Welcome To Our School Blog!
Message From Our FORCE Staff
August 16, 2019
We hope that you and your children have had a wonderful first full week of school at The Farm! It has been an amazing start to the 2019/2020 school year, and seeing the smiles on the student's faces as they get more comfortable with their classrooms, teachers, and new friends, is awesome to see!
Our hope is to keep this blog updated weekly so that you can be informed of upcoming events, news, happenings, and important information regarding Fiddyment Farm Elementary and the great experiences your child will be having here at our school this year. Fiddyment truly is a special place, where our staff thrives on building relationships with students and parents, in hopes to build a partnership that make everyone's time here safe and enjoyable, especially for our young learners.
In this blog you will find school updates, important safety reminders, PTC information, acknowledged students and staff, after school enrichment info, community event flyers, and our school lunch menu!
We love feedback from parents on suggestions on how to keep our school amazing! Have any concerns or any new ideas? - Please share them with us and answer our short survey!
As always, we want to thank our community of parents and guardians for supporting Fiddyment Farm School, our students, and our staff!
Cheers to this wonderful new 2019/2020 school year!
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
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Fiddyment Farm Staff
Our school mission is to maximize learning for each member of our FORCE!
We are the F.O.R.C.E.
F - Focused O - Organized R - Respectful C - Compassionate E - Encouraging
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Check out our RCSD Fiddyment Website for all School and Staff Info!
Monday - August 19 - Early Release Schedule
Wednesday - August 21 - Fall Picture Day
Friday - August 23 - School SING
The Farm has indeed grown in size this school year! We are very excited to welcome all of our new students and families this year - we are up to 680 students! Only Junction and Orchard Ranch have more students than we do!
With more students come more amazing staff here at Fiddyment! We have brought on some outstanding new teachers and support staff - Check them out!
- Rebecca Moore - (Kindergarten Teacher - Rm. 12) - Mrs. Moore comes to Fiddy from Orchard Ranch Elementary with a ton of experience and respect throughout the district as an amazing primary grade teacher - we are so lucky to have her join our growing Kinder team!
- B.J. Andrada - (4th Grade Teacher - Rm. 24) Mrs. Andrada comes to us from Blue Oaks Elementary , but actually has some Fiddyment experience when the school first opened, so it is great to get her back, and her experience and leadership will be amazing on the growing 4th grade team.
- Tamara Adams - (5th Grade Teacher - Rm. 30) Mrs. Adams comes to us from Kaseberg Elementary and also has a ton of awesome experience and a reputation of dedication and passion for kids - she will be a fantastic addition to a fresh looking 5th Grade team.
- Melissa Grilione - (5th Grade Teacher - Rm. 31) Mrs. Grilione comes to us from Gates Elementary and is embarking on her first year as a 5th grade teacher. She brings a ton of positivity and enthusiasm to that refreshed 5th Grade team.
- Amanda Morgan - (5th Grade Teacher - Rm. 32) Mrs. Morgan comes to us from Chilton Middle School where she taught 6th Grade math and science, as well as school leadership at Chilton, but also has previous 5th grade experience at Diamond Creek Elementary and a wealth of knowledge and leadership skills.
- Elvia Sanchez - (3 hr Evening Custodian) - Ms. Sanchez will be helping out with custodial duties in the afternoon. Elvia has been a custodial sub in the district for quite a while and will be a great support to Mr. Darin in the evenings!
- Support Staff - (Additional Speech and Psych support) - Welcome Ms. Angela Ortiz, our new part time Speech and Language Pathologist who will help support our Speech students 1 day a week. And welcome Ms. Brandie Vincent, our Psychology support intern, that be here 2 days a week to assist Ms. Bryan our awesome Psychologist, with supporting our students' social and emotional health here at Fiddyment.
Some fantastic new members of Team FORCE that will help keep our school running strong!
Our main priority for having a wonderful environment for students to learn in is, to keep them SAFE!
And that starts as soon as they arrive at school, all the way to when they leave our campus for the day!
We promise to do our part with proper student supervision, preparing students for emergency situations, and responding to student needs - however, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
How can you help? Most of all, you can help out with drop off and pick up! We need all parents/guardians to adhere to proper safety procedures of the parking lot, and most of all, be courteous to each other out there!
PLEASE...
1. Always give the right away to walking students and family members - please don't be in so much of a hurry, that you are willing to put walking or biking children's safety in jeopardy!
2. Always observe the proper flow of traffic in the parking lot. There are arrows and signs everywhere - do not be someone who breaks the rules, just to save yourself a few seconds of waiting!
3. Always pull forward in the loop - it is not fair to make others wait behind you because you want to sit and wait in a certain spot - please consider others, as you would want them to consider you!
4. NEVER park in the loop or the parking lot lane - this hinders and holds up traffic immensely, and also drives everyone else who is following the rules, to be very upset - if you need to park to exit your vehicle to walk with or pick up your child - please park in the lot in an appropriate parking stall!
5. MOST IMPORTANT - DRIVE SLOWLY and FOLLOW THE LAW at all times!
GOOD NEWS!!!
A rep from Roseville City came out on Thursday morning to take a traffic report of the intersection of Hayden Parkway and Quincy/Solstone - and she reported that she is going to push for more signage and a Crossing Guard stationed there for before and after school!!!
We appreciate you taking these tips in mind as we go throughout the school year, and your partnership in keeping our traffic flow as smooth and successful as possible - and most of all, keeping our student SAFE!
Popcorn Fridays
And that starts as soon as they arrive at school, all the way to when they leave our campus for the day!
