~Wednesday, January 17th, 4-5:30 pm, Conversations about Race, Fernwood Library

~ Friday, January 19th, 5:30pm-7:00pm, PTO Trivia Night, Fernwood Cafeteria

~Tuesday, January 23rd, 5:30-6:30pm, Adolescent Trip Info Meeting, Fernwood Auditorium

~Monday, January 29th, 5:30pm, SEC Meeting, In Person, Fernwood Library

~Friday, February 2nd, 5:30pm-7:00pm, Soup and Chili Supper, Fernwood Cafe

~Thursday, February 8th, 6:30pm, Music Parents Meeting, Virtual
https://meet.google.com/fpf-rvca-uuk

~Saturday, February 10th, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Montessori at 50 Open House Event, MacDowell Montessori School

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

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Looking for a District Multicultural Multilingual Advisory Council (DMMAC) Rep!

The District Multicultural Multilingual Advisory Council (DMMAC) brings together parents, teachers, administrators, school staff, board members, and community members. Committee members respect and value the richness that our culturally and linguistically diverse students bring. Additionally, committee members see the learning of multiple languages and cultures as an asset all students should possess.   Please reach out to Parent Coordinator Meredith at genricm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us if you are interested in being the representative from Fernwood who serves on this committee.  Meetings are open to all community members to attend.  See below for details on this year’s meetings.

DMMAC flyer.pdf

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Free Drama Classes

Please see the attached flyer for information on free Saturday drama classes.  These classes are offered by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and include free lunch.

Free Saturday Drama Classes

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Announcing Spring Clubs-Enrollment Opens 1/23

We’re excited to announce the after school clubs for the 2023-2024 school year. These are in addition to more sports and offers through the Recreation Department. We were able to offer these clubs this year thanks to ESSER II Extracurricular Engagement grants.  Thank you to the following club leaders for their extra efforts this year.

Families please sign up for one club maximum in Winter/Spring, as the club sizes are small compared to the size of our school. Enrollment will be accepted on a first-come first basis. Thank you for your interest and signing up for only one club per season. You can contact the club leader if you have more questions.

Sign up Google Forms will be in the newsletter sent to families on 1/23.

ABAR Club

Grade levels: 4th-8th

Coordinator: Kat Toman

Every other Thursday 2:30-3:30 ,1/25, 2/8, 2/22, 3/7, and 3/21

Max: 15*

Room 251

This is a student-led anti-bias/anti-racism group. We will be examining the biases we all have and work to dismantle them. This will be partially student-led, and students may decide to share their work with other classes.
*Please email Ms. Kat for questions on this club, all interested students can join.

Architecture Club

Grade levels: 7th – 8th

Coordinator: Danya Almoghrabi and other UW-Milwaukee Graduate Students

Mondays, 2:35 – 4:00, Starting January 29th-March 18th

Max: 12

Room 152

Interested in learning about architecture and design? Join us to experiment with a combination of model-making, drawing, and art with graduate architecture students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Girls Who Code
Grade levels: 4-6th
Coordinator: Sangita Nayak
Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 PM, Starting February 21st-May 1st

Max: 15
Rm 37
Fernwood Girls Who Code will continue coding and learn other tech advances. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.

Fiber Arts
Grade levels: 3rd-6th
Coordinator: Kelsey McCarron
Mondays, 2:30-3:30, Starting February 5- March 18
Max: 10

Rm 253
Do you love to crochet, knit, embroider, or weave? Join Fiber Arts Club with Miss Kelsey! We will meet Mondays for 6 sessions of fiber art activities.

Jewelry Club

Grade Levels: 4-6th

Coordinator: Jean Vogel

Wednesdays, 2:45-3:45, Starting March 6-April 3

Max: 10

Room 25

In the Jewelry Club with Ms. Jean, students will learn how to create beaded jewelry with wire, crimp beads and clasps. We will also study ancient jewelry and bauble!  This club is free.

Photography
Grade levels: 6-8th
Coordinator: John Saller
Wednesdays, 2:30-4:00 starting in March
Max: 12

Room: TBA

The Focus On Photography Club will help you take your pictures to another level by covering such subjects as composition, lighting and exposure. We will have weekly photo projects that we will share as a group. A digital camera is highly recommended, but a camera phone will be acceptable. 

Sewing Club

Grade levels: 3rd-6th
Coordinator: Tracy Redlich
Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30, Starting March 6-May 29
Max: 12
Room 24
After school sewing club. Students will learn basic hand sewing skills to create a stuffed animal.

Tennis Club
Grade levels: 7th-8th
Coordinator: Kellie Krawcyzk
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:30, Starting May-June

Max: 12
Rm 7 and outside
Learn basic strokes, how to serve and how to score a tennis match. Have fun learning the basics of the game of tennis and play some matches against your teammates!!!

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Fernwood PTO Trivia Night on January 19th 

Please join us for this FREE family event, sponsored by PTO!  Everyone is welcome. Mx. Botsford, Mr. Nikolai and Mr. Jerabek will be our trivia hosts.  Event will be held on January 19th from 5:30-7pm in the Cafeteria.  Please consider bringing a donation for the Bayview Community Center food pantry.  Details in the flyer below.

Trivia Night Flyer

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Announcing the May 2025 Adolescent (7th/8th) Field Trip to Washington DC

Washington D.C, are you ready for some pirates!?  Please join us in the Fernwood Auditorium on January 23rd at 5:30pm for an informational meeting about the adolescent field trip to Washington D.C. in May 2025. The trip is open to all interested students who will be in 7th or 8th grade during the 2024-2025 school year.  Topics covered will include the itinerary, logistics of the trip, cost, fundraising, and time for Q and A.  This trip will be offered through a company called Explore America/EF.

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Attention Pirate Chefs!  Fernwood Soup & Chili Supper needs your soup!

Please consider making a soup for the upcoming Soup and Chili supper which is put on by the Fernwood Fund.  If you would like to contribute by cooking and serving a soup please visit this link: www.mealtrain.com/potlucks/wdg9lq

The soup and chili supper and social event is Friday February 2nd. The Fernwood Café will be turned into an all you can eat soup buffet with dozens of soups prepared by your fellow Fernwood families.  Soups will be served from 5:30pm until 7pm and will cost $2 for students and $5 for adults (children 3 & under are free).

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Sign Up: Conversations about Race

Please register for a Conversation about Race with Coach Nikki Janzen on January 17th at 4pm-5:30pm in the Fernwood Library.

Conversations About Race Sign Up

Children are never too young to learn about race. In this 90 minute session, you can grow your knowledge on healthy ways to talk to your children about race and equity using children’s books and videos as an anchor for discovery and discussion. This session will be led by social justice educator, Milwaukee Public Schools restorative practices coach, parent of one of our students and founder of Beloved Healing LLC, Nikki Janzen.

Nikki will use restorative shared agreements to create a brave, caring space and guide us through researched best practices to help us cultivate children that are racially aware, empathetic and proud of who they are while supporting those in their community. We will watch videos, read children’s books as well as talk through resources and close with a question and answer opportunity.

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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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