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FES Knightly News
Weekly Family Newsletter
Week of October 2nd, 2023
Fall Break
Welcome to October, FES families! As a reminder, fall break for all Boone County Schools will be this Friday (October 6th) and the following Monday (October 9th). School will be closed on these days.
Also, Halloween will be Tuesday, October 31st. Students are welcomed to wear their costumes to school that day, as long as they abide by the following rules:
- No masks/face coverings
- No weapons
- Fingernails may not be so long to prevent students from completing work (per FES Student Dress Code)
- Any clothing representing illegal activities for minors (alcohol, drugs, sex, gangs, or violence) or
character/symbols/graphics referencing violent media (per FES Student Dress Code)
- Chains, including animal collars of any kind, those on billfolds, metal belts, heavily studded clothing or accessories, or any heavy weight chains used as jewelry (per FES Student Dress Code)
For Your Information
Child Development Guide (available in French and Spanish)
Many times it is difficult to know if your young child is displaying appropriate developmental behaviors. For a general guide of what developmental markers students should be displaying at various ages, click here (or see below). This guide has been developed by Northern Kentucky First Steps. Please promote this resource to any families you know who may have children too young to attend school. Early intervention for children with possible developmental delays is crucial to ensuring their success in school. More information about First Steps is available here.
From School Health Services
Just a reminder- only students who are seen and excused by the nurse will have their absence excused if they leave early due to illness. If parents decide to pick their child up early due to a message from a teacher and that child has not been excused by the nurse, parents will be required to use one of their parent notes to have the absence excused.
Free English Classes for Adults (REPEAT FROM LAST WEEK)
NKYESL offers FREE online or in-person English classes at Gateway Community and Technical College.
For information about in-person classes, click here
Bus Safety Tip of the Week from Mr. Dave, Lead Driver for FES (Bus 137)
Safety Tip:
Welcome to Fall! This season brings new challenges for the students and drivers as the weather starts getting colder and wetter. We ask that students dress for the weather and keep away from the approaching at the stops. Wet leaves and streets could create slick conditions for buses and students. If you have any questions, please contact the school or bus garage.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (REPEAT FROM LAST WEEK)
See the flyer at right to sign up for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. This program will give your child(ren) ages birth to 5 years one FREE book/month! They will be sent to your house at no cost to you!
From the FRC (REPEAT FROM LAST WEEK)
- The FRC is starting to make lists for Thanksgiving and Christmas Assistance. If this is a need for your family, please contact FRC. A KINVO text message will go out beginning of next week as well.
- If your student needs a coat for the winter and you need assistance with this, please contact the FRC as well. We will be going through coats and getting things ready for the colder weather.
- The annual pumpkin coloring contest is right around the corner. Pumpkin coloring pages will be going out at the end of next week. The pumpkins will be displayed the whole month of October outside the cafe and voting will take place on Tuesday October 31st. A prize will be given to a winner in each grade level.
- Our Family Literacy Night/ Trunk or Treat (new this year) is right around the corner on October 19th. Flyers will be going out next week, as well as sign ups for our trunk or treat cars and details. If you are interested in helping out that night, please sign up on the form to come. :)
Knights of the Week
Congratulations! These students and staff were nominated by teachers because they ROCK!
Preschool – Jorney S. (Ms. Lobenstein)
Kindergarten – Iris P. (Ms. Oppen/Howard)
1st Grade- Amaya O. (Ms. Speagle)
2 – Adeline E. (Ms. Reynolds)
3 – Sucad H. (Ms. Shaw)
4 – Lily T. (Ms. Argullin)
5 – Maya T. (Ms. Ziegelmeyerl)
Staff- Ms. Ortwein (3rd Grade)
Here's What We're Learning This Week!
Kindergarten
Reading/Writing- We are completing our ABC jumpstart this week and will be celebrating with Candyland and a parade.
Math- We are working on writing and identifying numbers 0-5
Science- We are working on weather patterns.
Social Studies- We are continuing working on building a community.
1st Grade
Reading/Writing- We will be reading number and counting books this week!
Math- Students will begin to practice working with teen numbers! We will identify and make teen numbers.
Science-This week we will focus on learning about animals and their physical features, This goes hand in hand with our field trip next week!
More 1st Grade Info- Please make sure to submit field trip forms asap!
2nd Grade
Reading/Writing- Students are reading memory stories and creating a writing piece that highlights a memory in their lives.
Math- Students will begin adding two- digit numbers.
Social Studies- Students will talk about what social studies is and areas included in social studies ( geography, civics, history, and economics)
3rd Grade
Reading/Writing- Reading: I can explain how illustrations contribute to an effect (creating mood, characters, and setting). Writing: I can answer a question using a statement and support my statement with evidence from the text.
Math- I can interpret and demonstrate products of whole numbers.
Social Studies- This week and next we will be learning about economics.
More 3rd Grade Info- On Thursday, Oct 5th, students will participate in another surprise and delight activity as they build a spooky array city to demonstrate what they have learned about arrays and multiplication in math class! We will also begin our ice cream sundae incentive as kids work on fluently recalling multiplication facts!
4th Grade
Reading/Writing- Students will be reviewing story elements, along with practicing deep understand for plot.
Math- Students will be learning different strategies to solve multidigit equations within addition.
Science- Students will be learning about collision and explaining how energy is seen within collison.
Social Studies- Students will be learning lines of longitude and lines of latitude.
5th Grade
Reading/Writing- Students will be learning how to compare and contrast two or more characters in a story. In writing students will continue to practice using the CER method.
Math-Students are learning how to round decimals. Students will also me taking the Unit 1 Assessment on 9/29.
Science- Students will be answering the question of "How can you protect a farm from the next dust bowl?"
Social Studies- Students will investigate how the Founding Fathers balanced powers when forming the new federal government.
STEM
Kindergarten is learning about weather patterns and seasons. First grade is learning about patterns in the night sky, including the moon and stars. Second grade is continuing to learn about material properties and changes in matter. Third grade is continuing a Project Lead the Way unit on the forces of flight. Fourth grade is continuing a Project Lead the Way unit on energy. Fifth grade is learning about ecosystems.
Physical Education
For the Month of October all Grade Level will focus on throwing and catching skills. Kindergarten will be introduced to throwing cues and catching skills. First grade is learning the cues of a proper throw and catching skills. Second grade is learning the cues to throwing to a target and catching skills. Third grade is reviewing the mechanics of a proper throw and catching skills using a target. Fourth grade is reviewing the mechanics of a proper throw and catching skills using a target Fifth grade is reviewing the throw mechanics and using cues to play a catching and throwing activities. SEL: Practice Kindness
Music
Melody, the main idea of a song and how notes move to create an idea. Line and space names of the treble clef staff. Grades 2-5 will be learning a song about Veterans
Art
K & 1 are learning about Art class and making bugs!
2 & 3 created cheetahs in the wild.
4 & 5 created symmetrical butterflies with warm and cool colors.
Here's some of the learning Mr. Burch saw around the building this week!
Ms. Bodenbender's 4th Grade Math Class
Ms. Bachman's Kindergarten Math Class
Ms. Windham's 1st Grade Math Class
1st Grade Writes About Apples
Kindergartners Learn Beginning Sounds
Ms. Ballard's 1st Grade Math Class
From the Cafeteria
SBDM Update (REPEAT 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). At the September SBDM meeting, council voted to fully allocate funds to enclose our playground in the interest of safety.
The meeting for October has been changed to Monday, October 16th at 4:15.
All of our SBDM policies are available on the FES school website.