Weekly Reminder
October 5 – October 12, 2016
Coming Soon…
Wednesday, October 5 – Summer Reading Celebration (4-5)
Friday, October 7 – Early Dismissal at 1:10p.m.
Monday, October 10 – No School
Wednesday, October 12 – Picture Day
Wednesday, October 12 – Chipotle Spirit Night 5:00-9:00 p.m.
Fall Festival is coming up on October 14th 5:00-8:00 p.m.
We are looking for volunteers to help run the Fall
Festival. You may team up with other parents to run
certain things, or if you can only help an hour, we’d
love to have you! There are some donation items
needed as well. If you would like to help, or would like
Summer Reading Celebration: This is an annual event to
reward all of the Kindergarten – 5th graders who
participated in the summer reading program, and
returned their forms. There will be games, snacks, and
prizes. Children will receive invitations before the event.
If you’d like to help either with donations, or with the
event, contact Sian Jaeger at [email protected].
Chipotle Spirit Night: Join us on Wednesday, October 5th
5:00-9:00 p.m. at Chipotle, 28 Gateway Drive,
Fredericksburg 22406. This spirit night will benefit the
5th grade. We need your help. We need a few volunteers
to maintain the sign in posters, as well be a presence
during the spirit night. If you can help, email Kim Prewitt
at [email protected].
to donate items, use this link http://bit.ly/2dwQWyQ
The sign up will be updated throughout the week.
Book Fair will be October 14-21. Look for flyers this
week for volunteer opportunities. You can also sign up
here
https://goo.gl/OnWzyh on our Sign Up Genius.
If you have any questions, please email Lesley
Buchanan at [email protected]. We
hope to see you there!
Science Fair Judges are needed. If you are
interesting in volunteering, please contact Mrs. Lee at
[email protected]. The Science Fair will take
place on October 20th, 2016.
Keep In Touch!
Great ways to keep in touch with the PTA.
Remind Text Messages: Text @ferryf to 81010.
Remind Email: Send an email to [email protected].
Fun Facts…
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Crocodiles are color-blind.
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Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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Australia is the only continent in the world that has no
Facebook: Like us on at www.facebook.com/FFESPTA,
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Twitter: Follow us at @ffes_pta.
Direct Email: [email protected]
volcanoes.
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Ants never sleep. There are more than 1 million ants in
the world for every human being!