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TOPSIDER PARENT ORGANIZATION NEWS
Dear FCS Families,
Evidence of spring is all around us and we are astounded by the grace of a God who continuously
renews our surroundings and our souls. Topsiders Parent Organization is also astounded by the
generosity of the parents of FCS who have volunteered their time and money to help with our
events again this year.
Our calendar is full of events leading up to the end of the school year. We look forward to
Academic Banquet, Talent Show, Teacher Appreciation Week, Elementary Field Day and skate
week. Also wrapping up the year will be HS Graduation, 8th grade Crossing and Kindergarten
Graduation. If you have not had an opportunity to help out Topsiders yet this year, as you can
see there are still plenty of opportunities to join a great group of Moms and Dads, have some fun.
Topsiders would like to express our thanks for the dedication of two wonderful women, Cathy
Wright, our High School Vice President and Jennifer Rose, our Secretary / Co-facilitator. Cathy
has been active in Topsiders since its inception and as her daughter graduates in May, Cathy will
no longer be serving as High School Vice President. Cathy has filled this role for 4 years and has
done a wonderful job. She is a joy to work with and we will all miss her very much. Jennifer has
served as Topsider Secretary for 5 years. This year she has filled that role as well as helping
direct the organization as co-facilitator. Her commitment to Topsiders has been unfailing and
although she will no longer hold an officer position with Topsiders next year, she plans to
continue her support of our parent organization.
We hope everyone has a wonderful summer and enjoys their time off to the fullest. We look
forward to seeing some of you at the consignment sale in July and we invite all of you to stop by
to visit us during registration.
Sincerely,
Wendy Hailey, Treasurer/Co-Facilitator
April 2010
More Information Follows
PRINCIPAL NOTES:
While we believe ALL of our teachers are outstanding and are so
thankful for everything they do, we would like to congratulate the
following Teachers of the Year: Rhiannon Brazzell – Elementary
School, Lisa Leftwich – Middle School, Greg Armstrong – High
School. Mr. Armstrong will represent FCS at the Wilson County
Teacher of the Year Ceremony.
Please remember the Stanford Achievement Test will be May 10-14.
Attendance is extremely important so keep these dates in mind when
scheduling appointments.
News from the Elementary Library
News from the High School Library
Parents, be sure to check out the middle and high school library website http://sites.google.com/site/fcslibrarysite From it a person can get to the library catalog, library blog, lots of reference sources and the web pages our kids use to do their class project research.
More Information Follows
FCS Balloon Gram
Make your child feel special on their birthday or any day and send them a balloon gram! You can also send a special day/kid gram if their birthday has already passed or you just want them to have a great day! An email will be sent to you prior to your child’s birthday. Order forms are available on www.fcstopsiders.com and RenWeb. Chairperson: Wendy Hailey
It has been a fast and great year in our new library in the Elementary Hall.
Thanks to the support of the Birthday Books Drive and the Book Fair, along with the donation from Topsiders, we have been able to add many new fantastic books and AR tests to our collection. Our students love reading and it shows! They have kept me very busy checking out books all year long. I would like to thank you for encouraging your children to read and become life long learners.
Please continue to support their reading habits over the summer by visiting your local public library. Each town library has special events and activities planned to get children excited about reading and going to the library. I hope each of you will take advantage of these opportunities. As Dr. Seuss put it, “The more that you read, the more you will know. The more that you learn the more places you’ll go.”
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Kulas
Happy Reading!
GOT CASH???? SCRIP HELPS YOU EARN CASH!
It’s not too late to start earning some extra cash! I’m using my
rebate check in May towards summer vacation! Simply purchase
gift cards at face value and the retailer donates a percentage to
Topsiders, which we split with YOU! You will get a rebate check
at the end of May for what you earned during the year. We have
one family that has earned almost $300.00 by shopping with
Scrip cards instead of their debit or credit card!
Try DOUBLE DIPPING - Buy Scrip Visa cards and load your
FCS Kroger Card using the Scrip Visa cards – earn a total of 5%
for FCS (1% to of the Visa card purchase to Topsiders, 1% of the
Visa card purchase to YOU, and 4% of the loaded Kroger Card
value to the FCS Annual Fund).
Order forms will be sent home with elementary students and are
available in the high school and middle school offices. If you
have any questions or need an order form, please contact Madelon
DelFratte-Hale ([email protected]). The sooner you join, the
sooner you can start earning money!
