Farragut Weekly Updates - 10/28/17
From the desk of Principal Ngo
Dear Farragut Foxes,
Our last full week of October ended with daily Red Ribbon Week celebrations. Thank you to all the volunteers who planned and decorated our school to help students reflect on how to make healthy choices!
October ends with a bang with our annual Halloween Parade on Tuesday morning! Check out the details below for all the important information. Remember, students have a full day of school ahead of them after the parade, so don’t forget a change of clothes and leave the sweets and treats for after school hours.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Your proud principal,
Rebecca Ngo
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, October 31st
HALLOWEEN PARADE
8:45-9:15 am on the big field. Come dressed in your Halloween costume! No make-up, weapons (masks OK); no candy in lunchboxes. Drop off backpacks at your classroom and come directly to the big field. Don’t forget a change of clothes for your child for after the parade! See details below.
Friday, November 3rd
GREEN5 ASSEMBLY with the Environmental Defenders
Please see below for details to this Friday’s assembly.
Saturday, November 4th
FARRAGUT MIX & MINGLE EVENING
An evening event for Kinder and New 2017 Foxy Parents to connect and create lasting relationships at Farragut. Please see below for details.
Monday, November 6th
MONTHLY MORNING ASSEMBLY
Starting 8:45 am on the blacktop: Grades 1-5, take your children to their regular classroom line-up area; Kindergarten classes go directly to the back blacktop in the back of the school. Parents are welcome to attend.
Monday, November 6th
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING
School site council meets the first Monday of each month at 4:30PM in the conference room.
Wednesday, November 8th
SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY, POPSICLE SALE & WALK TO SCHOOL DAY
It’s RAINBOW day for this month’s School Spirit Day. Wear any article of clothing in your grade's designated color!
Red - 5th Grade
Orange - 4th Grade
Yellow - 3rd Grade
Green - 2nd Grade
Blue - 1st Grade
Purple - Kindergarten
Popsicle sales on the Cafeteria patio at 1:45pm for $1 each.
Thursday, November 9th
OUTDOOR FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
5:30pm-8:30pm for food, drinks & movie treats! Free admission. Please see below for details.
Friday, November 10th
VETERANS DAY - PUPIL FREE DAY
Please make alternative arrangements for your child/ren as we observe this public holiday.
Monday, November 13th
DISTRICTWIDE PARENT ED. NIGHT - BUILDING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
Join us at 7:00PM for the first of several parent education nights hosted by school and district leaders. See below for details.
Monday, November 13th - Friday, November 17th
BOOK FAIR
Details coming in the next week for this fun PTA fundraiser that engages both parents and children alike.
Tuesday, November 14th
PTA/FAN CLUB MEETING
Join us at 8:50am in the cafeteria for an update on our active school community.
Tuesday, November 14th
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
If you’d like to become a cleared volunteer, please hang back after the PTA/Fan Club meeting for 30-45 minutes for our Volunteer Orientation.
Thursday, November 16th to Wednesday, November 29th
SEE’S CANDY FUNDRAISER
Stay tuned for more details soon.
Wednesday, November 22nd to Friday, November 24th
THANKSGIVING BREAK (NO SCHOOL)
Pupil free days over this observed National Holiday.
Stuffed Animal Drive
Got any gently used stuffed animals you are willing to donate? We are collecting for Westside Thanksgiving Dinner & Celebration. This has been a community celebration for over 3 decades serving the community a free Thanksgiving dinner. They also provide free haircuts, blankets, clothing, hygiene kits, medial, optical and dental services to anyone who needs it. Find out more here: https://westsidethanksgiving.org/index.html
Please turn in stuffed animals in the big box in the office by 11/10.
FARRAGUT’S FIRST OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT PRESENTS “MOANA”
On Thursday, November 9th - Farragut's First Outdoor Movie Night Presents " MOANA" from 5:30 - 8:00 pm.
Admission is FREEE..... Doors will open at 5:30pm! Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Candy, Hot Chocolate and Drinks will be sold all night long.
Bring your blankets, pillows, low beach chairs & have a wonderful family time watching a movie under the stars in the school play yard! If you would like to volunteer/work with your fellow parents, please contact Brenda Duran-Weeks at Bd571@yahoo.com.
GIFTS & WRAP PIGSTER WINNERS
Great news... Our Farragut Foxes sold over $26,000 worth of Charleston Gifts and Wrap items to raise money for our school!
The top selling classes were:
1 - Revel
2 - O'Neal
3 - Schaffer
4 - O'Brien
5 - Tsubakiyama
We held a drawing from the coupons submitted in these top 5 classrooms at the Fall Festival. Our lucky winners each got a pigster racer! Congrats to Henry Frank, Leilani Ibarra, Devin Farag, Sunny Nok and Georgia Clark! As teacher of the top selling class, Ms. Revel will receive a Charleston Tote Bag prize filled with some of the fun wrapping paper from this year. Great work, Foxes!
GREEN5 ASSEMBLY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
GREEN5 ASSEMBLY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Do you want to help make Farragut more sustainable and teach our students about being environmentally responsible? CCUSD's GREEN5 initiative showcases the 5 R's of Reduce, Reuse, Recyle, Ride and Rethink! We need volunteers to help with two events, both on Friday, November 3rd:
- 9:00am-10:00am - Kinder, 1st and 3rd
- 10:00am-11:00am - 2nd, 4th and 5th
- 11:30am-1:30pm - Help students learn to properly sort waste at lunchtime into compost, recycling and trash bins - It's really fun!
If you can help out during any/all of this time please contact: Cully Nordby at jcnordby@gmail.com
FARRAGUT MIX & MINGLE RSVP
We would like to invite all of our KINDER AND NEW 2017 FOXY PARENTS (this is an adult only event) to get to know each other outside the classroom and the school. Our goal is to give you the opportunity to make connections that will last throughout your entire time at Farragut. This will also be a fun way to get to know Farragut's PTA and Fan Club leadership better, and learn more about how new Farragut families can get involved in their child’s school. Come enjoy drinks, appetizers, and connection, to your fellow parent community! Please bring a bottle of wine to share.
PLEASE RSVP to anniefrederick@yahoo.com with the number of adults that will attend.
DISTRICTWIDE PARENT ED. NIGHT - BUILDING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
Farragut Annual Halloween Parade
* Reminders: Please have a change of clothes for your child for immediately after the parade. Students will have a busy day ahead of them and will need to change out of their costumes after the parade. Halloween week is a festive and busy time at school. Please help our students focused and ready to learn by following our CCUSD Wellness policy (see attached pdf). Save the candy and treats for home!
** In case of rain Tuesday morning, alternative parade map and directions will be emailed Monday evening.
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2017, 08:15 AM
Farragut Elementary School, Farragut Drive, Culver City, CA, United States
2017-18 Farragut PTA & Fan Club Leadership
Farragut PTA Co-Presidents
Ashley Cain – abcain@gmail.com
Shea Andreone – shea323@gmail.com
Farragut Fan Club Co-Presidents
Ellen Davidson – erdavidson112@yahoo.com
Deanna Newell – deannan@ca.rr.com
Email: rebeccango@ccusd.org
Website: http://www.farragutschoolcommunity.org/
Location: Farragut Elementary School, Farragut Drive, Culver City, CA, United States
Phone: 310-842-4323
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarragutPTA/
Twitter: @farragutfox