Official Newsletter of Fisher Island Day School

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October 31, 2019

Dear Students, Parents, Faculty, & Staff, Following are this week’s FIDS updates. Good Character Awards. Congratulations go to our Good Character Award recipients for the month of October:

Max Volé, Early Learning (Primary School);

Leighton Lustbader, Grade 2 (Lower School); and

Leila Posey, Grade 6 (Middle School). We are proud of Max, Leighton, and Leila for exemplifying FIDS’s three Rs: Respecting Others, Respecting Your Community, and Responsibility. Dates on the Horizon:

Friday, November 1, 2019 No School/Teacher Workday

Mon./Tue., Nov. 4 – 5 Scholastic Book Fair

Friday, November 8, 2019 PA Meeting (Suzy Buckley’s home) Scholastic Book Fair. The Scholastic Book Fair returns to FIDS for two days—Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 5th, 2019. The Scholastic Book Fair’s inventory is limited to children’s literature.

All students will have a scheduled time to visit the Book Fair on Monday during their library time.

The Book Fair will also be open before school each day, beginning at 7:30 a.m. and again each afternoon from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

On Friday, November 1st—the Teacher Workday—the Book Fair will be open to Fisher Island residents between the hours of 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. All island children attending the Book Fair on Friday must be accompanied by an adult.

Brandon Goes to Beijing. FIDS mom Eugenia “Jeanne” Chu (Brandon) has written her second children’s book, Brandon Goes to Beijing. In this story, Brandon and his cousins are on a trip to visit their grandparents in Beijing, China! While bonding with his family, practicing Chinese, touring historic sites, and feasting on local dishes, Brandon thinks he sees a tiny panda. However, every time he gets close, the panda disappears! Is Brandon imagining this small creature, or is it real? Will Brandon find out before he has to fly back home? Grab a copy of Brandon Goes to Beijing to discover more. Copies of Brandon Goes to Beijing will be available for sale at the Scholastic Book Fair. In addition, Jeanne will be working the Book Fair on Monday, November 4th, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. With a little arm-twisting, I am certain Jeanne would be willing to autograph your very-own copy of Brandon Goes to Beijing.

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Coach for the Day. On Tuesday, October 29th, fourth-grader Tobin Drury filled Coach D’s shoes as Coach for the Day at FIDS. Tobin was able to experience being FIDS’s Coach for the Day, thanks to his parent’s winning silent-auction bid at our 2019 gala. Who will claim this opportunity at our 2020 gala? Parent Association Meeting. FIDS’s November Parent Association (PA) Meeting will be held as follows:

Date: Friday, November 8, 2019

Time: 8:45 a.m. – PA Meeting 9:30 a.m. – Guest Speaker, Dr. Yoav Suprun, DPT, OCS, DIP.MDT, CSCS

Place: Suzy Buckley’s (Alaska) Home 300 South Pointe Drive Miami Beach, FL 33139

Parking: Valet and metered parking is available.

Transit: FIDS will offer roundtrip transportation on one of school buses on the day of the PA meeting. If you are interested, the bus will depart FIDS at 8:30 a.m.

Please plan on attending to support the valuable efforts of our PA, led by Co-Chairs, Ms. Anna Mehrabi (Arianna, Mason, Max, and Mitra) and Ms. Katie Volé (Isabella, Liam, Max, and Robert). Please be reminded that membership in our PA is a benefit you receive by virtue of having your child enrolled at FIDS. Moms and dads are invited to attend! Guest Speaker: Our PA is pleased to present Dr. Yoav Suprun as a guest speaker at the November meeting. Dr. Suprun will provide a presentation on how we can often self-treat and prevent common orthopedic problems without surgery, medications, injections, or invasive procedures.

Luca Roch Hernandez In-Memoriam. It is with profound sadness that I inform you that Lucca Roch Hernandez, son of FIDS’s art teacher, Jacqueline Roch, was killed in a car accident in Gainesville, Florida, where he was attending college. The Roch Hernandez family is holding a small memorial service in the interim, but will convene a larger celebration of Lucca’s life in early December, when he would have turned 21. At this time, our collective thoughts and prayers are with Jacqui and her family. We—as a school community—will do something in Lucca’s memory once the family returns from Gainesville. In the interim, personal condolences may be sent to her home:

Jacqueline Roch 439 NE 51st Street Miami, FL 33137

In addition, individual donations in Lucca’s name may be made online at the following link:

https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=homepage_norma/search&term=lucca%20roch%20hernandez

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Lands’ End Uniform Sale. Please see the attached flyer for information regarding a limited-time sale at Lands’ End, FIDS’s school-uniform provider. Thank you for your support in making every week at FIDS a wonderful learning experience for our children. Your partnership is greatly appreciated. Best regards, Michael Bell Head of School Follow me on Twitter @FIDSHOS

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