Fort Barton News – Thursday, November 3, 2016
Upcoming Events:
Thursday, November 3: PTO Mixed Bag Fundraiser Pick-Up 2:30-4:00 pm; 6:30 pm Fort Barton PTO Meeting in Music/Art Room
Friday, November 4: Red-White-Blue Dress UP Day at Fort Barton School
Tuesday, November 8: NO SCHOOL – NATIONAL ELECTION DAY; PTO Event: Studio Life Art Camp
Wednesday, November 9: 3:15-5:00 pm CORE Afterschool Program at Fort Barton
Friday, November 11: NO SCHOOL – VETERAN’S DAY; PTO Event: 3:00-9:00 pm Chuck E. Cheese Day in Dartmouth, MA (our PTO gets a % of overall sales for the day – and your kids get to have fun with their friends!)
Wednesday, November 16: 3:15-5:00 pm CORE Afterschool Program at Fort Barton
Friday, November 18: PTO BookFair 9-10:30 am and 1-3 pm; Report cards go home; 7:05 pm PTO Hockey Night at Providence Bruins in Providence (no transportation provided)
Monday, November 21: Lifetouch School Pictures Retake Day from 9:00-11:00 am – See details below!! PTO BookFair 9-11 am and 5-7 pm (Open During Conferences); 5-8 pm Parent-Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, November 22: PTO BookFair Make-up Day only 9-11 am; 3:30-5:30 pm Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, November 23-Friday, November 25: NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING BREAK
General Information:
- Hats-On for Cancer: Thank you for your generosity!! Together, we raised $100 for the American Cancer Society for wearing our hats on Halloween at Fort Barton School! We’ll be making that donation on behalf of all our Fort Barton Jr. Scholars!
- Party Recap: Thank you so much for all of your wonderful treats and volunteering at both our PTO Halloween Extravaganza and our In-School Halloween parties! Our students had an amazing time at both!! We’re so lucky to have such supportive, caring families here at Fort Barton School! I’ve attached a few pictures of some goodies – and am creating an on-line photo album of LOTS of pictures of classroom parties!! Please visit our webpage at then drop down to Fort Barton School, then go to Photos. By the end of the week, I should have the albums finished for the PTO Halloween party, Hats-On Halloween, and In-School Halloween Party, as well as Recess Time!!! You never know which of these pictures may end up in our fabulous Fort Barton School Yearbook!!
- Red-White-Blue Day: Fort Barton School Election Day will be held on Friday, November 4, 2016!! Please have your children dress in Red-White-Blue for Friday!!! Thanks!
- Lifetouch Picture Retake Day!! Monday, November 21, from 9-11 am is Lifetouch Picture Retake Day. Your child can take a retake:
- If your child was absent;
- If your child forgot to bring their money that day and you would like to order a picture (they need to bring in money on 11/21 and take a new picture);
- If you were unsatisfied with your child’s first picture (you must return the ENTIRE picture package after calling Lifetouch and they will retake your child’s picture).
If you would like to order at Lifetouch.com, the Picture Day ID # is PC036463Q1. Thank you!!
- Scholastic BookFair: Our Fantastic Fall Scholastic BookFair will be run by Sarah St. Laurent and Kathy Blanchette. We always look forward to this time of year. The dates/times of the Fair are: Friday, November 18: 9-10 am and 1-3 pm; Monday, November 21 9-11 am, and 5-7 pm during Parent-Teacher Conferences; and a Make-Up Day on Tuesday, November 22 from 9-11 am. All proceeds from the Scholastic BookFair go to our PTO, who helps to fund our Field Trips and other cool events for our students, so come and check out a great selection of books (nice holiday gifts!). Thanks in advance!
- Soccer Goal Posts: We have really great soccer goal posts this year from Coach Murray. We thought this would be a terrific addition to our recess time.
However, a trend has developed. Every recess, between 2-4 students were getting “soccer injuries”. This includes students who were not even playing soccer – some were just walking by the games. This is because the “Recess Soccer Games” have turned into FIFA League Play games – even with Coach Murray, Teacher Assistants, Teachers, and I intervening, stopping the games, reviewing the rules, re-doing the rules, breaking apart “teams” – nothing is working. The aggressiveness is focused solely at each of the new Goal Posts – students are hurting each other to “score a goal at recess”.
This is absolutely unsafe and not the point of cooperative elementary play recess. So, temporarily, we will be putting away the Soccer Goal Posts and have students work on playing ball cooperatively again – without “scoring goals”. We’re going to track to see if recess injuries begin to go down again. We’re just trying to ensure a safe recess playtime for all students – where injuries are minimal, and creative, cooperative play flourishes. Thank you for understanding.
Have a fantastic week!
Suzette Wordell,