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Fall Creek Elementary School: Where Learning Takes Flight

April 3, 2018

Cardinal Creed: Be Safe, Respectful and Responsible

Main Line: 281-641-3400

Absence Line: 281-641-3419

Nurse: 281-641-3405

Cafeteria: 281-641-3408

Website: https://www.humbleisd.net/fce

Twitter: @humbleisd_fce

Campus Information Dates to Remember

Congratulations, Science Fair Winners!

4/4 Chick-fil-A Spirit Night, 3:00-8:00 p.m.

4/5 Autism Support, Wear Blue

4/6 Kinder Field Trip Mother/Son Adventure, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

4/10-4/11 STAAR Testing: No Visitors

4/16 Fifth Grade BizTown

4/17 Jump Rope for Heart Slime Event, 2:30 p.m.

4/18 Persona Pizza Night

4/19 Kindergarten Roundup, 6:00 pm

4/20 Monster Movie Night “Monsters University”, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

4/24 Volunteer Tea

4/25 Health & Safety Day

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

1st Place Kennedy An &

Ayanna Fernando

1st Place Zoey Kai Shelton

1st Place

Brice Adams & Matthew Hindman

1st Place Kyle Mallory

1st Place

Sagan Gleason & Hannah Wolford

1st Place Gavin Gleason

& Brynn Lipham

2nd Place Oliver Hull

2nd Place Juliana Lozano

2nd Place

Connor Mach & Austin Mach

2nd Place Norah Kihlberg

2nd Place Macy Williams

2nd Place Marlie Maziur

3rd Place Clare Lipham

3rd Place Iva Maria

Justin

3rd Place

Christian Goodwin

3rd Place

Zoe Frith & Kenley Bruner

3rd Place Rhea Talya

3rd Place Mckinley Merlet & Luke Merlet

Best of Show

1st Place: Sagan Gleason & Hannah Wolford (4th Grade)

2nd Place: Gavin Gleason & Brynn Lipham (5th Grade)

3rd Place: Marlie Maziur (5th Grade)

All winners will be participating in the Humble ISD District Science Fair!

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FCE is ten years old this year! We are planning a celebration on April 27th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars now. Stay tuned for more information. Everyone is invited!

Fall Creek’s fourth and fifth graders will be taking the state test, STAAR, on the following days:

Tuesday, April 10th: 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade Mathematics Wednesday, April 11th: 5th Grade Reading

The state mandates that NO VISTORS will be permitted in the building during the STAAR testing. Additionally, the workroom will be closed and all volunteer activities are cancelled.

Please do not schedule dental and doctor appointments on these testing dates. Make sure your child has a good night’s sleep and a good breakfast. Thank you for your help in making these testing days great for our students.

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Parent Satisfaction Survey

Parents can help our school in a meaningful way by taking a quick, anonymous Parent Satisfaction Survey. The last day to complete the survey is today, Tuesday, April 3rd. FCE Parent Survey 2017-2018

Responses will be analyzed to determine what is working well in our school and any areas that may need improvement. Humble ISD is conducting a survey for every school in the district. Parents with more than one child in our school should complete only one survey. If you have children in more than one school, you should complete a survey for each school.

The survey takes just a few minutes, but makes a big difference. Our school will use the results to guide our priorities and plans. We are asking all parents to participate. We appreciate you taking the time to share your opinions and experiences.

Marquee Birthdays

Want your child’s birthday celebrated on the new FCE Electronic Marquee? Due to high demand, we have decided to open up birthday sales for the new electronic marquee year-round. In order to effectively manage birthday marquee sales year-round, parents will need to purchase their child’s birthday announcement by the 15th of the month prior to their child’s birthday. For example, if you child’s birthday is December 5th, you will need to place your order by the 15th of November.

Orders placed on the 16th of the month will automatically be placed in the next month’s announcement. In the example above, if you placed your order on November 16th for your child’s December birthday, their birthday will be displayed the week of January 5th, instead of December 5th. When ordering, you may select “Happy Birthday xxx”, “Belated Birthday” or “Half Birthday” to cover any birthdays that may have been missed. The marquee will run year-round, so don’t forget to order your child’s summer birthday celebration. All summer birthdays must be submitted no later than May 15, 2018. We hope you enjoy this new option available to your family.

To order your child’s birthday, go to https://fcpto.membershiptoolkit.com/Open_Forms If you should have any questions regarding birthday celebrations, please contact Tricia Krebs at fceptopres@fcpto.com.

Please support Fall Creek Elementary at Chick-fil-A spirit night. Wednesday, April 4th from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. FCE will receive 20% of all sales. Remember you can dine in or drive thru. Let them know you’re with FCE when ordering. See you there!!

Autism Awareness Day at Fall Creek Elementary

Wear blue to show your support!

Thursday April 5th

IT’S ON, MAMA!

�FCE Mother/Son Date Night Challenge

Friday, April 6th 6pm to 8:30pm

Mechanical Bull, Rock Wall, Obstacle Courses, Photo Booth, Over 15 super, fun “Minute To Win It” Games & MORE!

The Pizza Stand - 2 pieces of pizza and a drink for everyone!

Tickets are $20 for each Mother/Son couple & $10 for each additional son

Ticket includes: Admission to all the fun & photos you can handle One trip to the Pizza Stand per guest

Additional trips to the Pizza Stand - pizza and drinks will be sold for $1 each.

Tickets can be purchased online through April 3rd at the link below

https://fcpto.membershiptoolkit.com

Don’t miss the deadline…..tickets will be $30 per couple at the door!

**This event is hosted by the FCE PTO for all male FCE students and their moms/guardians. No friends or siblings, please.

FAMILY TIP SHEETCommon Sense on Effective Email Communication

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DIGITAL LITERACY AND CITIZENSHIP IN A CONNECTED CULTURE © 2012 www.commonsense.org 1

What’s the Issue?There is a high tolerance for misspellings and stream-of-consciousness ideas in text messages and informal emails. But what happens when kids need to write a formal message? Will they know how to change their writing style to match their audience? Sizing up your audience and making your words match are important skills for students to learn. Teaching our kids to evaluate their audience and create messages accordingly will help them gain more respect from their teachers and win better responses in any formal setting.

common sense saysEncourage your children to consider the audience and purpose of their email. Using a more formal tone with people they have never met is the safest and most respectful way to communicate.

Prompt kids to get right to the point. Most people have a lot of email to sift through. Keeping formal messages to one page is ideal.

Stress the importance of writing only what they would say to a person’s face. Anything kids would say over email should be something they are able to say to someone’s face.

Suggest to children that they use uppercase type only on rare occasions. Uppercase letters indicate that you are shouting. Kids should use them only if they really want to make a STRONG POINT.

Remind kids to proofread. They should check their spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting before sending an email.

Coach kids to use emoticons sparingly. Using smiley faces or exclamation points on occasion can help others understand their meaning in the absence of visual and vocal cues. However, they are usually inappropriate with more formal emails. :)