🚒 Thank you to our local fire departments for visiting Farmington Central Elementary during Fire Safety Week! Our students learned important fire safety lessons and then had the opportunity to check out the fire trucks.
A very special thank you goes to Deputy Chief Ron Zessin for 30 years of leading our fire safety presentation. As he concludes his final year presenting at FCES, we want him to know how much his dedication has meant to generations of Farmers.
Deputy Chief Zessin, we cannot thank you enough for your commitment to our school and community. Thank you for helping our students learn how to stay safe !💜💛
Attention all WRESTLERS! Please see the attached information regarding kids club signups!
WE NEED YOUR VOTES - WE MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!
We have advanced to the Mascot Bracket Challenge Championship! It is a rematch with IVC. If you recall, we came up short last year, so we need your votes to win it this time around!
Here is a link to the story: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/ciproud-mascot-finals-set/
AND HERE IS THE LINK TO VOTE: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hs-mascot-bracket/#/bracket/?round=6
Our Farmer Ticket Winners had an absolute blast being creative pumpkins! ✨
Each winner got to invite a friend to join in on the fun. Together, they spent the time turning plain pumpkins into colorful, spooky, and silly masterpieces alongside Ms. Banta! 🖼️🖌️
These students earned Farmer Tickets by making Good Choices & being Outstanding Farmers. Keep up the amazing work, Farmers! 🌟👏
#BuildingLeaders #FarmerPride #FCES
Our young engineers have been hard at work designing, testing, and building this week! Check out what our students tackled in the Makerspace:
🏢 2nd Grade Skyscraper Challenge
Students put their architectural skills to the test by constructing skyscrapers at least 12 inches tall that could hold 10 "people" (cubes) without tipping over!
📚 4th Grade Bookshelf Challenge
Engineers designed and built 2-level bookshelves sturdy enough to support 10 "books" (cubes)!
🏀 5th Grade Basketball Hoop Challenge
Creativity was on full display as students built 7-inch tabletop basketball hoops complete with a custom ball!
🌟 Special Student Spotlight 🌟
A huge shoutout to Axel in Mrs. Naylor’s 4th-grade class! Axel completed his 2-level bookshelf challenge using ZERO tape! Talk about master-level structural engineering! 👏🎉
Keep up the incredible problem-solving and creativity, FCES! What will we build next? 💡✨
#FCESMakerspace #STEMeducation #FutureEngineers #FarmingtonCentral #HandsOnLearning #MakerspaceMagic
If you are headed to Seneca tomorrow night for the football game, we wanted to share that they will not be charging admission.
We made it to the Final Four! Please vote every day this week on the CIProud High School Mascot Bracket Challenge. To vote, click on the link and scroll down until you see the Farmington logo in the semifinal bracket and click on that! You can vote once a day!! Here is the link: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hs-mascot-bracket/#/bracket/?round=6
Last week, we held our monthly Farmer Ticket drawing. Congratulations to our September winners! 🎉
Each winner gets to invite a friend to paint pumpkins in the Art Room with Ms. Banta! 🎨🎃
Our second graders had a creative and inspiring time in the Farmington Central Elementary Library! 📚✨
We read What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and talked about how ideas can start out small, but when we believe in them, nurture them, and give them a chance, they can grow into something amazing. The story reminds us that we shouldn’t be afraid to share our ideas or let others tell us that they aren’t good enough. Sometimes, the best ideas are the ones that are completely our own! 💭❤️
Then it was time to put those ideas into action! 🧱🚀
Our second graders were given a simple challenge: Come up with ANY idea you want and build it with LEGOs! There were no right or wrong answers and no example to copy. They had the freedom to imagine, create, problem-solve, and bring their own ideas to life.
And WOW…look what they created! 🤩
From imaginative inventions to unique creations, these students showed us that when you give kids the freedom to dream and create, their ideas can take them anywhere! 🌟
Take a look at some of their amazing LEGO creations! 💡🧱❤️