Don't forget to Fall Back on Sunday, November 2 as Daylight Savings Time ends! 

 FMS PTO Making Big Things Happen!

The Fruita Middle School PTO has been busy making great things happen this fall!

🎨Craft Fair Success: Our first craft fair brought in just over $3,200 — thank you to everyone who came out to support! See our photos from the event below.

💰Coin Wars: Students helped raise another $1,400 through this fun competition.

🍎Supporting Teachers: With these funds, we’ve already been able to fulfill over $2,000 in teacher requests, including new atlases for 6th grade social studies, cameras for journalism, headphones for science, and calculators for the resource classroom.

💚Teacher Appreciation: We’ve also been able to provide dinners on long conference nights and monthly treats for staff, made possible through donations and partnerships with our amazing local businesses.

🏀Next Goal: We’re now working to raise funds for new sports jerseys for our athletic teams!

There’s so much excitement and positive energy around PTO right now — it’s an incredible way to support our students, staff, and school community.

📆Next PTO Meeting: Join us on Wednesday, November 12th at 4:30 p.m. in the FMS Library.

Come see what we’re up to and find out how you can get involved!

The FMS Choirs & FMHS Music Departments are once again selling BUTTER BRAIDS!!! For those who don’t know, Butter Braids are a frozen pastry w/various fillings that you leave out overnight to ‘rise’ and you bake it in the morning. YUM-MY! They are great during the holidays if you have extra ‘visitors’ for breakfast.☺ If they stay frozen, they are still good a year later—I’ve done this for many years! 

The cost is $16/each, with $6 of that amount going directly to our music programs. Besides the famous Butter Braids (7 flavors), we also will be selling (Gluten Free) Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and Croissant Crowns.  

On Monday (Nov 3rd), FMS Choir students will have order forms and you can also place your order online (provided they’ve registered to be a seller). All orders are due on Thursday, Nov. 20th (money is collected when the order is placed). Delivery date is Wednesday, Dec. 3rd at FMHS after school. Feel free to contact any FMS Choir student or Teri Bohl-choir director (tbohl@d51schools.org), if you’d like to place an order. We thank you in advance for helping support our music program! 

Current 8th graders need to start thinking about high school options for 2026-2027. 

High School Options Fair

The district will be hosting an Options and Opportunities Fair for current 8th graders. Students will get to visit with many different teacher/student groups from our district high schools to learn about the various opportunities and offerings at each one. Our local higher education partners, such as CMU and CMUTech, will also be there! The fair will take place on November 19th at Grand Junction High School. We will be bussing all 8th grade students from Fruita Middle School to take part in this amazing opportunity. Students will depart FMS at 9:30 am and return at 11:00 am. Students should return their completed permission form to their 3rd period teacher by November 13th 

IB Program at Palisade High Information

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19. It is respected by leading universities across the globe. More information is found on their website https://www.palisadeib.org/ 

IB Parent Info Session Flyer There are several informational sessions for parents

IB Student Info Session Flyer Tuesday, December 2 at 8am in FMS Library

The middle school boys basketball season continues with play this week against Mount Garfield and Redlands Middle Schools.

Next week's Schedule is Cross Divisional Play! Please see the Basketball Calendar below for playing times and locations

FMS Basketball Calendar (Both Grades)

Extended Absences: If your student is going to be gone for more than 2 days of school, we ask that a Pre-Arranged Absence Form be completed. These can be found in the Main Office or on the FMS Website under the Parents page. Students may also check out a Chromebook for the time they are gone to access school work. These must be returned in a timely matter and not kept for the year.

Pre-Arranged Absence Form

The district has a new goal of achieving a 95% attendance rate for middle schools. We will be showing our monthly attendance rate in the Friday Facts each week. October 31: 91.87%

Please review the Pick Up & Drop-Off Guidelines for FMS. The first few days of school can cause quite a log jam so please be patient and remember we are next to a high school with new drivers. Safety First!

Parents - a couple of Drop-off/Pick-up procedures to clear up:

• Once students arrive on campus for the day, they are not allowed to leave campus to walk to Maverik or other areas off campus.  

• Do not use the west lot in front of the school. That is designated for staff parking. 

• Do not drive on the Canal Road

• Do not park along the sidewalk curb on the northwest side of the building. This area is designated for Special Education pick-up, and it doesn't leave the buses enough space. 

• Only drop-off or pick-up in the East lot or the East drop off loop.The Main Bus Loop and the staff parking lot is NOT for pick up and drop off

• When exiting the parking lot after school, at the corner of J Road and Fremont, please ONLY turn right or go straight through the neighborhood. Please do not turn left. You will be turning directly into kids crossing in the crosswalk, and it's a safety issue. We are trying to wave cars through to clear the parking lot as quickly as we can. If you are waiting to turn left, it backs traffic up. Turning left just puts more cars into the already hectic High School traffic. 

FMS Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures

FMS Building Map

October – Power Up with Protein

• Protein helps build strong muscles and keeps you full longer! Try lean meats, eggs, beans, nuts, and seeds in your meals.

• Fuel your day with a protein-packed breakfast—scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast or Greek yogurt with granola.

• Learn more about including protein in your meals: English  Espanol

Tutoring Information: Mrs. Pietz Room B2 on Mondays and Wednesdays for 30 minutes after school, Mrs. McKee Room 178 (ELA) and Mrs. Johnson Room 169 (Math/Science) on Tuesdays for an hour after school.  

Magic the Gathering/D&D Club Mondays after school until 4:00 in Mr. Cole's room 126. Bring your MTG decks. If you don't have a deck but still want to play, come and join us. Mr. Cole has thousands of cards and he can help you build a deck.

Chess Club Tuesdays after school until 4:00 in Mr. Cole's room 126. All are welcome. Even if you don't know how to play chess, come and learn.

Rubix Cube puzzle solvers, come to our new Cubing Club. Tuesday's from 3:15-4pm in Ms. Hernandez’s room #94. Don’t forget to bring your Rubix Cube! 

ALL students from any grade are welcome to join Fruita Middle Quidditch Club where we play Quadball, a dodgeball/handball style game inspired by Harry Potter's Quidditch. We will play most Wednesdays after school from 3:20-4:20 with Coach Bonner, including an intramural tournament in the spring. Follow @fruitamidquid on Instagram and Facebook for more details and exciting things going on at FMS.

FCA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes will meet Thursday's after school until 4:00pm in Mr. Williams room 92. You don’t have to be a Christian, and you don’t have to be an athlete to join. Come join us for food, fellowship and friendship. 

Trout in the Classroom Club! We’ll be raising rainbow trout—from tiny eggs all the way to small fry—before releasing them into a local river. It’s hands-on, it’s fun, and it’s a great way to learn about our environment. Meetings are every Thursday from 3:15 to 3:45 in Mrs. Edwards’ room #129.  We hope to see you there!" 

Fruita Middle School

1835 J Rd Fruita CO 81521

Main Office: 970-254-6750

Fax: 970-858-0486

Website: https://fms.d51schools.org/

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On Instagram at: @fruitamiddleschool