October 18, 2016

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Dates to RememberDates to Remember Important Numbers

Main Number ……. 281-641-3400

Absence Line …….. 281-641-3419

Nurse ………………. 281-641-3405

Cafeteria …………… 281-641-3408

Oct. 20th - PINK OUT, again, if you choose to join us. Oct. 24th-28th - Book Fair & Red Ribbon Week Oct. 26th - Early Release at 12:00 pm - Parent Teacher Conferences - Tutti Frutti Spirit Day Oct. 27th - Early Release at 12:00 pm - College Shirt Day - Parent Teacher Conferences Oct. 28th - Kindergarten Storybook Parade - Report Cards Nov. 1st - Picture Retakes Nov. 2nd - Red Out for American Heart Association -Chick-fil-A Spirit Night 3-8pm Nov. 3rd - Family Dance and Picnic 5-7:30pm Nov. 9th - Early Release at 12:00 pm - Veteran’s Day Program - Tutti Frutti Spirit Day

Fall Creek website - www.humbleisd.net/fce

Humble ISD website - www.humbleisd.net

@HumbleISD_FCE

October 24-October 28

#youonlyliveonce

Red Ribbon Week – YOLO – You only live once. Please partic-ipate in our class competitions and dress up each day. There will be a YOLO prize for the winning class with the most par-

ticipation all week!

Monday: “Run away from drugs.” – Wear tennis shoes Tuesday: “Stay together against drugs.” – Dress up as twins

or triplets Wednesday: “No time for drugs, YOLO (You only live once).”

– Wear a watch Thursday: “Don’t waste your future on drugs.” – Dress up in

what you want to be when you grow up Friday: “Our school chooses to be drug free.” – Wear your

school shirt

The Book Fair will be held in the library beginning October 24th – October 28th from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Children may shop before school with a parent or during their specials time. Please feel free to stop by before or after parent conferences Wednesday and Thursday afternoon.

Book Character

Pumpkin Painting Contest

Calling all students! Let’s have some fun!

Beginning October 19th – 21st, bring any

size pumpkin decorated (not carved) as your

favorite book character to the library.

All pumpkins will be displayed during the Book Fair October24th – October 28th.

Judging will Take place October 27th and winners announced October 28th.

***Pumpkins turned in after October 21st will not be judged.****

Categories for prizes will be: Most Creative, Best Look Alike, Most Unique, Most Loveable, and Funniest.

***Please pick up pumpkins on Friday, October 28th. Any left after school will be

thrown away.***

Special recognition goes to the following students who submitted 50 or more box tops: Pyper Folks (2nd, Ms. Flowers Fade) Zoe Frith (2nd, Ms. Flowers) Norah Herbert Kihlberg (2nd, Ms. Flowers Fade) Brian Price (3rd, Ms. Smith) Zachary Bowen (3rd, Ms. Smith) Adryana Lewis (5th, Ms. Watson) If your student is bringing in over 50 box tops, please write his/her name on the baggie. There is a new app called “Bonus Education Box Tops” you can download and earn extra money for school on selected items, such as cereals, Yoplait yogurt, frozen pizza, snacks and paper products by scanning your re-ceipt. Please let us know your experience, or any sug-gestions, with this app so we can help earn more mon-ey for Fall Creek Elementary.

Congratulations to all students who sub-mitted box tops in September! Our September class winner was Ms. Watson’s 5th grade class with 265 box tops. They got to celebrate with ice cream for their class provided by the PTO. Our runner-up class was Ms. Flowers Fade’s 2nd grade class with 218 box tops. We have collected a total of 2266 box tops our first month, which is AMAZING! Keep them coming, every little 10 cents counts.

Cultural Arts

The PTO is proud to announce our first Cultural Arts event of the school year! Tomorrow, October 19th grades 2-5 will enjoy Mixteco Ballet Folklorico through Young Audiences of Houston. Enjoy the show!

Humble ISD

GT Referral and Assessment Calendar

2016-2017

October 24 – November 30, 2016

GT Referral Window- Parents and teachers have the opportunity to refer students for GT identification. A parent and teacher survey must be completed

December 1, 2016 – February 10, 2017

GT assessment window opens for all referred stu-dents

February 24 - GT Services notification letters sent home

March 1 – Kindergarten services begin

Claudia Salinas, FCE ELT Claudia.Salinas@humble.k12.tx.us

281-641-3499

Attention FCE 3rd Grade Parents:

Wednesday, November 9th, is our Veteran’s Day Celebra-tion in honor of all that have served our country. Show times will be at 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Please make sure your child dresses in red, white, and blue for this special performance. We also wish to invite all veterans to attend one of the shows, so if you have a friend or family member, or if you are a veteran yourself, please come and join us! We hope to see you there!

