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Lastly, I encourage you

to visit our PTA homep-

age (http://

www.wappingersschoo

ls.org/Page/21190)

and attend as many as

our upcoming events. I

hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Eric T. Seipp

Message from Mr. Seipp, Principal

First Grade Family Tree’s—Mrs. Moroney, Ms McCree, Mr. Panesa, Mrs. Greco/Mrs. Kimler

Fishkill Plains Elementary School

Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe we are approaching the midway point of the school year! Now that winter has finally ar-rived, please remember you can keep up with school cancellations, delays, or emergency dismissals by pressing 2 when you call school (227-1770). We will record up-to-the mi-nute information as soon as we hear from our Superintendent of these occurrences.

Also, I encourage you to

follow us on Twitter

and Instagram

(@PlainsPanthers) so

you can be at the center

of our daily happen-

ings! I suggest you vis-

it our webpage (http://

www.wappingersschoo

ls.org/Page/1575)

from time to time as

well to stay informed of

the necessary infor-

mation and announce-

ments that are posted.

During Social Studies, our first graders

have been engaged in many lessons

about FAMILY. Students have

been leanring about different fami-

ly members and have been intro-

duced to what a Family Tree is.

Together with their familes they

were given of a project to create a

Family tree.

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Piet Mondrian Hybernating

Bears—Mrs. Prongay and

Mr. Kedzielawa’s ART class.

January, 2016

Inside this issue:

Panther Parliment 2

Spelling Bee Winners 2

PBIS News 2

School Store 3

PTA Family Fun Night 3

Important Dates 4

Math Enrichment 4

What’s new with PBIS????

Panther Parliament is our Student Government Association

at Fishkill Plains Elementary School. It is run by a teacher

advisor (Miss Scalzo) , as well as seven students from grade 5-

6.

The 5th and 6th grade students ran a fierce, fair, and

creative campaign in their respective classes. Now it’s time to

get to work.

Our representatives for the 2015-2016 school year are Dante

Mandile, Ciara Elliott, Delaney Mohl, Matthew Krauza,

Gaelen Kelly, Erika Huston, and Finn Sobel.

Throughout the school year, we will be having Pan-

ther Pride Days. We will do our best to give one week

notice for our Panther Pride Days. Each Pride Day is de-

signed to promote unity in our school, as well as raise money

for the community.

Our first goal is to raise $420. This is for foam

footballs, jump ropes, kick balls, and a compact ball locker to

hold all the equipment in. Therefore, on each Pride Day, we

ask that the children, who participate, to send in $1 in cash to

contribute to their playground equipment fund.

Our first Pride Day was a huge success!!!!

We raised well over half our goal and anticipate

being able to buy even more playground equip-

ment then expected!

Our next Spirit Day will be January

29th. It will be "Mustache Day". So, Panthers

prepare your best 'staches and mustache gear!

Our PBIS team has been working

on our final initiative! The Bath-

room Expectations Video will be

presented to all grades in addi-

tion to announcing our Lunch-

room and Panther Payment win-

ners in early February.

PANTHER PARILMENT—News

Fishkill Plains Spelling Bee - Winners!!!

Fishkill Plains had our school wide spelling

Bee on December 7th! The winners were:

Jenna Grossi—Grade 6/Mrs. Sheahan

Sydney Sonnleitner—Grade 5/Mrs. Stowell

Both girls went to the District Spelling Bee at

Myers Corners Elementary school.

After a long evening, it was determined that

Jenna Grossi came in third place for the dis-

trict and will be attending the Regional

Spelling Bee in Schenectady, NY on February

2 at 1:00 pm. We wish her luck and will be

supporting her here at Fishkill Plains !!!

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PARP PAY IT FORWARD LENDING LIBRARY

School Store Open Every Tuesday during Lunch

Students and staff members enjoyed the first

Panther Parliament—”School Spirit Day—”Wear an Ugly Sweater!”

Students and staff members donated $1.00 to the Panther Parliament in their quest for stor-age for our outside Playground Equipment.

It was a huge success and we all enjoyed

participating in this worthwhile cause and had fun doing it.

Looking forward to the next Panther Parliament School Spirit day—Mustache Day !!!!

School Store is Open for Business!!!

Starting Tuesday, November 10th, the

school store will be open every Tuesday during all lunch periods. Items range from

$.05 to $2.50. Gift Certificates are available.

Students will be allowed to shop school store

during their lunch period. Many items will be

priced for a small purchase.

Thanks for supporting Fishkill Plains PTA!!!

PARP is pleased to announce the arrival of the PARP PAY IT FORWARD LENDING LIBRARY.

Need a book? Go to the bookshelf near the front entrance of the school. The books are arranged by K-2, 3-6. Pick up a book and begin a reading adventure!

Once you are done, you can return the book and grab another or if you LOVED it. Pass it on to a friend!!

Questions? Email: [email protected]

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For the past eight weeks, the Wappingers

Central School District has been running a

special program by the Math & Physics Ex-

ploration at the Fishkill Plains Elementary

School for selected students from the 5th and

6th Grades. The program was developed by

Dr. Irwin Miller and previously tested in the

Poughkeepsie and Arlington school districts.

The program is run under the philosophy of

Common Core with an emphasis on learning

and studying techniques. The level of work is

at that of eleventh grade students, but they

are taught material that is well beyond what

eleventh grade students are learning.

Some examples would include: how to do 18 x

18 multiplications, how to solve magic

squares from 3x3 to 9x9, how to perform

mind reading tricks using number structure,

how to prove the rules for multiplying and

dividing fractions, how to do binomial expan-

sion and how to use it to prove trigonometric

formula.

Students Pictured:

Antonio Buccolo, Andrew Check

Kenneth Parker, Scott McStay

Michael Wisker, Kathryn Erich

Jeffrey Shaw, Brandon Cheung

Ryan Heraty, Sydney O’Connor

Sydney Sonnleitner, Ashley Qui,

Erika Huston,Matthew Krauza

& Finn Sobel

Math Enrichment with Dr. Irwin Miller

January/February Dates to Remember:

January 18—NO SCHOOL

January 20- - Family fun PARP Book

swap 6-8 pm

January 25—Start of Mystery Readers

January 29—Panther Parliament Day ―Wear your mus-

tache‖

February 5—WCT -‖Parents Night Out‖

February 11– Family Fun Night—6:00-8:30 pm

February 12—Half day of school—11:45 am dismissal

February 15—NO SCHOOL

February 16—PTA Talent Show

February 17—PTA Meeting @ 7:00 pm

February 23—PTA Talent Showdate

Contact information:

Main Office: (845)227-1770

School Nurse: (845)227-1770 X 13011

School Social Worker: (845)227-1770X13004

School Psychologist: (845)227-1770 X 13012

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