Summer Camp

Whole Foods Visits with a Rainbow of Food

All of our students got to learn about and taste this rainbow of food from Whole Foods! Thank you Whole Foods for all the great fruits and vegetables!

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Visit to the Rainforest

After learning all about the rainforest,
the Pre-K class got to take a field trip
to the RainForest at the Cleveland Zoo.

Learning about Safety

Each class got to talk to a police officer and learn all about safety as well as check out the 

inside of her police car!

FCCNS Students are Seeing Stars!

You know you are at a great school with great parents and teachers when you walk in and see this giant planetarium blown up! (top left corner picture)  The students got to enjoy watching and learning about stars in this portable planetarium from the Natural History Museum.  After looking at the stars they got to  go camping & cook over a "fire", make smores, and create their own outer space masterpiece.  To say it was a fun day is an understatement.  Thank you to our WONDERFUL enrichment committee for putting all of this together!

Spring Newsletter

The latest addition of our Turtle Talk Newsletter is out!

Happy Valentine's Day!

All of our classes got to celebrate and enjoy the fun that comes along with Valentine's Day!

New Toys!

Who doesn't love new toys?! We recently got to purchase several new things for each of our classrooms thanks to all the money raised through fundraising.  Here are just some of the new items to look for in the classrooms!  We also purchased a Cricut paper cutter.  I personally didn't know much about these before hand but they create some of the coolest things.  We have dies to cut letters, numbers, dolls, clothing, animals, cars and trucks, and much more.

T-Shirts Design Options

ABC Shirt

Kid Pulling Turtle Shirt

Rocket Shirt

Red Wagon Shirt

Alright so we have a few options in the works here.  These are not necessarily going to be printed in the above colors or on the style of shirt shown.  We are still working out the details on whether we will do kid shirts, adults, or both.  So keep this in mind when voting.  Leave a comment with your favorite pick.

OPEN HOUSE!

Stop by our Open House from 3-5pm January 22nd! We will also be at the Cleveland Heights Library Preschool Fair from 2-4pm (the same day, at Lee Rd library!). Join us for refreshments, take a tour of our facility and meet all our wonderful teachers.  We hope to see you there!

For information, tours, and forms call/email our Membership Chairs 

Missy Wiggins at 216-470-4116/missy.w.rn@gmail.com or 

Jen Gross at (216) 751-5872/gross.jenniferlynn@gmail.com 

Holiday Party

On the last day of school before winter break, FCCNS students got to celebrate the holiday season with their families at our Holiday Party. Each class sang a song followed by a potluck brunch, a surprise visit from Santa, and some ornament making and cookie decorating to top it all off!

Creative Movement Class

Here is a video showing just a part of the fun the Fairmount kids have in Creative Movement class.  Once a week the kids get to move, dance and sing with their teacher Mrs. Steinweg (you can see her bio on our website http://www.fairmountcoop.org/Teachers.html).  They all have so much fun and it is a great day to be a parent helper to see them have a great time together as a class outside of their classroom.

FCCNS Registration for Current Families Begins December 13th

Registration for the 2012-2013 school year will begin next Tuesday, Dec 13th for current FCCNS Co-op families.  Someone from the membership committee will be available throughout the week to hand out forms before and after class. The non-refundable registration fee is due with your completed application form.

Those who get their Registration forms and fee in to Jen or Missy by 1:55pm Friday Dec 16th will be entered in a drawing for a $20 Starbucks Gift Card!

Fairmount Co-Op in the Heights Observer

Our dinosaur digging kids are featured in the Heights Observer this week!
Click on the link below to see the article.
http://www.heightsobserver.org/read/2011/12/05/preschoolers-dig-for-dinosaurs

 ( Side Note: I am not sure where they got the info on me, but they got it right!)

Heifer Gift Market

Sunday December 4

9:30am - 1pm

Andersen Hall at Fairmount Church 

2757 Fairmount Blvd.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

Give your loved ones, and the world, a present.

