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Forest Hills Families,

We need your help! School attendance is crucial for your child's success inside and outside of school! Unless sick, we need your child at school on time, everyday. Please try to avoid tardies, check-ins and check-outs unless absolutely necessary. We have SO much learning to do from now until May--the countdown is on and every second counts! In an effort to improve school attendance, Forest Hills is implementing an attendance challenge: Attendance Everyday Wins (A.E.W.). See below for details.

Also, don't forget to send new blankets in now-February 16th. We want our students to learn how to support our community through this service learning project!

If you've heard your child mention the iReady Snowball Challenge, this is a competition between grade level classes to see which class can complete the most iReady lessons with an 80% or better now through February 23rd. For each lesson a student makes an 80% or better, he/she earns a snowball to display on their Snowball Chart. iReady is available as a free resource at home, but only lessons completed during the school day will count towards this challenge. The class from each grade level with the most snowballs will win Cocoa & Kona!

Thank you to all those who participated in our Coupon Book Fundraiser--the fundraiser was a huge success. Without your support, our school would not be the special place it is--THANK YOU!

Spring testing including benchmarks, iReady Diagnostics, and ACAP (2nd-4th only) are on the horizon. Please mark your calendars now--dates are listed at the end of this newsletter.

If I can ever be of assistance to you, please reach out or stop by the office!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fowler, Principal

You may view your child's Progress Report in Power School on February 7th. If you need help accessing your child's Progress Report, please visit our front office and let our secretaries know.

Congratulations

to the following students for being elected as 4th Grade Show Choir Officers!
Alex Elliott - President; Zoe Flippen - Vice President; Chloe Keelon - Treasurer; Ryleigh Madden & Adley Maddox - Co-Secretary; Jax Turner - Boys Dance Captain; Kailyn McCroskey - Girls Dance Captain

The Forest Hills Kindergarten will proudly present A World of Music on Thursday, March 23, 2023. 1:00pm – School Performance; 6:00pm – Family Performance

Kindergarteners are currently learning the music for this program during their weekly music class. This program will be held in the FH gymnasium and students will wear their class t-shirt, blue jeans and comfortable tennis shoes for both performances. Please send $12 donation that will go towards costume items for your child by Friday, March 3rd. Your child will get to keep these items after the last performance! 😊

We are looking forward to making music with our wonderful Kindergarten friends!

-Mrs. Butte & Mrs. Stafford

Did you know that Forest Hills has a famous author as part of our Forest Hills family?! Author Eric Lodin attended Forest Hills as a child, and has now written multiple literary works! He wants to encourage the love of writing in our students, so he challenged our 3rd graders to a creative writing competition. Mr. Lodin plans to visit our third graders this spring!

Congratulations to the following 3rd graders:

• Hazel Connolly (Dale)
• Thomas Little (Hinton)
• Mabry Laine Lovelace (Modas)
• Jasmine Fortenberry (Lovelace)
• Julietta Reinke (Nichols)
• Owen Chambers (McKinnon)
• Riley Spurgeon (Norton)

• Save the date! Students will take the ACAP (Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program) in grades 2nd, 3rd, and 4th during the month of April. Students will not be pre-approved for any absences on these dates. Please mark your calendars for the schedule below:
• Tuesday, April 11th-ELA
• Wednesday, April 12th-ELA
• Thursday, April 20th-Science (4th grade only)
• Tuesday, April 25th-Math
• Test security measures ban any electronic devices during testing. Such devices include smart watches, cellphones, tablets, etc. Any violation of this test security policy will be considered an FCS Code of Conduct Class III offense and warrant suspension from school. Thank you for ensuring your child does not bring a digital device to school during ACAP testing! **Please note that any digital device from home mentioned above is not allowed during any school day throughout the school year.**

• ¡Reserve la fecha! Los estudiantes tomarán el ACAP (Programa de Evaluación Integral de Alabama) en los grados 2, 3, y 4 durante el mes de abril. Los estudiantes no serán pre-aprobados para ninguna ausencia en estas fechas. Por favor, marque sus calendarios para el horario a continuación:
• Martes, 11 de abril-ELA
• Miércoles, 12 de abril-ELA
• Jueves, 20 de abril-Ciencias (solo 4º grado)
• Martes, 25 de abril-Matemáticas
• Las medidas de seguridad de esta evaluación prohíben el uso de cualquier dispositivo electrónico durante la misma. Tales dispositivos incluyen relojes inteligentes, teléfonos celulares, tabletas, etc. Cualquier violación de esta política de seguridad durante la evaluación se considerará una ofensa de Clase III del Código de Conducta de FCS lo que justificará la suspensión de la escuela. ¡Gracias por asegurarse de que su hijo no traiga un dispositivo digital a la escuela durante la evaluación de ACAP! ** Tenga en cuenta que cualquier dispositivo digital que venga del hogar mencionado anteriormente no está permitido durante ningún día escolar durante todo el año escolar. **

February 2 - PTO Meeting in Cafeteria 8:00am

February 3 - Track Day (wear your class t-shirt)

February 7 - Progress Reports

February 7 - Vision Screenings - Kindergarten

February 7 - Show Choir Rehearsal 2:30-4pm

February 8 - Vision Screenings - 2nd Grade

February 9 - Vision Screenings - 4th Grade

February 9 - Girl Glow Dance 6pm

February 10 - Track Day (wear your class t-shirt)

February 10 - Kids Heart Challenge Glow Party During PE

February 14 - Show Choir Rehearsal 2:30-4pm

February 15 - SRO Appreciation Day

February 16 - Track Day (wear your class t-shirt)

February 17 - NO SCHOOL for students

February 20 - Presidents' Day - NO SCHOOL for students

February 21 - Show Choir Rehearsal 2:30-4pm

February 24 - Track Day (wear your class t-shirt)

February 24-Black History Month Program 7:45 am

February 28 - Show Choir Rehearsal 2:30-4pm

March 2 - Book Character Parade 8:30am

March 3 - Hat Day (please bring $1)

March 3 - Track Day (wear your class t-shirt)

March 7-Reading Benchmark

March 8-Math Benchmark

March 20-iReady Reading Diagnostic

March 21-iReady Math Diagnostic

April 11-ACAP ELA (2nd-4th grade only)

April 12-ACAP ELA (2nd-4th grade only)

April 20-Acap Science (4th grade only)

April 25-Acap Math (2nd-4th grade only)

May 15-Relay Day (Kindergarten am)

May 16-Reading Benchmark

May 17-Math Benchmark

May 18-Relay Day (4th grade am/2nd grade pm)

May 19-Relay Day (3rd grade am/1st grade pm)

Email: cncarter@florencek12.org
Website: https://www.florencek12.org/Domain/12
Location: 101 Stovall Drive, Florence, AL, USA
Phone: 256-768-2500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Forest-Hills-Elementary-School-188669637616/
Twitter: @ForestHillsEle

Laurie Fowler - Principal

lfowler@florencek12.org

Clarke Jackson - Assistant Principal

hjackson@florencek12.org

Konnie Lee - Assistant Principal

kllee@florencek12.org

Charly Carter - Secretary

cncarter@florencek12.org

Jennifer White - PTO President

fcsfhespto@gmail.com

Jennifer Jones - Bookkeeper

(256) 768-2510

Sherry Hammond - Nurse

(256) 768-2519

Cafeteria

(256) 768-2509

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