Warrior News Fannie C. Williams Charter School April 2018✐Volume 11, No. 7 11755 Dwyer Road✐New Orleans, LA 70128 fcwcs.org Fri., April 13, 2018 Scences from our annual LEAP Pep Rally! The Rally is used as a motivational tool to “pep” students into doing their best on the states’ LEAP 2025 standardized test. The next three weeks students in grades 3-8 will show what they know! 2018 Spirit Stick Winners Ms. Simmons’ 8th Grade HR The Spirit Stick heads upstairs! Ms. Simmons’ 8th grade homeroom earned the Spirit Stick for their spirited presentation during Friday’s Pep Rally. This marks the first time the stick made its’ way to the second floor. Congratulations 8th Graders! Warrior News April 2018 4.0 Grade Point Average Student Grade Damon V. Butler 6 Istvan A. Gayton 7 Darvell R. Hall 8 Shymrri McDonald 8 3rd Quarter Honors Ja’Quellian Z. Mitchell 1 Serenity G. Williams 1 “A” Honor Roll (3.9-3.5 GPA) “B” Honor Roll (3.4-3.0 GPA) “B” Honor Roll (3.4-3.0 GPA) Student Grade Student Grade (cont’d from column 2) Jourdan Amedee 1 Jiyah Barnes 2 Student Grade Jozzae Vaughn 3 Michael Antoine 8 Alyse Benson 2 Derrion Walker 4 Anthony Brock 6 Damia Brown 8 Dwayne Walker 8 Kayden Brown 1 Legend Butler 2 Jalaya Wells 1 D’Nyri Cains 1 Gabrielle Collins 3 Jelaya White 2 Tristan Crump 1 Cohann Davis 1 Alexandra Wilkerson 1 Kimon Decuir 1 Sincere Davis 8 Amauri Williams 3 Jermel Degree 1 Rouguiatou Diallo 1 HezekiahWilliams 3 Treysen Dejesus 1 Jazzlyn Dickens 6 Jaden Williams 4 Kyilee Hickerson 1 Steven Doughty 1 Ja’tasia Wilson 3 Sean Jackson 1 Maci Evans 3 Zael Zapata 3 Terrell Jackson 1 Makaiyah Evans 6 Hayley Jones 8 Angel Foley 6 Semaj Kendrick 1 Sanaya Franklin 2 Brooklyn London 4 Jayla Gardner 2 Ki’yah Martin 1 Mi’Netra Gobernado 5 Lyric O’Conner 3 Kamron Grays 1 Bry Raines 1 Da’rion Hall 4 Joel Rivera 1 Deveion Hall 1 Jazmin Robinson 3 Keenan Holmes 8 Bryce Sanders 4 Samaria Jackson 7 Jaida Scott 1 I’Shyne Johnson 8 Jamal Sigue 1 Trinidy Journey 2 Aneciah Smith 3 Asante Kalama 2 Dymara Thompson 1 Donte Martin 6 Jerome Tyler 7 Leona Mayberry 8 Websites Worthy of Warriors’ Time Kaliya Williams 1 Reagan McKinnis 6 (4th Graders and Middle School) Ronce Wilson 1 Mekhi McKnight 2 Treyvon Moliere 6 www.nationalgeographic.org Warria Page 6 Prince Patel 4 factmonster.com Madison Perkins 2 Koray Rayford 1 biography.com Jerome Reaux 2 Dannie Riley 3 howstuffworks.com Ayanna Rochez 2 Kaniya Sanson 3 coolmath.com Domonick Sentino 7 Elijah Sigure 8 funology.com Ja’liyah Simms 1 Reginae Simon 1 www.knowitall.org Briya Tardy 1 Saryah Turner 3 Jaylyn Tyler 6 -2- Warrior News April 2018 Highlights from this issue of WN Measles 4 LEAP 2025 1, 5 NEW School Uniforms 6 April 16, 2018 3rd Quarter Honor Roll 2 School Calendar 2018-19 6 Dear Parents/Guardians, Retention Danger 3 Class of ’22 Destinations 7 Principal’s Message 3 Fannie Farms 8 We are in the midst of LEAP 2025 Testing. This week Upcoming Events 4 Donuts with Dad 9 7th & 8th Graders will be assessed, followed by 5th & Spring Bling ’18 10 6th next week and concluding with 3rd & 4th Graders the last week. 2017-2018 Academic Grading Quarters 2017-2018 It is important that all students are present and on School Holidays 164 school days time, especially during their testing week. Students for Students 1st Quarter August 15 - October 13 (41 days) should leave book bags, phones, smart watches, and May 16 2nd Quarter October 16 - December 21 (44) any other electronic gear at home. Last Day for Students 3rd Quarter January 9 - March 16 (42) 4th Quarter March 19 - May 16 (37) It is important that we give all students the opportunity to do their best on these important assessments. Students absent during their testing Is Your Child in Danger of assignment notebook; use of period will have to make-up the exams, so ensure that Retention? supplementary materials. your child is present and on time daily. Our school counselor, Mrs. Edmond, has met with all students in grades Did you and your scholar receive Continue to check the Wednesday Warrior Folder for first through eighth who are in such a notice and recommendations? updates on school activities and important news. danger of failing. Did you adhere to the –Kelly S. Batiste, Principal/CEO recommendations you received in Parents were informed in February & writing? Have you taken all the March, via the United States Postal necessary steps to ensure they will Report Cards were issued on the following Service, of students who are in not be retained next year? dates for this academic year: