Hoofbeat News eLearning Edition
May 15, 2020
Principal's Message
Parents,
We hope you have a great weekend! Please see below for important information.
Sincerely,
Adam Fantone
Principal
School News
Important Dates
May 25 Memorial Day Holiday (no eLearning)
May 28 Last day of eLearning
May 29 Packet 3 dropped off at school and collection of personal belongings (times to be determined)
June 1-4 Teacher grading
June 3 Virtual 5th Grade Graduation
June 4 Report Cards will be available online
June 5 Teacher Workday
Other Important Information
- The Fort Mill School District has deleted fees paid for any upcoming canceled field trips which the District has received vendor refunds for. Your credit is reflected in your student’s online Pay Fees account. Any credits will remain on your student’s account and will be applied to your 2020-2021 registration fees in May. If you have any questions regarding fees, please contact our school bookkeeper: Ana Cabrera. E: Cabreraa@fortmillschools.org O: 803-548-8157
- Please remember to fill out the parent survey to help us place students next year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-_ObSK_my6rh6qnuIgL96EAZBvUYXf8W4TTRUX00v2r49Cw/viewform?usp=sf_link
- If you still have any medications at school, please pick them up on May 29th when you pick up belongings.
- On May 29, parents and students are encouraged to drive through school to pick up belongings. Our teachers will be lined up to help pass out items and wave goodbye to the students. Times are listed below by alphabetical order by last name. Please notice some grades are in the bus loop and some are in the car line.
Kindergarten bus loop- 8:00-8:45 A-I, 8:45-9:30 J-R, 9:30-10:15 S-Z
First grade car rider line- 8:00-8:45 A-I, 8:45-9:30 J-R, 9:30-10:15 S-Z
Second grade bus loop- 10:30-11:15 A-I, 11:15-12:00 J-R, 12:00-12:45 S-Z
Third grade car line- 10:30-11:15 A-I, 11:15-12:00 J-R, 12:00-12:45 S-Z
Fourth grade bus loop- 12:45-1:30 A-I, 1:30-2:15 J-R, 2:15-3:00 S-Z
FIFTH grade car line- 3:00-3:45 A-I, 3:45-4:30 J-R, 4:30-5:15 S-Z
June 3 will be a Virtual 5th Grade Graduation. Please look for more information about this event.
Fun With Related Arts
Join us in these optional activities provided to you by the Related Arts Teachers.
Mrs. Kendall’s workout- https://drive.google.com/a/fmsdmail.org/file/d/1q2HxhEgHruxl40Vg2EV8sKn_zv0S4U6A/view?usp=drivesdk
Mrs. Ficklen's Read Alouds-
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tafcKJp_wfoTuGnjIgYugy60VoSCRgnQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18gawpn1NYtyiS0iMebGS3qMnWspoxKbp/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pQNUAm1kzTo9SKzIzlGMuV9uoYDdX7g8
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UOA61Etnqxus4Ug0GwhyH_GMHJ7O-qaR/view?usp=sharing
https://sites.google.com/fmsdmail.org/msficklenmediacenter/home
Mr. McCurley's Virtual Music Class- https://sites.google.com/fmsdmail.org/mr-mccurleys-elearning/
Mrs. Martin 5th Grade Art Contest- (5th Only) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vP9zpnOmjRxl70kB0ZoSQr-rqSf2a1Bb46Q8G9gwWzo/edit?usp=sharing
Mrs. Cageao- has a subscription to Shapegrams. The first 4 Shapegrams are free. There are many drawing and general tool bar skills to learn while having fun. Join the fun by logging into your Google Drive > Click on the waffle & Classroom > click + in the top right to add a class > the class code is 2wrlmte. Watch the video to learn cool tricks and tips and start with 1 and work your way to the higher numbers. Have fun!
I have created a Google Classroom for Shapegrams. The code for students to join is: 2wrlmte I encourage them to watch the video before starting the activity.
It is fun and the kids will learn many tips and tools for using Google G Suite not just Google Drawing. Please share with your students this information I would appreciate it. I will upload a new Shapegram every Monday and Wednesday.
A weekly coding lesson with famous people! The lessons last about an hour every Wednesday at 1PM. There have been 5 so far. Watch from the beginning, they get harder. There are fun activities for you to try too. Use the link below to catch up and get in on the fun.
Is Coding your thing? Mrs. Cageao has created a trail class for learning to code. Call her at 980-355-9122 or send her an email at cageaoa@fortmillschools.org and she will send you a username and password with a class code for Tynker. There are only 30 slots open for now so don't wait.
Blazing Trails for Success
Website: sfes.fortmillschools.org/
Location: 1691 Springfield Parkway, Fort Mill, SC, USA
Phone: 803-548-8150
Twitter: @SESColts