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Message From Our FORCE Staff
September 27. 2021
September 27. 2021
Happy Monday FORCE Families!
We are now half way through Trimester 1 and we hope that all is going smoothly for your child and for your family! We are excited for cooler weather and more activities coming up soon for our students, such as virtual school SING, outdoor assemblies, and planning days for teachers to make their learning environments the best they can be! We are also very grateful that we are able to continue providing in school - live instruction all while keeping our staff and students safe. And again, 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.
Have a wonderful rest of your week, and remember to always - "BE A FORCE FOR GOOD"
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
&
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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NO SCHOOL - September 30th & October 1st
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!
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!
Parent Teacher Club (PTC)
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
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
Hello Force Families! PTC has a LOT to update you on - winners, meetings, book fair, popcorn...
Thank you to ALL the families who became PTC members during our Membership Drive friendly competition - Mrs. Moore's class had the highest percentage of new members - and they WIN a pizza party and an Amazon Gift Card for the class. Congratulations!!!
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 Yoda" as a reward, to keep in their classroom for a week! Last week's winners were Ms. Richard (Primary Grades) and Mrs. Morgan (Upper Grade).
HOW DO I GET SPIRIT WEAR?
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 continue with
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 Cooley 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!
*NOTE
The menu is scheduled to change, based on what food is delivered.
The Breakfast at Fiddyment Farm will ALWAYS be the
CONTINENTAL BAGGED BREAKFAST!
Thank you for reading our blog and supporting Fiddyment Farm Elementary School!
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