Fruita Monument High School December 2017 Todd McClaskey, Principal Brian Pendleton, AP Bob Corneille, AP Nikki Johnston, AP Denny Squibb, Athletic Director Table of Contents Important Dates Page 1 Letter from the Principal Page 1 Lost and Found Page 2 Lady Locker Room Page 2 Honor Orchestra Page 2 Parents of Seniors Page 2 Music Notes Page 3 WCCC Tours Page 3 Activity and Athletics Page 4 Choir Update Page 4 Senior Yearbook Ads Page 5 Important Dates Holiday Band Concert Dec. 4, 7pm, Avalon Theater Orchestra Concert Dec 5, 6:30 pm Fruita MS Choir Concert Dec 12, 7pm FMHS Aud. FFA Christmas Bazaar Dec 15, 8am-8pm Ag. Shop Art Show Dec 19, 6pm FMHS Library Final Exams December 21 & 22 No School Winter Break December 25 January 8 Letter from Principal Todd McClaskey Dear FMHS Family, With just a few more weeks before Winter Break, it s been a quick but amazing semester. This year, the semester ends on December 22 so we are running right up to the holidays. PLEASE avoid pulling your student from school early. Final exams will be Thursday (Periods 1, 3, 5, 7) and Friday (periods 2, 4, 6, 8), Dec. 21-22. Students will have access time from 1:25pm 2:50pm on both days to work with teachers, complete make-ups and test retakes. It is important that students take advantage of this time and after school tutoring (library from 3pm-5pm, Monday through Thursday) between now and finals. It has been a great opening season in winter activities, basketball, wrestling and swimming have taken to the pool, mat and court and we are looking forward to the winter sports seasons. There are many festive holiday concerts, events and performance coming up this month, so please support our Wildcats in at least one of the following in December: On Monday, December 4 th the FMHS Wind Ensemble, Symphonic and Jazz Bands will be performing a free holiday concert at 7pm in the Avalon Theatre. On December 5 th the FMHS Orchestra will perform their holiday concert at Fruita Middle School at 6:30pm. On Tuesday the 12 th the Men s Choir, Women s Choir, Las Cantantes, Monumental Singers and Show Choir will be performing their annual holiday concert in the FMHS Auditorium at 7pm. Please come support our hard working artists, singers and musicians! The FFA Cowboy Christmas Bazaar will be on Friday, December 15 th from 8am-8pm in the Ag Shop so drop by, buy a gift and support FFA. On Tuesday the 19 th there will be an Art Show in the library, beginning at 6 p.m. This time of year can be tough... It s getting cold outside, finals are around the corner and the holidays can add to the stress. Being a teenager is already challenging, and being the parent of teens is even MORE challenging! This time of year, it is a GREAT time to pull back and appreciate all the positives around us. We are fortunate at Fruita Monument to have an incredible staff that care about our students and a student body that values education. Thank you for your continued support. Wishing you and yours a peaceful and joyful holiday season. Respectfully, Todd McClaskey, Principal IT S GREAT TO BE A FRUITA MONUMENT WILDCAT! Fruita Monument High School (970) 254-6600 1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita, CO 81521 fmhs.mesa.k12.co.us 1
Lost and Found Lost and Found items will be displayed in the hall near the climbing wall until the end of the semester. Please look there for any items you may have lost. Anything left at the end of the semester will be donated or thrown away. Thank you. Lady Locker Room Ladies and parents of the Lady Locker Room, Our Sharing Shelf is in need of donated working hair straighteners, curling irons, or blow dryers. Also women s feminine care products,body sprays (even half fullj), lotions, and hair spray/gel..for those Manic Mondays or when you just forgot your stuff! Please bring donations to Mrs. Bornert D51 Honor Orchestra Festival Congratulations to the following students who auditioned for and were accepted into the D#51 Honor Orchestra Festival. Kaelyn Andrus Noah Bemis Tiernan Boyd Seth Brinton (First Chair Viola!) Noah Butzine Rachel Davis Madi Fowler Liam Gilbride Isabel Goodman Tori Hasty Rose Hillyer Cassidy Lastine Alyssa Morse Katelyn Nelson Danielle Welsh Parents of Seniors Parents! Do you have group pictures of this year s seniors from younger years? Birthday parties? Boy scouts? Tee-ball? Please scan and email throwback photos of this year s senior class to Shanna Miller so we can use them in the yearbook! Email shanna.miller@d51schools.org Fruita Monument High School (970) 254-6600 1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita, CO 81521 fmhs.mesa.k12.co.us 2
