The Fulton Flier

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Dear Fulton Family,

This was such a great weekend for Fulton.We kicked off the weekend with our 4th and 5th grade chorus singing The National Anthem at the Bowie Baysox game. The students were nervous but excited and did a great job. This speaks to the great work that Mrs. Ormond and Mrs. Shawyer have been doing all year long with our students. Thank you to the staff members who came out and supported. This is the beginning of a new tradition at FES! Check out them in action!

We also had our 2nd Annual Beautification Day at FES. This year we expanded our efforts on the 5th grade portable with painting the rails, painted the RECC pavement, mulched the Outdoor classroom, prepared the indoor columns for Girls on the Run and added some Fulton ornamentation to the playground. A huge shout out the Fulton staff who joined us! This was a great way to add to the preparation in which the 25th Anniversary Team has been doing for this upcoming Saturday, our 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Warmly,

FES Admin

Calling all current and former Falcons! On Saturday, May 13th from 1:00 to 3:00 Fulton Elementary will be celebrating "25 Years of Shining Bright!" Come see former and current staff. Take a tour of the school. Listen to chorus and band. There will be crafts and activities. The festivities start at 1:00 with a ribbon cutting! No celebration is complete without cake. And don't forget about the 7 food trucks that will be in the bus loop.

This month we are celebrating Asian American Heritage, Jewish Heritage, and more!! Please enjoy this month’s issue of the Belonging Bulletin for more details.

Today, officially begins 26 days remaining of school. So it is Fulton's first day of our End of the Year Countdown. We have a lot of fun in store for our students and staff, so mark your calendars!

To help support our efforts, we are hoping you can help!

We are looking for volunteers to dress up as Freddie or assist Freddie and join the school administrators as we celebrate with students and have popsicles! Thank you! Click on this link to sign up!

All Parents of students with disabilities were sent the Maryland Special Education Parent Involvement Survey. The purpose of this survey is to hear from parents about how well they think their child’s school is partnering with them and promoting parent involvement in their child’s education. This information will provide valuable feedback for the HCPSS Department of Special Education. The last day to complete the survey is May 19. The survey can be accessed online: (https://www.mdparentsurvey.com

Please visit or subscribe to the FES Calendar Webpage to view important upcoming dates.

• May 10th: 7:00pm PTA Meeting, in-person FES Cafeteria

• May 12th: PTA's International Night, 5:30-7:30

• May 13th: 25th Anniversary Celebration, 1:00-3:00

• May 18th: Fulton Finery

• May 19th: No School

• May 23rd: PTA's Restaurant Night, Chick-Fil-A

• May 26th: Field Day

• May 29th: No School/Memorial Day

PTA Meeting

Wednesday 5/10 @ 7pm • FES Cafeteria

Join us for a unique PTA Meeting. We will discuss ongoing events then have a Q&A with parents of current middle schoolers. Come with questions, thoughts and anything - they’re here to help with what they wish they would’ve known.

All are welcome!

Friday, 5/12 5:30 -7:30pm

International Night (FES blacktop)

Rain date 5/18

Join us for a flag parade, fashion show and cultural exhibits - this is another can’t miss FES event and we cannot wait to travel the world with you!

If you’re able to volunteer, please sign up: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0b4fa8a82babff2-international

Beautification Day Success

Beautification Day was truly beautiful - from the weather to our amazing community volunteers who were both there physically and who donated food or supplies, to our staff members who joined (on a weekend, no less) to help - Dr. Burks and Mrs. Sillers, Mrs. Dudek and Recc teacher Zoe Bridges and super hero Stan Prowell - everyone came together to make it a great and productive day!!!

💙Nicole Davison and Nilam Gosai - words can’t express our thanks for taking on this project- so many choices, considerations and needs and you did an amazing job managing it all, making sure we worked efficiently, to truly make meaningful changes around our school!!

💛We also wanted to give a huge shout-out to Mrs. Ciliberti for allll of her, and her family’s, contributions to the outdoor classroom!!! We sooo appreciate it and cannot wait to see it being used!

Check out some of the fun from our Beautification Day.

Teacher Appreciation Week Complete

We hope our staff and teachers had a wonderful week being celebrated! We are grateful for each individual in school who makes a positive impact on our children.

A special thank you to community businesses Mikey and Mel’s, Starbucks John’s Hopkins Road and Starbucks Harris Teeter for your generous support/ donations.

We also want to recognize committee chairs - Veronica Kazaitis, Gozde McGuire, Jasmol Sardana, Sara Miller, and Donyel Speares and our board liaison Greta Luhar - for helping make this week so special for our staff and teachers. Your organization and attention to every detail is very appreciated.

Finally, a big thanks to families who donated food and drinks!

