Learning Through Exploration
What a Great Week!
It’s been a fantastic start to third and fourth grade! Students have been practicing routines and working together as a team to listen and contribute to each other's ideas. We've also begun exploring large numbers and have started learning cursive—so far, we’ve mastered the letters 'c,' 'a,' and 'd.' It’s exciting to see the progress already!
Creativity: Getting There
Our artists arrived ready to roll! They are drawing and painting to discover and share their ideas for the year ahead!
As we focus on creativity and stewardship we will continue to develop the skills and strategies that help us imagine and make while we share and care.
This week we found inspiration from the work of Matt Patterson of Hancock, NH. The students were delighted by his love for wildlife. We will continue to look to local artists for ideas throughout the year. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to share their craft. A short video recording or a few photos of your work may be the spark to motivate a student’s creative journey.
Thank you for supporting creativity!
Justin Melle
Art Teacher 🖌️
BES, DCS, FES, GES, HES, TES
Come Join our FES PTO
Another summer is coming to a close and the FES staff are hard at work preparing for another fun year of learning. The FES PTO have been working to put together amazing programs to enrich the school year. We have the always popular pumpkin carving on Halloween and Crazy 8s in the winter. There will be the return of some past favorites such as after school hiking along with a few new surprises! Of course none of this happens without a little fundraising. Look for info about a color fun run and fall festival, the return of the Holiday Fair with a twist and the super fun Valentines Dance. We will try to keep families up to date about all of the activities through email and our Facebook page. If you are interested in becoming involved with the PTO, please reach out! We can't make these programs happen without family and community involvement.
Fundraiser
There are many ways to get involved with the PTO. We are reviving our mum sale! Order mums and support the PTO activities. With the retirement of our long time administrative assistant, Mrs. Ford, the position has been reimagined as part time. This means that FES could use parent volunteers to help in the office on Fridays. If you are interested, please see the SignUp Genius link below. One final note, we have parents that could use the help of other parents for before and after school child care. We are working on a community solution, in the meantime if you are able to help other parents, please reach out to the school or PTO.
Order All of Your FES Needs Here!
Celebrate your school pride. Clothing items can be purchased through Blueberry Hill Design Works. The store will open the first week of school. Click the link to get to our store.
