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Welcome to Farnsworth/Cleveland Aerospace!!
We are Farnsworth/Cleveland Aerospace PreK-8 School!!  Join in the celebration and walk in our first ever school parade!!
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.

"Meet the Teacher Night" is scheduled for Thursday, August 28th from 4:30-7:30 pm.  A shuttle bus will run continuously between the two sites to accommodate parents with students at both buildings.  Come and meet your upcoming teachers.

Tuesday, September 2 will be the first day of school (grades 1-12) for the 2008-09 school year.  Please view school supply list below as you prepare for the upcoming school year.  Note that Kindergarten begins Monday, Sept. 8th.

We will have a school parade on Thursday, September 11.  Read more...

Several students joined in with Dr. Vincent and Mrs. Wall to view the final t-shirt with every 2007-2008 students and staff name on the front and back.  The t-shirt will be going on STS-126 to space with Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, a St. Paul native.  The Launch is scheduled for November 10, 2008.

June 9-11: Aerospace training for PreK-8 staff at St. Thomas
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Mrs. Wall lead the group in designing and presenting their space suit. This was a big hit!
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.

More School News...

REMINDERS!

Notify the school or send a note to school with your child the next day if he/she is ill.  We are striving for perfect attendance.

Important Dates:

September
2: First Day of School, grade 1-12
8: First Day of School, K grade
11: School Parade

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 RENZULLI LEARNING   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.
Get Acrobat Reader  PreK-8_Poster.pdf   PreK-8 Aerospace Program at Farnsworth and Cleveland M.S.
Get Acrobat Reader  Parent_Portal_Message_For_Parents.pdf   Parent Portal pdf document.
Get Acrobat Reader  SupplyList2008.pdf   Supply list for students in K-6 grades.
  Farnsworth_School_Association_Survey.doc   Parent Volunteer Survey
Get Acrobat Reader  FamilyTalentSurveySheet2008.pdf   Family talent survey
  parade_info.doc   Information about the upcoming school parade on Thursday, Sept. 11.
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Clip from Winter Concert in Dec. '07.

Image Gallery: Astronaut Challenge
Day 3: Our day started with the Astronaut Challenge where teachers formed into groups and designed their own unique spacesuit.
Our wonderful Astronaut models. See all 13 images.


Image Gallery: 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.
Teachers listening to Dr. Flaten point out different Wind Tunnels. Testing the wind tunnel at 35 miles per hour. Group picture by the MN State Patrol helicopter. See all 8 images.


Image Gallery: 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.
Janice and Darlene teaching us about aviation flight. Learning more about the forces of flight. Mr. Yeager shared with us about parachutes. See all 5 images.


Image Gallery: 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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Image Gallery: 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.
Standing room only for the Farnsworth boys basketball game. The crowd cannot wait! The band is ready to play a few tunes before the game starts. See all 16 images.


Image Gallery: 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!!
Digger shared his experience with all grade levels. Here, he is entertaining questions from the Kindergarten students. Digger takes time to pose with future astronauts! There were many kids that wanted to be like Digger! See all 6 images.


Image Gallery: Artcrawl Exhibits
View current and former students of Farnsworth at the Spring Artcrawl in St. Paul, MN this past weekend, April 25-27.
L-R: Gaona, Mainyoua, Cha (former student), and Choua L-R: Cha, Choua, Mainyoua, and Gaona Cha in front of her art work See all 8 images.


Image Gallery: 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.
Chemistry major Jason Koval '09 demonstrates chemical reactions to fifth- and sixth-grade students from Farnsworth Aerospace Elementary Magnet School in St. Paul, Minn., who visited Illinois Wesleyan on Jan. 8. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University Biology major and daughter of the tour leader Bridget Wall '08 helps with an experiment that shows how scientists identify gases when light is shown through them. Looking on are sixth-graders Alex Toney (left) and Jasmine Settles. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University Chemistry Lab Supervisor Melinda Baur demonstrates reaction when dry ice is mixed with other substances. Photos by Marc Featherly, Illinois Wesleyan University See all 9 images.


Image Gallery: Hot Air Balloon
Beemster Cheese came and showed students what it takes to blow a hot air balloon.
See all 7 images.



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

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!!

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.

School News Continue...
Click here to read and see what's been happening at our school.

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. 

Student Pick-up and Drop-off Info.!!
Make sure you know where to drop-off students for school as well as where to pick them up.  Read the following information for more specifics.

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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Aerospace Pioneer of the Month:
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WORD of the Month: START
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Spanish: ponerse, arrancar, principiar, decolar, comienzo

Hmong: pib, pib hauv paus

Member of NASA Explorer School
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NASA NES

Awards & Recognitions
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Minnesota Business Award
National Title I Distinquished School Award

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Farnsworth Banner Credit
Our website banner was designed by Jake Schreiber. He was a graduate of Saint Paul Public Schools, Johnson H.S. and obtained his Bachelor of Arts from U of M - Duluth ('05).  He is the son of Mrs. Schreiber, sixth grade teacher.

Summer Survey Results
Summer Survey (July-August)
What's your best summer sweets/food?
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2. Ice Cream (55.5%)
3. BBQ Ribs (22.2%)
4. Hamburgers (0%)
5. Others (22.2%)