Fancher has a no student cell phone policy in our student handbook. If a cell phone comes to school with a student it should be turned off and stored in their locked from 8:40am-3:49pm.

Step 1: If a student is seen or heard with a cell phone, the student will be asked to report to the office to store their phone in a secure location until the end of the school day.

Step 2: On the second and subsequent incidents, the phone will remain in a secure location until a parent is able to pick it up.

Fancher Elementary has an office telephone for students to use in case of an emergency or school related business. Thank you for having a conversation with your student about the cell phone policy.

*We also have a no hats or hoods policy inside the school building, students can wear them outside during recess. (unless special dress up spirit day related)

March is Reading Month, once again all of our district elementary schools are participating in One District, One Book!

This year we are reading Dog Days by Karen English. Your Fancher Falcon brought home their own copy of the chapter book to keep last Friday, an informational letter, and the reading month calendar.

Tonight we want all families & students to read Chapter 1, families can check out our guest reader tonight on the Fancher Facebook at 6pm.

During school students will participate in weekly trivia, dress up days, and take part in the home activities noted on the calendar and have chances to win prizes. There will be guest readers every Monday & Wednesday each week and we will post those videos to our Fancher Elementary Facebook and our Reading Month Google Classroom all students will join.

This week during library class students are working on Pet Posters to prep for our Parade of Pets later this month. We want students to bring in a picture of their pet or a picture of a dream pet to glue & tape to their poster. This could be an actual picture, a copy, a magazine cut out or drawing.

Volunteers from all different work sectors throughout Gratiot & Isabella counties recorded a video of themselves reading a children’s book. Each day there is a new video available on our YouTube channel.

To celebrate the end of the 2nd Trimester and March is Reading Month - Fancher students will be attending an assembly with The Flight Squad called IMPACT at the Mt. Pleasant High School Gymnasium. 3rd, 4th and 5th graders from Fancher Elementary & McGuire Elementary will be attending together. The Flight Squad is a basketball group that will speak about prioritizing education and study, helps with avoiding peer pressure and unhealthy influences and understanding the importance of respect for self and others while showcasing their basketball talents.

We will be walking to MPHS gym on Thursday, March 7th for The Flight Squad IMPACT Assembly at 1:00 PM. The assembly will start at 1:15pm and we will walk back to Fancher Elementary at 2:00pm.

It is time for Kindergarten Kick Off at our JK-2 elementary buildings and to begin enrolling students that should enter Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year. Please call the correct school building to set an appointment date to attend Kick Off. 989-775-2280

Families can request a GRASP form to receive math and/or reading practice books to maintain skills over the summer. Feel free to email your child's teacher for the form or email or call Mrs. Wendi Chaffin at 775-2230, wchaffin@mp.edzone.net. Money & order forms are due April 26th.

We will be donating Lost & Found items next Friday, February 1st.

We would love to see our lost & found items claimed, but also to keep the lost & found to a minimum families can help us by LABELING EVERYTHING!

Use a permanent marker to label your child's name on lunchboxes, school supplies, backpacks, water bottles, child's clothes (utilize the inside tags of sweatshirts, jackets, shoes, and snowpants). We will periodically check labels and post pictures of items to be claimed - check out the Fancher Facebook page.

Send an extra pair of clothes to stay in your student's locker, place in a ziplock bag or plastic grocery bag, label with their name.

• Flight Squad, The Impact ASSEMBLY 1:10pm, Mt. Pleasant High School Gymnasium
• March 7 - Report Cards go home
• March 8 - No School
• March 11 - Trimester 3 Begins
• March 14 - 5th grade Beauty and the Beast Musical, MPHS
• March 18 - OK2SAY Presentations 4th & 5th grade
• March 22 - No School, Spring Break Begins (March 22nd-March 29th)
• April 1 - School Resumes
• April 10 - Culture Night 6pm
• April 16 - M-STEP ELA
• April 17 - M-STEP ELA Makeups
• April 18 - M-STEP Math
• April 19 - M-STEP Math Makeups
• April 23 - 5th grade only M-STEP Science
• April 25 - 5th grade only M-STEP Social Studies
• May 6 - NWEA Testing ALL
• May 8 - NWEA Testing 4th grade only
• May 8 - 3rd & 5th grade Pow Wow
• May 9 - NWEA Testing 3rd/5th only
• May 15-17th - 5th grade CAMP
• May 27 - No School, Memorial Day
• June 3 - Fun & Funky Field Day
• June 4 - Dog Central & Doozies End of Year Celebration
• June 5 - Last Day of School, 1/2 day, Dismissal 11:55am

*click the MPPS School Calendar button below to see the whole school year

We kicked of 2024 at Fancher Elementary reviewing SOAR (Safety Ownership Attitude Respect), to teach and reinforce positive behavior expectations in all areas of the school from the classroom to the playground. Each area of our school day, has a focused set up positive expectations that we teach, model, and practice - on what Safety looks like, Ownership, Attitude, and Respect.

We reviewed Cafeteria expectations as we expanded into the new addition, teachers have been reviewing other areas of the SOAR matrix in their classrooms. As well as, renewing and reviewing their Classroom Social Contracts they developed at the start of the school year.

Our SOAR matrix is at the front of your student's agenda in the pages include for the student handbook, we encourage you to review these expectations at home with your child too.

