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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fernwood Open House on 2/12
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
~Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 6:00pm, PTO Meeting, Fernwood Library and virtual https://meet.google.com/xyc-wwnz-czu
~Friday, February 7th, 2025, 5:30pm, Soup and Chili Night, Fernwood Cafeteria
~Saturday, February 8th, 2025, 9am-12pm, Morning of Montessori Event, McDowell Montessori
~Tuesday, February 11th 2025, 6:30pm, Fernwood Fund Meeting, Fernwood library and virtual, email brett.mytys@gmail.com for link
~Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, 5-6:30pm, New and Returning Student Open House, Fernwood Montessori School
~Thursday, February 13th, 2025, 6:30pm, Music Parents Meeting, Virtual https://meet.google.com/fpf-rvca-uuk
~Monday and Tuesday, February 17th and 18th, 2025, NO SCHOOL
~Thursday, February 27th, 2025, 5:30pm, SEC Meeting, virtual https://meet.google.com/tir-huzv-ikc
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Changes to School Hours for the 2025-2026 School Year
Last Thursday, the Milwaukee School Board voted to approve an adjustment to the start time and end time for our school for the 2025/2026 school year.
Starting next year our school hours will be the following:
School hours for K5-8th Grade: 7:15am-2:15pm
School Hours for K3 and K4: 7:15am-10:15am
More information on the decision is included below.
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FAMILY SOCIAL EVENT – THIS FRIDAY!
The Fernwood Soup & Chili Supper
This Friday, February 7th, the Fernwood Café will transform into an all-you-can-eat soup tasting event featuring dozens of delicious soups prepared by Fernwood families. Soups will be served from 5:30 PM to 7:15 PM, with admission costing $2 for students, $5 for adults, and free for children 3 and under. Don’t miss this fun-filled evening of community and comfort food!
Also, if you want to be one of the wonderful chefs for the event, there are only a few soup chef slots remaining. Sign up now at this link and get free entry to the event (if you are serving 2nd session, there will be a place to keep your crock pot plugged in during the 1st session while you enjoy soups): www.mealtrain.com/potlucks/ldg1n4
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Fernwood Open House on 2/12
There are three rules for having a Montessori teacher.
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They don’t like bright lights. Truth: Most of them prefer ambient lighting.
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Never get them wet. Have you ever seen one in a swimsuit?
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And never, ever, feed them after 5pm. This is hard because they are almost always hungry!
Please come to school from 5pm-6:30pm on February 12th for an Open House for new and returning students! Classrooms will be open and showing student work! Teachers will be available for questions! If you want to bring a flashlight, a squirt gun, and some brownies for your teacher something fun might happen!*
*Please don’t actually squirt them with water. They would love brownies, though!
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Fernwood Spring Athletics
Spring Athletics are fast approaching. Session dates are not set yet but typically run through April and into the first week of June.
Spring offerings:
Girls Middle School Soccer (6-8th grade) – please look for the electronic registration form in an upcoming newsletter mid-February.
Co-Ed Soccer (4-5th grade) –If your child played in the fall re-registration is NOT required, however, please reach out to your coach and let them know if you will be returning.
Co-Ed Soccer (1-3rd grade) – If your child played in the fall re-registration is NOT required, however, please reach out to your coach and let them know if you will be returning.
In the fall we had VERY large soccer teams, and had to turn away quite a few kids as well. In order to make teams a more manageable size and to allow other kids a chance to join in the spring we are in need of an additional coach for co-ed soccer 1-3rd grade. Please let me know if you are interested ASAP. Unless we get another coach, we will not be able to admit additional players.
If you are interested in coaching Track and Field or a Co-ed 6-8th grade soccer team please let me know ASAP. *We have a number of students interested in being a part of Track and Field team, so if you are at all interested please reach out, the students would greatly appreciate it!! We have other great coaches that would be happy to help anyone new to coaching navigate the process*
Thank you to all the coaches and families for making Fernwood Athletics such a success!
Chanda Miller
Cell: 414-202-5255 chandamiller@hotmail.com
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Interim Grades Available on 2/4
Interim Grades will be available for families to view on 2/4 in Infinite Campus.
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Tax Message for Camp Families
Hello Camp Families, to request your 2024 Camp Tax information, please contact Interim Camp Supervisor Cynthia Cruz through email at cruzcm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us. Please state your child’s full name in the email request. Thank you!
