FES Family Update
February 12, 2021
Florence Strong
Stay warm and enjoy your four day weekend!
Our next Family Spirit Night is February 23rd at Delucca's Pizza - Dine in or Carry Out. You will need to mention you are with Florence!
SEL Newsletter
KISD Culture of Belonging Committee is spearheading a new series called "Where in the World is KISD?". It will spotlight individuals from all the cultures and countries represented within our district. We invite students and staff to celebrate their uniqueness by sharing what country or culture you have in your home as well as a fun fact, photos! Use the attached Google Form to submit and watch on Twitter (Use @KISD_Belonging or #ibelonginKISD) for your spotlight!
Where in the World? Google Form
Florence Elementary is on their way to becoming an official No Place for Hate school.
What does that mean? See below:
No Place for Hate® is a self-directed program helping all members of your school community do just that. The goal is to help our school create a more equitable and inclusive climate.
Teachers introduced the No Place for Hate initiative to the students during their morning meeting time and all students and staff have signed the pledge that reads as follows:
• I promise to do my best to treat everyone fairly.
• I promise to do my best to be kind to everyone—even if they are not like me.
• If I see someone being hurt or bullied, I will tell a teacher.
• I will help others to feel safe and happy at school.
• I will be part of making my school No Place for Hate.
Mrs. Bowen's guidance lesson this past month focussed:
K-1 - How can we make someone feel welcome?
2-4- What is an ally and how would you expect an ally to act?
Morning Arrival Next Week
Feb. 16th - 19th Grandparents Activity
Asynchronous Learning Days
Asynchronous learning days are the days students will be working from home. They will either be working on assignments provided and sent home by the teacher or will log into their Backpack on KCloud.
Weekly DreamBox Communication
Now more than ever, we rely on a community of learning guardians to support the growth of students. Below, you will find a concise collection of resources for your educators and learning facilitators, at school and at home, to help support student learning.
Family Support Hub: Learning guardians can visit our Family Support Hub for troubleshooting tips, navigating the dashboard, understanding their student's data, creating bookmarks to login, and more.
DreamBox is on YouTube: New videos are added weekly. Learning guardians can watch videos on new features, using DreamBox at home, and more.
Remote Learning Tips: We've compiled a simplified list of remote learning tips to provide both supportive suggestions and a reminder that you've got this!
Spirit Night!!! Feb. 23rd
Florence Beam Signing - Rescheduled to February 25th - KISD Facebook Live at 2:00 pm
School Zone Reminder
March 2nd - Dr. Seuss Day!
Play It Safe! March 8th
Play It Safe! will be presented virtually to our in-person students in classrooms Monday March 8th. See below for information about the personal safety program.
An OPT OUT form is attached should you not want your child to participate. Only return this form if you want your child to OPT OUT of the presentation.
To preview the program for your child's grade level, please visit :
playitsafe.org
REMOTE LEARNERS - If you would like your remote student to receive the presentation, please contact me either by email or phone:
817-744-4700
Casey's Kids Fun Run (Virtual this year) March 27th
See below for information about Casey's Kids, as well as the website for information about signing up.
"Caps On" for Casey's Kids! In order to create an easy way for Florence to donate to Casey's Kids, Friday March 26th will be a day students and staff can pay $1 and wear a hat to school. All money will go to Casey's Kids.
https://www.facebook.com/CaseysKids5KFunRun/.
STAAR
This is a reminder that STAAR/TELPAS/ ALT2 testing will take place throughout this spring semester, starting in February with TELPAS for our English Learners. All of these assessments will be administered in-person/ on-campus only. Remote and in-person learners must be present on their home campus on their assigned testing day(s) in order to test. Please note, absences will be submitted to the state.
Additional information will be coming as we get closer to the assessments.
Asynchronous Learning Days
Meal service pick up will still be provided on those days for any student at Keller High School.
