Fernwood Family Newsletter #28, 3/12/24 

~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, 2024-Sunday, March 31st, 2024, SPRING BREAK, school resumes on 4/1

~Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, Fernwood Fund Meeting, Fernwood Library and Virtual-email benjaminmstocks@gmail.com for meeting link

~Thursday, April 11th, 2024, Music Parents Meeting, Virtual https://meet.google.com/fpf-rvca-uuk

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

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Spring Conference Sign Ups 

ONLINE CONFERENCE SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED.  PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STUDENT’S TEACHER DIRECTLY TO SIGN UP FOR A CONFERENCE.

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. 

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

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Art Room Seeking Donations

The Art room is seeking skeins of yarn in all colors and varieties leftover from crocheting or knitting projects.  Please send to the Art room anytime now through early April. Thank you so much. 

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Spring Break Activities with Urban Ecology Center and More

Please use the link below to view opportunities for extended learning adventures that are available for MPS students during Spring Break.  Many of these opportunities at the Urban Ecology Center, Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee County Zoo, and the Wisconsin Humane Society are free.

Spring Break Activities

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MPS Summer Academy/Summer School

Please see the attached flyer for details on MPS Summer Academy.  This year Fernwood was not selected as a site for this program but there are lots of options available.  

ElementarySummerAcademyFlyerEnglish.pdf

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Lost and Found

If you are in the building for conferences, please stop by the Lost and Found to see if anything belongs to your household.  Lost and Found is located beside the Northeast staircase in the basement right off the Cafeteria.  

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Snacks for Teachers During Conferences

Attention Fernwood Helpers! Our teachers work hard during the long days of conferences.  The PTO would like to provide them with some snacks to fuel their brains and their hearts on the Tuesday and Thursday of conferences.  Please click on the link below to sign up to bring a snack for our staff.   Donations can be dropped off in care of Meredith in the school office on the morning of Wednesday, March 13th. 

Snacks For Teachers

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SAVE THE DATE – FERNWOOD FLIGHTS END OF YEAR CELEBRATION

Mark your calendars and start arranging your childcare for this year’s Fernwood Flights on Sunday, June 9th (11am-3pm) at The Sugar Maple.  Fernwood Flights is the annual end-of-year celebration where Fernwood parents and community members gather to meet new people, laugh with old friends, enjoy some good food and beverages, win some great auctions, and have fun raising money to enhance the learning experience and environment at Fernwood Montessori.  Tickets are on sale now at https://events.readysetauction.com/mpsfdn/beerscheers24. 

P.S. If you would like to learn more about donating auction items, being a corporate level sponsor, or getting involved as a parent volunteer with the Fernwood Fund, please send an email to Brett at brett.mytys@gmail.com.

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Spring Soccer Registration Open 

 6-8th girls soccer

Open for registration. It is first come first serve and spots will go very fast. Forms and fee need to be turned into Mr. Comp.  

6-8th Coed soccer

This is on hold as Fernwood is on the waitlist and we are not sure if we will get placed into a league.  If registration opens, we will notify families in the newsletter.  

1-3rd and 4/5th  Co-Ed 

Anyone who played in fall is already on a team and does not have to register. If you are not returning, please let your coach know. If you did not play in the fall and are looking to play this spring, let Mr. Comp (compra@milwaukee.k12.wi.us) know and he will try to place you on an existing team.

Soccer 2024.doc

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Classroom Placements for 24-25 School Year

Fernwood Montessori has highly trained, qualified teachers and values equity in following the tenets of Montessori.  We know your children well and appreciate your trust in our staff, school and community.  Therefore, we will not be taking parent requests regarding future classroom placements.  

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Bayview Red Cats Baseball

Is your son(s) and/or daughter(s) interested in playing baseball this spring and summer?  The Bay View Area Redcats have been offering baseball in the Bay View Community since 1974.  Practices and games take place at Lewis Field.  

Please see the attached flyer for more information on registration and volunteering as a coach!

Red Cats Baseball

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2024 Fernwood Arts Fest – Calling All Vendors! Applications close on 3/15!

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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Our School is Cool!

There’s always something cool going on at Fernwood!  Please read below for details on Dusty, the class chinchilla!

***We love animals in Rm. 35, and our chinchilla Dusty is a favorite. We got him from a classroom family who knew the owner who could not care for Dusty anymore.  We don’t know exactly how old Dusty is, but we think he’s 3-5. Chinchillas can live up to 24 years as a pet!!!  We have fun watching him go for a roll in his dust bath and toss his toys around.  I think everyone on the 3rd floor loves to see him romping the halls in his exercise ball.  It is a wonderful learning opportunity to have this friend from the arid Andes mountains as a member of our classroom community.***

Dusty.PNG

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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.

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