Clubs and Activities

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Alliance Club

The Alliance Club aims to create a safe, welcoming and inclusive school environment for all students regardless of sexual orientation, identity, race, or disability.

Days meeting: Every other Thursday
Club meeting location: TBD
Advisor(s): Mrs. Rader & Ms. Jager

Best Buds Club

We build friendships between students with and without disabilities. We play games, do crafts, and have LOTS of fun.

Days meeting: Mondays during Activity Period (3:25-4:05)
Club meeting location: Room 207
Advisor(s): Mrs. Roscoe

Chamber Strings Club

Chamber Strings is an audition-based string orchestra dedicated to performance, musical excellence, and community. Members tackle diverse, challenging repertoire designed to refine advanced playing techniques and artistic expression. Students engage in enrichment opportunities such as student conducting, critical listening, performance trips, and guest clinics.

Days meeting: Mondays 7:45-8:35 a.m.
Meeting location: Orchestra room 514 
Advisor(s): Mr.Burmeister

Charlotte Book Club

A group of students who love to read, discuss good books, work on projects, READ and explore the world of books.

Days meeting: Mondays during activity period (3:25-4:05 p.m.)
Club meeting location: FMS Library
Advisor(s): Mrs. Stedge, Mrs.Nichols 
Join our Google Classroom: hozhccv

Chess Club

Relaxed 3D Chess Experience

Days meeting: Thursdays during activity period (3:25-4:05 p.m.)
Club meeting location: Seneca room 408
Advisor(s): Mr. Flynn

Community Service Club

We will do various community service projects, such as food drives and hopefully trips to the soup kitchen. We are also open for suggestions of new ways to help others.

Days meeting: the second Tuesday of the month
Club meeting location: Seneca room 407
Advisor(s): Mrs. Watson
Join our Google Classroom: 4wccpgr3

Design Matter

Do you love to build, design and create? Design Masters is all about creating and building things in the technology workshop!

Days meeting: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, during Activity Period (3:25-4:05)
Club meeting location: room 508
Advisor(s): Mrs. Heimiller-Ford & Mrs. Bruno

Doodle Club

Do you like to doodle, draw, cartoon? Come join us for a period of creativity and artistic expression. EVERYONE IS WELCOME….feel free to bring your own art supplies, but we will also have them available. Feel free to bring your chromebook for digital art 

Days meeting: Every other Thursday after school
Club meeting location: Room 434 (upstairs Seneca)
Advisor(s) & Other information: Mrs. Rader & Mr. Kramek 
Join our Google Classroom: t3cxh7br

Dungeons & Dragons

Do you like to let your imagination run wild? Do you like to envision yourself as the hero of your favorite movie or book? Do you like to solve out-of-the-box problems?

Come check out the Dungeons and Dragons Club! All are welcome!

Days meeting: Every Tuesday
Club meeting location: Room 303
Advisor(s) & Other information: Mr. Massie
Join our Google Classroom: 3kvhvzna

FACS Cares Club

A community service sewing club that makes various sewing projects to be donated to local charities. FACS Cares is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Participants receive community service credit for participating in FACS Cares.

Days meeting: Meetings are held on Monday, Tuesday or Thursdays during Activity Period for the entire school year. Exact meeting dates are shared on the FACS Cares Google Classroom. 
Club meeting location: Upstairs in the round building, room 561 (sewing room)
Advisor(s) & Other information: Mrs. Mac Entee 

How to Join: Email Mrs. Mac Entee to get an invite to the Google Classroom. ALL information is shared through Google Classroom.*

*It is helpful to have FACS class or machine sewing experience prior to joining, but it’s not required.

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Intramural Sports

Days meeting: During activity period (3:25-4:05 p.m.); Mondays grade 6, Tuesdays grade 7, Wednesdays grade 8
Club meeting location: FMS Main Gym*

*See your PE teacher for more details!!

FMS Jazz Ensemble

This is an audition based club that you can sign up for on the bulletin boards near the line to purchase lunch. Instruments welcome to audition include: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, baritones, tuba, electric bass, piano, and guitar.

Days meeting: Friday 7:45-8:35 am
Club meeting location: Band Room

FMS MASK

We are the FMS Drama Club that puts on a musical each year. Students will have the opportunity to sing, dance and act on stage!

Information meeting Thursday October 8th for those interested in auditioning for a part in the show.

Days meeting: We meet between November-March. Show dates are March 12th, 13th & 14th.
Advisor(s) & Other information: Mrs. O’Mahony, Ms. Lumia, Mr. Suriano, & Ms. Soldevere
Contact Information: FMSMASK@guilderlandschools.net (Mrs. O’Mahony)

FMS MASK Tech & Stage Crew

Participating with the cast of the annual musical, students manage props, set pieces, lights, and sound.

Days meeting: We meet between January-March. Show dates are March 12th, 13th & 14th.
Advisor(s): Mrs. O’Mahony & Mrs.Nichols 

*Look for information in December on how to sign up. We start after the MASK cast does! There will be an information meeting in December and an application process. 

Math Counts

A math competition team that competes with other area schools. We work on challenging math problems that require some out of the box thinking. If you like math and enjoy a challenge come join us!

