Welcoming back the Folly Quarter Staff to school Thursday, August 15.  Staff will be working hard to get the school ready for students on August 26th!   

On Thursday, August 22, new student orientation is at 12:45 pm and open house will be from 4 pm to 5 pm.  Students can come check out their lockers and bring supplies to put in their lockers.  Parents should print out the schedule at home from HCPSS Connect or be ready to pull it up on a cell phone.  Schedule will contain the locker and combination information for your student.  School will not be printing out schedules.  
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Snowballs will be available for purchase after both events and should be consumed outside of the building.  

Nominations are being sought for all positions on the board. Get involved and make a difference in the future of our community. FQMS only benefits from parents getting involved and staying involved. Several members of the board are moving on to high school this year, so we need people to volunteer to keep the PTA going.

Voting will take place at the May meeting where nominations can be taken from the floor. To be nominated, you must be a member of the PTA.

Join at https://fqmsptsa.memberhub.com/store
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Please email [email protected] if you want to find out more information or wish to be nominated for a board position.
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This year's theme is  is "I am Hopeful Because.."  Reflections is a Nationwide PTA program that allows students to express themselves through the arts. There are 6 categories: dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. Students with special needs may receive special accommodations by entering the special artist division.  Students may submit artwork in one or more categories by  November 17.   Art work will be judged at our local Folly Quarter PTSA level, and the top three winning entries in each category will advance to the PTA Council level. Rules and guidelines can be found on the Free State PTA site https://www.fspta.org/reflections.
Please reach out with any questions and to submit artwork along with the student entry form to Ellen Sowry, our FQMS PTSA Reflections Chair, at [email protected].  Entry form can be found here.

Fall Dance will be on September 21.  Please check the PTSA weekly email for details.  Tickets can be purchased through this website.  Click on the join now button on the main page.

Each year Folly Quarter Middle School participates in the HCPSS Coat and Winter Gear Drive to help local families in Howard County.  Please consider donating clean coats, hats, scarves, mittens, and gloves during the drive from September 1 to September 22.  Bins will be located in the front lobby of the school.

Thank you!

Join us on Tuesday, March 21 for the Folly Cultural Festival for a wonderful evening of food, culture and adventure as our community comes together to celebrate and explore the many diverse cultures in our community.

Join us on Monday, February 6 at 7 pm for the PTSA meeting.  See school email for virtual meeting details.

PTSA is happy to announce the winners of this year's FQMS PTSA Reflections Contest!  

First place for Visual Arts goes to Suhani C for her watercolor piece titled "A Girl Reflecting on Future"

In the category of Literature we have the following winners:
    First Place - Lamiah A for "The Sumatran Elephant"
    Second Place - Cayden T for "New Found Power"
    Third Place - Alexa O for "Us Against the World"

All four of these pieces have been sent on to the county level for judging in January.  Congratulations and good luck!