Intermediate Students at FIS competed in the annual "Geography

Bee" over the past month. The championship round

hosted by the 6th Grade Social Studies Department

was held on Thursday night with 9 finalist in the

competition. Finalist were: Madison Lane, Hayden

Smith, Shane Whittfield, Corey Gross, Evan Willis,

Madison Roybal, Raygan Parm, Darrell Bear, and

Mathious Worku. The winner of the competition was

Corey Gross, with Hayden Smith as the runner up.

Corey Gross will go on to take an exam that will

determine if he moves on to the state competition.

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The time

is

always

right

to do

what is

right.

Martin

Luther King,

Jr.

Middle The Advanced Science students in Mrs. Miller and

Ms. Siebenburgen's classes are cooperatively

investigating Geologic Time Scale which includes:

Climate, Geologic Events, Organisms, and Mass

Extinctions. Students pictured are Sydnee Woods,

Megan Ervin, Erin Kimball, Lucas Hynes, and

Samuel Rosenthal.

Freshman

At the Freshman School, students in Mr.

Scott Smith's Math I class are working on

graphing calculators to prepare for their

upcoming PARCC graduation tests. This

is the only type of calculator students are

permitted to use so students have been

working hard, going to the computer lab

weekly to improve their skills.

High FHS student, Benjamin Mixon has invited

Judge Fanon Rucker to speak at the FHS

Black History Program scheduled for next

month.

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East

Mrs. Dickman's third grade class sported their winter boot collection

during our coldest week. The students did a great job of preparing for

the weather!

East students enjoy their

Tuesday afternoons with their

'bigs' during their Big Brother/

Big Sister time. Tuesday was

'Thank Your Mentor Day!'

The students talked about

what the word mentor means.

They made cards and jewelry

for their 'bigs' as the craft for

the week. BBBS has provided

a great opportunity this school year. They continue to match students to

mentors each week.

Thanks to Big Brother/

Big Sisters for all the

work they do for our

children!

Santa in January?! Yes,

East 2nd graders

performed their

Christmas play for all

the students this week!

Miss Arnold, Mrs. Yoder, and Mrs. Bogard's 2nd graders have been

practicing since early December, and were so excited to share with

their friends. The costumes were most impressive, and the play was

very entertaining! Great job 2nd grade!!!

Central Mr. Kalejs, Francisco Corona

Luna, Daniela Gonzalez,

Kennedy Woods, Adrianna

Holleran and Saad Jaouhari are

sporting their bow-tie.on Bow-

Tie Thursday.

Esther Banahene,

Daniel Gutierrez,

Wesley Roberts, and

Emma

Iames in

Mrs. Riggs

class doing

their best on

a formative

math

assessment.

North Students in

Mrs. Bell's

3rd grade

class are busy

playing

"Mathoo"...a

version of

Taboo where

they practice

math

vocabulary words. Looks like a lot of fun!

First grade students from Mrs. Pio's class are using the

word wall to practice their sight words and high

frequency words.

Encore! Music/Arts Department News

Katie Pennell, Fairfield Graduate and Band Director at

FIS and her sister Susan Duggar, Fairfield Graduate and

Vice-President, Chief Nursing Officer at Spartanburg

Regional Hospital, Spartanburg, S.C., are traveling to

New York City on Thursday to sing in a back-up choir

for the band Casting Crowns at Carnegie Hall. Friday

and Saturday are filled with rehearsals and meeting

with the Casting Crowns musicians. Saturday evening

the Carnegie Hall event will begin at 7 pm. This is a

sold out concert! Other events will include visiting the

new 9/11 Memorial site and a dinner cruise on the

Staten Island Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. This is

truly a once in a lifetime event and both Katie and

Susan are looking forward to the trip and events.

Go Big RED! Fairfield Indians

Athlete of the Week (Jan 5 - Jan 11)

AMBER RUSSELL (SO) - Bowling

"Amber is now averaging 172 per game.

She made the All-Tournament Team at the

"Back to School Bash" and helped her

team to a second place finish."

Coach David Loper

SAM

MEDDINGS

(SO) -

Wrestling "“Sam captured the 132 pound weight class at

the Ron Masanek Fairfield Invitational on

Saturday. With the team score tied, Sam

came up huge by defeating his opponent

from Lebanon in overtime. Congratulations

to Sam!"

Coach Jason Laflin

Athlete of the Week (Jan 12 - Jan 18)

TC Wells (JR) - Basketball

"TC scored 22 points and had 5 rebounds

over #2 ranked Lakota East last week."

Coach John Cecere

EMMA OTTEN (SO) - Swimming "Emma placed 5th, 6th, and 7th overall in

the 100 Back, 200 Back and 200 Fly,

respectively, at the 2015 SW Officials'

Classic this weekend. Emma's times were

also all season-best performances and she

placed 1st, 3rd, and 2nd overall in her

events at Fairfield's respective site this

weekend. Great job Emma!"

Coach Joseph Smolinske

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