One of our young students, Joel Polen, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Our elementary students, our staff, and our community has been behind this outstanding student from the day Joel’s challenge was announced. Our elementary students participated in Penny Wars and several wonderful staff members volunteered to have their heads shaved if they raised the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Ice Cream Social at SAMS SAMS students and their families are invited to an Ice Cream Social tonight, May 26th, from 5:30 -7:00 pm. Students who attend will earn a chance to win an Amazon Kindle. Bring a grandparent and receive an extra chance in the drawing! Thank you to the Firelands Yes Levy Committee […]
It was a beautiful day for the 8th annual Walk-a-Thon at Firelands Elementary School! This event is sponsored by the FES PTG group. The group uses donations from this event to add additional new pieces of equipment to the playground, and hopefully they will be able to complete the master plan this year! T-shirts were […]
The Right to Read Week was May 16-20th and Firelands Elementary created a fun time with ‘Reading is Soooooo Delicious’! The activities were based around books with a food theme! During the week, the library was turned into The Book Cafe for a book tasting! Each day of the week had a theme and students were encouraged […]
The 2016 Falcons Racing Team competed in the Soap Box Derby Gravity Racing Challenge for the third time at the world-famous Derby Downs track in Akron, Ohio! On May 21st, the Falcons Racing Team raced two cars against over 100 teams from three states, including New York, Indiana, and Ohio at the All-American Soap Box […]
On May 18th, 73 students at SAMS were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. This is the first group of students to enter as our chapter received its charter in February, 2016. The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) has five areas of requirements. Students must achieve high marks in the following areas for consideration: Scholarship […]
Join us in congratulating Mr. Dustin Wiley on being named a 2017 Grammy Music Educator Award Quarter-Finalist! Mr Wiley is among a class of 290 educators from 264 cities and 41 states. Initially, more than 3,300 nominations were submitted in all 50 states. The Music Educator Award was “established to recognize current educators who have […]
The FHS Art 3, Art 4 and Advanced Art students spent an extended day on May 18 exploring visual art in Cleveland. Twenty-eight students accompanied by thirteen gracious chaperones began the day in Ohio City. Our first stop was The Cleveland Tea Revival, an independent business in “Hingetown” owned and operated by FHS ’04 graduate […]
Ice Cream Social Parents and Grandparents of SAMS students are invited to an Ice Cream Social! Join us at SAMS on May 26th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Enjoy a sundae and some conversation! We love family involvement! Students who come to the Ice Cream Social will be given a ticket for a chance to win an […]
This past weekend Sean Lipscomb won the Cadet Freestyle and the Cadet Greco State Championship, at 285 lbs, in each respective competition style. His achievement guarantees a bid on the Ohio National Team this summer. Sean will travel to York, Pennsylvania, in June to compete in the Freestyle National Duals and he will travel to […]
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