Elementary News

Lower School Newsletter from Wade Putnal

January 28, 2016

THANKS for all the supplies you collected during Spirit Week! Your generosity will benefit Bo’s Camp, Backpack Ministry, Children’s Hospital, and L.H. Williams’ Tutoring Program.

Visiting Author: Local author Conie Mac Darnell, husband of our wonderful Lower School Librarian Cyndi Darnell, will jumpstart our Mixon-Fincher Young Author and Illustrator Week by visiting 1^st-5^th graders on Thurs., Feb. 4^th, 12-12:30 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium. **Pre-order forms and checks due Friday, Jan. 22^nd

Mixon-Fincher Young Author/Illustrator Celebration for 1^st-5^th grades will take place in your child’s classroom on Friday, February 5^th – 8:15 to 9am. Parents are invited to visit as students celebrate being young authors and illustrators.

LIBRARY NEWS: It’s 5^th grade quilt time! We need volunteers for Miss Brown’s and Mrs. Murnan’s classes. (Many thanks to Isabel Stokes’s grandmother for volunteering for Mrs. Hollingsworth’s class!) Each mom or grandmother volunteer will piece together squares made by a 5^th grade class, and then quilt the crib-size blanket for that class. We provide all supplies, and this can be done by machine or hand - NO rush. The quilts hang in the library until their junior year when they are auctioned at the Fall Festival to help fund the Junior-Senior prom. You may stop by the library to view previous years’ quilts any time. Please consider volunteering for one of the 5th grade classes. Thank you!

MATH-A-THON – 1^st – 5^th grade “Funbooks” have been sent home. Please return your donation envelope and prize order form by February 26^th.

All FPD Bands, including our 5^th Grade Band, will perform a concert February 9^th at 7:00pm in the Clark Fine Arts Center. Parents, you know the most important audience in the world is a child’s family, so please join us in supporting our talented musicians!

FPD Center for Discovery spring class registration is underway! Open to the community, classes are available for 3K through adults. Pick up a program guide and registration form in the Elementary Office or online at: www.fpdmacon.org/center-for-discovery

The Viking Store: Winter Sale Week is Friday, Jan. 29^th to Friday, Feb. 5^th. All outerwear and long-sleeve shirts are 20% off! “Viking Bucks” spending cards make great gifts for Valentine’s Day or any occasion. Remember we have everything a Viking needs for cold weather: headwear, scarves, long-sleeve spirit shirts, sweatshirts and jackets (all uniform-approved) as well as blankets. We carry Land’s End uniform shirts and girls’ sweaters also. Open school days 7:45am - 3:30pm and located in the MAC building near the cafeteria. 

Please label all jackets, coats, sweaters, hats, mittens, lunchboxes, etc. If you are missing something, please check Elementary “Lost & Found.”

*** COMING UP ***

·        Re-enrollment Due – Monday, February 1^st

·        Moms In Prayer meets Feb. 8^th – 12:30 pm – Elementary Multi Purpose Room

·        Lower School Chapel: Feb. 9^th (3^rd grade will lead) – 12:05 pm in auditorium

·        Red Cross Blood Drive – Friday, February 12^th, 8am-1pm, Clark Fine Arts Building

·        President’s Day Holiday – No School – Monday & Tuesday, February 15^th and 16^th

·        Dress Down Day – February 19^th – for Daybreak Center for the homeless

·        March 4-13: Goodwill Donation Drive Competition! As you begin spring cleaning, please donate items during this week. FPD Elementary will compete with other area schools to see who brings in the most donations.