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OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR INCOMING K3 STUDENTS
Attention ALL parents of future K3 students! If you have a child who will be turning 3 by 9/1/25, then you need to complete the MPS open enrollment process if you want them to attend school in the Fall of 2025. The enrollment window is February 1st, 2025 to March 17th, 2025. Siblings of current Fernwood students WILL get a spot at Fernwood, but you still need to submit the enrollment paperwork so we know to give them a spot here in the Fall. MPS does not have any way to check on younger siblings (through birth records or similar) and hold spots. Thus, parents must enroll to indicate that they have a student who is ready to start school. If you have any questions about this process, please call the office. No pirate left behind!
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AFTER SCHOOL THEATER CLASSES – SPRING SESSION and SPRING BREAK SESSION
Leapin’ Lizards! Join us for the spring session of After School Theater Classes at Fernwood, where students will work on a mini-script of the Broadway musical ANNIE! We’ll explore the basics of acting, singing and musical theater dance while learning how to build a character and tell a story onstage. Students will sing and dance to classic songs like “It’s a Hard-Knock Life” and “Tomorrow” while having a lot of fun!
SPRING SESSION DATES:
Grades 1-3: Mondays, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, March 17 – June 2 (10 weeks, no class 3/24, 5/26)
Grades 4-6: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 pm, March 19 – June 4 (11 weeks, no class 3/26)
New and returning students are welcome; no experience necessary. Parents are invited to a special performance on the last day of class! https://www.characterkidsdrama.com/milwaukee-public-schools-registration
SPRING BREAK MUSICAL THEATER CAMP
In our fun-filled musical theater camp, students will learn how to hone their “Triple Threat” skills: acting, singing and dancing. Come play creative drama games, build stage skills and explore popular Broadway shows and movie musicals while having a lot of fun! No experience necessary. Not available for the full week? Drop-In Days are now available!
March 24 – 28, 1 – 4 pm
Southwood Glen Elementary gym & stage (9090 S 35th St in Franklin)
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Futura Spanish for 4th, 5th, 6th Graders
Upper El Spanish is happening! Please see the attached flyer for an opportunity for 4th, 5th, and 6th students to take Spanish class this Winter and Spring with Futura Spanish. Cost for the series of classes is $135. Please see the attached flyer for details on dates, times, and registration. Bueno!
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Bay View Redcats Baseball Registration is Open!
Registration is now open for boys and girls of all skill levels, ages 5-13. Join a welcoming community of coaches, players, and parents for an exciting 2025 baseball season!
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Registration Closes: February 20th (or when full)
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Teams Announced: March
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Practices Begin: April
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Games: May to mid-July (younger players finish before July 4th)
Volunteer Coaches and Paid Umpires are needed to help ensure another successful season. While the league is open to all, most participants are from the Fernwood community and all games are at Lewis Field (near Groppi’s).
Register players, coaches, or umpires HERE. Questions? Email us at info@bayview-area-redcats.org.
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A Morning of Montessori Event
A wise Montessorian once told me that we here at Fernwood are part of a long history of Montessori in Milwaukee (and really globally). We are stewards of this tradition and a chapter of this story…..
Please join our community at the district wide Morning of Montessori Event (formerly the Montessori Summit) at McDowell Montessori on 2/8. Anyone and everyone is invited! This event and celebration showcases what Montessori in MPS does through presentations, glass classrooms, and information sharing! Childcare available! See below for details.
Please note that the glass classroom observation rooms for Lower El will be hosted by Ms. Kelsey McCarron and Ms. Jen Sarnowski and feature students from their classrooms. Please stop by to support our teachers and students as they give a live example of what a Montessori classroom looks like in action!
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OUR SCHOOL IS COOL!
There’s always something COOL going on at Fernwood! This week, I bring you vintage COOL (kinda like me!) from December 2024! Students in Ms. Sangita’s class went on a very COOL going out in December 2024 to City Hall! Students left Bayview (brave!) to meet with Milwaukee Mayor (he’s like Ms. Kristy but for the entire city), Batman enthusiast, Bayview High School graduate (!!), and MPS Parent (he’s one of us!) Cavalier Johnson. I can only assume these pint sized political operatives talked about the brilliance of Maria Montessori, mock chicken leg, getting Milwaukee to 1,000,000 residents, and the fact that Milwaukee is the only American city to elect three Socialist mayors (https://youtu.be/nRCTc6stICc?feature=shared).
Our amazing students saw a Milwaukee guy working hard to make our little city by a big lake a better place! A Milwaukee guy saw some amazing kids going bravely out into the world to learn new things and ask questions about how government works! Keep being COOL, Mayor Johnson! Keep being COOL, Fernwood!
