April 20, 2018
In This Issue:
Ice Cream Social!
Chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and ice cream ---   is there a more perfect combination?! Families enjoyed relaxing on a beautiful day (there were many comments about it being a rare day that we don't have family events without it being 100 degrees ---   we're looking at you, Fall Festival!). It was so nice for busy moms and dads to enjoy lunch during the week with their children and Fairmont family friends. And it was so wonderful to be able to top it off with yummy ice cream! We're already looking forward to next year!

News & Announcements
CTP4 Testing for All Students in Grades 3 --    8
Parents, please do your best to have your child healthy and here on time for our CTP4 testing during the week of April 23 through April 27. In addition, please help to ensure that your student gets a good night's rest and eats a nutritious breakfast during testing week. All students in P2 through 2nd grade will take the Children's Progress Test during the week of April 30 through May 4.


Week of the Young Child
Dancing and singing so that the back row can hear
April 16 through April 20
Take a look at the fun activities our preschool, pre-kindergarten, junior kindergarten, and kindergarten students participated in this week during the Week of the Young Child.

Monday, April 16 ---   Music Monday
The Young Music Company ---   music performance with Garixe

Tuesday, April 17 ---   Tasty Tuesday
Ladybugs you can eat!
Pre-K spring music rehearsal

Wednesday, April 18 ---   Work-Together Wednesday
Each class built a different tower with the LARGE LEGOS outside
Each class planted something in the garden
Pre-K spring music rehearsal

Thursday, April 19 ---   Artsy Thursday
Finger painting outside
"Week of the Young Child" ---   everyone finger painted on it
Chalk outside

Friday, April 20 ---   Family Friday
Marionette show
Fairmont Family Night at the Angel's baseball game


May the Fourth Be with You
Friday, May 4, at the Vineyard Field (5340 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills)
We are excited to announce that the Fairmont Parent Association will host the "May the Fourth Be with You" Jedi Academy on Friday, May 4. Below is the schedule for each class (four separate groups of students).


8:15 am to 9:15 am ---   
junior high (6th, 7th, and 8th grades)

9:15 am to 10:00 am ---   2nd and 3rd grades
10:00 am to 11:00 am ---   junior kindergarten, kindergarten, and 1st grade
11:00 am to 12:00 pm ---   4th and 5th grades

Please come out to support your children and watch them advance through the Jedi ranks while training at Fairmont's Jedi Academy!

 

National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Wednesday, May 2
We will induct the newest members of our Anaheim Hills National Junior Honor Society on Wednesday, May 2, at 2:37 p.m. in the multipurpose room. If your child has qualified for induction into NJHS, then you will receive an invitation to attend the ceremony.

If you have any questions about NJHS at Anaheim Hills, please contact either of our NJHS coordinators, Mrs. Gilbert or Mr. Malone.


Fairmont-Wide Lands' End Uniform Fitting Event
Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19
Fairmont Anaheim Hills will host a two-day Land's End uniform fitting event on Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19. We will have several fitting booths set up both days, and a team of Lands' End employees will be on site to provide help with sizing. We will communicate more specific information once the exact hours are finalized.


Book Lovers Workshops
Do you love reading? Be sure to check out our new summer classes offered at Fairmont Anaheim Hills for all of our insatiable readers. Mrs. Harmon (AHC) and Ms. Harmon (HAC) will lead both workshops.

Book Lovers Workshop Session 1
Grades 3 ---     5
July 16 ---   19 at Fairmont Anaheim Hills
Monday ---   Thursday from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$200 (minimum of 10 students)
Book Lovers Workshop Session 2
Grades 3 ---     5
July 23 ---     26 at Fairmont Anaheim Hills
Monday ---   Thursday from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$200 (minimum of 10 students)

At each workshop, students will share their love of books and reading with each other through both independent reading and literary-based games and activities. In addition to reading, they will hone their creative writing skills by composing book reviews and recommendations in a variety of fun and interesting ways, including crafting alternate endings to their favorite stories and writing postcards from characters' points of view.

