French Creek Elementary

UPCOMING DATES UPDATE, please see below: Both Spring Concerts and Award Ceremonies will be on May 15. Grades 3-5 will begin at 9 am PK - 2 will begin at 1:15 PM Thanks!

FCES Upcoming Events *subject to change April 17 Mid-Term 4th Quarter 25 Pre-K to Texas Roadhouse 26 Pre-K Open House 30 Band/Choir Visit May 1 GSA Reading (Grades 3 – 5) 1 Pre-K Holly River 2 Hillbilly Fun 3 K to City Park 3 1st to Stonewall 6 PTO 4:00 PM 8 GSA Math (3 – 5) 9 GSA Science (5th Only) 9 2nd to Hovatter’s Zoo 10 Trout Release at Holly River 13 4th to Fort Salem 14 No School – Election Day 15 Spring Concert Awards (Grades 3-5) 9 am 15 Spring Concert Awards (PK - 2) 1:15 PM 16 Pre-K to Spark! 17 No School – OSE 21 5th Grade Lunch and Graduation 1:30 PM 22 3rd and 5th Charleston Trip 23 5th to Coal Country 23 Pre-K Graduation 1 PM 23 Senior Walk 2 PM 24 Last Day of School

Military Child Spirit Week starts tomorrow! Dress up days are: Monday - Military Monday (wear shirt of favorite branch) Tuesday - Crazy Camo Day (wear camo) Wednesday - Red, White and Blue Day (to support our military families) Thursday - RED Day (wear red to remember everyone deployed) Friday - Purple Up Day (wear purple in honor of our military kids) Thanks!

5th Grade Parents: Is your child interested in playing sports at B-UMS next fall? Please use the link below to sign them up: https://forms.office.com/r/mEEiKaYfV8 Thanks!

Our next PTO meeting will be tomorrow, April 10th at 4 PM and will be held in the teachers lounge. We are in the need for new faces on our PTO board as several will be finished this year. We will be voting for new PTO officers at the May meeting. If you are interested, please attend.

Military Child Spirit Week is being celebrated at next week at FCES April 15 - 19. Dress up days are: Monday - Military Monday (wear shirt of favorite branch) Tuesday - Crazy Camo Day (wear camo) Wednesday - Red, White and Blue Day (to support our military families) Thursday - RED Day (wear red to remember everyone deployed) Friday - Purple Up Day (wear purple in honor of our military kids) Thanks!

FCES Families: We hope everyone has a Happy Easter and wonderful Spring Break. When students return on Tuesday, April 9, we will be having our Spring Book Fair. Our book fair will run that entire week from April 9 - 12. Thank you!

April Menu is now on our website and Facebook: Please note the changes below for that menu: Cook's choice 4/26/24 Breakfast Pancakes Lunch Hot dogs w/ meat sauce Baked beans Mixed fruit Coleslaw We will also do a sausage biscuit on 4/23/24 since chicken biscuit is also the following Tuesday: 30th

FCES Upcoming Events: March 28 B-UHS Jazz Band Visit 28 Key to Adam Visit 28 Easter Parties w/ Title I event 1:30 PM April 1 – 5 No School – Spring Break 8 No School – Professional Learning Day 9 – 12 Book Fair at FCES 9 UCBOE Board Meeting at BUHS 6 PM 10 PTO 4:00 PM FCES Cafeteria 15 – 26 3rd iReady Diagnostic Window 17 Mid-Term 4th Quarter 23 UCBOE Board Meeting at BUHS 6 PM 26 Pre-K Open House

Be on the lookout. Reports cards were sent home today.

Food packages to help Upshur County students will be available during Spring Break. Pick them up April 2-5 from 9 am - 1 pm at the Parish House.

Come out and support the BUHS Zoo. This program visited all of our classrooms this semester and our students and staff loved it! Thanks, Mr. Baisden

FCES Families: Schedule reminder for this week: Tuesday is a NOON DISMISSAL for students. Thursday is Parent-Teacher Conferences from 4 - 7 PM Thank you!

In honor of National Women's History Month, our FCES Kindness Club is having a collection drive to support a local organization whose focus is aiding women and children. Items needed: - Women's XL and XXL clothing - Socks/Underwear - Hygiene items (shampoo, body wash, soap, toothpaste, etc.) - Feminine hygiene items - Diapers/wipes - Cards/Pictures All donations will be accepted throughout the month of March and can be turned into Mr. Hedrick and/or Mrs. Blake in our FCES office. Thanks!

Want to help support the B-UHS cheerleaders? Order by March 23rd!

I want to say thank you for our attendance on our first testing day! We were so close to 100% attendance for grades 3 - 5! I also wanted to send out a reminder for the remaining testing dates: May 1 Reading May 8 Math May 9 Science (5th Grade only)

We are still experiencing some issues with report cards. They are not being sent home today. We will send them home as soon as the update is fixed. Thank you!

Reminder to all 3rd, 4th , and 5th Grade FCES Families: We will be having our GSA Writing test tomorrow, March 12. We want to wish our students the best for their test! Remind them to get to bed early tonight, eat a good breakfast tomorrow morning, and be sure to hydrate! Thanks! Mr. Baisden

Have a senior graduating this year from BUHS? Want some scholarship money? If they attended FCES for at least 3 years, make sure they apply for our PTO Scholarship. We will be handing 3 of them out in May. Applications can be found at the BUHS counselor's office. Thanks!

Incoming Pre-K students (2024 - 25): Come check us out! We will be having an "Open House" on April 26 from 9 am - 12 pm. See you all then!