FHS Student Council is hosting a blood drive on November 17 from 8-12. Sign up to donate blood and help save a life!
Come out and support the FHS After-Prom on Sunday!
Attention all Fairfield parents!
Congratulations to the newest members of National Honor Society!
Reno County Health Department to Offer COVID Vaccine for Ages 5-11
The Reno County Health Department will begin offering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to ages 5 through 11, starting Monday, November 8. The vaccine will be administered at the Health Department, 209 West Second. Appointments are required and can be made by calling 620-694-2900 and selecting option 6.
Governor Laura Kelly announced November 3 that Kansas would follow the FDA and CDC’s recommendations for administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-11 under the Emergency Use Authorization. The Pfizer pediatric dose is one-third of the adult dosage and requires two doses, 21 days apart.
The vaccine has been found to be 90.9% effective in preventing COVID-19 in children 5 through 11. Side effects are similar to other vaccines given to children including pain at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle and/or joint pain, chills, and fever. The long-term effects of pediatric COVID infection can be serious and last for months. If you have questions or concerns, please talk to your pediatrician or another trusted healthcare provider.
The COVID-19 vaccine is free to any Reno County resident, regardless of citizen status or insurance. The Health Department is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 7:30 am to noon, and 1 pm to 6pm, and Wednesday from 9am to noon and 1 to 6pm. They are closed on Fridays. To view vaccine availability at other sites, visit https://vaccinefinder.org/. For a ride to one of the vaccine sites, call RCAT at 620-694-2913.
Yesterday the First Graders got to take a virtual tour of a Kansas pig farm thanks to the Kansas Pork Association! We joined a live Zoom with schools from all over the US. Students learned about what pigs are fed, where they live, what temperatures they need to be at, how much they eat, and how pig farmers use computers. It was a great tour and the kids really enjoyed it!
FHS Stuco will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on November 17th from 8 a.m. to noon. To sign up please contact Chris Hewitt at 620-596-2062 or by email chewitt@usd310.org.
The cheerleaders are selling Falcon gear! Check out the store, grab some awesome Falcon gear and support our cheerleaders! The store will be available for two weeks! All purchases should arrive before Christmas.
https://factory233.com/fairfield_middle_school/shop/home
Our talented and hard working middle hitter from the FHS Volleyball Team, Erin Schwertfeger, was named Honorable Mention in our League! Congratulations Erin!
Good luck to Kerstin Schumann as she competes at state cross country today!
Falcons defeat St. John 46-0
ATTENTION!!!
Due to the high winds, we are going to move the location of Trunk-R-Treat today. Please park on the east side of the school in the circle drive outside of the elementary office instead of the area south of the football field. This will be a much closer walk for our students and will provide a little windbreak. Please start setting up by around 1:30 pm to be ready by 2:00 pm.
The FES Trunk-R-Treat WILL still take place at 2:00 pm tomorrow south of the football field.
Rolla’s bus is stuck. His bus will not be coming today but we are working on an alternate route.
Attention FES parents!!! Please send costumes to school with students on Thursday for Trunk-R-Treat. We are still not allowing visitors to classrooms. We will also sign students out outside if you are wanting to take your child home.
We have been notified of an individual who was at school Friday and started showing symptoms of COVID late Saturday night. We have contacted the parents and adults that are close contacts, and we are working closely with the Reno County Health Department. If you have not been contacted, it means your child is not considered a close contact of the positive individual. However, it is always important to monitor for symptoms, which may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Falcons fall to Attica-Argonia
Heather McCurry's bus is running late. Heather Frank will be picking up your kids this morning.
The Sylvia bus is running a little late today.
FHS football will face the Attica-Argonia Titans on Friday night in Attica. The game will kick off at 7:00 pm.