The Rocket Review
December 6-10
Updates and Reminders
Boosterthon Final Numbers? $21,400+!!!!! WE met and exceeded our goal of $15,000! THANK YOU for your hard work and generosity!
Boosterthon Prizes: Some prizes have not arrived yet and should be here soon! If your child earned a prize, it should come home with them soon! If your child was unable to participate, they will still receive a small school family prize for cheering everyone on!
Congratulations: To our Enhancement team! Ms. Cummings, Ms. Martin, and Mr. Love are all winners of the Fuquay Women's Club Grant!
Spirit Night: Please join us this Monday, December 6 between 4:00-8:00pm at Culver's in Fuquay to earn money for our school! You don't have to let them know you're with FVES. They will give us a percentage of all sales from 4-8 on this day! Be on the lookout for our Fifth grade staff, administration, and other teachers to bring you food this night!
Holiday Roll: We are planning some fun things for our staff the last week of school (December 13-17). If you want to donate to this fun event, feel free to send in a grab bag of prizes that you think teachers would love (supplies, gift cards, chocolate, etc). Each day, teachers and staff will spin the wheel of fun for prizes and fun activities. On the 17th, the PTA is sponsoring a Staff Lunch to cap off the fun! If you send items, please label them for Heather Johnson.
School Volunteers: We know you that you are ready to get in our school to support our teachers and students and we are SO ready to have you here! Although we don't know when, we are hopeful that it could be as soon as the new year that volunteers are welcome back into our school. In preparation for this, please stop by any WCPSS school to complete the online volunteer registration process. Once this step is complete, you will receive an email to complete a background check. After this step and your approval, you will be ready to jump in here when the time comes! We are encouraging all of our families to be proactive and register if you anticipate wanting to come help in our school and/or go on field trips.
Arrival/ Dismissal/ Transportation/Attendance Reminders: You may arrive as early as 8:45 AM and our day will begin at 9:15 AM. Please be sure you are here on time. Please arrive to pick up your child at 3:45 PM. Your child’s educational achievement is directly related to his/her attendance in school. When your child must be absent, please send written communication into school within 2 days of their return in order for the absence to be excused. If we do not receive communication from you about the absence, it will be unexcused. Please refer to the WCPSS Student/Parent Handbook for a list of excused absence reasons. If you need to pick up your child early, please send a note to your child’s teacher that morning. To be considered present at school, students must be in attendance at least one-half of the school day. Half day is 12:30 PM. To ensure the safety of all students and provide an orderly dismissal, we ask that you check out students by 3:15 PM if you have appointments requiring an early check out.
Online Book Fair
We are holding an online Book Fair. Flyers should come home with your child soon if it hasn't already. Our school's code is FVES1 that you have to enter to shop the book fair. You can enjoying shopping through December 8.
Anything that you would like delivered to our school by the last day of school (Friday, December 17) needs to be ordered by December 8. Shipping is free to the school, but the books will be delivered unwrapped. If you would like your child's gift hidden, please email your child's teacher(s) directly to arrange this. All orders will be 10% off. Just go to bedfordfallsusa.com/login and register with the code FVES1 to begin shopping!
Fall Picture Day!
Fall Picture Day
- Wednesday, December 8th (make-ups)
Spring Individual + Classroom Picture Day
- Friday, March 25, 2022
Volunteer Opportunity!
We would LOVE your help and NEED your help! Our instructional assistants are being pulled to cover classrooms and already cover lunch duty. Would you be willing to volunteer some time 1x (or more) a week to help in the cafeteria? You would walk around and encourage students to eat, keep things clean, and help with supervision!
If You're Willing:
1. Make sure you are a registered volunteer! Come by during school hours to sign up in our Media center if you haven't already.
2. Be ready to wear a mask while you are on campus!
3. Please be on time:) so the coverage is helpful!
4. If you can, sign up for a buddy slot to help another grade level.
Your 45 minutes to 1.5 hours will change our day and help us keep focused on teaching and learning! This would be a life changer! Sign up here ONLY after you have Volunteer Clearance Status! Email Mrs. Johnson after signing up online at hmjohnson@wcpss.net to check to see if you're cleared to volunteer.
Conscious Discipline Corner
Example:
“You scooted over, so your sister had more space in the car. That was helpful!”
Noticing Language Resources:
Join Our FVES PTA!
Click here to join online!
Fuquay-Varina Elementary School Resources
Front Office Number: (919) 557-2566
School Fax Number: (919) 670-4210
School Website: https://www.wcpss.net/fuquayvarinaes
Kindergarten Website: https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/fveskindergarten1st Grade Website: https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/fvesfirstgrade
Principal: Heather Johnson, hmjohnson@wcpss.net
Assistant Principal: Kelly Bradshaw, kbradshaw@wcpss.net
School Secretary/Bookkeeper: Amanda Dial, adial@wcpss.net
Front Office Receptionist: Remikka Leach rsleach@wcpss.net
Data Manager/ Attendance: Lisa McNeill, mmcneill2@wcpss.net
Cafeteria Manager: Stefanie Morales, cns420@wcpss.net
Special Education Lead Teacher: soquendo@wcpss.net
School Counselors: Kristen Bush: kbush@wcpss.net & Michelle Brick, mbrick@wcpss.netKelly Bradshaw, Assistant Principal
Our School
Heather Johnson, Principal
Previous Newsletters
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