Daily our students earning Dojo Points for meeting positive expectations, we recognize students who are SOARing with our Positive Office Referrals, Positive Postcards mailed home, and SOAR Student Shout Outs each month. This week we are focusing on RESPECT & OWNERSHIP as we gear up and prepare for an all school field trip to CMU for the Hoops for Hunger basketball game.

We know our students are still growing and developing mentally and socially, so we recognize it is always a work in progress when teaching and reteaching expectations. We utilize restorative practices - including repairing the harm, circle ups, and more.

We appreciate your partnership in supporting our Fancher Falcons to SOAR!

Mrs. Katie Rinke, Mrs. Shiner & the Fancher Elementary Staff

Student Attendance is important to us. If your child is sick or showing signs of COVID, please call the school Office at 775-2230 before 10:00 each morning to let us know.

For safety reasons, families will receive a phone call by 10:40 am for any student that is marked as Absent each morning in Power School. You can deter getting that call from our system by calling us in the morning to let us know of your child's absence and their reason for the absence.

Our codes we use for absences are:

UA-Unexcused Absence

Any absence that has not been reported by a parent or guardian and/or any absence that is not listed as an Excused Absence in Board Policy.

AV-Verified Absence

An absence that the parent verifies or explains. Example: (1) The student doesn’t feel well, and is staying home, but is not visiting the doctor. (2) The family is taking an extra long weekend, vacation, etc.

EA-Excused Absence

Absences that meet the definition of an Excused Absence based on MPPS Board Policy.

*Illness or professional appointments with a doctors note *Death of a relative

*Observance of Religious Holidays

Below are images to our attendance policy but it can also be found in the front of your child's Agenda....

If your student will be taking medications at school we have a form for that:

https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/o/mpps/page/health-forms

All medications must be brought to the office with the appropriate health form. Please do not send medications to school with your child. This includes inhalers and epi-pens.

Click on the link to the menu below. You can also view Breakfast here too.

https://mtpleasantschools.nutrislice.com/menu/fancher-elementary/lunch/2023-08-25

Each Friday we will sell Popcorn for $.50/bag. Students can bring their coins or dollar bills in sandwich baggies or put in the back of their agenda in the clear pocket or a safe zipper. Teachers will collect popcorn in the morning and place the order.

As a building we have now practiced 2 fire drills, a lockdown drill, and relocating to our rally point just down the block at Rowe Hall in case of an emergency.

During the school year, our buildings are obligated to practice at least 5 Fire Drills, 2 Tornado Drills and 3 Lockdown drills. At times, we do have our YSU Liason or other police officers from the Police Department assist in our drills. We teach our students where to go for each drill, what to do during specific drills, and how to properly evacuate when it is needed. You can also find this information in your child's Handbook in the front of the student agenda.

I encourage you to check out our district website where we have information that pertains to our district school safety. Click here to get to the website.

Thank you for your help and patience in making sure arrival and dismissal times are safe for families and students. We have been working with our local police department and MDOT, and the timing of the light has been extended and will hopefully help our flow of traffic.

Friendly reminder from our Student Handbook at the front of your student's agenda - toys, trading cards, and pokemon cards should be left at home. We want to make sure things are not lost or stolen at school - and we can best do this by leaving items home. pg. 3 of Handbook

Friendly reminder of our No Outside Food policy for Student Lunch time. Students must bring their lunch to school or choose a school lunch option.

• PEAK (after school): https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/page/peak-program

• SACC (before school)- School Aged Child Care (Before School Program)- 775-2340

ALL PAJAMA PANTS $10 OFF!

This week only, all Fancher flannel pajama pants are $10 off! They are available in a variety of colors and come in both youth and adult sizes. Plus, you'll get FREE shipping on orders over $75 and $5 shipping on orders under $75. Don't wait, the Fancher Flash Sale ends Sunday! Shop Pajama Pants Now!

You could start a new journal this year to pass back and forth and write these questions in them. Or you could talk about these around the dinner table, as well. Let's continue to encourage both thoughtfulness and intentionality in the kids we love! Let's do all we can to help them see that they can be resourceful --with who they are, how they connect and yes, even how they study this year! (@sissygoff)

To request for Transportation use the form linked here

https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/page/transportation

Bus routes typically arrive around 8:35am at our school building. If you need to sign your child up for transportation, please fill out REQUEST FOR TRANSPORTATION FORM at the above website. If your child is riding an MP school bus, a driver will reach out to you during the week of Aug. 14th-18th to share route pick up and drop off times.

Phone: 989-775-2323

Have you checked out our new website - it is pretty slick!

https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/

Download the new Mt. Pleasant Public Schools app!

Download on the App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mt-pleasant-public-schools/id1632483662

or Get it on Google Play

*scroll to the bottom of the MPPS website and see Stay Connected and the links to download

Download the app on your phone or click the photo below.

https://mtpleasantschools.nutrislice.com/menu/fancher-elementary?mode=browse

Fancher Elementary provides a supportive environment to ensure academic, social and emotional growth for students to reach their full potential while transitioning between elementary and middle school.

Office Hours 8:00am-4:00pm

Website: https://mtpleasantschools.net/
Location: 801 South Kinney Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
Phone: 989-775-2230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FancherElementary/
Twitter: @FancherFalcons

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