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• October 3, 8, 10 Boys' 6th Grade Basketball Tryouts
  
• October 7-11 Book Fair
• October 8 Picture Make-Up Day with Lifetouch
• October 8 Dine to Donate: Puccini's at Geist
• October 10 Kona Ice at FCI
• October 14-18 FALL BREAK, NO SCHOOL
• October 15 Global Handwashing Day

We will have our Fall ALICE drill this week. ALICE means: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Escape. We use the skills from ALICE to be able to respond to manmade incidents that are happening in the community or in our school. Our students will have training as well to prepare for the drill.

As many of you may have experienced with building a new home, renovation timelines have the potential to be adjusted. Such is the case for the FCI renovation timeline. Tentatively, we will be looking at a start in August of 2025. Next year, 6th graders will begin the year in a space other than the normal 6th grade hallway and remain there through February/March. Additional phases will progress from there depending on construction progress and timelines.

We are excited that our playground renovation is well underway and anticipated to be complete near the end of the month!

Student passwords are going to be required to be changed later in October. This can be done at any point now. The steps for changing 365 services & HSE password as well are as follows:

1. You can navigate to this Microsoft link: Login | Microsoft 365 (office.com)
2. Hit sign in, in the top right corner.
3. Have the student login with their HSE email and their existing Hse + lunch # password.
4. It will then prompt them to enter the current password one more time, and then change the password to a new one.
5. After this is successful, they will be logged in and will need to resign into the WIFI network and 365 on their iPad using these new credentials.

*NOTE: Students are encouraged to create their own unique password. Please ensure they remember the password, perhaps sharing it with parents to keep track of the update.

October 1, FCI hosted the other intermediate schools at the Hamilton Southeastern High School Cross Country course for a fun meet. There were two races, a 5th grade race, and a 6th grade race. It was a beautiful evening for a 3k run and our Falcons did amazing. Thank you, parents and families, for coming out to support our runners.

The results are listed below, along with our top 25 finishers from each group.

Did you miss picture day, or want to retake your picture? Be ready with your best smile on October 8.

To order ahead of time visit mylifetouch.com and be sure to enter our school code, EVTXR6GD2, along with your child's teacher and grade.

If you need a retake, bring in the original picture package that you ordered to return to Lifetouch.

The FCI Library will be hosting a Literati book fair the week before fall break (October 7-11). Students will visit the book fair with their humanities classes. Families may choose to purchase a digital gift card ahead of time to make shopping easier. Cash, checks made out to FCI, and credit/debit cards will also be accepted. The online companion fair is open now through Oct. 11.

Click here to shop the online companion fair and purchase gift cards.

If you are able, and have a Safe Visitor Badge, please consider volunteering to help during the book fair. This is a fun opportunity to help with your child's class visit. All Volunteers will receive a 20% discount on purchases. Please sign up to volunteer through Sign-Up Genius.

Book Fair Hours:

• Oct. 7- 9:15-6:00
• Oct. 8- 9:15-4:00
• Oct. 9- 9:15-4:30
• Oct. 10- 9:15-4:30
• Oct. 11- 9:15-3:00

Thank you for supporting our library!
Ms. Terri Zabonick
Teacher Librarian

This is an opportunity for staff to celebrate students and the many ways that they shine! The Student of the Month Program is a way to acknowledge and celebrate individual achievement. We want it to help create a culture of applying our SOAR mission to their involvement and contributions within their community for others as well as themselves.

Congratulations to our September Winners:

Each month a SOAR student's name will be drawn from the weekly SOAR card winners. This student will have the opportunity to celebrate their success with two friends and a provided pizza lunch!

Congratulations to Mohammad Ahsan from Mr. Crane's 5th Grade Class! His name was drawn for the month of August!

Congratulations to Katelyn Johnston from Mrs. Cordova's 5th Grade class. Her name was drawn for the month of September!

A big thanks to Pizza Hut on Olio Road for providing the pizza for our winners and their friends!

This is an optional purchase, but if you would like your child to be able to purchase Kona Ice during the day on 10/10, please send money with your child to school. This is a fundraiser for our Student Council to assist with all of the things they do to support FCI and to celebrate the end of the first grading period as we head into Fall Break!

Klassic - $4, King - $5, Color Changing - $6, Kowabunga - $7, Kollectable - $7

Dye-Free Flavor Option Available

Sugar Free Flavor Option Available

Click the button above to find all of the details about our amazing Parent Teacher Organization:

Calendar for the year, Spirit Wear Sale, Student Planners, and Volunteer sign-ups.

Please check in with your child regarding any missing items, sweatshirts, lunch boxes, water bottles, etc. Our Lost & Found area is growing.

Items will be donated over fall break, October 14-19.

Each year on October 15, the CDC works with global partners and colleagues to highlight Global Handwashing Day and raise awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap and water.

