April/May Newsletter
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Principal Allison’s Notes
Quarter 4 is here!
We are entering the home stretch of the 2023-2024 school year! It has been amazing to watch your children grow academically, emotionally, and athletically. I am excited to see them continue over the next nine weeks. It is important that we stay focused as the weather warms up and summer creeps in for us. We still have 25% of the school year left! This includes Ohio State Testing, End of the year Diagnostics, and so much more.
Students in grades K-2 will be bringing home a Checklist with their Q3 report card. It gives a general idea of how they are progressing through the critical focuses for the year as well as an overview of what’s remaining. Use this as an opportunity to discuss questions with their classroom teachers and work on simple skills at home.
Students in grades 3-5 should be focusing on preparing for their OST’s in April/May. Their attendance on these dates is imperative. Ms. Digges has presented some testing tips below, sure to check them out, as well as earmarking these dates:
- ELA: 4/16 & 4/17
- Math: 4/30 & 5/1
- 5th Grade Science: 5/2 & 5/3
All students will be taking the End of the Year iReady Diagnostic in Mid-May. This will provide us with a true picture of their learning throughout the school year. Teachers will communicate classroom specific dates on their Class Dojo Pages.
Important Considerations:
- Our School Hours are: 8am-3:30pm
- (Breakfast is served at 7:45am and Drop-off begins at 7:40am. We are starting instruction at 8:05am and breakfast will not be served after 8:10am).
- Students are marked Tardy @ 8:15am
- When a student is tardy 15 minutes a day/signed out early, that makes for 75 minutes of lost instruction a week. This can impact their achievement over time.
- See the picture below to see the state definitions around attendance.
- We realize that there are tough work commitments, family schedules/issues, appointments, and other unexpected events and we are here to partner with you to create a plan for your students success and achievement. Feel free to reach out at any time with any barriers that we may be able to provide support.
Keep in mind that we are a small campus, but with that is an opportunity to provide your student with a strong sense of community. Some tips to help stay in the know about all things happening on campus:
- Be sure you are signed up for your student’s Dojo Accounts. This will be a daily connection to all things going on in the classroom.
- Like and Follow-us on Facebook.
- Report Absences at this link: https://fpacad.org/report-absence/
I am so blessed to be a part of your student’s academic journey. Our next newsletter will be out by April 1, 2024.
Tigers ROAR!
Principal Allison
🐅We will be adding 6th Grade Next Year!🐅
From the Desk of the Director of Academics, Mrs. Digges:
i-Ready Personalized Learning Plan Student Expectations
Each week @ school K-5th Grade students will be working on their Personalized Learning Plan. They are responsible for the following:
- 45 minutes in Reading
- 45 minutes in Math
- Completion of 2-3 lessons with a 70% pass rate
Talk to your students about their progress! Expect that Teachers will be communicating this with you and discussing the impact in the classroom.
Ohio State Testing Prep for Grades 3-5
Students and FamiliesAccessibility Features Tools and settings in the testing system that provide support for students, such as features and tools that allow students to change the screen color and text color or font size of an online test. Accommodation Eligible students can receive adjustments to the testing conditions, test format or test administration that provide equitable access during the test.
Upcoming Events
Fun Times @FPACAD
The newly repaired Book Mobile came to campus! Our students checked out a book to read in their class and learned about the library procedures. Students will be able to select one more book in April!
Thank you to everyone for coming out for our Black History Month Assembly-our students and staff did a wonderful job highlighting their learning for the month.
Elizabeth is dressed to impress for the 100th Day of School!
Students of the Month
January & February Students of the Month
We want to congratulate our Students of the Months for January and February! These students have demonstrated excellence in their ROAR Values:
Kinder (Brown): Braylee Wallace & Adrian Batista
Kinder (Garcia): Melody Williams & Rian Kump
Kinder (Sucher): Journey Riddle & Reagan Lewis
1st Grade: Killian McCracken & Ariana Benitez
2nd Grade: Kehlani Fate & Sanylaa Wright
3rd Grade: Ben Kampwerth & Sa’Leah Wright
4th Grade: Yadier Smith & Na’Yomi Daniels
4th/5th Grade: Brayden Robinson & Ronney Hester
Keller: Kyren Evans
Let’s Congratulate these students for being Tiger Leaders! They joined me for “Break Time,” where we had a treat, received our certificates and were awarded Dojo Points!
January & February Teacher of the Month
Coach Townsend was the January Teacher Month
Let’s give a shout out to Coach Townsend, our January Teacher of the Month. We are incredibly blessed to have him as the backbone of our team. He sets the example for our Tigers in word and in action. He is always ready for challenge and coaching all of us! He ROARs
Mrs. Harris was our February Teacher of the Month
Let’s give a shout out to our 1st Grade Teacher, Mrs. Harris, for being our February Teacher of the Month. She says the following about our campus:
“I am proud to be a tiger because of the community and support system that we have. I love how we are always supporting one another and how close we are inside and outside of the classrooms. We truly are a team and I am so glad that I am able to be a part of it!”
DOJO Points
School-wide Point Purchases
Students are able to cash in their Class Dojo Points for the following School Wide Incentives:
School-wide:
Class Dojo Quarter 3 & 4 (February-May) Menu:
25 Dojo Points: Dress-down Days
50 Dojo Points: Book Machine Token
150 Dojo Points: Obstacle Course Fridays (March & May)
225 Dojo Points: Principal for the day (cut off May 3rd)
Their classroom teachers also offer a Classroom Incentive Menu for Class Dojo Points so be sure to check-in with them on their options. If students want to purchase a school-wide item, they should contact their classroom teachers for next steps!
***4th and 5th Grade need double points since they have two teachers.
Coach Townsend’s Corner
Event Information
Upper Grades Intramurals
- Every Thursday evening in when school is in session.
- Events: Pickleball, Running Club, & Lacrosse
- Permission Slip must be on hand in order to participate.
- See Coach for permission slip.
If you have any questions, contact Coach Townsend @rtownsend@fpacad.org
Date: Thursday, Apr 4, 2024, 05:00 PM
Venue: Fairfield Preparatory Academy, Princeton Road, Hamilton, OH, USA
Event Information
Kindergarten Soccer Intramurals
- Every Tuesday in the month of May.
- Permission Slip must be on hand in order to participate.
- See Coach for permission slip.
If you have any questions, contact Coach Townsend @ rtownsend@fpacad.org
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 07:00 AM
Venue: 2470 Princeton Road, Hamilton, OH, USA
Upcoming Dates:
April
- 4/5: Coffee with the Principal
- 4/5: NFL Visitor
- 4/8: Solar Eclipse-No School for Students-Staff Professional Development Day
- 4/15: OST Pep Rally
- 4/19: Zoo Chaperone Meeting
- 4/22: Zoo Field Trip
- 4/24: Book Mobile
- 4/26: Open House for next year
- 4/16-4/18: OST-ELA (Grades 3-5)
- 4/30-5/1: OST Math (Grades 3-5)
May
- 5/3: Quarter 4 Progress Reports Go Home
- 5/2 & 5/3: 5th Grade Science
- 5/17-Coffee with the Principal
- 5/20-5/22: Scholastic Book Fair
- 5/23: Science Fair
- 5/24: PBIS Obstacle Course
- 5/30: Water Olympics (Field Day) & End of Year Pep Rally
- 5/31: Rookie Year & FPACAD ESPY Awards (Details will follow)
June
- 6/3: 2024-2025 Kinder Signing Day (next year Kinders)
- 6/4: Last Student Day
- 6/5: Last Staff Day
