Here are some ways parents can work with their children at home.

Parents as Partners

Our "To Do" List

• Ask about your child's day at school
• Actively listen to what they have to say
• Read to your child-Use expression and voices
• Encourage "writing" of all kinds
• Let you child see you read for pleasure
• Think balance...STEM-G, Social Studies, Pe and the Arts

Resources

• Forest Lake's Homepage https://www.richland2.org/fle
• The library's website is listed under Quick Links
• Search the catalog from home and come in to check out books!
• Digital Resources...
• Go to Follett Shelf from the left hand menu
• Username is fle            Password is eagles
• Besides ebooks, go to Digital Resource link for Pebble Go

• SC's Virtual Library: Discus
• Accessable from the Library's website of http://scdiscus.org
• When accessing from home, you will need a username and password.  Check with the librarian.

• SC State Library-http://statelibrary.sc.gov
• http://daybydaysc.org

• Richland Library http://www.richlandlibrary.com

• Scholastic BookFlix http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php
• username: forest1          password:eagle

• Reading Rockets www.readingrockets.org

Parents, 
Please remember that this is an early dismissal day.  Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for this afternoon.   Dismissal is at 11:30.

Help Forest Lake raise money for our students!

Your vote makes a difference!

This year, Target will give money to schools all over the country for one simple act: a vote.  Our school needs just 25 votes to earn a $25 donation from Target.   But that's only the beginning. For each additional vote, our school will get $1 more.  So please remember that , although the gesture is small, the rewards are potentially huge.   Go to this link and vote for our school once a week through September 21 or until Target has given away all $5 million.   Tell your friends and family members to vote!

https://apps.facebook.com/givewithtarget/school/80408

Collect Boxtops for Education!

         General Mills launched Box Tops for Education in 1996 on its cereal boxes. Since then, the program has given more than $400 million to schools across the country. Today, 30,000 schools participate in this nationwide fundraising program. New products are being added to the program constantly, so keep your eye out for the logo on your favorite products.
        Grab your scissors and keep an eye out for the Box Tops for Education logo on the products you use every day. Scan the shelves at the grocery store and consider switching to Box Top brands if the products you purchase don't participate. Participating companies and product lines include General Mills, Green Giant, Totino's, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Ziploc, Hefty, Juicy Juice, Betty Crocker and many more.
        Once you've finished with the product, clip the Box Top before you throw the product away. Be sure to look over the whole box: Some packages offer bonus Box Tops. Simply send the clipped Box Tops into school with your child. They can be pasted on the monthly collections sheets or simply put into a plastic bag.  Make sure your student’s name is on the box tops so they can be recognized on Forest Lake Today. 
       Start clipping Box Tops for Education. Hundreds of products participate in the program, and you probably already have several in your pantry, freezer and fridge. For every Box Top you clip, your child's school will receive 10 cents. That may not sound like a lot, but it adds up quickly. Each school can receive up to $20,000 per school year from clipped Box Tops.

We also participate in Campbell’s Labels for Education.

       Labels for Education a fun and easy program where families and members of the community work together to “Earn Free Stuff” for their school!  By collecting UPCs and beverage/sauce caps from over 2,500 participating products our school earns points that can be redeemed for Arts, Athletics, and Academics merchandise.
     From soup, cereal and snacks to dairy products, beverages and food storage – your kitchen’s probably full of eligible Labels for Education® items. Get clipping and start earning free stuff for your school!  Just place them in a plastic bag with your name and teacher’s name and bring them to the Media Center.  We will recognize your contribution on Forest Lake Today!

Some participating products are:

We will again be offering Safety Photo Id's to our students on Wednesday, September 18th. 

Please look for the Photo Id envelopes in your Friday Family Folder today, Sept. 13.  Students should return their envelope on Monday or Tuesday, September 16 or 17.  

Parents of Third, Fourth, and Fifth graders

We hope you are able to join us for the Common Core State Standards and 1-TWO-1 information session on Thursday evening the 19th at 6:00 pm in the Eagle Cafe (cafeteria). After this brief informational session, we will host families in our instructional team classrooms to discuss information pertaining to you child's classes, and anticipate concluding by 7:00 pm for families who have other obligations.

