News and Announcements

What's New at Faith?

Registration for New and Returning Students, School Year 2012-2012

Our Town Hall Meeting will be from 6-7 pm on Tuesday, May 8th, in the Faith Middle School Gym. All stakeholders are invited to attend.

Newest information posted April 30, 2012. Review all the latest school information here.

Social Skill of the Week: This week we will be conducting our final local reading and writing assessments during Advisory. Please help ensure your child is on time so he or she will not miss part of the assessment.

Important Upcoming Dates
(Access Complete Calendar Here)

April 25, 2012	All progress reports are due back to Advisory Teachers
April 25, 2012	6th Grade STEM Activity 9:15
April 25, 2012	College Field Trip to Kennesaw State
April 26, 2012	7th Grade STEM Activity 9:15
April 26, 2012	Track and Field Meet Kinnett Stadium 1715 hrs $5 Admission
April 27, 2012	8th Grade STEM Activity 9:00
April 27, 2012	PTO Snack Sales
April 28, 2012	Saturday School
May 2-3, 2012	School-wide Assessments
May 4, 2012	Final Day for Box Top Turn-in
May 5, 2012	Saturday School
May 7, 2012	NJHS Induction Ceremony 6 pm Faith Gym
May 9, 2012	Staff Appreciation Luncheon Courtesy of PTO
May 16, 2012	Band Concert 1345 Faith Gym
May 17, 2012	Variety Show
May 18, 2012	Teacher Work Day/Student Holiday
May 24, 2012	Last Day of School for Students

Laptop Data Collection Tool

6th Grade STEM Survey

7th Grade STEM Survey

8th Grade STEM Survey

 

New Attendance Policy Information Sept. 19, 2011

DDESS Stakeholders can provide feedback on DoDEA'S Attendance Policy  April 24 -  May 31, 2012
http://intersect.hq.ds.dodea.edu/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-7705-1749/310-77/attendance_policy_poll.jpg
Please help us  gauge the levels of awareness, effectiveness and satisfaction with the  DoDEA attendance policy introduced at the beginning of the school year by completing our online poll.  It is completely voluntary, anonymous and should only take 5 minutes to complete. Open to all DDESS stakeholders: students, parents, employees, military leaders, etc.

SY 2011/2012 School Supply Lists (PDF 23 Kbs)

SY 2011/2012 Student Handbook (PDF 1.5 MB)

School Hours

Students:

• 7:30 AM to 2:45 PM (M, W, Th, F)
• 7:30-1:30 (Tuesdays)

Office Hours: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM

21st Century Schools, Parent Article

Online Pre-Registration information for 2011-2012

Form 600 - Required for enrollment of dependents into DoDEA Schools. Provides record of student and sponsor demographic data used in the administration of school programs. Provides emergency contact, pertinent medical and other vital information.

Course Registration (Upcoming 7th and 8th Grade Students)

• 7th Grade Course Request Form 
• 8th Grade Course Request Form

Immunization Policy

Families transitioning to a new duty station and enrolling in DoDEA schools for the first time, have a 30-calendar day grace period for parents/students to meet immunization requirements after school enrollment.

Students - Check your Gradespeed accounts here
https://dodea.gradespeed.net/pc/studentlogin.aspx

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Parent’s Guide to the CSP outlines the role parents play in DoDEA’s Community Strategic Plan

Child Find Information

Interactive Customer Evaluation Faith Middle School Comment Card

DoDEA is starting the process of developing a new Community Strategic Plan (CSP) for 2012-2016 and is interested in the thoughts and opinions of parents, teachers, military leadership and individuals directly impacted by DoDEA schools as well as those that attend non-DoDEA schools and serve military families and their children.  Please visit http://cspfeedback.dodea.edu/ to provide your feedback.

New to Ft. Benning? Check out the military site with all the information you'll need to help you get settled in.

School Activities Calendars are now available here.

Vision: Inspiring students to become successful and responsible citizens in a global society

Mission: Learn! Achieve! Succeed!

Goal 1: All students will improve expository writing skills across the curriculum.

Essence: Students will use expository writing to construct responses to open ended questions that require the use of higher level thinking skills as well as content knowledge.

Goal 2: Students will improve their ability to evaluate the meaning of and analyze expository/informational text across the curriculum.

Essence: At Faith Middle School Evaluating Meaning is reading to make connections between texts based on common themes and concepts; evaluate author purpose and effectiveness; and extend meaning to other contexts. At Faith Middle School Analyzing expository /informational text means reading with an understanding of the text that goes beyond surface meaning.