More Information Follows
KINDERGARTEN NEWS Kindergarten is gearing up for the last 9 weeks. We will be hatching ducks, growing tadpoles and watching caterpillars turn to butterflies! Mrs. Kring will be coming back after her maternity leave the second week of April. We welcome her back and pray for blessings on baby Caden! We will end our year with a study of the ocean. We are looking forward to our field trip to the zoo, which is always a huge success! We want to welcome a new student to Kindergarten, his name is Colton Siewart. He comes to us from Gladeville Elementary. We are excited to have him as a part of our Kindergarten family. Kindergarten will be practicing for graduation which is a very exciting time for us all!
FIRST GRADE NEWS
It’s hard to believe the last 9 weeks are here! We had
lots of fun with “read me” day to celebrate Dr. Suess’
birthday and enjoyed our many guest readers throughout
the day. First grade had a fabulous time under the big
top for their Spring musical. The first graders are now
all authors!! Each student has written and illustrated
his/her very own book. They were all fantastic and were
used to choose a student from each class to represent us
at Cumberland University’s Young Author’s Conference.
Congratulations to our winners Kayla Donnell and Jack
Martin. In science, we will be studying weather and
plants. In math, we will be working on measuring,
fractions and continuing with adding money, reading a
clock and important math facts with the sum of 10 and
subtracting from 10. We will be taking the Stanford Test
in May, which is a new experience for first grade!
Although it’s a lot of work we plan on making it a fun
week with lots of extra activities. Of course we are
always continuing to work on our reading skills and we
get better every day! Congratulations to Landen
Thompson who passed 24 AR tests in the third nine
weeks to be the top first grade reader. Joshua Sailer
came in a close second with 23 AR tests passed, and
Emma Bastin came in third with 22 AR tests passed!
WOW! First grade is FABULOUS!
Don’t forget to cut out your Tyson Project A+
Labels and turn them in to your child’s
teacher or high school or middle school office.
Each label is worth $0.24!!!! We could earn
up to $12,000 a year! So far this year we’ve
collected 30 labels – we need 100 labels
before we can turn them in for cash. Be sure
to keep collecting these over the summer and
turn them in when school begins in August!
Spring/Summer Consignment Sale Topsiders would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped make this huge
endeavor a big success!! We took in approximately $29,665.25 in total sales. After
paying consignors their money and advertising we made approximately $8,513.41 in
profit for Topsiders. Look for the Fall/Winter Consignment Sale in July. Specific
information will be posted on our website www.fcstopsiders.com. Chairperson: Wendy
Hailey and Carrie Luckas.
SECOND GRADE NEWS We are “Up, Up, and Away!” with intellectual curiosity and active participation. We have taken off with hot air balloons. Students began the nine weeks by writing paragraphs about a place they would love to go in a hot air balloon. We will overlap this skill by comparing and contrasting communities we might see on our journey. Our focus in social studies is urban, rural and suburban areas and the natural resources all around us. Next, we will delve into famous people who have shaped our world. In math, we are telling time to the nearest minute, writing and using mixed numbers, identifying parallel and perpendicular lines, making change for $1.00, completing 100 subtraction facts in 6 minutes or less, and locating and graphing points on a coordinate graph. In Bible, we are learning about Bible time foods. We are consciously making applications of our memory verses in our normal school day routine. The Bible is our guide for making wise choices. In language, we are continuing with pen-pal letters, troublesome words, and using outlines to write beginning research reports. Towards the end of April, we will extend our classroom to the Wilson County Fairgrounds for 2nd Grade Farm Day. What fun it is
to be in 2nd Grade!
THIRD GRADE NEWS
Third grade is preparing for a strong finish! The students are excited to showcase their
singing and acting talents in our 3rd and 4th grade spring musical, “A Kid’s Life”, which will
be presented on Thursday, April 8th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The 3rd
grade will be playing songs they have learned on their harmonicas, as well. We are doing
all our work in cursive, gearing up for achievement testing, and preparing for the
Presidential Physical Fitness program in PE class. In science we will explore changes in
the earth’s surface, the solar system, and weather. In Social Studies our studies will
include the different levels of our country’s government and citizenship. Both classes will
be going a field trip in May to Music Row, where we will be visiting the historic Studio B
and another recording studio as special guests.
