FSAPS FAMILIES ENJOYED 3RD ANNUAL CULTURAL CAFE

FSAPS families enjoyed delicious food from around the world, visited booths about different countries and enjoyed the student performances yesterday during our 3rd Annual Cultural Cafe. A big THANK YOU goes to all volunteers.

SCHOOL DANCE WAS LOTS OF FUN!

Our school dance was a huge success! A big THANK YOU goes to all parent volunteers for this wonderful event. Our students loved it.

FSAPS KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES HAD A LOVELY TIME AT THEIR SWEETHEART BREAKFAST

The Kindergarten students had a wonderful time on Friday, February 13th coming together for a day filled with LOVE-ly Valentine’s Day activities. Students participated in Valentine’s Day themed activities in their classroom, created Valentine's Day mailboxes to deliver special treats to their Kindergarten friends, and had a BLAST at the Elementary School Dance. 

The biggest hit of the day though was bright and early in the morning from 7:55 am until 9:15 am. Kindergarten held their 2nd Annual Kindergarten Sweetheart Breakfast! The Kindergarten teachers hosted a breakfast for all of the sweet parents in the cafeteria. Ms. Przedpelski, Mrs. Irshadullah, and Ms. Fichter scrambled eggs, served yummy waffles made to order, and provided a few other breakfast favorites such as bagels, muffins, cream cheese, yogurts, pastries, fresh fruit, orange juice, coffee, tea, etc. A delicious way to start the day and fun fellowship for all! We are so lucky to have such sweet families with us at FSAPS and the Kindergarten teachers were so happy to honor their sweet families for Valentine's Day.

GREAT NEWS: ARUL & SANJEEV ADVANCED TO NEXT ROUND IN 2015 SPELLING BEE

Great news!! Both Arul Selvakumar and Sanjeev Uppaluri advanced to the next round in Spelling Bee after regional competition on February 12. 15 students out of 60 continues to the next level. FSAPS was one of two schools to have both students move on! Congratulations to both of these students and good luck in the next round!

FSAPS DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM

Destination Imagination teams had a great time and did very well this past Saturday performing their challenges at the Regional Showcase held at Sharon Elementary School. All teams still have a lot of work to do to prepare for the tournament in March, but we're very excited and encouraged by all of the great feedback we received!

Everyone is invited to support our teams and join us at the tournament on Saturday, March 28th held at Duluth High School. More details will be announced soon. It will be a great day filled with creative and inspiring exhibitions as unique and varied as the teams presenting them. There will also be raffles, souvenirs and even a 'Creative Cakes' cake walk!

FSAPS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE CHESS TEAMS ADVANCED TO STATE!

Congratulations to Fulton Science Academy Elementary and Middle School Chess Team for advancing State level this past Saturday at Regional Competition.

Students in K-5 are Kai Robertson, Karthik Kuppuswamy, Arnav Somaraju, Bhavin Shah, Pranav Devalapalli and Niyomi Shah.

Middle school students are Arul Selvakumar, Rithvik Konda, Vihan Karnala, Vishaal Ram, Charlie Furniss, Katherine Li and Vishal Balyan.

FULTON SCIENCE ACADEMY CYBER SCHOOL DAY

Please see two pictures from our recent Cyber School Day. :) Please send your cyber school day pictures to Principal Sener. They will be published on our Facebook page. It is great to see FSAPS students making a good use of their time even during snow days.

PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN PUZZLE CLUB

Did you know that puzzle club provides on-the-job training? Recent studies have shown that young children who regularly play with puzzles develop better spatial skills. This is primarily due to the simultaneous use of both sides of the brain which occurs when connecting pieces of a puzzle together. The analytical left brain hemisphere logically sorts all of the separate pieces of the puzzle. The creative right brain hemisphere works intuitively and sees the “big picture." By exercising both sides of the brain at the same time, young children develop the ability to mentally manipulate shapes. Having the ability to mentally transform shapes and envision the outcome is an important predictor of achievement in STEM related hobbies and ultimately careers later in life. Just look at the fun these students are having while training for future careers in medicine, engineering, architecture, and science!

1ST GRADE STUDENTS ENJOYED TELLUS MUSEUM VISIT

First grade students had a terrific time at the Galactic Weather exhibit of the Tellus Science Museum! Students have been studying weather at FSA, and this was a perfect hands-on review for us! We explored weather instruments, discussed types of clouds, and talked about weather on other planets. Students were also able to explore a few of the museum galleries!

The pictures below show students experimenting with the effects of different mirrors, using weather instruments, and using a cloud viewer.

WE WISH SUCCESS TO VENLA HARKONEN IN STATE COMPETITION

FSAPS student, Venla Harkonen is a year-round competitive swimmer at SwimAtlanta in Roswell. Venla will compete in 2015 Georgia Age Group Short Course Championship State Competition between Feb 13th-15th. We wish her success at the State level.