Fennimore Community Schools

From the groovy 60s to the rad 80s and beyond, our FES students and staff went all out for the Decades Day dress up last Friday! #fes #EaglesSoar For more pictures visit https://fcs.smugmug.com/2023-24-School-Year/Fennimore-Elementary-School-2023-24/Activities-Elementary-School-2023-24/Decade-Day

Introducing the 2024 Golden Canteen Gear! Students in the Entrepreneurship class have designed and developed all the products as part of the Business Development project. Check out all the gear - Sweatshirts, Sweat Sets, Custom Locker Magnets, Vintage Tees and Eagle Decals. Go to https://goldencanteen.square.site/ to order by April 15, 2024.

Four Fennimore student athletes were recently recognized by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden for their state championships at the 2024 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament. Congratulations to: Rachel Schauer - State Champion at 165 pounds Tristan Steldt - State Champion at 157 pounds Evan Gratz - State Champion at 285 pounds Ian Crapp - State Champion at 144 pounds

Tuesday, voters approved the Fennimore School District’s $17 million capital referendum. Approving the referendum will enable much-needed remodeling and renovations at both the elementary and middle/high school buildings. On behalf of the School Board and administration, we want to thank the school district voters for all the positive feedback and support. This is a very exciting time for our school district and community.

It's Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! Fennimore Community School District Paraprofessionals play an important role in our schools. Their amazing work and effort in making a difference in our student's lives each and every day is truly remarkable! Thank you! #fcs #EaglesSoar

Last month the 2nd graders learned about Earth’s landforms and how they were formed. The students put in some very creative work building their landform dioramas. They were proud to present them to their families and friends! Another fun and tasty activity the 2nd graders loved was making edible landforms! #FES #EaglesSoar For more pics visit https://fcs.smugmug.com/2023-24-School-Year/Fennimore-Elementary-School-2023-24/2nd-Grade-2023-24/Landforms

Fennimore Community Schools will be closed on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 due to weather. The SWAL Math Competition is being rescheduled for a later date. The High School Spring Fling scheduled for this evening is also cancelled and will not be rescheduled.

We are happy to announce our first "Microsoft Office Triple Threats" for the year! These students have certified in Excel, Word and Power Point as part of Mrs. Goss' Advanced Computer Applications class and plan to complete even more yet this year. This is a huge accomplishment - congrats to these students! #GetBadged #EaglePride

Yesterday the AP Biology students had a guest. Normally, they go to BTCI in Madison for their Biotechnology labs, but the building is under construction. Yesterday, BTCI came to Fennimore! In the morning, students used restriction enzymes to cut DNA into fragments. Then, they loaded the fragments into a gel electrophoresis chamber to sort the pieces by size. In the afternoon, students performed bacterial transformation. They made E. coli pick up a plasmid that allowed the bacteria to glow when exposed to the right conditions. For more photos visit: https://fcs.smugmug.com/2023-24-School-Year/Fennimore-High-School-2023-24/Academics-High-School-2023-24/AP-Biology-Biotechnology-Lab

Please vote today! Polls open at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm!

FES Decade Day has been rescheduled to this Friday, April 5th. Get those outfits ready to dress up in your favorite style from any decade! #fes #EaglesSoar

Before Spring Break Kindergarten through Second Grade students got to experience what it would be like to be an illustrator of a book. Mrs. Hines, our elementary library assistant, wrote a short book titled "March Yuck!" and each student got the opportunity to illustrate one of the pages. The classes then got to keep the finished copy in their classroom library. FES certainly has some great illustrators out there! #fes #EaglesSoar

Why is it important to cast an informed vote? Every vote is important and can contribute to the outcome of the referendum vote. Sometimes, people think that their vote won’t matter. This simply is not true. When people participate in this process, we have a much more representative result from the community’s voters. Please remember to vote tomorrow.

There is a very important Referendum Question On April 2 ballot. Please make sure you know where to vote on Tuesday!

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Did you know? Large-scale repairs are needed for our school buildings to address critical facility needs like removing asbestos from roofs and replacing roofs that are over 70 years old. At the elementary school, the lower level bathrooms are not ADA accessible. If approved the referendum will address critical issues such as these. Please cast an informed vote. Visit the Referendum FAQs for more details.

Many days you can see Officer French at FES walking the halls and talking with students. Recently, he took time to show some young students how to make shadow puppets before school. #fes #EaglesSoar

Did you know? The district tax rate has declined 19% in the past six years. The district has also prepaid $675,000 in interest on debts over the past 3 years and will be debt free this year. As a result the April 2 referendum will have no impact on the district tax rate.

Even though it doesn't look much like Spring out there today, don't forget next week is Spring Break at Fennimore Schools. There is no school Monday, March 25th through March 29th. School will resume on Monday, April 1st. Have a safe and enjoyable break ! #fcs #EaglesSoar

Recently, Officer French and Officer Fecht began visiting the 5th graders to work through the CounterAct Curriculum. This five week program is designed to encourage cooperation among families, schools, and police officers. It focuses on giving students the skills to make positive behavior choices and to resist the pressures to get involved with alcohol, drugs or violence. One of the activities had students put on the impairment goggles so they could see the real life risks of alcohol impairment. Throughout the program, students take assignments home to complete and discuss with their parents. This communication helps students understand parent expectations when dealing with different situations. #fes #EaglesSoar