Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Now that the year is rolling, we are starting to see lots of parent volunteers. At Fall River we’ve been very fortunate over the years to have tons of parent volunteer support. If you are interested, I encourage you to reach out to your child’s teacher to see if there are any […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Thank you for all of your collaboration and patience during drop-off and pick-up times. The first couple weeks can often be a little bumpy as everyone gets used to the traffic process. However, I’d say we’re a little ahead of the game this year. Overall, traffic flow has been efficient and safe, […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Welcome to the new school year! It’s great to see all those happy excited faces! And welcome to our weekly newsletter. This is our primary means of communicating important school-wide updates and events with our parents. Our newsletter goes out at the end of every week, and always launches […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, I owe all of you a huge thank you. What an incredible year! We had our third year in a row with our highest Reading proficiency ever, and we beat our previous record for academic growth by 8 points! And we just received word from the Colorado […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, We’re excited to share some important updates to your child’s iPad settings as part of our Learning Technology Program (LTP). This program provides rich opportunities for students to investigate, communicate, collaborate, create, model, and explore concepts in authentic contexts. To further support this vision and ensure a […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Summer is fast approaching. We only have two weeks left of the 2024-25 school year! We will be keeping all students’ iPads that are returning to Fall River in the fall at the school for the summer. If your child will be attending a school outside of […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Every year, St. Vrain does projections for the predicted enrollment of each of its schools. In short, through a statistical analysis SVVSD does its best guess as to how many students each building will have next school-year.   Fall River’s projection is healthy. In fact, our enrollment is expected […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Just one week to go till Fall River’s big Summer Unplugged event next Friday, May 2, 4:00-6:30. There’ll be food trucks and interactive activities for the whole family. We’ll be sharing resources and alternatives to keep your kids engaged in creating lifelong memories, rather than boring ol’ […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Every year St. Vrain Valley Schools hosts a student art show to showcase the work of all of its young artists. The Art Show is held at the Boulder County Fairgrounds right here in Longmont, and is currently open through this Sunday, April 20. Fall River had […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, I am very excited to share that the Fall River staff is teaming up with PTO to launch our first ever summer-support-community-picnic-celebration-extravaganza-party! We’re calling it “Unplugged Summer.”  Unplugged Summer is a whole family event in which we will have all sorts of activities, games, and resources to […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Hard to believe, but our state testing window is already upon us. The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (aka CMAS) is our state’s means of assessing the overall proficiency of our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The CMAS assesses English Language Arts (or Reading & Writing) and […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, With warmer spring time weather beginning to show up, I feel this is a great time to share some reminders about student dress. Although we don’t have a specific student dress code, here are a few general guidelines I like to follow: I’ve always said that a great rule […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, This year I’ve spent a lot of time out at 3rd and 4th grade lunch recesses. We’ve played a lot of organized games out there–kickball, rugby, tigers & turkeys, capture the flag. Anyone and everyone is invited to play each day and I’ve seen many examples of […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Thank you for completing your “intent to return” for our office. This is the time of year when schools learn about our staffing budget for next school year. The intents to return help us to proactively plan for where our needs will be next year and where […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Look out for the planetary parade tonight! Several planets in our solar system will align in a beautiful display visible in our evening sky. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to step outside and experience the wonders of space together. This event is a perfect way […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, The front office has been invaded by ducks. Rubber ducks of all shapes, sizes and personalities that are all looking for a forever home. So it might be a good time to review with all of our Fox families the meaning of Courage and Character.  Courage means […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, We always try to focus on “kindness” during the Valentine’s Day season. Speaking kindly to others, helping the people around you, and spreading thoughtful words of kindness are practices we help our Foxes to learn during the first half February.   Our student council (about 40 of our kiddos […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, We wrapped up our winter parent/teacher conferences last night. We had an exceptional turnout over all three nights. Though we still have a few to reschedule, I’m optimistic that we will once again reach our goal of meeting with 100% of our families. I’m grateful for the […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, It’s that time of year that St. Vrain invites parents, community members and staff to submit nominations for Teacher of the Year. This year, outstanding teachers will be recognized at the Celebration of Excellence this spring. If you’d like to nominate a special Fall River teacher, please check […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, Conferences are just around the corner. Conferences are invaluable to our students, teachers, and families. While they not only give us a chance to strengthen our relationships with you all, they also foster a positive learning environment so that we ensure we are meeting the learning needs of […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, There has been an interesting phenomena across the United States since the COVID pandemic: daily school attendance has dipped.  In fact, one of the most recent reports from the National Center for Education Statistics stated that the average daily attendance rate in US schools is only about 90%. In […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, With the recent snow, we’ve had an up-tick in parents dropping items off for their children at the front office during the school day.  Drop offs of gloves, snow boots, ski pants–and even water bottles have been pretty frequent.   With this year’s focus on Courage and Character, […]

Fall River Elementary Newsletter

Courage & Character Hello Fall River Fox Families, In my old gray haired principal opinion, the best years of our lives are the years spent as parents of our elementary age kiddos.  And believe me, these years go by fast. This holiday break represents the half-way point of this school year.  Yes, this year is […]