WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON RECITAL

We want to congratulate all the students in the Private Music Lesson Program who performed in the recital yesterday evening! You all played beautifully and we are so proud of you. A big thank you to the parents and families who came out to support them. What a terrific way to celebrate this Holiday season! Please see a scene from the event here:

Enjoyed Hosting Alpharetta Department of Safety

WE ENJOYED HOSTING ALPHARETTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THEIR SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING 

Last Friday, we have hosted some heroes from our community. The members of Alpharetta Department of Public Safety was at our school to conduct a school safety training for the department. We thank these heroes very much for all they do for the safety of all of us.

Congratulations to Science Olympiad Team

On Saturday, December 5 Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team competed in the Chattahoochee Invitational in Johns Creek. This was the first tournament of the season and included teams from throughout the metro Atlanta area, Tennessee, and Alabama. The FSA team took third place behind Bearden Middle School from Knoxville, Tennessee and Dodge Middle School from Marietta. Several FSA students earned medals in their events.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were pleased with the team’s performance. “This early in the season it’s difficult to be prepared for each of the 23 events. Building events require a lot of testing and calibrating. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we are making progress,” said Mrs. Walsh.

Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang

2nd Place – Christina Wang & Andre Hamelberg



Anatomy – coached by Dr. Owens, Ms. Hobbs, & Mrs. Uppaluri

5th Place – Sophie Richardson & Sanjeev Uppaluri



Bio Process Lab – coached by Ms. Pratap

1st Place – Sruthi Chatrathi & Avinash Pratap

5th Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti & Will Mutsch



Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Parlak

3rd Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti & Shivani Naraharishetty



Bridges – coached by Mr. Parlak

1st Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti & Pranav Madadi

4th Place – Andre Hamelberg & Ananya Pottabhathini



Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt & Ms. Chirumamilla

5th Place – Sruthi Chatrathi & Akash Bhatt



Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh

1st Place – Mira Mutnick & Sophie Richardson



Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh

5th Place – Isabelle Smith & Sid Thatipamula



Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos

2nd Place – Mira Mutnick, Sophie Richardson & Sruthi Chatrathi

Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres

2nd Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri & Bella Sims



Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson

2nd Place – Christina Wang & Ananya Pottabhathini



Invasive Species – coached by Mrs. Butler

3rd Place – Will Mutsch & Pranav Madadi

5th Place – Bella Sims & Avinash Pratap



Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh

5th Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri & Chance Crigler



Picture This – coached by Ms. Fichter

4th Place – Avinash Pratap & Christina Wang



Reach for the Stars – coached by Mrs. Walsh

2nd Place – Jay Epstein & Saad Maan



Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos

2nd Place – Sophie Richardson & Sruthi Chatrathi



Scrambler – coached by Mr. Parlak

5th Place –Andre Hamelberg & Ameya Rekapalli



Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos

5th Place – Mira Mutnick & Sophie Richardson

Great Results in First Lego League

On Saturday, December 5th , our Robotics teams, Optimus Primates, Coding Force and Techno Tigers, went to two different FLL Regional Qualifiers.

Team Optimus Primates received "Best Robot Performance Award" and "Strategy & Innovation Award".

Best Robot Performance Award recognizes a team that scores the most points during the Robot Game.

Strategy and Innovation Award recognizes a team that uses solid engineering practices and a well- developed strategy to design and build an innovative, high performing robot.

Optimus Primates includes the following students:

Samen Cheema,Abhin Gutta, Celil Teber,Sedat Akgun,Jacob Grisgsby,Suat Kilic ,Taha Tas, Faris Unal

Coding Force includes:

Behaving Shah, Trent Utterback, Pranav Devalapalli, Jonah LeeKarina, ShahPranavkrishan Suresh, Kevin Yuan ,IpsitaBhattacharya

Techno Tigers:

Admit Anand, Madison DeBellis, Tejas Gupta, Satvik Obili, Noah Daley, Shreyan Ghelani

All Teams did a fantastic job, and we are still waiting for the notification of the qualification FLL Super regional. We wish all teams good luck.

MATH OLYMPIAD TEAM RECOGNIZED AS BEST NOVICE TEAM

FSAPS Middle School Math Team @ Lassiter Math Tournament - Varsity Division

FSAPS Middle School Math Team did an amazing job on Saturday, Dec 7th during Lassiter High School's Math Tournament in Varsity division (competed against 11th and 12th graders)!

FSAPS Middle School Math Team-A received 9th place as a team in varsity level and our team was the only middle school team placed among top ten in varsity division. Isn't that amazing! Our team was also recognized as the best novice team in varsity level. This is an award given to schools who didn't participate in this competition last year and showed an outstanding performance on last Saturday! Congratulations to FSAPS Middle School Math Team for their wonderful performance @ varsity level! Way to go!!

FSAPS Middle School Math Team-A

Charlie Furniss - 8th grade

Holden Watson - 7th grade

Vishaal Ram - 7th grade

Tyler Hecht - 7th grade

College Mentorship Program

MRS. KHAN'S FIFTH GRADE CMP 

Mrs. Khan's fifth grade CMP class had a great time focusing on teamwork this week. The boys talked about teamwork and then put their discussions into practice by working together to create board games. The boys had to make a plan, agree on their game time, draw/create a game board, and write up the instructions for the game. They worked together as partners, agreeing, disagreeing, and compromising to come up with final products. Now we will save our games for future play!