We promise to do our part with proper student supervision, preparing students for emergency situations, and responding to student needs - however, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
How can you help? Most of all, you can help out with drop off and pick up! We need all parents/guardians to adhere to proper safety procedures of the parking lot, and most of all, be courteous to each other out there!
PLEASE...
1. Always give the right away to walking students and family members - please don't be in so much of a hurry, that you are willing to put walking or biking children's safety in jeopardy!
2. Always observe the proper flow of traffic in the parking lot. There are arrows and signs everywhere - do not be someone who breaks the rules, just to save yourself a few seconds of waiting!
3. Always pull forward in the loop - it is not fair to make others wait behind you because you want to sit and wait in a certain spot - please consider others, as you would want them to consider you!
4. NEVER park in the loop or the parking lot lane - this hinders and holds up traffic immensely, and also drives everyone else who is following the rules, to be very upset - if you need to park to exit your vehicle to walk with or pick up your child - please park in the lot in an appropriate parking stall!
5. MOST IMPORTANT - DRIVE SLOWLY and FOLLOW THE LAW at all times!
GOOD NEWS!!!
A rep from Roseville City came out on Thursday morning to take a traffic report of the intersection of Hayden Parkway and Quincy/Solstone - and she reported that she is going to push for more signage and a Crossing Guard stationed there for before and after school!!!
We appreciate you taking these tips in mind as we go throughout the school year, and your partnership in keeping our traffic flow as smooth and successful as possible - and most of all, keeping our student SAFE!
Parent Teacher Club (PTC)
We truly value the partnership between the school and our families, and no one fosters that better than our Fiddyment Farm Parent Teacher Club! The parents/guardians that help volunteer with school events and activities are very special and very much appreciated!
We are looking forward to another year of wonderful events coming up this year, some that help fund special projects/enrichment/activities at the school, and some that just help to bring our community together!
Here are some awesome events/activities that PTC organizes and puts on:
Dance A Thon (Like a jogathon, but more fun!)
Harvest Festival
Scholastic Book Fair
Spring Carnival
Father-Daughter Dance
Mother-Son Night Out
Skate Nights
Dine Outs
Harvest Festival
Scholastic Book Fair
Spring Carnival
Father-Daughter Dance
Mother-Son Night Out
Skate Nights
Dine Outs
Popcorn Fridays
In order for these events to occur and give our students and families a valuable community experience, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We still have a vacancy at PTC President on our PTC Board, and we still need parents/guardians to head committees for certain events, otherwise we may have to cancel them!
If you are able to help out the PTC with volunteering - please email the current board members at:
If you would like more info about our fabulous PTC which includes calendars, link to spirit wear purchase, and staff information - check out their website!
Like them on Facebook for reminders and info as well!
Where do the funds go that is raised from events? Glad you asked - check out below just a few of the awesome things that our families help fund with their generosity!
School Assemblies
Technology
School Musical
Extra PE and Music Materials
Library Books
Community Events
Teacher Classroom Supplies
Extended Curriculum and Conferences
Project Lead the Way Funding
Check out the August Edition of the PTC Newsletter with some info on upcoming events and information to start off the year!
We would LOVE your help! If you are interested in volunteering here at Fiddyment Farm, please click on the link to our district website - Volunteer Policy Page. There you will find information about the policy, the difference between Category I and Category II Volunteer, and all the needed paperwork in PDF form to get started! - Thank you for your time!
Each Friday is spirit day - students and staff are encouraged to wear their school spirit shirts, or sport the school colors - black and gold! The class with the most students to sport their spirit for the day, wins the coveted "Spirit Stick" as a reward, to keep in their classroom for a week! Next week the competition begins - make sure to wear your school colors and/or Spirit Wear next Friday....and every Friday!!!!
School SING returns Friday, August 23rd as we hold our first full School SING and start acknowledging awesome FORCE students for being FOCUSED at school!
This school year, we are re-focusing our PBIS (Positive Behavior Expectations and Supports) structure to be more simplified for our students. We are going to continue with our character themes of F.O.R.C.E. - Focused, Organized, Respectful, Compassionate, Encouraging, and put more emphasis on good character traits and habits.
On the behavior side, to simplify the "behavior" expectations, we have chosen
Be Safe - Be Responsible - Be Respectful
These are very simple for our students to understand, and are easy to reinforce and celebrate when students follow expectations and make good choices! These 3 main behavior expectations, will also carry over to Chilton Middle School, as they use the same 3.
When students do make good choices and follow behavior expectations, and show great character qualities of the F.O.R.C.E., they will be acknowledged at different times of the year, in different ways, from awards, to FORCE Tickets, to prizes - we want to acknowledge our FORCE students for showing up every day and being a true "FORCE" in our school!
If your child comes home with a FORCE ticket stub - they made a really good choice at school and should be encouraged to continue their positive choices and behaviors in the future!
Our REMIND account is back online this year and we are excited to have another outlet to communicate with our families! Last year we were unable to use it because of district guidelines, but now they have been approved for district and school use again!
The app is downloadable on ios and android and is basically a way to receive text message reminders from the school on upcoming events, with no privacy concerns or personal phone numbers shared.
If you are already signed up from before, you will start getting text reminders soon - and you can always opt out as well.
If you are new to Fiddyment, or new to Remind and you would like to receive school reminders via text, here is how to do it:
If you are you looking for some amazing enrichment opportunities for your child, we have some awesome after school programs starting up in September at Fiddyment! There is a wide range of selection, from Art, Science, Engineering, Coding, and Spanish.
Thank you for reading our blog and supporting Fiddyment Farm Elementary School!
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