Fernwood Family Newsletter #13, 11/21/23 

 

~Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 6:00pm, PTO Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual

meet.google.com/isc-jfjq-zow

~Monday, November 27, 2023, 5:30pm, SEC Meeting, virtual https://meet.google.com/hnp-uhmu-wpr

~Thursday, November 30th, 2023 5:30pm Forensics Kick Off Meeting, Virtual https://meet.google.com/vbv-ypnu-uqj (Correction-meeting is now on 11/30)

~Tuesday, December 12, 2023 6:30 pm, Fernwood Fund Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual-email benjaminmstocks@gmail.com for meeting link

~Thursday, December 14, 2023 5:30pm, Fernwood Winter Concert, Bayview High School 

~Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 6:00pm, PTO Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual http://meet.google.com/isc-jfjq-zow

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Link to Fernwood Family-School Manual 2023-2024: Family-School Manual 2023 2024 SY.docx

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Thank You to Nature’s Classroom Helpers!

Thank you to the Upper El teachers, Fernwood staff, and chaperones who attended Nature’s Classroom and helped make this an amazing experience for our students.  Your volunteered time is so appreciated.

Fernwood staff worked so many extra hours, unpaid, to make this trip a success.  Please be sure to thank them!

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Important Winter Concert Information

All lower elementary classrooms, UE choir, LE choir, UE Percussion (new), Adolescent Guitar Ensemble (new) and Adolescent Percussion Ensemble (new), Adolescent Choir, Adolescent Modern Rock Band, and 3rd Grade Recorders will perform on Thursday, December 14th at Bay View High School (2751 S Lenox St.). Students should arrive at 5pm. Concert should go from 5:30pm-7pm.

We are looking for parent volunteers. Please let me know if you are available to help out on any of these events. I can get more into the specifics, but your job will be to direct students and monitor behavior. If you would like to volunteer, please add your name and email address to the volunteer form. 

If you would like to practice with your child at home, below are the songs the lower elementary classrooms will perform. Make sure you see which group your child will be a part of.

Lower Elementary Group 1

Rooms 251, 252, 253

Act 1 “March” paper plates

“Get Your Winter On”

“Winter Walk”

Lower Elementary Group 2

Rooms 22, 24, 34, 35

“Trepak” paper plates

“Hot Cocoa”

“Marshmallow Penguin”

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Fernwood Montessori: Meet the Staff 

Pop Quiz:  What Fernwood teacher is also a hockey player?  The answer is in the attached slide show of information about our Fernwood staff compiled by the PTO. Teachers filled out some questionnaires to let us know their likes and dislikes.

Meet the Staff

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Brown Paper Bags Needed

Did you know that our building composts?  We are in need of brown paper grocery bags to use for this process.  If you have any to donate please bring them to the office and leave them for Parent Coordinator Meredith.  Please email genricm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us with questions.  Thank you!

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Annual PTO Anodyne Coffee Sale

Want a medium mocha, half caf, with oat milk and no whip?  PTO can help with that!  

The Annual PTO Anodyne Coffee Sale starts today!  PTO is selling whole bean and ground coffee, whole bean and ground decaf coffee, hot cocoa tins, and gift cards. All ordering is online and runs from 11/14 – 11/29.  Delivery to school will be the week of December 11th, just in time for Winter Break .  This is PTOs biggest fundraiser of the year.  Monies are used to support classroom teachers with field trips and classroom supplies. 

Order here!

anodynecoffee.com/collections/fernwood-fundraiser

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After-School Upper Elementary Broadway Kids Musical

Fernwood is thrilled to announce that we will be offering a Broadway Kids Musical in the spring for Upper Elementary students. Grades 4-6 are invited to join the cast of Disney’s The Jungle Book! Rehearsals will be Mondays, 2:30-4:30 pm, March 18 – May 13 (no class 3/25). Registration opens in January. Stay tuned for more info!

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After-School Lower Elementary Theater Classes

The January session is now full but the waitlist is open.  

Fernwood is partnering once again with Character Kids to offer after-school theater/stage skill-building classes. Classes will meet once a week for 8 weeks on Mondays from 2:30-3:30pm. The cost for families is $100 per student. Fernwood will be paying the additional cost per student using COVID relief ESSER funds for after-school activities. If families are in need of a full or partial scholarship for this program, please email brenda@characterkidsdrama.com. Enrollment will be first-come, first-served and we ask that families only sign up if their child did not already participate in this experience in the fall, for session 1. If we have open seats, we will send another message opening up the class to any 1st-3rd grader.  Each session will end with a special parent showcase. This is an opportunity for lower elementary students, grades 1-3 only.

Session 2: January 8-March 11 (no class 1/15 or 2/19). CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR WAITLIST

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Ski/Snowboard Club Reminder! Closes November 28th!

Ski/Snowboard Club Reminder!  Registration closes November 28th so register before you forget!  Anyone is welcome – you need not be a Fernwood student or family 🙂  See below for details.

Fernwood Ski Club-23/24

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Forensics Kick Off Meeting

Greetings families of 6th-8th grade students!  Does your young person have a flair for the dramatic, a love of verbal communication, and seems to enjoy commanding the attention of a crowd? Or, does your young person want to conquer a fear of public speaking?  Then they should consider being a part of Fernwood’s Fantastic Forensics Family!! Forensics is a Milwaukee Recreation program, so students may be involved in this program in addition to an afterschool club.  

We will be having an informational meeting for interested scholars and families on Thursday, Nov. 30th from 5:30- 6:30pm via Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/vbv-ypnu-uqj )

You will learn what Forensics is, some of the categories, the commitment involved and about volunteer opportunities.  Hope you see many of you there! Please email Mx. Botsford (botsfokm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us) with any questions. 

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Music Information from Mr. Miller

There is LOTS of information from Mr. Miller about Choir and MANY other music opportunities for our students.  Please see the link for his update which includes ways to sign up.

Fernwood Music 2023-24

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