FSE Thursday Blast 03-29-18

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, March 30th
           -Last day to order Spirit Wear (order form HERE)
           -FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 in the gym
Tuesday, April 3rd
           -State Mandated Testing begins
Wednesday, April 4th
           -Kindergarten Orientation at 9:45 am
Friday, April 6th
           -FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 in the gym
           -Spring Carnival from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm (CLICK HERE for details)
Monday, April 9th-Friday, April 13th
           -Spring Conferences

STATE MANDATED TESTING INFO:
State Mandated Testing (CMAS) at FSE will begin on April 3rd, 2018.
CLICK HERE for more information.

DCHS FEEDER STATE ASSESSMENT LETTER
HERE is the link to our feeder letter regarding opt-outs for state testing, 
it is the same one that was sent out earlier in the week.

FLAGSTONE'S GOT TALENT:
Does your child know how to make people laugh? Make things appear
out of thin air? Do they sing, dance, or act? We want to see it! The
Flagstone talent show will take place on May 2nd at 6:00 pm. Sign up
to participate HERE! Auditions will be held on April 11th, practices on
April 18th and April 25th.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:
Help design our next fun run shirts CLICK HERE for more details!

SPRING CARNIVAL
If you are able to help SIGN UP HERE.

NEEDED!!  GALLON SIZE ZIPLOCK BAGS
We are in need of gallon size ziplock bags for our book room. We store
our books in these to keep them nice and would love any and all
donations.  We will have a box at the door for donations at the spring
carnival.  Thanks so much!

CLICK HERE FOR MARCH'S LINKS WITH THE FOLLOWING 
INFORMATION:

• School Supplies
• Spring Carnival 
• Kid2KitLit Camp
• Mad Science
• Sticky Fingers Cooking Class
• Success in Middle School
• Tri the Rock
• Camp Invention
• Chess Club (Scholarships Available)
• LEGO: Magnets + Motors (Scholarships Available)
• Overdrive Books

3-15-18 FSE Thursday Blast

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, March 15th

Spirit Night at Firehouse Subs until 8:00 pm

Friday, March 16th

FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

Monday, March 19th-Friday, March 23rd

NO SCHOOL-Spring Break

Tuesday, March 27th: Butter Braid Pick up in Cafeteria: 3:15-5:30

Friday, March 30th

Last day to order Spirit Wear

FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

State Mandated Testing Info

State Mandated Testing (CMAS) at FSE will begin on April 3, 2018.  
CLICK HERE for more information.

Upcoming Save the Date!

FSE Spring Carnival: April 6th: Spring Carnival

    Food Trucks arrive at 5:30 and Carnival starts at 6pm to 8pm
Spring Conferences
    April 9-13

Butter Braids

Please pick up between 3:15 to 5:30 on Tuesday, March 27th.  
If you miss this window we do not have a freezer to store them so
they will be donated.

School Supplies: Due June 15

It's now time to place your order with 1st Day School Supplies for
the 2018-19 school year! Visit 1stDaySchoolSupplies.com to get
started! Just a reminder, 1st Day School Supplies kits are the exact
school supplies your teachers requested ...and approved by your
school! This year we are excited to offer Vera Bradley and Jansport
backpacks and lunch boxes to our great selection of accessories!

Flagstone’s Got Talent

Does your child know how to make people laugh? Make things
appear out of thin air? Do they sing, dance, or act? We want to see
it! The Flagstone talent show will take place on May 2nd at 6:00pm.
Sign up to participate HERE! Auditions will be held on April 11th,

practices on April 18th and April 25th.

Spirit Wear

We’ll be placing one last order for Spirit Wear before the end of the
school year! Please turn your orders in to the front office before March 30th.

Summer Literacy Camp at FSE (Mrs Miller’s Camp is BACK!)

Kid2KidLit Camp

FSE Enrichment Programs:

Camp Invention

Sticky Fingers Cooking Class

PTO Spirit Nights

Firehouse Subs Spirit Night

Community Events

Inline Hockey League

Spring Break Basketball Camp

Chess Club

Success in the Middle Conference

3-8-18 FSE Thursday Blast

Upcoming Events:

Friday, March 9th

• FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

Monday, March 12th

• SAC Meeting at 4:00 pm in the Learning Commons
• Deadline to register for Mad Science Enrichment Program

Monday, March 12th

• LAST DAY to turn in butter braid orders. We won't be able to accept any

orders after this date.