  We would like our Forest Lake family and friends to know that when our school attended the Reduced Gravity Opportunity in February of 2012, our district did a story about our experience.  Adam Ginsburg, our video specialist, created a video using clips from the students doing the experiments in the classroom, our trip to Houston, and then our sessions after we came back to the school. The video was entered in the Television Programming State Competition in South Carolina.  Adam won first place in South Carolina for “Forest Lake Elementary’s Zero Gravity NASA Experiment” Video.  South Carolina then entered the video in the National Television Programming, where Adam received an Honorable Mention for Distinguished Achievement in the Category of Video casting/Video streaming.  We are so proud of Adam and his awards and we wanted to share our exciting news with everyone! We are attaching a picture of his awards and the link to his video.  

Video Link

Award:

This year our school focus is on The Seven Habits of Healthy Kids.  For the month of September we are focusing on Habit 1-Be Proactive.  

Click here for a graphic of the 7 Habits.

Click here for a song we've been using on our FLE Today news show.  

Parents,
The term Common Core is everywhere this school year.  We've added a link on our web page and will be posting information for parents about Common Core. Here's the first link we shared on that page.

Explaining the Common Core

FLE in Print!

Last spring, FLE was chosen by USA Today for a photo shoot showcasing our technology!  Wow!  The article and pictures were outstanding!  

Cover

Article

Parents,
MAP testing begins tomorrow, September 10. Grades 2 and 4 plan to test Tuesday and Wednesday and grades 3 and 5 Thursday and Friday.  Next week, grades 2 and 4 will test Language Usage test on Tuesday and grades 3 and 5 will test Language Usage test on Wednesday.   If you need more specific details, please contact your child's teacher. 

If you would like more information about MAP testing,  click on this NWEA Parent Toolkit link or visit our district website under the Accountability and Evaluation department.  

From the Art Teacher: 

Do you love art?  Are you between the ages of 6-17? 

Sign up for the Young Artists Workshop today!

The following classes will be offered during the spring semester:

Ages 6-7: Drawing, Painting & More

Ages 8-9: Drawing, Painting & Ceramics

            Ages 10-12: Computer Graphics & Mixed Media  

            Ages 13-14: Drawing, Painting & Printmaking

            Ages 15-17: Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media

            Where: McMaster Building, USC Campus

 When:            Fridays from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

September 27 through November 15 (no class on October 18)

Cost:             $65 per student

$55 per student (If payer is USC faculty, staff, or student—you must provide a photocopy of your USC ID to receive the discount rate)

            Download an application: http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/art/youngartistworkshop

Community News

We would like to extend an invitation for a special event taking place that will be held on Saturday, September 14, Let’s Move! Columbia Game Day. The City of Columbia has actively taken on the issue of childhood obesity in our community. In an effort to address this issue effectively, the City has become a Let’s Move! city. Let’s Move! is the initiative started by First Lady Michelle Obama and it is dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams.

Since childhood obesity is an epidemic in our local community, We are contacting you so that the wellness and physical activities being offered at this event can be shared with the youth in your community. To kick off the event, we would like to have a bike ride that begins at W.A. Perry Middle School and ends at Drew Park – Green Space, which is adjacent to Drew Wellness Center, 2101 Walker Solomon Way. We will have various ‘old school’ game stations for everyone to enjoy, such as Simon says, kickball, hopscotch and more. For entertainment, we are also inviting high school band members, cheerleaders and step groups to perform. Health screenings for adults and children will be available, and information booths for the parents to learn more about various options for after school activities. The final event will be our Celebrity Flag Football Competition.

Let's Move! is focused on putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years. As a Let’s Move! city, Columbia has committed to implementing programs and procedures to ensure our children have a healthy start in life. In order to expand this effort, we are asking that you and your neighbors share this Let's Move! Game Day information with your contacts.

Columbia has made significant strides as a Let’s Move! city, but we need participation from the community in order to take this program to the next level for our youth. Please join this nationwide movement that is dedicated to creating a healthier lifestyle for the youngest among us.

Thank you for all that you do to enhance the lives of the children in our community.

Attention parents and friends of Forest Lake Elementary Technology Magnet School!

We are not sending an Eagle News newsletter home each month for this school year.  Instead we will post information to our Eagle Updates blog.  When you click on the blog, you will see an email box at the top of the blog.   Put in your email address, press enter then type in the word you see in squiggly letters.  You will then get an email from FeedBurner asking you to confirm the subscription by clicking on the link.

This will enable you to get an email with a snapshot of what has been posted to the blog.  You will get only 1 email per day even if 10 new items are added!  If no new items are posted, you will not get an email that day.  

We feel that this will be a better, more up to date way of keeping you informed.  You will still get a grade level newsletter every Friday but for current, school wide information sign up for our Eagle Update blog.  

Click on this link to go to our blog and sign up today.   Tell your friends and family to sign up.