Fairfield Community School District - Dream. Think. Lead. Act

FMS Families,

As a reminder, we will be conducting our annual ISASP testing on April 7, 8, 14, and 15. We will have a modified schedule, which is attached, on April 7, 8, and 14. April 15 will be a normal schedule - 5th and 8th grade will test for Science for about the first hour of the day (8:30-9:30).

Please remind your students to get a good night of sleep, eat a good breakfast, and show up to do their best!

We will ask students to leave iPads and chargers at school the days before testing to ensure devices are fully charged. If students have their own wired headphones, we would like them to bring them to use during testing as they're able to.

Thank you for our support to show our learning!
Mrs. Marten

BOYS TENNIS CANCELLATION: Due to the weather forecast, Ottumwa has decided to CANCEL their Boys Tennis Tournament scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday, April 4).

Fairfield FBLA had outstanding success at the State Leadership Conference held March 29th–31st, showcasing the hard work and dedication of its members. Students competed in a variety of business and leadership events, demonstrating strong skills and professionalism throughout the conference. As a result of their efforts, 17 Fairfield students qualified for the national competition this summer in San Antonio. This achievement highlights the commitment of the chapter and reflects the continued growth and excellence of Fairfield FBLA.

FBLA State results:
1st place:
Mareyn Dunkin: Website Design
Caroline Van Pelt: Future Business Leader
2nd place:
Faith Jones, Lauren Martin and Madison Martin: T Shirt Design
Dain Burkhart, Spencer McCready, and Aiden McClure Westercamp: Sports Management
Aarush Patel: Introduction to Business Procedures
Abraham Antonio: Business Management
Arissa Pohren: Graphic Design
Arissa Pohren: Website Design
3rd place:
Caroline Van Pelt: Career Portfolio
Elliott Ward: Introduction to Public Speaking
Faeven Gebremariam: Advertising
Hank Konczal: Business Law
4th place:
Emry Dorothy and Olivia Manning: Introduction to Business Presentation
Iris Lane: Retail Management
Valerie Hernandez and Tula Sorflaten: Sales Presentation
Tara Carter: Public Administration
5th place:
Elliott Ward: Pin Design
6th Place:
Anshal Waychal: Introduction to Public Speaking
Faeven Gebremariam: Journalism
7th Place:
Mareyn Dunkin: Pin Design
Kayla Karangi: Business Communications
8th Place:
Hank Konczal: Accounting
Iris Lane: Project Management
Emry Dorothy: Introduction to Business Communications
Spencer McCready: Healthcare Administration
9th Place:
Aiden Holthus, Ben Strickland, and Sawyer McCready: Business Ethics

At this time, the storm threat seems to have passed. Buses will be loaded at their current locations and released in the next few minutes.

Due to current weather conditions, all buses are being held at the current buildings they are located at. If the weather dictates, the students will be unloaded at the current building. We will update you shortly as the situation progresses.

Due to the weather conditions today (April 2),


1) HS Boys and Girls Track meets at Mt. Pleasant have been CANCELLED


2) HS Boys Tennis at Ft. Madison has been POSTPONED to April 14 with the same 4:30p start time.


3) HS Boys Soccer at Central Lee has been POSTPONED to April 14 with a later 7:00p start time.


Go Trojans!

​Due to weather, Boys tennis is cancelled for today (Thursday, April 2nd) in Ft. Madison.

​Due to weather, the boys and girls track meet in Mt. Pleasant for today (Thursday, April 2nd) is cancelled.

On Friday, our very talented 7th grade choir sang the National Anthem before the Iowa Heartlanders hockey game and then were able to watch the game. Amazing job to our vocalists!

Pence Elementary has been named a Leader in Me Lighthouse School! Read more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nJ-ZJEEdCyjC7YDO_v37z7J3kSOsqD7W/view?usp=drive_link

Order Your Fairfield Middle School Yearbook Today!

Don’t miss out on capturing this year’s memories! Be sure to order your yearbook by April 16.

This year’s edition will include highlights from the entire school year—including spring and summer sports.

Yearbooks will be distributed next fall, so you’ll have something special to look forward to!

👉 Order yours before the deadline!

FMS was a busy place last week. We also had our 5th Grade Pen Pals visit. It was so fun to enjoy some refreshments and conversations with our pen pals! Thank you to our community volunteers for making this happen, all the way down to providing refreshments.

A big THANK YOU to Aaron Kness and Alissa Ward from Iowa State Bank for being our guest speakers on Wednesday at Trojans Live! They shared information about their roles at the bank and their path to how they got there. Also, a special thank you to our security team for getting things set up - even if it did take a few extra hands to carry things! Our security team really embodies all it means to be leaders here at FMS and our assemblies couldn't happen without them! Looking forward to hearing from Fairfield Youth Performing Arts in April!

This is a friendly reminder that next Friday, April 3rd, had been changed to a student attendance day. We will be on the regular Early Release Schedule we normally use on Fridays.

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Congratulations to FHS Speech team members Jami Hames, Bella Jaeger, and Bidhi Dangol for earning ALL-STATE Speech Honors in Individual Speech Events! Go Trojans!