Wednesday, March 14th

• PTO Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Learning Commons

Friday, March 16th

• FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

Monday, March 19th-Friday, March 23rd

• No School-Spring Break

Kindergarten Orientation

Kindergarten Orientation is coming up!  Please join us on April 4th from 9:45-10:45 am here

at Flagstone!  Please call or email Kellie McKenzie with any questions at (303)387-5235 or

email kmckenzie@dcsdk12.org.

School Supplies

It's now time to place your order with 1st Day School Supplies for the 2018-19 school year!

Visit 1stDaySchoolSupplies.com to get started! Just a reminder, 1st Day School Supplies kits

are the exact school supplies your teachers requested ...and approved by your school! This

year we are excited to offer Vera Bradley and Jansport backpacks and lunch boxes to our

great selection of accessories!

PTO Fundraiser

Please help PTO raise some money for our wonderful teachers!  All order forms need to be

returned to your child’s teacher on Monday, March 12th.  Pick up for the butter braids will be

March 27th from 3:15 to 5:30 in the cafeteria.  We cannot store them so if they are not picked

up they will be donated.

Student Council:

Student Council will be having a meeting tomorrow, Friday, March 9th, at 8:15 in the Learning Commons.  

Please have your student wear their black Student Council shirt because we will be taking a picture

for the FSE yearbook.  

Access to 1000’s Books at Home

Please see this new resource from our librarian Mrs. Petrillo! OverDrive Online Library

FSE Enrichment Programs:

Mad Science:Earth Science Explorations

Camp Invention

Sticky Fingers Cooking Class

Lego:Magnets + Motors at Flagstone

1st Day School Supplies

Flagstone Weekly Highlights
Flagstone Battle of the Books Teams have won the quarterfinals and are moving to the next
stage in their battle! Congrats to our BOTB teams!

Student Council is working hard collecting box tops and making some decisions as to how they would
like to spend this money. Stay tuned for some exciting news!

PTO is working very hard to plan this year's Spring Carnival. We would love your support, please
help our teachers by donating to the silent auction baskets that each teacher will be
putting together to auction off at the carnival.

Twitter is blowing up with many wonderful tweets of students hard at work at Flagstone.
Check out #oneflagstone to see all the problem solving going on in primary!

March Book Madness is fast approaching. Please check out our bracket board outside the front
office to see the books that are in the running. Ask your child to share with you what this
friendly competition is all about.


Upcoming Events:

Friday, March 2nd

Dr. Seuss Day-Dress up like a Dr. Seuss character

FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

Friday, March 9th

FSE Spirit Assembly at 3:30 pm in the gym

Monday, March 12th

SAC Meeting at 4:00 pm in the Learning Commons

Wednesday, March 14th

PTO Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Learning Commons

Monday, March 19th-Friday, March 23rd
No School-Spring Break

PTO Fundraiser!

Please help PTO raise some money for our wonderful teachers!  All order forms

need to be returned to your child’s teacher on March 12th.  Pick up for the butter

braids will be March 27th from 3:15 to 5:30 in the cafeteria.  We cannot store them

so if they are not picked up they will be donated.

Access to 1000’s Books at Home

Please see this new resource from our librarian Mrs. Petrillo!  

OverDrive Online Library

CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) Testing

CMAS Testing will take place at FSE once we return from Spring Break.

Students in grades 3-6 will take the English/Language Arts (ELA) test, as well

as the Math test. In addition to the ELA and Math test, our 5th graders will

take the Science test.  Our testing dates are as follows:

April 3-5:   3rd and 6th Grade ELA

              4th and 5th Grade Math

April 10-12: 5th Grade Science

4th and 5th Grade ELA

April 17-19: 3rd and 6th Grade Math

To learn more about the testing, you can visit our State Mandated Testing

tab on FSE's website, connect with your child's teacher, or reach out to

our school's Assessment Coordinator, Meg Jacques, at

mejacques@dcsdk12.org or 303-387-5233.

A Message from Mrs. Brown

Thank you all for the wonderful food donations for our Backpack program.

We are currently looking for hygiene products such as shampoo,

conditioner, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, chapstick, etc.

Thank you for helping!

FSE Enrichment Programs:

Mad Science-New Dates

Camp Invention