the fairfield insider
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Intermediate Students at FIS competed in the annual "Geography
Bee" over the past month. The championship round
hosted by the 6th Grade Social Studies Department
was held on Thursday night with 9 finalist in the
competition. Finalist were: Madison Lane, Hayden
Smith, Shane Whittfield, Corey Gross, Evan Willis,
Madison Roybal, Raygan Parm, Darrell Bear, and
Mathious Worku. The winner of the competition was
Corey Gross, with Hayden Smith as the runner up.
Corey Gross will go on to take an exam that will
determine if he moves on to the state competition.
School News
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The time
is
always
right
to do
what is
right.
Martin
Luther King,
Jr.
Middle The Advanced Science students in Mrs. Miller and
Ms. Siebenburgen's classes are cooperatively
investigating Geologic Time Scale which includes:
Climate, Geologic Events, Organisms, and Mass
Extinctions. Students pictured are Sydnee Woods,
Megan Ervin, Erin Kimball, Lucas Hynes, and
Samuel Rosenthal.
Freshman
At the Freshman School, students in Mr.
Scott Smith's Math I class are working on
graphing calculators to prepare for their
upcoming PARCC graduation tests. This
is the only type of calculator students are
permitted to use so students have been
working hard, going to the computer lab
weekly to improve their skills.
High FHS student, Benjamin Mixon has invited
Judge Fanon Rucker to speak at the FHS
Black History Program scheduled for next
month.
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East
Mrs. Dickman's third grade class sported their winter boot collection
during our coldest week. The students did a great job of preparing for
the weather!
East students enjoy their
Tuesday afternoons with their
'bigs' during their Big Brother/
Big Sister time. Tuesday was
'Thank Your Mentor Day!'
The students talked about
what the word mentor means.
They made cards and jewelry
for their 'bigs' as the craft for
the week. BBBS has provided
a great opportunity this school year. They continue to match students to
mentors each week.
Thanks to Big Brother/
Big Sisters for all the
work they do for our
children!
Santa in January?! Yes,
East 2nd graders
performed their
Christmas play for all
the students this week!
Miss Arnold, Mrs. Yoder, and Mrs. Bogard's 2nd graders have been
practicing since early December, and were so excited to share with
their friends. The costumes were most impressive, and the play was
very entertaining! Great job 2nd grade!!!
Central Mr. Kalejs, Francisco Corona
Luna, Daniela Gonzalez,
Kennedy Woods, Adrianna
Holleran and Saad Jaouhari are
sporting their bow-tie.on Bow-
Tie Thursday.
Esther Banahene,
Daniel Gutierrez,
Wesley Roberts, and
Emma
Iames in
Mrs. Riggs
class doing
their best on
a formative
math
assessment.
North Students in
Mrs. Bell's
3rd grade
class are busy
playing
"Mathoo"...a
version of
Taboo where
they practice
math
vocabulary words. Looks like a lot of fun!
First grade students from Mrs. Pio's class are using the
word wall to practice their sight words and high
frequency words.
Encore! Music/Arts Department News
Katie Pennell, Fairfield Graduate and Band Director at
FIS and her sister Susan Duggar, Fairfield Graduate and
Vice-President, Chief Nursing Officer at Spartanburg
Regional Hospital, Spartanburg, S.C., are traveling to
New York City on Thursday to sing in a back-up choir
for the band Casting Crowns at Carnegie Hall. Friday
and Saturday are filled with rehearsals and meeting
with the Casting Crowns musicians. Saturday evening
the Carnegie Hall event will begin at 7 pm. This is a
sold out concert! Other events will include visiting the
new 9/11 Memorial site and a dinner cruise on the
Staten Island Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. This is
truly a once in a lifetime event and both Katie and
Susan are looking forward to the trip and events.
Go Big RED! Fairfield Indians
Athlete of the Week (Jan 5 - Jan 11)
AMBER RUSSELL (SO) - Bowling
"Amber is now averaging 172 per game.
She made the All-Tournament Team at the
"Back to School Bash" and helped her
team to a second place finish."
Coach David Loper
SAM
MEDDINGS
(SO) -
Wrestling "“Sam captured the 132 pound weight class at
the Ron Masanek Fairfield Invitational on
Saturday. With the team score tied, Sam
came up huge by defeating his opponent
from Lebanon in overtime. Congratulations
to Sam!"
Coach Jason Laflin
Athlete of the Week (Jan 12 - Jan 18)
TC Wells (JR) - Basketball
"TC scored 22 points and had 5 rebounds
over #2 ranked Lakota East last week."
Coach John Cecere
EMMA OTTEN (SO) - Swimming "Emma placed 5th, 6th, and 7th overall in
the 100 Back, 200 Back and 200 Fly,
respectively, at the 2015 SW Officials'
Classic this weekend. Emma's times were
also all season-best performances and she
placed 1st, 3rd, and 2nd overall in her
events at Fairfield's respective site this
weekend. Great job Emma!"
Coach Joseph Smolinske
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