1st Grade Program and PTA Meeting

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST NINE WEEKS CHARACTER AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR RESPONSIBILITY! 

Kindergarten Instructional Spotlight

Our youngest Falcons begin their learning experience at Florence with a focus on foundational reading and mathematics skills that will set them up for success!  Our teachers plan collaboratively and align our instruction with our district's curriculum guides in order to provide consistent, research based, and individualized instruction.  We value an emphasis on developing a solid understanding of phonological awareness as the foundation to support their ability to decode (read), encode (write), and later comprehend the words that they are reading.  Through repetition, practice, and exposure through a variety of activities, our teachers support these foundational skills.  Students remain engaegd through a variety of learning experiences that incorparate movement, games, conversation, technology, and student activity.  Our teachers provide guidance through modeling, guided practice, collaborative practice, independent practice, and ultimately a variety of formal and informal assessment to track students' progress with new skills over time. We are so proud of the ways in which our kindergarten students participate, enage, and are taking ownership in following classroom expectations! 

Fun Run Celebration! 

On Tuesday, we celebrated our fun run success with water balloons during recess.  Here's the kicker- they could only throw them at the school's administration!  Our students had a blast soaking their principal, assistant principal, and counselor!  Our top 5 earning students had an extra time where they got to burst some balloons on top of the administrators' heads!  It was a fun way to celebrate all the fun(draising) we had through Booster! 

Keller ISD campuses and administrative offices will be closed October 9-13 for Fall Break, as the first nine-week grading period of the 2023-24 school year comes to an end. 

No classes will be held those days and administrative offices will be closed. Classes will resume and offices will reopen on Monday, October 16, for the beginning of the second nine-week grading period. 

⭕Red Ribbon Month

Red Ribbon Week is a national campaign that focuses on educating youth about substance abuse prevention.  This year the official Red Ribbon Week is October 23rd - 31st. The theme is "Be Kind to Your Mind - Live Drug Free."  At Florence we celebrate Red Ribbon Month so we can spread the activities out over each Friday for our theme days. At the elementary level, the lessons focus on making healthy choices for our bodies. For example, healthy food, exercise and positive peer relationships.  For parents, the conversation about safe and unsafe items for kids can start with conversations about common household products that are poisonous for human consumption, such as cleaning products, detergents, etc. Feel free to contact Mrs. Bowen if you have any questions.

We will be celebrating with the following dress up days and activities:

• October 20- You have the power to live drug free!  Dress up as your favorite superhero! 

• October 23- Red Ribbon Assembly- Performance by KidStand!

The KidStand Performance team engages the students with games, hip hop dance, singing and a skit that will empower the students to know they can make good choices! 

Girl Scouts Lunch Visit

A representative from girl scouts will be coming during lunch on Monday, October 16th to pass out some bracelets and information to our girls about Girl Scouts activities in Keller. Please contact them directly through the contact information that they provide if you have any questions about girl scouts, membership, or activates related to girl scouts.  

Coming soon: Storybook Character Costumes

We are excited to continue our celebration of the love of reading at FES!  On Friday, October 27th, students are invited to dress up like a favorite character or something related to a favorite book!  Students may wear their costume for the duration of the school day, so please ensure that they are able to sit, move, and participate in the day while wearing their costume. We ask that all costumes be school appropriate and follow general KISD student dress guidelines:

• No scary, gory, or violent costumes/masks

• No weapons or pretend/toy weapons including swords, guns, knives, num-chuks, etc.

• No inflatable costumes

UPDATE:  Our parades will take place during students' co-curr time and we will also be sharing a video of the parade for those who may be unable unable to join us! 

Throughout the day, we will have different activities to promote and celebrate reading and look forward to sharing more details with you soon!