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Ms. Hanson's Notes

• Student Highlights
• Last Day of School Dance - Volunteer Opportunity
• Volunteer Breakfast - May 23
• Library Books Due May 12
• Upcoming Events Calendar

F.AVE News

• F.AVE Game Hawkers Podcast S2, Ep23- 3rd Graders Emily & Wren

• Dine-Outs - Wheelhouse (TONIGHT) & Smiley's
• Walk & Roll Rescheduled - May 14
• Purchase Yearbooks NOW!
• PTO Volunteers Needed for Next Year

• Grading Feedback Needed
• Non-Resident Tuition Applications Open Now
• End-of-Year Clinic Reminders - Action Needed
• Register Students for 2025-2026 Transportation
• Back to School Bash Registration
• Extra Mile Award Nominations Open

Community Partner News

• BHMS Flag Football Opportunity for Rising 6th Graders

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A student representing City Schools of Decatur recently received a perfect score in the last of three meets in the 2024-2025 WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students annually.

Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, fifth grader Oliver Mendel at Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary earned a perfect score of 20 on the recent challenge. Nationally, only 84 fifth graders achieved this result.

The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by Mrs. Broman-Fulks, Edwin Ellis and Charee Waugh.

You're invited to FAVE's Last Day of School Dance!! We'd love for parents to join us as we celebrate another successful year around the FAVE sun! Volunteer here.

There are two ways to help:

1. Lead a Dance: If you're a BRAVE soul who likes to dance, this is for you! We'd like to invite you to lead a simple choreographed dance for your child's grade level. You'll tell us the (school appropriate) song, plan a simple dance, and take the stage! Students had a blast with parent dancers at last year's school dance. Let's see your moves, parents!
2. General Crowd Control: Help us work the door for students who may need a noise break or bathroom break, monitor the floor to stop runners or out of control dance moves, or encourage general fun and safety!

Please click the link to sign up. If you choose to lead a dance, please list the song in the comments.

Thank you!

• 3rd Grade: 12:15 - 12:45
• 4th Grade 12:50 - 1:20
• 5th Grade 1:30 - 2:00

All library books are due back on Monday, May 12. Today email notices were sent out with any outstanding books or fines. This might include missing books from K-2 schools. If your child is missing a book from your K-2 school, please contact that librarian to resolve that issue.

If a book is lost, the price of the book is included in today's email. Please do not send a replacement copy, as we try to purchase library bound copies when possible. You may send payment in cash or in a check payable to F.AVE. We cannot give change or refunds. If you find a book after you pay for it, you may keep it or donate it back to the library.

It is very important that students end the year with a clear library account. We encourage students to come talk to Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Dawson with any questions or concerns about their books.

May

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Jewish Heritage Month

Monday, May 12: All library books due back to F.AVE library!

Tuesday, May 13: Rising 6th grade visit to Beacon Hill

Tuesday, May 13, 6:00pm: Chorus Concert

Wednesday, May 14 - Rescheduled Walk & Roll to School

Friday, May 16: Field Day

Wednesday, May 21: 5th Grade Finale & Exhibition

• 8:30 - 10:15: CWilliams/O'Keefe, Terry, Wise, HStewart/Sanchez
• 11:30 - 1:15: DiGiacomo, RStewart, Vickery/Johnson, Miller

Friday, May 23: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

Friday, May 23: Last Day of School for students

4th Graders Emily & Wren earn their balanced game hawker badge discussing Rick Riordan's Maze of Bones, the first book in the 39 Clues series. They read both the original novel and the new graphic novel. If you are a fan of quests and adventure, click our logo below and listen!

We have two wonderful opportunities to support local restaurants AND support FAVE! You don't want to miss these two dine outs:

• TONIGHT: Wheelhouse
• May 15th: Smiley's Burger Club

Rain may be soaking our plans for yesterday, but don’t hang up those bike helmets just yet! We’re rescheduling Walk & Roll Day — for next Wednesday, May 14th!

There will be special prizes for the first 25 bike riders and our regular grade vs. grade competition.

