Fordland Elementary

Fordland Elementary Fordland Elementary is a PreK - 5 building.

💙💛 FORDLAND FORWARD: STAFF SPOTLIGHT 🦅This week’s Fordland Forward Staff Spotlight is Jennifer Venable — soon to be Jenn...
08/27/2026

💙💛 FORDLAND FORWARD: STAFF SPOTLIGHT 🦅

This week’s Fordland Forward Staff Spotlight is Jennifer Venable — soon to be Jennifer Phinney! 🎉 Jennifer serves as our District Nurse and is celebrating her 10th year in education — all 10 right here at Fordland!

Jennifer’s path to Fordland is pretty incredible. Before becoming a school nurse, she spent 15 years working with newborn intensive care patients, including serving as a NICU flight nurse, transporting critically ill babies by helicopter and ambulance.

But becoming a school nurse was actually a dream that started much earlier.

While in high school, Jennifer shadowed her school nurse and told her that someday she wanted to be both a school nurse and a softball coach. Her nurse told her that probably wasn’t possible.

Jennifer says:

“My school nurse died in a car accident before I ever got to tell her that I did it…I became the exception! So here I am. Doing the job I said I would do and getting to fulfill my love for a game that has been a part of my entire life.”

One of Jennifer’s favorite parts of Fordland is watching students grow into their own person. She especially values being there through both their triumphs and their failures.

Her perspective? A failure is only a failure if nothing is learned from it. Otherwise, we’re simply “failing forward” and choosing which path to take next. 💙

A few fun facts about Jennifer:

🥩 Favorite snack: Beef sticks — NOT jerky! Apparently there is a very important distinction. 😂
🥤 Favorite drink: Purple Cotton Candy Alani — but only after at least 40 ounces of water!
🍽️ Favorite restaurant: Galloway Grille
📺 Favorite show: Superstore — she can probably recite entire episodes.
🏈⚾ Sports: Chiefs, Cardinals and Mizzou Tigers! MIZ!

And when we asked Jennifer to finish the sentence “Fordland is special because…”, her answer was simple:

“I feel like I am at home. I grew up in a small town and so I feel at home here with the people.”

We're glad Fordland became home! Thank you for spending the last decade taking care of our Eagles! 💙💛🦅

Mrs. Letterman's class kicked off the new school year in style 😎🥳🎉
08/27/2026

Mrs. Letterman's class kicked off the new school year in style 😎🥳🎉

A huge thank-you to our Fordland Elementary PTO for filling our teacher workroom last week with snacks to help keep our ...
08/26/2026

A huge thank-you to our Fordland Elementary PTO for filling our teacher workroom last week with snacks to help keep our teachers fueled throughout the day! ☕️🍿🍫
And a very special thank-you to the Keltner family for treating our teachers and staff to delicious cheesecakes! 🍰 What a sweet way to show our staff how much they are appreciated!

Thank you for making our Eagle staff feel so special! 🦅💙

We have the best community! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Booth, Mr. Tom Woods and Care to Learn for the wonderful sweet tr...
08/25/2026

We have the best community! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Booth, Mr. Tom Woods and Care to Learn for the wonderful sweet treats they provided to our staff on the first day of school!! We are truly so grateful for the support and love our community shows to our elementary team!

So many pictures from our first day! It was so GREAT!!!
08/24/2026

So many pictures from our first day! It was so GREAT!!!

What an AWESOME start to our school year! 🤩🦅 Our Eagles did such a wonderful job of kicking the year off with smiles, ex...
08/24/2026

What an AWESOME start to our school year! 🤩🦅 Our Eagles did such a wonderful job of kicking the year off with smiles, excitement and enthusiasm!

We have had an excellent first day of school!! If you will be picking your student up at the end of the day today, check...
08/24/2026

We have had an excellent first day of school!! If you will be picking your student up at the end of the day today, check out our car rider pick up procedures so you can help us ensure a safe and efficient dismissal. Thank you for your help and patience as we get students and staff used to our afternoon routine!

Welcome back, Eagles! Happy Opening Day! Here's a few pics from campus. Now, it's your turn! Share your first day of sch...
08/24/2026

Welcome back, Eagles! Happy Opening Day! Here's a few pics from campus. Now, it's your turn! Share your first day of school pic in the comments.

We are so excited to see our Eagles tomorrow for the first day of school! As a reminder for morning drop off, please do ...
08/23/2026

We are so excited to see our Eagles tomorrow for the first day of school! As a reminder for morning drop off, please do not get out of your vehicle in the car rider drop off lane. If you are walking your student to the front of the building, you must park in a designated parking spot. Thank you for your help with this! Doors open for walkers and car riders at 7:45 a.m. Pre-K and Kindergarten parents may walk their student to class on the first day. For 1st - 5th grade students, we ask that parents say goodbye at morning car line drop off beginning the first day of school. We have multiple staff members throughout the building to assist students in getting to class.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Meet the Teacher! The wonderful memories have already begun, and we can’t wait t...
08/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Meet the Teacher! The wonderful memories have already begun, and we can’t wait to officially kick off the new school year on Monday! 🦅

Here’s to a year of learning, growing, and becoming our personal best! 🏆

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252 N Center Street
Fordland, MO
65652

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