Thank you to Big Foot Varsity coach Jon Stankevitz for stopping by our Falcon practice with some of the Varsity girls basketball team. It was great to run some drills with the high school girls while building connection with Big Foot athletes! Well done and thank you!!
Hello Falcons!
As many of you may know, Wisconsin public schools provides the opportunity to attend school outside of your "resident" district by applying for open enrollment. This year that Open Enrollment window is February 3rd through April 30th, 2025. This process applies to families that are NOT already enrolled in Fontana (4K-8TH). Below are some FAQ's and links to the DPI website for open enrollment paperwork. Please contact our office or, Mrs. Schanau (wschanau@fontana.k12.wi.us) or Mr. Torrez (storrez@fontana.k12.wi.us) with any questions or to set up a tour.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o0Hu3OSi9l-6L13hnCZiclGYeTsV0n8MfCL7Ro0TefA/edit?usp=sharing
https://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment/applications
There are Falcons making an impact all over the country. Had a impromptu meet up with Fontana and Big Foot alumni Peyton Courier at Southern Methodist University (SMU). Congratulations to Peyton in her new position as the women's basketball Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Assistant Director of Operations at SMU. #onceafalconalwaysafalcon #flyintoexcellence #unitedweSOAR
Falcon ALERT--Hello Fontana Families. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Weather Warning for Walworth County from midnight to noon on Tuesday January 21st. Fontana Elementary and Daycare will be CLOSED tomorrow, January 21st due to extreme cold. All after school activities planned for today, Monday January 20th, will be on as normal.
Kindness Week 2025 was amazing!! Thank you to all of the staff, students, and families that made kindness week such a success. Our week ended with an amazing ice cream sundae bar! #flyintoexcellence #unitedweSOAR It is always a great day to be kind, no matter what week it is!!
Thank you for the nominations Fontana!! Here is what our community is saying about our staff, students, and parents:
Recognition for excellence toward others include Ms. Ardito, Mrs. Gutierrez, Mrs. Ziganto and Mrs. Schanau!! Additionally:
Mrs. Bolly always goes above and beyond for me! She answers every question I come to her with, even when it's not her area. Because of this I am so grateful and appreciative of her!
Mrs. Rabe shares her passion of science and STEM with students through the FLL program. She devotes a lot of time to this program and her students.
Geri Sandstrom is unwavering in her dedication to mom to move to Wisconsin and making sure my home and moms home was ready for Christmas!!
Mrs. Bolly showed extreme kindness to Batheline with a compliment :)
Lenny (student) for his noticeable effort at home and at grandma's
Dylan G. (student) for helping his elderly neighbor with yard work and things around her house!
Congratulations to 5th grade art students Josie and Ellie who were recently recognized for their drawing for Society's Assets youth art contest! The organization sponsors a contest every year to promote awareness and inclusion for people with disabilities. The theme of the contest was "Everyone Can". Both girls received a letter of commendation, a prize ribbon, a Target gift card, and a glossy hard copy of their creation. Well done, young artists and thank you to Mr. McCanna for providing opportunities, outside the classroom, for our artists to explore! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
Our students had the great opportunity to learn and work with artist/teacher Mr. Frank Breneisen. He brought his clay wheel and unique arts to Fontana as part of our "Visiting Artist" programming supported by our PTSO Cultural Arts Committee!! Frank is an amazing artist and also a Fontana Elementary alumni! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
No technology, no problem!! Our staff and students did a great job responding to our technical difficulties this morning. Our staff did an amazing job pivoting and providing high quality instruction despite missing out on typical technologies to start the day. Kudos to the students for adjusting. Well done!! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
Falcon UPDATE: All phones and systems are up and running! Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Hello Falcons. We are experiencing phone challenges this morning. Please call 262-729-5938 for our office. For daycare please call 262-729-5964 or 262-374-3820. We are thankful to have an alternate phone for families and we will notify everyone when our phone lines are back up as normal.
Our Penny Wars resulted in $800 raised for the Fontana Community Food Pantry. Our National Junior Honor Society middle schoolers took the 3rd graders to Daniel's Food in Walworth to buy the needed supplies for the local food pantry. Thank you to DNR Warden Wilson for coordinating our schools in this "Hunt out Hunger" drive. #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence #Fontanacares Thank you Fontana!!
Falcon Reminder!! We are collecting non-perishable food items to support our local food banks during the holiday season. We have two large bins in the main entrance. Please consider donating as all food collected will go directly to our local community! #unitedweSOAR
Four and half years ago our team and school board had an idea.... "Let's use some of the available space in our school to open a daycare". What was once an idea is now an integral part of our community. At any given time you may find one of our daycare hall monitors patrolling the school!! We are grateful to our community and amazing staff for providing a wonderful place for growing families! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
Hello Fontana!
Starting next Wednesday, December 11th, we will be starting a monthly "Let's Talk" with district administrator Steve Torrez at Coffee Mill at 8:30am. Bring your questions, wonderings, and feedback on December 11th while enjoying a warm cup of joe!
This open format is meant to provide our community the opportunity to find out what's going on at Fontana, learn more about our school, and ask questions you may have about Fontana Elementary. We will also bring topics to discuss and this month we will be reviewing the new school report cards and what is going on at Fontana. See you there!!
What does it take to be a leader? What are the responsibilities and attributes of a leader? We had some middle school students learn about that and more at the Leadership Conference at UW-Whitewater this past Monday. Thank you to Dr. Ted Neitzke and Southern Lake Anthology for hosting a great event.
Our students were able to interact with many different middle schools, learn about being a Buffalo Leader, how to step out of their comfort zone, and step into uncomfortable situations for success! What a great learning experience! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
Great job to our three Fontana FLL Robotics teams. All three teams competed this weekend in multiple activities testing their robots ability to perform tasks that they developed. Well done and thank you to our volunteers Mrs. Maus, Mrs. Sandstrom, and Mrs. Hachmeister for your help during the season. Thank you to Mrs. Gutierrez and Mrs. Rabe for your commitment to the FLL teams. #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
Fontana Families,
Just a reminder that tonight is our talent show at Fontana School starting at 5 PM. Come see our falcons shine!
We would like to welcome Mr. Travis Jewell to our Fontana coaching team. Travis is a high school teacher in Elkhorn , football, and golf coach. He will be working with Mr. Hoey and our boys basketball team this season. Welcome! #unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
On World Kindness Day we are grateful for the kindness of our PTSO, staff, students, and parents that contributed to our Treats for Troops. Our students wrote letters to troops and donated their Halloween candy to be sent to our troops overseas.
Total collected: 158 lbs of candy and 44 letters
#unitedweSOAR #flyintoexcellence