Students will be part of a fun and safe online community in which they can explore new books and share their favorites with friends. Additionally, they will step outside of their books with fun activities that might include exploring a book-tasting menu, going on an Amazing Literacy Race, solving a crime scene mystery, or using their critical-thinking skills to free themselves from an Escape Room. Activities will differ in each session, so students who want to double their fun can enroll in both sessions. 


Writer's Workshops
Writers and non-writers unite! Have you ever thought about a cool story and couldn't figure out how to put it together on paper? Have you ever experienced something and couldn't quite describe it well? Here's your opportunity to hone those abilities! Students in our writing workshops will engage in a two-week process to conceptualize, plan, draft, publish, and illustrate completed works of literary art. We will dive into different stories, learning about the writing styles of various authors and scavenging the treasure troves of word choice to expand our schema of words. Critical thinking, problem solving, perspective shifts, and research skills are only a handful of the concepts that we will learn and intertwine throughout these two weeks.

Writer's Workshop (2nd and 3rd grades)
June 11 ---     23 from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Monday through Thursday
$325 (minimum of five students)
Writer's Workshop (4th and 5th grades)
June 11 ---     23 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Monday through Thursday
$325 (minimum of five students)



Bananas Over Reading
At Fairmont Private Schools, we know that reading is definitely not monkey business ---   it's beneficial to all students and is also a tremendous amount of FUN!

Join us at Fairmont Anaheim Hills on Saturday, May 5, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm for a wonderful family event filled with engaging story time, carnival games, snow cones, face painting, and an exciting opportunity for your child to take a photo with PBS KIDS character Curious George, as seen on PBS SoCal!

Because we believe that every child deserves to go bananas over reading, we are asking each family to bring a new book to the event to donate to the Children's Hospital of Orange County Family Resource Center. Space is limited, so RSVP today! Can't make the event? You can still participate in our book drive to benefit CHOC patients. Simply bring your donation of a new book to any of our Fairmont campuses.


2018 Summer Programs ---   Out-of-This-World Adventure
Registration is now open for summer school, summer camp, and enrichment workshops!

Enroll by April 30, and receive a 10-percent discount! Some new and returning workshops include Brick City Engineers, Remote Control Mania, Junior Magician Camp, Backpack Sewing Camp, and more! View our summer's complete offerings to learn more. 

Summer school is a wonderful way to help students not only retain the information they learned in the last year but also to prepare them for the upcoming one.
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Husky Highlight
Fairmont Prep Robotics Students Safely Build upon Team Success

As the FIRST® Robotics Competition Championship is currently underway in Houston, it is a good time to revisit the 2017 ---      2018 robotics season. Your Fairmont Prep FRC team competed in the Los Angeles Regional and in the Ventura Regional in March. We ranked 29th in LA and 33rd in Ventura.

At the Ventura competition, we qualified for the quarterfinals but were defeated in the second round by only 10 points. This is significant because we lost to the Spartatronics team, who won that regional and moved on to the world competition. No other team in the elimination rounds came that close in scoring against them.

It was a great adventure, and what seemed, at first, to be an easy challenge turned out to be technically difficult. All teams experienced numerous breakdowns, and life in the pits was stressful at times. On a positive note, a big congratulations goes to our safety captains, freshmen Elisabeth Feng and Emmaly Nguyen, who brought back three awards:  

  • Safety Person of the Day (Los Angeles)
  • Safety Pit Award (Ventura)
  • Runner-up for the Safety Award in Ventura

Safety is a continuous and constant concern of FIRST, and these recognitions are highly regarded by all teams. The season will end with the team building components for future robots, including the vision system (autonomous vehicle) the students developed during winter break. Great job to all of the Fairmont Prep FRC Husketeers!

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"Space Adventure 2018"


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