Farmington Express Farmington Elementary School

8736 Boltonville Road Kewaskum, WI 53040

(262) 626-8427 www.kewaskumschools.org

Principal: Mr. Thomas Fischer Ext. 3001 December 1, 2015

The snow is flying, and the Holiday Sea-son is upon us! I can’t believe it is this time of the year already! Our first Tri-mester has finished and report cards will be sent home via Skyward on December 9th.

Student Government elections have wrapped up, and we would like to share a congratulations to the following stu-dents:

5th grade: JJ Banovich Luriah Davis

Adam Gliniecki Leo Otten

4th grade: Jayden Choy Isaiah Knaus

Stone Pomeroy Madison Holub

3rd grade: Alex Theusch Grace Lehner Jax Michaels Alison McClain

Our Student Government is going to have a float in the Kewaskum Christmas Parade on December 6th. More in-formation on last page of the newsletter.

We want to inform parents that the fifth grade will be doing something different this year for their end of the year field trip. Instead of Chicago, the 5th graders will be going to Milwaukee County Stadium for its annual Weather Day, which will include a Brewer game! This fits in with curricu-lum, plus the bonus is that they will have a great time!

Happy Holidays!

Mr. Fischer

Principal

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December Lunch Menu

Cold Lunches

Due to health department regulations and job responsibilities,

we are unable to heat any food in our microwaves in our kitch-

ens. Please be aware of this policy so you do not send any

food that would require a staff member to heat it for your child. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you

should have any questions or concerns, please contact Terri

Miller at TMiller@kewaskumschools.org or 262-626-8427

Ext. 4118. Thank you!

Concert News

Mark your calendar for the 4K Christmas Concert

on December 21st at 9:30 am —PLEASE NOTE

THIS IS A DIFFERENT DATE.

The Winter Concert, grades 5K—5th Grade, this

year will be December 22nd. There will be two

performances of the concert: one at 2:00 and an-

other at 6:30pm. The optional solo recital will

begin 10-15 minutes

before each program,

depending on the num-

ber of students who

would like to partici-

pate. Soloist WILL

need to audition BE-

FORE the concert in

order to perform in the

prelude. Students are

asked to wear their

“Sunday best” to the concert.

Something Old, Something New!

No, we’re not talking about a wedding at Farmington Elementary. We’re talking about our

bluebird trail! The old boxes were about 15 years old and suffering from various stages of dry

rot, so new boxes were installed on November 5 by Ray Pinter from Bluebird Restoration Asso-

ciation of Wisconsin (BRAW) and retired teacher Lora Schreiber.

Five of the new boxes were either donated or bought by Mrs. Schreiber before she retired a few

years ago. Ray built the rest of the boxes and supplied the specially made poles. The poles are

narrow, double-sanded, and then coated with specialty wax to make them very difficult for pred-

ators to climb. Our trail now has nine boxes, less than before, to entice more bluebirds to nest.

The summer of 2015 brought four fledged bluebirds, eight chickadees, and twenty-eight wrens.

By using fewer boxes and increasing the distance between the boxes, we hope to encourage

bluebirds and discourage wrens.

One other note: We now have seven slightly used predator guards available to anyone who

would like to donate a small amount for their purchase. Please speak to Mr. Fischer, if you are

interested.

Ray Pinter (BRAW) with a newly

installed bluebird box

The Giving Tree Hello all FES parents! It is that time of

year again to open our hearts to help those families in our community who are in need.

We are asking for the donation of new toys

for children ages birth to 18.

We will be collecting the toys at FES from Monday, November 30th

through Friday, December 11th.

There will be an area near the office set up for you to drop off the unwrapped gifts.

The presents will be donated to FES families and Washington

County youth through The Gingerbread House.

If you have any questions, or are a family in need that would like some help this holiday season, please call Jody Mundigler-Hemauer at 626-8427, ext. 3203 or

e-mail at jmundigler@kewaskumschools.org.

Thanks for your support and kindness in brightening up the holidays for area families.

Winter Clothes

It’s that time of year! Children need to start dressing for the weather. Gloves,

boots and hats are important. Once we have snow, we require all children, in

all grades, to wear boots. Students in all grades will also need to wear snow

pants in order to leave the blacktop to play in the snow. If students do not

have the appropriate clothing with them, they will need to stay along the wall

during that recess so they stay dry. Spending the afternoon in wet socks or

pants is uncomfortable and unhealthy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please

call the FES office. Please help your child by getting clothes that are easy to get on and off. You might also

want to put an extra pair of mittens and socks in their backpacks. Children who come to school will be ex-

pected to go outside unless a medical condition exists. If this is the case, please bring a medical excuse or

talk with the classroom teacher about your child’s condition. Indoor recess will be called if the temperature

falls below 10 degrees or 0 degrees with the wind chill.

“Kindness Around Kewaskum” The 4th and 5th graders have been very busy giving their time and tal-ents during art classes to create handmade clay pins and magnets to be sold to raise money for the Kewaskum Community Food Pantry. The cost for each pin or magnet is $5.00. All of the sales from the pins and magnets will go towards food for the food pantry. Pins and magnets will be on sale before and after the Christmas Concerts. The concerts are December 22nd at 2:30 and 6:00. They will also be sold at Piggly Wiggly in Kewaskum after Thanksgiving. We hope the community will open their hearts and give generously to help those in need this holiday season!

