Welcome to Farnsworth Aerospace 5-8 School!
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Mrs. Wall with Kathleen Winters
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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.

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.
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Girls' soccer won their last game at Battle Creek, 2-0!!
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for more information. 

Aerospace Family Night
featured Author & Pilot Kathleen Winters
DATE:       October 27, 2009
TIME:   6:30-7:30 PM
PLACE:   Farnsworth 5-8

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!

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 come first serve

SPORTS!! 
As Fall sport comes to a close this week, Winter sports will begins!  Students interested in Winter sports should contact and sign up with Mr. McCray, Athletic Director at the 5-8 site.  Coaches this Winter are as follows:

Mr. Steiner, Boys Wrestling
Mr. Tillman, Girls Basketball

Note: Players must have all health forms/physical on file

Sign-up for PARENT
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Picture Retakes, November 18th!!
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.  This will allow parents to view their child's progress on-line, lunch account balance, etc.


 Please note the following school start times:
PreK-4 Campus: 9:15 am-3:45 pm
5-8 Campus: 9:04 am-3:35 pm

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

October
27: Aerospace Family Night, 6:30 pm
31: Halloween

November
4: Early Release Day, 1:35 pm
6: Fundraiser Pick-up at PreK-4
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: Picture Retakes
20: Hmong New Year

(Athletic Games/Results)

Updated Joint Calendar



 STUDY ISLAND   Test prep for 3-6 grade students! Teachers and students may use individual login to access information.
 RENPLACE (AR Quizzes)   Students may take quizzes here! Need username and password to access.
 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  5/6th Grade Supply List   School supply list for the upcoming school year. Please make sure to mark all supplies with student's name before coming to school.
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Retired astronaut "Digger" Duane Carey spoke to junior high students at Cleveland.

Image Gallery: Retired Astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Visits
Pictures from Dr. Bernard Harris' visit on Tuesday, April 7th.
MC welcomes the 4th-5th-6th grade students to Science, Math, Engineering and Technology. Dr. Harris greets audience Dr. Harris consults with two students before their activity See all 6 images.


Image Gallery: Washington DC. Field Trip
Students, parents and staff left by bus on March 27th for Washington DC.It was a long enjoyable ride.
See all 18 images.


Image Gallery: Washington DC. Field Trip
The start of our Washington adventure was at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
See all 31 images.


Image Gallery: STS 126
Students, parents and staff attended the launch of STS 126 where our own St. Paul native, Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper flew on.
See all 15 images.


Image Gallery: Flight Simulators Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Thursday, December 11, 2008 was the day we held a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the doors to the new flight simulators at the South campus (Cleveland). View a few of the pictures from the ceremony here.
Grand opening for our flight simulators Many of our partners came to celebrate it with our school Let the ribbon cutting ceremony begin...students walked with our special guests to the flight simulators See all 12 images.


Image Gallery: Hmong New Year, 2008-09
Pictures from another successful Hmong New Year, held at Cleveland campus!
This year's Hmong New Year was sponsored by  Title I, the Farnsworth/Cleveland School Association and the Hmong PTO. We had tradition Hmong instrumentals.  Here two students performing the "Qeej" instrument. Traditional Hmong dances are always beautiful! See all 12 images.


Image Gallery: Expansion Celebration Week
View pictures from expansion week, Sept. 8-12.
Digger posing with former Farnsworth students. Congress women Betty McCollum's office presented an award to Farnsworth. Retired astronaut, "Digger" Duane Carey, spoke to our guests. See all 9 images.



School News Continue...
The information below are previously viewed school news...

Bell Schedule
Here is the 2008-09 Bell Schedule.

School Parade
Please read the following information about our school parade that will happen on Thursday, September 11, 2008.  Everyone is invited to this event!!

Aerospace Pioneer of the Month:
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School Calendar
 Calendar


PreK-4 Grades

Nutrition Services
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What's For Lunch?

Volunteers Needed
Interested in volunteering?

Directions to Farnsworth5-8:
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Language Translator
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Spring Survey Results
Spring Survey
What's the first thing President Obama should tackle?
1. War (13.1%)
2. Economy/Jobs (50%)
3. Education (26.3%)
4. Remodel White House (0%)
5. Others (10.5%)