Another exciting week at Fireside! A shout out to Stacey Forsyth, her team from the CU Science Discovery Center, Jenn Hart, Mr. Millard, Ms. Pischke and all of those who made this week's Hour of Code such a success. Critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration and math are just a few of the skills honed through the various programming opportunities K-5 this week. Please take a moment to view "Fireside moments" from the Hour of Code week. Your child can continue to practice coding using the following free resources: Code.org, Cs-first.com and Scratch.mit.edu 
Our star-studded 4th and 5th grade Fire Choir delivered quite a performance during this week's Fire Choir concert. So heart-warming to see students returning year after year for the culminating Fire Choir song.
Congratulations to all of our geography participants this week- including those who engaged in the daily geography questions via morning announcements as well as our participants in Wednesday's school Geography Bee. Let's give a shout out to 5th grader, Finn Myers, for winning this year's Fireside Geography Bee!
Just a reminder, when temperatures dip below 20 degrees (factoring in windchill), students are brought indoors before the start of the school day and will be indoors for recess until temperatures rise. I'm glad to see the temperatures are warming up a bit!
A shout out to Trey Chance, Olivia Alessandrini, Kaya Eriksson and Luke Robinson for their student leadership during our two open enrollment tours. Thanks for being the voice of our exemplary school!
During our last School Accountability meeting, we discussed our current Fireside homework policy as well as some of the research regarding homework. The School Accountability Committee would like to hear from our community regarding our policy and gather input via a survey. Please take a moment to review the Homework Policy and complete our Homework survey
Our district's State Assessment schedule for this year is available at THIS LINK. For grades 3-5, we kindly request parents schedule any vacations outside of this window
As always, thank you for your partnership in learning!
