***If you need help getting winter clothing for your learner, please reach out to the school so we can put you in touch with our school counselor, principal, or school based clinician to help.***
Across the state, students got creative with names like Snow Day Stopper, Green Mountain Plower and Plow-a-Tron 6000. Also in the fleet are Ice Claw, Glacier and Ice Ice Baby. One town truck was named Yogi after the head of Huntington’s road crew. Another group of students named their truck Dorito and gave the driver a bag of the chips. Fleming school named their truck "Mr. Plowington." Click here for the full list of names.
We were also told that you can track the plows this winter on their website: https://plowtrucks.vtrans.vermont.gov/
Please do not send students into school with any of the following symptoms: runny nose, sore throat, headache, fatigue, fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or loss of taste or smell. If students arrive at school with any one of these symptoms, they will be sent home. That being said, please do not send your child into school if they took medication for symptoms, as that means they are not well enough to be in school and likely need to be tested or see a doctor.
Here are the state guidelines that the school needs to follow regarding when a student can return to school after experiencing any of the symptoms
If you are questioning whether your child can come to school or not, please contact the school nurse or your child’s primary care provider, and keep your child home until you hear back from your school nurse or provider regarding next steps.
With the change of season, Endeavor Team fourth graders took advantage of all the new signs of Autumn arriving by going on a nature hunt looking for evidence that Fall is here. These students then created their own bookmarks, which became laminated to protect their tiny treasures.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. During both 4th and 5th-grade Counseling classes with Ms. Sellers, students have been learning about the three R's of bullying: Recognize, Report, and Resist. Over the next few weeks, students will have opportunities to practice the skills they've been learning about. To find out more about the Second Step's Bullying Prevention Unit and the Three R's visit secondstep.org.
Students in PE have kicked off the school year with a team building unit. Classes were given lots of fun challenges that they had to solve as a team. Some activities were a whole class challenge, while others they were split into 2 groups to compete in a challenge. There were lots of laughs, positive communication and collaboration taking place. Ask your child what their favorite activity was!
After learning the fundamentals of our PBIS program, students are recognized for their positive choices by receiving a Fleming Falcon Feather (card). These are collected in the classroom “nest.” When 100 cards are collected, they have earned an egg which is placed in the school nest. After the egg goal is reached the whole school celebrates! On Friday our PBIS celebration was “Fort Day.” Students are encouraged to share ideas for these celebrations - they have great ideas!
Students in Ms. Coviello and Ms. Lee's classes recently started a Matter Unit. They were given a baggy full of materials that they had to sort and classify depending on their physical properties. Students then reported out to the class their categories and how they decided to sort the items. It was fun to see the similarities and differences between the categories. Some of the items included: seashell, ball of aluminum foil, paper clip, plastic button, plastic fork and many other items.
The earliest a student should arrive at Fleming is 7:45.
Thank you!
1. All end of day changes to a students plan, needs to be called into the office no later than 2:30 so that we have time to follow up with the student/teacher.
2. We are asking families that need to pick their student up early, to be here no later than 2:30 to do so. Pick ups after this time, are rather difficult due to the traffic at that time, along with the buses arriving soon after for student pick up.
We understand that emergencies do arise and we can address those if they come up.
Thank you for understanding and your cooperation.
Ms. Aldrich from the office, will come to the front door with a clipboard for you to sign your child out. Students who are late, can ring the doorbell and come into the building once the door is unlocked and checkin in the main office and then will be sent them to their homerooms.
If you need to see the nurse for any reason, such as dropping off medication, please call the Health Office at 857-7789, she will arrange a time to meet you outside, in front of the building.
Thank you for your patience as we navigate the new norm for this school year. We can't wait for the time that it's ok for parents to come back in and volunteer at school, and connect in person!
Robert Carpenter officially joined the Essex Westford School District Board after being appointed on November 9, 2021
Sara Jablonski has been selected as the new interim principal at Founders Memorial School, filling the vacated role through the end of the 2021-22 school year.
ADL and EMS recently had an amazing opportunity to work with Boston-based artist Alex Cook, to create two large-scale murals for our greater Essex community!
Nana Akua Goes to School is the winner of the 2021 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award.
