From caterpillars to classroom to sky — our second graders released thier butterflies this week! 🦋
Greetings from Camp Carey! Ms. Carey turned her kindergarten classroom into the coolest campsite around with bug collecting, fishing, camp songs, walking s'mores, and campfire stories! We loved having Mrs. Wood join in on the fun! 🔥⛺
New York State requires that students are up to date with immunizations within the first 14 days of school. Please visit our health services page for a link to the 26-27 immunization requirements. https://fortanncsdny.sites.thrillshare.com/page/health-office. Contact the school nurse, jortiz@fortannschool.org, if you have any questions about what is required for next year.
We're so happy to send our Pre-K through fifth graders home with a pack of books to keep the learning going all summer long! Happy Reading!
Reminder!
📖 Our seniors spent some time yesterday reading to our elementary students!
Stars, stripes, and school spirit during our annual Flag Day Parade! 🇺🇸
Fifth grader Sami, a Washington County Dairy Ambassador, had chocolate milk for our varsity girls' softball team before their trip to the state finals!
Second grade field trip to Up Yonda! Students learned about pond life and scooped for their own fish, frogs, cray fish, and other pond life. They also got to play a tag game pretending to be pond life and food chain (blue herring, frogs, and fish) and explore the farm!
Cardinal Cookout!! Our students had a delicious lunch of burgers and hot dogs, potato salad, pasta salad and watermelon! Thanks to our amazing food service staff and Ms. Huskie for grilling!
Our third, fourth and fifth graders had a chance to board the WSWHE BOCES STEAM bus - a retired school bus transformed by Career and Technical Education (CTE) students into an immersive, hands-on learning lab!
Our elementary students voted for their favorite books during “May Madness!!” After listening to the last two books one more time, “The Selfish Crocodile” by Faustin Charles was voted as the winner!
Our Pre-K students have mastered bus safety and can’t wait to ride the bus next year!
Mrs. Irish’s third graders took part in The Lake George Floating Classroom - an interactive, hands-on educational program run by the Lake George Association (LGA). Students explored the lake's ecosystem by boat, studying water quality and conducting scientific experiments. They went into the woods to explore a stream and the water quality based on the macroorganisms they found, then returned to the lake to measure water clarity and examine microorganisms there.
Important dates to remember for Elementary School!
Reminder! There will be no school on Friday, May 22 and Monday, May 25!
Don't miss the Science, Technology, and Art Fair starting today at 5:30 pm!
It's a beautiful day for our annual school budget vote! 🌞✅
These athletes gave it their all during running club!🏃⭐
Amy Walker Bailey and Kate Barkley visited with our fourth graders at our last career day of the year! As the owner of Walker’s Farm, Home and Tack, Mrs. Bailey shared her experiences running and growing a successful business. Kate Barkley, an independent medicare agent, read the book “Who Will I Be” by Abby Huntsman and encouraged the students to choose a career or a hobby that lights them up and brings them joy. Thank you to Ms. LaVine for organizing this event!
