• Thursday, February 29th, 5:30pm, PAC Meeting, virtual, meet.google.com/btw-mkne-isd
• Tuesday, March 12th, 6:30pm, Fernwood Fund Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual-email benjaminmstocks@gmail.com for meeting link
• Thursday, March 14th, 6:30pm, Music Parents Meeting, Virtual https://meet.google.com/fpf-rvca-uuk
• Thursday, March 14th and Tuesday, March 19th, 3:00-6:45pm Parent Teacher Conferences, Fernwood Montessori Classrooms
• Monday, March 18th, 5:30pm, SEC Meeting, virtual https://meet.google.com/hnp-uhmu-wpr
• Tuesday, March 19th, 6:00pm, PTO Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual http://meet.google.com/isc-jfjq-zow
• Friday, March 22nd, 2004-Sunday, March 31st, 2004, SPRING BREAK, school resumes on 4/1

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

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Classic Slice Fernwood Family Days
Looking for a delicious meal, a way to support Fernwood PTO and a local family owned business?  Good news, February 27th through 29th will be Classic Slice Fernwood Family Days.  Order any time during these days and 20% of the profits will be donated to Fernwood.  Thank you to Marisa Lange, owner and Fernwood parent for this generous fundraiser. Festival Pizza Flyer.pdf

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Save the Date: 8th Grade Completion Ceremony
Get your tissues out!  The 8th grade completion ceremony will be held in the evening on June 11th at Bayview High School.  Look to future newsletters for an exact time and more details.  Thanks!

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Pirate Parent Needed to Coach Track and Field!
Fernwood is looking for a parent volunteer willing to coach track and field for adolescents.  We have many interested students and would like to offer the opportunity to have a team at our school.  The first meet is April 19th/April 20th.  Please let Mr. Comp know if you are willing to take this on at compra@milwaukee.k12.wi.us or if you have additional questions.

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Spring Conference Sign Ups Available
Conference days are Thursday, March 14th and Tuesday, March 19th from 3-6:45pm.

Please sign up for ONE conference time slot for your K3-6th grade student with your student’s teacher. Conferences will be in person in the classroom.  Grade 7th and 8th grade families will also be able to sign up for a time frame slot (not an appointment).  Please see below for details.  

If you have more than one child at Fernwood, please consider allowing some “travel time” between your conferences. 

If your child receives special education support, please also schedule a conference with your child’s special education teacher. 

Conferences are also available with our gym, music and art teacher.  Additionally, conferences are available with our support staff.  

Free childcare will be available in room 9 (near the cafeteria) during conferences.  

Primary (K3-K5):
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48093177-fernwood
*Please note that Ms. Lorinda has a slightly different schedule.

Lower Elementary (1st-3rd):
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48094380-fernwood

Upper Elementary (4th-6th):
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48094706-fernwood

Special Education Teachers:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48095822-fernwood

Support Staff:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48098106-fernwood

Art, Gym, Music:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48095948-fernwood

Secondary (7th-8th):
Secondary (7th/8th grade) conferences will be on a walk-in basis. Families will wait in line to see the teachers with whom they would like to meet. You will be able to meet with any of the five teachers your student works with for up to 5 minutes. The teachers and the content they teach are as follows: Mr. Jerabek, Science; Ms.Davis, Social Studies; Ms. Zimmers, STEM and Health; Mx. Botsford, Language Arts; Ms. Bussewitz, Math.  

In an effort to control the lines that occur in the gym, we are asking families to sign up for a 30 min time slot.  This is NOT an appointment with a teacher and it doesn’t guarantee that you won’t have to wait.  We are hoping that if everyone has an assigned time, it will space out arrivals and control wait times.  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AAA82AA5FBC34-48094959-fernwood

All secondary conferences on March 14 and 19 will be held in the gym.

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Open ENROLLMENT for ALL NEW Students in 2024-25!
Attention little siblings!  Open enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is now happening for all students that are new to Fernwood.  Siblings of current Fernwood students are given priority enrollment at Fernwood but families still do need to register to secure this spot.  Please see the attached document for details on how to register correctly.  Some of the information below is slightly different from how the MPS website asks you to enroll.  Please reach out if you have any questions.  Enrollment closes on March 4th, 2024.

Enrollment Information for 2024-25

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Registration Closing on 3/1 for DC Trip
Registration for the May 2025 Washington DC trip is closing on March 1st.  This trip is open to current 6th and 7th grade students.  Please reach out to Ms. Zimmers at brownfak@milwaukee.k12.wi.us if you have questions.

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Fernwood PTO Apparel Sale! Sale Ends Tomorrow!
The Fernwood PTO Apparel Sale is happening now!  This year, there are shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, beanies (with pompoms and without) and tote bags featuring TWO designs.  You can literally cover your entire body with Fernwood merch (just in time for the adolescent dance)! Orders will be taken online until 2/28 (link below).  Items will be delivered to school and sent home with students sometime in early April.  

Apparel Sale Website

A special thank you to some of our Upper El and Lower El students who voted on the color choices!

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2024 Fernwood Arts Fest – Calling All Vendors!
The Fernwood Arts Fest committee is currently accepting applications for this year’s event. If you or someone you know is interested in applying, please use the link found on the Contact page of the Fernwood Arts Fest website.

Reach out to Melissa Rabiego with any questions: melissarabiego@gmail.com

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Spring Musical Registration Closed on March 1st!
Please see the registration link below for our Spring Musical-THE JUNGLE BOOK!

Come join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louis, and all of their jungle friends as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan.

All students who register are guaranteed a role in the show and no previous experience is necessary.  Low pressure auditions will take place on the first day of rehearsal for role placement.  Students do not need to prepare anything for the auditions.  Performance for friends and family on the last day of class.  Scholarships are available, please email brenda@characterkidsdrama.com for more info.

Link includes information on dates and times for the rehearsals and costs.  This is open to 4th-6th grade students only.  Please sign up for only one Spring activity (either a club listed below or the musical).

Jungle Book Registration

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Our School is Cool!
There’s always something cool going on at Fernwood!  This week students in Ms. Kari’s class created a GIANT periodic table of the elements!  Check out a picture of their work!  It is big, it is bold, it is colorful, it is Science!!!

Periodic Table

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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