A Word from Mrs. Bright

I am so excited to announce the kick off of our first ever One School, One Book program this month.  This program is designed to build school community through literacy.  Every student and teacher received a copy of the book, The World According to Humphrey, along with a bag of resources and a reading calendar to keep us all on the "same page."  Our One School, One Book Program will run the month of February and end with our Let's Read Glow Literacy Night on Friday, March 8th.  We are also collecting new or gently used books to use for our Book Walk that will take place during the Literacy Night.  Books will be given away as prizes during the Book Walk (think cake walk but with books-see the flyer below for more information). 

Our second Snacks and Facts parent workshop will be held on Thursday, February 15th at 9:00. The focus of this month's workshop is on literacy, and parents who attend will receive a toolkit/resource kit to help with literacy at home.  We will record this workshop and send it out in case you can't make it to the 9:00 session. 

If you missed the Math Snacks and Facts Workshop in January, you can watch the recording at these links:  ENGLISH or SPANISH. 

If you haven't had a chance to complete the Georgia Parent Survey yet, please take a few minutes to do so.  The survey can be found at this LINK.  This survey is anonymous and was created by the Georgia Department of Education to measure parent perceptions of school climate at your child’s school.  The survey window is open through March 1st.  We hope you will take a few minutes to complete the survey for us. 

Our PTO will be holding a Spring Fundraiser beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 27.  This fundraiser will be a catalog type fundraiser with a variety of items for people to sell/purchase.  Students will also earn prizes for selling items. More details will be forthcoming during the month of February. 

The week of February 5-9 is National School Counselor's Week.  Hopefully everyone knows our wonderful school counselor Miss Wendy Trinh. Miss Trinh supports our students and teachers in many different ways and FBES wouldn't be the same without her.  Miss Trinh can be reached at wendy.trinh@hallco.org if you'd like to send her an email of appreciation.  

Our Spring Book Fair is February 12-16 in our learning commons.  The Book Fair is open Monday through Thursday 8 AM-2 PM and on Friday from 8 AM -12 PM.  We are also hosting a Family Night on Thursday, February 15 from 4 PM-7 PM.  We are excited about the great books that will be on sale during the Book Fair.  

Thank you for your support of our school!  

Amy Bright

Previously Published Information:

Parents when you come to lunch, please remember that you can only eat lunch with your own personal child.  ALL lunch visitors must be listed on student's emergency card in the front office. Students' friends cannot be invited to sit on the stage for lunch.  Remember no outside food is allowed in our cafeteria. 

In the mornings,  all students  (including students who are attending the I-Station lab) must enter FBES through the morning car rider loop.  If you need to walk your child in to the school, parents should park in the parking lot and walk their child in to the school.  The bus lane is used for buses, tardy student drop offs, and PreK drop offs and pick ups only.

We are excited to introduce Parent Tips from The Parent Institute.  Scroll down the newsletter and you will find a slide show of several parenting tips for this month.  We will add more tips each month to the slide show (newest tips will be at the beginning of the slide show).  We will also be sharing some of these parenting tips through Remind periodically. We hope you find them helpful.  

Please remember to label your child's coats, jackets, hats,  gloves, etc. with their names so lost items can be returned to students.

Yearbooks for the 23-24 school year are currently on sale.  The price for yearbooks is $25.00 and these can ONLY be ordered online through March 22, 2024.  There is more information about yearbook orders below or click this LINK and enter online code YB28846 in the box labeled ORDER PICTURES and YEARBOOKS (red box) at the top of the screen.  

Volunteer Information:  Are you interested in volunteering at FBES for events such as Book Fairs, enrichment cluster help, guest readers, Field Day, PTO events?  If so, please go to this LINK for all of the information you need to get started with this process.  This process must be completed each year (even if you volunteered last year-you must re-apply each year).  The video at this LINK can also help you with this process. 

FBES Partners in Education

We love our Partners in Education (PIE's).  Their support of our school benefits our students and staff in a variety of ways such as student and staff recognition, school beautification, and school-wide enrichment. Our primary request is for monetary donations in the amount of $100, $250, or $500; however, we also work with businesses who offer services to our school.  PIE's are recognized through our parent newsletter and school social media accounts.  If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a Partner in Education for Flowery Branch Elementary School, please reach out to Amy Bright at amy.bright@hallco.org for more information.  

Here is a list of our current Partner's in Education (PIE's):

Chick-Fil-A @ Stonebridge Village 

Homerun Nutrition

Chattahoochee Baptist Church

Jay's United Karate 

Nothing Bundt Cakes-Gainesville, GA location

Piedmont Group-Peter Truong

Publix-Spout Springs Road