danger of repeating their current Wed., October 25, 2017 grade. Mrs. Edmond requested that School attendance also plays a major Wed., January 10, 2017 part in the success of students in the parents come in to speak with her Wed., March 28, 2018 and learned of what grades were classroom. Did your child’s attendance this year aid their Students are issued report cards in the Warrior Folder needed to ensure moving on to the on the designated Wednesdays listed above. Parents next grade. Parents were also given academic progress or was it a hinderance? were asked to check their child’s report cards on the another copy of their child’s most dates listed above. Did you see these reports? ### recent report card. Many parents took the opportunity to confer with Parents are also reminded that they Mrs. Edmond. can access their child’s grades and Do you know you can access your child’s attendance attendance on a computer, tablet or and grades by going to: Students also met with their smartphone (see box on right) at https://services.edgear.net/progress/ counselor and were informed, in anytime. Monitoring their attendance writing, of what was needed to bring and classroom activities is a great way to stay “on top of things.” their grades up to a promotional Need to speak to your child’s teacher(s) level. Parents and students were We hope that 2017-2018 has been a regarding their academic progress? The quarterly provided with recommended Parent-Teacher Conference Days are the perfect interventions to improve grades. successful year for your opportunity! There’s one last opportunity for They included the following (not a 2017-2018! complete list and all do not apply to scholar. Always strive to be a Wed., Sept. 13 all students): extended time Wed., Nov. 15 requirements; reading directions to motivator in your scholar’s Wed., Feb. 7 student; peer/after school tutoring; Wed., Apr. 18 use of calculator/computer/spell academic quest. Let’s finish the 4-6 pm check; pre-teaching of vocabulary; Remember: There is no After School Program on requiring students to maintain year strong– working hard conference days! ### A Report Card is a student’s PAY DAY for their work during the grading Did you know . ELA and Math must be passed in order to period! Is your child well-paid for a job move on to the next grade? well-done? Are they a motivated learner? -3- Warrior News April 2018 Do you have a little one in your life who from the desk of . would do well at FCWCS? We are looking (cont’d from column 2) effective at stopping the measles Upcoming Campus Events for Pre-K & Kindergarten students for 2018-2019! You should apply at (one dose, 93%). April 2018 2-6 Spring Break Holiday EnrollNOLA.org People are always on the move 9 Students return to school today. This message is being given 12 iReady Celebration We only have 40 seats (2 classes) of Pre-K! due to a case of measles reported in 13 LEAP Pep Rally Don’t know how to handle the OneApp New Orleans last week. Health 16-20 LEAP (State) Testing, Grades 7 & 8 process? Visit one of the 3 Family Resource officials were trying to identify and 18 4th Quarter Progress Reports Centers for help: notify people that the patient may Conferences, 4-6 pm; NO After have come in contact with, all in an School Program today Uptown-Lawrence D. Crocker Elementary effort to stop the virus from 23-27 LEAP (State) Testing, Grades 5 & 6 2300 Gen Taylor St. 70115 spreading. The patient is from the 30 LEAP (State) Testing, Grades 3 & 4 New Orleans East-Livingston Collegiate United Kingdom and has been Academy, 7301 Dwyer Road 70126 hospitalized. May 2018 Westbank-Orleans Parish School Board 1-3 LEAP (State) Testing, Grades 3 & 4 3520 Gen. DeGaulle Drive, Suite 1101, 70114 The CDC states that symptoms 1-2 8th Grade Final Exams Open Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am - 4 pm appear about 7 to 14 days after 7-8 4th Quarter Exams, Grades 1-7; 1.877.343.4773 exposure. Fever, a runny nose, 8th Grade Day of Service ### coughing, red eyes, and a sore throat 9 Pre-K End of Year Celebration; appears. After about 3 to 5 days, a 8th Grade Career Day rash will develop. 10 Kindergarten Promotional Ceremony, from the desk of Source: cdc.gov & nola.com. ### Time: TBA Nurse Robichaux, R.N., B.S.N 11 8th Grade EOY Celebration, Time: The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently Parents + School = TBA announced an outbreak of measles in 34 people Partnership This simple equation 15 Awards Day, Grades 1-7 from 11 states (January 1 to March 30, 2018).