More Information Follows
CASH FOR TRASH!
A great big thank you to
everyone for participating in the
paper recycling program!! We
have collected 18,000 pounds
of paper products since we
started the program! We have
not only saved our environment
all of that “trash,” we’ve also
earned over $56.00 for our
efforts! Please remember to
participate during the summer –
the more paper products we
collect, the more money
Topsiders can earn and most
importantly it means less trash
for our environment!
Chairperson: Madelon DelFratte-
Hale.
Treasurer’s Report
Income: Expenses: $8,513.41 – Profit from consignment sale $100 –Elementary Accelerated reader prizes $70.00 – Balloon grams $72.00 – High School Library books $1,000.00 – Box Tops $435.00 – Chorus Competition Fee $217.00 – Maggie Moo Spirit Night $160.00 – Mrs. Armstrong for endorsement exam $12.00 – Paper Recycling $90.00 – Mrs. Smith, dominos and trays for math $40.00 – Art supplies It is only through your generosity during our fundraising events that we are able to meet the needs of the principals, teachers and school in general, which ultimately meets the needs of our children! For this we are truly GRATEFUL!
Wendy Hailey, Treasurer/Co-Facilitator
My Coke Rewards
Topsiders is excited to bring you yet another way to earn
FREE school merchandise for FCS! Coke Rewards is
similar to Campbell labels – we earn points and then turn
those points in to get merchandise such as art supplies, PE
equipment, etc.
Collect your coke product bottle tops and either turn them
in to the collection bin in the coffee shop or log onto
www.mycokerewards.com/schools and enter the codes
from inside the bottle tops for Friendship. Chairperson:
Madelon DelFratte-Hale ([email protected])
Science Olympiad is an academic competition where 15-person teams compete in small groups in 23 different events covering a wide variety of science disciplines. There are lab events such as Science Crime Busters, building events such as Junkyard Challenge and topical events such as Anatomy. In the 2009-2010 school year, we have three Middle School teams, one Upper Elementary team and one High School team. Middle and High School teams compete from November through March, and this year competed in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and Ohio. The Elementary School team has a single competition in Murfreesboro on April 24. Our Middle and High School teams this year were both REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! The High School team finished 9th in the State and Middle School team finished 2nd in the state and has been in the top five all seven years of competition!
More Information Follows
FOURTH GRADE NEWS The last nine weeks are full of exciting events!
What a great performance by 3rd
and 4th
graders
in their musical – we’ve definitely got talent at
FCS! Fourth grade is looking forward to seeing
Charlotte’s Web at the Nashville Children’s
Theater in April and the 4th
Grade 4-H field trip
will be May 17-18. We are learning about
Tennessee History and are working on creating
Tennessee Notebooks. Part of our studies
include a visit to the Capital, Carter House and
Carrington Plantation! The fourth grade is also
working on multiplication and division in math.
We would like to congratulate Anna Cate Kulas
and Marti Taylor for having their books selected
to be shown at the Young Author’s Conference
at Cumberland University.
We hope everyone has a wonderful summer!
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
Congratulations to the following students chosen for Elementary Science Olympiad: Sixth grade: Jared Luckas, Braden Miller, Madisen Strickland, Gracey Hailey, Lauren Cole Fifth Grade: Sam Burris, Katie-Scarlett Chastain, Chris Roach, Kendall Kelsh, Rebecca Petross, Julia Jane Eskew, Patrick McDermott, Sydney Dixner Fourth Grade: Callie Chaffin, Caleb Ross, Camryn Gwynne, Virginia Campbell, Marti Taylor, Hailey Wolters, Jackson Cherry Parents please help children be well rested and have a good breakfast during Stanford testing May 10-14. It is very important for students to be present and on
time every day that week.
