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Happy Holiday FSES Community,
It is hard to believe it is already the end of December! I wish you all a relaxing, joyous holidy season and look forward to seeing you all in the new year.
Franklin Sherman Office Closure Over Break - The front office will be closed over the next two weeks as we will all take this time to be with our family and recharge over this winter break. If you have an urgent issue, please email me and I'll be checking email periodically throughout the break.
Farris Thomas
Principal
Franklin Sherman ES
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December 23-January 3 Winter Vacation
January 6 School Resumes
February 7 FSES World CultureFest
School Calendar: 2024-25
We are grateful to those parents across our community who took time to nominate our amazing staff for recognition this year. In our staff meeting last week, we were able to recognize staff and announce our school winners. Please see all nominees below.
Franklin Sherman Outstanding Employees
Outstanding Operational Employee: Janet Tan, Administrative Assistant
Outstanding Teacher: Sarah Mantel, 3rd Grade Teacher
Outstanding New Teacher: Maddie Lucas, 5th Grade Teacher
Outstanding Professional Employee: Christian King, SBTS
Outstanding New Principal: Farris Thomas, Principal
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Important Reminder: Keep up the great attendance
School is in session until Friday, December 20th & starts back PROMPTLY on Monday, January 6th!!
Set positive habits for the new year. Remember: positive attendance = higher academic achievement + better sense of belonging (more than 10% of the school year missed = chronic absenteeism)
This is a big time of the year for both travel and for sicknesses. Please plan travel accordingly, and refer to the Health Flyer for parents “Can My Child Go To School?” when sick.
If your child is not feeling well, please refer to FCPS guidance on when to keep your child home.
Find more attendance resources.
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Winter Enrichment Program Registration
Exclusive to FSES PTA members! Join today
Opens 12/16 10:00 am
Closes 1/12 11:59 pm
Tuesdays (4:10 pm - 5:10 pm)
Cartooning Art K-6th
Poppin Piano K-5th
Wednesdays (4:10 pm - 5:10 pm)
Cooking: Around the World K-6th
Pottery: Winter Pop Art Icons! K-6th
THursdays (4:10 pm - 5:10 pm)
Sports Spectacular K-6th
Host a Table for World CultureFest
Friday, 2/7
Those who would like do a Host Table to represent their country / culture should click on this link to secure their spot.
Due to capacity constraints, we are limiting World CultureFest to 16 Host Tables — so if you want to have a Host Table, please sign up now! We can facilitate introductions for those wishing to represent the same culture.
Your table can be anything you want to make of it! Some ideas:
- Provide samples of a favorite food with a recipe passed down from your family.
- Dress in traditional clothing from your country/culture
- Provide a fun game (like Australia's kangaroo jump!)
- Hand out flags/balloons/stickers/candy (from your homeland)
- Create a poster displaying artwork or fun facts about your country/culture
... The possibilities are endless!
Save the Date for the Harlem Wizards
Friday, 3/7
Save the date for a community-building event featuring the Harlem Wizards on March 7th at Langley High School! FSES is partnering with other McLean elementary schools and our FCPS teachers will take on the Harlem Wizards in a fun and wild basketball game. This event will sell out so be on the lookout for our ticket sale announcement. We will also need many volunteers to make this event a success so plan to sign up to help if you can!
PTA Meeting Dates 2024-2025 - Save the Date!
Wednesday, 2/12 5:30-6:30 pm
Wednesday, 4/2 8:00-9:00 am
Wednesday, 5/21 8:00-9:00 am
Join the PTA
You can make a difference in your school community and will receive the weekly PTA Newsletter. Annual PTA membership costs only $20 and is due EACH school year. Join the PTA Today!
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