It's Yearbook Time!!! Click HERE to order your yearbook!! Special pricing through TOMORROW!

*The PTO will purchase a yearbook for any student who has not ordered one*

We are looking for a few board positions and quite a few committee chairs for the 2025-2026 school year. The good news? *Every single one* will be partnered with a seasoned veteran who knows the ropes! If you've been thinking about getting involved, now is the perfect time to do so! Click HERE to let us know about your interest.

Please ensure you complete the following steps by the end of this school year in preparation for the next. All health forms are on the CSD website.

• Pick Up Medication: Please remember to pick up your child's medication from the school clinic by the last day of school. Medications cannot be stored over the summer and will be discarded if not collected. Students are not allowed to take medication home themselves. If you cannot pick up the medication, please email the school nurse to make alternative arrangements before the school year ends.

• Update Healthcare Plans: Update your student's health forms by the start of the next school year. Students with a medical condition (e.g., asthma, seizures, diabetes, food allergies) must have a new healthcare plan, signed and dated by both their parent/guardian and physician, at the start of the new school year.

• Authorize Medication at School: An Authorization of Medication Administration Form is required for each medication administered at school. Parents/guardians must drop off all medications at the clinic. Over-the-counter medications must be unopened and require a parent/guardian signature. OTC medications also require a prescriber's signature if the dosage exceeds guidelines. Prescription medications require a prescriber's signature.

• Authorize Self-Carry Medications: For students authorized to self-carry emergency medications (such as an inhaler, epinephrine auto-injector, or insulin/diabetic supplies), their physician must indicate this on the Care Plan and the Authorization for Student to Carry Medication form, confirming the student's ability to self-administer. This form requires signatures from the physician, student, and parent.

CSD's School Health team appreciates your attention to these important health matters and thanks you for the privilege of caring for your children.

Transportation registration is required for all students who intend to ride the bus. Families may register a student for transportation for the 2025-2026 school year by selecting the appropriate link below:

• Bus Registration – Same School: For students who will remain at their current school next year.

• Bus Registration – New School Transition: For students who will transition to a new school next year (for example, entering kindergarten, 3rd grade, 6th grade, or 9th grade).
  
  

Completing this form helps us accurately plan bus routes and ensure your student is assigned transportation based on their school placement for the upcoming yea

Students: Do you know a teacher or CSD employee who has gone "the extra mile" this year? Nominate them for the CSD Extra Mile Award! The Extra Mile Award is an annual award that allows students to show appreciation for the teachers or staff they feel go above and beyond what is expected of them.

Students at any grade level can write an essay describing how their teacher (or staff member) goes the extra mile (parents can help younger children write the essay or submit it on behalf of a student who is unable to write the nomination). The essays should be detailed and describe how the employee goes above and beyond.

Click here to submit a nomination by May 22, 2025. These awards will be presented at the CSD Opening Day Celebration in July.

Who: ALL rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade BHMS girls

When: Monday, May 12 - Wednesday, May 14 from 4:05-5:20

Where: Ebster Field

What is needed: Shorts, t-shirt, running shoes, water

Also, please begin completing the student's profile in https://www.dragonflymax.com/

Use Decatur High School as the school.

Complete BHMS 2025 Girls Flag Football if you have not already done so.

Email Coach Vickery at svickery1@csdecatur.net with any questions.

Principal

Lynn Hanson

lhanson@csdecatur.net

Assistant Principal

Meagan Ferguson

mferguson@csdecatur.net

Assistant Principal

Shannon Stewart

sstewart@csdecatur.net

School Manager

Malik Morrow

mmorrow@csdecatur.net

Bookkeeper

Shronda Edwards

sedwards@csdecatur.net

Who Do I Contact?

Email: fave@csdecatur.net
Website: https://www.csdecatur.net/FAVE
Location: 101 5th Avenue, Decatur, GA, USA
Phone: (404) 371-6680

Please do not reply to this newsletter. See the Who Do I Contact link above and direct your inquiries to the correct individual.