FSAPS CULTURAL CAFE - FEBRUARY 22

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” — Maya Angelou

Hi Parents,

Please help us celebrate the rich and amazingly diverse cultural heritage of our student body by sharing a favorite family dish with your child's classmates on Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 5:00 to 8:00. You can RSVP using the link below:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0448AAA9238-cultural/

The Fulton Science Academy Private School celebration will include more than food. We would like to showcase the abilities of our talented students in our talent show. You can sign up for a 15 minute time slot using the link below. Time slots will be allocated on a first come first serve basis so be sure to reserve your spot early.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0448AAA9238-cultural1/

We will also have tables setup for those who would like to bring in any cultural artifacts. These artifacts can be from other countries which you have lived. If you would like to share information about your country and your artifacts. You can sign up for a spot using the link below.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0448AAA9238-cultural2/

Beside the amazing food, performances and artifacts, there will also be face painting for $1, an around the world game for $1, and a free photo booth. We are looking forward to seeing you. Don’t forget to wear your native costume!

Sincerely,
FSAPS Parent Volunteer Organization

HELP FSAPS TO HIRE GREAT PROFESSIONALS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR!

Dear Parents,

I am pleased to inform you that our school continues to grow. We currently have 271 students. Based on current applications and enrollments, the enrollment projections for next school year indicate that we will have over 350 students in our new campus.

For the first time, we will have two classes in each elementary grade next year. As we only have two classes dedicated for each elementary grades in the new campus, we expect that we will have a waiting list for elementary grades very soon.

Additionally, for the first time next year, we expect to have four 6th grade classes. Considering we already have two 5th grade classes, this is only natural at this point. We have dedicated four classes for each middle school grade in the new campus and we are excited to be able to start our first year in the new campus with what we have targeted. Having four classes in the middle grades is ideal as it will allow our middle school teachers to specialize on one subject in a certain grade.

As a result of the increase in student enrollment, we will be adding new classrooms, extra-curricular teachers, and support personnel.

The sooner we start hiring, the higher quality personnel we will be recruiting. We have already hired a wonderful teacher/administrator from FSA High School, Mrs. Kelly Rodgers.

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

Certified Pre-K Teacher
Certified Kindergarten Teacher
Certified 3rd Grade Teacher
Certified Elementary Grades Math Teacher
Certified Elementary Grades Science Teacher
Certified Middle School Math Teacher
Certified 8th Grade Physical Science Teacher
Three Certified Language Arts Teachers with Masters – Thanks to increased enrollments, we are now able to have separate teachers for our Language Arts and Social Studies classes.
Certified Counselor
Athletic Director
Nurse

If you know of great teacher(s), please pass this message to them and encourage them to contact me with their resumes.

Thank you for all you do for our school.

FSAPS SOCCER TOURNAMENT

We would like to inform you that FSAPS Physical Education Department is organizing a school-wide soccer tournament for our students.=

Registration:
It is open to all students from 4th to 8th grade. If you wish to join, please return registration from to Mrs. Trotter by the end of January 23rd. Create your own team, however, if you do not have a team, see Mrs. Trotter and you will be placed on a team.

Tournament`s Rules:
· Games will begin at 4:30pm. Semi-finals and Finals will begin at 3:30pm.
· Each half will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes break.
· Each team will have 5 students in game and 1 substitute.
· Aggressive game will not be tolerated and the opposing team will receive a free.
· For yellow card, player will have 2 minutes time out.
· For red card, player will miss next game.
· Each team should include at least 2 elementary students.
· No corner kick
· If soccer ball goes out over the end line, regardless of who it is out on, the side goal keeper gets to start with the ball.
· A kickoff from the center mark starts play at the beginning of each half and after every goal. A player who starts play may not play the ball again until another plays the ball.
· Winning team move on to the next game; a tie will be won in a 5 minutes “sudden-death” overtime period.
· Each player must wear shin guards and indoor footwear.

