Benton Elementary

Benton celebrated not only the arrival of Fall Break, but also the 50th Day of School on Thursday! Kindergarten did 50 in style, with the teachers in their best sock hop garb handing out root beer floats, while second grade were among the party animals enjoying some fellowship as the clock ticked toward the final bell of the week. Enjoy your break, everyone!

The holiday season is just about here, and Fairfield Community Schools are getting a jump on the season with its Sponsor-A-Fairfield Family initiative. If your family would like to sponsor a family in need, see our registration post here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1296544 Fliers with information will be sent home today with each student in our school corporation.

Be safe and enjoy your time off!

You would be hard-pressed to find an activity that our LifeSkills kids at MEMS love more than their trips to Loveway. Take a look into why they love it so much at the link below! https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1290707

They run the show so we don't have to! A hearty pat on the back today to all the bosses out there. Enjoy your day!

Benton Elementary held its Quarterly awards, issuing merits of success for the first quarter of the 2023-24 school year. Salute to all of those who were recognized, and a 'keep working hard' to everyone!

Benton Elementary held its Walk-A-Thon Friday morning, creating a path of worn grass around the eastern edge of the school grounds. Several stations were set up for games to break up the mundane walking, including a soccer dribbling course, wiffle ball toss and hula hoops among the parade route. The Benton Fire Department were also on hand with a smoke machine to greet walkers on the front stretch and walked with several of the classes throughout the day.

Update: The Fairfield Food Pantry has a new home! It's now located just east of SR 15 on the corner of CR 142 and CR 23 in New Paris!

It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its state tournament path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run! Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week featuring the elementary milers! Read about all of the proceedings here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762

It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its postseason path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run! Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week, featuring the elementary milers! Read all about the proceedings here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762

Fairfield hosts rival Jimtown in the first round of the IHSAA Football Sectional, game set for Oct. 20.

Your kids were off school on Friday - here's why! Our teachers were participating in what's called Response To Intervention, or RTI, where they spent the day at Fairfield Junior/Senior High School learning about the processes of RTI and how it correlates to helping our students better themselves. The RTI process fits into the overall Professional Learning Community, or PLC, which Friday was bolstered by a pair of guest speakers: Mike Mattos, who joined the teachers virtually from California, and in person by Eric Twadell, both sharing initiatives and strategies for our teachers to utilize in their own classrooms.

DayInTheLife - Braids of Battle There were no warships or spears present, but there were Viking Games taking place in Fairfield Cosmetology. Find out about the battles waged here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1272105

Fairfield Cosmetology will be hosting its first Late Night Haircut session! From 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Cosmo will be offering free haircuts to students and staff, as well as $5 trims for the public. You won't find a better price for a haircut around, so hurry and book an appointment today! Call (574) 831-2186 to get into the appointment book!

Fairfield Wrestling will host a camp for kids in kindergarten through seventh grade. The camp will be held in the FHS wrestling room on these dates (5:30-7 p.m. each night): Nov. 6, 7, 9 Nov. 13, 14 Nov. 16 - Blue and Gold Match (auxiliary gym) Cost of the camp is $10 per athlete. Find the form to fill out below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNltav9B-cXgAV9r1H22joPoInR6_piz-yHl4OMZb0VLiM7w/viewform

"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections." We often overlook those who clean up our messes, and in the case of our campuses, we cannot overlook the tireless and thankless efforts our custodial staffs do to keep our buildings in great shape. THANK YOU CUSTODIANS as we celebrate you on National Custodian Day!!!

"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections." We often overlook our messes, but we cannot overlook those who clean up behind us. On National Custodian Day, we SALUTE and THANK all of our Fairfield Community School custodial staffs for the countless hours and thankless jobs they do for our schools. So THANK YOU custodians!!!

Final from the train tracks: Fairfield 19 Garrett 22 #ontothenext

Boys tennis backed up its strong regular season with a host of NECC tournament titles ahead of this week's sectional. Girls golf season wrapped up Friday, which that night football had a huge defensive effort to win on Homecoming. Read all about it on our weekly wrap up! https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1255940

If you need something to do Saturday night, and you're at least 18 years old, the Fairfield cheerleaders could use your support!