August 5, 2025

Dear FMS Families and Staff, welcome to a new school year!

I want to thank you for choosing Farmington Municipal Schools. We are committed to partnering with you to ensure your student makes the most of every opportunity.

We’re excited for what’s ahead, with new courses in high school and improvements to existing ones in middle school that will help every student succeed. We’ll also offer students a much-needed financial literacy class as an early graduation requirement. In elementary, we have built STEM Labs where our youngest students will use engaging tools, resources, and activities, like coding, circuitry, and design projects, to inspire curiosity and creativity. We are also building a preschool that will house both of our academies, allowing for expansion and improvement of the Career and Technical Center. We’ll have more in academics, career and technical education, languages and culture, and history.

This year, we’re also going phone-free in all schools to help students focus and learn without distraction.

Research and national conversations highlight the growing concerns around youth mental health and excessive smartphone use. Our goal is to help create a healthy balance: using technology as a tool, and avoiding it as a distraction. You can find details about this change and online safety resources on our website.

We can’t wait to see everyone on August 7, 2025. Here’s to a great year ahead!

Cody Diehl

Superintendent

Farmington Municipal Schools