FAA

Hello parents and families,

Welcome back to the second semester of learning at FAA- Brimhall! We are thrilled to see our students and hear about their winter breaks. Our teachers spent time on Monday going through various student data sources/assessments and planning for explicit whole group instruction and small group tutoring. Please see the 'Tutoring' section below for important updates.

Thank you for having your students to school on time each day and for planning appointments and family trips outside of the school day whenever possible. This helps to maximize the learning opportunities for your student!

Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up the last week of February (2/24-28) and will be a great chance to discuss your student's growth over this grading period. Sign-ups for conferences will be sent home mid-February and will again be scheduled through Sign-Up Genius.

General reminders for visiting campus:

• Events during the school day require parents/family to check-in at the front office.
• Any events held in the evening require visitors to bring a clear bag. Please share this with extended family that may plan on attending any evening events on campus.

We look forward to a fabulous second semester, and thank you for choosing our school!

Kindly,

Mrs. Moya & Mr. Abrams

First grade singing their hearts out at their winter sing concert

Mrs. Bower's Kindergarten Class

Our kindergarten teachers showing their holiday spirit on the last day of school before winter break

👏 Our Top Three Spellers (left to right): Jace Peterson, Carter Jones-1st place, Henry Pitney 👏

Way to go! 6th Grade Spelling Bee: Top three spellers from each classroom

January- Portrait of a Graduate Focus: Collaborator

Jan 8- Report Card Day

Jan 14- MPS Gov. Board Mtg 6:30pm

Jan 17- Ben Franklin’s Birthday

Jan 20- MLK/Civil Rights Day (No School)

Jan 21- 100th Day of School

Jan 23- 6th Grade Performing Arts Step Up Event 5-7:30pm

Jan 23- 5th grade Oceanography Trip Deposit Due ($300)

Jan 27- Growth & Development Night 6pm

Jan 28- Battle of the Books II 3pm

Jan 18- MPS Gov. Board Mtg 6:30pm

Jan 31- Student Council Elections 8:30am

February- Portrait of a Graduate Focus: Communicator

Feb 3-7 School Counselor Week (Thank you, Mrs. Heitland & Mrs. Carrillo!)

Feb 4- FPO Mtg. 6:30pm

Feb 6- Kindergarten Field Trip

Feb 11- MPS Gov. Board Mtg 6:30pm

Feb 14- End of Grading Period & Early Release 12:45pm

Feb 14- Valentine's Class Parties 11:45am

Before winter break began, all of your amazing gift donations were delivered to Lindbergh Elementary School so that they could be gifted to the Lindbergh students. We had four LARGE boxes of gifts- WOW. The Lindbergh community was extremely grateful and asked that we pass along their heartfelt thank you to all of the Franklin Firebird families. You made their holidays that much brighter this year!

Pictured left to right: Mr. Abrams, School Principal, Mr. Hedrick, Lindbergh School Principal, Mrs. Heitland, School Counselor, Mrs. Moya, Asst. Principal

Over the next 12 weeks, teachers will frequently evaluate student ELA and math data using universal screeners, progress monitoring scores, classroom assessments, and oral reading fluency levels (in grades 2-4). Grade-level teachers are working together to create tutoring plans.

Based on specific skill needs, certain students are requested to attend tutoring. These sessions may be in the morning or afternoon and will be shared with you by your child's classroom teacher (only if your student requires tutoring). Please note that some students may be invited to attend the tutoring session/s of a different teacher at their same grade level if the skill needed matches that of another teacher. This unique tutoring model provides students with precise small-group instruction and, depending on the grade level, the potential to attend more than one session per week.

We ask for your assistance in having your student at tutoring for all of the requested sessions on time. Teachers have planned for thirty minutes of direct, small-group instruction and skills practice.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child's teacher, school administration, or Mrs. Groover, School Instructional Coach.

We appreciate your partnership to make your student's learning experience the best possible!

Our next park playdate is coming up on Friday, Feb 7. Please join the fun right after school at the Greenfield Park. The address is 4105 E Diamond Ave. All ages are invited!

Our students have been doing a remarkable job wearing their IDs everyday. This protocol, along with staff members wearing IDs, and all visitors being checked in and given a visitor sticker, helps to keep our entire school community safe.

Here are a few notes for IDs:

• Put the student ID in the backpack each day after dismissal so that it won't be forgotten for school the next morning.
• Do not punch any holes in the ID- it will disable the Smart Tag technology within the card.
• You can purchase a different lanyard, but it needs to have the break-away feature for safety reasons.
• ID replacement (for lost/damaged ID) is $3 and can be handled in the front office. Lanyards can be purchased for $1. Clear, plastic sleeves can be purchased for $1.

Friendly reminder: In the event your child is admitted to the hospital and released, please communicate that with the nurse's office so that they are aware and can follow any release limitations, notify teachers/staff, etc. Thank you!

Our health office is in need of donations:

• Girls pants sizes 7-8
• Boys pants sizes 7-8

Mesa Public Schools has a new visitor sign-in system called Visitor Aware.

Families, parents and volunteers have the ability to pre-register in the system at mpsaz.org/visitors. We encourage you to do this!

Once you have checked in as a visitor on campus one time, you are in the Visitor Aware system for all of Mesa Public Schools.

At Franklin Accelerated Academy- Brimhall Campus, we would be honored if you'd complete a Mesa Moment of Gratitude form for any of our kind and caring staff members. It means a lot! When these forms are filled out, a certificate is printed and delivered to our campus. Then we celebrate staff individually at our staff meetings!