DATES TO REMEMBER
4/11-4/15 – 8th Grade Trip to Washington
4/12 – Scrip Orders Due
4/14-4/16 – 6th Grade Land Between Lake
4/16 – CIA Day
4/18 – 8th Grade High School Orientation Meeting
4/19 –High School Academic Banquet
4/20 – Middle School Academic Banquet; Kindergarten
Graduation Pictures
4/22 – Maggie Moo Spirit Night
4/23 – Maggie Moo Fundraiser Kits Home
4/26 – Scrip Orders Due
4/30 – First Maggie Moo $ Turn In; School Tool Box
Orders Due
4/30 -5/2 – Spring Play
5/3-5/7 – Teacher Appreciation Week
5/4 – Senior Night
5/6 – 6th Grade Movie Premier
5/7 – Second Maggie Moo $ Turn In; Talent Show
(PreK – 6th)
5/8 – Talent Show (7th – 12th)
5/10-14 – Achievement Tests
5/14 – Topsider Meeting; Last Maggie Moo $ Turn In
5/23 – High School Graduation
5/24-5/26 – Middle and High School Exams
5/25 – Kindergarten Graduation
5/27 – 8th Grade Crossing; Teacher In Service
More Information Follows
To help kick off our Maggie Moo Sweet Escape Fundraiser, we will have spirit night at Maggie Moo’s on April
22 starring celebrity scoopers MRS. CHAFFIN, MRS. BENDER and MRS. ESKEW (4-6:30pm) and to be
announced scoopers from 6:30-9pm!!!! Maggie Moo’s will donate 50% of the sales that night to Topsiders.
On April 23 your kids will bring home a packet of information explaining the Maggie Moo’s Sweet Escape
Fundraiser. The kids will be selling gift cards to Maggie Moo’s and vouchers for ice cream cakes and pints of
ice cream. Maggie Moo’s will donate 20% of the sales to Topsiders.
PRIZES: The top selling student in Elementary, Middle and High School will win WII GAME
CONSOLE!!!!!!!!!!!! The top selling class in Elementary, Middle and High School (homerooms)
will win a pizza and ice cream party. There will also be tiered incentives based on the
dollar amount sold.
There will be three money turn in dates: April 30, May 7 and May 14.
Coordinator: Madelon DelFratte-Hale
MAGGIE MOO’S SWEET
ESCAPE FUNDRAISER
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
The Fifth and Sixth Grade class had a blast at Biztown in March! Biztown is a Junior
Achievement program that helps students understand the concepts of running a business and
how economics affect the community. Students who were interested in running for Mayor gave
speeches and we voted on actual electronic voting machines! Mackey Bentley was elected as
our Biztown Mayor.
The Sixth Grade class is filming the story of “Daniel and the Lions Den” under the direction of
Kim Sherrill, their Bible teacher. During April the sixth grade will be going on their class trip
to Land Between the Lakes. This is a two night and three day adventure. They will experience
the Nature Station, learn how to canoe, experience a stream study, how to build an outdoor
shelter, orienteering (reading a map and compass to find their way out of the woods) and then
they will work together as a group to complete a task. This is a wonderful experience to bond
together as a group, renew old friendships and make new ones!!!
We hope everyone has a safe and fun summer!
More Information Follows
HAVE WE GOT NEWS FOR YOU!!!!
TOPSIDERS HAS PUT THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON OUR
BRAND NEW, FUN, USER FRIENDLY
WEBSITE!!! It’s full of useful
information about Topsiders and what’s
going on at school! There are links to
other useful websites as well. Please
check it out – we would love to hear
your comments: www.fcstopsiders.com.
Please email your comments to
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Carey and Mrs. Vanatta’s classes for turning in the most box tops during the third nine weeks of school! The two classes were so close we decided to do two parties this time. We have earned $750.00 since August! Way to go FCS families! Don’t forget to look for these pink labels on your merchandise – they add up quickly. Log onto www.boxtops4education to find local promotions, coupons, recipes, etc. Tell your family, friends and co-workers to start cutting and don’t forget to collect them over the summer! Chairperson: Joretta Rickaway ([email protected])
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Eighteen of our students from The Missions Class just returned from a trip to Honduras. They installed three water filtration systems, designed and prepared food supplements for the kids in schools and clinics, and prepared lessons as they taught the children Bible and hygiene.
We’d love to hear your
comments and suggestions –
you can email us at
drop an anonymous note in the
Topsider mailbox in the High
School Office.
We have collected approximately 2000
points from Campbells Labels for Education
this year! With these points we are able to
get free merchandise for the school such as
art supplies, PE equipment, etc. Log onto
www.labelsforeducation.com to get a
complete list of participating products.
Don’t forget to collect these labels over the
summer and turn them in at the beginning of
next school year! Chairperson: Joretta
Rickaway