DAILY BULLETIN
PICTURES
School information can be found in our daily bulletin.
Assess Fatima’s web site at: www.fatimacomets.org
Student pictures will be taken on Tuesday, Sept. 18th.
Picture packets will be sent out about a week prior to
this date. Present lunch card must be used until
these pictures are taken and permanent cards arrive.
PARENT PORTAL
Parents can now sign up to be given access to the
Parent Portal. Instructions for doing so have been
placed on our web site: www.fatimacomets.org
STUDENT ALERT FOR ABSENCE:
Our computer system has an automatic alert sent to
parents if their child is absent. This alert will go out
about 10 a.m. If you would like to be emailed when
your child is reported absent, send your name, your
child’s name(s), and your email address to Sheila
Ahlstrom at ahlstroms@fatimacomets.org
JUST A REMINDER
Students are not allowed to be on campus after school
without teacher supervision. Also, students should
not arrive at school before 7:30 in the morning unless
participating in an organized activity.
WELCOME TO FATIMA
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new
Junior High Students.
8th Grade:
7th Grade:
Dustyn Gumm
Abigail Roberts
Sydney Neuner
Charles Roberts
Anna Starke
Jordan Saxe
Extended Library Hours:
The Library will be open each morning at 7:30 and will
stay open after school Monday through Thursday
until 4:30. Students may come to the library to work
on homework or use the computers. They may not
stay after school if they are unsupervised. So, if your
student needs to stay after school, remind them that
they are welcome to stay in the library.
Junior High students, take advantage of this
opportunity to get homework finished before you go
home. You can come to the library and work, read,
use the computers and then your parents can pick you
up on their way home from work.
CALENDAR
Mon – Sept 3 – NO SCHOOL
Wed – Sept 5 – Mid-Term
Fri – Sept 7 – JH Class Officer Meeting(homeroom)
Sat – Sept 8 – JH CC @ Linn Invitational
Sat – Sept 15 – JH CC @ Fulton – 9am
Tues – Sept 18 – JH BBall @ Linn – 5pm
Tues – Sept 18 – Picture Day
Wed – Sept 19 – Board Meeting
Thurs – Sept 20 – Tornado Drill (1:40)
Thurs – Sept 20 – JH CC @ Belle – 4pm
Fri – Sept 21 – JH Bball vs. Vienna – 5pm
Sun – Sept 23 – Pizza Make – Multi-Purpose
Mon – Sept 24 – JH CC @ Dixon – 4pm
Mon – Sept 24 – JH Bball @ Eugene – 5pm
Tues – Sept 25 – Term 1 Ends
Tues – Sept 25 – JH Bball vs. Bland – 5pm
Wed – Sept 26 – Term 2 Begins
Thurs – Sept 27 – Band Booster Meeting
Fri – Sept 28 – JH CC – Show Me Conf – 4pm
Fri – Sept 28 – JH Bball @ Russellville
Mon – Oct 1 – JH Bball vs. Tuscumbia
Tues – Oct 2 – JH CC @ Cuba Invitational
Tues – Oct 2 – JH Bball @ Chamois
Thurs – Oct 4 – JH Bball @ St. Elizabeth
CLASS OFFICERS
8th Grade
President
V President
Secretary
STUCO
7th Grade
Tyler Wolfe
Hayden Hurst
Ben Luebbering
Zach Even & Cole Mengwasser
President
Kagan Froning
V President Isabell Laughlin
Secretary
Teagan Humphrey
STUCO
Tiffany Shepherd
MAP RESULTS
Our 2012 MAP results for Fatima’s 7th and 8th grades
were OURSTANDING !! These MAP results are from
the Spring 2012 Testing and were distributed last week
in their English Class. Please ask your student to
show you his/her results.
2012-2013 SKETCHER YEARBOOKS
If you are interested in ordering this year’s yearbook,
order forms are available in the high school office or
on Mrs. Melanie Peters’ classroom webpage (located
on the school’s website under Faculty and Staff). The
cost of a yearbook is $30.00 and we are offering a
number of accessory options this year. See details on
the order form or contact Mrs. Melanie Peters at
petersm@fatimacomets.org
REMINDERS from the HS OFFICE
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Please remember to call your child’s absence
in to the HS office at 573-455-2375 ext. 114.
Please remember to deposit money into your
child’s lunch account to minimize stress on
him/her.
If you would like to access your child’s grades,
discipline, lunch account balance, etc., log on
to Fatima’s web site at
www.fatimacomets.org. There, you will find
a link along the right side of the page to click
on to sign up for a LUMEN parent account. If
you already have an account, you have the
ability link your students together rather than
creating separate accounts.
Sign up on the web site to receive text/email
messages regarding sports and school
cancellations.
Check the Fatima web page frequently for
daily updates
Mid – Term is Wednesday, Sept. 5. If your
student is earning 69% or below in any class,
you will receive a mid-term report from that
instructor detailing assignments/tests, points
possible vs. points earned, missing
assignments, etc.
FUNDRAISING
Our fundraisers, Coke Rewards (bottle caps/proof
of purchases), Funding Factory (used electronics) and
Joe’s Market receipts will continue throughout this
school year so please continue to save any Coke
products, used electronics and Joe’s Receipt’s. Just
send them in to Ms. Stumpe to distribute!
