The deadline to purchase yearbooks is this Friday, April 7. Please do not wait as we will not be able to accommodate late orders.

All families will purchase yearbooks directly through Lifetouch! You can order yearbooks at ybpay.com and use code: 9984823. 

Fit Fun Club will meet Wednesday April 12th for Track and Field. We'll run short and long distances, jump hurdles, throw shot put, run relays, and more!

We'll meet in the gym at 7:40am, then head out to the track. Please dress for the weather as we will be going outside! Sign up!

Fit Fun Club meets once a month to get kids moving with some fun-filled fitness! We are currently looking for a new coordinator. If you would like to help with this program, please reach out to VP@fairmountpta.org. 

Join us for Fairmount Elementary’s Annual Talent Show! Even if you don't have a kiddo participating, you are welcome to join in the fun at 6pm on 4/14!
 

• Co-Treasurer (Board position): We are looking for one more volunteer to take over the co-treasurer duties. You would be trained over the rest of 2023 to fully take over the position in the 2023-2024 school year. Voting for this position will take place in the May General PTA Meeting.

• Newsletter Editor: *Tentatively filled. organize and create the monthly newsletter using the website application within Membership Toolkit. This position will edit and proofread monthly newsletter submissions. Work can be done from home.

Upcoming openings:

• Vice President (Board position): *Tentatively filled. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who would like to be involved in many ways with our board, parent volunteers, and staff. This role is responsible for advertising and filing any open coordinator positions or PTA board positions via word of mouth, newsletter and website advertising. Voting for this position will take place in the May General PTA Meeting.

• IT Coordinator: Maintain the PTA website, updating the homepage news each month and assisting in the creation of forms and fundraisers online. Work can be done from home.

• Spirit Wear: Coordinate the Fairmount spirit wear selection in the fall and asset with the ordering process.

• 5th Grade Yearbook Baby Pages: *Tentatively filled. Coordinate and design baby pages through LifeTouch and collect all baby page information from parents.

• Yearbook Coordinator(s): Design the yearbook and pages through LifeTouch.

• Learning Garden Coordinator: Coordinate the care of the learning garden by a committee of volunteers. The garden is planted in the Spring each year and cared for by the committee and classrooms during the school year.

• Sponsorship Committee: contacts prior year sponsors, generates new sponsors, and gathers and distributes necessary information to and from the sponsors. 

• Fit Fun Club Coordinator: This program runs once a month beginning in September for fun-filled fitness. The program is typically before school. Each month the Coordinator organizes a new focus: running, yoga, zumba, and strength based exercises to name a few.

• 5th Grade Yearbook Baby Pages: Coordinate and design baby pages through LifeTouch and collect all baby page information from parents.

• Yearbook Coordinator: Design the yearbook and pages through LifeTouch.

• Learning Garden Coordinator: Coordinate the care of the learning garden by a committee of volunteers. The garden is planted in the Spring each year and cared for by the committee and classrooms during the school year.

• Sponsorship Committee: contacts prior year sponsors, generates new sponsors, and gathers and distributes necessary information to and from the sponsors. 

• Teacher Appreciation: Organize special things for the teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week, the first week of May. 

• Fit Fun Club Coordinator: This program runs once a month, beginning in September, for fun-filled fitness. The program is typically before school. Each month we have a new focus: running, yoga, Zumba, and strength-based exercises, to name a few.

• Ink/Electronics Recycling: Involves checking the bin in the front lobby occasionally and then sending products off in pre-paid boxes the company sends you a few times a year.

• Mount Vista Co-Coordinator: This position will partner to coordinate the gift portion of the 5th Grade visit to Mt Vista, which typically happens on the last day of school before winter break. 

If you're interested in helping us, please contact PTA VP, Bryttani Watson for more information. 

Since last time was so fun, we're going back one more time before school ends! Join us at Skate City on Thursday, April 6^th from 6-8pm where students, staff, family, and friends are welcome to celebrate the arrival of spring and skate! Bonus if you wear a Crazy Hat! See Flyer for more information.

Come get a sweet treat on April 18th from 2pm-9pm at Bliss Frozen Yogurt! Mention Fairmount so we'll get a portion of their proceeds back to the PTA!

Have you signed up for Community Rewards with King Soopers? We also have several partnerships with businesses that generously donate money back to our PTA when you shop. 

Milk Caps for Moo-la!
Not only does Fairmount benefit by receiving 5 cents for every cap we collect, but we save many caps from going to a landfill by returning these to the dairy so they can be recycled.

Learn more about King Soopers, Amazon Smile, Milk Caps for Moo-la programs here.

Do you know a high school senior? Please encourage them to apply!

Former Fairmount Elementary School students are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship as high school seniors. This scholarship is available to any high school senior that was enrolled at Fairmount Elementary School for three years or more, and has a satisfactory grade standing, citizenship record, and community service experiences. To apply, print the Scholarship Requirements and return your application to Fairmount Elementary School by April 14th, 2023.

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Kindergartners are designing and engineering backscratchers. Students brainstormed, sketched and labeled a prototype, and finally built a functional backscratcher. Our littlest engineers were limited only by their own imaginations (and materials)!

First graders are making playgrounds a safer place to play with a redesign project! Their self-standing playground prototype had go through the testing phase and withstand a fan simulating a typical Colorado day in the foothills. Creativity was thriving as students celebrated successes and troubleshot issues.

Second graders tested the absorbency of four different materials. Using group and class data, they selected one materials that they will use in their flood barrier. Stay tuned to find out if their chosen material protects their dog houses.

Third graders are redesigning a component of a fairy tale. First students empathize with a character in the story and determine a solvable problem (either preventative or reactionary). For example, in Goldilocks and the Three Bears teams either constructed a working latch on the door preventing a break-in or constructed a better, stronger, more durable piece of furniture for Baby Bear that will hold both the weight of Baby Bear and a heavier potential intruder. Students had to ideate with their group, then sketch, build and test their prototype.

Fourth graders completed the “Pop Bottle Waves and Hairdryer Ripples” lesson. Day one consisted of different experiments, and day two involved analyzing those experiments from the amplitude of the wave to the height and depth of the crest and trough and finally the distance of the wavelengths.

Fifth graders just impressed judges, Fairmount students and staff, and community members with their Science Fair projects and presentations. Hypotheses were getting proven and disproven with individual experiments.