The next two weeks - don't forget to visit the book fair on the second floor of the Children's Center in the library!








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2010 Olympic Field Day

A week in the making - Field Day 2010! A GREAT job by our teachers, students and parents representing countries with decorations, classroom projects, flags, t-shirts and more. I was so proud of everyone - Miss Issenmann put together a great day! Mrs. Jean and Miss Schreiber did a great job with the PK field day. Many thanks to our parent volunteers - your tug-o-war was great!

Catch the field day pictures on the blog page to the right!

Eagle Sports Awards

We had a great turnout tonight for our sports awards for basketball, cheerleading, soccer and golf. Many thanks to our athletic director, John O'Brien, and all of our coaches for their hard work. CONGRATULATIONS!



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These Girls Are Going Places!

Wednesday, May 5 -

“Girls Going Places”, an Entrepreneurship Conference for girls age 12-18, was held today at Florida Gulf Coast University. The pictured Leadership Academy students, along with NJHS sponsor Mrs. Jennifer Crouch, participated in several enterprising and community-minded activities such as the “Hot Company board game”, interviews with area business women, and “Product in a Box” to encourage creativity and cooperation. NJHS president, Carlye Fulton said, “I learned that we can be open to anything that comes to us and have an open mind. We can do anything if we try.” Also in attendance at today’s conference , Mrs. Barbara Dukes, parent of 7th grade student, Haley Morig; and Mrs. Karen Zeigler, parent to FMCS alumna, Haley Zeigler. Both women served as mentors to girls interested in starting their own future businesses. Thanks, ladies, for sharing your insights and experiences. - Mrs. Jennifer Crouch, middle school language arts teacher

(pictured below: Julie Wagner, Carlye Fulton, Brooke Schafe, and Karina Rivera)


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Cinco De Mayo/All American Lunch

Fiesta and Food/Hot Dogs and T-Ball!

This was the case today on May 5th, Cinco De Mayo, for Mrs. Gonzales and her classes as they celebrated with special food, fun and cultural education on this special day!

Meanwhile, all of the classes are gearing up for "Field Day Friday," and with all the classes having a country they represent: the third grade (the United States) had an All-American picnic with hot dogs, watermelon and a game of t-ball today.

More Alumni Praise!

Newspress, 5/4/10 — Nine high school seniors from Lee and Collier counties have been awarded the Academic & Athletic Achievement Award scholarships from the WCI/Mercedes-Benz of Fort Myers Junior Golf Foundation.

Alexander Felice, who attends South Fort Myers High, will receive a $4,000 scholarship from the foundation.

Airik Medinis of Fort Myers High School and Louna Jacques of Golden Gate High School each will receive a $3,000 scholarship.

Alex Giguere of Naples High School; Chase Marinell of Bishop Verot High School; Brad Wollman of Barron Collier High School, and William Kuhn Jr., who is home schooled, each will receive a $2,000 scholarship.

Joseph Caiazza of North Fort Myers High School and Miko Dougherty of Ida S. Baker High School each will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

“We are very happy to continue this 11-year tradition of recognizing students who have worked hard in their communities, respective schools and their pursuit of the game of golf,” said David L. Fry, president and CEO of WCI Communities. “We want to thank the many people who have contributed in one way or another over the years to this investment in the education of our youth – an important investment in our future.”

The scholarships will be presented at Pelican Preserve on behalf of the members of the scholarship committee.

The scholarships are awarded on an annual basis to junior golfers who participate in the WCI/Mercedes-Benz of Fort Myers Junior Golf Tour. The tour starts its 10th season Saturday, June 12, with a Parent-Child Invitational kick-off event hosted by Pelican Preserve Golf Club in Fort Myers.

The WCI/Mercedes-Benz of Fort Myers Junior Golf Foundation was formed in 1999 and awards scholarships annually to graduating seniors who qualify from Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties. In addition to being members of the foundation, the junior golfers must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

Drama Team a Big Hit Today!

Great job today by the junior high drama team in chapel today with their presentation of "Hairball" - a lesson in judging by appearance. We are proud of Mrs. Mitchell and her students: Amy Romstadt, Mallory Dillon, Robin Mitchell, Haley Morig, Alex Opauski, Matthew Perry, Celine Gulbronson, China Haisley, Austin Johnson, Tucker Zahorian, Melissa Baskin, Sarah Swiersz and Kayla Lindsey.

