August 16, 2021
Happy Monday FORCE Families!
We hope that you and your children had a wonderful first full week of school at The Farm! It has been an awesome start to the 2021/2022 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! We can't thank our families enough for their support and understanding with our school safety mandates and procedures.
Our hope is to keep this blog updated frequently 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, lunch menu, after school enrichment info and community event flyers.
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
&
Fiddyment Farm Staff
We are the F.O.R.C.E.
F - Focused O - Organized R - Respectful C - Compassionate E - Encouraging
- Ken Kikosicki - (TOSA - Teacher on Special Assignment) - "Mr. K." as the kids call him, is a veteran teacher of 20 years who comes over from Blue Oaks Elementary to be our TOSA this year! Every elementary school in RCSD is lucky to have a TOSA for the next couple years, who will serve as an extra support to teachers in numerous ways - For Mr. K and his experience as a leader at Blue Oaks, he will enjoy supporting teachers and students all year long!
- Kelli Brusaschetti - (1st Grade Teacher - Rm. 6) Mrs. Brusaschetti is a seasoned teacher with years of 1st grade experience that comes over from Orchard Ranch to join our awesome 1st grade team - we are very lucky to have her at The Farm.
- Danielle Schmidt - (2nd Grade Teacher - Rm. 17) Mrs. Schmidt has returned to Fiddyment after having taught online for Diamond Creek last school year. We are so lucky to have back one of most talented, dedicated, phenomenal teachers back on staff!
- Jacee Lempner - (4th Grade Teacher - Rm. 24) Ms. Lempner is a brand new teacher, but her learning roots are from The Farm! Jacee was a student teacher at Fiddyment Farm last year in Mrs. Harless' 3rd grade class. When she finished student teaching, she also served as a long term sub for us in 4th and 1st grade. She knows the students and staff very well and we are thrilled she gets to be at Fiddy to begin her teaching career!
- Jake Swisley - (5th Grade Teacher - Rm. 28) - Mr. Swisley comes to us from Gates Elementary School - a veteran teacher with experience in all grades, he brings humor, fun, and variety to the classroom - the students are going to love him!
- Heather Hall - (5th Grade Teacher - Rm. 31) Mrs. Hall has 30 years of teaching experience in both elementary and middle school. She has also taught with Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Williams in the years past, so they were both ecstatic to have her join the 5th grade team - we are very thankful to have her knowledge and expertise on the team!
- Kirsten Ratliff - (3/4 SDC Grade Teacher - Rm. 12) Mrs. Ratliff actually joined our team mid year last year as our RSP teacher when Mrs. Trexler had to go out on a leave of absence. With Mrs. Trexler back in RSP, we are beyond lucky to keep the enthusiastic and talented Mrs. Ratliff on staff to teach our new 3/4 SDC class!
- Desmond Hansen - (PE Teacher) - Mr. Hansen takes over for our amazing Mrs. Burkhead who retired at the end of the year. Desmond is already familiar with our school, as he taught PE a few years back here and is ready to take up the role again, along with his awesome aide - Mrs. Dockswell.
- Chris Cazneaux- (Music Teacher - Rm. 27) - Mr. Cazneaux is a first year music teacher and will take over for Mrs. Foree, as she has taken a position in Sacramento. Chris brings excitement and fun to the music program and he has already made a huge impact on staff and students his first week here - his fun, musical games will have students longing to attend his class every week!
- Support Staff - We also have some new faces of support staff that help out behind the scenes to support the school and students each and every day.
- Rachael McCoy - SDC IA
- Stephanie Harada - SDC IA
- Tyler Maines - Night Custodial Support
- Susan Chaney - Food Services Cashier
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!
Harvest Festival
Scholastic Book Fair
Spring Carnival
Father-Daughter Dance
Mother-Son Night Out
Skate Nights
Dine Outs
Popcorn Fridays