Fairmount Park Community Newsletter

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Message from the Principal

Hello Fairmount Park Families!

Have a wonderful break!

In Partnership,

Sara Davis

Celebrating Veteran's Day - A Reading by 2nd grade

4th Gr. Robotics Club

Hello Falcon Families,

Students had a busy Trimester 1 in PE! After some team building activities, grades 1-5 worked on wall ball and 4 square skills while the Kindergartners practiced creative movement and traveling safely in open space using various locomotor skills.

Grades 3-5 had a great time participating in a bicycle safety unit using our new traffic garden- a car-free space where students can safely build biking skills and street safety knowledge. We even turned the blacktop into a little village for the last 2 lessons!

In addition, all 3rd-5th grade students were given 3 fitness tests measuring different components of health-related fitness:

Pacer (cardiorespiratory endurance): This fitness test is an aerobic fitness test, where those being tested run 20 meter shuttles at increasing speeds. Their score is the number of laps run.
Plank Challenge (muscular endurance/strength): How many seconds a plank is held.
Flexibility: Flexibility is measured in the lower back and hamstrings and students were given a score of 1 (reached shin), 2 (reached ankle), or 3 (reached toes).

Students set goals based on these pre-test measurements and work to improve them throughout the year.

Grades K-2 practiced jump rope, hula hoop, stilts, rock climbing, and demonstrating static and fixed balance using different body shapes.

In addition, all K-5 students learned the K-Pop Demon Hunter’s Soda Pop dance, various Chinese Jump Rope games and have been working hard on their overhand throwing skills. Ask your student to show you the correct steps to the overhand throw! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. ksmcchesney@seattleschools.org

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break,

Kristi McChesney

Dear Falcon Families,

Wow! What a busy first day of the book fair we had on Friday! It was a whirlwind. I have requested a restock of the popular titles that sold out on Friday. I'm hopeful they will be delivered on Monday. If your falcon missed out on purchasing that special book, come see me again this week!

I would like to send a sincere thank you to the parent volunteers who helped me set up on Thursday. Sara, Nicole, and Danielle (plus your mini helpers), your help was essential! I'd also like to give a special shout out to Ms. Davis who stepped up to help me with the registers on Friday. I couldn't have done it without you. Finally, thank you to all the teachers for being flexible when coping with my overly ambitious schedule for Friday. I learned many things!

The book fair will be open Monday through Wednesday during conferences (see the hours below). If you are out-of-town for the break, our online book fair will be running through December 10 Items are shipped directly to your home, with free shipping for orders over $35, and our school library earns 25% of all online sales.

Book Fair Hours:

Tuesday 7:25 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday 7:55 a.m.-2:55 p.m.

Happy reading!

Ms. Halladin

October Circulation Statistics

Check outs: 3,684 Holds: 154

November Circulation Statistics

Check outs: 2,748 Holds: 101

Hi families,

I hope your child is excited to read some of their favorite books over Thanksgiving break! I'd love to highlight all the reading we're doing at our next assembly, so please send me a photo of your child reading. It can be as creative as they'd like: snuggling with Grandma, reading to a stuffy, reading outside, reading with a friend... whatever takes their fancy.

Please send your photo to rfpotocnik@seattleschools.org anytime over the break to have your child featured in our assembly presentation.

Thank you!

Ms. Potocnik - 4th grade teacher

December 9 - Ms. Britt + Ms. Reed class field trip to Carkeek Park
December 22-January 2nd - Winter Break
February 6 - K-3 Bingo Night
February 26 - 5th grade field trip to SCT
May 1 - 1st grade field trip to SCT

Daily Schedule 🕗

7:40 a.m. – Playground opens.
7:40-7:50 a.m. – Breakfast is served.
7:50 a.m. – Warning bell; students able to enter the building.
7:55 a.m. – School begins.
2:25 a.m. – Dismissal (1:10 on Wednesdays)
2:35 a.m. – Buses depart (1:20 on Wednesdays)

Tardies and Absences

Tardy - If your child arrives after 7:55 a.m. please go to the office to check in before they head to their classroom.
Absence - Please contact our attendance office anytime your child will be absent from school.