Assignments/Tests
7th Grade English (Ms. Cassmeyer)
Welcome to the new school year! In English class,
the 7th graders are hard at work on a short stories
unit. We are identifying the elements of plot and
finding foreshadowing and personification in the
suspenseful short story "Riki-Tiki-Tavi. Our
grammar lessons find us reviewing nouns and
creating a Nouns Map where we get to design our
own real or imagined place that is teeming with
nouns. Finally, we have successfully completed two
weeks of spelling activities. Remind your students
that spelling assignments are due every Thursday,
followed by a test on Friday. Please feel free to
contact me at cassmeyern@fatimacomets.org.
7th Reading (Mrs. Rolwes)
We are busy in Reading Class! We have begun the
semester by learning about all the different aspects of
fiction novels, including setting, plot, conflict,
literary elements and genres. The students have had
to take many notes, but they should have all the
information they will need for most of the reading
we will do throughout the semester. Students will
be required to independently read one fiction AR
book and one nonfiction book this semester. They
must take an AR test on the fiction book and then
complete reading worksheet as well. Students have
chosen books from the library and have been give
some class time to read. We will begin reading a
mystery novel together as a class called The Westing
Game by Ellen Raskin. Students will have the
opportunity to make corrections to homework,
quizzes and tests as long as work is turned in on
time, and they should take advantage of this
opportunity! Please contact me at any time if you
have any questions. The best and quickest way to
reach me is through my e-mail address at
rolwesk@fatimacomets.org, or you can also leave a
voice mail message at 455-2375 ext. 179.
7th Grade Math (Mrs. K. Stegeman)
The students are learning to be a little less chatty.
We had a quiz last Friday and we have one again
this Friday. If you sent your email to me, I will try to
do a better job of reminding you of quizzes. They
are enjoying being able to use their calculators for
the first time!
I tutor every day after school until 4.
Kris Stegeman stegemank@fatimacomets.org
7th Grade Pre-Algebra (Mrs. Kesel)
8th Grade English (Mrs. Bish)
Students are off to a good start so far this year. We are
well acquainted now, and the students are learning the
rules of the classroom and homeroom. We are now a
little more than half way through our first chapter and
I anticipate our test will be the Friday after Labor Day.
Thank you to all of those who have sent in dry-erase
markers; we’ve already used the marker boards
several times in class. Students always enjoy doing
their “homework” this way, and I like it because I am
able to give them instant feedback. Please feel free to
contact me with any questions or concerns at
kesell@fatimacomets.org.
The eight graders have just finished the unit and
taken a test over Study Skills. They learned tips
ranging from how to take notes and use the library,
how to avoid plagiarism, to how to study for and
take tests and quizzes.
We don’t have a spelling book this year. Words
for vocabulary/spelling will be taken from the
literature section that we are studying. Our first
words are being taken from “The American Folk
Tradition” unit. Students will have to know the
definition, synonym, antonym, and spelling of each
word. Vocabulary/spelling quizzes will generally be
on Fridays.
In “The American Folk Tradition” unit we will
read and study myths, legends, and tall tales that are
American in origin. Students will also be asked to
write an original myth that explains how something
came to be.
Each eighth grader should have a monthly
calendar for English 8 that tells him/her what we are
doing each day and what assignment is due on a
particular day. Please ask to see the English calendar
so you will also have an idea when we are having a
quiz or test.
8th Grade Pre-Algebra (Mrs. Kesel)
This year in Pre-Algebra I am putting a lot of effort
into teaching vocabulary. I feel that in order for
students to truly understand what assignment
directions and test questions are asking them to do,
they must have a good grasp on math vocabulary. To
that end we will spend some time at the beginning of
each chapter discussing all of the vocab words for that
chapter and making flash cards with definitions
written by the class in terms we ALL understand
(even me!). These cards are kept on a binder ring, and
we will add more cards each chapter. Students are
encouraged to use the cards during class and while
doing homework assignments. Thank you to
everyone who has sent in dry-erase markers. We will
use the marker boards often during the course of the
year. The students prefer writing on the boards to
doing pencil and paper work; and I am able to
instantly see which students are having trouble, and
provide extra help. Please feel free to contact me with
any questions or concerns at kesell@fatimacomets.org.
8th Grade Computers (Mrs. Temmen)
Students are learning the "touch" method of
keyboarding which means they do not look at their
hands. Students need to practice good keyboarding
technique at home and next week the students will get
a sheet to earn bonus points if they practice at home.
Parent's signature is required to earn the bonus
points. Bonus sheets are due Tuesday of each week.
Also, the students are creating a career PowerPoint.
They will have to research 2 careers. Ask your child
what careers he/she is researching.
8th Grade Reading (Mrs. Bish)
The eighth grade reading class this year is only a
semester long. We will go through the basic
elements of reading the first term, read Flush by Carl
Hiaasen the second term, and read Freak the Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick the third term.
This first term the eighth graders are reviewing
and studying the basic elements of the short story,
novel, and drama. We are taking notes and doing
worksheets to reinforce those elements.
Each reading student should have a monthly
calendar for Reading 8 that tells him/her what we
are doing each day, when we have quizzes and tests,
and what assignments are due on a particular day.
Please ask your eighth grader to share this with you
so that you have an idea of what we are doing in
reading class.
Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats