the Forest Hills Flyer

The countdown is on! With only 3 weeks of school in May, we have a jam packed calendar with lots of fun events!

With all the fun events that we have prepared for the month of May, I know many of you will be visiting our campus. Please remember to follow school policies. We are a tobacco and weapon free campus. We also ask that parents please refrain from checking their student out after a school event. This causes major congestion in our office and puts a significant strain on office staff.

Please remember that morning drop off and afternoon dismissal are CELL PHONE FREE times. Many drivers are coming through the line distracted on phones. We want to keep all students and staff safe, so please put your phone up when driving.

Families will soon receive the iReady For Families report. This report will show you your child's progress in proficiency and growth for the school year. Please let your child's teacher know if you have questions.

I look forward to seeing all of our families during the fun events we have planned for May! If I can ever be of assistance to you, please call, email, or stop by! GO FALCONS!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fowler, Principal

#WeAreFalcons

Please refrain from checking your student out after the ceremony as each student is expected to return to their classroom for teaching & learning.

Please consider purchasing a 24-25 yearbook. We are so excited to share all of the fun memories that were made this school year!

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Our second graders are so excited to visit Bear Creek on our class field trip. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to explore nature by stepping outside of the classroom.

We have had such a wonderful year, and we are so excited to see our second graders take flight to third grade.

Over the summer there are a few ways you can help at home. KEEP READING! Review the decodables from this year and also head to the wonderful Florence Public Library to check out books for FREE! It will also help to review telling time, basic addition and subtraction facts, and it will not hurt to get a head start on working on multiplication facts as well!

Have a wonderful summer!

It is hard to believe we are already at the end of the school year! We have had a wonderful year in 3rd grade. We still have a few more FUN activities this month before the end of school. On May 6th, we are going to the Super Citizen Closing Ceremony at Florence High School. Here we will honor our very own Nurse Ali as our Super Citizen Hero. Our relay day is on May 13th from 8:00-11:30. We hope for good weather and to see you all at this event. On Tuesday, May 20th, third-grade students will be honored at our Awards Ceremony at 8:00.

Thank you for making this a great school year. We all hope you have a wonderful and safe summer!!

We are excited about our upcoming trip to Montgomery on May 9th. We will tour the State Capital and the Archives & History museum. We will tour Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was a pastor and then enjoy lunch on the Harriott II Riverboat on the Alabama River. We will go back in time to the pioneer days at Old Alabama Town and see a one-room schoolhouse, a shotgun house, a dry goods store, a doctor's office, and an old church.

Our reading unit is diving deep into what makes our country and our state great- just in time for our field trip to Montgomery! We will be learning about important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. We will learn how our country is filled with national treasures that make it a wonderful place to live!

Math in May is all about the life skills of dealing with time and money. Students will also have a lesson from a local banker that will help students create and manage a budget. These multi-step word problems put student’s math skills to the test to show off what they have learned this year. Our next topic will be problems about length, liquid volume, mass and weight. The fourth grade math team is so proud of how hard our students have worked this year. Let’s finish strong!

In 5th grade math, we just finished up our last unit on input/output tables and will focus on reviewing for the Math diagnostic and benchmark coming up. In 5th grade ELA, we are working hard to finish the year strong! Our students are reading stories and plays that tell the story of our nation through engaging texts, while pairing these with informational articles to deepen their understanding. Students are also strengthening their writing skills as they compose informational essays about the stories they have read. Diagnostic testing is wrapping up, and our students are showing how much they have learned this year. In science, we will be ending the year with glow days! Students will use the scientific method to complete glow in the dark science experiments and the engineering design process to complete glow in the dark STEM challenges. We are looking forward to the coming weeks as we host our first annual 5th Grade vs Faculty basketball game on May 2nd! We also have other fun events scheduled to close out the school year. We would like to invite all parents to attend the events below.

Relay Day - May 12th from 11:30-1:30

Awards Day - May 20th at 12:30

This has been an amazing group of students to represent our brand new fifth grade, and we are so excited to watch them grow and succeed in the future!

The Alabama Department Public Health (ADPH) is excited to announce that we have entered into an oral health partnership with Singing River Dentistry-Russellville, AL. Singing River will be providing in-kind preventive dental visits for expectant mothers and children ages 1-17 who are uninsured and/or underinsured. The services provided include radiographs, "cleanings," exams, and treatment plans. Children are also eligible for sealants. There is no cost to the patient.

All the patients have to do is call to make an appointment with the Singing River Dentistry, Russellville office, (256) 460-4191, mention they were referred by ADPH (WIC Dept, etc.), and have the attached dental brochure (flyer) in hand with them at their scheduled appointment.

Did you know that you have access to our school calendar with all scheduled school events through the Falcon Hub App?! All you need to do is go to settings, follow Forest Hills, navigate to the home screen and tap Calendar!

Falcon Hub App Video

May 1 - Robotics Practice 2:30-4:00pm

May 2 - AR Celebration

May 5-9 - Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5 - Kindergarten Screenings

May 5 - Show Choir Travel Day

May 6-7 - Math iReady Diagnostic

May 6 - STEAM Night 5:00-7:00pm

May 7 - Kindergarten Screenings

May 8 - Final Robotics Practice & End of Year Celebration 2:30-4:00pm

May 8 - Show Choir Performance 6:00pm

May 9 - 4th Grade Montgomery Field Trip

May 12 - K Relay Day (AM)

May 12 - 5th Grade Relay Day (PM)

May 13 - 3rd Grade Relay Day (AM)

May 13 - 1st Grade Relay Day (PM)

May 13 - Math Benchmark

May 13 - 5th Grade Book Club 3:00-3:30pm

May 14 - 4th Grade Relay Day (AM)

May 14 - 2nd Grade Relay Day (PM)

May 14 - ELA Benchmark

May 16 - Top 5 AR Field Trip

May 19 - Kindergarten Awards Day 8:00am

May 19 - 1st Grade Awards Day 10:00am

May 19 - 2nd Grade Awards Day 12:30pm

May 20 - 3rd Grade Awards Day 8:00am

May 20 - 4th Grade Awards Day 10:00am

May 20 - 5th Grade Awards Day 12:30pm

May 20 - 5th Grade Book Club 3:00-3:30pm

May 22 - Last Day of School / Early Dismissal

Email: lfowler@florencek12.org
Website: https://www.florencek12.org/Domain/12
Location: 101 Stovall Drive, Florence, AL, USA
Phone: 256-768-2500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057754536339
Twitter: @ForestHillsEle

lfowler@florencek12.org

Clarke Jackson - Assistant Principal

hjackson@florencek12.org

Konnie Lee - Assistant Principal

kllee@florencek12.org

Charly Carter - Secretary

cncarter@florencek12.org

Emily Scruggs - Attendance

ekscruggs@florencek12.org

Dee Fowler - Bookkeeper

dmfowler@florencek12.org

(256) 768-2510

Allison Scott - PTO President

fcsfhespto@gmail.com

Ali Jones - Nurse

(256) 768-2519

Cafeteria

(256)768-2509

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