Author: SUMMER NICHOLS

Forest Grove Middle School hosted their 8th-Grade Pinning Ceremony, celebrating the upcoming end of their middle school journey and welcoming the bright futures our 8th-graders will experience as high school students. We would also like to give a special thank you to our guest speaker, Westwood Academy’s Assistant Principal Ms. Smith. Ms. Smith shared an inspirational message to our 8th-grade students as they prepare for their transition to becoming high school students. Although we will miss them tremendously, we know that our Forest Grove faculty and staff have prepared them for success! Once a Bulldog always a Bulldog!  

This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Theme was “The Change Begins With Me”. Our school theme is “The ‘B’ Begins with ME”! The similarity between the two is that our future is determined by each and every one of us as individuals as well as a team. We encourage our students and staff to take pride in all that they do. We gathered ideas shared and creatively organized every detail of our display. Forest Grove also has community pride and every inch of that pride was poured into our float! With FGMS spirit our cheerleaders entertained the crowd and it … Read More

Forest Grove Middle School welcomed Gabe Jacas from the University of Illinois (graduate of Fort Pierce Central High School) and Roger Walters from Iowa Western University (graduate of St. Lucie West Centennial High School) to our school. They delivered amazing messages full of valuable advice and inspiration to our students. These messages included what they did to stay focused and keep what was most important to them in their daily goals and plans.  It was awesome to see how much the kids appreciated them and the priceless interactions that followed! These two young men are great examples of athletes, students, and … Read More

Forest Grove Middle School welcomed Fort Pierce Westwood Academy to speak to our 8th-grade students. FGMS is a school that is committed to exposing our students to all things that will have an effective and positive impact on their futures. The visit was proactive, purposeful and exposed our students to what is soon to come. On a daily basis we communicate the importance of perseverance, goal setting, leadership, and accountability, and having the Principal of Westwood, Mr. Alfonso, and the Assistant Principal, Ms. Kennedy communicate the exact sentiments was reassuring and presented a powerful message! We hold the futures of … Read More

The Arts Dept. presented a phenomenal Winter Concert in the Forest Grove Gym. We’re extremely proud of our talented students and dedicated Band, Chorus, and Art teachers. We appreciate Ms. Allen, Mr. Ames, and Ms. Grant for their hard work and diligence in preparing this concert to be such a success! The band and chorus students who performed in the concert presented a real musical treat for the audience. In addition, our talented art students created a beautiful oil pastel holiday treat that was organized to display as guests entered the concert. Music is a magic like no other, which … Read More

Participation in athletics and extracurricular programs at Forest Grove Middle School is on the rise! SY25 has already brought us an exciting girls’ volleyball season and our intramural soccer team advanced to the second round wrapping up a competitive run at a championship. Boys’ and girls’ basketball already played two exhibitions in preparation for their tournaments, while our very animated BULLDOG CHEER TEAM brings energy and enthusiasm to the gym every game! Coaches have already held conditioning for track and flag football – which kick into full gear after Winter break. Let’s give a huge SHOUT OUT to our Athletic … Read More

Hard work, perseverance, focus, and effort are consistently recognized at Forest Grove Middle School! Our students got a taste of this firsthand. Ms. Collins and Ms. Jason recognized their 8th grade ELA students’ performance on their PM2 ELA assessment by providing them with a special lunch of their request. Ms. Jason’s students enjoyed pizza, while Ms. Collins students feasted on wings and fries. Celebrating student progress is commonplace at Forest Grove and helps our students take pride in their work and continue to give their best efforts throughout the year. We are so grateful that our teachers are dedicated to … Read More

Mr. Tygesson’s 8th-grade Advanced Science students demonstrate their knowledge of the composition of a star by utilizing their artistic ability to create a model of the Sun. In this activity, students worked collaboratively in groups to create a model of the Sun’s interior layers (core, radiative zone, and convection zone), atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona), and solar activity (prominences, solar flares, and sunspots) and implemented the properties of all layers into their model. Standard: SC.8.E.5.6 Create models of solar properties including: rotation, structure of the Sun, convection, sunspots, solar flares, and prominences.

Ms. Jordan and Mr. Tygesson co-taught a density lab to Ms. Jordan’s 8th-grade science class. Students learned that density is the relationship between mass, volume, density, and flotation. It explains why some objects float while other objects sink. The density of any material can be determined by dividing the material’s mass by its volume. Standard: SC.8.P.8.3 Explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes. Big Idea: Properties of Matter – A. All objects and substances in the world are made of matter. Matter has two fundamental properties: matter takes up space and matter … Read More

Forest Grove’s annual NJHS Fall Festival was filled with fun, food, families, friends, and festivities!! So many people came out to support our Fall Festival… we have the best community members!!! A huge thank you to FGMS staff, students, and parents for working collectively to make this event a success!! Every year it gets bigger and better!!!      

Forest Grove Middle School’s Marine Oceanographic Academy hosted a MOA Luau at Causeway Cove Marina. When parents, community members, and educators work together it equals student success!! MOA’s annual fish fry is a great example of that success!! Thank you to everyone who came out to support our MOA program! Seeing our students enjoying the sea life they learn about every day gives us reassurance that our marine life is loved and in great hands.      

Mrs. Quiambao’s students reviewed for their unit exam through a variety of table sorts which asked the students to do a variety of skills such as identifying the historical document, a preamble scramble, the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the main ideas of the content by completing an info-graph, and vocabulary matching words, terms and images.  

Ms. Roselin’s 6th Grade Math Class completed an escape room activity on the order of operations. This activity required problem-solving skills, understanding of mathematical terms, teamwork, and mathematical stamina. As you can see the students were engaged and focused.  

Ms. Adderley’s 8th Grade Critical Thinking Class participated in a Gallery Walk to identify and justify Ethos Pathos and Logos. Our critical thinking classes support Reading/ELA standards and provide students with multiple opportunities to develop and strengthen academic vocabulary.

Ms. Chappelle’s Spanish class prepared for their weather and being outside unit. Students went outside to compete to see who could find and translate the most nature/outside-related terms from English to Spanish.   

When playing with your food is finally acceptable because you’re modeling scientific information! Ms. Jordan’s 8th-grade classroom (with the assistance of Mr. Tygesson) participated in a lunar phase lab (demonstrating the 8 phases of the moon using Oreos).

Ms. Vasquez’s 7th Grade Civics class worked in groups reading and answering questions, then rotated to different stations. While one student read out loud, the others listened, and then they discussed what could be the best answer. They also participated in a Kagan Strategy (Quiz, Quiz, Trade) to review vocabulary words.  

Mrs. Proctor’s class went on a shopping spree! Students were working on being able to analyze and use proportional relationships when problem-solving. Students looked up an item on sale, a sporting goods item, and a game/toy to purchase. Students had to choose which coupon they wanted to use for each item, making sure to get the biggest discount possible. Then, students had to calculate how much they would have to pay to purchase their item once the coupon amount was discounted! The sky was the limit, students were buying cars, houses, pools, yachts and so much more.  

Our 8th-grade students were able to put into practice what they learned regarding the Earth’s rotation on its axis and orbiting the Sun. The students were able to create a sundial with plates, bendy straws, a template of the sundial, and a compass. The students could experience and explain how the sun shining down on the straw created a shadow on the sundial. The sundial simply labels each hour that goes by as the Earth rotates. Students were able to discuss how it appears that the sun is moving across the sky, but it is really Earth that is rotating! … Read More