Elementary School

The Magic Toymaker employed the Grade 1 students while he was on holiday and we want to tell you what he has taught us about design and construction. First of all, he reminded us of…

FIS Elementary students invite you to their 2019 Winter Music Concert! Students from Grades 1 to 5 have been working hard, for all of fall 2019, to share their musical learning with the FIS community…

Dear FIS Parents, We are Grade 1, we have a message for you: STOP PACKING PLASTIC IN OUR SNACK BOXES! PLEASE!  After our inquiry into healthy eating, we have realized that we don’t only need…

In Grade 2, the children have been focusing on letter writing in English Language Arts (ELA). Last week, we read the story “The Day the Crayons Quit” By Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. (Listen to…

This year, we will once again be hosting monthly home language storytelling sessions in the Elementary School. This means that once per month, somebody from the FIS community will read a short story aloud in…

What a fabulous couple of days! Thank you for the brilliant idea of having us join the first graders on their learning adventure in the woods. I learned so much, not in the least being,…

Xavi, a Grade 1 student raised his hand in a class discussion centered around sharing our knowledge and ideas and said, “Mrs. Hertz, it’s like the quote – Knowledge unshared remains knowledge unknown.” I melted…

If you haven’t read The Dot, a book by Peter H. Reynolds, then now is the time. The Dot is a story that inspires us to take on challenges, to use our resiliency when things…