Days meeting: Tuesdays during activity period (3:25-4:05 p.m.)
Club meeting location: Room 304
Advisor(s): Ms. Cahill & Mrs. Kavanaugh
Join our Google classroom: 6s7sodig

FMS Organic Garden Club

Do you like to get your hands dirty? If so, the Organic Garden club is for you! Organic gardening is a philosophy of gardening that supports the health of the whole system. The FMS Organic Garden club goal is to plan and help maintain the school’s organic garden. Students start seeds in the greenhouse in late winter/early spring to plant in the garden.

Days meeting: Tuesdays during activity period
Club meeting location: Room 503
Advisor(s): Mrs. Malanga*

*Email Mrs.Malanga for the join code

Outdoor Club

Some of our activities include nature walks, visiting the FMS pond, making birdfeeders, helping endangered species, celebrating earth day by cleaning up, and more!

Days meeting: Meets once a month and usually combines meetings with GAPS
Advisor(s): Mrs. Antidormi, Mrs. Ford, & Mrs. Margosani

Recycling Club

Would you like to earn service hours for Junior Honor Society?

Want to make a difference to our world?

Join Recycling club and have a real impact on your community.

There are many ways to get involved!  We will be promoting recycling in our building through TV ads, posters, etc. We need people to get the word out!

We will also be emptying classroom recycling bins during activity period and access.

If you are interested, stay tuned for announcements

Advisor(s): Mrs. Ford & Mrs. McCaslin
Join our Google classroom: mz32bzk4

Select Band

An audition-based band made up of 6th, 7th, or 8th graders that play a band instrument in their grade-level band, with more challenging, and exciting music played. 

Days meeting: Wednesday mornings 7:45-8:35am
Club meeting location: Band Room 511/512
Advisor(s): Ms. St. Clair

Select Choir

Open to 65th, 7th, and 8th Grade singers who are currently enrolled in a choral ensemble in their daily schedule.

Audition information will be available outside Room 510 by Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Days meeting: Tuesday mornings at 7:45am
Club meeting location: Room 513
Advisor(s): Miss Stedman

Show Choir

We will rehearse and perform music you know and love from exciting Broadway Musicals, pop favorites, and more! Members will sing together in unison and explore 2-part harmony, with opportunities for solos, featured parts, choreography, and student leadership. Open to students in grades 6-8.

Days meeting: Friday mornings 7:45-8:35am
Club meeting location: Room 509
Advisor(s): Ms. Frank

*Auditions will begin the 1st week of October. Please check the bulletin board outside Miss Frank’s classroom for audition information!

Silent Agents

We clean teacher’s rooms for fun. Participants receive community service credit.

Days meeting: Tuesdays, we will send out an email when we will let you know when we meet
Club meeting location: Room 255
Questions? Email:

aiden.robustiano@guilderlandschools.net

david.kasparov@guilderlandschools.net

FMS Ski and Snowboard Club

A great opportunity to learn how to ski or snowboard!

Registration for the 26/27 season is now open to all FMS students until Tuesday, October 20th.  Sign ups after October 20th can not be accepted for the enrollment lottery.

Click here to sign up for the enrollment lottery.

More detailed information can be found here.

Days meeting: Thursday nights in January and February
Club meeting location: Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort (bussing provided from FMS)
Advisor(s): Mrs. Curro & Mr. Chiesa

Stage Band

All band instruments are welcome as well as drum sets, piano, electric bass, and guitar. Sign up on the bulletin board where you line up to purchase lunch. 

Days meeting: Thursdays from 7:45 am-8:35 am
Club meeting location: Room 546
Advisor(s): Mr. Utter

Student Council

Do you want to make a difference in our school community, if so we want you!

We are looking for Representatives (anyone from the school) and students who would like to become an elected Board Member to join our student council. 

You must make a commitment to attend monthly meetings and dedicate additional time to successfully organize and participate in activities, provide ideas to improve our building morale, and advocate for change . We are in charge of running school wide events like Spirit Week!

Days meeting: Informational meeting 9/24. Meetings after that will occur on Tuesdays.
Club meeting location: Room 434 OR Library Classroom
Advisor(s): Mrs. Rader & Ms. Gilbert

*We also utilize Google Classroom as a meeting space

Student Voice

Do you have opinions on how to make FMS feel more inclusive? We want your voice to be heard!

Days meeting: Two Mondays per month
Club meeting location: Library classrooms

Washington Studies

Love history? Interested in the nation’s capital? Washington Studies is a club all about our nation’s capital. It ends with a trip to Washington D.C. in the spring of your 8th grade school year. (This is a club for 7th and 8th grade students only).

Days meeting: Meetings are during activity period (this club does not meet every week).
Club meeting location: Hiawatha room 357- 8th grade; Learning Center – 7th grade
Advisor(s): Mrs. Sittig – 8th grade
Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Malanga – 7th grade

Yearbook Club

Join us as we learn how to take good photos, participate in online graphic design, layout pages, and publish the FMS Yearbook!

Days meeting: Last Thursday of every month during activity period (3:25-4:05)
Club meeting location: Room 452
Advisor(s): Mr. Tuxbury & Mrs. Antidormi
Join our Google classroom: 4NCXIJLH

Zelda Clan

If you love Legend of Zelda, this is the club for you!

Days meeting: Tuesdays during activity period (3:25-4:05)
Club meeting location: Room 408
Advisor(s): Mr. Flynn

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