WEEKS AHEAD

January 21, 2022

We thank our parents for their patience and support as we face late arrivals, early dismissals and snow days. We understand that these unplanned events are difficult to manage for working families, and we thank you for helping us to support learning & instruction, even with such interruptions.

Next, we recognize that winter is fully upon us; autumn was very mild, and we continued to take students outside for recess and physical education. As we move through January, the weather will be colder, but we will push the limits as we continue to take students outside, even when the temperatures drop below the freezing mark. Please send your child to school with appropriate outerwear including coats, gloves and hats, so we may continue to take advantage of our outside spaces for physical education, recess and mask breaks.

While we permit students to remove masks, in general, while they are on the playground and for mask breaks, many students must retain their masks even when they are outside, according to our published COVID guidelines. If your student must retain their mask, even when participating in these activities, our nurse will notify the family of this requirement. Be aware that there may be times when students remain masked while on the playing fields and other outside spaces here at school.

We have a couple of before- and after-school events next week for invited students: Books for Breakfast is Monday and Wednesday, no earlier than 8:00 a.m. And our GLOW after school program for invited students is Tuesday, with pick-up no later than 5:00 p.m.

Friday is Fun Friday as students can participate in Crazy Hair Day! Go wild! It should be fun.

We will end the second marking period on Monday, January 31, 3 hours early, as this, now, will be an early dismissal day for students to enable staff to manage records and to prepare report cards for distribution on Friday, February 4.

​​​​​​​Thanks for your attention to this message.

FUN FRIDAY! 

Friday, January 28th is Crazy Hair Day! Wear your craziest hair to show your school spirit!  

UPDATED 2021-2022 SCHOOL CALENDAR (Revised) 

Please review the updated 2021-2022 school calendar to note changes for your child.  Early dismissal days have been added per Wicomico County Superintendent Dr. Hanlin.  

Hello FIS Families!

Please see our Car Riders' Procedures document regarding student drop-off and student pick-up. 

Car Riders' Procedures

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FIS School Counselor Website

Select the picture to check out the many resources for students and families offered on our School Counselor website.

A permanent link is also located on our For Parent page. 

 Destiny At Home Resources

Our FIS Media Center Destiny home page has lots of at home resources.  Check out the many links to help engage your child in learning experiences at home.  

Select the Catalog tab, then Destiny Discover and log in with student computer login to access our database of over 100 ebooks.