Information Items:

-Open gym starts this week.  By grade level, students who are interested are able The website for the first healthy lunch order period closes tomorrow at 5pm. If you have not yet placed your child’s order, please go to  http://www.fairvalehands.ca/healthylunch  .  

-Please make sure you have returned the following forms:

ü  Volunteer form (which I have attached for your perusal)

ü  Fluoride permission slips and brochure

ü  Allergy Awareness

ü  Right to Information and the Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA)

-The vast majority of our grade 5 students applied for leadership positions. By Wednesday, Sept. 21^st all jobs will be assigned. Every effort is made to ensure that each child is assigned one of their top three choices.

--Thank you to all families who have paid the $50 (per student) student fee. Please pay online at https://bigsanto.formbin.com/forms/fes_school_fees or send in a cheque made payable to “Fairvale Elementary” by September 23^rd.

-Cross Country Fun Runs will continue for grades 3-5 students  continue until Oct. 19^th. All runs are on Wednesdays and begin at 3:15. A permission slip went home earlier in the week and are due on Monday.

-Morning Open Gym starts will start on Monday, September 19^th  with Grade 1 students on Monday, Grade 2 students on Tuesday, Gr. 3 students on Wednesday, Gr. 4 on Thursday and Gr. 5 on Friday. On their designated day, children are welcome to go to the gym for activity stations instead of going to the playground.

- Fall running club for interested grades 3-5 students will begin the week of September 26^th. Grade 3 students will run on Mondays, grade 4 students on Wednesdays, and grade 5 students on Friday. Permission slips will be sent by the end of next week. 

- The Rainbows program will be offered this fall, beginning in October. Rainbows is a program for children who have experienced a significant loss in their lives through death, illness, divorce, separation, or an-other painful transition. If you feel your child could benefit from participating in this program or you have questions, please contact our guidance counsellor, Ms. Casey at 847-6304 or kerry.casey@nbed.nb.ca. Even if your child has participated in the past, you must contact Ms. Casey to sign them up again.

-The students have been doing very well practicing our safety protocols. We will have our lockdown practice on Thursday. On Tuesday, September 13^th we will have an announced fire drill and on Thursday, September, September 15^th, we will have an unannounced one. Our off site evacuation practice to True Life Church will take place on Friday, September 16^th at 11:15.   A lock down practice will take place the week of September 19^th. Teachers have been practicing these protocols with their children and we simply talk about being safe inside the school and safe outside the school.

-The 2^nd annual Tanya Shand Milk & Cookie Fun Run to end the silence on Domestic Violence will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17^th at the qplex. Please see the flyer attached.

-Thank you to those who have stepped up to assist with our Home and School.  Please see the members of our executive below. We are still in need of a vice president and coordinators for a few subcommittees. Attached please find a copy of our volunteer form for your perusal.  A hard copy will be coming on Monday.

§  President- Liz Tait

§  Vice President- Vacant

§  Treasurer- Heather Davidson

§  Secretary- Traci MacVay

Our first Home and School meeting will take place on Thursday, Sept. 22^nd at 7pm in the conference room. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

-Our weekly Family Connections are also posted on our school website under the Synrevoice tab.

-Please follow our school on Twitter @FairvaleFalcons.

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