Forest Hill Elementary School

School News

Updated Tue, Apr 16th

Students have taken charge of their own fun activities during recess time lately.

  • 5th graders brought Gaga Ball back from science camp and the new sport has spread to fourth and third grade. 5th graders are working together to create standard rules for Forest Hill and worked on a presentation that will be shown to 3rd grade and up. They even persuaded Ms. Chalfant to order an official Gaga Ball court that we are figuring out the perfect spot for. Thank you to Ms. Ensor, Mrs. Hart, and Mrs. McClean for working with your classes on this project!
  • Other students have been creating their own games with soft foam balls as well as on the volleyball courts. On days when Mrs. Cohn, our PE teacher, is here, students also have been playing pickleball, tennis, and badminton.
  • Volunteer parents come every other Monday for Origami Club - most recently, students created beautiful spring flowers. Thank you to these moms for helping students try out a new art form.
  • ASR Coaches visit Forest Hill on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays to play games like soccer, chaos tag, and basketball. We've been loving having them here!

You can check out some of these fun activities in the attached photos. It's such a treat to see our Falcons being so creative, cooperative, and energetic during recess.

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Updated Tue, Feb 13th

January 22-26 was The Great Kindness Challenge. Forest Hill, along with over 19,000 schools across our country, pariticpated in lessons and activities to promote kindness, empathy, and understanding. Students were seen completing kindness challenges such as making and sharing friendship bracelets. On Friday at lunch, our Falcon Guide noon duty Ms. Maryam helped students create a Chain of Kindness. Students wrote messages of love and kindness on paper slips and created a chain.

Through Toolbox, all students also learn social emotional skills that support them in being kind and empathtic at school and at home.

Ask your student how he or she participated in The Great Kindness Challenge!

Updated Tue, Jan 30th

Starting January 18th, families, students and staff are invited to participate in the district’s annual survey. The survey asks for feedback around student learning, school safety, sense of belonging and more. We appreicate your thoughts and feedback.

Parents and guardians will receive links via email and ParentSquare. Students in grades 3-8 will participate during specific class sessions.

If you have questions, please contact the school office.

Updated Tue, Dec 19th

Through our Art, Innovation, and Music (AIM) Program, our students have been developing their creativity skills. Our AIM teachers Eric Armann, Amy Fang, and Amanda Raudsep have been a wonderful addition to our school. 

Students have had the opportunity to address critical Profile of a Graduate skills during AIM classes. Recently, Kindergarten and first graders were introduced to programming through Bee-Bots, second and third graders learned about values of colors and created artwork inspired by local architecture, and fourth and fifth graders engaged their critical thinking skills in music by identifying musical patterns in popular music. Check out the attached photos for some other recent activities from AIM at Forest Hill!

 Follow their learning journeys on our AIM Blog (bit.ly/cusdaimblog).

Updated Tue, Nov 28th

The week of 11/13-11/17 is World Kindness Week! Yesterday, some of our fifth graders and kindergartners surprised the rest of campus with inspiring messages of peace and kindness. These messages will greet you as you enter campus from the front gate, Kindergarten gate, or side gate by Campbell Care!

The purpose of World Kindness Week is to focus on positivity around us - by learning, teaching, and sharing kindness with others. Many classes lately have been working on kindness lessons and projects. First grade did a weekly kindness challenge, and second grade worked on surprise kindness notes for their former teachers and for classmates. All our Falcons put effort into being kind and treating others respectfully.

If you'd like some resources for home, randomactsofkindness.org has many ideas! Check it out and share with our school Instagram, , if you complete any kindness activities at home!

Updated Tue, Nov 21st

It's definitely pumpkin season at Forest Hill! Many classes from TK-5th have been using pumpkins as inspiration for art, math, writing, and more.

Mrs. Ross's class took inspriation from artist Yayoi Kusama, who has a current exhibition at SFMOMA, and created pumpkin dot paintings. 5th grade students created jack o'lanters based on biographies they read. Mrs. Hannan's class used 10 frames to count exactly how many seeds their pumpkin had, while Mrs. Unsinger's class did an experiment with pumpkin and different types of liquid. Mrs. Cittadino's class made beautiful pumpkin lanters.

It's so much fun to see how our teachers use current events to inspire their teaching and our studetns' learning!

Happy Fall from Forest Hill!

Updated Fri, Nov 17th
Mrs. Hardt has some important news to share. Coming home to you soon will be your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser. Proceeds from the fundraiser are used to purchase art supplies for our art program. The catalog you receive has stickers on it of your child’s artwork.
 
Order by:  11/15/2023
 
Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!
 
If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online.
 
Thank you for supporting our school!
 
Updated Tue, Oct 31st

Many of our members of the Forest Hill Student Leadership team have begun spreading smiles and joy with volunteer opportunities. One group visits TK and K recess each day to help our youngest Falcons play organized games and problem solve together. You might have also seen another set of volunteers greeting people each. morning next to the front office. We are hoping to add even more morning greeters to the back gate area near Campbell Care! Thank you to Mrs. Vander Kooi, Mrs. McClean, and all of our 4th and 5th grade student leaders who help to make Forest Hill welcoming for all!

Updated Tue, Oct 10th

Second grade Falcons recently finished their first ELA unit, Government in Action. Students learned about presidents, including the fun fact that teddy bears were originally named after President Teddy Roosevelt! Mrs. Hill's class celebrated by bringing their teddy bears for a day, and even got to take their bears to the library.

Second graders have also been learning about geographical landforms. In small cooperative groups, they created their own custom topographical maps using clay. Classes brainstormed all the types of land forms they could think of. They will continue to add to their maps as they learn more.

It's also been fun spending time with reading buddies! Students work together to practice reading skills including expression and fluency.

Thanks to our amazing second grade team, students have been working hard and having fun at the same time!

Updated Tue, Sep 19th

What happens when first graders read the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff? They're going to want to try it for themselves, of course! Students planned out what they'd do if Mouse came to their houses, and then the next day they got a surprise note and a treat from Mouse himself! We love our first grade teachers and the fun and creativity they infuse into reading. What would you do if Mouse came to your house?