F.M.S. Student Services

Please stop by the Student Services Office  to say hello during Open Houses this week. Mrs. Wright ( grades 5 and eight) will be there tonight to introduce herself to 5th grade parents. This week and next she will be visiting each of the 5th grade homerooms to give an overview of the school counseling office and services we provide. She is also teaching 2 sections of 5th grade ROCK each Tuesday morning.  Mrs. Wright will soon be signing up students for lunch groups in an effort to get to know as many of the 5th graders as she can. Our goal is to develop a really strong relationship with our students in grade 5 that we can build on for the next 3 years of middle school.

Please feel free to contact either Mrs. Wright or Mrs. Girsch if you have any questions about school counselors. We look forward to meeting many of you this week!

Sorry that we haven’t written for a while; the end of the school year came fast and furious. Along with way too much rain! We have said goodbye to a wonderful 8th grade class & although we are sad to see them leave, we know that they will love Falmouth High School. Meanwhile, we are saying “hello” to a new 5th grade class and looking forward to having them join us in the fall. By the way, if you didn’t notice, we will be having an opportunity for students to “meet the teachers” on Tuesday, September 1st from 1 to 3 pm. This is an informal opportunity for new, and incoming, students to stop by and meet teachers and walk around the school. If you have any questions, please call 781-3740, the FMS main office.
Our office will be open the two weeks prior to school starting; our secretary (Julie Mercer) will be here and then the school counselors begin the week of August 24. If you have any questions or concerns over the summer, we will be checking our e-mail periodically. Looking forward to seeing you in September!! Mrs. Wright (grades 5 and & Mrs. Girsch (grades 6 & 7)

Since I last wrote, UPS has picked up all our boxes of MEA test materials and our offices are finally back to normal. We appreciated how much effort teachers, students, and staff put into this huge testing undertaking; with over 750 students to test and as many materials to account for, it is necessary to have a lot of support! Next, our thoughts turned to report cards and parent conferences. If any of you have questions remaining after conferences, and would like a counselor’s feedback or support, please call us. Dawn and I have just begun our Third Trimester ROCK classes in grades 5 and 7; Dawn is also co-leading some groups during ROCK time in 6th grade. I am coordinating the visits to 8th grade homerooms by our high school guidance counselors this week; students have had excellent questions following their visit to the high school on Tuesday. All transitions have their own unique challenges, and we are here to help support parents and students as they “grow” beyond us and successfully enter their next phase of public school life.
Again, your attitude as a parent is one key to your child’s successful transition; through positive words and actions, you can help create positive energy and excitement for this newest step towards adulthood.