A visit from Dr. Newman

A huge "thank you" to Sam's dad, Dr.  Bobby Newman for coming to visit second grade on last Thursday. The students learned about sound, vibrations, frequency and pitch. Dr. Newman taught the students about the parts of the ear and even let them look inside Sam's ear with an otoscope. The kids had a great time!

Elementary News

Lower School Newsletter from Wade Putnal

January 28, 2016

THANKS for all the supplies you collected during Spirit Week! Your generosity will benefit Bo’s Camp, Backpack Ministry, Children’s Hospital, and L.H. Williams’ Tutoring Program.

Visiting Author: Local author Conie Mac Darnell, husband of our wonderful Lower School Librarian Cyndi Darnell, will jumpstart our Mixon-Fincher Young Author and Illustrator Week by visiting 1st-5th graders on Thurs., Feb. 4th, 12-12:30 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium. **Pre-order forms and checks due Friday, Jan. 22nd

Mixon-Fincher Young Author/Illustrator Celebration for 1st-5th grades will take place in your child’s classroom on Friday, February 5th – 8:15 to 9am. Parents are invited to visit as students celebrate being young authors and illustrators.

LIBRARY NEWS: It’s 5th grade quilt time! We need volunteers for Miss Brown’s and Mrs. Murnan’s classes. (Many thanks to Isabel Stokes’s grandmother for volunteering for Mrs. Hollingsworth’s class!) Each mom or grandmother volunteer will piece together squares made by a 5th grade class, and then quilt the crib-size blanket for that class. We provide all supplies, and this can be done by machine or hand - NO rush. The quilts hang in the library until their junior year when they are auctioned at the Fall Festival to help fund the Junior-Senior prom. You may stop by the library to view previous years’ quilts any time. Please consider volunteering for one of the 5th grade classes. Thank you!

MATH-A-THON – 1st – 5th grade “Funbooks” have been sent home. Please return your donation envelope and prize order form by February 26th.

All FPD Bands, including our 5th Grade Band, will perform a concert February 9th at 7:00pm in the Clark Fine Arts Center. Parents, you know the most important audience in the world is a child’s family, so please join us in supporting our talented musicians!

FPD Center for Discovery spring class registration is underway! Open to the community, classes are available for 3K through adults. Pick up a program guide and registration form in the Elementary Office or online at: www.fpdmacon.org/center-for-discovery

The Viking Store: Winter Sale Week is Friday, Jan. 29th to Friday, Feb. 5th. All outerwear and long-sleeve shirts are 20% off! “Viking Bucks” spending cards make great gifts for Valentine’s Day or any occasion. Remember we have everything a Viking needs for cold weather: headwear, scarves, long-sleeve spirit shirts, sweatshirts and jackets (all uniform-approved) as well as blankets. We carry Land’s End uniform shirts and girls’ sweaters also. Open school days 7:45am - 3:30pm and located in the MAC building near the cafeteria. 

Please label all jackets, coats, sweaters, hats, mittens, lunchboxes, etc. If you are missing something, please check Elementary “Lost & Found.”

*** COMING UP ***

• Re-enrollment Due – Monday, February 1st
• Moms In Prayer meets Feb. 8th – 12:30 pm – Elementary Multi Purpose Room
• Lower School Chapel: Feb. 9th (3rd grade will lead) – 12:05 pm in auditorium
• Red Cross Blood Drive – Friday, February 12th, 8am-1pm, Clark Fine Arts Building
• President’s Day Holiday – No School – Monday & Tuesday, February 15th and 16th
• Dress Down Day – February 19th – for Daybreak Center for the homeless
• March 4-13: Goodwill Donation Drive Competition! As you begin spring cleaning, please donate items during this week. FPD Elementary will compete with other area schools to see who brings in the most donations.

Counselor's Corner

Susan Causey's newsletter "Understanding Misunderstandings" has been posted. Please click on the link for January 21, 2016 under "Counselor's Corner."

Elementary News

Lower School Newsletter from Wade Putnal

January 14, 2016

YEARBOOK orders due Friday, January 15^th. To order, go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and search for “First Presbyterian Day School.”

Spirit Week is coming – Jan 19-22!!  Elementary will have its own special dress-down days on Tuesday-Friday. (This is different from middle and high school)

* American Pride (red, white & blue) Tuesday

* Wacky Tacky and Crazy Sock Wednesday

* Favorite Crayola Color (1 color head-to-toe) Thursday

* Favorite Team Spirit Day Friday

Community Service Outreach NEXT WEEK – Bring school supplies and/or arts&crafts supplies for “Bo’s Camp” Tues., Jan. 19-Thurs. Jan 21. The class with the most donations will be announced as the winner at the Pep Rally on Friday and receive a special prize! See flyer for suggested donations.