Character Quality for the 3rd nine weeks - INTEGRITY
At the end of each week teachers nominate one student who has done an outstanding job modelnig the character trait for the 9 weeks. Student swill receive a coupon for a free meal and a character award pencil.
Simona F.
Sadie P.
Cora P.
Chelsea H.
Kennedy B.
Dublin B.
Walker W.
Natalie E.
Alexandra H.
Zoe H.
Anastasia S.
Madeline W.
Lillian K.
Ben A.
Britton B.
Sterling A.
Brooklyn G.
Kaiden A.
Eliana M.
Kash E.
FLORENCE CELEBRATIONS!
We have loved learning about our Florence Family Celebrations and want to continue! If you would like to submit a celebration to be featured on the SMORE please email Ms. Rehman at farah.rehman@kellerisd.net.
New Yearbook Chair - Lenna Ly
Please submit student pictures for our yearbook this year - all students: in-person and remote! Website: hjeshare.com passcode: Florence (case sensitive).
To continue our celebration, and thank you to our members, we have a second giveaway! A 30-minute kids session with 10 edited images by local photographer Randi Fletcher!
To be entered into giveaway, be sure to have joined pta through www.joinpta.org You can add all your family members including kids, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and more. Your membership helps provide technology for the campus and helps us meet teacher’s and student’s needs through the year!
Thank you for partnering with us. We are ALL in TOGETHER.
Giveaway will end on Friday at 7pm!
Student / Parent Portal
Clayton Youth Enrichment - After School Care
You may contact Darcy Massey at DMassey@claytonyouth.org
Upcoming Events!
February 15th - District Holiday
February 16-19th - Grandparents Activity
February 23rd - Delucca's Pizza - Dine In or Carry Out (You have to mention Florence)
February 26th - Asynchronous Learning Day
March 2nd - Dr. Seuss Day
March 8th - Play It Safe in classrooms
March 12th - Asynchronous Learning Day
March 15 - 19 - Spring Break
March 22nd -26th - Silent Auction Items Due
March 26th - Caps On for Casey's Kids!
April 2nd - No School
April 5th - 13th Online Florence/Follett Bookfair more info to come
April 6th - STAAR Writing - 4th Grade Only
April 9th - Pajama Day
April 16th - Asynchronous Learning Day
April 17th - Silent Auction Goes LIVE!
April 19th - 23rd - Staff Appreciation Week
April 22nd - Science Night
April 26th - Reata Spirit Night - preorder meal pickup
April 30th - Asynchronous Learning Day
May 1st - Celebrate Florence / Auction
May 11th & 12th - STAAR Reading / Math - 3rd and 4th Grade
May 24th - Tentative FES Field Day
FES Communication - Keep up with our Social Media!!!
Communication is critical that we keep you informed. The links are provided each week via the SMORE. Please let us know if you have any questions or did not receive information needed.
Website: https://www.kellerisd.net/fes
Facebook (link below)
Twitter: @FESfalcons
SMORE: Weekly newsletter from campus
Blackboard: Mass emails/text messages
Weekly Classroom Newsletter: From your teacher
District Communication: Emails sent out to inform parents of district-wide communication
PTA Communication
Facebook - @florenceespta
Website - https://florencepta.ptboard.com/home
Twitter is @FlorencePta
Instagram is Florencepta
PTA email: ptaflorencees@gmail.com
Various Methods of Communication
Additional email information:
Assistant Principal: Farah Rehman : farah.rehman@kellerisd.net
Secretary: Lindsey Cunningham: lindsey.cunningham@kellerisd.net
Counselor: Angelina Bowen: angelina.bowen@kellerisd.net
Nurse: Sue Piehler - susan.piehler@kellerisd.net
Attendance: Carrie Honolka - carrie.honolka@kellerisd.net
Email: jacque.hughes@kellerisd.net
Website: https://www.kellerisd.net/FES
Location: 3095 Johnson Road, Southlake, TX, United States
Phone: 817-744-4700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FESFalcons
Twitter: @FESfalcons