Fairfield Elementary School

Congrats to our Falcon Cross country runners who had their district qualifiers at Fort Henry yesterday! We raced our best race yet, and had some amazing results!

This year we had 17 runners qualify for the district championships! This is over half of our team. We are so proud of all of our runners for their outstanding efforts.

Atom Girls:

40 - Brooklyn R.

65 - Marissa L.

100 - Holly J.

Atom Boys:

5 - Kale P.*

12 - Connor H.*

14 - Evan S.*

15 - Matteo C.*

23 - Nathan K.*

28 - Marshall B.*

32 - Everett F.

52 - Hudson C.

60 - Ryan C.

71 - Connor C.

94 - Declan B.

102 - Evan G.

115 - Ryot W.W.

124 - Jax K.

Bantam Girls:

6 - Bailey B.*

7 - Abby M.*

11 - Julia C.*

24 - Aria W.*

25 - Everleigh R.*

38 - Kaylynne B.

Bantam Boys:

3 - Dylan C.*

21 - Hudson G.*

25 - Kaelen M.*

27 - Price W.W.*

48 - William D.

50 - Trent M.

59 - Emmett D.

Senior Boys:

19 - Charles C.*

26 - Layne F.*

* means District Qualifier

Ms. Mercanti, Ms. Pennell, Ms. McMurter, Ms. Bateman, Ms. Norman and Ms. Beckstead's classes are having Bollywood dance lessons on Thursday, October 24th! Dance ’N’ Culture will facilitate authentic cultural dance programming for these classes.

Each workshop will be taught by an artist who is an expert in Bollywood style dance. These workshops will be “Explore” sessions, during which students will be given the cultural context of

these dances and basic vocabulary/movements, all while moving to music

from that region!

We hope these classes have an amazing experience!

For more information visit: www.dancenculture.com

Our School Council is creating a float for the Amherstview Santa Claus Parade! Everyone is invited to be in the parade with us on Sunday, November 3rd!

The theme of the float will be WINTER WONDERLAND/SNOWFLAKES.

Please email attwoodr@limestone.on.ca is you want to decorate the float or be in the parade! The more the merrier!

We are having some challenges with hot lunch. If your child switched classes in September your child is getting their lunch delivered to the wrong classroom. See the instructions below to change your childj's classroom placement to the correct classroom teacher.

We have partnered with C.C.Farms this year for one of our fundraisers.

• The price is $35.00 each.
• Orders Due: October 31, 2024
• Pickup Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024: 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM (Must pick up, we will not send home due to size)
• The preferred method of payment is through School Day.

Everything is cut and made fresh from local products and these products will stay green outside until spring.

Holiday (Christmas) Wreaths

We make fresh wreaths by hand here in our greenhouse. Our wreaths have a base of greens, spruce, white cedar, and pine. We decorate them with beautiful red sumac. They measure about 20 wide and about 5" thick.

Holiday (Christmas) Planters

We make fresh holiday planters right here by hand! Our planters are made in an approximately 2-gallon plastic pot. They fit well into black iron/plastic urns. They come with a variety of spruce, white cedar, white pine, and red pine (Scotch pine). They are decorated with sumac and dog wood (tall red sticks) in the center. Because everything is cut and made fresh, these products will stay green outside until spring.

About C.C. Farms

Our family-run company has been producing fresh handmade evergreen Christmas products since 1997. We specialize in fresh wreaths and planters. We make everything fresh and made to order. Nothing is prepared ahead of time. We have sold directly to the public as well as to Rona Inc. We have found that there was a great partnership for our products to be used for a fundraiser for schools.

These items’ visibility is set to public, meaning friends and family members can order.

• Go to school-day.com

• Register / Log In

• Schools and Groups to find Fairfield.

• Add our school to your homepage.

• Go to products.

• Select Holiday Fall Fundraiser.

• Shop away!

Contact Ms. Good, Office Administrator at 613-389-2636 (goodj@limestone.on.ca) for any questions regarding the school day.

