FMS

At the beginning of the school year, a group of eighth grade students at Fayette Middle School who were enrolled in a Family and Consumer Science class decided they wanted to do something to help publicize the wonderful things going on in their school. This decision was initiated by Taylor Kelly, the FMS FCCLA Vice-President, for this school year.  After talking to his classmates, Kelly approached the Principal Ron Hannah with his idea. With the principal’s support, Tiger News was created.  

The 2018-2019 Fayette Middle School WIRED robotics team competed in the Bevill BEST Hub Robotics Competition, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27. There were 14 teams registered for the event. This year's challenge included some very difficult tasks, such as driving a robot on a two x four suspended off the ground and creating an expandable arm to locate and move objects. On the day of competition, FMS WIRED competed against nine other schools for the top spot.

Fayette Middle School has experienced wonderful success since the implementation of the WIRED Robotics program began last year. Next year as part of this program, seventh and eighth grade students at FMS will be allowed to take a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Connections class as an elective. This will allow Fayette Middle School to teach robotics/STEM as part of the curriculum.