Fulmar Road Elementary School

The minute the kindergartners stepped off the buses at Outhouse Orchards in North Salem the excitement began. 

It was the children’s first field trip and there was so much to see -- a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, a hay-filled tractor. The first thing that caught their eyes, however, were their parents, many of whom had driven to meet the buses and enjoy the field trip with their children.   

“Mom, Mom, Dad,” some of the children shouted, eager to run for a hug.  

The kindergarten teachers from Fulmar Road Elementary School -- Kathryn Jesselli, Lisa Barletta, Margaret Bartholomew, Patricia LaPeruta and Fran Shea and Megan Shea, who are known to the students as Mrs. Shea and Ms. Shea, respectively -- kept the students in line until they could all calmly join up.  

“This is going to be fun,” said Nash, as his mom, Tiffany Ward, smiled.  

Wearing matching shirts that read “Mahopac High School Class of 2034” the kindergartners broke up into class groups with their teachers and went to explore the orchard. 

Robert L. Treadway, Outhouse’s tour guide/storyteller started Mrs. Shay’s class off with some tales. 

“Who knows who Johnny Appleseed is?” he asked, pointing to the fields of apple trees beyond.

Nash’s hand went up: “He cut down the apple tree.”

“Um, not exactly,” Treadway said. “That was George Washington.”  

Later, after talking about the corn maze as a little hint, Treadway asked “What’s another name for corn?” 

“Corn on the cob,” some children shouted.. 

“That’s true,” Treadway said. “But I was thinking ‘maize.’”

Soon the children set out to pick their pumpkins, bounce around in a hayride, find their way through the corn maze and color at a picnic table.

“A great time was had by all,” Mrs. Shea said. “The children enjoyed apple cider donuts, apples and water provided by their teachers.”  

Caleb, 6, a first grader in Tracy Barrows’ class: 

“I like Mrs. Barrows because she lets us play math games,” Caleb said. “My favorite number is 100. It’s a big number, but it’s not the biggest number. I’ve counted up to 100 before. How did I get there? I just kept on counting.” 

Joseph, 7, a first grader in Tracy Barrows’ class:

“I love writing stories because you get to draw,” Joseph said. “My last story was about when me and my dad went to a water park in New Jersey. I drew a lot of pictures about that and my dad really liked it. We hung it up in my bedroom. I like to look at it before I go to sleep.” 

Leanna, 6, a first grader in Carol Stefunek’s class:

“My teacher is really nice,” Leanna said. “Once she let us have a lollipop while we were reading. I like making friends. Joselyn put her towel next to mine one day and sat next to me. I asked if she wanted to be friends and she said ‘yes.’  We are best friends now.” 

Photos: Caleb, Joseph, Leanna, Leanna and Joselyn

Please click here to view the Supply Lists for the 2021-2022 School Year for Fulmar Road students.

Fulmar 5th graders sat with their parents and each stood as his or her name was called by the fifth grade teachers. After all the fifth graders were recognized, there was not a dry eye in the house as the class watched a beautifully choreographed and set to music video montage of pictures from  the class’ past six years at Fulmar Road - kindergarten through this year and then a “then and now” segment with adorable baby pictures.

Superintendent DiCarlo praised the resiliency of the class and Mr. Chadwick made lots of jokes about his incredibly technologically savvy 5th graders. He also congratulated their parents for being excellent IT support. Students, parents, and teachers cheered as names were called to recognize the “graduates.” 

The class then stood up together one last time and walked out of the room and through the halls high-fiving and hugging teachers and fellow students as they headed back to their classrooms and then to an outside celebration.

Congratulations Fulmar’s Finest!

MCSD 2020-2021 District-wide Art Show

The Mahopac Central School District believes that Art education is an essential component of human development. Through Visual Art, students are empowered to be creative, “out of the box” thinkers and conscious designers; they are able to discover and express who they are, communicate their ideas, understand the visual, cultural, and virtual world, take risks, work collaboratively, make connections in their learning, innovate, develop an increasing sense of their own aesthetic, and authentically engage in their education.

The inaugural District-wide Art Show centralizes all the a talent district wide from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Click the link below, explore, and enjoy!

2020-2021 MCSD District-wide Art Show: https://sites.google.com/mahopac.org/2020-2021-art-show