Points of P.R.I.D.E.
February 2, 2024
Child Check Clinic Ages 3 & 4
The ConVal School District Special Education Dept. will be holding a Preschool Child Check Clinic for 3 and 4 year old children living in the towns of Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon and Temple on March 14th, 2024 at Antrim Elementary School with appointments between 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Snow date is March 21st, 2024 (same time range).
The purpose of the clinic is to identify 3-4 year old children who may need further evaluation/consideration for special education services. Parents who have concerns about their child's development in the areas of speech, language, cognitive, motor, social, play skills, vision, or hearing should call 924-7503 X2032 to register for the clinic. Pre-registration is required. Child must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Dear Families and Members of Our FES Community,
Francestown Elementary is on the prowl for acts of empathy and kindness within our school community! Recognizing students for acts of kindness through paper hearts, Hearts of the Lion, is a creative way to recognize the kind and empathetic acts in our school. The idea of wrapping the hearts around the school symbolizes a collective effort to create a more compassionate environment. At the end of each day, we will announce how many hearts were handed out to celebrate our fabulous community.
The incorporation of school spirit days on Wednesdays related to kindness is a great way to engage the entire school community. It provides a consistent and fun platform for students to actively participate in activities that promote empathy.
Additionally, involving students in reading books, playing games, and completing projects around empathy and kindness adds an educational aspect to the initiative. This approach not only recognizes positive behavior but also reinforces the importance of empathy.
If you have any specific questions please let your child's teacher know!
Wednesday, February 8
This week students worked in teams to engineer solutions and create hypotheses. Students conducted experiments using candy hearts. Working in multi-age groups they had to come up with one hypothesis about what would happen to the hear. They also needed to work together to balance as many candy hearts as possible on a small balance.
In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind!
Thursday, February 14: Next week students will celebrate the end of our
Heart of the Lion Update: In the past two weeks students have earned over 800 hearts.
Every Monday Until March
We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. The PTO is hard at work planning fun events for our FES kids and families. First up is the return of Crazy 8s Math Club!
Grades 1 and 2 completed the Super Cube Shuffle. They used math and art to create cool designs. They then played a game called Design Copy Mania. Students became Super Cube pros!
In Grades 3 and 4, they went on a treasure hunt. Using coordinate pairs, they created a secret picture. They had to work hard to find the treasure before the pirates did.
100s and 100s of Things!
Our week in kindergarten and first grade has been great! This week, the boys and girls worked hard on their math and literacy centers. This week, we also celebrated the 100th day of school! Students had a blast with lots of 100 day activities! Some of them were 100 puzzle, stack 100 cups, race to 100, and make a 100 fruit loop necklace.
We Solved the Mystery!
