Friday, August 16
All the FCS News That Is the News This Week
FCS' Newsletter is updated each Friday
ALL SCHOOL NEWS
(Use the scroll bar at the right navigates to each division's news)
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!
WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENTS AND FAMILIESThe Admissions Office welcomes our 153 new students and their families to FCS. We started the school year with 832 students and we are still interviewing. Join us in making these new families feel at home and welcomed.
BACK TO SCHOOL BASH
Friday, August 16, 3:00 pm. Scrimmage vs Kentucky Country Day School at 5:00 pm.
PALADIN SPIRITWEAR
Available at the Back to School Bash and Monday- Friday, 10 am to noon at the Paladin Center.
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
Our office and building hours are 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
YEARBOOKS
Our Story...2012-2013 yearbooks are available in the school office.
RENWEB
If you need to update your information in RenWeb, please use the web forms found under School Information (Web Forms, Family Demographic Form). Questions? Email our school registrar, terre.hughes@fcspaladins.org.
SECURITY
For security purposes, we cannot allow students to be dropped off in the mornings until 7:30 am when the buildings open. Staff are not in place before 7:30 am to supervise students. While we realize this may be inconvenience for some, we simply cannot allow students to be unsupervised when the doors are locked to the buildings. It truly is a safety issue. Please make other arrangements for prior to 7:30 am. The only exception for early arrival is specific requirements such as clubs, athletics, or something arranged ahead of time which includes supervision. Thank you so much for partnering with us in the safety of your students!
CARPOOL
If you have a child in Middle or High School and enter from Highway 92, PLEASE put your flashers on and leave them on until you reach your destination. This will allow teachers working the ES carpool to direct you past those in line to pick us ES students. Thank you.
PICTURE PARENTS NEEDED
The Yearbook Staff is looking for two Picture Parents for each elementary homeroom class, middle and high school grade level. If you would like to take and share your digital images and help to coordinate photographers for your child's class or grade, please email Claire Walden for middle school, claire.walden@fcspaladins.org and Wayne Rasku for high school, wayne.rasku@fcspaladins.org.
Little Paladins, Big Pride
WELCOME NEW ES TEACHERS AND NEW POSITIONS
Libby Madden - moved from 1st Grade Teacher to 2nd Grade Teacher
Joy Pulvino - moved from 4th Grade Assistant to 5th Grade Teacher
Libby Long - new 4th Grade Assistant
Joy Pulvino - moved from 4th Grade Assistant to 5th Grade Teacher
Libby Long - new 4th Grade Assistant
JOIN US FOR COFFEE
Our fall coffees with Mrs. Teston begin next week. New and retuning families are all encouraged to attend. Don't miss out on this opportunity to chat with our principal, and other parents from you child's grade, about all that is ahead for this school year. Refreshments are provided by the ES PTF. Please meet in the Elementary Library from 8:15-9:15 am on the following dates:
Tuesday, August 20 - K4, K5, Pre-1st
Thursday, August 22 - 1st grade
Tuesday, August 27 - 2nd Grade
Thursday, August 29 - 3rd Grade
Tuesday, September 3 - 4th Grade
Thursday, September 5 - 5th Grade
LUNCH VISITATION
To help our students develop a routine, please wait until September 23 to join your child for lunch at school.
CARPOOL (A great time to exhibit "I Am Second")
Please be patient, drive slowly, no foul language or gestures, refrain from cell phone use and watch for new traffic patterns as we perfect the carpool routine. Please keep your flashers on until you reach the main road in order to keep traffic flowing. If you are walking to pick up your child, please park in the upper or lower lots - not next to the building. Thank you.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
The teachers and staff have a meeting once a month on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 am. Would you be available to watch the ES students who come early? Duty time would be one hour, 7:30 - 8:30 am. Please call Carol Turner, 770-641-5565, if interested.NEEDED: ES YEARBOOK COORDINATOR
We are looking for someone to work with the MS and HS Teacher/Sponsors as well as the yearbook representative from Balfour/Taylor Publishing. As a team, these will be responsible for producing a 224-page full color publication, which captures the elementary, middle and high school events throughout the year. The ES coordinator works to establish team of photographers who will digitally document events throughout the school year. The Balfour rep will guide you in yearbook layout, design and photography needs. Contact Carol Turner, carol.turner@fcspaladins.org, if you are interested.
FROM OUR PTF
The Elementary PTF thanks all the families that attended our annual meeting on Monday, August 12. We are looking forward to another amazing year and hope to see all our ES families at the upcoming PTF sponsored events. The full PTF Calendar is on the school website. Here are a few "Save the Date" events. More details are forthcoming.
Friday, August 30 - New Family Reception and Tailgate
Friday, September 27 - Elementary Movie Night
Tuesday, October 15 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
BRUSTER'S SPIRIT DAY
Thursday, August 22, 3:30-6:00 pm, @ Trader Joe's shopping center, 675 W. Crossville Road, just around the corner from the Paladin Center. Come join us for our first Spirit Event, and one last lick of summer! The FCS Elementary PTF will receive 15% of all sales during the event. Bring along your family and friends! ES students will receive a dress-down pass for attending.
