October 11, 2021
Happy Monday FORCE Families!
We are winding down on Trimester 1 and we hope that all is going smoothly for your child and for your family! We are excited to see cooler weather and have started more activities for our students such as virtual school SING, and some upcoming outdoor assemblies, Our Jedi Council student leadership is in full swing as students work together to come up with ways to help the community and bring spirit to the school - with our October spirit day right around the corner. 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.
Ryan Poulsen - Principal
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Fiddyment Farm Staff
We are the F.O.R.C.E.
F - Focused O - Organized R - Respectful C - Compassionate E - Encouraging
Recently we have had a couple of incidents brought to our attention that involve anti-black racial hate speech on our campus. We want our families to understand that our teachers, staff, and school community will not tolerate any form of racial, gender, or any other hate or derogatory speech. Our three school rules encompass being safe, responsible, and respectful and are the foundation of our school. We want students to feel and be safe with the desire to come to school and learn each day. We want students to hold themselves and their peers to high standards and be responsible for their actions, and of course, we want our students to be respectful of each other no matter what differences they may or may not have. These core beliefs are what make Fiddyment Farm a wonderful learning environment for our students and our staff.
We hope that the adults of our school community will take some time to have conversations with their children and remind them of the importance of tolerance, empathy, and mutual respect for all of our students and staff regardless of race, gender, or differences. We are all a part of this huge FORCE community, and mutual respect begins with kind words and kind actions towards each other. As a Fiddyment staff, we will continue to do our part to train and learn with our students and the community. We will always do our best to keep everyone safe, responsible and respectful and, in turn, continuing to make Fiddyment Farm a great school to attend.
Thank you for your time and support - we truly appreciate our community doing whatever they can to help our students, your children to always Be a FORCE for Good!
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!