District Wide Events in December 12/2 2:00 pm At the Movies “Please Don't Eat the Daisies”

12/5 8:30 am Breakfast with Santa

12/7 7:00 pm KEYS Christmas Concert

12/5 8:30 - 9:30 am Breakfast with Santa

12/6 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Kettle Country Christmas on Main Business Scavenger Hunt

12/6 5:00 pm Christmas Parade

12/8 3:00 - 6:00 pm Coat Exchange/Distribution - learn more

12/8 7:00 pm KMS Band Concert

12/9 2:00 pm At the Movies “North to Alaska”

12/10 2:00/6:30 pm i4LCS Christmas Concert

12/14 6:00 pm School Board Meeting

12/15 2:30/6:00 pm KES Concert

12/16 2:00 pm At the Movies “It's A Wonderful Life”

12/17 10:00 am & 2:30 pm KES 4k Christmas Concert

12/17 10:00 am i4LCS 4k Christmas Concert

12/17 6:30/7:15/8:00 KMS Choir Concert 6th,7th,8th

12/21 9:30 am FES 4k Christmas Concert

12/21 7:00 pm KHS Wind Ensemble & Bel Canto Choir

12/22 2:00/6:30 FES Winter Concert

12/24- 1/3 No School - Christmas Break

12/18 Child Development Day - The Kewaskum School District has a screening program to locate and screen all resident children

with suspected disabilities. If you are a district resident and have a child aged 2 years, 9 months and older that you suspect may

have a disability, please call Nancy at 262-626-8427 ext. 8012, to schedule a screening appointment.

The FHA/HERO Club of Kewaskum High School

will again be sponsoring their annual Breakfast with

Santa on Saturday, December 5, 2015, in the high

school cafeteria at 8:30 a.m. (Doors open at 8:00 a.m.

with breakfast served from 8:30-9:30 a.m.) The Ke-

waskum High School Choir Members will perform

Christmas songs. Santa will visit with a present for all

of the children following a breakfast consisting of

scrambled eggs, French toast sticks, cereal, sausage,

juice, milk, coffee, and sweet rolls.

Advanced ticket sales begin Monday, November 2nd and end Thursday, December 3rd

at noon. Tickets may be purchased at all Kewaskum school offices. Advanced tickets prices

are available for purchase 0 – 2 years are FREE, 3 – 10 years $5.00, youth 11 and up $10.00

and senior citizens 62 and over $5.00.

Tickets prices the day of the event are 0 – 2 years are $2.00, 3 – 10 year $8.00,

youth 11 and up are $12.00 and senior citizens 62 and over $8.00.

All proceeds from the breakfast will go to the FHA/HERO scholarship fund. If there

are any questions please contact Mrs. Dorst at 262-626-8427 ext 2029 or ext 4403.

DECEMBER 2015 Community News KCK Raffle Tickets - The Kewaskum Cares about Kids group is selling raffle tickets for their annual fundraising event. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Prizes are value from $100 - $450. Learn more.

“Kettle Country Christmas on Main” - the Kewaskum Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Christmas Cookie Hunt” on December 6th 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Learn more.

Kettle Moraine Players auditions for “The Foreigner” are taking place November 30 and December 2, 2015. Learn more.

KEYS presents “A Concert of Christmas Music” featuring the KHS Bel Canto Choir and The Kewaskum Big Band - Monday, December 7, 7:00 p.m. KHS Theatre. Admission $5. All proceeds benefit the KEYS Scholarship Fund. Donations above the ticket price are greatly appreciated. Advance tickets may be purchased at the KHS office and Miller’s Furniture. Kindness Around Kewaskum - 4th and 5th grade students are once again selling handcrafted pins and magnets for $5 each. All proceeds will be donated to the Kewaskum Community Food Pantry. Sales at all elementary Christmas Con-certs. Washington County Youth Hockey Association invites area students to participate in their “Intro to Hockey” pro-gram. Learn more.

At the Movies with Jim Westphal - December 2, 9, and 16 at 2:00 p.m. in the KHS Theatre

December 2015 Farmington Elementary School

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 School Store

2

3 4 School Store

5

6 Kewaskum Christmas Parade

7 8 School Store PTO Meeting 6:30 pm

9 Report Cards go home via Skyward

10 11 School Store

DARE Graduation @ 2:15 pm/Gym

12

13 14

15 School Store

16 17

18 School Store

19

20 21 4K Christmas Concert 9:30 am

22 School Store Winter Concert 2:00 pm & 6:30 pm

23 24 No School

25

26

27

28 No School

29 30 31

Kewaskum Christmas Parade The FES Student Government would like to invite you to join us

in the Kewaskum Christmas parade. The parade will take place

on December 6, 2015. Line-up is at Kewaskum High School at

4:00 pm. The theme is “Kettle Moraine Country Christmas”.

This is the first year that the entire school has been asked to

participate in the parade. Please help us represent FES! The

more the merrier!

Please wear bibs or jeans with flannel shirts.

On top of that, add your own Christmas

touch...a santa hat, lights or ???

A flyer was sent home last week, if you want

your student(s) to participate, please return by

December 2nd.

Thank you!

Mrs. Block & Mrs. Schuessler, Student Government Advisors