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WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AT FISHER

One Community LG is a collaboration between parents, schools, and the greater Los Gatos community to elevate the educational experience for our children beyond the basic state-funded curriculum. This is how we invest in our students and schools. Our suggested ask is $1,600 per student.

To learn more about One Community LG, please visit http://www.onecommunitylg.org

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

Dear Fisher Families,

I hope you found our Back to School Night to be informative and enjoyable. We thank you again for your patience with our rescheduling of that event.
Thank you to our HSC and SAC (School Advisory Council) for our work together at our combined meeting on Tuesday, September 19th. We were able to approve the HSC budget for the year and attend to other Fisher business. The agenda and minutes for both of these meetings are posted on our Fisher website.
We are very happy to finally be settling into a routine! Our first several weeks found us with schedule changes and such due to a variety of circumstances. For the next six weeks, we will be able to hum along in a standard pattern which will serve students and staff well.
Thank you for your continued support.
Take care.
Mary Lonhart

Principal
HOMEWORK CENTER

Students have the opportunity to complete homework in a supervised setting with teacher support. Sign-in and sign-out are required. Students are not required to stay for the entire session.

Mondays, 3-4pm, Room R3
Wednesdays, 1:45pm-3pm, MPR
Thursdays, 3-4pm, Room R3

DO YOU KNOW?
Do you know One Community LG funds Noon Time Sports, Student Clubs, and counselors at Fisher?
All Fisher students are also provided with the opportunity to participate in intramural sports during their lunch period. Our Noon Sports Coordinator, Toby Fisher, organizes many sports options, including 3v3 basketball, pickleball, flag football, and soccer. Students are active participants in choosing the next intramural sport by voting for their choice. The students are then responsible for forming teams, naming their team, and participating in each sport.
Student Clubs are another opportunity for students to explore their individual interests at Fisher. Clubs are led by staff members and offerings include: poetry, circus, video games, chess, environmental, knitting, AI, newspaper, and more. Finding and making connections with classmates who share the same interests is a key component of the social and emotional development of tweens.
When students are needing a place to chill and relax, the Wellness Center is open to all students during their lunch period as an option for connecting with friends or meeting with our counselors. Our One Community LG funded counselor Savannah Henry is there to play games or just talk. Counselors are available to all students.
Ask your child to tell you what they enjoy doing during their lunch period. To find out more about what your contributions to One Community LG will benefit, please visit www.onecommunitylg.org.

One Community LG’s Early Contributor Opportunity Drawing Invest in our children and make your contribution (or schedule your pledge) to One Community LG by 11:59pm on Saturday, September 30th and be entered into an opportunity drawing to win the newly released Series 9 Apple Watch (valued at $429).

*Please note: If you contributed to One Community LG directly through your employer, please complete the Payroll Deduction Form so that you can be entered in the drawing. If you are contributing through a Donor Advised Fund, please complete the DAF Form. Complete the Stock Transfer Form if you are contributing through a stock transfer.

If you have already contributed, you have been entered into the drawing, and thank you for investing in our children.

Picture Day Is Coming!

Middle School Bike Class!

APPLE WATCH OWNERS
Get started with Schooltime on Apple Watch

Did you know that you can set your child’s Apple Watch to “schooltime mode”?
We would GREATLY appreciate it if you could support us at school by setting your child’s watch to this mode for school. Smart Watches should only be used to tell the time during the school day. This expectation was shared with all students during their English class recently. Many other Smart Watch brands offer schooltime-type mode options. We encourage you to set this on your child’s Smart Watch.

Welcome Packet For 2023-24

Welcome to the new school year. We look forward to a great year ahead! Below are a few helpful links to our frequently asked questions. We will be updating this page periodically, so please check back.

Last Updated: August 7, 2023
🔔  2023-24 Bell Schedule
📅  2023-24 District Calendar
🍿 New Student Parent Webinar (passcode: e.+E@5M9) (Recorded April 27, 2023)
🛟 New Student Parent Guide Slideshow
📝 PowerSchool Set-Up For Families
💻  Chromebook Support
🆘 Schedule Inquiry Form (Use this to address concerns after receiving your class schedule on August 11)

Parent Volunteers for Fisher Office
Fisher is looking for regular Helping Hands parent volunteers on an ongoing basis throughout the school year to help with various office tasks. These tasks may include photocopying, laminating, mail sorting, and helping with tardy slips. Many of these tasks can be completed M/W/or F anytime during the school today with the exception of lunch and recess. Read more and sign up for a shift HERE.
Volunteers will need to be pre-cleared through Permission Click.

Information can be found here: Fisher Math Teams and Contests

There are 3 different, voluntary math avenues at Fisher: (a) Math Olympiads team, (b) MathCounts team, and (c) AMC8 math competition.

MATH OLYMPIADS TEAM

This is a parent run organization.
It typically runs from October through March and includes 5 different math contests.
It can potentially host a 6th grade, a 7th grade, and an 8th grade team.
Currently we don’t have any parents that have signed up to run a team but that’s a work in progress.
We will be reaching out to parents in the community through the Wednesday Fisher Flyer soon.
If interested in running a team, please note that we have every lesson prepared and digitized. We will hold a training for first time parent coaches.
Contact Mr. Santillana if interested in coaching: nsantillana@lgusd.org
MATHCOUNTS TEAM
Students can sign up to try out during our Club Fair, at lunch, on 9/15/23.
Mr. Santillana will be the coach and can only take 14 kids. Students with the top scores on the preliminary test will be chosen for the team. All grades are welcome.
Contact Mr. Santillana with questions: nsantillana@lgusd.org
This is our most competitive team. Fisher made it to the State-level competition in 22.23, last year.
Tryouts will be sometime between 9/15 and 9/30. The Team will train from October into February. Competition series begins in late February.

