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Important Upcoming Dates
- November 21 - Report Cards Trimester 1 go home (due to snow days last week)
- November 22 - Fancher Student Clubs 3pm
- November 23,24,25 - No School / Thanksgiving Break
- December 7 - Cocoa with Counselors 6pm Fancher
- December 8 - Hoops for Hunger - CMU
- December 21 - No School, Winter Break Begins
Family School Climate Survey please take by Nov. 6th
Good afternoon Fancher Families,
Each school year we ask our stakeholders to share feedback about their experiences with your child’s education that includes the areas of learning, school safety, interpersonal relationships, as well as your attitudes about the school environment and your personal involvement in school.
We appreciate you taking this Family School Climate Survey for your current Fancher student by November 6th. It should take approximately 10 minutes. We use this information to help guide our future school practices.Thank you for your time, feedback, and continued support.
Mrs. Katie Rinke, Fancher Principal & Fancher Staff
Please Label your Student's Items
Use a permanent marker to label your child's name on lunchboxes, school supplies, backpacks, water bottles, child's clothes (utilize the inside tags of sweatshirts, jackets, shoes, and snowpants). We will periodically check labels and post pictures of items to be claimed - check out the Fancher Facebook page.
Send an extra pair of clothes to stay in your student's locker, place in a ziplock bag or plastic grocery bag, label with their name.
Colder Weather is HERE!
With colder temperatures please make sure your student brings the proper winter gear with them to school. We go outside each day unless it is raining or below 0 for a classroom recess and a lunch recess.
Students need to have warm clothing, including winter coat, hat, gloves/mittens, boots, snow pants. These items can be expensive, if you need help please write in a note in your child's school agenda for their teacher. We can see how we can help.
Clothing Inc.
With the colder temperatures and snowy weather, please send your student with labeled snow gear; including boots, gloves, hat, coat, snow pants. If you are in need of assistance with getting the proper clothing you can set up an appointment with Clothing Inc. which is located just down the road from Fancher Elementary book an appointment here - https://www.clothinginc.org/, or contact your student's teacher.
Fancher Cultural Night
Thank you to all our Fancher students & families who presented at our first Cultural Night! It was a great night and thank you to all who attended. Check out our Fancher Elementary Facebook page to see pictures.
Please RSVP for Cocoa with Counselors
Fancher Falcons SOAR - Safety. Ownership. Attitude. Respect
October SOAR Shout Outs
Fancher Falcons SOAR
Our SOAR matrix is at the front of your student's agenda in the pages include for the student handbook, we encourage you to review these expectations at home with your child too.
Daily our students earning Dojo Points for meeting positive expectations, we recognize students who are SOARing with our Positive Office Referrals, Positive Postcards mailed home, and SOAR Student Shout Outs each month.
We know our students are still growing and developing mentally and socially, so we recognize it is always a work in progress when teaching and reteaching expectations. We utilize restorative practices - including repairing the harm, circle ups, and more.
We appreciate your partnership in supporting our Fancher Falcons to SOAR!
Mrs. Katie Rinke & the Fancher Elementary Staff
Student Council
Pokemon Cards, Toys, and Electronics
Electronic Devices
Such as cell phones, iPods, cameras, tablets are strongly recommended to be left at home, they are not permitted on our playground or in a student's desk during the school day. If the objects are at school they need to remain safely tucked away in backpacks from 8:40am to 3:49pm.
Emergency Safety Drills
Last week students and staff practiced our first lockdown DRILL, where a uniformed officer comes into the building wearing a bright green vest to represent the threat. Any student or staff member who sees the green vest notifies the closest adult to place the building into lockdown mode for the DRILL. Our students and staff did an excellent job with this, we were secured quickly, an all call announcement is made and 911 is notified of our drill.
This week students will be discussing in their classrooms what to do in an emergency situation if we need to evacuate the building. We have practiced a Fire Drill as a building, this will practice will be evacuating and relocating to our rally point which is just down from Fancher at Rowe Hall.
I encourage you to check out our district website where we have information that pertains to our district school safety. Click here to get to the website.
Second Steps - Social & Emotional Curriculum
WIN Groups
WIN (What I Need) academic and social skill groups have begun for Math, Reading, and/or social skills at each grade level.
These groups are designed to target what each student needs and then grow him/her in that skill area.
Groups meet daily to work on reading or math for 30 minutes. This time each day is crucial because students are able to work at their level, uninterrupted.
