Fernwood Family Newsletter #11, 11/5/24

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Table of Contents 

Schedule of Events

Thanks PTO!

AFTER SCHOOL THEATER CLASSES – WINTER SESSION

Lost and Found a.k.a. Where Hoodies Go to Die

Fernwood Fund Gifts via United Way

Our School is Cool!

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Schedule of Events

~Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, NO SCHOOL and NO CAMP, Voting Day 

~Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 6:00pm, PTO Meeting,  Fernwood Library and virtual https://meet.google.com/xyc-wwnz-czu

~Thursday, November 14th, 2024, 6:30pm, Music Parents Meeting, virtual https://meet.google.com/fpf-rvca-uuk

~Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, 6:30pm, Fernwood Fund Meeting, Fernwood library and virtual, email brett.mytys@gmail.com for link

~Thursday, November 21st, 2024, 5:30pm, School Engagement Council (SEC), virtual https://meet.google.com/tir-huzv-ikc

~Wednesday-Sunday, November 27-December 1, 2024, NO SCHOOL 🦃

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, PTO Meeting, Fernwood Library and virtual https://meet.google.com/xyc-wwnz-czu

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Thanks PTO!

The PTO recently provided Room 253 with funds to purchase a subscription to the magazine, The Week Junior to help the students learn about the upcoming election.  Ms. Kelsey, the self-appointed poet laureate of Fernwood (love you, Ms. Kelsey!), wrote a little thank you poem and provided a silly picture of the learning in action!

The generosity from PTO

Is the complete opposite of low

We are so grateful for what they do

Without them, we’d have no clue

A magazine subscription is what we used our funds for

The Week Junior is arriving to our door

We learn about current events both big and small 

Events that affect sometimes one and sometimes all 

We get excited when they arrive 

It makes us want to do the hand jive (which we have been practicing) 

Thank you PTO for the money to buy our class The Week Junior! Love, Ms. Kelsey and Room 253 

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AFTER SCHOOL THEATER CLASSES – WINTER SESSION

Join Character Kids for our fun-filled After School Theater Classes at Fernwood! Students will explore new stage skills, theater games and performance material; so new and returning students are welcome at each session. Parents are invited to a special performance on the last day of class. 

WINTER SESSION DATES:

Grades 1-3: Mondays, 2:30 – 3:30 pm (December 9 – March 10 (no class 12/23, 12/30, 1/20, 2/17)

Grades 4-6: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 pm (December 18 – March 12 (no class 12/25, 1/1)

Focus is put on developing imagination, social skills and a positive self-image through the performing arts. Visit our website for more info or to register. We hope to see you there! 

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Lost and Found a.k.a. Where Hoodies Go to Die

Things currently in the lost and found: a child’s neck tie, socks, a bike helmet, a bike lock, winter hats, baseball hats, gloves, one mitten, water bottles, a water bottle without a lid, a water bottle lid without the bottle that does not go with the bottle missing its lid, lunch boxes, tupperware in various shapes and sizes, rain boots, snow boots, long sleeve shirts, short sleeve shirts, pants, snow pants, and approximately one million hoodies.

Please come take a look at the lost and found if your child is missing any of these items!  The lost and found is in the basement in the North East corner of the building.    

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Fernwood Fund Gifts via United Way

You can designate a gift to the Fernwood Fund through your employer’s United Way Giving Campaign.

Please contact the Fernwood Fund at FernwoodFundInfo@gmail.com for directions on how to donate.

Donating directly to the Fernwood Fund is also an option, and a bit easier!  Learn more about the Fund and how to donate directly via its website http://www.fernwoodfund.org/donations.html.   

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Our School is Cool!

There’s always something COOL going on at Fernwood!  This week something COOL and timely was happening!  Students in Ms. Sangita and Ms. Milligan’s rooms worked on a voting mural in conjunction with the MPS Social Studies department.  The students designed the artwork and slogan, penciled in the image, outlined the image in paint, and filled in the entire canvas.  Amazing!  This was truly a group effort with many students from both classes participating!  This is a great example of how Montessori work is child-led (they did it all!) and integrates many topics at once (art, design, project management, civics, social justice, marketing, etc).  Thanks to our COOL PTO for providing the funds to buy supplies for the mural!  

There are pictures below of the mural in process and of the mural in its final display place.  Take a look above the Falling Heath Doors to see the real thing!  Thanks to Room 32 and Room 37 for the reminder that the COOLEST thing about democracy is that your vote does matter….❤️🤍💙

Voting Mural