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Dance group, "Tseem Nkauj Hmoob" performed during last year's Hmong New Year!!
Welcome to Aerospace at Farnsworth!!
**Early Release Day is Wednesday, November 4!!**

Our mission is to provide challenging academics that will prepare the next generation of explorers.  Our school community will inspire students and their families to examine, understand and protect our planet and beyond.

Fundraiser pick-up has been changed due to Early Release day.  Parents and students may pick up their fundraisers on:

Friday, November 6th
3:30 - 6:00 pm
Farnsworth PreK - 4 Gym

Hmong New Year 2010
We are in the planning stages for our Annual Hmong New Year celebration!  The scheduled date is Friday, November 20th.  There are still a couple of spots open for performances.  Please contact Mr. Chang for more information.

Aerospace Family Night
November 12
Grades 4-8 students/parents only
at University of Minnesota
"Teaching about the Universe through Games and 3-D Graphics"
Bus transportation will be provided by U of MN
and leaves 5-8 site at 5:45 PM.
Limit of 54 tickets-first
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Mrs. Wall with Kathleen Winters
come first serve

November 18
Grades Prek-3 students/parents
Como Planetarium-"Secret of the Cardboard Rocket"
Bus leaves Farnsworth PreK-4 at 6:00 PM
60 tickets available(we can add a second show if there is demand)

October 27, 2009
featured Author & Pilot Kathleen Winters  
TIME:   6:30-7:30 PM
PLACE:   Farnsworth 5-8
                1000 Walsh St.

Families with students in ALL GRADE LEVELS attended our family night.
Snacks were served and Lots of great prizes were given out!
Thank you for your attendance!

NOTICE FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE: 
If your child has a fever and is asked to leave school, they must be fever free a Full 24 hours BEFORE they can come back to school.  Please call the school with any questions you may have at 651.293.8675.

Two students from Farnsworth were placed in the MN DOT
2009 Minnesota Aviation Art Contest.
Congratulations to Imogene and Ia.

**Website Update**
We are developing a website that will accommodate both campuses, PreK-4 and 5-8.  Thank you for your patience.

More School News...

REMINDERS!

Notify
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Ia Vang (L) and Imogene Silver (R) won the 2009 Art Contest from MN DOT.
the school or send a note to school with your child the next day if he/she is ill.  We are striving for perfect attendance.

Important Dates:
November
4: Early Release Day, 1:35 pm
6: Fundraiser Pick-Up
9: Picture Retake
11: Evening Conferences, 4:30-8:00 pm
12: Evening Conferences, 4:30-8:00 pm
      Family Night--Field Trip to U of M
13: Conference All Day, NO SCHOOL
18: Family Night--Field Trip to Como Planetarium
20: Hmong New Year

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 AR/STAR Access   Students may login in from here to access AR quizzes or STAR assessments.
 School Report Card   Find out more about Farnworth from the Minnesota Dept. of Education
 Area Learning Center-Elementary   Find out information about Summer School. Apply for an ALC teaching position. We currently have openings at our school!
 SHUTTLE MISSIONS   View information and galleries of current and past shuttle missions.
 NES_efolio   View information about NASA Explorer Schools!
 MONTHS OF THE YEAR PROJECT   Monthly events and information for second grade project.
 ARES 1-X Launch   Click on the link for updates and information about the previous launch test done on the ARES 1-x.
Get Acrobat Reader  Speech_News_Letter_May_09.pdf   Click to view speech newsletter, Spring 2009. Newsletter was created by Mrs. Pruden.
Get Acrobat Reader  PreK-8_Poster.pdf   PreK-8 Aerospace Program at Farnsworth and Cleveland M.S.
Get Acrobat Reader  Parent_Portal_Message_For_Parents.pdf   Parent Portal pdf document.
Get Acrobat Reader  SUPPLY LIST 2009-10.pdf   Supply list for students in K-4 grades.
  Farnsworth_School_Association_Survey.doc   Parent Volunteer Survey
Get Acrobat Reader  FamilyTalentSurveySheet2008.pdf   Family talent survey

Image Gallery: STS-126 Trip

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Image Gallery: Expansion Celebration Week
View pictures from our Expansion week, Sept. 8-12, 2008.
K-4 grade students sang school song. Digger posing with future scientists! Digger with former two former Farnsworth students. See all 10 images.


Image Gallery: U of M Visit
Sixth graders visited the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. View random pictures from this wonderful experience.
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Image Gallery: Digger Day, May 6, 2008
Retired astronaut, "Digger" Duane Carey visited our school and showed exclusive videos of his past mission to space. Thank you for visiting and making our day feel special. It was awesome!!
Digger shared his experience with all grade levels. Here, he is entertaining questions from the Kindergarten students. Digger takes time to pose with future astronauts! There were many kids that wanted to be like Digger! See all 6 images.


Image Gallery: Past trips, school events and guests
Fifth and sixth graders went to visit the Challenger Learning Center and Illinois Wesleyan Univ. on Jan. 6-9. Betty Shanahan also visited our school on Jan. 16th.
Chemistry major Jason Koval '09 demonstrates chemical reactions to fifth- and sixth-grade students from Farnsworth Aerospace Elementary Magnet School in St. Paul, Minn., who visited Illinois Wesleyan on Jan. 8. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University Biology major and daughter of the tour leader Bridget Wall '08 helps with an experiment that shows how scientists identify gases when light is shown through them. Looking on are sixth-graders Alex Toney (left) and Jasmine Settles. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University Chemistry Lab Supervisor Melinda Baur demonstrates reaction when dry ice is mixed with other substances. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University See all 9 images.



Student Pick-up and Drop-off Info.!!
Make sure you know where to drop-off students for school as well as where to pick them up.  Read the following information for more specifics.

School News Continue...
Click here to read and see what's been happening at our school.

Engineer Family Night
On March 12, 2009 from 6:30-8:00 pm, we will hold an Engineering Family Night in the school gymnasium (Cleveland site).  We will have great learning experience.  View pictures from last year's event!!

Space Camp 2007
On Sunday, October 7, thirty-four students and six chaperones ventured off to Space Camp in Huntsville, AL.  They will return on Friday, Oct. 12.  Use this page to follow our students.

After-School Favorites
Our after-school students have been working with the following websites to help with their math and language art skills.  Click on the following links for drill and practice.  Most of the activities are not grade level specific.  Some of the sites may overlap one another.  What you find in one may be in another website as well.

Astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper Visits
Farnsworth held a Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper Day on December 5, 2006.  View pictures from the school assembly, dinner and family night. 

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End of School Survey Results
What do you like about our school so far?
1. Classes (10.9%)
2. Teachers (23.0%)
3. Administrators (2.19%)
4. Field Trips (42.8%)
5. Others (20.8%)