Congratulations to Matthew Price, Grayson Crutchlow, and Madison Clark for earning a spot in the SC All-State Band. They represent the only 4% of students in the state who auditioned and earned a placement in the band! Also our esteemed FCMS band director Mrs. Crutchlow won the 2024 Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Bandmaster Award. This award is given annually to one band director in the state to recognize outstanding work and contributions! Well done! 🎼🎺🎷
In the 3rd quarter house competition, Luonne and Ma'at came in 2nd and 3rd place. They got additional recess time with free Kona Ice on Monday as a hard-earned reward! Congratulations to these houses!
Capi won the house competition for the 3rd quarter and has a blast at The Big E today!
Ms. Dinger’s classes all tried six different ways to draw a perfect circle in honor of Pi Day! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
FCMS hosted an Academic Showcase, where our students’ work and talent were on full display last night. We had lots of parents, staff, and students attend and enjoy our special evening! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Our band and orchestra students performed beautifully last night at our Academic Showcase! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Poetry reading at the Academic Showcase! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Important testing dates
Coach Butler, Lambert, and Salmon are teaching badminton in PE this week! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars 🏸🏸🏸
Mr. Smith's robotics class applied gear ratios for torque, and speed in their drag race today! 🏎️🏎️🏎️ #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
House Competition Results Day! Incredible energy! So proud of our students for learning to value responsibility, cleanliness, and kindness. #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Academic Showcase
FCMS is so excited to celebrate Christin Edge for being selected as the Teacher of the Year by our staff! Mrs. Edge is incredibly deserving of this honor, as she is a true leader, innovator, and person of great integrity. She is a natural in the classroom and fosters incredible relationships with her students and her peers. It’s a privilege to work alongside her, and we are elated to recognize her today! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars 👏👏👏
FCMS is elated to recognize Terry Cullen, as he was chosen by our staff as the Support Employee of the Year! Mr. Cullen serves our school with great generosity, sincerity, positivity, and character. He loves our students and staff so well, and he is highly respected and beloved in return. We are all honored to work alongside him, and we are so thrilled to celebrate him today! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
After completing a unit on Women micro-entreprenuers in Africa, Mrs. Thomas' classes were able to Zoom with Joyce Beda, the founder of Lifted Strong. Joyce's organization is in Tanzania and provides micro-loans to women locally so they can become financially independent. The students loved seeing their learning relate to the real world! 🌍🌍🌍
Mr. Austin joined the action today as Mr. Sandlin and Ms. Howard’s classes played an African Imperilism game! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Students in Dr. Kirkland’s classes predicted which combination of liquid chemical with solid chemical would cause the canister rocket to launch the highest distance. They demonstrated this using liquid and solids to test their hypothesis. 🧪🧪🧪
Today we had the great honor to welcome several alumni from the original Florence Chapel High School onto our campus. After enjoying our Black History Month program, these special guests had the opportunity to browse through some yearbooks from FCHS to relive old memories and make some news friends from FCMS while doing so. It was such a privilege for us all! #WeAreD5 #fcmscougars
Today everyone in our school had the privilege of experiencing one of the most significant programs in our school’s history. As a part of Black History Month, FCMS took time to acknowledge the connection we have to the school that originally bore our name, Florence Chapel High School, one that was established in District 5 during the era of segregation in the US. We were so honored to welcome a number of alumni from the original FCHS today; their presence added so much gravity and meaning to the ceremony. Our chorus, step team, band, and orchestra all performed beautifully. Several staff members and students contributed as well, to what was an amazing experience for us all.
Super proud of Ari Lanford and Elle Wisecarver for leading FCA today for our 7th graders! Great preparation and delivery!