COUNSELOR’S CORNER

Seven Self-Concept Builders - continued

#1 Show them how to build up others

#2 Model optimism

#3 Allow them to experience adversity

#4 Have I taught my kids any practical life skills?

#5 Focus on effort, perseverance and character, not intelligence

#6 Remember that criticism is never constructive

Love them for who they are. Of all the human emotional needs unconditional love is probably the most important. Some parents live through their kids, trying to create kids that make them look good to others. Other parents spend too much time trying to change their child’s basic inborn tendencies, for example, changing a child who was born shy into an extrovert, or turning a basically clumsy child into a star athlete.

It’s likely true that parents feel some embarrassment when our child doesn’t act as we think they should. It’s also likely true that parents wish down deep that in some ways our child were a little bit different than they are. However, here is the challenge for us, teacher and parent alike:

#7 Show our kids each and every day that there is nothing they can do that will decrease our love for them.

Laura King, M. Ed., Professional School Counselor

Andrea Jean, M. Ed, Professional School Counselor

Show your school spirit by liking our new Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/HumbleISD.FCE/

Thanks to the generous support of our PTO, Fall Creek has some exciting science programs ahead. The Houston Mu-seum of Natural Science will be back on our campus to pre-sent their Wildlife on Wheels program to each grade level. During this engaging program, live animals and real speci-mens give students a unique, hands-on opportunity to dive into life science.

Kindergarten- All About Butterflies, Mar. 8th, 2017

1st Grade- Reptiles and Amphibians, Oct.12th, 2016

2nd Grade- Reptiles and Amphibians, Mar.21st, 2017

3rd Grade-Vertebrates, Feb.21st, 2017

4th Grade- Vertebrates, Nov. 15th, 2016

5th Grade- Rain Forest, Dec. 6th, 2016 Our campus is also excited about gaining access to the ed-ucational website BrainPop. With over a 1,000 animated movies, quizzes, and games covering all contents for stu-dents in every grade level, BrainPop is a wonderful addi-tion to our campus. Thank you PTO!

Buy your 2016-2017 yearbook today! Yearbook prices will increase to $30 after November 7th. Click here to order: https://fcpto.membershiptoolkit.com/

Make sure to purchase all add-ons and personal ads at this time.

Once yearbook sales close on January 13th there will not be another opportunity to purchase the books.

Yearbooks will be delivered to students in May 2017.

Thanks to all that volun-teered, supported, and en-joyed the Cardinal County Fair this past Saturday. We had a great turnout. The kids loved watching the Principals KISS a Goat and their teachers battle it out in the Wrecking Ball Arena! A special thanks to the Cardinal County Fair committee who spent many hours preparing and carrying out this year’s fair! 2015 Cardinal County Fair Committee Members:

Pilar Collazo Jennifer Grillo

Kristy Craven Kathy Reisch

Kristin Schaefer Anna Bolster

Michelle Swanson Susan Tucker

Flor Valdez Wendy Crane

Kerryn Lamont Marcia Edwards

Kristi Houlton Michelle Wilson

Gayle Patton Andrea Gauthier

Nicole Scott Ashley Shevchek

Tricia Krebs Becky Kuntz

Fall Creek Family

Dance and picnic

Friday, November 4th

5:00—7:30

FCE Recess & Pavilion Area Bring a healthy picnic dinner and lawn chairs or a blan-

ket to sit on. Your children will perform routines learned in PE and everyone will participate in a variety of family

dances.

PTO will be selling concessions.

FCE Families The Carey Family The Crane Family The Edwards Family The Folks Family The Hurd Family The Krebs Family

The Rottinghaus Family The Schiff Family The Tickle Family The Vento Family The Villagomez Family

FCE Families Mr. Bananahead & Family

The Stanford Family

FCE Families The Fulton Family The Maziur Family

The Tippy Family

Thank you To Our Partners These community partners donated $100-$500 to help make

our Cardinal County Fair a great success.

White Ribbon Partners $100

Blue Ribbon Partners $500

Red Ribbon Partners $300

We also want to thank Orchid Nails and Southern Maid Donuts for their donations.

M.D. Pharmacy, Inc.

Nail Spa One