Why it's important

Handwashing with soap and water is one of the simplest, most effective ways to stop the spread of germs and stay healthy. Keeping hands clean can help prevent diarrheal illnesses and respiratory infections, such as the common cold or flu.

Handwashing in communities

Many germs that can make people sick are spread when we don't wash our hands with soap and clean, running water. That is why handwashing is so important, especially after using the bathroom, when preparing food, before eating, and after coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose.

Handwashing with soap and water is simple and inexpensive, and it can significantly reduce how often people get sick. Studies show that handwashing education in the community can:

• Reduce the number of people who get sick with diarrhea by about 23%–40%
• Reduce the number of school days children missed because of gastrointestinal illness by 29%–57%
• Reduce diarrheal illness in people with weakened immune systems by about 58%
• Reduce respiratory illnesses, like colds, in the general population by about 16%–21%

People and communities around the world celebrate Global Handwashing Day in many ways. CDC has developed resources and materials to help you promote handwashing. For more information, visit the CDC’s website at https://www.cdc.gov/clean-hands/about/index.html .

CDC (Centers for Disease Control) 2024. Global Handwashing Day CDC.com. Retrieved from Global Handwashing Day | Clean Hands | CDC

District policy prohibits students from possessing medication (over the counter OR prescription) during the school day, unless a signed Permission to Carry and Self-Administer form is on file in the nurse's office. If you have questions about your child's medication needs at school, please contact FCI nurse, Carol Gump, during normal school hours. Thank you!

6th grade Small Group Counseling groups will be starting soon. Permission slips were sent home with students this week. You can also find it attached here.

Contact Mr. Kozloski (jkozloski@hse.k12.in.us) if you have any questions.

5th grade small group counseling with Mrs. Sullivan will begin after fall break. Small groups are a great way for students to learn and practice skills along with other students to may feel similarly to them.

5th grade parents who are interested in a small group can complete this interest form to indicate the topics that would be beneficial for their child.

https://forms.office.com/r/tjJEa3tM4G

6th Grade:

Week 8

10/9

Unit 2: Developing a Positive Sense of Self (SS)

Lesson 8: What are Guiding Principles?

Students will identify what guiding principles are and where they come from.

Summary:

This week’s lesson will introduce your child to guiding principles—the things that are most important to people that help them make decisions. Your child will learn about 10 common guiding principles and discuss how guiding principles can help them understand behavior, including their own.

Try This at Home:

Tell your child about something important to you that you consider one of your guiding principles. Ask them to name some guiding principles that they found interesting or feel strongly about.

Week 9

10/16

Unit 2: Developing a Positive Sense of Self (SS)

Lesson 9: Your Guiding Principles

Students will use a process to identify at least one of their own guiding principles.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will identify some of their own guiding principles.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to share some of their guiding principles. Ask what guiding principles they think are common in your household or extended family.

5th Grade:

Week 8

10/9

Unit 2: Emotion Management (SS)

Lesson 6: Strong Emotions

Students will be able to recognize recurring situations that cause them to feel strong emotions.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that it’s possible to anticipate recurring situations that cause them to feel strong emotions so they can plan ways to manage those emotions in the future.

Try This at Home:

Tell your child about a recurring situation in your life that typically causes you to feel a strong emotion, like anger or frustration. Ask your child to tell you about similar situations in their life.

Week 9

10/16

Unit 2: Emotion Management (SS)

Lesson 7: What Is Stress?

Students will be able to identify signs of stress in themselves and what causes them to feel stress.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will identify signs of stress, situations that can cause them to feel stress, and strategies they can use to manage feelings of stress.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child what their body feels like when they’re stressed and what things cause them to feel stress. Share your own experiences with stress and what you do to manage it.

We are partnering with Kids Coats to provide winter coats to Hamilton County kids in need.

We need your clean coats, mittens, gloves, hats and boots for kids and teens.

All sizes are needed - Infant to 5XL - Especially adult sizes for tweens and teens.

Place your donated items in boxes located near the front office.

Don’t have winter coats to donate? Donate money to help us purchase needed coats! Venmo @kidscoats

Visit the Kids Coats Donation Page for more information.

Thank you for your contributions!

Each item collected will find a home for HSE Students & Fishers children ages 0-19

Need a coat?

Kids Coats provides gently used winter coats at no cost to families in Hamilton County, IN, Hamilton Southeastern Schools.

FISHERS GIVEAWAY
for kids ages 0-19
COAT PICK-UP
Saturday, November 2, 2024

All HSE students and families with addresses in the Hamilton Southeastern School District can click HERE to sign up.

Registration ends October 15

2024 Hamilton Southeastern Kids Coats Registration & Appointment Signups!

Call 317-324-8818 or email registration@kidscoats.org

See our website kidscoats.org/fishers

FCI is pleased to announce the return of the Snack Attack program for those students in need. This program, supported by the Fishers Youth Assistance Program, is designed to provide students a little extra nourishment for the weekend until they can receive a hot meal at school on Monday.