1st – 5th graders: It’s time for our MATH-A-THON for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Flyers were sent home in signed papers this week. Please detach and return the Parent/Guardian Permission Slip by Tuesday, January 19th if your child will participate in this educational opportunity for a GREAT cause.  Thank you!

Open House for Prospective Families: Please invite your friends and family to tour our school on Sunday, January 24^th, 3-5 pm, beginning in the Clark Fine Arts lobby. Prospective students (Rising 3K to 12^th grade) and families are invited! If you know someone we should contact, email: admissions@fpdmacon.org

FPD Center for Discovery spring class registration is underway! Open to the community, classes are available for 3K through adults. Pick up a program guide and registration form in the Elementary Office or online at: www.fpdmacon.org/center-for-discovery

BACKPACK MINISTRY: We’re so thankful for FPD students’ service in this vital ministry to provide food for needy children every weekend. Please help us restock supplies by picking up: fruit cups, applesauce cups, juice pouch drinks, juice box drinks, vienna sausages, and peanut butter crackers. Thanks for your generous gifts!

EMPTY BOWLS EVENT: On Friday, January 22, during the girls’ and boys’ basketball games, our FPD Fine Arts department is hosting an event to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness in the Macon area. Beautiful ceramic bowls are currently being created by FPD 5^th-12^th grade art students, and these bowls will be available for sale during the event. Everyone is invited to come to the FPD cafeteria during the ballgames and purchase a bowl of homemade soup or chili, as well as dessert and a drink. All money raised will be donated to local agencies fighting hunger and homelessness. For more information, contact Nancy Butler or Holly Scott at fpdmacon.org.

The Viking Store has everything a Viking needs for cold weather: headwear, scarves, long sleeve spirit shirts, sweatshirts and jackets (all uniform-approved). We carry Land’s End uniform shirts and girls’ sweaters also. Visit us during Varsity basketball games!  Open school days 7:45am - 3:30pm and located in the MAC building near the cafeteria. 

Macon Youth LACROSSE Grizzlies, for boys, grades 1-5, now registering for spring season! No experience necessary and equipment rental available. Visit: www.maconlacrosse.org or call Kevin Watson at 478-319-7686. Email questions to: maconyouthlacrosse@gmail.com.

Applications are due by noon, Friday, January 15^th, for the Little Miss Cherry Blossom and Little Mr. Cherry Blossom pageant. This is for children ages 4-6. For info: http://www.cherryblossom.com/year-round-events/royalty/

Please label all jackets, coats, sweaters, hats, mittens, lunchboxes, etc. If you are missing something, please check Elementary “Lost & Found.”

LIBRARY NEWS: It’s almost visiting author time! Local author Conie Mac Darnell, husband of our wonderful Lower School Librarian Cyndi Darnell, will jumpstart our Mixon-Fincher Young Author and Illustrator Week by visiting 1^st-5^th graders on Thurs., Feb. 4^th, 12-12:30 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium. (See the flyer for more info and how you can pre-order an autographed book.) **Pre-order forms and checks due Friday, Jan. 22^nd

*** COMING UP ***

** MLK Holiday – Monday, January 18^th – No School 

** Mixon-Fincher Young Author/Illustrator Celebration in your child’s classroom, Friday,      Feb. 5^th – 8:15 to 9am. Parents are invited to visit as students celebrate being young authors and illustrators.

1^st – 5^th graders: It’s time for our MATH-A-THON for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Flyers were sent home in signed papers this week. Please detach and return the Parent/Guardian Permission Slip by Tuesday, January 19^th if your child will participate in this educational opportunity for a GREAT cause.  Thank you!

Important Dates!

Here are some dates you will want to be aware of:

-January 18-No school-MLK holiday

-Spirit Week- January 19-22 

 Dress down days for FPD's LOWER SCHOOL ( 3k- 5^th)  

     Tuesday=American Pride .. Red, White, and Blue      

     Wednesday=Wacky Tacky and Crazy Sock 

     Thursday=Favorite Crayola Color Head to Toe 

      Friday=Favorite Team Spirit Day 

 **These are DIFFERENT dress up themes from the middle and high school

-January 24th- Open House for prospective families-Please invite your friends and neighbors!       

                                                         

-February 5th- Mixon-Fincher Day (8:30-9:00 in classrooms)

-February 10th- Field Trip to the Grand Opera House to see Skippyjon Jones (leaving at 10:30 for the 11:30 show)-details will be sent home in red folders

-February 12th-Valentine's Party (12:30-1:30)

-May 4th-Callaway Gardens field trip