Students may change groups as their skill set grows and as needs change. We are excited to watch our students grow and as readers, mathematicians, and in their social skills as a result of these groups, supporting the learning that is taking place in the classroom!
COVID Reminders
- Temperature of 100.4 degrees
- Sore Throat
- New uncontrolled cough causing difficulty breathing
- Diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain
- New onset of severe headache, especially with fever
Please continue to communicate with your child's building of any new situations that affect your family by calling us at 989-775-2260 or emailing Mrs. Wendi Chaffin at wchaffin@mp.edzone.net.
If your child is not feeling well and/or going to be absent, please call the school, and we will contact their teacher to let them know of the absence.
Medication & Student Medical Needs
Please bring any medication (over the counter or prescription) THIS INCLUDES STUDENT INHALERS, to the front office at Fancher. A signed release form from the student's doctor will need to be submitted, according to school policy. Thank you for your assistance with this.
Negative Lunch Balances
Milk .75 cents
*to create an account for your student and add money either using a credit card or e-check, you will need your student's 5 digit ID. This 5 digit ID - is also your child's username to log in their school computer. If you need help finding this number and your student doesn't remember please call our office at Fancher and we can help you.
Option #1: Online
Make a payment online for food service accounts at
https://mountpleasant.familyportal.cloud/
You will need the student's ID number in order to create an account.
This number is located on the letter home in the middle section!
Option #2: Payment Envelope
Place your (check or cash) into a Central Nutrition Services envelope (available in the main office). Next, fill out the top left portion of the envelope (school, student name, and ID number) and give it to the secretary. Once the envelope is sent to the Food Services Department, the payment will be applied to the account. Checks should be made payable to "Mt. Pleasant Public Schools".
If you do not have any of these Envelopes, please let me know and I will send some over to you!
Option #3: At the Middle School and High School students can take money directly to one of the Lunch Staff at a Register during Breakfast or Lunch
Emily Todd
Administrative Assistant
Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE)
In partnership with Mt. Pleasant Public School's
Phone : 989 -317-9062
Email - etodd@mp.edzone.net
Fancher Spirit Wear
- The Fancher Elementary School spirit wear sale has begun! Choose from hundreds of spirit wear designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days! Visit https://1stplace.sale/45518.
November Bookshelf
MPPS Transportation
Transportation Deptartment
Request for Transportation use the form linked here
https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/page/transportationBus routes typically arrive around 8:35am at our school building. If you need to sign your child up for transportation, please fill out REQUEST FOR TRANSPORTATION FORM at the above website.
We ask for your patience the first few days of bus pick-ups as several students were added to routes after back to school open houses. The original time given by the bus driver may be later than expected.
Phone: 989-775-2323
Before & After School Care
PEAK (after school): https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/page/peak-program
SACC (before school)- School Aged Child Care (Before School Program)- 775-2340
REMINDER - No Outside Food for Student Lunches
Friendly reminder of our No Outside Food policy for Student Lunch time. Students must bring their lunch to school or choose a school lunch option.
Family Resources
Student Attendance
For safety reasons, families will receive a phone call by 10:40 am for any student that is marked as Absent each morning in Power School. You can deter getting that call from our system by calling us in the morning to let us know of your child's absence and their reason for the absence.
Our codes we use for absences are:
UA-Unexcused Absence
Any absence that has not been reported by a parent or guardian and/or any absence that is not listed as an Excused Absence in Board Policy.
AV-Verified Absence
An absence that the parent verifies or explains. Example: (1) The student doesn’t feel well, and is staying home, but is not visiting the doctor. (2) The family is taking an extra long weekend, vacation, etc.
EA-Excused Absence
Absences that meet the definition of an Excused Absence based on MPPS Board Policy.
*Illness or professional appointments with a doctors note *Death of a relative
*Observance of Religious Holidays
Below are images to our attendance policy but it can also be found in the front of your child's Agenda....
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MPPS New Website & App
Have you checked out our new website - it is pretty slick!
https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/
Download on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mt-pleasant-public-schools/id1632483662
or Get it on Google Play
*scroll to the bottom of the MPPS website and see Stay Connected and the links to download
Food Services
Where's the Lunch Menu?
https://mtpleasantschools.nutrislice.com/menu/fancher-elementary?mode=browse
Fancher Elementary
Office Hours 8:00am-4:00pm
Website: https://mtpleasantschools.net/
Location: 801 South Kinney Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
Phone: 989-775-2230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FancherElementary/
Twitter: @FancherFalcons