Fortville Elementary School

10/23/2026

Red Ribbon Week is coming! Check out the poster contest and dress-up days we will be using to have some fun and celebrate choices to be drug-free!

10/21/2026

🧡 Orange House Buddy Meetups! 🧡

Mrs. Rusk’s 1st graders and Mrs. Feltman’s 4th graders enjoyed fall scavenger hunts and word searches, while Mrs. Hovis’ kindergarteners and Mrs. Jones’ 2nd graders created family quilts! We loved seeing friendships grow across grade levels!

10/20/2026

Did you know we have over 75 staff members that work at Fortville Elementary? Starting this week we will have a "Meet the Team Tuesday" where we show you each of the amazing teams here at FES.

Today’s "Meet the Team Tuesday" features our Kindergarten teachers!

10/14/2026

💪 Strong schools strengthen our entire community! As Mt. Vernon grows, we’re pursuing every avenue of support—including this request to the RDC—to continue providing exceptional opportunities for our students and support the necessary Mt. Vernon High School facility expansion. 🤝

Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. approached Hancock County Redevelopment Commission Thursday morning, asking for $20 million of tax increment financing monies for expansion of Mt. Vernon High School.

10/09/2026

Orange House was our House Leader with the most points in Q1! Each class from Orange (K: Mrs. Hovis, 1: Mrs. Rusk, 2: Mrs. Jones, 3: Mrs. Tyner, 4: Mrs. Feltman) dismissed a few minutes early. The Viking horns were heard loud and clear at dismissal! Congrats, Orange House!

10/09/2026

Today's related arts class was MEGA fun because it was the mega special! The entire grade level got to spend their related arts time together, with the choice to rotate amongst the different specials!

10/07/2026

For the month of September, we focused on "Teamwork" with our House points. Purple House was the winner and got to celebrate on Monday morning with a Viking Row and little extra recess!

10/02/2026

Yesterday our first graders went on a field trip to Conner Prairie where they finished their Long Ago/Today Social Studies unit. After learning how technology, communication, school, transportation, and home life was different long ago, this trip let them experience it.

09/28/2026

Fourth grade teachers Mrs. Danforth and Mrs. Palmer create a weekly podcast for all fourth grade students to watch and listen to about literacy related topics. This makes learning come alive and fun for students to master important literacy topics! Fourth grade students are even able to submit questions that the podcast hosts answer during their podcast. If you have a current fourth grader ask him/her what his/her favorite podcast so far this school year has been and why.

09/07/2026