Awards:
· 1st Place Team: $120 Gift Card ($20 per student)
· 2nd Place Team: $90 Gift Card ($15 per student)
· 3rd Place Team: $60 Gift Card ($10 per student)

Fee:
$ 12 per team: $ 2 per person.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Trotter at ntrotter@fultonscienceacademy.org

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM WON 1ST PLACE

Science Olympiad team brings home 1st place from friendship christian invitational

The Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team traveled to its first out of state tournament of the season, competing in the Friendship Christian Invitational in Lebanon, Tennessee this past Saturday, January 10, 2015. The team left school on Friday morning and headed to the Adventure Science Center in Nashville where they participated in the “Amazing Reactions” program demonstrating many exciting (and sometimes explosive!) chemical reactions. Afterwards, students explored the museum including the Adventure Tower, Body Quest, and Space Chase exhibits.

The competition began early Saturday morning with students unpacking and calibrating their building devices and making last-minute tournament preparations. After six intense hours of testing-taking and device-testing it was all over and students and coaches anxiously awaited the awards ceremony.

Although there was tough competition with teams from three states and several nationally-ranked teams, Fulton Science Academy students were called up for honors in 21 of the 23 events and was awarded the 1st place team trophy.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were thrilled with the team’s performance. “Out of state tournaments are always a challenge,” said Mrs. Walsh. “Students and coaches really have to work hard prepare. Packing up building devices for travel is tricky as they tend to be somewhat fragile. All in all our kids did great and had a wonderful time.”
Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang
3rd Place – Simon Wang and Andre Hamelberg
4th Place – Christina Wang and Soleil Moffitt

Anatomy – coached by Ms. Doraiswami
2nd Place –Araneesh Pratap and Sanjeev Uppaluri
5th Place – Prajwal Vedula and Sruthi Chatrathi
6th Place – Meghana Raj and Krishna Kumar

Bio Process Lab – coached by Mrs. Uppaluri
1st Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Araneesh Pratap
4th Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti and Ameiya Pednekar

Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Seker
1st Place – Prajwal Vedula and Akash Bhatt
2nd Place – Faris Unal and Karen Pederson

Bridges – coached by Mr. Seker
1st Place – Faith Lucas and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Ameya Rekapalli and Madeline Dressel
4th Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti and Ameiya Pednekar

Can’t Judge a Powder – coached by Ms. Lang
1st Place – Anjali Botcha and Shivani Naraharishetty
6th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang

Crave the Wave – coached by Mr. Wang
4th Place – Simon Wang and Brian Shoffeitt

Crime Busters – coached by Ms. Lang
1st Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal
3rd Place – Maryam Unal and Meghana Raj

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt and Ms. Chirumamilla
2nd Place – Akash Bhatt and Prajwal Vedula
3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Sarah Lucas
5th Place – Neha Marupudi and Bella Sims

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place – Mira Mutnick and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Akash Bhatt and Chance Crigler

Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place – Karuna Kumar and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Ameya Rekapalli and Christina Wang

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler
1st Place – Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen
5th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Madeline Dressel
6th Place – Bella Sims

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos
3rd Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Ananya Terala
Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres
3rd Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Faith Lucas
5th Place – Karen Pederson and Bella Sims

Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson
5th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang
6th Place –Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen

Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh
4th Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Ananya Terala

Picture This – coached by Ms. Fichter
2nd Place – Christina Wang, Soleil Moffitt, and Avinash Pratap
6th Place – Elaine Wen, Ananya Terala, and Sarah Lucas

Robo-Cross – coached by Mr. Kaya
4th Place – Mira Mutnick and Andre Hamelberg

Simple Machines – coached by Ms. Duzyol
1st Place – Karuna Kumar and Araneesh Pratap
2nd Place – Ananya Pottabhathini and Avinash Pratap

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place –Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap
4th Place – Karthikeya Sriamagiri and Rithvik Konda
6th Place – Chance Crigler and Akash Bhatt

Wheeled Vehicle – coached by Mr. Seker
5th Place – Andre Hamelberg and Elaine Wen
6th Place – Akash Bhatt and Sruthi Chatrathi

WONDERFUL RESULTS IN NATIONAL AMC-8 MATH COMPETITON

Once again Math Department has excellent news to share with FSAPS community.
Nationwide AMC 8 Math Competition results are just back! 7th grader, Charlie Furniss is the best performer in our school by scoring 24 correct answers out of 25 questions. With this score Charlie is placed in top 1% nationwide! Additionally, 7 FSAPS students placed in top 5% nationwide! These students are Ananya Terala, Katherine Li, Mira Mutnick, Tyler Hecht, Vishal Ram, Kalissa Greene, Karuna Kumar.

