Admiral's Log Oct 19, 2020
Admiral Strong - Honor, Courage, and Steadfastness
FIS Receives Town of Farragut Grant
During the budget process for the FY2020-20201 budget, the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a grant in the amount of $22,000 for Farragut Intermediate School. The Board presented the grant check to our administration on September 30th. Thank you, Town of Farragut! We will utilize this money for supporting our technology and curriculum and instruction needs.
Extra Yearbooks for Sale
Virtual families - RTI2 Intervention Materials and Individual Pictures
Also, individual pictures have arrived. You may pick these up at the same time on Thursday.
If you are unable to come on Thursday for either of these items, you may stop by any day and simply buzz the office. They will bring the items outside to you.
National Bully Prevention Month
October is National Bully Prevention Month. At Farragut Intermediate School, we strive to create an environment that promotes the safety, well-being, and success of all students. Over the next 5 weeks, students will be talking with their class about what they can do to help put an end to bullying. To help facilitate this conversation, our School Counselors will be sharing Captain Compassion resources from Committee for Children. Here is an article for parents on the topic...
PTA Corner
Spirit Night
The PTA will be hosting a Spirit Night on 10/20 at Blaze Pizza in Turkey Creek. Come out and get dinner for the whole family - works with takeout/online ordering too (see flyer below)!
PTA Contests:
The PTA Reflections Program provides students from across the state the opportunity to be creative in developing artwork in any and all of six art categories including dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. The PTA Arts in Education Theme Search focuses on a theme for the citizenship essay and a safety poster contest. Right now there are two upcoming contest deadlines for Theme Searches for these two programs:
- Tennessee PTA Reflections Theme Search for 2022-2023
- PTA Arts in Education Theme Search for 2021-2022
The entry forms for these two theme search contests are attached and include additional information about each contest. These entry forms can be filled out and submitted by email to reflections@fispta.org or printed and turned into your child’s teacher or the FIS front office by October 26, 2020. More information will be forthcoming about the Reflections, Citizenship Essay, and Safety Poster submissions.
PTA Membership:
The class winners for the most PTA Memberships per grade are:
3rd Grade: Duby
4th Grade: Gallaher
5th Grade: King
Thanks for all the classes that had 100% participation:
3rd grade: Cowart, Cupp, Duby, Gerlach, Gaughan, Hankins, Wells
4th grade: Gallaher, Johnson, McArthur, Peterson, Stedham,Tharp
5th grade: Burks, Hix, King, Mann
Volunteer Opportunities
The PTA still has some volunteer opportunities! Please fill out this form if you are interested in volunteering to help! https://forms.gle/k1FyNAYq4pQ4NKzo7
Community Support - FIS Thanks You!
The Knoxville Asian Festival together with Ramen Bones food truck donated kids masks, face shields, thermometers, disinfectant wipes, and other supplies to FIS. The Knoxville Asian Festival is held every year at the World’s Fair Park in late August and is proud to support the local community and fill a need.
Shoko Shinohara, board member of Knoxville Asian Festival, her 3rd grade daughter, Rika, and Knoxville Asian Festival President, Kumi Alderman, are thankful for teachers and wanted to support the community by donating masks and other supplies to FIS.
Parenting Virtual Newsletter
Parenting Virtal Students Newsletter:
o Smore English Newsletter
https://www.smore.com/y4mj0-parenting-virtual-students
o Smore Spanish Newsletter
https://www.smore.com/wf4x6-crianza-de-estudiantes-virtuales
Attendance Matters
We never want to encourage you to send you child to school sick. However, it is very important students attend school every day when they are not sick. If children do not show up for school regularly, they miss out on fundamental reading and math skills and the chance to build a habit of good attendance that will carry them into college and careers. Students who are absent 10 percent of the school year, which is an average of two or more days a month, are considered chronically absent.
What can you do to help?
1. Build regular routines for bedtime and the morning.
2. Don’t permit missing school unless your child is truly sick. Use a thermometer to check for a fever. Remember that stomach aches and headaches may be signs of anxiety.
3. Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
4. Allowing your child to miss school when he/she is not sick promotes habits that may continue throughout their education and career.
Spotlight on Academics
Bus Riders
School Coupon Books Update - We are getting closer to our goal!
The cost of the book is $10 and $8 stays at Farragut Intermediate. This is a huge fundraiser for us that will help support our new one-to-one initiative. As we dive deeper into our technology needs we discover programs for the students and needed devices for staff and students to support in-person and virtual learning. This fundraiser will be dedicated to this effort.
Steps to take when selling coupon books:
- Collect the $10 for each coupon book. All checks should be made payable to Farragut Intermediate School. This year you may pay for coupon books online just like you did for school fees. Click here to go to online payment. This is for both in-person and virtual.
- Send the orders and checks or money to school with your child. Please make sure it is in a labeled envelope. We will make every effort to fill your order the same day or the next morning after the money is received.
- Please DO NOT let your child sell books door to door without an adult present.
Prizes
Class Prizes
50 Books - Class receives Blow Pops and Hat Day
Class meets the goal of an average of 5 coupon books sold per student - $150 to spend for the classroom.
Student Prizes
Student sells 5 books - spin the virtual wheel for a guaranteed prize
Go to the FIS website to See prize list
Top Sellers
The top sellers in each grade level will get to participate in the FIS "Money Grab" and will receive a Chick-fil-A gift card. Click here to see an example of "Money Grab".
Top Selling Classroom
The top-selling classroom in the whole school (most books sold) will win a $1500 voucher for purchasing needed classroom materials.
If we meet our school's goal of selling 4,000 coupon books, our school will participate in a "dress-up" day later in October.
Virtual families: We will be set up on Thursday, Oct. 22nd from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the front circle for virtual families to pick up the coupon books purchased online. If you need to pick up your coupon books at another time, please email the bookkeeper at karen.whitney@knoxschools.org or call the front office (865) 966-6703, and we will get those ready for pick up.
FIS Money Grab
Car Riders Arrival
Dates to Remember
Oct. 22 - KCS Coupon Book Campaign ends
Oct. 23 - End First 9-weeks Grading Period
Oct. 30 - Reports Card Go Home
Nov 2 - Makeup Day for Individual Student Pictures (Makeup for Virtual Students at 4:00 pm)
Nov. 3 - Election Day (In-service Day for Teachers and No School for Students)
Nov. 25-Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving Break
FIS Office Hours
Office Phone: 865-966-6703