The Bobcat Beat
Fern Hill Elementary School, March 29, 2020
Hopefully this message finds you and your family safe and healthy! This 'new normal' has been interesting. We appreciate your understanding, patience, and kindness as we, as a district, work through a lot of pieces to move our instruction online. Our staff has worked hard all week engaging in professional learning and planning to ensure we are ready to provide new instruction virtually starting tomorrow, March 30th.
As Dr. Scanlon has communicated, we will start our online learning on Monday. You can expect communication from your child's teacher about the learning activities. Additionally, I will share our special area learning plans, as well as any other information. Moving forward, I will communicate on Sunday so you have time to plan and organize for the week.
We are hoping to find ways to have our children feel connected to the school. Our teachers are learning about applications and programs, such as Zoom to help us have some face time with our students. We miss seeing their sweet faces! Some of our teachers have already conducted Zoom sessions and we appreciate your understanding as this is new for all of us!
While this situation is not ideal, we will do our best to connect with our students and continue to provide engaging learning experiences and provide the necessary support to help our students grow.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions, concerns, or thoughts! As always, I value your feedback and perspective and look forward to navigating through this together.
Special Area Options this Week
Check out WCASD's At-Home Resources
Kindergarten Registration
If you or someone you know has a child who is turning 5 before September 1, 2020, it is time to enroll them in kindergarten here at Fern Hill. Simply go to our district site, www.wcasd.net, and click on the enrollment icon. Please scan all necessary documents if possible: birth certificate, immunizations, health records, dental records and 2 proofs of residency. We will reach out to you to set up an appointment to complete the registration.
Wellness Scavenger Hunt
Click HERE - the first Fern Hill Wellness Scavenger Hunt. As was the Wellness Challenge, this is meant to be a fun, easy way to get the kids’ minds and bodies moving while also sneaking in some stress-relieving strategies for those of us that need them.
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Coulter (kcoulter@wcasd.net). The plan is to update these regularly. Also, of course, if anyone needs anything (unrelated to the scavenger hunt), please don’t hesitate to email. Or, you can click on my office hours link here … https://calendly.com/kcoulterschoolcounselor/mrs-coulter-s-office-hours and a Zoom meeting will be generated for us!
Chorus News
At this time, we need to postpone and potentially cancel this year’s chorus concert, originally scheduled for April 15th. We are so disappointed that this is our current reality. Depending on when we return to school and our school schedule, we may potentially reschedule. More information will come at a later date.
Also, Mrs. Gruber is scheduled to return to Fern Hill on April 27th. She looks forward to seeing all of the children again soon!
Library Information: Books are not overdue!
The due dates on all library materials have been moved back to 4/16/2020. In effect, nothing is overdue now, regardless of what its previous due date was. Even if a book was checked out six months ago and has been overdue for the last five ½ months, it is now due when we go back to school. Fern Hill is following the approach of the closed public libraries.
If you are interested in accessing your child’s library account to see what they have checked out, simply follow these instructions.
1. Go to library.wcasd.net/7058155/ in your favorite web browser.
2. Click the Researcher icon, the second choice from the left.
3. In the upper left of the window, tap the words Log In, causing a pop-up window to appear on the screen.
4.Type the following username/password combination into the boxes:
Username: Student ID Number (same as lunch number)
Password: Student’s Last Name (spelling and punctuation count)
5. Click Log In in the bottom right of the pop-up box, returning you to the main window.
6. Click on your child’s name, now in the top left of the window, next to the words Log Out.
7. A new window will open.
8. In the upper left of that new window, click the Activity tab.
9. You will see the items that your child has checked out, as well as holds and history.
10. Be sure to log out when you are done.
5th grade students Spring Head shot
Can you do me a favor and take a nice Spring Headshot picture of your 5th grader for the yearbook? There is so much beauty out there right now. Please capture it for me!!
Then send the picture to this email: fhptoyearbook158@gmail.com.Or put it in the Yearbook Sharedrive.
Yearbook
During this time of social distancing, take this time to go through your pictures from this year's school events and share them in our Yearbook's google drive.
YEARBOOK DRIVE:
Thank you in advance! Any questions, email Mel Olsen at fhptoyearbook158@gmail.com.
Please click on the buttons below for more important information!
Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten Registration: If you or someone you know has a child who is turning 5 before September 1, 2020, it is time to enroll them in kindergarten here at Fern Hill. Simply go to our district site, www.wcasd.net, and click on the enrollment icon. Once you have completed the online enrollment you need to call the main office, 484-266-1602, to set up an appointment to complete the registration. Please remember you will need a birth certificate, immunizations, health records, dental records and 2 proofs of residency.