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Happy Monday!

Welcome back everyone! We were happy to see the Cast of F.AVE back this morning. We hope that you all enjoyed the time off and are ready for the next stretch of learning. Our fifth graders will begin leaving for Tybee beginning this week. The following classes will depart February 26 and return February 28: PROPHET, BISHOP, DIGIACOMO, MADHERE, and JOHNSON. Thank you to our wonderful staff and parent volunteers for making this trip happen for us.

Attention 5th Grade Parents!

Please save the date for the rising 6th grade parent night to be held on Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 pm at Renfroe Middle School. Please note that this will be an adult-only event. More details will be shared in early March. We are looking forward to welcoming you at RMS!

PARENT SURVEYS

Georgia Parent Survey

As part of the Georgia Department of Education school climate rating for schools, parents, student , and staff are asked to complete parent surveys. The parent survey information is below. Please note that you may come to the school to complete this survey as well as complete it on a personal computer or device. Thank you in advance for taking the time to support our school.

The Georgia Parent Survey contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the survey using their personal computer, smartphone, or tablet. For parents who do not have access to the Internet, the media center will be open from 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM to allow parents to complete the Georgia Parent Survey at school on the media center computers. All parents should be encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey because the data will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous, self-reported, and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. The Georgia Parent Survey is also available in Spanish. Parents may select the Spanish version within the survey. The Georgia Parent Survey link is posted below.

Georgia Parent Survey:

https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents

IDEA Survey

The IDEA Parent Survey will be open from January 15, 2020 – May 31, 2020.

The IDEA Parent Survey helps the state to determine parents’ perception of the success of parent engagement between the local school and themselves. The information is gathered as a component of the State Performance Plan, Indicator 8: Percent of parents with a student receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving results for children with disabilities. The data collected is reported in the Annual Performance Report and on the system profile about each system. Each state is required to conduct a parent survey collection process to measure parent/family needs and perceptions.

Georgia’s parent survey is available to all families of students with disabilities. The survey will be administered through an online link and can be found on the websites listed below.

• Direct link to the parent survey: www.gadoe.org/Parent-Survey

• Websites: GaDOE http://www.gadoe.org/ci_exceptional.aspx or

• Ga Parent Mentor Partnership www.parentmentors.org or

• Parent to Parent of Georgia www.p2pga.org

Every day F.AVE Falcons Rise UP to be:

Risk Takers who

Inquire about global issues.

Striving to be open minded.

Excellent and

Unique in every way. F.AVE students are

Powerful young minds who lead the way!

Have a fantastic week!

Interested in Volunteering?

Volunteers are always needed and appreciated. Please complete this form or email ptovolunteer@favepto.org to let us know you're interested in helping out.

Easy ways to passively raise funds for F.AVE PTO

There are several ways you can support the F.AVE PTO with very little effort!

1. AmazonSmile - Go to smile.amazon.com and, using your existing Amazon account, select F.AVE PTO as your charitable organization.
2. Publix - No more keychain! Follow these easy instructions.
3. Box Tops - Box Tops have gone digital!! Download the App, Box Tops for Education. Enter your information, select Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary, scan receipts and done! If you still have hard copy box tops, we are still collecting them in the box in front of the Media Center. There is a box labeled Box Tops for Education.
4. Kroger - Register your Kroger Plus Card online and click on "enroll." We’re listed as: 415 Academy at Fifth Ave.

Early Bird Registration for the annual Tour deCatur 5K and one-mile fun run ends THIS THURSDAY at midnight at www.tourdecatur.com. Decatur’s biggest 5K event is happening this year on Pi Day, 3-14-20! Pick up your numbers and t-shirts the day before the race from noon to 2 pm and from 4-6 pm at the Tour EXPO where students can watch their teachers get “pie-d”! NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR: The Tour EXPO is now at Legacy Park, 500 S. Columbia Drive.

Follow the links below to see what is going on in Art, Music, Spanish, P.E., and the media center!

Music

PE

Art

Spanish - Communications

Media Center

• 3rd Grade Inquiry Question - What should you do when someone uses mean and hurtful language on the internet?
• 4th Grade Inquiry Question - What is the difference between communicating with in-person friends and online friends?

The Decatur Youth Council (DYC) is hosting a community dance on February 29th, 2020 and you are invited. The DYC is a youth leadership board under the direction of the City and each year it plans a community event. This year DYC members want to bring the Decatur community together with an intergenerational “throwback” dance. There will be music, food, dancing and a silent auction. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence.

This family-friendly and all-ages dance will be held in the Decatur Recreation Center Gymnasium from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 29th. For more information and to purchase tickets, go www.decaturga.com/bc-dyc or https://www.freshtix.com/events/the-decatur-youth-council-presents-the-generational-jig?utm_campaign=Freshtix&utm_medium=Freshtix&utm_source=Freshtix.

February

Tuesday, February 25th - 4:45 PM, SLT Meeting

Thursday, February 27th - 5:00 PM - Tybee Chaperone Meeting, Trip 2

February 26 - February 28th - Tybee Field Trip for Prophet, Bishop, DiGiacomo, Madhere, Johnson

March

Monday, March 2nd - 5th Grade Atlanta History Center Field Trip for Bishop, DiGiacomo, Madhere

Tuesday, March 3rd - 5th Grade Atlanta History Center Field Trip for Johnson, Ferguson, Carty

Tuesday, March 3rd - 6:00 PM - PTO Meeting

Wednesday, March 4th - 5th Grade Atlanta History Center Field Trip for Holliday, R. Stewart, Prophet

Tuesday, March 10th - Walk & Roll to School

Tuesday, March 17th - 4:45 PM - SLT Meeting

Tuesday, March 17th - 5:00 PM - MLK/CSK Award Ceremony

Wednesday, March 18th - Class Picture Day

Monday, March 23rd - March 25th - 5th Grade Tybee Field Trip for Holliday, R. Stewart, Carty, Ferguson

Tuesday, March 24th - 4th Grade Atlanta History Center Field Trip for Monroe, Burns, Eber, Guest, Robinson

Thursday, March 26th - 6:30 - 8:00 PM at Renfroe Middle School - Rising 6th Grade Parent Night (adults only)

Friday, March 27th - 4th Grade Atlanta History Center Field Trip for Waugh, Williams, B. Stewart, Olson, Vickery

Week of March 30th - Paraprofessional Appreciation Week

Tuesday, March 31st - 6:00 PM - PTO Meeting

Principal

Karen Newton

knewton@csdecatur.net

Assistant Principal

Lynn Hanson

lhanson@csdecatur.net

Administrative Assistant

Malik James

mjames@csdecatur.net

Administrative Assistant

Jessica Wentworth

jwentworth@csdecatur.net

Who Do I Contact?

Email: fave@csdecatur.net
Website: https://www.csdecatur.net/FAVE
Location: 101 5th Avenue, Decatur, GA, USA
Phone: (404) 371-6680