Allendale - Fairfax Middle School

January Student of the Month 6th Grader Oliver Washington, Jr.

Allendale-Fairfax Middle School Celebrates National School Counseling Week! @acsrising

The Allendale-Fairfax Track Team are looking for students in grades 7-8 interested in running, throwing, and/or jumping. Practice will start February 1, 2021 at 3:50 pm - 6:30 pm. Rides must pick up students promptly at 6:30 pm. On a daily basis, students will need a sweat suit (bottom and top), running shoes, shorts, and water bottle. Must have a physical! Contact Coach Dixon for more info.

Middle School Parents: Benchmark testing ends today, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. All regular in-person students will report back to school Thursday, January 28, 2021. The next round of testing will be February 9-11 for i-Ready. Students will report to campus by grade level beginning with 6th grade. We have enjoyed having our students on campus during this time. If you would like to switch your student from virtual to in-person, please contact the school at (803)584-3489 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Be safe, Dr. Robinson Principal

Upcoming on-campus testing starting January 19th. See the attached letter.

Good Morning Middle School Parents: If your student will not attend on-campus testing this week, please complete the Refusal to Test Form below as soon as possible: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TZKdltZeKk6tSiR-I-vTInbMQPvUZUBJqZMabMqPY1JUMkswNjdES0dHVUJQSVlRMTQwUVRFQjdYMS4u 6th Grade ONLY - 12/15 7th Grade ONLY - 12/16 8th Grade ONLY - 12/17 **All school buildings and district offices have been deep cleaned and disinfected** Thank you, Dr. Robinson

Middle School Parents: This is a reminder that on tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15th ONLY 6th grade students will report to campus for testing. Each student should bring their iPad fully charged, their charger, a mask, and a bottle of water. Students may dress down ($1 for tops + $1 for bottoms = $2). Fundraising supports the student activities at AFMS. Breakfast is from 8:00 - 8:30 and early release is from 2:00 - 2:45. Regular dismissal is at 3:45. **Students not testing, parents must complete a refusal to test form. Please contact Ms. Anderson or Ms. Price at 803-584-3489** Thank you, Dr. Robinson Principal

Allendale-Fairfax Middle School wishes to express gratitude and thanks to the following school partners for their supporting sponsorships: Fidelity Chapter #40 Order of the Eastern Star $200.00 Allendale, SC Jeddah Court #86 Imperial Daughters $125.00 Orangeburg, SC Ms. Theresa Kennedy $75.00 Barnwell, SC

Parents, click below to read about our December on-campus testing.

Hello Middle School Parents: This is a message from Dr. Robinson, principal of Allendale-Fairfax Middle School. We will have on-campus testing for each grade level this month. Details have been sent by email and sms text message. Additional information will be sent home the week of Dec. 7th. Students will report to school and remain all-day according to their grade level. See the schedule below: 12/15- All 6th graders on-campus ONLY 12/16- All 7th graders on-campus ONLY 12/17- All 8th graders on-campus ONLY Thank you, Dr. Robinson Principal

Hello Middle School Parents: Effective November 30, 2020, all virtual middle schoolers need to be log in for 1st period by 8:30 am. Also, each student must participate in MTSS immediately following 3rd period. Your student's MTSS teacher is the their 4th period teacher. See the attached schedule. Contact the school if you have any questions.

Report card pick-up and parent/teacher conferences Thursday, November 12th 4:00p - 6:30p. Please contact your child's teacher to make an appointment.

Hello Middle School Parents, Thursday, November 11, 2020 at 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm we will host our Title I Annual Parent Meeting. The meeting will be virtual and you may join us by clicking this link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2ZjYTNiM2YtMTFiYi00YTE5LTlmYjAtNWQ2MDI5MGUwMDIw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b"Tid"%3a"969d924d-5ed6-4e2a-ad4a-247e23ebd322","Oid"%3a"fb40cc76-65d4-4940-a993-1a6cca8f6352"%7d Complete this survey at the end https://bit.ly/34uPtFJ Thank you, Dr. Willie Robinson Principal

We are excited to begin our Fall Parenting Partners Virtual Workshop series. Register by visiting https://bit.ly/3mTWF4p today!

Good afternoon Middle School Parents, Effective Monday, November 16th the school district will offer a 4 day face-to-face option for students. Students who currently attend school Monday-Tuesday or Wednesday-Thursday will now report to school Monday-Thursday. If your student is 100% virtual and you would like to change to the 4 day face-to-face option, please click the link below to complete a form. The deadline to make the change is Wednesday November 11th at 11pm. Copy the link and paste in to a web browser if you're unable to access it from this message. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TZKdltZeKk6tSiR-I-vTIgpqWre33wVPt46SJyqSjxdUQlNWNUNIVTY0QTVNUE5OUkE1VjNCOUtDQS4u Thank you, Principal Robinson

Middle School Parents, The Allendale County School District is requesting that all students change their Classlink password. Tigers2020!! has been used to login to Classlink, email, and Microsoft Teams. An email has been sent to student email accounts with instructions on how to change their password. Help students choose a password that they will remember and parents please know the password to your students' account. We ask that students please do not share their password with other students. Thank you, Principal Robinson

Join us tonight for the Allendale County School District's October Community Meeting for District updates, student recognitions and more live at Facebook.com/AllendaleCountySchools at 6 p.m. We look forward to seeing you tune in!

The AFMS family is sending a special “thank you” to Healthy Blue for the generous donation made to our teachers and students! Teachers will receive webcams, headphones, whiteboards and mouse pads. Healthy Blue also donated hygiene kits and will make a monetary donation of $2,500 to purchase a washer and dryer for student use. Thank you for thinking of our teachers and scholars.

Allendale-Fairfax Middle Schools sends a special "thank you" to the Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church for donating $50 gift cards for each teacher to purchase additional classroom sanitizing supplies. "We wish to express our deepest appreciation to each of you for the excellent job you do in preparing our children to face the challenges they encounter each day and will face in the future. Education and faith is the key to their success. We deeply appreciate and support each of you.”

Thanks to local farmers and Bayer Fund, Allendale County Schools received an America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. We are excited to use these funds to enhance STEM curriculum for our scholars.