The Fenn School Concord, MA
F E N N T A S T I C A Survey of School Climate
December 17, 2010 Volume 1, Issue 7
Hello! Have you figured out last week’s mystery Mystery Person by Witt and David
person? We have! (Obviously) Okay, enough chit chat here. Let’s skip to the real stuff. The mystery How do you feel about Fenn? Today we took a person was...Paaauuuul Emello! (ps the mystery survey where students could express their feelings person is William maybe, probably not) Now for the about what Fenn needs to improve and what Fenn clues: his favorite winter sport is skiing, his favorite doesn’t need to improve. So when we do the survey it color is blue, his favorite movie is Percy Jackson helps teachers understand what they need to do to and the Olympians, and his favorite state is help students with learning. It also helps the teachers California. The choices for this week... know what they need to do to make the students feel safe and learn better and be comfortable enough to - Connor Whitley tell teachers about their problems at Fenn. One of the - Kiefer Read questions was: Do students follow the rule of not - David Andrysiak bullying physically? There were also questions about - Henry Warzecha cyberbullying, respect, and how fun it is to go to school at Fenn. It only took a few minutes to complete Stay tuned and have HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! it, and it was private so the people who checked them didn’t know who we were when we were done with the survey. © 2010 December 17 N.A.N.B.A.M. by Paul and Max by Samuel and Connor
A Christmas Carol
by Liam and Henry
Do you hear Carolers outside your house? Because today The Fenn School is treating us to the annual play The Christmas Carol. But this is not the ordinary play. The Fenn School has a tradition to add and lose different parts to make each year and play unique! There will be Fenn inside jokes, and the actors are teachers and staff. The story takes place in the Victorian Age in England. A grumpy old man called Scrooge is very wealthy and will not donate any money and treats his workers poorly. One night before Christmas three ghosts appears called Marley’s ghost, the ghost of Christmas past, and the ghost of the present. They all teach and warn him he still can be good and the true meaning of Christmas.
What does that mean? That means Not A New Boy Any More Thursday during sports we got our teams for field day and our blue or gold tshirts. You can either be on blue or gold. I, Max, am on gold and I, Paul, am also on gold. Half the fourth grade is on blue and the other half is on gold. If you have an older sibling you are on the same team as him, for instance I, Max, have a big brother on gold, so I was definitely on gold.
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Upcoming Events Book Review
by Sam
*School reopens on Monday, January 3, 2011. I have recently read one of the best books Reminder: reading letters will be due that week. ever: Scat by Carl Hiaasen. He has also written Hoot and Flush. In Scat, Carl really describes the setting really well, it’s humorous, and it’s This Week’s Trivia Question environmentally themed. It is about a kid Nick Which is bigger: California or Italy? who Lives in Florida and is in high school and Answer next week. goes on a field trip to the Everglades but gets cut Last Week’s Trivia Answer short because of a ‘wild fire’. The meanest 1,040mph teacher, Mrs. Starch has to go back in because one of the students dropped her asthma inhaler and never returns. If you like mystery and saving Presents! by Kevin and Kiefer (the K elves) the earth, you will like this book. The genre is Okay, who wants presents? ME! ME! Sorry, realistic fiction/ mystery. Happy holidays! we were thinking about 8 days ahead. SOOO close! Just 8 days away! Here is one thing from everyone’s Christmas list: Ms. Pizzo – a Seabag, Winter Break by William and James Witt A new skateboard, David A new baseball bat, James A custom rip stick, Connor Star I know everyone is looking forward to Wars set, Samuel P.Yugioh deck, Liam Air soft break, but what are people doing? Let’s find out. gun, Henry don’t know, Max egg chair, Paul A I (James) am looking forward to presents and I sack of good luck, Ethan RCXD, Sam F. to finish am skiing at Sugarloaf. I (William) am going to his license plate collection, William Wii sports just sit around and have playdates and open resort, Kiefer air hogs zero gravity, and Kevin Christmas presents. Kevin is looking forward to Wii sports resort. Those are our wishes. What’s opening presents. David is going to Yosemite your wish? The K elves, taking your wishes. national park. Witt is going to Utah to ski. Connor is going to Florida. Samuel is having cousins coming over. Henry is going back to a remote bungalow in the Arctic Circle and enjoying a Bold Beginnings by Ethan merry Christmas in the middle of nowhere. Paul Do you have a bold beginning that you is shopping. Ethan is going to Vegas. Sam is going to Vermont to ski. Kiefer is having a think is worth putting in a story or a memoir? Bold Christmas party. Liam is going to New beginnings are what we are studying in language Hampshire. Max is doing something awesome. arts and they make a reader want to read more in your writing. There are different bold beginnings. Miss Pizzo is seeing her family in Maine. There is the Fascinating Fact, the I Wonder, the Everybody except for us is watching the clock until school lets out. So don’t expect much from Imagine This, the Single Word, the Listen Up, the Lights Camera Action, and the It’s Just My the other articles. Opinion. So next time you write a beginning make it a bold beginning.