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E-Blasts
As we close our classroom doors for the summer, we'd like to share our last few bits of excitement with you all. Check out the eblast while you settle into summer fun!
As the year wraps up, we have grad photos and scholarship news, further athletic conquests from our golden eagle athletes, and summer slide prevention plans. Welcome to June, everyone!
We're so proud of our graduates and everyone else who have all been doing amazing things around the district this year. Read some great stories this week about musicians, scholars, athletes, support givers, and educators of all kinds.
We have a very full eblast this week to lead into a long weekend honoring our veterans. Read about Galileo Leaders, environmental clean-up, student poets & thespians, Middle School adventures far & near, and so much more. Enjoy!
We have great stories from around the district, as usual. College-bound athletes, an amazing board member, one of the Brightest and Best students in the state, a new book club, and so much more. Read the eblast to get all the news.
The orchestra is practicing their commisioned composition. Read a sneak peek, and stories about 4th grade camp, book club, teachers of the year, high school & college dual enrollment grads, and more!
April showers bring may flowers, but what do may flowers bring? May flowers bring learning gardens, not to mention home-grown leaders at the state, national and international level in music, marketing, robotics, diversity, and more. Read about all of them in the e-blast!
We're eating crickets. Well, some of us. And we had a scavenger hunt and played some chess. All in all, it's been a pretty exciting week. Read the eblast to figure out what's going on!
We have an extra fun e-blast to lead into the long weekend. This issue includes Middle School honors, robotics leaders, poets on the street (literally), and a live sheep!
This eblast features a Spring Break recap, including a big Winterguard win and a trip to Panama and Costa Rica. We also ha stories about healthy cooking, ecology, community leadership, a student PSA, and more!
Winterguard heads to SVSU for competition, Eagles of the Year are honored, a student athlete signs to Albion, and guest readers wrap-up reading month. Plus news on robotics, bel canto choir, high school engineers, and SECOND GRADE DOCTORS?
Robotics rolls forward, winterguard wins again, a musician plays masterfully, a Ferndale fireman reads to friends, and more. Happy Friday!
Outstanding students made the news this week in orchestra, marketing, and robotics. A principal was taped to the wall...for a good cause. And so much more.
Champions abound in this eblast: from academics at FMS and basketball players at FHS to Winterguardians and a wrestler with plenty of musicians and ecologists in between. Students get hands-on experience in the trades, tutoring opportunities, and an invitation to meet a family of the strangest sort.
News piled up higher than the snowbanks during winter break. We've got exciting events, athletic updates, a trip to Spain, an Amazon computer science course, and so much more. Read about it all in the e-blast!
Wondering about the why, what, when and who of winter weather days? Wanna know which Winterguard won? Wishing we would walk you through where we are at with our Strategic Plan? And which football winners we'll be watching walk onto college fields in the fall? We've got your answers within this week's e-blast.
FUEL students learn about health & nutrition while zombies invade FHS and fine arts students "Go Mad". Read up on the latest in this week's e-blast.
Get study tips from Superintendent Bazzi, see new athletics photos, read about TCEC career planning and more robotics news, and mark your calendars with two handfuls of events, including open houses, career days, dances, and communal gatherings. And have a great long weekend, in honor of an American hero.
Weekly e-blast - January 18, 2019P.S. Next week is a short week and a slow one, so we're taking a week off from the e-blast. We'll be back in February.
This week's eblast is full of surpises. Shhh! No spoilers. Enjoy!
We are appreciating our Board of Education members all this month. We're also recognizing our Lego League robotics teams and DECA Marketing students this week, expanding our robotics program to the Ferndale Early Childhood Center and sending Second Grade students to Egypt. Plus, plenty of helpful reminders. Read about it all in the e-blast.
In the last eblast of 2018, my school district gave to me:
Over 800 Non-perishable donations,
5 award certificate honorees,
4 Individuals Wrestling Champs,
3 FMS robotics teams,
2 trips news rooms,
and a new principal at Ferndale Middle Schooooool!
Thanks for a great 2018, everyone! See you next year.
Meet the FMS Principal candidates, see UHS students in service to the needy, learn about coding bug bots, and meet our top-ranked dance team!
Field trips, wrestling flips, a MAP test, the musical best, and more. Read the eblast!
This week, we are requesting your input in an equity survey. We're also honoring a student athlete, a student musician, good neighbors and 5th grade choralers. Plus more stories and events!
We would like to say thanks to the whole Ferndale Family. And we're bringing stories to pass, including the TCEC Knowledge Tree, community service at FUEL, honors for community leaders and top students, and more!
Weekly e-Blast - November 16, 2018
Congrats to the District Champ Volleyball players at FHS! See our amazing photos from last weeks game, plus wildlife management, new extended hours at the FHS Nest, volunteer opportunities, and more!
And don't miss the play this weekend!
Weekly Eblast - November 9 2018
This week's highlights include Honor Society inductees, dental school, FIVE Honors Orchestra students, and much about the marching band. Plus, some photos of Middle School ofrendas celebrating the Dia de los Muertos.
Weekly Eblast - November 2, 2018
Ofrendas on display, soaring eagles on the field, and a review of our emergency communication process from Superintendent Bazzi; all in this week's eblast. Happy Friday!
Weekly E-blast - October 26, 2018
Our eblast this week features an invitation to the upcoming Bond Meeting on Monday, 10/22, along with some important answers from Superintendent Bazzi in advance of that meeting. We also have stories on National Honor Society inductees at UHS, teen entrepreneurs, the upcoming FHS fall play, and more.
We have an exciting feature story on Make-It Manufacturing this week. Plus, updates on outstanding athletes, honors musicians, and elementary coders.
More outstanding news from the district. Read about big wins for FHS athletes and musicians, apple appreciation, and a new Learning Garden.
We have some exciting news to share this week. First, a recap of our diversity committee meeting. Then, links to our new magazine and stories about homecoming, a garden harvest and more.
Ferndale Schools students are growing! Read about their impressive achievements, as well as an honor for courage, leadership in social-emotional education, and more!
Learn about our upcoming Homecoming events next week as well as College Advising, Scholarships, Fundraisers, and Philanthropy.
Welcome back to school, everybody. Read about our new academic accreditation, new calendar tools, and more.
Welcome back to school, everybody. Read about our new academic accreditation, new calendar tools, and more.