The Fox Flyer 🦊

Welcome to the 25-26 school year!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing summer. We are so excited to kick off another school year together—and this year brings some exciting changes! From our new building entryway and collaborative learning spaces to additional arrival and dismissal options and a brand-new outdoor classroom, our school community is growing and evolving in the best ways. We’re also thrilled to welcome several new staff members to our team! With all these positive changes, one thing remains the same: our commitment to your child’s growth, learning, and success. Here’s to a fantastic school year ahead!

Mrs. Sonderegger

August 6 - Kindergarten Screening

August 7 - PTO Ribbon Cutting for Outdoor Classroom - 4:30

August 7 - Class Lists Posted - 5:00

August 8 - Meet the Teacher Night - 4:30-6:00

August 12 - First day of school for grades 1-5

August 14 - First day of school for PK/Kindergarten

August 26 - K-2 Parent Information NIght - 6:00-7:00

August 27 - 4th Grade Outdoor Education Field Trip

August 28 - 3-5 Parent Information NIght - 6:00-7:00

It’s been a busy summer of construction and improvements at Farley! We’re excited to unveil three new Collaborative Spaces designed for flexible use by staff and students. Our special education areas have also been completely renovated with brand new, thoughtfully designed spaces. Outside, the building got a facelift with a newly stained entrance canopy, a newly constructed accessible sidewalk leading to the cafeteria and gym, and fresh sidewalks around the perimeter of the parking lot for walker and bike riders!

This year we will have new options for arrival and dismissal. Students will be allowed to walk or ride a bike to and from school! Following the Safe Routes to School Survey conducted last spring, the district has made several improvements to our campus to ensure students have a safe route to school. These updates include new sidewalks, clearly marked crosswalks, improved signage, and crossing guards stationed at three key locations. In addition, to help with the flow of traffic in and out of our parking lot during arrival and dismissal, the district has created a new, separate exit out of the parking lot. You can view these enhancements on the map below.

To help us prepare for a smooth and safe arrival and dismissal each day, we’d like to know how your child will typically travel to and from school. Your feedback will allow us to assign staff strategically and ensure student safety across all areas. Please take a moment to complete the attached survey. A detailed description of all options is listed in the survey. Thank you!

Even if we know your child is returning to Farley this school year, you will still need to complete the online registration. This is what will trigger your child being placed on a class list for the 25-26 school year. If you have not completed the online registration process, we would appreciate you taking a few moments to complete this today.

If you are a "returning family," please go to:

https://usd437.net/about/registration/returning.html

If you are a "new family," please go to:

https://usd437.net/about/registration/new.html

Want to stay up to date on your child’s grades, attendance, and fees? Be sure you have an Infinite Campus Parent Portal account! This portal allows you to view academic progress and attendance, as well as pay food service and textbook fees online.
If you haven’t set up your account yet, call the office at 785-408-8300 to request your access code.

If your child has a health concern, if you have health-related questions, or if you need to drop off medication or complete medication forms for the upcoming school year, Nurse Jess will be available in the health office from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM starting August 6. Feel free to stop by or call her at 785-408-8310.

Get them HERE!

The school doors open at 8:15 each day for breakfast, and students are allowed to enter their classrooms at 8:25. School officially begins at 8:45 each day. It is important that students are here on time because learning begins right away. Students who arrive to their classrooms after 8:45 will be counted tardy unless they arrive on a late bus.

Breakfast is served until 8:40 each day. Students arriving on a late bus will have the option of picking up a quick breakfast item, but students being dropped off by a car need to enter the cafeteria before 8:40 in order to get breakfast.

Thank you for helping your child have a great start to the day!

DID YOU KNOW?

• Starting in preschool and kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
• Missing 10%, or about 2 days each month over the course of a school year, can make it harder to learn to read.
• Students can still fall behind if they miss just 1 or 2 days every few weeks.
• Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.
• Absences and tardiness can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up. Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves.

Start building this habit now so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Eventually good attendance will be a skill that will help them succeed in high school and college.

Important Attendance Definitions:

• Tardy - arriving after 8:45 am

• Early pick up - leaving before 3:30 pm

• Unexcused Absences - absent without reasonable justification

According to Kansas law (K.S.A. 72-1113) a student is truant if they have missed the following without legitimate excuse:

• Three (3) consecutive days

• Five (5) unexcused absences in a semester

• Seven (7) unexcused absences in a school year

If a student has excessive excused absences (more than 10), a doctor’s note will be required for it to be excused. Another option is that you can bring your child to the school clinic and the school nurse can determine if your child should stay home.

We hope you can join us for the Ribbon Cutting ceremony for our brand new outdoor classroom! Join us on Thursday, August 7th at 4:30!

PTO thanks you for your support!

Tamra Lickteig - 25-26 PTO President

Email farleyelementarypto@gmail.com with questions!

Remember to be checking the Farley Elementary PTO Facebook page for important PTO info!

Did you know that you can help support Farley just by shopping at Dillon's? Scan the QR code to get started!

Main Office Hours: 8:00-4:00

School Hours: 8:45-3:45

Doors Open at 8:15

Breakfast Begins at 8:20

Email: sondekat@usd437.net
Website: https://usd437.net/schools/farley/
Location: 6701 SW 33rd Street, Topeka, KS, USA
Phone: 785-408-8300