Fairmount Elementary School

FES had two very special visitors today, Buddy the Elf and Jovie!

We had some visitors from Maintenance, Bill & Brent, who brought us Christmas Cheer at FES!

It's a wonderful day at Fairmount, Fa la la la la, la la la la. We are having so much fun, Fa la la la la, la la la la. We are wearing our ugly sweaters, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Christmas break is almost here, Fa la la la la, la la la la!

Congratulations to the following students for earning the highest number of trophies in Reading or Math from each homeroom this semester! To recognize their hard work and success, the students received a special treat! Kindergarten: Bentley Bell Richard Tyler Titus McDaniel Birdie Baker First Grade: Evalyn Causby Natalie Silvers Edward Chitwood William Lee Easton Price Second Grade: Zylan Hilton Willow Donovan Delilah Aliberti Tommy Willingham Bawi Sang Third Grade: Sawyer Hicks Kaleb Chitwood NavaLynn Welch Zeke Quarles Chester Young Fourth Grade: Elliot Gregory Vansui Cerchin Brandon Roe Asher Knowles Eilen Hess Fifth Grade: Isaiah Turman Jake Farley Eeshan Shad Eli Williams-King Kasen Cantrell

Congratulations to Mrs. Tallant for winning our Faculty & Staff ugly Christmas sweater contest! Enjoy your gift card!

A BIG FES thank you to J.M. Huber for a $1000 donation to the John Penland Memorial fund. We appreciate our community partners!

Early release day, Dec. 20, at 11:30am!

Fairmount Elementary Celebrates Apple Distinguished School Recognition Fairmount Elementary School celebrated being recognized as an Apple Distinguished School today with an exciting pep rally in the gym! This honor is given to schools that show leadership, creativity, and excellence in education by using Apple technology in their classrooms. The pep rally was a special event for the students and the community. It included performances by the Sonoraville High School cheerleaders and marching band. Phoenix athletes and video production students also joined the celebration, sharing the importance of this achievement and cheering on the Bulldogs. Sonoraville’s video production students played a key role in filming the submission video that helped Fairmount earn this recognition. Being named an Apple Distinguished School shows that Fairmount Elementary has created an exciting and successful learning environment that helps students thrive and achieve. Gordon County Schools would like to thank Dr. Patti Crane and Mike Kole from Apple for presenting the banner and plaque. We also want to recognize the hard work of the students and staff at Fairmount Elementary, as well as the leadership of Principal Rebecca Champion. Thank you to Instructional Technology Coordinator Whitney Prather for guiding the application process and sharing Fairmount’s story. Congratulations to Fairmount Elementary on this amazing achievement! The whole community is proud of you and excited to see the continued impact of your innovative teaching.

Tomorrow is our final shopping day at the "Santa Shop". Don't let your child miss out on finding you (and others) that special gift to stick under the tree.

Tomorrow is the last day to donate! Would you like to help make sure that every child in the Georgia foster care system has at least one gift on Christmas day?!?!?! We are asking everyone that can (Students, Staff, & Community) to donate $1 to partner with Clark’s Christmas Kids along with the Georgia Department of Education.

Faculty & Staff 12 days of Christmas: On Monday we had "Pep in Your Step" day! Everyone enjoyed energy drinks, soda, and waters! Today, the FES Staff enjoyed a jeans day and a Reindeer Rug Raffle! #FESROCKS #TOGETHERFES #TOGETHERGCS

Friday was "Sing for Toys" at Walmart as the VAC invited elementary school choruses to perform for the community. Our chorus students from Belwood Elementary, Fairmount Elementary, and Sonoraville Elementary did an amazing job! Here are some pictures of our FES students.

Congratulations to our FES teacher Katy Waters for winning our November attendance gift card! Every month we have a drawing for a gift card for faculty and staff that have not missed a day for that month. Also, we would like to thank the Horace Mann Agency for continuing to support FES by donating the gift cards for our staff.

Christmas break is Dec. 23-Jan. 6. Students will return Jan. 7.

Would you like to help make sure that every child in the Georgia foster care system has at least one gift on Christmas day?!?!?! We are asking everyone that can (Students, Staff, & Community) to donate $1 to partner with Clark’s Christmas Kids along with the Georgia Department of Education.

Santa Shop starts tomorrow!

We are so proud of these Bulldogs. They were chosen for being displaying generosity during the month of November. Keep up the good work!

This school year Gordon County Schools started a new innovative, student-led program called Helping Hands Ending Hunger. This food-safe program, authorized by the Georgia Department of Education and Department of Public Health, recovers unopened, uneaten prepackaged food and fruit from school breakfasts and lunches—perfectly good food that would have otherwise been thrown away. Supplemented with other nutritious food Helping Hands purchases from the Atlanta Community Food Bank or donated by the community, this food is stored and sent home with students who otherwise would not have food to eat over the weekends and during school breaks. Our school system has needs for a program like Helping Hands to help prevent food waste and lessen the number of our students who are food insecure. Students worried about where their next meal will come from, or who lack nutritious meal choices, face poorer health, perform worse at school, and are at risk for other underlying social problems. This program allows us to address a critical need and hopefully improve their success and happiness at school. The students involved in this program learn lifelong lessons of empathy, compassion, kindness, and leadership as they work toward helping feed our community. Fairmount Elementary is beyond thankful and blessed with community partners that have made a difference by donating to our Helping Hands Ending Hunger program. Donors: The City of Fairmount Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Pleasant Grove Ryo Baptist Church Johnson’s Lawn Care SJMJ Properties JLC Rentals Morning Star Lodge Echota Vann Shrine Club Fairmount Methodist Women's Auxiliary Talking Rock Creek Chapel J.M. Huber Corporation Pine Hall Brick Shumway Trust Alan & Tami Shumway George & Sandra Cook Jerry & Linda Mauldin Cre8tions by Kim Sarah Burks Beverley & Jeffery Segel Beth Bosworth Calvin Smith Diane & JD Matlin Vickie Smith Amy & Dan Moore Mary Gandy Emi Evans Debra Gerard Martin Blanchard Sara Pamplin (Anonymous Donors)

Would you like to help make sure that every child in the Georgia foster care system has at least one gift on Christmas day?!?!?! We are asking everyone that can (Students, Staff, & Community) to donate $1 to partner with Clark’s Christmas Kids along with the Georgia Department of Education.

Our FES Chorus put on a fabulous Christmas concert last night. Thank you to everyone who attended to support these students. A special thank you to Mrs. Crowley for pouring so much love and time into our music department. There will be one more chance to hear these amazing students sing. Come out to the Fairmount Parade this Saturday evening at 6:00pm. Let’s get in the holiday spirit with a little Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer and We Wish You a Merry Christmas!