Farmington is celebrating Hispanic Heritage month with a spirit week. Today was Model It Monday! Students came dressed as a Hispanic hero or role model. Frida Kahlo, Dr. Domingo Liotta, Eric Estrada and more! One student dressed as his father, who is a community helper hero.
Happy Administration Week! Thank you for your leadersip, Mr. Glick and Mrs. Constantini!
We had some special guests today in the car drop off line. CCHS football players have been taking turns volunteering at the elementary schools in the county.
The Crunch Heard ‘Round the Commonwealth is a special event to increase awareness of Virginia farm to school programs. To celebrate the event, students were offered a locally grown apple. CRUNCH!
During PE, students participated in the VA Family Nutrition Program through the VA Cooperative Extension. This is a 6-week series where students will learn about the importance of nutrition and try healthy foods. All grades learned about My Plate and sampled a healthy snack.
Join us next week to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Spirit Week!
4th and 5th grade SCA students held their first meeting today. They helped to make signs to promote Unity Week for Farmington. Unity Spirit Week will be held the week of October 23 - 27th.
Once a week fifth grade students who participate in chess club get to improve their chess game by playing each other during their lunch. They have been teaching each other how to play and working on mastering strategies to win.
Slam Dunk! Farmington's PTO has donated the purchase and install of a permanent basketball hoop for our school.
Archaeologists Mark and Kimberly Trickett presented to our 4th grade classes.
Students learned about artifacts, what archaeologists do, the tools used, and the places in the world where they have gone to find artifacts. Students did several activities that involved describing, sorting, and mapping artifacts.
Due to potential impacts from the impending tropical storm, all CCPS activities scheduled for Saturday, September 23, 2023 and Sunday, September 24, 2023 will be canceled.
Friday night activities will continue as scheduled.
Happy Retirement, Maurice Turner!
Your commitment will be truly be missed.
Your shoes will not easily be filled.
Your shining spirit will never be matched.
Thank you for your many years of loyal and dedicated service.
Farmington Elementary School
2007-2023.
*Reminder*
Tomorrow is Picture Day!
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Fourth grade has been learning about the geography of Virginia. To end this unit, students created topographical salt dough maps. They were able to locate all five regions and explain how the land differs in each region. (Featured class: Mrs. Teitelbaum's)
Farmington celebrated Constitution Day today. Students came dressed in their patriotic colors. The morning announcements featured a video that was made and narrated by some of our 4th grade students. Library offered a variety of hands on activities for all learners.
FES kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month today with a special presentation narrated by a 5th grade student. Our school is lucky to have students and staff who were born all around the world! We come from 4 continents, spanning over 10 countries and speaking over 8 languages.
5th graders have been learning about matter. To review before their test, they had to "break out" the Matter Hatter.
Students in PreK through 3rd grade climbed the rock wall this week in gym to work on their gross motor skills, strength and agility.
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Congratulations to our first $50 Amazon drawing winner. Way to Step It Up! https://app.pop4kids.org/farmingtones22701