Music Notes Congratulations to the Wildcat Marching Band for their 5th place finish in class 4A Colorado Bandmasters Association State Championships in late October. This was the 11 th year in a row qualifying for state and the second in a row that the Wildcats were in Finals. Congratulations on a great season Wildcats! The Wildcats would like to extend a big thank you to all of the parents and businesses that have donated time and money to the program throughout the year. Your continued support is much appreciated by the band students at Fruita Monument High School. Thank you so much for your generosity. We would love to see you at our December concert on Monday, December 4 th at the historic Avalon Theatre. Admission is free. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. For a complete calendar of all of the bands performances please visit: WCCC Tour for Sophomores The counseling department will once again be holding our tours of Western Colorado Community College (WCCC) in January. All sophomores are required to attend. Juniors are welcome to come as well, just see your counselor to get on the list. The WCCC tours are a great opportunity to see all the wonderful programs that they offer, such as Welding, Animation, Graphic Design, Marketing, Medical Preparation, Culinary etc. These classes give students a chance to take college-level coursework in their career area of interest. By taking these classes, students earn high school credit (including some core credit! See our course guide on the counseling website for more information) as well as college credit. Transportation is also provided to and from FMHS for students taking classes at WCCC as part of their school day. Tours will be held on Thursday, January 11`1h. School district busses will transport students. Students will be given applications after the tour ends. Fruita Monument High School (970) 254-6600 1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita, CO 81521 fmhs.mesa.k12.co.us 3
Athletics and Activities FALL SPORTS SEASON IS COMPLETED: this fall has been one of many accomplishments and much excitement for all of us. Thank you to all the Athletes, Coaches, Student Body, Parents and the Community for supporting our Athletic Programs. Winter Sports are now off and running. Good luck to all those athletes, we look forward to watching you play. In November, we had 6 athletes that signed letters of intent to participate next year in college. Tyler Boggs signed to play baseball at Yavapai Angelique Gall signed to play basketball at Chadron State Trey Morrill signed to play baseball at Yavapai Riley Snyder signed to play basketball at Air Force Academy Zach Coutts signed to play baseball with United States Merchant Marines Academy Dana Thomson signed to play volleyball at South Dakota Mines We are proud of their accomplishments. Events to come support: December 7, 8, 9 we have the MAJOR MORTGAGE GIRL'S WILDCAT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT this should be good one. December 15 & 16 we host a JV Wrestling Tournament at FMHS, while the Varsity is at the Warrior Classic. TO ALL THE FRUITA MONUMENT FAMILY, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Denny Squibb Athletic Director FMHS Choir News The FMHS Choirs have begun preparing their holiday music! Our annual holiday concert will be Tuesday, December 12 th at 7pm in the FMHS Auditorium. We hope you will join us! JOIN CHOIR! We d love to see lots of new faces next semester in both Men s and Women s choirs. Neither requires an audition just a love for singing and learning about music! Think you can t sing? No problem! You will be taught. We have lots of fun social events for choir to help you get involved and get to know people. Around spring break there will be auditions for our advanced groups Las Cantantes, Monumental Singers, and Mountain Melodies Show Choir. Fruita Monument High School (970) 254-6600 1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita, CO 81521 fmhs.mesa.k12.co.us 4
Fruita Monument High School (970) 254-6600 1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita, CO 81521 fmhs.mesa.k12.co.us 5