Category: Parents

PARENTS CAN REDUCE STRESS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON BY GIVING THE GIFT OF TIME by Jim Fay For many American families, this holiday season will be much different than others in recent memory. The current economic slowdown likely will affect many people, from the lack of a holiday bonus or overtime pay to the loss of […]

PTO News ~ December 2018 We hope you can make some time to join us for a few of our fun December events listed below. We also want to thank you for your participation in our Restaurant Dine to Donate nights – the proceeds go toward our teacher special request fund. This fund allows our […]

Dear Fall River Families, My thanks, again, to all of you for your attendance at Parent/Teacher Conferences. Communication between school and home is one of the most important ingredients in student success. Please feel free to continue this communication via student planners, e-mails and phone conversations with teachers (and myself) and reading the class newsletters […]

Hello from the learning lab!First of all, thank you so much for all the wonderful support shown for our book fair!  We had a great turnout, and already have a big box of brand new books for our library!  We are diving into technology…researching on iPads and keyboarding activities on the computers.  We’ll be starting to […]

Dear Fall River Families, Fall is on its way, and that brings one of our fall traditions along with it…Parent/Teacher Conferences!  Attending your child’s conference is a critical parental obligation; your awareness of your child’s progress and what is going on in their school life is crucial to their educational success. If you are reading […]

Thank you all for making our 2018 Fox Trot a success! It takes a lot of work to put togethera fundraiser and we appreciate how everyone comes together for this important event!Prize day is coming up on Friday, October 5th – we still have need for volunteers that day ifyou have the time. For details […]

Please join me in welcoming Liz Hanscome, as the new Community Schools Enrichment Coordinator for Fall River. Liz worked previously in the district as an instructional paraprofessional at Northridge, and as a camp director at Mead Elementary. Liz is planning on offering some fun and exciting before and after schools classes for us.  Liz has prepared an interest […]

Welcome back to Fall River for the 2018/2019 school year!  September is chock full of events  – we’ve listed some of the  highlights below.  For more details, join us on our PTO FaceBook page,  visit www.FallRiverPTO.org or email us directly. -Gina Tajchman/ President, [email protected] -Rachel VanSambeek/Vice-President   -Kimberly Kozma/Treasurer   -Carina Lindsay/ Secretary [email protected] September PTO Meeting […]

Dear Fall River Families, Welcome back for the 2018-19 school year! We are pleased to welcome new staff members to our school community, as well as a few changes within the building. Ms. Buchtel has moved from teaching 4th and 5th grade to being one of our homeroom 5th grade teachers.  Ms. Wiley has moved […]

Gifted and Talented students achieve above grade level in their strength area.  They display characteristics of unique creativity and high motivation in their strength area.  In order to provide those students with the opportunity for additional academic challenges to support their continued education growth, teachers and parents can nominate gifted students for assessment. Parents who […]