If you have questions about the fundraiser, please contact Jenna – msjennamoore@gmail.com.

Parent Council Fundraiser 2024

Our hot lunch program is underway but we also have SCHOOL COUNCIL Hot Dog Days a few times a month. The HOT DOGS are only $2.00. Go to https://www.school-day.com/ under the heading products!

Our next date is: Wednesday, October 30 and the hot dogs will be HALLOWEENIE Hot Dogs cut to look like a finger! $2.00 each

November 15th and 29th hot dog days are also live on school-day!

We hope to see you at our 3rd School Council Meeting on Wednesday, November 13th at 6:00. School aged children are provided with free babysitting! Thank you to all the people who turned out to our first meeting! We can't wait to see you again!

Our NEW Council Executive:

Co-Chair: Erika McConnell and Alanna Murphy

Secretary: Jenn Townsend

Treasurer: Jenna Moore & Kristi Sadowski

PIC Member: Jenn Howting

October

Saturday, October 12 - Yom Kippur

Monday, October 14 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Wednesday, October 16 - Doherty and Stover 9-2 at Henderson Community Centre

Wednesday, October 23 - Trip Dos-Santos/McKinnon, Dafnas/McIlroy

Thursday, October 31 - Orange and Black Spirit Day

Thursday, October 31 - School Dance

Thursday, October 31 - last day to order WREATHS and PLANTERS at https://www.school-day.com/

November

Friday, November 1 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Friday, November 1 - Diwali/Bandi Chhor Diwas

Monday, November 3 - Grand Theatre Trip - Grades 2/3 - 5/6

Wednesday, November 6 - Grade 5/6 and 7/8 to Frontenacs Hockey Game

Monday, November 11 - Remembrance Day

Wednesday, November 13 - Fundraiser Wreath and Planter PICK UP 3:15-5:15

Wednesday, November 13 - School Council Meeting

Friday, November 15 - HOT DOG DAY https://www.school-day.com/

Friday, November 15 - Progress Report Cards Home

Wednesday, November 20 - Picture Retakes

Friday November 22 - PA Day

Friday, November 29 - HOT DOG DAY https://www.school-day.com/

December

Friday, December 6 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Wednesday, December 11 - School Council Meeting 6:00

Thursday, December 12 - Special Event - Details to come

Winter Break - Monday, December 23 - January 3

Wednesday, December 25 - Christmas (Western)

January

Monday, January 6 - First Day back 2025

Tuesday, January 7 - Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)

Tuesday, January 7 - School Pancake Lunch - Gift from School Council ;)

Friday, January 10 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Friday, January 31 - PA Day

February

Friday, February 7 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Friday, February 14 - Term 1 Report Cards Due

Monday, February 17 - Family Day Holiday

March

Friday, March 7 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Monday, March 10 - 14 - March Break Holiday

Monday, March 31 - Eid-ul-Fitr

April

Friday, April 4 - 9:30 Library Trip Pennell 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Sunday, April 13 & Monday, April 14 - Pesach/Passover

Monday, April 14 - Vaisakhi

Friday, April 18 - Good Friday Holiday

Sunday, April 20 - Ridvan

Monday, April 21 - Easter Monday Holiday

May

Friday, May 2 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Monday, May 19 - Victoria Day Holiday

Friday, May 30 - PA Day

June

Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3 - Shavuot

Friday, June 6 - Report Cards Home

Friday, June 6 - Eid-ul-Adha

Friday, June 6 - 9:30 Pennell Library Trip 11:30 Stover Library Trip

Thursday, June 26 - Last Day of School

Friday, June 27 - PA Day

Principal: Martha Duncan duncanm@limestone.on.ca

Vice Principal and Student Support Teacher: Nicole Onyskiw onyskiwn@limestone.on.ca

Address: Kildare Ave, Amherstview, ON K7N 1J1

Telephone number: (613) 389-2636