BOX TOPS AND LABELS FOR EDUCATION (L4E) CONTEST
INTRODUCING KOGER COMMUNITY REWARDS
Now you can earn money for the PTF simply by shopping at Kroger. Visit Kroger Community Awards online to register your Kroger Plus Card and designate FCS as your school. Have your card swiped when you shop and a portion of your purchase will be rewarded back to Fellowship.
HOW CAN YOU HELP THE PTF?
Please check out our fundraisers which support your Elementary PTF. It's easy, fast and virtually painless to help fill our PTF piggy bank!
COMING UP!
Thursday, August 22, 6:30-7:30 pm - Scout Road Rally, Room 169
Friday, August 30, 6:00 pm - New Parent Reception
WELCOME BACK MESSAGE FROM MR. TACQUARD
Thank you Middle School parents and students for a wonderful first week. It has been a smooth start and I appreciate your prayers and support. Please make plans t attend our Parent Information Night next Tuesday, August 21, 6:30 pm in G1. This will give you a chance to follow your child's schedule and hear from each of their teachers. We also look forward to seeing you at the grade level parent coffees where you can meet other parents that have students in the same grade, ask questions and sign up to volunteer. They are scheduled as follows:
Tony Tacquard
Middle School Principal
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
6th grade - Friday, August 30, 8:00-8:52 am, Room 108
7th grade - Friday, September 13, Room 108
8th grade - Friday, September 20, Room 108
Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you back here on Monday.Tony Tacquard
Middle School Principal
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, August 20, 6:30-8:30 pm. This is a parent meeting and childcare will not be available. All parents are encouraged to attend. This is a night parents should not miss; follow your child's schedule, sit in their classrooms and hear from their teachers.
MS ROBOTICS CLUB
7th and 8th grade teams are now being formed! What is Robotics? According to Wikipedia robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. An informational meeting was held during lunch Friday, August 16. Information and required forms are located on the FCS website. Return all completed forms to Mrs. T. Williamson by Friday, August 23, Room 215.
P.E. DRESS
BOYS - Grades 6-8 must wear length appropriate dark athletic shorts with a Paladin or FCS T-shirt.
GIRLS - Grades 6-8 must order P.E. shorts through their teacher or wear last year's P.E. shorts, if they still fit appropriately. Girls' P.E. shirts must be a Paladin or FCS T-shirt.
New students - please check with your teacher for an appropriate shirt until your order arrives.
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
HS Media Center, Monday-Friday, 3:15-5:15 pm, grades 6-12. This will be a teacher-supervised study hall; all students not picked up in carpool MUST go to this study hall rather than remain on campus unsupervised. This is also available for our student-athletes who have late practices. Students must arrive by 4:00 pm. Parents will be emailed that their child is in the study hall. When parents arrive to pick up their child, they should call the Media Center at 770-641-6832 to have their child sent to the front office entrance of the high school building.
Please place your general supplies in a bag/sack marked with your last name, then bring them to Mrs. McDonald's office or the main front office. Thank you to the approximate 75% of our families who have already brought in their supplies.
MS FALL RETREAT
We are thrilled to take our middle school students to Camp Highland for a time of spiritual growth and team focus! An informational email with forms will be sent home by Monday.
8th grade students leave Wednesday, September 4 at 8:00 am. They will make a stop along the way and must bring money for lunch.
6th and 7th grade students leave Thursday, September 5 at 8:00 am and go directly to camp where lunch will be provided.
All students will return to school for carpool on Friday, September 6.
Retreat forms will be emailed home by Monday, August 19. Sadly, we do not have any more room for additional parent chaperones.
MS INDIVIDUAL PICTURES
Thursday, September 26, beginning at 7:30 am, followed by class pictures. Don't miss them!
MS ROBOTICS CLUB
7th and 8th grade teams are now being formed! What is Robotics? According to Wikipedia robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. An informational meeting was held during lunch Friday, August 16. Information and required forms are located on the FCS website. Return all completed forms to Mrs. T. Williamson by Friday, August 23, Room 215.
PIZZA FRIDAYS!
The 8th grade class will be selling pizza during lunch on Fridays beginning August 30 as a fundraiser for their Washington, DC trip. Order forms are available on the forms page of the school website and are due by Monday, August 26. (WT Cafe will continue to serve on Fridays as well; theirs is a separate service.)
PALADIN CENTER
Bus transportation is provided to the Paladin Center for student-athletes each day at 3:15 pm.
PALADIN CENTER
Bus transportation is provided to the Paladin Center for student-athletes each day at 3:15 pm.
P.E. DRESS
BOYS - Grades 6-8 must wear length appropriate dark athletic shorts with a Paladin or FCS T-shirt.
GIRLS - Grades 6-8 must order P.E. shorts through their teacher or wear last year's P.E. shorts, if they still fit appropriately. Girls' P.E. shirts must be a Paladin or FCS T-shirt.
New students - please check with your teacher for an appropriate shirt until your order arrives.
