Points of P.R.I.D.E.

Get all your official FES merchandise here! Store will open today and close on November 5th!

Ms. Brett will be here for library.

A test of the emergency call system went out last week. If you did not receive a call please let Harriet Ford know in the main office. She can be reached at (603)547-2976 or hford@conval.edu

Please make sure to send your child/ren dressed for the weather. Days are beginning very cold and warming up. A coat or a sweatshirt will help to keep them warm. Also, the playground is often wet in the morning. A change of clothes in backpacks keeps us warm and dry and ready to learn.

On October 31st, we will be carving pumpkins with the PTO. At 2:15 we will be leaving for our annual Halloween Parade.

Students can bring their costumes to school. We will change after lunch. Your child/ren should be able to put their costume on alone. No masks or gore, please. They need to be able to see where they are going so they will be safe on the road.

Please consider signing up to help the PTO. click here to learn more!

This week, we read the Halloween story Click, Clack, Boo and talked about the main characters and setting. The students did a great job understanding this concept, and they did a fun craft for it too! The boys and girls are working hard on their math and literacy skills. I am seeing so much growth already!

Second graders are so excited about Halloween that they incorporated it into their math time! They used hundreds blocks, tens blocks, and ones blocks to build a haunted house and practice their place value skills

A group of 4 students took on the task of preparing a lesson on The Rock Cycle and teaching the class how it all works. When the listening students were asked questions afterward, they were able to answer correctly - proving what a great job the presenters did!

This week in PE all grades worked on their overhand throwing skills, along with learning how to work as a team and create strategies while playing several different cooperative games.

In health, third and fourth graders continued to explore their skeletal system by focusing specifically on their skull, and even got crafty and created a moveable skull of their own. Second grade continued to focus on what a family is, how a family can change, and how their own family can help them stay healthy. In first grade and kindergarten began to learn about emotions with the help of The Little Scribble Spot of Emotion.

Next rotation, second, third, and fourth graders will brush up on their kicking and foot dribbling skills with soccer; while kindergarten and first grade will continue their work on overhand throwing.

Outside Lions' Learning took place today. The students explored how the changing of the seasons impacts both plants and animals. Students spent time with Kara from the Harris Center. They explored how and why leaves on deciduous trees change in the fall. Thank you to the PTO for making it possible for the Harris Center to join us on OLL days! Mrs. Doell conducted nature drawings of food needed by animals to prepare for winter. Ms. Kelly discussed how to prepare the gardens for winter—exploring the needs of plants to survive the snow. Ms. B. made Andy Goldsworthy-inspired leaf art that will be published in a book. Thank you to all who came to support us and be part of the day!

If you need help please contact Harriet Ford about Operation Santa or Divine Mercy. There is an opportunity for gifts for children and adults. It will be kept confidential. We need to know by October 25, 2023.

We have food available through End 68 Hours of Hunger.

Looking for free and reduced hot lunch information? Click here or download the pdf.

October 31, 2023

• PTO will carve pumpkins with the school in the morning. The pumpkins carved will decorate the center of town near the library or town store.
• 2:15-3:15 Halloween Parade
• Students dress up and march to the post office and back. Come and cheer for your children.
• Please refrain from violent costumes and masks that make it hard to see.

November 2, 2023

• Students will travel to ConVal to see a production of Finding Nemo

November 5, 2023

• 11:00-4:00

• Your child/ren may have picture retakes done
• A whole school picture will be taken

November 7, 2023

November 10, 2023

November 17, 2023

• Jeannie Connolly will be joining us to create lanterns for the Lantern Festival on December 2, 2023. the parade will begin at the bank on the main street in Peterborough and leave promptly at 6:00 pm.