Elementary School Office: 374-4940
Preschool Office: 374-4915
PEEP Office: 374-4965
Good Things at Farrer (PPT Move)
The mission of Farrer Elementary School is to help each child love learning, to achieve academic excellence, and to experience personal growth in a diverse socio-economic community which is founded on partnerships, cooperation, trust and respect.
Important Notice to Parents:(The following documents were sent home 24 Oct 2007.) (Los sigientes documentos fueron enviados a casa el 24 de octubre de 2007)
The Farrer Report Card, Parent Involvement Policy Compact are on this website for you to view in either English or Spanish. The Farrer Title 1 Plan is located in a binder in the office for you to read.
Importante noticia para padres: El Report Card, La Politica de Participacion de Padres y el Compacto de Padres estan en esta direccion de Internet para que un la pueda mirar estan en Ingles y Espanol. El Plan del Titilo I de la escuela Farrer esta en una carpeta en la oficina donde ud lo puede leer.
School Report Card: English Spanish
Parent Invlovement Policy: English Spanish
Parent Compact: English Spanish
WELCOME TO OUR NEW TEACHERS and Staff
and OUR NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY
SPIRIT DAY (School Shirts): Each Friday students are asked to wear their school shirts or blue or white shirts to show their school spirit. Shirts are available through Mrs. Wilson in the office. They are $5 for children's T's; $12.50 for hoodies. Adult sizes are $7.50 for T's and $15.00 for hoodies.
Please join the PTA: Membership is $5 per person. I lieu of a PTA Fundraiser this year, each family is also asked to donate $15-20 toward next year's PTA program.
You may subscribe to the Farrer Elementary School Calendar by going to the Calendar page, scroll to the bottom or the calendar, and click on subscribe in the date box. This is a free service and will help you be aware of upcoming events taking place at Farrer.
TEN THOUGHTS ON HELPING YOUR CHILD SUCCEED IN SCHOOL
1. Self-esteem: Children think highly of themselves when they find themselves succeeding and they find others liking and respecting them. Tell your child "I love you" often!!
2. Positive Reinforcement: That's teacher talk. It means lavishing praise on your child when he or she does something commendable. It's the opposite of scolding the child, and positive reinforcement is far better than scolding.
3. Listening: An idea: Ask your child a question and wait, really WAIT, for the answer. Wait at least three seconds and your child's response will be longer, more thoughtful and more confident. Besides, you'll have paid your child one of the highest comlements a parent can bestow. You listened.
4. Expect a lot, but not too much: If a parent or a teacher expects a lot from a child, that child very often delivers. However, expecting too much of a child may lead to unhappy situatios. The paren who expects a straight-A report card or a home run in every game may be expecting too much. Where's the happy medium between expecting a lot from a child, but not too much? You, the parent, could be the best judge of that.
5. Respect a Lot: When you overcome the urge to call your child dumb, klutzy, stupid, or lazy, you show respect. When you value the uniqueness of your child, you show respect. Children need respect. Children need respect as much as they need vitamins.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION:
We have an amazing opportunity to earn cash for our school through everyday activities: buying groceries, shopping online and making purchases with a credit card. All at no additional cost to you! Box Tops for Education is not just clipping box tops. You can also earn up to 8% back for our school when you shop online and 1% every time you use your credit card.
If you would like to participate in the online shopping it is easy to get started. You can register at www.boxtops4education.com/registration/. Once you have selected Farrer as your school you can go to the Box Top Marketplace to link up to any of the more than 50 stores that participate. Be sure to access their website through the Box Top website in order to get the money for our school. With Christmas just around the corner this is an easy way to do some of your shopping without leaving your home and you are helping our school at the same time.
If you are interested in the credit card that pays the school 1% every time you use it you can apply for it at www.boxtops4education.com.
Of course we can use all of the Box Tops we can get. If every student in the school would donate 1 box top a month we would reach our goal of earning $500 this year. The potential is huge. Several schools in our area earned over $1000 last year. You may want to get others involved. Grandparents and others would love to help. To make it easy there is a list of all the participating brands on the website.
If you have any questions about Box Tops for Education or need help with any of the online options please email Michelle Anderson at manderson84606@yahoo.com.