Here's how the program works: Your student will receive a small sack of food to be taken home over the weekend. The sack is filled with individually wrapped snacks such as granola bars, fruit cups, pop tarts, peanut butter/crackers, Goldfish crackers, etc. The type of snacks will vary each week. Please let us know if your child has a peanut allergy as he/she will receive a special bag of peanut-free snacks.

There is no cost to you or the school. To be part of this free program, you must sign up your family online. https://forms.gle/qQ2GgbD32C66Dhfg7 or have questions, please contact FYAPFood@gmail.com.

For more information on the Fishers Youth Assistance Program please visit their website at https://youth-assistance.squarespace.com/fishers.

The 2024 Liger XC Mile will take place on Thursday, October 10 at Hamilton Southeastern HS!! This race/run/walk is for ALL K- 6th grade students in the Hamilton Southeastern School District. School team scores will be kept by school. Register at RaceRoster.com

HSE Wrestling club offers an introduction to the sport of wrestling for our Pre-K-6th grade athletes with a goal of getting them to try and fall in love with the sport and become Royal Wrestlers in the future. We offer Beginner’s Classes for our younger athletes and a longer class for our older ones. We meet Mondays and Thursdays at HSE High School in the wrestling room and practice from After Fall Break to the first week of March. More information can be found at www.hsewrestlingclub.com and you can register from there as well. You can also email Coach Brobst at nbrobst@hse.k12.in.us

Listen to morning announcements and read upcoming newsletters for information on our school's activities.

YMI mentors are matched with a student who they meet with on a weekly basis for roughly 30 minutes. Matches talk about life, work on projects, and play games.

Ready to learn more?

Visit our website at www.ymionline.org or scan the QR code and fill out the Interested in Mentoring form. We will answer all your questions and help you get connected.

Do you know of an HSE staff member who deserves a shoutout? Someone who consistently goes above and beyond to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Give them a R.A.V.E. Review and share your appreciation! It’s simple to do - just complete a quick online form here: hseschools.org/rave.

You can send as many reviews as you’d like throughout the school year.

R.A.V.E. stands for Recognizing All Valuable Employees, and it’s our way of celebrating the incredible staff who make Hamilton Southeastern Schools a fantastic place to learn and grow.

Mark your calendars...

Saturday, November 9th will be the 21st Annual Carrie Colglazier Scholarship Workday. Students from FFA, National Honor Society, Girls Soccer and Girls Track will be available to work. For more information and to sign up to hire workers go to carriecolglazier.org/

In the summer of 2003, Carrie Colglazier a 2002 Hamilton Southeastern graduate was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Carrie was a two sport All-State athlete in soccer and track and was very involved in the FFA program here at HSE. Carrie was extremely passionate about her family, friends, teammates and her teachers and coaches. She took a great deal of pride in being a Royal.

Workday is Saturday, November 9, 2024.

• Winter Recreational Basketball Registration is Open

  • Boys Basketball - Registration for the Mudsock Boys Basketball rec season (K - 8th) and (New) Mudsock Elite (formerly Rec+) is open at myathletics.com. Please note, Mudsock Elite will be separate from the rec league; players who register for Mudsock Elite will NOT be required to register for rec basketball. Learn more.
  • Girls Basketball - Registration for the Mudsock Girls Basketball rec season (K-8) is open now at myathletics.com. Save-the-date for the November 2nd Recreational Opening Day Jamboree. Learn more.

  
  (New) esports - Registration for our brand-new esports league is just around the corner, and it’s open to gamers in the 10U-14U divisions. Team play kicks off this winter. Information will be updated here soon.

  Volunteer of the Month Nominations – Fall sport families, has a coach or a board member gone out of their way to make your experience great this season? We would love to hear about it! Thank you for emailing info@myathletics.com to nominate them.

Monday, October 7, rot I

• 8:10am-9am - VEX Robotics Club
• 8:15am-9am - Choir
• Book Fair
• Student Led Conferences - See communications from teachers regarding conferences

Tuesday, October 8, rot I

• Picture Re-Take Day
• Book Fair
• 4:00pm-6:00pm - Boys Basketball Try-Outs

Wednesday, October 9, rot I

• 8:10am-9am - VEX Robotics Club
• 8:15-9am - Student Council
• Book Fair
• Student Led Conferences - See communications from teachers regarding conferences

Thursday, October 10, rot I

• Book Fair
• Kona Ice at FCI
• 4:00pm-6:00pm - Boys Basketball Try-outs

Friday, October 11, rot I

FCI Spirit Day - Spirit Wear! Encourage your students to wear their Falcon gear or blue!

