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Principal's Message January 20, 2017

Spelling Bee Finalists

Congratulations to the students listed below who were the finalists in the school spelling bees held last Friday at FHMS and Four Peaks Elementary. These students will now advance to the district-wide spelling be on January 26, 2017, at 6:00 pm at McDowell Mountain Elementary. The 1st place champion of the district bee will then compete in the regional spelling bee in Cave Creek on February 17, 2017, which will include winners from grades up to 8th grade from Cave Creek, Deer Valley, Paradise Valley, and Scottsdale.

Four Peaks Elementary	Fountain Hills Middle School
1st Place: Mackena Porter (5) 2nd Place: Canon Lipps (5) 3rd Place: Liam Blessing (5) Hailey Adkins(4) Sydney Boeshans (5) Nate Barnard (5) Christopher Towne (5) Caden Zitar (5) Christian Sorells (5)	1st Place: Marc DeNinis (8) 2nd Place: Luke Giger (8) 3rd Place: Brendan Schaefer (6) Madeline Remm (6) Danny Grimm (7) Lindsey Eminhizer (6) Lexi Paykel (7) Fatima Naranjo (7) Sarah Wagner (7) Alyssa Wood (7) Luke Jensen (7) Ruby Xia (7) Cole Schulze (8)

Special Announcements

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Volunteers Needed

The Four Peaks Robotics Club is looking for volunteers on Saturday, February 11th for the Central AZ VEX IQ competition at FHHS. They need some wonderful teachers, parents, teens, or community members to be judges, referees, inspectors, field re-setters, queue crew, runners, set up crew, and clean-up crew. If you are interested for part of the day or all of the day, please contact Mary McDonald or Ivy Violette at mmcdonald@fhusd.org or iviolette@fhusd.org.

Four Peaks J.A. Day

Junior Achievement is coming to Four Peaks Elementary School! J.A. Day will be Tuesday, March 7th. We are looking for parent volunteers who are interested in teaching students concepts about government, economics, and entrepreneurship. Volunteers will teach 5 lessons in one day. All materials, lessons, and support will be provided. The teachers will act as assistants to the volunteers by working with students who need help, passing papers, and contributing to lessons accordingly. There will be a training for new volunteers prior to J.A. Day. Please consider being a part of your child's education by volunteering for this great program! If interested, please contact Ivy Violette at iviolette@fhusd.org.

Important Dates for 8th Graders

Eighth graders, please mark your calendar with these important upcoming dates:

Friday, January 27, 2017: Eighth graders visit high school campus, tour and attend "Hoopcoming" assembly

Tuesday, January 31, 2017: Eighth grade parent night from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in FHHS lecture hall

Thursday, February 2, 2017: FHHS counselors visit eighth grade classes for overview of registration process

Friday, February 3, 2017: FHHS counselors visit eighth grade classes and register students

Q2 Honor Roll Assemblies

Monday, January 23

10:30 a.m. - 7th Grade

11:00 a.m. - 6th Grade

Tuesday, January 24
1:30 p.m. - Mrs. McDonald and Ms. Reichler
2:30 p.m. - Ms. Male and Mrs. Leddy

Wednesday, January 25
10:30 a.m. - 8th Grade

Friday, January 27
1:30 p.m. - Mrs. Violette and Ms. Wolf
2:30 p.m. - Ms. Hare and Mrs. Stelzer

Four Peaks Running Club

We are now accepting applications for the spring session of the Four Peaks Running Club. Running Club is open to all 4th and 5th graders and meets Wednesday and Friday mornings before school. Students will learn warm-ups and stretches. They will run progressively longer distances, building up to running at least a mile up to 3.1 miles (5k). Members will also have the option to participate in the Mountain to Fountain 5k race in March. See Mrs. Beck in the front office for an application or download one HERE.

Cycling Skills and Safety Bike Rodeo Location: McDowell Mountain Elementary Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Who: Kindergarten through 5th Grade What: Free Event hosted by Noon Kiwanis. Bring your bike and wear your helmet. There will be drawings for prizes!

Looking Ahead

View upcoming events of the week ahead

01/23/2017	Baseball Game (blue) @ FHMS (3:30pm) Baseball Game (silver) @ Victory Lane (3:30pm) Baseball Game (white) @ FHHS (3:30pm) Softball Game @ PCDS (3:30pm) Softball Game (silver) @ Joy Christian (3:30pm)
01/24/2017	Softball Game @ FHMS (3:30pm) Cross Country Meet @ FHHS (4:00pm)
01/25/2017	Baseball Game (white) @ FHMS (3:30pm)
01/26/2017	District Spelling Bee @ MMES (6:00pm)