Dear Families, Students, Staff, and Community Members, Farmington Municipal Schools needs your valuable input to continue improving our services. Our survey will remain open until March 21, 2025—don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference! Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts by completing our survey: 👉 https://bit.ly/FMS-Input-Survey
Dear FMS families and staff, we’re again sharing our latest District Report Card, which includes key information on our student demographics, current budget, and state designations, as well as the latest 4-year graduation rates. To learn more, including math, reading, and science proficiency rates, click here: https://5il.co/2zujj or here: https://5il.co/38659. Thank you for your continued support.
The San Juan College High School application is NOW OPEN for all current 8TH GRADERS! Visit https://www.farmingtonschools.us/o/sjchs and apply today! The deadline is February 28. We can’t wait to welcome you!
Registration is NOW OPEN for our next 4H Gardening Club session that starts on February 25. Visit https://forms.gle/5rXQKmgysQMLJUCd7 to register. This fun and educational club offers students the chance to: 🌱 Build leadership skills. 🌱 Learn about soil health and composting. 🌱 Experience the joy of growing plants. 🌱 Meet professional farmers. 🌱 Take a greenhouse field trip. 🌱 Explore nutrition and cooking. Need more information? Contact: Marie E. Johnson, FMS Student Nutrition Program Supervisor at (505) 599-8778 ext. 1582 or e-mail: mjohnson@fms.k12.nm.us.
FMS In The News – Farmington Municipal Schools let students choose cafeteria food. By Jacqlin Aragon. KOB. Students in the Farmington Municipal Schools District are getting to choose what’s served in their cafeteria. Read more: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/farmington-municipal-schools-let-students-choose-cafeteria-food/
Congratulations to Mr. Cody Jackson, the Band Director at Heights Middle School who has been named one of Yamaha’s 40 Under 40! Yamaha is celebrating music education excellence to highlight and recognize outstanding young music educators making a difference by growing and strengthening their music programs. They showcase the following characteristics: action (anticipate what needs to be done and proactively take the necessary steps that lead to a stronger music program), courage (propose and implement new or bold ideas), creativity (show innovation and imagination in achieving plans and objectives) and growth (establish, grow or improve music education in their schools and communities). We are so proud of Mr. Jackson’s dedication and passion for music education. Please join us in celebrating this incredible recognition. Visit https://hub.yamaha.com/music-educators/40-under-40/2025/40-under-40-2025/ to learn more about Mr. Jackson and all the music educators highlighted.
FMS, this week we celebrate National School Counseling Week!
We want to take a moment to celebrate our amazing school counselors: Stephanie Davis, Donald Timme, Lauren Hobbs-Mead, James Fundark, Louise Baca, Debbie Fowler, Danielle Straate, Caroline Thomas, Amanda Patea, Patricia Fine, Deadra Lepich, Jennifer McKinney, Keshia Beyale, Dorene Miller, Matt Smith, Anneliese Weyrauch, Marvin Pete, Cherilynn Shorty, Joanna Thrower, Rachel Yazzie, Adeola Dalton, Julie Christensen, Jennifer Dowdy, and Stacy Van Meter. National School Counseling Week 2025 is Feb. 3-7, 2025, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. The theme is: School Counseling: Helping Students Thrive.
Happy Black History Month, FMS. February is Black History Month – acknowledging the achievements of African Americans and recognizing their central role in U.S. history. The Black History Month 2025 theme, “African Americans and Labor,” focuses on the ways that “work and working of all kinds—free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary—intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.” You can visit https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month#black-history-month-2023-theme to learn more about Black History Month.
Farmington Municipal Schools is offering The Family Learning Company licenses for FREE to the first 1500 families to register! This online tool is for all ages, preschool through adult. ➡️ Register here: www.familylearningcompany.com. ➡️ Using the code: farmington ➡️ Questions contact: sbassing@fms.k12.nm.us.
Mark your calendar. Nahidizidï bikáá’ ádiiłiił.
K-12 by Elior and Farmington Municipal Schools are pleased to host the 3rd Annual Farmington Jr. Chef Competition on Saturday, April 12, 2025! Registration opens on February 18. This event is open to FMS students from 4th grade through 12th grade. Stay tuned—more details will be shared soon. We can’t wait to see the creativity and talent our students bring to the kitchen!
All FMS schools and offices will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mark your calendar! Nahidizidï bikáá’ ádiiłiił!
You're invited! Nihaadiinááł! Késhjéé' (Navajo Shoe Game) with presenter Bennie Begay. Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 PM, at the Farmington Civic Center. Join us for the Navajo Shoe Game, a traditional winter social guessing game that’s fun for the whole family.
Are you a middle schooler interested in gardening and hands-on learning? Registration for the 4H Gardening Club is now open from January 6-17, 2025! Session 1 begins on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. You can register here: https://forms.gle/5rXQKmgysQMLJUCd7
FMS families, pick up 5-day Breakfast and Lunch Meal Kits on Friday, December 20, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, December 27, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Distribution location for both dates is Central Kitchen (305 N. Court Avenue). No registration is required. First come, first served.
A big thank you to FMS Student Nutrition and K12 by Elior for providing 5-day breakfast and lunch meal kits to help keep our students nourished during the Winter Break!
Don’t miss tonight's Native American Fashion Show: 📅 Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 ⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM 📍 Piedra Vista HS, Turano-Chrisman Theater 🌟 Featuring Jolonzo Guy-Goldtooth & stunning Indigenous fashion! 👗 Traditional regalia modeled by our students.
Dear FMS Families, the NM Public Education Department will conduct a survey on October 28, 2024, to learn about student well-being and what we can do to help students succeed. The survey aims to understand differences among student experiences to proactively create support structures and how our results fall in comparison to national benchmarks and similar districts or schools. More to come via email and text next week!
Registration is now open for NMPED's Parent University, a special event designed for families of children with disabilities! Join us for two informative and supportive days on Wednesday, November 13, and Thursday, November 14, at the beautiful Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow alongside other families.
Register today by visiting: https://forms.office.com/r/DAXNsR823Y.
On October 2, we celebrate #NationalCustodianDay! Our amazing custodial staff works hard every day to keep our school buildings clean, safe, and ready for our students to learn and thrive. To show our appreciation, our Student Nutrition Team is delivering cookies as a token of our appreciation. A big shoutout to all our custodians for everything they do! #CustodialWorkersDay
