Fort Ann Elementary School

Get excited, Fort Ann! Brains and Brawn is coming soon!

Our fourth and fifth graders had a great time at the first Lego club meeting of the year! The challenge of the day was to build their favorite food!

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🎉 Congratulations to our Students-of-the-Month! Students are chosen for their overall improvement in behavior and/or academics in the classroom. In addition to a certificate and special letter home, they will also get relaxation time with Finn, Mr. Jenkins’ therapy dog, special seating in the cafeteria, and lanyards to wear. 🤩🌟👏 January Students of the Month Atticus Ackley Wade Agnew Maddison Argus Alexander Bowen Braxton Courcelle Emilia Courcelle Gabriel Dunklee Amelia Gimmler Rylan Jeffords Ella Kramer Waverly Harrison Alexis Lashinsky Isaac LaVigne Violet Manley David McFarren Patricia Morris Hazelle Morrison Elijah Ortiz Kole Sesslemen Nicholas Sesselman Rosa Sacco Brian Stoddard Rilynn Tripp Marlee Warren Carter Washburn Hunter Wilson Myles Witters

Mrs. Gadway’s fifth graders had the best time playing in the snow! ❄️ They built a fort with five tunnels, a slide, and three snowmen! ⛄️⛄️⛄️ It turned an ordinary day into a great winter adventure!

Calling all sweethearts! Get ready to put on your dancing shoes! ❤️💕💜

Due to the weather, all afternoon and evening activities at Fort Ann Central School have been canceled today, January 16, 2024. There will be no late buses.

Before the winter break Mrs. Irish’s students learned about holidays around the world. They learned about some traditional games played during Hanukkah. The students tried out the dreidel game and had a blast! 😃

❄️❄️ Students in Mrs Irish’s class enjoyed some fun in the snow on Tuesday after the snow storm! ❄️❄️

It was crazy sock/ slipper day today in Mrs. Irish’s room! Students were able to work all day in the classroom in their socks! 🧦😄

🔍 Lost and Found Alert! 🔍We have some misplaced treasures in our Lost and Found! 🧤👕 Check out the photos of lost items and drop by the elementary school to pick up, or have your student visit the cafeteria to reclaim their belongings. Let's make sure every item finds its way back home! 🏡

ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELED, INCLUDING LATE BUSES, TODAY, JANUARY 9, DUE TO THE WEATHER.

📪 Mrs. Wood's class received a letter from a 4th-grade student in South Carolina asking them to join The Great Mail Race! The idea is for students from around the US to write to each other and learn about their school and town. Our students each chose an elementary school in a different state to write to, asking them to join The Great Mail Race. This project integrates writing, reading, and social studies map skills. Students will mark on a map when they receive a response from their letter to keep track of all the places they are learning about. They loved writing to students in other states and can’t wait to get mail back! 📨

Today was the last day for the 🧱 lego club for 2-3 graders. The students had a blast in this club! 4-5 graders will be starting lego club soon! "Life is like legos, you can always rebuild or create something new." 😄

The first career day of 2024 brought Rob Porter, Wildlife Firefighter Type 2/EMT, and Don Witters, Master Chimney Sweep, to our fourth-grade classrooms. Mr. Porter taught the students how a wildlife firefighter suppresses and controls fires that spread across forests and other wild environments and showed them some of his equipment. Mr. Witters brought a few of the tools he uses to clean and maintain chimneys and explained the importance of keeping chimneys clean. Thank you to Ms. LaVine and Mr. Woodell-Freire for organizing this event! 🤩

Third graders got in the holiday spirit by going to the Charles R. Wood Theater to see a matinee performance of New York Dance Project & RCDT's production of 🍭🍬 "Clara and the Land of the Sweets." It was the first ballet for many and the first time in a theater for some. 🩰

🌬 Mrs. Irish’s third graders explored how blubber helps keep animals warm in cold climates, with Crisco acting as blubber! ❄️🐳

Venison sloppy joe's were a hit with students! The venison was purchased with an award from the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program grant.

Thank you, Fort Ann Rotary Club, for delivering dictionaries to our third graders

Our new members of National Junior Honor Society are busy helping the 4H building at the fair with Mrs. Whitney! They are doing a great job representing Fort Ann Central School!