AMC8 CONTEST

This is a whole school site math competition. It is a national competition.
Ms. Aimee Wise will be the teacher organizing this competition.
Contest is held in January, and administered by our math teachers during the school day.
More information to follow later this Fall semester through our Wednesday Fisher Flyer.
Testing window: January 18-24th
The test is during the school day for Advanced Math classes with an option for other students to participate.
Contact Aimee Wise, awise@lgusd.org with questions.

MUSIC BOOSTERS

DO YOU HAVE A CHILD IN THE FISHER MUSIC PROGRAM?

Music Boosters is a parent volunteer group that works with Fisher music teachers and administration, HSC and OCLG to provide an outstanding music program for our students. We advocate for, help organize, and raise funds for the Fisher music programs.

There are many roles, both small and large, online and in person for parents interested in supporting this outstanding program. If you would like to get involved, please email music_boosters@lgusd.org for more information.

We need several volunteers to help size and distribute formal concert attire for over 350 students on Friday, September 15th and Saturday, September 16th. Sign-up here
Reminder: Please complete the concert attire agreement, and sign up for concert attire sizing and pick-up on September 15th and 16th. Refer to ParentSquare message from Music Boosters sent on Aug 24th for more information.

UPCOMING MUSIC BOOSTER MEETINGSThursday, September 21st
Thursday, November 16th
All meetings will be at 5:30pm in the Fisher Library. Zoom links will be provided.

EARLY OUT WEDNESDAYS

Fisher will be aligning with the elementary schools this year and following an Early Out Wednesday (EOW) schedule. Students will be dismissed at 1:30pm on EOWs. Our bell schedules can be found here: Fisher Welcome Packet.

Fisher continues our rewarding partnership with LGRec, and we are grateful that they will be offering many enrichment opportunities for our students on EOWs. The full schedule can be found here:

LG Rec Wednesday Enrichment Classes

LG Rec is still looking for anyone who might want to teach/run these classes. Please reach out to LGRec directly if you are interested.

In addition to these enrichment opportunities, Fisher will offer a supervised homework space from 1:30-2:50pm each Wednesday in our Multi-Purpose Room. Students must arrive by 1:35 to sign in. Once signed in, there are no “in-n-out” privileges however, students are not required to stay until 2:50pm.

FISHER ATHLETICS

BOYS' BASKETBALL AND CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY
Hello Fisher Families,

The Fisher After-School Sports Program is excited to begin the new school year. We will start the year with Boys' Basketball and Cross Country. Boys' Basketball Tryouts will begin Monday, August 21st through August 24th from 3:00-4:30 pm in our Fisher Gym. Cross Country will begin Monday, August 28th at 3pm (Cross Country is a Co-Ed, NO CUT Sport).

In order to participate, families must submit the mandatory registration form prior to tryouts. Please sign your student up for either sport by filling out the online form. More information about Fisher After School Sports can be found on our Sports Page.

If you have any questions, please email me.

Thank you,
Mark FanderlFisher Athletic Director

DO YOU KNOW?

Do you know how many opportunities your child has at Fisher Middle School? One Community LG focuses on providing students with many options so that students can make their own choices concerning their education. One Community LG funds many of these electives thanks to contributions from parents like you.
Students can choose elective classes such as dance, STEAM, band, choir, or orchestra. During lunch, students can choose to participate in intramural sports, organized by our Noon Sports Coordinator, or relax in the Wellness Center with our many counselors. Student clubs at Fisher are also funded through One Community LG, as well as many after school community building activities, such as the recent Camp Trojan.
All 6th grade students participate in OCLG funded electives since they are either in the Music Program or the Wheel, which includes dance and STEAM. Many 7th grade students continue with the Wheel, which includes STEAM, or are in the Music Program, and some 8th grade students participate in both Spanish and music as their electives. Regardless of which elective your student participates in, it is important that all students be given the opportunity to make a choice at any point in their Fisher career.
Ask your child to tell you what they did in their elective or at lunch this week. To find out more about what your contributions to One Community LG will fund, please visit www.onecommunitylg.org.

Dear Fisher Students,
Thank you for the amazing job you did at our STEAM Nights last year. We received so many compliments about our middle school volunteers. We are looking forward to your help again this year.
We will be holding a training session after school on Wednesday, August 23rd from 1:30-2:30pm to go over your responsibilities at the STEAM Nights. We request that all volunteers attend this meeting. (You will receive volunteer hours for attending.)
We will have two shifts per STEAM Night - 4:30pm-6pm and 5:45pm-7:15pm.
The dates and locations for the STEAM Nights are:
  Wednesday, August 30th at Lexington Elementary
  Wednesday, September 6th at Daves Avenue Elementary
  Wednesday, September 13th at Blossom Hill Elementary
  Wednesday, September 20th at Van Meter Elementary
You will receive 1.5 hours for each shift you work. You can sign up for one or more shifts per night, and you can sign up for multiple nights.
Please note that this is a student volunteer sign up only. Please put your student's full name in the notes section.
Thank you!
The One Community LG Team

Questions? Please contact Jennifer Shapiro at onecommunitylg@lgusd.org.

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IMPORTANT LINKSAttendance Desk
rjfattendance@lgusd.org
(408) 335-2385
Please email or call attendance if your student will be absent for the day, arriving late, or leaving early.

Guidance
When you have questions and concerns about your specific student, we have awesome people to help! Please contact the appropriate person for your student:
Student's last name A-K
Assistant Principal Jenny Anderson
Counselor Kristie Mullikan
Student's last name L-Z
Assistant Principal Paul Brennan
Counselor Sara Tiscareno-Kennedy
RJ Fisher Middle School Website
Campus Information/Bell Schedule
Home & School Club Website

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