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Important Events & Dates from F.AVE

October 15, 2019

Corrections: No Movie Night this week, Change to SLT Meeting Date

Ms. Newton's Notes

Happy Tuesday!

We hope that you enjoyed the extended weekend. While school was not in session, our teachers were here engaged in math learning yesterday from Eureka Math, one of the resources we use for instruction. It was a day filled with learning!

Thank you for the support of our Fall book fair. We had a successful kick-off last Thursday and will be open until Friday morning. If you haven't had a chance to stop by, please do so this week between the hours of 7:30 - 3:30. Here are a few other reminders of things to come.

Cast Gatherings (Formerly Village Gatherings)

What do you call a group of Falcons? A Cast of Falcons.

We are so excited to prepare for our first gathering with students and families. We are not yet at a size that allows our entire school to gather in one space, so we will continue to have our Cast Gatherings in two parts. Each gathering will have a combination of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes. We will keep these groupings for the school year, but we might alternate days and times. We will have three special highlights this gathering- Hispanic Heritage Month, Nailah Carty, our Teacher of the Year and the Kick-off of Read-A-Thon.

10/18/19 8:15-8:45 Foster, Stephen, Buckley, Shershin/Ledet, Monroe, Robinson, Guest, Vickery, Burns/Chatham, Prophet, Johnson, Madhere, Bishop/DiGiacomo
10/18/19 8:55-9:30 Tolentino, Weaver/Hance, Cain, Batlle, Cone, Olson, Williams, B. Stewart, Waugh, Eber/Livermore, R. Stewart, Holliday, Carty and Ferguson

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Join us for our first Parent Coffee Chat next Tuesday, October 22 from 7:45-8:30 in the cafeteria. Our topic for discussion is "What is IB?" Come out and learn about our program and the goals we have for this school year.

DEF Grants

We are so grateful for the generosity of the Decatur Education Foundation in supporting our teachers and schools. This year F.AVE's teachers have been granted the following awards:

Corinne Smith: $1600-Create a news studio for the students to film reports for our morning news show
Trina Hallman: $900.00-Incorporate International Games into the PE curriculum to support IB work
Sarah Guest: $575.00- To start a gardening project at F.AVE
Matthew Livermore: $430- To begin Dungeon and Dragons Club
Nick Brooks: $2000 to purchase ukuleles

Every day F.AVE Falcons Rise UP to be:

Risk Takers who

Inquire about global issues.

Striving to be open minded.

Excellent and

Unique in every way. F.AVE students are

Powerful young minds who lead the way!

Have a fantastic week!

Friday 11:00-1:00 - WE NEED YOU - Click and sign up!

We are in great need of 3 more parent volunteers to help us break down the book fair! Please consider volunteering a couple hours of your time.

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Fall Book Fair through Friday morning

Book Fair Sales Hours

Tuesday 10/15 - Thursday 10/17 from 7:20 AM - 3:30 PM
Friday 10/18 from 7:20-10:30 AM

Out of Stock Titles - If the book fair has sold out of a title, you can go online to our online book fair and see if it is available there! F.AVE still benefits from online sales.

For more information or to shop at our online fair, go to our Fall Book Fair Website!

PTO News

Next PTO Meeting: Tuesday, 10/15
Our next PTO meeting is 10/15 @6pm in the Media Center. All are invited and welcome to join!

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Read & Raise-a-Thon: 10/19 – 10/24

Information packets are coming home for our first “Read & Raise-a-thon” at F.Ave! Details can also be found on our website, click here. Here’s how you can help make this program a success:

Discuss what the Read-A-Thon is and its importance to our school; help your child set a reading goal.
Encourage your child to talk to neighbors, have them call grandparent, friends and other relatives to ask for support.
Volunteer! We could use your help tallying reading minutes: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4fabab29a4fb6-fifth
Encourage your child to read as much as they can from 10/19 – 10/24!

Very special THANK YOU to our sponsor, Brave+Kind Bookshop.

Upcoming Parent Chats: 10/22 & 12/10

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Parent Chats! These brief sessions are packed with lots of great information and take place in the F.Ave Cafeteria.

10/22 International Baccalaureate program – led by IB coordinator Shannon Stewart and Ms. Newton and offered at (2) times: 7:45-8:30AM and 6-6:45PM
12/10 School Safety – led by Decatur Police Department Sgt Bender, school resource officers and Ms. Newton and will take place from 7:45-8:30AM

Interested in Volunteering?

Volunteers are always needed and appreciated. Please complete this form or email ptovolunteer@favepto.org to let us know you're interested in helping out.

Easy ways to passively raise funds for F.AVE PTO

There are several ways you can support the F.AVE PTO with very little effort!

AmazonSmile - Go to smile.amazon.com and, using your existing Amazon account, select F.AVE PTO as your charitable organization.
Publix - No more keychain! Follow these easy instructions.
Box Tops - Have your child bring in box tops. There's a large envelope/box near the front desk. They’ll be collected twice a year.
Kroger - Register your Kroger Plus Card online and click on "enroll." We’re listed as: 415 Academy at Fifth Ave.

DEF News

Look for our Impact Report in this month’s Focus where you’ll learn what your support helped us accomplish in the 2018-19 school year. You may even find a photo of your student! Link to DEF Impact Report HERE.

Upcoming Events:

Oct 26th, 3:00-11:00pm LGBTQ Pride Event at Gathered & Grounded
Nov 14th, 6:30-10:30pm DEF’s fall fundraiser, Supper & Sips. Tickets available at defsupper.com

Specials Corner

Follow the links below to see what is going on in Art, Music, Spanish, P.E., and the media center!

Music

PE

Spanish

Media Center - Fall Book Fair is here!

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F.AVE Upcoming Events

October

Friday, October 11th - Friday, October 18th - F.AVE Fall Book Fair

Tuesday, October 15th - 6:00 PM, PTO Meeting

Wednesday, October 16th - 4th Grade Field Trip to Dekalb History Center

Friday, October 18th - 8:15-8:45 AM, Cast Gathering for Foster, Stephen, Buckley, Shershin/Ledet, Monroe, Robinson, Guest, Vickery, Burns/Chatham, Prophet, Johnson and Madhere, Bishop and DiGiacomo

Friday, October 18th - 8:55-9:30 AM, Cast Gathering for Tolentino, Weaver/Hance, Cain, Batlle, Cone, Olson, Williams, B. Stewart, Waugh, Eber/Livermore, R. Stewart, Holliday, Carty and Ferguson

Monday, October 19th - Friday, October 24th - Read-A-Thon Fundraiser

Week of October 21st - Spirit Week!

Tuesday, October 22nd - 4:45 - 6:15 PM, SLT Meeting

Tuesday, October 29th - 8:00-8:30 AM, IB Ambassadors Swearing In Ceremony