We hope our staff and teachers loved the bagels, donuts, coffee, gifts, snack cart, and luncheon!

The Howard County Health Department is offering sessions on Social Media Guides for Parents: Guide to Healthy Summer Habits. The sessions are virtual, and you can register and see more details hereLinks to an external site.. Each event is from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. and will start with a presentation, and end with Q & A.

May 9 - Parents of Children ages 3-8

May 10 - Parents of Children ages 9-12

May 11- Parents of Children ages 13-17

The River Hill High School Boosters are sponsoring summer camps at River Hill High School. The camps are designed to help young athletes improve their fundamental athletic skills. Weekly camps begin on June 12th. Over thirty different camps are offered this summer, including football, tennis, soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling, Allied sports, Youth sports, pickleball, and dance. We also offer an Art camp and two different Video Production camps. Camp schedule and registration can be found at www.riverhill.org.

We are already preparing for your students’ transition to his/her next grade level and would like to give you the opportunity to share some information you would like for us to consider as we make class groupings for the 2023-2024 school year. This Consideration Form is for you, as parents/guardians, to relay specific student information or concerns about your child that you feel would be beneficial as our teachers meet to determine next year’s academic placement.

When placing students, the staff and administration take into account several factors to help develop heterogenous classes that result in classes that are academically, socially, culturally, and gender balanced. Some of these criteria include, but are not limited to:
-the personality of the child
-the gender balance in each classroom
-math strengths and needs
-written output
-test results
-reading strengths and needs
-special education requirements; IEP goals
-structured versus non-structured needs
-information from previous teachers and school counselor.

There are certain concerns we cannot consider as part of this Consideration Form, therefore, we ask you not use this form to propose the following:
-specific teacher requests
-grouping based on siblings’ experience
-grouping based on friends
-grouping based on hearsay.

Your input on this form will be used in our planning for your child rather than a letter requesting a specific teacher. Your response is OPTIONAL but is a very valuable source of information to the school staff and to the next teacher.

The form closes on May 26th. Thank you for your help.

The Fulton Finery is back! Mark your calendars Thursday, May 18th from 6:00 to 7:30. Come out and see all the great work our students have done this school year. Each student will have a project on their desk. But there is more, come to the cafeteria to see the Science Inquiry projects. Then head to the gym to see the G/T Enrichment projects. And end in the media center to see the Lego Challenge displays. We hope you can join us for this Fulton tradition.

Volunteers needed! It’s that time of year again and we need your help! Field Day is on Friday, May26th, 2023. We need volunteers to help with the different stations. If you are interested in helping for the day or for part of the day, please sign-up using Fulton’s Sign-Up Genius here at:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4DA5A62EAB9-fesfield1

If you have any questions, please contact our parent volunteer coordinator Mrs. Park at:

Rita_Park@hcpss.org

Please note: RAIN DATE Tuesday, May30th, 2023.

During the month of May, the Student Government Association's (SGA) service project is a food drive for the Howard County Food Bank. SGA is working with Mr. Smith to collect the food. Each grade level will have a box for collection. There will be a poster in the cafeteria to show how much food each grade has collected. At the end of the month, the grade with the highest number of food items collected will win. One lucky student in that grade will be able to pie Mr. Smith (senior) in the face during lunch. One lucky student in the grade with the second highest number of food items collected will be able to pie Mr. Smith (junior) in the face during lunch. The food bank is in need of bags of rice, pasta and sauce, spices, soups, peanut butter, sauces and condiments, bags of beans, hot and cold cereal, 100% fruit juice, diapers (size 4+), and feminine hygiene. Let's restock those shelves for Howard County residents!

Traditionally, Teacher Appreciation Week is the first full week in May with Teacher Appreciation Day being celebrated on the Tuesday of that first week. This year, Teacher Appreciation Week is celebrated the 2nd week in May; however, here at FES we couldn't wait and want to say thank you this week!

Our Fulton staff support, inspire, motivate and bring learning to life. Each day they go above and beyond for our students. Please join me in thanking our Fulton staff this week for everything they do.

Congratulations to our five teams for their participation and hard work in this year's Battle of the Books. Despite it being a little rainy, each team showed off what they have been learning/reading. We are so proud of all of you!

This week we celebrate two groups of staff members that are essential to our being at FES: National School Librarians and Paraprofessionals! They go above and beyond for FES everyday. Please join us in thanking them!

Tanisha Burks, Principal, tanisha_burks@hcpss.org

Justine Sillers, Assistant Principal, justine_sillers@hcpss.org

Meaghan Liwosz, Assistant Principal, meaghan_liwosz@hcpss.org

Email: tanisha_burks@hcpss.org
Website: fes.hcpss.org/
Location: 11600 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD, USA
Phone: 410-880-5957
Twitter: @hcpss_fes