 | | Mrs. Wall lead the group in designing and presenting their space suit. This was a big hit! |
Welcome to Farnsworth AerospaceOur
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.Summer school session begins June 16-July 18. Please call the school for bus routes and class time. Breakfast is provided for all kids 18 years old and under. June 9-11: Aerospace training for PreK-8 staff at St. Thomas University. All returning staff from both the Farnsworth and Cleveland schools will be at St. Thomas for three days of training. See pictures below. Sixth grade students and parents may put an order for the slideshow video that was presented during the sixth grade celebration. Mr. Xiong will make as many DVD as needed. Thank you FSA for setting up punch and cupcakes for our departing sixth graders.A Memorial Day celebration was held to honor our veterans and loved ones. An assembly featured Iraq War veteran David Carlson and a
performance  | | A magnolia tree was planted outside the Ivy entrance in remembrance of Joshua and Amanda Xiong. |
from Mr. McGee's band highlighted the event. A
special ceremony was held in honor of Chu Joshua and Ia Amanda
Xiong where a Magnolia tree was planted outside the Ivy entrance with
cooperation from all fourth grade students and relatives of the
family. Additonal resources about Memorial Day may be obtained from Education World. Our
2008 band/vocal Spring Concert was on Thursday, May 15th. Only
4th, 5th and 6th graders performed. There was a 2:00 pm assembly
for the whole school and then a 6 pm concert for families and the
community. It was a well-prepared concert and we had a few former
students returned for the event. Thanks for your support!! Science
Fair mania!! Wednesday, May 14 we had all students in grades
3-6th present their science experiment to our judges.
Presentations began at 9:30 am. Here are the grand prize winners: Anthony V. (4th)-"Batteries, Magnetism and Electricity
Dagan O. (4th)-"GOAL!!!"
Pao T. (4th)-
Melody V. (5th)-"Crazy Jumps"
Gunnar E. (5th)-Parachute Physics"
Sam B. (5th)-"Tap or Bottle"
Isahak O. (6th)-"Crazy Chemicals"
Jonas C. (6th)-"Evaporating Ice"
Allyson S. (6th)-A few current and former students participated in the St. Paul Art Crawl Exhibit in downtown St. Paul.
The  | | Tom explaining his experiment to one of our guest judges. Dejarah in the background. |
mission of the Saint Paul Art Crawl is to create an artist-run
venue which facilitates a mutually beneficial and meaningful interaction
between the arts community and the public. Take a look at the students and their work below. More School News... Notify
the school or send a note to school with your child the next day if
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An exciting new resource for providing academic challenge. Registration required!
School Lunch Menu
Do you know what 's for lunch? Find answers to your questions at this link.
School Report Card
Find out more about Farnworth from the Minnesota Dept. of Education
Area Learning Center-Elementary
Find out information about Summer School. Apply for an ALC teaching position. We currently have openings at our school!
SHUTTLE MISSIONS
View information and galleries of current and past shuttle missions.
NES_efolio
View information about NASA Explorer Schools!
NASA Kids Club
Fun activities for students in K-6.
Moon MMorph
Enjoy this "Man on the Moon" game. See if you can take the moon rover buggy for a ride.
PreK-8_Poster.pdf
PreK-8 Aerospace Program at Farnsworth and Cleveland M.S.
Parent_Portal_Message_For_Parents.pdf
Parent Portal pdf document.
07_winter_cncrt_duet.AVI
Clip from Winter Concert in Dec. '07.
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Astronaut Challenge
Day 3: Our day started with the Astronaut Challenge where teachers formed into groups and designed their own unique spacesuit.
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Aerospace Training at U of St. Thomas
Day 2: We went on field trips (U of M-AEM bldg and Holmen airfield. Another group stayed back and worked on an astronaut challenge with Mrs. Wall and Moon Craters with Mr. Fitzgerald.
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Aerospace Training at U of St. Thomas
Day 1: Staff from both Farnsworth and Cleveland school participated in a three day training on Aerospace and Aviation. Mr. Fitzgerald educational specialist from GRC, Janise and Darlene from MN DOT and Dennis Yeager came and presented to us.
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U of M Visit
Sixth graders visited the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. View random pictures from this wonderful experience.
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Team Blue vs. Team Red
A friendly exhibition match between Farnsworth's fifth and sixth graders was held on Friday, May 6 at Johnson High School gymnasium.
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Digger Day, May 6, 2008
Retired astronaut, "Digger" Duane Carey visited our school and showed exclusive videos of his past mission to space. Thank you for visiting and making our day feel special. It was awesome!!
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Artcrawl Exhibits
View current and former students of Farnsworth at the Spring Artcrawl in St. Paul, MN this past weekend, April 25-27.
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Past trips, school events and guests
Fifth and sixth graders went to visit the Challenger Learning Center and Illinois Wesleyan Univ. on Jan. 6-9. Betty Shanahan also visited our school on Jan. 16th.
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Hot Air Balloon
Beemster Cheese came and showed students what it takes to blow a hot air balloon.
   See all 7 images.
Engineer Family Night
On March 10, 2008 from 6:30-8:00 pm, we held an Engineering Family Night in the school gymnasium. We had a great learning time. Look at the pictures!!
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Space Camp 2007
On Sunday, October 7, thirty-four students and six chaperones ventured off to Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. They will return on Friday, Oct. 12. Use this page to follow our students.
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Astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper Visits
Farnsworth held a Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper Day on December 5, 2006. View pictures from the school assembly, dinner and family night.
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ALC (After-School) Favorites
Our after-school students have been working with the following websites
to help with their math and language art skills. Click on the
following links for drill and practice. Most of the
activities are not grade level specific. Some of the sites may
overlap one
another. What you find in one may be in another website as well.
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