From the FSD

11/8 Substitute Orientation 8 am

11/11 Veterans Day Celebration

11/15 Board of Education Meeting 5 pm Truman Auditorium

11/18 FSD Retiree Thanksgiving Luncheon

11/23 - 11/25 No School For Students; Thanksgiving Break

11/8 - Parents As Teachers (PAT) Day

11/8 - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Day

11/11 - Veterans Day

11/24 - Thanksgiving Day

11/30 - Mark Twain Day

The week of October 24th building principals sent out our annual Climate and Culture Surveys. We hope that each family will take the time to complete the short survey.

We appreciate the previous survey information from the 2021-2022 culture climate form. Your feedback, along with student and staff feedback, was used to begin our structured goals within the FSD Comprehensive School Improvement Plan.

As in the past, the purpose of this survey is to understand your student's school experience to identify areas for continuous improvement. Your candid responses on the survey items will lead to school improvement and will contribute to the final structure of our Comprehensive School Improvement Plan.

In celebration of Farm to School Month, states throughout the Mountain Plains Region competed to see which state could get the most "crunches" into a local apple or other local produce, per capita. As a Crunch Off participant, the FSD Parents As Teachers (PAT) program joined with Farmington families to celebrate the wonderful produce the Mountain Plains Region has to offer. During this months PAT family visits our teachers shared healthy eating habits and the importance of supporting our local agriculture.

We are blessed to live in a beautiful community that supported our PAT program by supplying the apples for the PAT family visits. A special thank you to Crystal and Rich's Produce who helped put smiles on children's faces as they crunched their way into delicious apples and healthy choices!

If you would like to learn where to find some of our local growers, please visit this website: https://missourigrownusa.com/

October was the first CTA classroom grant giveaway for the year. The $100 classroom grant was awarded to CTA member, Rebecca Stites from Farmington Middle School! Rebecca is receiving her check here from our FMS rep, Kaitlyn Moore.

CTA is partnering in community service this year with Dayse Baker to support Farmington families in need. Presently, the partnership is focusing on packing emergency “snack bags” for Farmington High School and Dayse Baker Learning Center students. Pictured here are students from Dayse Baker who help each week to pack the bags.

If you are interested in donating to this cause, please contact Mrs. Missy Tisher mtisher@farmington.k12.mo.us or Dr. Alisha Conley aconley@farmington.k12.mo.us.

National STEM Day is November 8th! The Farmington School District recognizes the importance of STEM in education. We are proud of the innovative and future focused STEM opportunities students are provided on our campuses!

• One of 40 School Districts in Missouri to offer a Comprehensive STEM K-12 Program (2014-Present)

• Middle School Gateway Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Program - Engineering and Computer Science

• High School PLTW - One of 30 High Schools in Missouri to offer all 3 Pathways - BioMedical, Computer Science and Engineering

• First High School in Missouri to offer 4 Year Health Science Pathway

• First HS in Missouri to offer INCubator EDU - Shark Tank Entrepreneurial Course (Inaugural Year 2021-2022)