Alumni Praise in the Newspress Sports Section Today

Three of our alumni were highlighted today in the Newspress sports section:

1) Corbin Weeks for his outstanding play as ECS makes their drive through the baseball playoffs - click here. (pictured above)

2) For the 24th Annual Rotary South Scholar-Athletes Banquet to be held May 12, 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, Bell Tower: 33 scholar-athletes (one male and female) are chosen from 16 Lee County high schools. Alumni Alex Felice (South Ft. Myers High) and Chase Marinell (Bishop Verot) have been chosen from their schools.

ALEX FELICE
School: South Fort Myers
GPA: 4.7
Honors: Four-year varsity golfer and captain. All-County first team as a senior. President of National Honor Society as a senior.

CHASE MARINELL
School: Bishop Verot
GPA: 3.20
Honors: Four-year varsity golfer and team MVP. Regional champ as a senior. Third place at the state championships as a junior. The News-Press All-Area Player of the Year as a junior and senior.

On Their Best Behavior

Congratulations to Mrs. Harrington's first grade class for being Mrs. Edward's April winners for behavior in the cafeteria!


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Honor Society Inductions for Spring 2010

FMCS is honored to induct new members in the National Junior Honor Society and National Elementary Honor Society for the spring of 2010. The ceremony was held Thursday, April 29th in the Colonial Chapel with over 180 students, friends and family in attendance.

The National Elementary Honor Society, Josiah Chapter, is only in its second year and new members are: fourth graders - Jordan Bergman, Lauren Hearn, Christine Jennings, Molly Krieger, Madison Leatherman, Ethan Liebetre, Malyia Madden, Akmet Moran, Emma Ravish, Emily Reeves, Alyssa Snodgrass, Kendra Stonefield, Kristina Taylor, Austin Thomas, Morgan Tyson; Fifth graders - Celina Interbartolo , Dillon Martino, Cheyanne Miller, Rebecca Moran, Sierra Niles and Avery Praxaya. Their teacher-sponsor is Mrs. Robin Couch.

The National Junior Honor Society, the Ezra Chapter, inducted the following new members: Elijah Benzon, Andrew Crouch, Joshua Harriott, Joshua Harvey, Chastity Roark, Sarah Swiersz, Victoria Weller, Tyler Williams, Arianna Bergmann, Remy Fenelus, China Haisley and Josiah Vega. Their teacher-sponsor is Mrs. Jennifer Crouch.

This year, both groups have been active with activities that included raising money for muscular dystrophy, Susan B Komen Breast Cancer Fund, leadership academy class, sending care packages to soldiers, welcome packets for new students and picking up trash on the campus to do their part in keeping the campus clean.

Saturday's Golf Tournament

Our Annual FMCS Golf Tournament was held Saturday, May 1, 2010 at The Forest. This has been one of best days of fun, fellowship and food on the school calendar every year. Our chairpersons, Wendy Fulton and Anne Kearns, did a great job. Many thanks to the parent volunteers that came out that day! All the proceeds help our financial aide funds at FMCS! (totals coming soon)

SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, 2011

Summary of 2010: We had 43 golfers that signed-up to join us for a sunny day at the Forest Golf and Country Club. Congratulations to the team of (from left to right in their photo): Ron Tyre, Chuck Basinait, Kevin Kearns (FMCS parent of Thomas Kearns), Chris Parker.


Cast of great volunteers: (L to R) : Sue Sinex, Relena Zabala, Stephanie Roark, Rita Massaro, Wendi Fulton and Anne Kearns (also Mr. Tom Sinex, not pictured)

Creative Arts Academy

This morning I was thankful to see many of our students in the Creative Arts Academy Spring Recital! This was the first year of the program at First Assembly of God and we have enjoyed the partnership with them on our campus. We are looking forward next year - thank you Liz Jarrett and the entire staff. Today there were about 25 current students and several alumni - not to mention two former students that are on the CAA staff: Suzie Davis and Joel Henley.






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