• 8:10-9am - Spell Bowl Practice
• Book Fair

• Fall Break - No School

Monday, October 21, rot F

• 8:10am-9:00am - VEX Robotics Club
• 8:15am-9:00am - Choir
• 4:00pm-5:30pm - Girl Scout Troop 4921 Meeting

Tuesday, October 22, rot F

• 1:00pm - PTO Meeting

Wednesday, October 23, rot F

• 8:10am-9:00am - VEX Robotics Club
• 8:15am-9:00am - Student Council

Thursday, October 24, rot F

Friday, October 25, rot F

FCI Spirit Day - Spirit Wear! Encourage your students to wear their Falcon gear or blue!

• 8:10-9am - Spell Bowl Practice

Attendance Phone: (317) 915-4228

Main Office Phone: (317) 915-4220

School Hours: 9:15am-4pm

Office Hours: 8:45am-4:30pm

Office Email: fci-general@hse.k12.in.us

Important Safety Reminders

• Office Entry - When you ring the buzzer for entry, remember that the office staff will ask you your name, intent, child's name/homeroom to ensure those that enter FCI should enter.
• Photo ID - Please have photo ID such as your driver's license ready for identification purposes.
• Door 1 entry - All visitors must enter via door 1 regardless of time of day. Please do not come in the cafeteria door with students before school.
• Bus lot - Do not enter the bus lot prior to bus arrival or while buses are in the lot.
• Drop-off - Please make all attempts possible to have your child exit your vehicle on the side of the curb. Exit the opposite side and walking in between cars is not safe.

Late Arrival Drop-Off

Students must be accompanied into the building and signed in by parents/guardians any time after 9:15am. Students should not come in by themselves.

Early Dismissal

Please notify the school in advance of an early dismissal. You can send a note in with your student or call the front office. At pick up, parents must come inside the building to sign out their child. Parents must ring the buzzer and indicate that they are picking up their child. Photo ID is required to be provided to office staff every time students are signed out. We will not release your child to anyone other than the legal guardians listed in Skyward without written or verbal permission.

Transportation Changes

If the child is aware of how they are going home in the afternoon, no note or call is needed. However, if there is a change during the day the student is not aware of, please call the office (317) 915-4220 by 2:30pm to ensure a safe and efficient dismissal.

Please ensure that you are staying within the cones during drop-off and pick-up. This means patiently waiting in the "zipper" lines as well as not going around the cones at the ends of the aisles regardless of time of day. Students should also exit & enter vehicles on the side nearest the curb.

Additionally, when entering and exiting our parking lot, please be extremely cautious. This is why it is suggested that all travel northbound to both enter and then when exiting our parking lot. Doing otherwise, makes it challenging to enter & exit across the traffic on Olio especially with the traffic into and out of Fall Creek Junior High.

You may NOT park and get out of your vehicle to get your child from the curb at dismissal. If you need to get your child early, you must bring your driver's license into the office to check out your child

All of our practices are constructed for the safety of our students & families! Let's remember that our children are watching! We can set the good example! Thank you, Falcon family!

Per HSE Policy, visitors and volunteers must have their Safe Visitor Badge scanned by office staff to check-in to the building.

If you do not have a Safe Visitor Badge, please find the directions to apply for one listed here https://www.hseschools.org/departments/school-safety under Visiting and Volunteering.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tobi Fields at 317-594-4100.

If you or someone you know is at risk of self-harm, suicide, or harmful towards others, please contact one of the following (All lines are free, confidential, and available 24/7):

Community Health Network - Call 800-662-3445 or Text HELPNOW to 20121
National Suicide Prevention Hotline - Call 800-273-8255
LookUP - Call 800-284-8439 or Text LookUp to 494949

Mental Health Issues are common and treatable. Hamilton Southeastern Schools has a contract with Community Health Network and has a mental health therapist working with students in each of our schools. If you have questions or concerns please reach out to your school’s school counselor for further information. Mental Health & School Counseling - Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation (hseschools.org)

All students in HSE Schools deserve to come to school free of fear and to feel safe to be their authentic selves. Discrimination of any type is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated at HSEHS Schools – this includes sexual harassment (Title IX) and discrimination based on disabilities or race (Titles II and VI).

If students ever experience any type of harassment, we ask that they report this immediately to an administrator, school counselor or trusted adult. Beyond reporting directly to building officials, HSE Schools has an entire support system in place for filing concerns and complaints, which can be located on our District website. Non-Discrimination & Non-Harassment Statement - Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation (hseschools.org)

Assistant Principal - Mr. Marc Williams (mwilliams@hse.k12.in.us)

Email: FCI-General@hse.k12.in.us
Website: https://fci.hseschools.org/
Location: 12011 Olio Road Fishers, IN 46037
Phone: (317) 915-4220
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fall-Creek-Intermediate-Falcons/536020973132615
Twitter: @FCI_Falcons