Welcome to Enotes! This communication is sent weekly to families to keep you up-to-date on important School news, resources, events, and reminders. 

Please look in the navigation section labeled "Archive" for previous editions of ENOTES.

School Schedule Highlights

• September 24 - New Parent Workshop (9:00 - 11:00 am)

• September 26 - School Closed, School Holiday 

• September 30 - Fletcher Community Day

• October 5 - School Closed, School Holiday

• October 16 - Fall Family Festival (3:00 - 6:00 pm)

• October 18 - Digital Dive: iPad (Rescheduled from September 13) (6:30 - 8:00 pm)

Community News

Lunch Orders and Dining Options 2022-2023

• The September and October lunch menus are now available in your FACTS Family Portal.

• Orders are due on Thursdays for the upcoming week. 

• When ordering lunch, consider adding your child's after-school drink and snack, too.

• Please click here to read about our expanded dining options and for directions on how to order lunch.

Save the Date for K-5 Grandfriends Day!

• Please save the date for Grandfriends Day on FRI, NOV 18, from 9:30 - 11:30 am.

• We hope your students’ grandparent(s), aunt(s), uncle(s), or other friend(s) can join us for this Fletcher tradition!

• Please email Claire Renn with the name and address of the grandfriend(s) you would like Fletcher to send an invitation to.

Join us for a Rankin Institute Community Event!

• Community events start TUES, OCT 11 with "Reading Disorders: A picture's worth a billion words."

• Click here to sign up for our programs!

• Click here to read more about The Rankin Institute.

• Parents and Guardians may enter Fletcher2022 in "promo code" to attend any Rankin Institute event for free. 

Parents' Council Updates

Fall Family Festival

• Save the date for the annual Fletcher Fall Family Festival, SUN, OCT 16, from 3 - 6 pm.

• Bring your family and friends and join us for fun inflatables, interactive games, food trucks, our famous cake walk, and so much more!

Lower School 

Third Grade Field Trip

• Children's Theatre of Charlotte

• FRI, OCT 14 from 9 am - 12:45 pm 

• This production will help students make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

• Letter sent to families may be found here.

Fourth Grade Field Trip

• Children's Theatre of Charlotte

• WED, OCT 12 from 9 am -12:45 pm 

• This production will help students make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

• Letter sent to families may be found here.

Middle School 

Field Trip Upcoming

• Camp Harrison, in Boomer, NC

• The camping trip is designed to provide team-building opportunities for our middle school students and their team of teachers.

• WED, NOV 9 - FRI, NOV 11

• Letter sent to families may be found here.

• The permission form may be found here.

Upper School 

• No updates this week

College Counseling

College Counseling Calendar

• You may find the 2022-2023 College Counseling and Testing Calendar by clicking here.

Junior Families College Counseling Kickoff 

• Thanks to all families who attended our College Counseling Kickoff! 

• For those families interested, the presentation and recording will be sent in next week's ENOTES 

Athletics

Athletic Calendars Updated

• Visit the link found here to see our full athletic schedule to cheer on our Falcons this year! 

• After opening the Calender link, select the picture of the calendar in the top right corner to add the Athletic Calendar to your device. 

Educational Technology

Digital Dive: MacBook 

• If you weren’t able to attend the MacBook session this week you can find the presentation linked here on the Student Hotspot. 

Digital Citizenship Bytes

• • News & Media Literacy - Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.

    • Explaining the News to Our Kids

    • How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids in the Digital Age

    • What to say to kids when the news is scary