FUN FALL EVENTS AT FERNBANK!
International Friends Dinner
thank you!
Please email fernbankelementarypta@gmail.com if
you are able to volunteer for one of these roles!
+ Community Outreach Committee Chair
+ Easy Money Committee Chair
+ Fifth Grade Sponsors
+ International Friends Dinner Chair
right now we are looking
for volutneers to help with

This Saturday Oct 29th at 8am is the FERNBANK FUN RUN. Find out more.


The Georgia and Fernbank PTAs encourage you to VOTE NO on Amendment 1 (Opportunity School District)
YOU'RE
AWESOME!
WE'RE ALMOST
HALF-WAY
TO OUR GOAL!

ATTENTION! SCHOOL WILL BE DISMISSED EARLY FRIDAY!
Bus dismissal will start at 12:20, walkers at 12:25, and carpool at 12:30. No after school activities.
Reminder: No school this Friday 2/17 and Monday 2/20

Check out the latest Fernbank
news in the Back to School Edition of the Flash Digest!

4 Ways You Can Participate in this Year’s Auction Efforts:
1. Donate something for the auction:
2. Contribute Money to the Special Auction Item for your Child's Grade
This is in lieu of grade level baskets.
You will be receiving information about this from your room parents.
3. Volunteer your time
Right now our committee is working hard to get business donations but we could really use more help. If you have some time, please email us and let us know!
4. Participate in the Online Auction and Attend the Event!

Fund the Fern is a joint annual fundraising campaign to support both the Foundation and the PTA. Meeting our goal is vital to many programs Fernbank offers our students.
6pm Friday, October 14
Bring a dish to share and enjoy sampling foods from all over the world!
It is an annual tradition at Fernbank to celebrate our extraordinary cultural diversity through the InternationalFriends Potluck Dinner. The International Baccalaureate and the Spanish Enrichment Committees invite you to this fun evening. Please bring a dish to share. The whole family is welcome!
This year, the International Friends Potluck Dinner will be taking place at the end of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. To help us celebrate, the fabulous Druid Hills Middle Mariachi Band will be providing the music and entertainment.
This event will be held in the cafeteria.

Film at the Fern

6pm Friday, October 21st
Bring your blanket, picnic and lawn chairs to Fernbank and enjoy a moonlit showing of Zootopia on a huge 25ft screen! The fun starts at 6pm with a DJ led dance party. The movie will begin at dark or around 7:15/7:30pm. $8 at the door. Online tickets are no longer available.
$1 popcorn, water, baked goodies will also be available for purchase.
Questions? Contact Cathy Zedd
Did you know
this is a Google calendar?
You can display our events on your personal Google account by searching:
fernbankelementarypta

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR
Friday, March 15, 2019, 7-10pm
at our NEW VENUE,
The Trolley Barn in Inman Park
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
Find out more about our Annual Auction

YOU DON'T
WANT TO MISS
THIS AWESOME,
ADULTS-ONLY
SOCIAL EVENT!

Thank you to our fabulous Fernbank community! You raised $74,827
to support programs that our students otherwise wouldn't have.
38% of this revenue ($28,488) was raised thanks to our fantastic teachers and staff offering to donate their time after school to give your children amazing experiences! Thank you teachers and staff!
$2,787 was collected in the classrooms thanks to our wonderful Fernbank families! It was used to purchase (or enhance) our fun getaway packages. The money you contributed was converted to $4,600 worth of revenue, thanks to the generous bidders who purchased the getaways. Outstanding!
We sold 229 tickets for the auction event in Downtown Decatur. We had 340 bidders - bidding from home and at the event. Thank you to all who attended and bid! And...several of you generously donated dollars - almost $1,000!
Thank you Fernbank!!
Next year will be here before you know it, and we need help to plan and pull off Auction 2018! Please email Sara Blanchard if you are interested in participating! And if you have pictures, we'd love to add them to our gallery - upload them here!
Saturday February 11th at 6:30
Fund the Fern has helped raise money for our foundation and the PTA - but a large portion of Fernbank Foundation's funding comes from the proceeds of our annual auction. It's a fun adults-only event that our parents look forward to every year.
For those that aren't able to attend the event,
you can participate in the online auction February 1st – 8th.
3 Ways You Can Participate in this Year’s Auction Efforts:
1. Donate something for the auction
2. Contribute Money to the Special Auction Item for your Child's Grade
(This is in lieu of class baskets. You should have received an email from your class's auction ambassador. Contact your teacher if you haven't! )
3. Participate in the Online Auction and Attend the Event

You may now order school supplies for the 2017/18 school year!
Click here and use FER007 as Fernbank's school code.


will be held at the
Historic Courthouse in Downtown Decatur
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There are some remaining spots open in certain after school clubs for spring semester. Click on the links below to register!
*Chess Club has a few available spots for children with prior chess experience & knowledge.
Email Damir Studen for registration requests.
$2500
will support increased Spanish instruction for an ENTIRE grade
$95
pays for science instruction & materials for 1 student for a year
$200
supports the Annual Math Tournament
$600
supports the Art Program for one class for a year
$500
covers the Foundation’s costs for 2 Fernbank students for 1 year
$1000
will help provide extra music resources for the Music Program, the PE Program, the Computer Lab or the Library
$25
covers the Foundation’s costs for a Fernbank student for 1 month