March 2008 Newsletter

First place winners will advance to the Blount County Science Fair that will be held on February 26th, at Heritage High.

Fourth Grade Biological Division - 1st place - Alex Horrocks
Fourth Grade Physical Science Division - 1st Place - Hunter Pesterfield
Fifth Grade Biological Division - 1st Place - Cole Buckner
Fifth Grade Biological Division - 2nd Place - Ryan Mims
Fifth Grade Biological Division - 3rd Place - Thomas McKay
Fifth Grade Physical Science Division - 1st Place - Chase Falcon
Fifth Grade Physical Science Division - 2nd Place - Justin Wright
Fifth Grade Physical Science Division - 3rd Place - Emily Thompson

Note from Nurse Shonna

To help minimize the spread of the flu and other sicknesses, please remember to keep your child home until he / she has been fever free, vomiting free and diarrhea free for 24 hours (without medicine) before sending them back to school.

Principal Points to Ponder

Even though Americans recycle more and more yearly, the amount of waste is still increasing each year due to rising personal consumption and overall population growth and according to the US EPA; food waste is the #1 least recycled material. Composting is the perfect way for families to recycle and reduce rather than to increase waste and pollution. Of course we should encourage our children to only take the amount of food they expect to eat and to not be wasteful. When we first started our school wide composting efforts, a little boy brought an apple from home for the compost bin. He was so excited to compost but he unfortunately missed the point. Vegetables, fruit and paper combined with oxygen breaks down into fertile soil and will eventually go back to nature by itself. Would your family consider composting?

Teach Them All to Read

Did you know that you can help determine your child's reading scores by the number of minutes your child reads per day? Check out the following chart:

	Percentile Rank	Minutes Per Day
	98th	65 minutes
	90th	21.2 minutes
	50th	4.6 minutes
	30th	1.8 minutes
	2nd	0 minutes

Upcoming Events

March 4	No School
March 11	Academic Olympics
March 13	Fairview Family Team Meeting Performances by Kindergarten and 5th Grades at 7:00 P.M.
March 14	End of the Nine Weeks
March 17 - 21	Spring Break
March 28	Spring Pictures and Group Pictures
March 31	Student Led Conferences 1:00 - 7:00 P.M.
April 3	School Play Character Matters
April 18	Talent Show

Life Skill Focus for March

Week one Personal Best
Week two Caring
Week four Common Sense

Fund Raiser Kick Off

Fairview Family Team is sponsoring a Fund Raiser for the Playground and Keyboard Lab. The Kick Off will be on March 25th.

Fairview Receives Two Grants!

The National Greening Association and Home Depot awarded $ 250.00 for the Youth Garden Grant for displaying a high level of commitment to youth gardening was received last week. The Best Buy Teach Award for $ 2,000.00 for technology was also received the same day! Fairview Scores Again!!!