• Important Information for our FOX FAMILIES

    Dear FPDE Families,

    This week we hosted our Quarterly Award ceremonies, ECS Spelling Bee and tomorrow we will hold our School Spelling Bee. It has been exciting to have families on campus celebrating our amazing students. In addition, this week we have started our quarter 1 data digs with teachers. During the data digs, the entire grade level meets for the day to review student data and plan next steps. This will continually let us support ALL student needs. Please read the important information below.

     

     

     

    UPCOMING EVENTS

    November 20                  PTA Spirit Night- Dairy Queen

    November 22                  5th Grade ONLY Dress-up Day- Wear Fox Trot Shirts

    November 25 & 26         Student Council Dress-up days- 11/25- Wear Fall Colors & 26th- Character Day

    November 25-27             No School Thanksgiving Break

    December 3                    Literacy Night- 5:30-7pm with a 3rd grade RTA session from 7-7:30pm

    New Information:

    Assistant Principal Announcement

    I wanted to share that after 8 years our amazing Ms. Bratton will be leaving our school for another role within our school district. We cannot thank her enough for her dedication, hard work and compassion for our students. During her 8 years at FPDE, she has supported the school in improving our academics,  redesigning of our positive behavior intervention system and has helped countless students and families. We will miss her more than words can say. Please join me in both thanking Ms. Bratton for all her years of service and wishing her luck in her future endeavors. 

    We will be holding interviews for our new assistant principals in the coming weeks and will update the community when a candidate has been selected. Thank you for your on-going support!

    Student Council Giveback/Dress-up Days

    Our Student Council will be hosting a School Giveback for the Fall. We are asking for you to donate gently used books to the front office that we can give back to the community during our book fair and we will donate the rest of the books to support early reading skills for children. We will be accepting donations from Monday, November 18th- Tuesday, December 3rd. 

    In addition, the Student Council will host two dress-up days for the Fall:

    November 25th- Please wear Fall Colors- Yellow, Orange or Brown to show Fall spirit

    November 26th- Come dressed as your favorite book character- No Masks Allowed

    Book Fair

    Forest Pines Drive Elementary PTA is proud to host the Scholastic Book Fair for 2024 on December 2nd- December 6th.  

    Each class will have a chance to preview the Book Fair and make wish lists on Monday, 12/2 and Tuesday, 12/3.  The Book Fair will be open for purchasing after school on Tuesday, 12/3 from 5:30-7:00 pm during the Literacy Night event, as well as during school hours with classes on Wednesday, 12/4, Thursday, 12/5, and Friday, 12/6. 

    The Book Fair is not only a great way to encourage your youth to continue to read, learn, and grow; it is also a great fundraiser to support the needs of our school.  

    Please keep an eye out for flyers the teachers will send home soon!

    School Spelling Bee November 15

    We will hold our school-wide Spelling Bee on November 15th at 10am in our gymnasium. Your child’s teacher will contact you if your child will be participating in this event.

    Dismissal Procedures

    If you are in the carpool line early, we ask that you remain in your car and do not interrupt 5th grade recess. Thank you for following our safety protocols. 

    District Parent Workshops

     The Office of Equity Affairs is thrilled to announce that the Family Academy Program is now accepting requests for School Parent Workshops for the 2024-2025 school year! Explore our Topic Selection Guide and choose your preferred workshops at your earliest convenience. Submit your request to familyacademy@wcpss.net.

    From the PTA

    Join the PTA: 

    Please consider joining our PTA!  Our membership for the 24/25 year is still open. It is only $7 to join. Your membership helps support our school and students. There is no obligation to volunteer. When you join this year, you will receive a punch card with the opportunity to receive a free spirit rock rental, a spirit t-shirt, and a yearbook!

    Click here to sign up for PTA

    https://linktr.ee/forestpinespta

    Yearbook

    Our team is hard at work capturing all the students' fun memories for the year. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook please click on the link below. 

    https://linktr.ee/forestpinespta

    Spirit Wear

    Purchase our new school spirit wear for the 24/25 school year by clicking on the link. 

    https://spirithero.com/collections/forest-14

    Stock the Fridge

    We will be accepting donations of food and beverages to stock the fridge for our wonderful teachers and staff. Please click on the sign up genius below to donate items. Donations are due by Wed 11/20. 

    https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054FAFAA2BA6FA7-53225571-stock

    Book Fair

    Our scholastic book fair will be the week of 12/2-12/6. Students will have time to shop with their class and we will also be open during our literacy night on Tuesday 12/3 for families to shop together. A sign up link will be sent out soon for parent volunteers!

    Warm Regards,

    Principal Baggio

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    Queridas familias de la FPDE,

    Esta semana organizamos nuestras ceremonias de premios trimestrales, el concurso de ortografía de ECS y mañana realizaremos nuestro concurso de ortografía escolar. Ha sido emocionante tener familias en el campus celebrando a nuestros increíbles estudiantes. Además, esta semana comenzamos nuestra recopilación de datos del primer trimestre con los maestros. Durante la búsqueda de datos, todo el nivel de grado se reúne durante el día para revisar los datos de los estudiantes y planificar los próximos pasos. Esto nos permitirá apoyar continuamente TODAS las necesidades de los estudiantes. Por favor lea la información importante a continuación.