 Daily Announcements 
Fort Sumner Technology Director Sharon West will represent the school at the NECC conference in San Antonio, TX June 30. She will present a thirty minute overview of the FSHS Zune project, similar to what she previously presented in Seattle. The response has been overwhelming with inquiries coming from a variety of areas. Congratulations, Mrs. West!
The 16th Annual Fox Football Golf Scramble will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course in Roswell, NM. Entry fees are $80 per player which includes carts, green fees, lunch, mulligans, refreshments, prizes, and freebies!! For more information, contact Matt Moyer (575 799-3847), Joel Wood (575 512-5120), or the FSHS Office (575 355-2231). Sponsors are also being sought.
MORE ZUNE NEWS: Superintendent Patricia Miller was interviewed June 27 on the Lou Dobbs Radio Show about how podcasts are enhancing the classroom experience for FSHS students. Mrs. Miller's five minute interview is a little more than halfway into the broadcast. Use the following link: http://loudobbsradio.com/audio/fullshow/062708/Lou_062708_Hour3.mp3 Fort Sumner High School's Zune project has gained national attention since an article written by Felicia Fonseca for the Associated Press was published. Appearing in Seattle, the Clovis News Journal, www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816958,00.html - 39k - , the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, the Boston Herald, San Diego, KCBY TV in North Bend Oregon, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/21/ap/national/main4199965.shtml - 77k - , and numerous other publications, within hours the story had spread across the country in print and news formats, including National Public Radio and ABC Ch. 7 News. A quick Google search using "Zune" and Fort Sumner, NM yields more than ten pages--and that number will continue to climb as more publications carry the article. Sixty-six publications or their websites have carried the story reaching a viewership of 41 million! Ms. Fonseca spent May 13, 2008, in Sherrie West's computer lab in the High School, observing and interviewing people. Photos of Ms. West, Superintendent Miller, and students Keily Burds and Kyla Walraven are included in some of the articles. Quotes from student Ashley Stinnett, Teachers Sandra Wertheim, John Wootton, and Pam Richards, and Superintendent Miller are also published. Congratulations, Zunies, students, and staff! It is amazing how quickly information is spread nowadays about FSHS and innovative teaching techniques via traditional outlets and the internet.
Ex-Students Re-Union
July 25 and 26, 2008
Check in the Resources area of the Homepage for the latest letter from the Ex-Students Committee and the registration form for the 2008 event.
Make plans to attend for a "boot-scootin' great time!"
The following (out-of-town) Exes have already registered:
Waynette Burnett, Denny Wright, Lois Craft, Ron Wylie, Don & Sandy Stevens, Mike & Cynthia Andreas, Sherry Barfield, Peggy Myers, Geno Higgins, Patti Cook Snyder, Buster Brown, Eddie & DeLynn Ratliff, Leila Kyle, Joyce Hopper Neagle, Isaac Phillips, Pearline Waller Lutrick, Harold Lobley, Leonard Owensby, Dale Martin Lobley, Jerry Potter, Robert Marshall, Lois Lobley Puckett, William Maupin, Georgia & Benny Pena, Mary Lopez Lynott, Grady Lobley, Laura Rodrick Brandt, Nellies Laslie, Lawrence Foor, James Larry King, Stanley Lobley, Scott Pennington, Carlene Hopper Keith, Derle Keith, Bonnie Stoner, Mike Cortese,Johnny Eastwood, Quilla Wood Dondlinger, Kenneth Oliver, Fern Anderson Hay, David Hawkins, Lyman Uland, Ernest Nieto, Jim Burke, Hillary Martinez, Lourdes Sena Nieto, Guillermo Lovato, Lila Dickerman Mitchell, Paul Gusler, Jo Klassen Manning, Arianna Wertheim Gibson, Annette Wallace Cortese, Jerry Landrum, Ray Mendez, Vic Fitzgerald, Velma Gunter Landrum.
The administrative, secretarial, and maintenance staff at Fort Sumner Schools will be working an extended summer schedule (Monday-Thursday 7AM to 5PM) four days a week. All offices will be closed on Fridays.
The Growing Green school storefront and the school greenhouse have LOTS of bedding plants, hanging baskets, window boxes, geraniums, cactus, succulents, color bowls, ornamental grasses, and more! The store is open from Noon-6:00PM Monday through Friday and 10 AM to 2:00PM on Saturdays. The Greenhouse is open from 9 to noon Monday-Thursday. Stop by and check it out!
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From the Superintendent
May 2008 UpdateThe last three weeks of school are a flurry of activity with our BPA students competing in the Nationals in Reno and 24 of our Foxes and Vixens competing in the state track meet. Once we add in the elementary music program (May 8th at 7 PM), Kindergarten graduation (May 16th at 6:30 PM), 6th grade graduation (May 19th at 6 PM), Baccalaureate (May 18th at 7 PM), and Senior graduation (May 23 at 7 PM) it seems like every night brings a new cause for celebration and rejoicing. We celebrate with these students and their families as we enjoy these milestones together. I know it was a bit odd to dismiss school at 2:30 PM on a sunny day this week, but it is hard to ignore a call from the National Weather Service warning of tornados headed for De Baca County. While considering the options, I determined that safety had to come first. The National Weather Service had not made a personal County phone call before, so the urgency expressed by the meteorologist had to override my observation of sunshine. Overall the inconvenience of dismissing school an hour early did not seem so bad when the considering the possibility of riding out a tornado watch with students and staff packed in hallways. Thank you for your ever present support and good humor about inconvenience. Sincerely,
Mrs. Miller
Shared Use Facility Time Line
- The basic timeline for design and construction of the new Shared Use Facility is shown below:
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- Design of Phase I (construction of a new shared use facility that would eventually replace the Old Gym), Sept. 2007- April 2008.
- RFP and selection of contractor for Phase I: Summer 2008
- Construction of Phase I begins in fall of 2008
- Request for funding from the PSCOC for Phase III, Elementary School remodeling, campus facility improvements, and demolition of the Old Gym, spring 2009
- Construction of Phase II (remodeling of the high school building)begins in summer of 2009
- Possible award for Phase III construction by the PSCOC in July of 2009.
- Many folks in the community worked to help prepare the district Facility Master Plan and we are grateful for the support. We will continue to have this sort of involvement in the design of Phases, I, II and III.
Mrs. Miller
Patricia Miller
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