Farmington Elementary Newsletter

Hello Farmington Families,

Kids learn best when they feel a sense of belonging and safety at school. Part of feeling safe is knowing what your options are during an emergency situation and feeling prepared. During the school year, we hold at least one emergency drill a month. These drills include fire drills, safety drills, and tornado drills. The intent of drills is to make sure everyone in our building-staff, students and volunteers-know what do to in case a situation should arise.

If you have any questions about the types of drills, frequency of drills, or have general questions about building safety, please consider reaching out to me at any time.

Take Care,

Angie Petersen

apetersen@kewaskumschools.org

262-626-3102

Farmington Principal

District Assessment Coordinator

Click here for information on our new ELA resource, Amplify CKLA. This video provides additional details about what you and your child can expect. We are very excited to see our students grow as readers and writers this year!

When picking up or dropping off please make sure you have less than a cars length between you and the car in front of you. This allows for more cars in the circle and less cars on the road. Thank you for your cooperation!

Join KEYS for their 31st Annual KEYS 5K Run/Walk on October 13th. Visit Kewaskum Youth Scholarships, Inc. for more information and to register!

In the afternoon on Friday, October 11th students at FES will participate in a Mini-KEYS run/walk. This event promotes the KEYS program and gives students a great experience at participating in a fun run. Mrs. Hasse, along with our PTO, is organizing this event. They are looking for some volunteers to help ensure this event is fun for all! Please click on the link and consider lending a hand if you are able.

https://m.signupgenius.com/?#!/showSignUp/904084DABA62CA2FE3-51927612-mini

💰Cash Calendar fundraiser is back! Students can start selling their 5 tickets and drawing of winning tickets will begin in November.

📅 10/8 PTO meeting @ 6:30pm with free childcare

🎃 10/25 will be Trunk or Treat. Please follow this link to sign up and to learn more about the event.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXYVUnaxaJ9vWu_ySHjARDkO_B4oIwUQQOmeVZiWd2XWb2bw/viewform?usp=sf_link

8: PTO Meeting (6:30-7:30 in STEAM Lab)

9: 5K to Bookworm Gardens, 2nd Grade to Pioneer Village

11: Mini KEYS walk/run (2:00-3:30)

18: No School for Students (PD Day for Staff)

22: 3rd Grade to Horicon Marsh Education Center

25: PTO Halloween Event

28: Picture Retake Day

7: Parent Teacher Conferences (4-8pm, info will be sent soon)

8: Veteran's Day Assembly

12: Parent Teacher Conferences (4-8pm, info will be sent soon), PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30

26: End of first trimester

27-29: No School-Thanksgiving Break

District and School Calendar-Click on tabs at the bottom to switch between calendars.

Is your child too sick to come to school? Does your child have a medical appointment? Are you taking a planned vacation? We want your child to be at school as much as possible, but we know that things come up. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

• Parents have up to 10 days each year to call your child in absent to school, and be considered excused days.
• If you know your child will be out of school, please let us know as soon as possible.
• If your child has a medical or dental appointment, ask for a school excuse after the appointment and have your child bring it to school as soon as possible. If we have the written medical excuse, the absence doesn't count towards the 10 parentally excused days.
• We have automated letters that are sent out at 5 days absent and 10 days absent. If you think you've received a letter in error-please reach out to Mrs. Petersen or Mrs. Seiser.
• If your child has over 10 days of absence during the school year, Mrs. Petersen will be in contact to set up a time to talk about what we can do to positively impact your child's attendance.

Our school day begins at 8:55 and ends at 3:45. Our building doors will be open to students at 8:45am. At the end of the day students will begin to be released to the busses and adults who pick up at 3:40pm.

Any time adults volunteer to work with our students, whether in the building or on a field trip, we must have a completed background check. To complete the background check, please click on this link: ADULT APPLICATION

For future reference, you can find the link on our webpage: kewaskumschools.org >parents>volunteer>ADULT APPLICATION

Each family has been assigned a number to help with the efficiency of pick-ups. Cards will be handed out to most families at Open House with the student's last name and the family number on the card. If you need another card, please contact Mrs. Seiser. You can replicate the information on your own piece of paper, making sure the number and last name are large enough to be visible from 5 to 6 feet from your vehicle.

When you're in the vehicle line, please pull as far forward as possible-this allows us to get more vehicles off of the road.

If you will be dropping off your child(ren) for school, please enter the pick-up/drop-off loop, and stay in the right lane. The first vehicle in the line should pull up to the end of the sidewalk. All students should stay in the vehicles they arrive in until the building doors open at 8:45. The playground will not be available for use before school.

If you will be picking up your child(ren) at the end of the day, please park in the right lane of the Pick Up/Drop Off area. stay in your vehicle, and have your card visible. The first car in the line should park at the end of the sidewalk on the right hand side. A staff member will come out read the cards, and send that information into the building. Next, those students will come out, load their cars, and a group of cars will be waved to leave. Then, all cars will pull as far forward as they can, and we will repeat the process. If everyone follows the same protocols the line will be efficient and most importantly, it will be a safe way to dismiss all students. Students will begin to be dismissed to vehicles at 3:40.

So, what can you do if you arrive and the pick up/drop off loop is full during pick-up at the end of the day?

• You could choose to park in the visitor's lot and walk to the front door with your family number to pick up your child.
• You could choose to drive around the block and come back at a later time.
• You could choose to plan to come to pick up your child anytime after 3:46 (by this time our first two sections of vehicles have been dismissed and there typically is no longer a line).
• You could choose to wait on the road-again, we are hoping vehicles only wait on the east shoulder of the road, (the side closest to the building) to create more space for traveling vehicles on the road.

**These routines may change during the year if we find the current procedures do not fit our school needs. Any changes will be communicated to you through a newsletter/Skyward message.**

If you have a child entering our 4k program, and would like that child to take our shuttle bus that takes students that arrive at FES to KES in the morning, please contact the Johnson Bus company for more information.

If you have any other bussing questions or requests, or if your bussing needs have changed, please contact the Terminal Manager: Lori Heisler at lheisler@johnsonschoolbus.com or (262) 626-4414.

As it was last year, breakfast is offered for purchase each school day. If you do not want your child to have the option to purchase breakfast, please let our building secretary, Mrs. Seiser know through email or a phone call. We recommend that you check in on your e-funds balance from time to time to stay aware of any charges that are being made to your account.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin recently opened the Craig Yabuki Mental Health Walk-in-Clinic for children ages 5-18 at their main campus. The clinic runs seven days a week from 3:00 PM- 9:30 PM. More specific information can be found here. If you know of someone in need, please share this information with them.

• FES Elementary School Website
• Breakfast & Lunch Menus (Click on the Farmington Tab)
• Bridges (Math) Math at Home

Email: apetersen@kewaskumschools.org
Website: https://www.kewaskumschools.org/fes/home
Location: 8736 Boltonville Road, Kewaskum, WI, USA
Phone: 262-626-3102