News & Announcements 

"Take Champ" winners!
Thank you to all of our families who "Took Champ" with them this summer. Champ is a lucky Cougar and got to visit so many different places. The students got to see all the photos submitted and chose their favorite.

The winners are:
Dhillon Alamshaw - Junior High
Sydney and Channing Lee - Elementary
Seth Willis - Preschool 

October FPA Meeting

Please join us on Thursday, October 13 for the FPA monthly meeting at 8:45am in the MPR.  Refereshments will be served!

Dress Code Reminder

As stated in the student handbook:  Girls may wear white or navy tights/leggings ONLY under their school uniform.

 

Friday, October 14-Thursday, October 20    

Exciting New Changes for the Book Fair

Scholastic Book Fairs will come to our school, October 14^th through October 20^th, to share exciting books and learning products with our young readers.  Parents and teachers will find plenty of items to interest them too.  For the first time ever, the Book Fair will offer online shopping, which greatly expands the number of books available to inspire our students to read.  Online shopping is available now, and will continue through October 26^th .  Books will be shipped, free of charge to the school and delivered to your child in class a few days after the online fair closes.  Visit the online fair today at: http://tinyurl/ahbookfair.  

The Book Fair will be open on campus each day before school (7:30-8:30), after school (3:00-4:00), and during morning snack time.  Special extended day hours (3:00-6:00) will be held on Tuesday, October 18^th.  Special hours for preschool parents (12:00-12:30) will be Tuesday and Wednesday. Students may also shop during their weekly Library class.

One of the Book Fair's primary goals is to help teachers build classroom libraries.  Visitors to the Fair can check each teacher's Classroom Wish Box, then purchase and donate a requested book, helping teachers develop a rich array of learning resources. Teacher wish lists may also be posted at the Online Book Fair. Fairmont will use funds raised at the Book Fair to purchase additional books for the School Library.

If you are interested in volunteering, please stop by and sign up.  We look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair!

Parent Teacher Conference Day

Friday, October 21

NO school day for students

Your child's teacher will be contacting you regarding your scheduled conference time.

FPA Magazine Drive Information

Magazine Drive totals are almost complete!! Many thanks for all the hard work on behalf of the FPA and Great American. We are excited to announce our contest winners early next week. Those who have earned prizes will be notified. Gift order delivery should be in on or around 10/20. More information will follow soon. Stay tuned for more details!

October Lunch Menus  

• Preschool-1st Grade 
• 2nd-8th Grade  

Feature Article
 Fall Festival is a Huge Success!

 Check out all the pictures on Flickr 

Thank you to our amazing FPA Fall Festival committee!  The 2011 Fall Festival was a huge success with a wonderful array of crafts and games and attractions.  All of our families could bungee jump, launch water balloons at each other, go on a swinging pirate swing and slide down the giant slide just to start with.  The students loved the creative face-painting and colorful hair sprays, as they headed off to the fabulous crafts and game booths!  One hit of the night was the "fish-toss" game, in which you could win a real, live fish!

A highlight of the night was getting to splash our director, Barry Drake, in the "Royal Flush!"  A special thank you to our other willing participants: Martin Bloomingdale, Marcus Arias, Wendy Knudson, Keegan Lewis, Mr. Al and Mr. Aaron!

The DJ kept us hopping all night long with so many fun games, like the sunflower seed spitting contest, the water-balloon toss and a wet paperbag toss!  There was also a watermelon eating contest that was SO much fun (and messy!) to watch.

All the food items, (provided by Bucanner's Pizza, Spud-Runners and Fun-Funnel Cake) were delicious and it was very hard to avoid all those yummy calories.  The Cake Walk was absolutely a hit and the kids loved hearing their number called and picking out a delicious goodie!

It was so wonderful to see so many families having a fun-filled evening and this year the weather was even perfect!

Thank you very much to all of the parent and teacher volunteers. The FPA truly could not have succeeded without all of your help!  If you see Stacy Simpson, Lisa Santos, Debbie Shaffer, Caryn Chavez, Eva Harmon, Sonya Mai or Cari Calvy around please thank them for an incredible job. They spent hundreds of hours planning this amazing event for us to spend with our families!

Scoreboard 

Tri-Way Volleyball vs Heritage Oak

   Lady Cougars lose 16-25, 13-25

Tri-Way Football vs Pegasus

   Cougars lose 8-32

Tri-Way Volleyball vs Pegasus

    Lady Cougars WIN 18-25, 25-23, 15-13

DSL Volleyball vs Heritage Oak 

     Lady Cougars WIN 25-17, 21-25, 15-6

Tri-Way Volleyball vs Mable

     Lady Cougars lose 25-11, 21-25, 13-15

DSL Volleyball vs Mable

     Lady Cougars 16-25, 6-25

Tri-Way Football vs Carden Academy (HOME)           

Wednesday, October 12 - 3:00pm

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• BULLETIN BOARD: October Tricks and Treats  

• HOW TO: Make the Most of Your Parent Teacher Conference  

• THE FAIRMONT FIVE: Halloween Costumes  

• SHORT STORY: Celebrate International Dinosaur Month