FES wants to take an opportunity to highlight some of our 3rd and 4th grade student leaders who presented at the FCSD School Board Meeting this evening. They did such a great job speaking about the importance of testing and goal setting!
On Friday morning, we had an AWESOME 6th grader, Logan L, play the National Anthem at Wake Up Midland. Wake Up Midland is an event that is hosted by the Midland Business Alliance (Midland Chamber) the first Friday of every month. Today there were close to 300 members in the audience. Logan just started learning to play the saxophone at the beginning of this school year. He is very good and to not only learn the National Anthem but also play it in front of close to 300 business professionals from the Great Lakes Bay Region at Wake Up Midland is very impressive. He also played it from memory as he didn’t have his music in front of him. Way to go Logan!
Last year, the elementary school started a tradition where our 6th graders have the opportunity to enter a Yearbook Cover Contest. All entries are then anonymously available for staff vote. This year's cover winner is Cash W, and 2nd place is Brystal R. First place is the cover and second place will be on the inside cover. The students received a certificate and a free yearbook, a frame with a copy of their entry, a sketch pad and some colored pencils. Way to go Cash and Brystal!
Our third graders would like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to Pat's Hardware in Freeland, and Home Depot in Shields for their donations of buckets for the next unit of bucket drumming in music class. Also a thank you to our PTO for donating funds to purchase new mallets specifically for this unit. We are so fortunate having a community that supports our students and these fun initiatives!
Mrs. Bowen and Mrs. Tarrien combined their second grade classes to celebrate the 100th day of school last Friday. Students participated in a $100 shopping spree, they had a chance to estimate what was in the estimation jar, they rolled to 100, built puzzles that had 100 pieces, and made various items using cups, Legos and other building tools.
In Mrs. Revell's 6th grade writing class last week, the students presented their Food Truck Projects in class. They had to imagine that the story's main character started their own food truck. Each element of the food truck design and menu had to be based on the story. Some students even chose to bring in food samples when they presented!
FES would like to highlight Mrs. Grocholski, a second grade teacher!
Each day starting at 8:50 a.m. a different group of 5th graders act as our Greeting Crew in the morning. The students wave and high five to our 2nd-4th graders that are entering for the day. They remind them of our PBIS expectations, and even get to hand out SOAR slips to the students as they come into the building, and walk the hallways. It is a great way to kick off the school day! A special thank you to Mrs. Huckeby for working with the students and organizing the 5th graders!
FES wants to send a shout out to ALL of our 2nd-6th graders for working so hard on their winter iReady testing! They have been working hard to follow the ABCs of testing over the last 2 weeks, and they have been earning marbles for our giant marble jar. They hit their goal line yesterday and today during lunch they got to have a DJ. Thank you to Rusch Entertainment and our FES/LC PTO for sponsoring our DJ, and for celebrating our academic growth in such a fun way!
The third graders in Ms. Mantei's class are traveling virtually around the world to investigate how holiday traditions are similar and different around the world. They made Reindeer Food in "New York City" before they departed for Canada!
Our FES Annual Food Drive has officially kicked off!
In observance of Thanksgiving, there is no school for students November 27-29.
The last few years, the Learning Center and Elementary School has done a “Be the Change” Coin Drive during Kindness Week. We have collectively raised around $6,000 that has been donated to the Michigan Epilepsy Foundation, Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and this year we were able to go shopping for our local food pantries. Thank you to our community for being so generous and allowing us to help support organizations that are near and dear to our hearts!
We are kicking off Thanksgiving Week with a staff spotlight from the elementary school, Mr. Harrison, our 6th grade math teacher!
Our 5th graders honored Veterans on Monday by wearing red, white and blue, and creating a Wall of Honor in the 5th grade hallway that will be there for all to see!
Wellness Wednesday is TOMORROW at the LC and ES!
This week, the 4th graders went on a field trip to the Midland Tennis Center and were able to watch matches for the Dow Tennis Classic, and participate in some fun STEM activities. They had a great time!
The LC and ES are kicking of Kindness Week by honoring our Veterans on Monday, November 11 ❤️🤍💙
Congratulations to the elementary students for meeting their fall fundraiser goal for PTO! The top earners out of each grade level were able to pie Mrs. McKenna in the face today, and the top classes were able to watch live. All students in the school were able to watch through a virtual stream into the classrooms. Thank you to all of the families that donated to make our fundraiser a success!
Students in Mrs. St. Charles classroom were teachers for each other in writing! They read about the pros and cons of using coal in preparation for writing opinion speeches. The students read text with specific information, and then were able to teach the class answers to questions citing specific evidence from their reading. Way to go 4th graders!