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
HS Media Center, Monday-Friday, 3:15-5:15 pm, grades 6-12. This will be a teacher-supervised study hall; all students not picked up in carpool MUST go to this study hall rather than remain on campus unsupervised. This is also available for our student-athletes who have late practices. Students must arrive by 4:00 pm. Parents will be emailed that their child is in the study hall. When parents arrive to pick up their child, they should call the Media Center at 770-641-6832 to have their child sent to the front office entrance of the high school building.
FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE
If your child carries an inhaler or epi-pen, a parent must complete a permission form and have it on file in the clinic. Forms are available for printing from the Forms page of the FCS website. This form gives permission for your child, as well as makes your child responsible, to take the inhaler/epi-pen on field trips and to sports events.
GENERAL SCHOOL SUPPLIESIf your child carries an inhaler or epi-pen, a parent must complete a permission form and have it on file in the clinic. Forms are available for printing from the Forms page of the FCS website. This form gives permission for your child, as well as makes your child responsible, to take the inhaler/epi-pen on field trips and to sports events.
Please place your general supplies in a bag/sack marked with your last name, then bring them to Mrs. McDonald's office or the main front office. Thank you to the approximate 75% of our families who have already brought in their supplies.
MS FALL RETREAT
We are thrilled to take our middle school students to Camp Highland for a time of spiritual growth and team focus! An informational email with forms will be sent home by Monday.
8th grade students leave Wednesday, September 4 at 8:00 am. They will make a stop along the way and must bring money for lunch.
6th and 7th grade students leave Thursday, September 5 at 8:00 am and go directly to camp where lunch will be provided.
All students will return to school for carpool on Friday, September 6.
Retreat forms will be emailed home by Monday, August 19. Sadly, we do not have any more room for additional parent chaperones.
MS INDIVIDUAL PICTURES
Thursday, September 26, beginning at 7:30 am, followed by class pictures. Don't miss them!
RETREAT
We are excited about our high school retreat next week! Parents should have received an email with information and a packing list (packing list also posted on the school website), as well as an email that NO CELL PHONES ARE ALLOWED. Please remind your students to bring a white T-shirt that can be painted.
FENCING CLUB
Monday, August 26, 6:00-7:00 pm, Paladin Center, Open House. Come meet the coaches, current club members and take a stab at fencing! Questions? Email our faculty sponsor, Jodi Wallace, jodi.wallace@fcspaladins.org.
CHORUS
Wednesday, August 29, 7:30 am, Room 202 - AUDITIONS! (or by appointment before or after school with Choir Director Kirk Bullington)
The first official rehearsal will be Wednesday, September 4, 7:30 am. We are extremely excited about this year's program which will include a USO Irving Berlin presentation with the drama department on Monday evening, November 11, our annual Christmas WinterLight concert on Monday, December 9 and a tribute to Les Miserable in the spring on Wednesday evening, March 12. As always, we will be attending the ACSI competition in February and having LOTS of fun. Questions? Contact Mr. Bullington, kirk.bullington@fcspaladins.org.
PIZZA FRIDAYS!
Our seniors will be selling pizza during lunch on Fridays beginning August 30 as a fundraiser for their Senior Trip. Order forms are available on the forms page of the school website and are due by Tuesday, August 27. (WT Cafe will continue to serve on Fridays as well; theirs is a separate service.)
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
HS Media Center, Monday-Friday, 3:15-5:15 pm, students grades 6-12. This will be a teacher-supervised study hall; all students not picked up in carpool MUST go to this study hall rather than remain on campus unsupervised. This is also available for our student-athletes who have late practices. Students must arrive by 4:00 pm, and parents will be emailed that their child is in the study hall. When parents arrive to pick up their child, they should call the Media Center at 770-641-6832 to have their child sent to the front office entrance of the high school building.
PALADIN CENTER
Bus transportation is provided to the Paladin Center for student-athletes each day at 3:15 pm.
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, August 27, 6:30 pm. Mark your calendar and arrange your childcare. All parents are encouraged to attend. This is a night parents should not miss; follow your child's schedule, sit in their classrooms and hear from their teachers.
ATTENDANCE
Parents should email attendance@fcspaladins.org before 9:00 am if their child will be absent from school that day (including late arrivals and early dismissals). the complete attendance policy may be found in the Policy Guide under Parent Resources on the school website.
GENERAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES
While the high school does not require general supplies, we would appreciate disinfectant wipes for our classrooms.
LOCKERS
Locks for lockers are not mandatory, but only school provided locks may be used. These are available in the office. Locks are highly recommended for our freshmen boys who have lockers in Gym 1.
PTF
If you are interested in serving on our Parent-Teacher Fellowship (PTF), contact Gale Blanton, gale.blanton@hotmail.com. We have many committees that could use your help!
SAVE THE DATE!
Freshmen Parent Coffee - September 5, 8:00 am, Room 108
Sophomore Parent Coffee - September 12, 8:00 am, Room 108
Junior Parent Coffee - September 19, 8:00 am, Room 108
School Pictures - September 26
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