Ms. Ferris’ class went on a field trip to the waste water plant. Great hands-on science lesson! We are Bulldogs!

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.      

Forest Grove Middle School’s Vegas-themed St. Lucie County Fair Display is a celebration of our bright students’ beautiful futures and flashing examples of entertaining and talented personalities!  School pride is high, and we are on the brink of all things amazing! Unlike Vegas, what happens at Forest Grove doesn’t stay at Forest Grove. Our work and love for education is shared throughout the community. We have some very talented students who created these amazing works of art for our display, and we are so proud of them. A special thank you to Mrs. Grant, Art teacher, and Mrs. Nichols, instructional … Read More

In Ms. Roselin‘s 6th Grade math class, the students participated in an around-the-room activity where students took their clipboards and in groups of four, went to four different stations, and solved practice problems involving mixed number multiplication, adding and subtracting decimals and determining place values. This is all to prepare for their next lesson on dividing fractions!

At Forest Grove Middle School, Mrs. Proctors’ 6th grade math classes had an exciting day, filled with learning fun. Students were practicing ratios with Skittles! Students sorted their skittles by color, compared part to part and part to whole, and wrote the ratios three different ways! The students were ecstatic to learn about ratios in a new way!  

SWAT provides FGMS Students with tools that empower youth to take control of the fight against Big Tobacco. Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) is Florida’s statewide youth organization working to mobilize, educate, and equip Florida youth to revolt against and de-glamorize Big Tobacco. It is a united movement of empowered youth working towards a tobacco-free future. SWAT is designed to create a youth-led, youth-driven club that will work toward the prevention of tobacco use and addiction in local schools and communities.  

FGMS 1st Annual Purple vs Gold Basketball PBIS Event was one for the records! Fort Pierce Central High School Varsity Basketball and Cheer Teams did an amazing job representing the Cobra Nation. The players were AWESOME. They were respectful and polite, and did a phenomenal job entertaining our middle school students with an exciting and high-performance basketball game. The cheer team led the crowd with school spirit and filled the gym with positive energy! It was great to see the team interact with our students and they went out of their way to please the crowd with three-pointers, slam dunks, … 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.

Congratulations to our awesome front office staff! The team including Ms. Ulecia, Ms. Jones, Ms. Brown, and Ms. Ingram placed 2nd in the district’s Wellness Sleep Challenge. We are so proud of all of our Bulldogs. Let’s keep the winning streak going Forest Grove! The Wellness Sleep Challenge was a three-week challenge that was held from January 13 through January 31st. The overall goal for this challenge was for each participant to improve their overall energy, personal and professional productivity, and health. Details of this challenge included finding a team of 4-6 participants within SLPS and to achieve 7-8 hours of … Read More

Forest Grove Middle School is proud to announce that our St. Lucie County Fair Display won in the category of Overall Kiwanis Pick! We are so grateful for all of the efforts and dedication that Mrs. Grant and her Art students presented while preparing the beautiful and creative artwork for this display. Mrs. Grant’s neon light vision truly came to life and her students understood the assignment. Some created works of art that were beyond expectations and added a new direction to the display. Hard work does not go unnoticed at Forest Grove. We know that Mrs. Grant and her … Read More

Forest Grove Middle School would like to congratulate our Band Director, Mrs. Allen, and our FGMS Concert Band students for the Excellent rating at the District 13 Middle School Florida Band Masters Association Music Performance Assessment. We are so proud of all of our Bulldogs for wonderfully representing our school community. Mrs. Allen promised students that she would color her hair the color of their choice if they received an Excellent or higher. Mrs. Allen is now proudly wearing hot pink hair to show her pride in her students’ performance. Sometimes you have to do what it takes to encourage … Read More

Congratulations to our fantastic Forest Grove Chorus! While attending the Musical Performance Assessment (MPA), our Chorus earned a rating of EXCELLENT! Their Bulldog pride was pouring out as they lifted their voices up in song during their performance. Thank you to Mr. Ames, our Chorus Director for preparing our wonderful and talented chorus students for this recognition! He has put so much time and effort into teaching our Chorus students and getting them ready to shine on that stage. Mr. Ames and his students have worked extremely hard and deserve to be celebrated. We are excited to see our Chorus … Read More

The FGMS Chorus earned Straight Superior ratings in all categories of performance at the Florida Vocal Association’s MPAs yesterday in Vero Beach. Special thanks and appreciation to our wonderful principal, Mrs. Monarae Miller-Buchanan for her special send-off. Thank you to our extremely supportive staff members: Mrs. Sally Jones, Mrs. Vicki Kelly and Ms. Lisa Mead who accompanied us on the trip. We also had the support of many parents and family members including: Alvin and Ebony Lyons, Mrs. Shirley Lyons, Bill and Midge McArdle, Lewis and Andrea Rice, Brenda Lanier and Mr. Lanier, Mr. Steve Spence, Mr. John Parrott and … Read More

Grand Champions!! Forest Grove Middle School Chorus earned a Superior Rating for 1st Place Treble Chorus and overall Grand Champion for Vocal Performance at the Music USA Festival in Orlando! Awesome Bulldogs!! ???

March 21 (3-21) is a symbolic date to celebrate people with Down Syndrome and those who live and work with them throughout the world. The date, 3-21, represents Trisomy 21, the medical term for Down syndrome, which is the third replication of the 21st chromosome. As part of the celebration around the world, people are encouraged to wear crazy socks. The crazy sock initiative was formed to get people talking and asking questions about Down Syndrome.  

Forest Grove Middle School Principal and “A” Honor Roll Assembly We appreciate all of our parents and families for coming out to support our students and our school during this honor roll celebration! Parents are the first teachers in their children’s lives! By instilling perseverance, accountability, and determination in the lives of our students, it provides an opportunity for them to reach their highest potential. It all begins with a loving and caring adult! Thank you to the mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and etc. that ensure that our BULLDOGS are successful! We love celebrating our students’ academic successes and … Read More

Superintendent Gent, School Board Member Jennifer Richardson, and Executive Director Adrian Ocampo made a visit to Forest Grove Middle School to congratulate Mrs. Barbara Redic’s 6th-grade 4th period reading class for winning the Reading Plus “Race to 21” competition. Mrs. Redic’s students came in first place, beating out other middle schools throughout Florida and Georgia. Mrs. Redic’s students completed over 50,000 reading lessons over a period of time with scores of 80% or higher. Way to go Bulldogs!!!!

With a combined GPA of 3.3, a 93% daily attendance rate, daily after school practices, 87% improvement in overall behavior, late afterschool and weekend games, one championship win, and five berths to semifinals we were able to celebrate the end of our athletic season with a trip to Clover Park for Education Day! Our students were extremely appreciative of the opportunity and enjoyed every minute of the experience! We are incredibly proud of all of the responsibilities our athletes are able to maintain while giving their best in the classroom and on the field, court, or track. Navigating these responsibilities … Read More

Staff from Forest Grove Middle School participated in the recent Big Brothers, Big Sisters Bowl for Kids’ Sake fund-raiser event. Participants caught by the paparazzi at the event, are back row, from left, Daniela Markowitz, Liz Clark, Terrance Barriner, Jennifer Stuart, Leigh Bretherick, and Terry Davis. Front row, from left, are Katina Barriner, Terry Shepkosky, Doris Follweiler, Linda Doss, and Leslie Parker-Earll. Front center is Vernetta Sanders.

Bulldog Band scored a SUPERIOR and placed second at the Music USA Festival!!! We are very proud of this great performance!! ????????? Bulldogs all the way!!