FES Knightly News
Weekly Family Newsletter
Week of November 27th, 2023
New Items and Important News
Boone's Beginners @ FES
Boone's Beginners is a free monthly workshop for families with children ages 0-5. learn how to make everyday activities an early learning experience for your child! Curated by Boone County FRCs, Connect the Dots, and KET Education. FREE DINNER and PRIZES provided at each meeting!
The November meeting will be held at Florence Elementary on Tuesday, November 28th from 5:30-7:00. See the flyer below for more info and additional dates throughout the year.
Knights of the Week
Congratulations! These students and staff were nominated by teachers because they ROCK!
Preschool – Nikolai M. (Ms. Lobenstein AM)
K – Violet G. (Ms. Bachman and Ms. Whalen)
1 – Raegan N. (Ms. Wilson)
2 – Jordan S. (Ms. Wordeman and Officer Combs)
3 – Roberto C. (Ms. Timmerding)
4 – Gael P. (Ms. Boggs)
5 – Bernie B. (Ms. Klette)
Staff – Ms. Byrd
Staff member of the Month- Ms. Supe
Congratulations to the FES Girls on the Run!
After lots of hard work, the Girls on the Run Club ran their first 5K last weekend. Great job girls!
Here's What We're Learning this Week
First Grade
Reading/Writing- We will be reading humorous stories this week! We will continue to write in complete sentences so students can write paragraphs.
Math- Students will be practicing word problems to 20.
Social Studies- Students will learn about what buying and selling is this week!
Second Grade
Reading/Writing- Students will be reading stories about the importance of being generous to others. Students will also be working on soft c and soft g in phonics. Finally, students will working on connecting the stories to their lives.
Math- Students will be creating and reading line plots on a graph and then using that graph to answer questions.
Science- Students will be continuing learning about earth's surfaces. Students will also be creating a project that describes slow and quick changes with the earth's surface.
Third Grade
Reading/Writing- Students will continue to identify and cite relevant implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the central idea of a text. Students are also still working on making a claim and supporting it with details from the text.
Math- Students are working to recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. They are also measuring areas by counting unit squares.
Social Studies- We will discussing the history of Thanksgiving.
Fifth Grade
Reading/Writing- Students will be reading a book called "Balloons Over Broadway" and doing activities involving the book!
Math- Students will begin the division unit and be able to divide three digit by two digit numbers.
Science- Students can explain the role earthworms play in an ecosystem.
Social Studies- Students will be studying the life of John Adams.
2nd Grade Work
"Where I Live"
Science Night
Playing with moon sand
Science Night
Building marshmallow constellations
Science Night
Portable Planetarium from NKU
Science Night
Mini Golf
Science Night
Mini Golf
Pictures from Our Past
Last week's picture was of Deputy Combs' 4th Grade class at Florence Elementary. Did you find him? Front and center, in the yellow shirt. While he looks like a perfect angel in this picture, Mrs. Goley called him a "very energetic student"...
From the Transportation Department
From FES Lead Bus Driver, Mr. Dave Burton (Bus 137)
From the Cafeteria
SBDM Update (UPDATED FROM LAST WEEK)
The School Based Decision Making Council at FES is made up of the principal (Ryan Burch), three teachers (Alicia Bachman, Abbigail Supe, and Megan Timmerding), and two parents (Alicia Coulter and Vee Miller). This group makes policy decisions and approves some of the school's financial and instructional activities. Meetings are usually held on the first Monday of each month at 4:15 in the FES library. Meetings are open to the public (except for occasional closed sessions).
The next meeting is on Monday, December 4th at 4:15 in the library. The agenda will be posted in the family newsletter next week.
All of our SBDM policies are available on the FES school website.
On the Calendar
Important November Dates
- SBDM- December 4th; 4:15-5:15
- PTO- December 4th; 5:30-6:30
- Board of Education Meeting- December 7th; 7:00
- Holiday Hullabaloo- December 8th; 5:30
- Winter Break- December 20th- January 2nd
Click the calendar above to see the schedule of all events throughout the year.