FMCS has been blessed with an excellent library on the second floor of the Children’s Center. This library contains books for elementary and middle school students. During the course of the year, we two Book Fairs! Please feel free to visit when you are on the campus! Click here to link to the library site.

Walsworth Publishing Company Award

The Walsworth Publishing Company has awarded the 2008-2009 Fort Myers Christian School yearbook staff one of the company’s most distinguished awards. The 2009 edition of the FMCS “Talon” yearbook will be included in the Walsworth Publishing Company’s Gallery of Excellence. The Gallery of Excellence is a national showcase of the best yearbooks published by Walsworth. Only a small percentage of the company’s yearbooks receive this honor. (This marks two years in a row!)

Walsworth company representatives use Gallery of Excellence yearbooks nationwide as high-quality examples, loaned to schools as idea generators, and are often displayed at regional, state, and national conventions and workshops. Gallery books are selected based on how well they provide thorough coverage of the school year with intriguing stories, superior photography and innovative design.

Accelerated Reader Program (AR program)

This national program encourages students to read! To find out more information about the AR program, go to http://www.renlearn.com/ar/ | Complete list of AR Quizzes | List of goals and prizes for K-5 for 09-10

Microsoft Word – AR Incentives 09-10

Second Quarter winners – AR Party 2nd quarter

Third Quarter winners: AR Parties 3rd Quarter

Fourth quarter winners: AR PARTY ATTENDEES4th quarter

2009-10 students with 200 points or more: Avery Praxaya, Rebecca Moran, Malyia Madden, Leyton Harrington, Ricky Dean, Alanna Dukas, Celina Interbartolo, Olivia Cook, Jennifer Lavorgna, Cheyanne Miller and Blair Colbert.

Congratulations: SCHOOL RECORD, SET IN 2009-2010: Blair Colbert beats Zachary Liebetreu (515.5) – NEW RECORD, 594.6 PTS.!

This year’s party dates: (1:30 pm in the Children’s Center Cafteria)

► October 21, 22, 2009

► January 20, 21, 2010

► March 24, 25, 2010

► May 19, 20, 2010

PTF (Parent-teacher Fellowship) is now PARENT UNIVERSITY at FMCS! (Yes, the initials are “PU,” as in “that smells” – sometimes it “stinks” to be a parent, but the blessings are more than worth it.) Parent University will provide the chance for you to:

1. Become involved in your child’s education by volunteering! Research shows that such involvement causes children to behave better, earn higher grades, score better on tests and graduate at higher rates. (www.familyfun.com) Every responsibility is just as important as the next – no job is too small! We all work together to help this “body” become a strong Christian School. (I Corinthians 12:12)Our parents are instrumental in providing supplies and equipment for our students and teachers through fundraisers: Sally Foster, Christmas Store, Coin Drive, Box Tops, Used Uniform Store, and the annual golf tournament.
2. Have access to receive resources and information to help you stay in touch with your child’s education – grades and homework online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (At Parent University we call that “24-7”) that will help you stay in touch with your child’s progress; a website with resources on parenting (coming to www.fmcs-fl.com) – ways to help support your children and their teachers academically and spiritually.
3. Attend special parent nights and events that will help us all become better parents – the parents that God has called us to be! Fellowship: You can also build relationships with other parents – we are all in this together! Proverbs 22:6 “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”

Parent University works because volunteering, fundraising, educating and supporting parents helps us “academically train and spiritually nurture students to become productive citizens in society and impact others for Jesus Christ.”

Introducing our Parent university Parent-Teacher Fellowship officers for 2009-10:
Rita Massaro- President; Catherine Coval – Vice President, Rita Lavorgna – Secretary; Teri Reynolds – Treasurer.

2009-2010 – Chairpersons for the Year: THANK YOU!

Accelerated Reader

Stacy Goguen
Kelly Nicolosi
Jennifer Reeves
Meredith Simmons

Box Tops/Entertainment Books
Cortney Wunderlich

Christmas Store
Sabrina Greene

Christmas Wrap Room
Susan Stockman

Class Baskets
Lourdes Aldana
Sheryl Hinton

Coffee Stand
Pete DiBella

Coin Drive
Denise McLaughlin

Dad’s Committee
Jarrod Harriott

Golf Tournament
Wendy Fulton
Anne Kearns

Holiday Cookie Exchange
Tina Williams

Silent/Live Auction
Traci Ames
Lisa Chlumsky
Aimee Kline

Used Uniforms Sales
Vicky Tyson
Lisa VanZanten

Welcome Committee
Nicole Gala

Looking to 2011-2012 – Job descriptions and questionarie for those insterested in considering leadership in the four officer positions:

Parent University Job Description – President

Parent University Job Description – Vice-President

Parent University Job Description – Treasurer

Parent University Job Description – Secretary

Parent University Executive Officer Questionnaire

Parent University’s Top Parent Resources

National Center for Biblical Parenting – http://www.biblicalparenting.org
All Pro Dad – great advice from Tony Dungy, NFL players, and other Christian role models  | Allprodad.com
Book: “Rock-Solid Kids: Giving Children a Biblical Foundation For Life” | Christianbook.com
Book: “Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions” by George Barna | Christianbook.com
Fun Stuff for kids and parents | Familyfun.com
Website for families | Myfamilyminute.com
Website for moms | imom.com
Sheridan House Family Ministries | shfm.org
Twelve Precepts of a Father’s Calling | shfm.org
Tips for school and home | Schoolfamily.com
Tips for parents regarding Facebook and kids