May Principal's Blog

Dear FSE Families,
Wow!  What a great year!!  I have been so impressed with the growth of each of our students this year! As a staff, we have many wonderful things to celebrate.  Below are some of these accomplishments.

• Excellent CMAS test results, exceeding growth and being honored with the Governors Improvement Award.
• The implementation of the Second Step program, our new social-emotional curriculum in K-6
• Year two implementation of Envision, our new math program.
• The researching of a new writing program and decision to adopt Lucy Calkins, a highly regarded writing program that includes a workshop model and strong academic rigor.
• One to one technology for our 2-6 graders with ipad access to our K-1 students.
• Implementation of I-Ready, our reading, and math formative assessment.
• Teachers collaboratively teaching small reading and math lessons to their students to target specific academic skills.
• The launch of our Digital Boot camp that teaches all students digital citizenship skills.

Next year we are excited to work on our following goals:

• The welcoming of Patti Robers, our counselor to FULL TIME.  She will be overseeing our Second Step program in addition to providing social-emotional support to our students and staff.
• The continuation of social-emotional teaching with the addition of zones of regulation taught in all classrooms.  This program teaches students skills to help them regulation their emotions when they get angry or sad. 
• We will begin year 3 of EnVision math.
• We will launch our new writing curriculum, Lucy Calkins.
• We will continue our collaborative team teaching of focused reading and math skills.
• We will continue to have interventions to support our gifted and struggling students.

19-20 School Year Upcoming Dates

• July 15th Parent Express Check-In Opens 
• You will need to sign forms for the upcoming school year
• July: End of July Class Lists posted in Parent Portal
• August 5th Meet and Greet in the afternoon
• In July each family will receive an email to sign up for a time to meet your teacher, drop off your supplies and get fall classroom information from your child's teacher.
• August 7th First Day of School
• August 12th Digital Book Camp Begins
• August 12: Flagstone School Accountability Meeting: in the library
• August 13: 7pm PTO Meeting in the library

Thank you all for a wonderful school year! I have so enjoyed serving each and every one of you.  Have a FANTASTIC summer and we will see you in the fall!

Kelli Smith, FSE Principal

 Below are some of the highlights of the 18-19 School Year!