Benefitting the Children's Church School

Mission to raise $5,000 to Fill an Ark for Heifer International.

Donation levels from $20 to $500 and beyond. From flock of chicks and geese to water buffaloes and heifters. Any level of donation is welcom and will go to Fill An Ark.

This is a festive event featuring food and crafts. Comer browse and hear about how giving to Heifer International feed children and families throughout the world. 

All donations receive a gift card that you can give to your honoree. Visit the ornament making station for creating handmade gifts.  Great gifts for teachers, friends and family!

Enrichment Activity - Dino Dig

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History came to FCCNS to put on a presentation all about dinosaurs!  The kids LOVED this!  They got to hold and examine all different kinds of fossils and bones.  Then they broke into small groups and got to dig for bones, map their findings and much more!  

Auction Night

Our auction night was a huge success and we cannot say thank you enough to all the people that donated, participated and helped make this event such a great night!

ATA Black Belt Academy

 
Atma Center
Cleveland Heights Community Center

Cleveland Orchestra 

 
The Fairmount Wine and Martini Bar
Green House Tavern
Hands on Pottery 
Family Connections (Heights Parents Center)

Laura Lee Salon

 

Lucia's (beauty salon in Hudson)
My Gym
Phoenix Coffee

Rebecca Wendt Designs

 
Starbucks
Zagara's
Celeste Martin (jeweler)
Cleveland MetroParks Zoo
Cleveland City Dance
The Cleveland Play House
Martin Lawn Care
Copenhagen Styles
Whole Foods
Winking Lizard

Thank you auction committee for all your hard work on this event!  We look forward to all the great things that will come from the money raised for the students of FCCNS!

Enrichment Activity - Dropping Paint and Butterflies!

Each class got to climb a ladder (don't worry I was standing close by, but just stepped away for the picture!) and drop different color paints onto a large canvas and watch them splatter!  We also punched butterflies out of colorful paper and then glued them to the canvas.  This one of a kind piece will be auctioned off at our annual auction night held this Saturday!  Thanks to Jessica McCabe
(Enrichment Chair) for helping me (Becky Wendt) pull this art project off! 

Fairmount Women's Guild 5th Annual "Cookie Co-op"

Open to all the women, men & children of the The Fairmount Community.

Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Time: 9:30am in the kitchen

Make your reservations today. The cost is $10 per individual.
Included is a recipe booklet, cooking instructions, dozens of cookies to fill your tin AND lunch!
All reservations must be made by Tuesday November 29th, by calling 216.321.5800.

Join us for a morning of baking and bonding.  Questions?
Call Chis Hicks 216.371.5083 or Anne Bourassa 330.656.4226

Pumpkin Carving

Thanks to our hospitality committee for throwing a great afternoon pumpkin carving party.

Pumpkin Muffins in the Young 3s

The young 3s class got to enjoy making and eating their own batch of pumpkin muffins!

Firefighter Visit!

What a cool experience for the kids of FCCNS when a firefighter came to our school and put on all of his gear and told us all about fire safety and answered all our questions!

Parents Coffee Tomorrow!

Auction Night

FCCNS is holding its annual silent auction night.  We are currently looking for any donations to help make our event a success and help support our school.  Please contact FairmountFundraiser@gmail.com with any questions or to submit a donation.

A big thank you to those businesses that have already donated!
Zagara's
Cleveland Heights Community Center
Cleveland Orchestra
Atma Center
My Gym
ATA Black Belt Academy
Starbucks
Lucia's (beauty salon in Hudson)
Heights Parents center
Green tavern 

Cleveland Metro Parks Visits FCCNS

Naturalist Carol Ward of Cleveland Metro Parks visited FCCNS this week.  All the classes got to talk about the changes in the weather and our environment happening right now.  Each child got to explore the colors and shapes of leaves and talk about the different trees they come from. Afterward they each got to create their own leaf rubbing.  Big thanks to Carol for sharing her time with our school and to the Enrichment Committee for organizing another great educational event.