Way to go MathMagicians! Please congratulate these students as you see them at the school for their great performance at AMC 8 Math Competition!

ELEMENTARY GRADES WINTER CELEBRATION WAS FUN!

All Elementary students in grades Pre-K through 5th grade enjoyed an action-packed day of winter crafts, games, activities, prizes, and treats on Thursday, December 18th during the 3rd Annual FSAPS Elementary Winter Celebration! Students rotated among seven different themed classrooms such as “The Gingerbread House Room,” “Club Penguin,” "The Science of Snow," and “The Snowman Room.” Students had fun going penguin game stations including penguin bowling and musical penguins for prizes, hearing holiday stories, and playing “Pass-The-Present.” Students created edible snow globes, played “Pin-The-Nose on the Snowman,” and even got to take a little bit of snow home with them from this special day. Overall, the students and parent volunteers had a joyful, festive time celebrating the season together! A big thanks to all of our parents who donated their time or materials, we appreciate you.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FSAPS SCHOOL WIDE SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS

Elementary school science fair winners

1st Grade Science Fair Winner - Khalil Simon - "Air Purifier"
2nd Grade Science Fair Winner - Karthik Kuppuswamy - "The Inclined Plane"
3rd Grade Science Fair Winner - Graham Allen - "Boiling Time for Different Sugars"
4th Grade Science Fair Winner - Siyona Patel, Sarayu Reddy, Lakshya Jasti - "Does Music Affect Heart Rate?"
5th Grade Science Fair Winner - Aaron Weinberg - "How Does Coke Affect Meat?"

Middle school science fair winners

1st Place - Mira Mutnick - "What is the effect of age on the fears a person has?"
2nd Place - Arul Selvakumar - "Can the Carcinogen-free Bioplastic Emulate Synthetic Plastic?
3rd Place - Akash Bhatt - "What is the effect of genre of music on concentration?"

The first and second place winners have been invited to participate in the Fulton County Science and Engineering Fair on January 31.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TALENT SHOW WINNERS

A big THANK YOU goes to Mrs. Peacock and Mrs. Millar for organizing such a wonderful 1st Semester Talent Show for all students. The performances were wonderful.

elementary school winners

1st Place - Michael Rico
2nd Place - Edgar Robataille
3rd Place - Yousuf Mirza

middle school winners

1st Place - Manasvi Gaddam
2nd Place - Ananya Terala
3rd Place - Chloe Richardson, Addington Hobbs, and Maggie Sutton

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIGHEST GPA WINNERS DURING 1ST SEMESTER

1st grade through 3rd grade highest GPA winners

1st Place - Karthik Kuppuswamy
2nd Place - Rylar Copa

3rd Place - Kai Robertson

4th grade through 5th grade highest GPA winners

1st Place - Neel Bhatt
2nd Place - Kavitha Kuppuswamy

3rd Place - Siyona Patel

6th grade through 8th grade highest GPA winners

1st Place - Mira Mutnick
2nd Place - Elaine Wen

3rd Place - Madeline Dressel

PARENTS MAY BEGIN TOURING OUR NEW CAMPUS ANY SATURDAY FROM FEBRUARY ON

Our faculty members have begun to visit our new campus in small groups this past week. Beginning February the new campus may also be toured by our parents on Saturdays. We we will send you an e-mail and explain how you can schedule your tour.

The great news is that the campus construction is 10 days ahead of schedule as of today and will be completed sometime in May 2015. Hopefully, we will start moving our class furnitures and start decorating our classes at the end of May, 2015.

After 13 years in our current facility, these are such exciting times for our FSA community. :)

For those of you wondering, our new address will be:
3035 Fanfare Lane
Alpharetta GA 30009