Forest City Elementary December newsletter

Welcome to the Forest City Elementary School monthly newsletter!

The newsletter will feature stories and happenings in our school.

December is an exciting month at our school. Read on to learn more!

- Principal Brad Jones

Forest City Elementary

December 2016 Newsletter

Hour of Code

On December 9th, the elementary will be participating in an Hour of Code. Tens of millions of students in over 180 countries will be involved in coding activities. The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science.

Classroom Highlight

Mrs. Taft class worked on a STEM project project where they created turkeys out of supplied materials and then had to work together to create a turkey "hideout" so that their turkeys wouldn't get eaten for Thanksgiving. This project incorporated the 4 C's-- collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity!

The Forest City Educational Association (FCEA) is sponsoring and organizing the Giving Tree this year. Over 135 children will receive a gift of clothing and a toy through tags in the community. Giving Tree tags can be found at Bills, Shopko and TSB. Donations can be left at the Elementary School (checks payable to the FCEA Giving Tree).

We wish to thank all of our community volunteers as well as Waldorf students for coming into our elementary and working with our students. The service they provide is so valuable to our students and the culture of our building. Volunteers are here to greet students in the morning at breakfast and we have volunteers that take the time to work with students on reading in 1:1 or small group situations. Students from Waldorf have been coming over to spend time with individual students or working in classrooms helping with small group activities. The relationships they develop with our students have helped our kids tremendously and we appreciate our partnership with them!

Upcoming Events

TODAY! December 1st: 2nd grade Holiday concert will be at 6:30 followed by the 3rd grade concert at 7:45 in the Elementary Cafetorium
December 2nd: 4th Grade will celebrate Grandparents Tea at 9:30 AM. Parking will be provided on the west side of the elementary building.
December 8: 1st grade and Primary programs will be at 6:30 & 7:45 p.m.
BrickStreet Theater performances of A Christmas Story the weekends of December 9 and December 14. BrickStreet Theatre
December 22: School dismisses at 2 p.m. and classes resume on January 3, 2017.

Check out the school calendar on www. forestcity.k12.ia.us for all of the upcoming activities!

Just a reminder that once the snow arrives, we do require snow boots and snow pants for the children to go outside to play. If you have a need for those items for your child, please contact the elementary.

Stay Connected

SchoolWay: Text or email alerts for school cancellations, postponements or activity/sports announcements. Free Apple or Android app or can be viewed from any web browser http://myschoolway.com/forestcity
Facebook: Find the school by searching for "Forest City Community School District"
Twitter Accounts: General: @FCElementary, Mr. Clarey (PE) @FCElemPE, Mrs. Egesdal: @4BEgesdal, Mrs. Walker: @_mrswalker, Mrs. Pins: @ PinsClass, Mrs. Reece: @elpfc, Mrs. Jerome: @4thJerome, @FC4C2016, Mrs. Lillquist: @CariLillquist, Mrs. Mollenhauer: @kmollenhauerfc, Ms. Bartlett: @sam_bartlett12
Web site: www.forestcity.k12.ia.us has the school calendar, lunch menus, and more...

Forest City Elementary School | 1405 West I Street
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