MS. PRUETT’S CMP CLASS
In Ms. Pruett’s CMP class, the 6th grade girls have been discussing various topics relating to life as a middle school student. We began by listing goals and brainstorming solutions for possible hurdles along the way, practiced reading non-verbal cues and showing empathy for others, and we created “Inspiration” posters to share what motivates us.

We have also been reading and discussing the book Stargirl. The young adult novel, tackles issues such as nonconformity and popularity and was a New York Times bestseller as well as a Parents Choice Gold Award Winner. Students have enjoyed discussing the themes common to the middle school experience.

¡EN EL RESTAURANTE!

7th and 8th graders enjoyed their time at "El Porton" Mexican restaurant. They used their communication skills in the language to order in Spanish and of course have fun with their classmates outside of school.

Community Service Activities

Thank you to everyone that sent in canned food to help those in need. We were able to deliver a total of 1307 various types of food for the North Fulton Community Charity to use to help the families in our community.

The three grades that have the highest amount of donations are as follows:

2nd grade – donated 275 cans

7th grade – donated 227 cans

5th grade – donated 219 cans

These three grades earned a dress down day for their wonderful generosity.

Winter Raffle organised by 7th grade students for the Atlanta Humane Society

SOUTHERN MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY

Our museum visit was a wonderful learning experience. We learned all about the importance of locomotives during the Civil War.

The students were separated into groups and then each group experienced all of the activities the museum had to offer along the way.

In addition to viewing and learning about the exhibits, the kids went on a scavenger hunt, watched a movie, looked at Civil War Era games, saw a movie about the Great Locomotive Chase, saw a Civil War soldier "gun shooting" demonstration, and shopped in the museum gift shop.

The famous steam locomotive, General was a sight to see. The students learned all about the heroic adventure that James Andrews and William Fuller experienced with the Great Locomotive Chase.

There was also a US Army soldier there, dressed to impress and share his military life and tell what it takes to shoot his rifle.

The weather couldn’t have been better. We were able to enjoy our lunch outside and run around a bit as well.

Thank you to all of the wonderful parents who came along to chaperone; we very much appreciate you all!

Fulton Science Academy Thanksgiving Dinner

What an excellent evening!

A huge Thank You to our PVO Board members, Amanda Crigler, Tamara Stevens, Shelley Kersey, Kelley Utterback, Suzie Miramontes, and Laura Kefalas and to the wonderful band of helpers! We couldn't have done it without you!

Many of us did not know each other just 4 short months ago, it's truly amazing how we have now become a very friendly, happy community.

Technology Fair Cabin Camp

The Tech Fair Team spent last weekend at a workshop at Lake Lanier. Students worked on their projects with their coaches and made very good progress. Moreover, they played games, had a camp fire, watched a movie and enjoyed delicious food which was prepared by our teachers and Mr.Uduk. It was a fantastic weekend both for teachers and students and it was a great opportunity to feel the team spirit.

MR. STIFFLER'S COLLEGE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

In Mr. Stiffler’s CMP, his 8th grade students are working to build leadership skills, exploring future colleges and potential majors, as well as practicing for upcoming Model UN competitions. It is important that our small group try and foster a sense of teamwork so that each member can reach their full potential.

There are two main areas of focus that are currently being explored in this CMP class: leadership and college preparation. As eight graders, these students are looked up to and emulated by the rest of the student body so it is important to behave properly and lead by example. Understanding this and consciously doing so remain a work in progress, but there have been a few exercises designed to help facilitate this.

Recent discussions have focused on plans for college. Though it is still a long way off, and plans are certain to change, the students each have some understanding of what career they would like to pursue as well as universities they hope to attend. This includes researching college entry requirements, the best state and national schools for different majors, and what they can do, even at this early stage, to begin preparing to reach their goals. Our students are smart and creative problem solvers, however they understand there are many students that desire the same spots, so students need to distinguish themselves.

The class is currently reading “My Brother Sam Is Dead” by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier. This book fits in to the current 8th grade Georgia Studies curriculum as it is about a young person’s coming of age during the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In addition, the class recently completed research and did a report over the Atlanta Race Riots, a major plot point in the play which the school attended at the Alliance Theater, “Tell Me My Dream.”

As eight of the nine students in this CMP class are also in Model UN, some time is spent discussing current issues and how the story can be viewed differently in other countries. This is a great way to understand empathy, which is one of the goals of character education.

ELEMENTARY MATH OLYMPIAD TEAM IS GETTING READY FOR THE FUTURE COMPETITIONS!!!!

Practice, practice, practice. The only way to learn math is by doing.
This past week, elementary math team had a mock competition. So, Students worked hard individually and in their teams to solve released competition questions. After individual and team rounds, students presented solution of each question on the board.

They also have a homework this week to work on.

Give a try...

Question: What is the greatest possible number of points of intersection that can occur if four different straight lines and one circle are drawn on the same sheet of paper?

Answer: 14

MRS. WHITLOCK'S GRATEFUL FIRST GRADE

We have been learning all about gratitude this month in Character Education, and have discussed how when we are grateful, it makes us happier and more willing to help others.

In class, we have been working on a 12-Day Gratitude Journal. Students have started each day with a prompt asking about different things they are thankful for. We also made pennants displaying something we are thankful for that can be found in our hallway. It has been a good way for us to talk and think about the amazing things we have.

We are all very fortunate!

Fulton Science Academy Pre-K Games and Puzzle Club

Pre-K loves puzzles! Working cooperatively, the students put together floor puzzles to help master skills and concepts such as; shape recognition, visual perception and eye-hand coordination. Puzzles teach our little ones important social skills such as communicating verbally, sharing, taking turns, and social interaction.