The Falcon News Nest

Welcome Autumn!! We are falling in love with Reading here at FES! October is the start of Tier 2 Reading Interventions for K-5 students. All of the beginning of year data is in and analyzed to determine which students fall into a Tier 2 phonics group. Parents please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions. Also, Tier 3 Interventions will also begin this month with the Reading Coach and Reading Intervention teacher. Let's Go, Falcon readers!!!!!!!

Our students have been working hard in math this year! Many grade levels have been honing their fluency skills while analyzing data on graphs. They are going to be well prepared for our Family Math and Science Night!

Join us Wednesday, October 22 from 6 until 8 p.m. in the gym as we welcome the Maryland Science Center. Eight amazing activities are being planned that night for students to explore:

Insect Investigators: How, and what, do bugs even eat?

Kool-Aid Chromotography: Conduct a chemical analysis on Kool-Aid and see how the tasty solution separates!

Light Play: Play with colors, shadows, and lenses to discover the fascinating ways that light works.

Mineral Matching: Use an acid test to make observations with a microscope to identify mystery rocks.

Mystery Boxes: Use the scientific process to puzzle out a mystery.

Communication Challenge: Can you build a structure without seeing it? Grab a partner and try!

Sky High: Use the engineering design process to launch planes!

Spring Thing: Build and improve a Spring Thing that can race your friends!

Be on the lookout for the RSVP flyer! We hope to see you there!

Picture Day is coming on Wednesday, October 15!

Your child can also bring their completed flyer with cash or check on Picture Day. Orders after Picture Day must be placed online only on mylifetouch.com .

The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) contains several provisions that promote a parent/school partnership through communication. One such provision gives parents the right to ask for and receive information about the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers. A parent may request the following information in writing from the school principal:

• Any college or university degree, major, or certification held by the teacher

• Whether the teacher is certified by the State of Maryland to teach a particular grade level or subject area

• Whether the teacher holds a conditional teaching certificate

• The qualifications of the paraprofessionals serving the student

Caroline County Public Schools prohibits discrimination in its educational programs, and in employment, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or disability.