Dear Parkmont Families,

We are halfway through the 2nd trimester and are almost officially half way through the school year. I continue to be so proud of the teachers and students and all of the flexibility, persistence and growth mindset they continue to show.

Progress reports will be sent home today. Most often these progress reports are for students who are not meeting grade level standards. If your child doesn't receive a progress report, your teacher may not have concerns at this time. Please review the notes from your teacher to help in the areas of need. Our number one goal is to help each child succeed!

The next few months will be busy no doubt, and we will continue to communicate any and all information that surrounds returning to campus. I am hopeful that we will be able to see our students if even for a short time this year.

Please continue to take good care of yourselves. Stay healthy and safe.

Sincerely,

Ms. Johanna Cho

If you have a NEW student incoming to FUSD for NEXT school year please take note of the upcoming Enrollment Timelines. We thank you for sharing this information with new families who are not receiving our newsletters.

Current Parkmont students (parent) will receive an email with instructions to prove residency in the NEW Infinite Campus Parent Portal in order to reserve your spot for the 21-22 school year. Stay tuned for more information.

Photo submissions are low from all grades. Please consider sending in your photos for all to enjoy. Some photo suggestions are:

• Parkmont Family Challenge

• Winter Festivities (Christmas dot art and Oreo Truffles)

• Photos with your class projects

• Special Classroom Guests

• Spirit Photos (IE Pirate day, Sports day, Pajama day, Crazy hair day, Parkmont colors etc.)

Also, Last call for 6th grade baby photos. Deadline is Jan 31, 2021.

Please submit all photos to yearbookatparkmont@gmail.com with the students name and class teacher.

We proudly report that our student Akshata Y. won the Award of Excellence in Photography (Middle School Division) at the Fremont Council as well as from Peralta District Level. Her entry will now move forward to compete at the CA State Reflections program. We wish her best of luck!

We also congratulate Taksh N. won the Rising Star Award for Dance Choreography (Middle School Division) at the Fremont Council level.

A big appreciation goes to each and every student who participated in the Reflections program during these challenging times.

The Theme for next year's Reflections will be "I will change the world by..."

Virtual Gallery Space: which features Visual Art, Music comp. Literature and Photography

https://www.artsteps.com/embed/5fc711a9e1a4e30d518700a2/560/315

Dance Gallery

https://padlet.com/reflectionspdpta/dancegallery

Film Gallery

https://padlet.com/reflectionspdpta/filmgallery

We are excited to present this year’s annual Parkmont variety show on a virtual platform. Calling all the enthusiastic performers from grades TK to 6 to enthrall us all in the virtual Parkmont variety show 2021.

Please submit your participation forms using the link https://tinyurl.com/parkmontvarietyshow by Jan 30, 2021.

The Auditions will be held virtually in the 3rd week of Feb and the Final show will be in the 3rd week of March . Final date will be communicated soon.

For any questions related to Parkmont variety show, please reach out to parkmontvarietyshow@gmail.com

Every year people make resolutions or set goals to be active! This month's Parkmont Family Challenge is to show us how you stay active! Do you like running, bike riding, skating, dancing, playing a sport or doing gymnastics? The possibilities are endless. Show us how you like to stay active and healthy! Hopefully you are moving your body each day and getting some exercise which is so beneficial for your mind, body and spirit! Get moving Panthers. This challenge ends 1/31/21. Remember, you must be logged in with your FUSD google account to access this flipgrid challenge. flipgrid.com/55b9767d

Each year in February, PTA honors our Founders as well as past and present PTA leaders

Kindly nominate your volunteers here. Parkmont PTA will be awarding the volunteers on Feb 16. 2021.

Parkmont PTA Founders' Day will be celebrated on Feb 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Zoom link to be provided closer to the event.

• Very Special Person Award (VSP) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for their service to PTA.

• Honorary Service Award (HSA) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for outstanding service to children and youth in your community, going above and beyond what is asked of them.

• Continuing Service Award (CSA) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for ongoing or long-time service to children and youth, providing support year after year.

• Outstanding Teacher Award (OTA) – This award may be given to recognize a teacher for outstanding service to children and youth through PTA, school, or community.

• Outstanding Administrator Award (OAA) – This award may be given to recognize an administrator for outstanding service to children and youth through PTA, school, or the community.

• Golden Oak Service Award (GOSA) – This award is given to recognize, as the most prestigious of the Honorary Service Awards, an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the welfare of children and youth in a school or community.

Please submit your nomination here. All nominations are due no later than 1/27/21.

Hello Parkmont Families,

Elections for the Parkmont PTA Board 2021-2022school year is coming up soon, and we need volunteers to step up for important positions such as Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer and Parliamentarian. These positions only need a few hours of your time every month, and training is available.

The role of the Parkmont PTA is to further help our children in all their educational and extra-curricular endeavors with support, volunteerism and dedication. As a member, you will be making important decisions regarding our school programs, such as FAME, Reflections, Music for Minors, and Variety Show to name a few of the events planned for this year. If we cannot fill these positions, our PTA stands the risk of getting dissolved and lose the programs that help benefit our children.

If you are interested in any of the positions, please send us an email at: parkmontpta@gmail.com.

Open Positions for 2021-2022 PTA Board

• 1st VP of Admin & Community Service

• 2nd VP of Programs & Donations

• Recording Secretary

• Financial Secretary

• Treasurer

• Parliamentarian

Starting on January 4th, the FUSD 'Grab and Go' Meals will be distributed 3 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Child Nutrition Services will still be serving 7 days worth of meals; Mondays and Wednesdays will each be serving two days worth of breakfast and lunch meals, and Fridays we will be serving three days worth of breakfast and lunch meals.

New Distribution Times:

• All High Schools, Walters Middle School, Leitch Elementary and Cabrillo Elementary will serve from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

• All other FUSD 'Grab and Go' meal sites will serve from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

• Morning pick up times will stay the same: All High Schools and Walters Middle School will serve 7:30am to 8:00am.

We send communications weekly to keep you up to date.

Reminder Emails are typically sent each Monday. Every other Friday we send our school Newsletter. Check your spam if you are not receiving emails from us. Occasionally, we will send a phone call message to our families. Please listen to the entire message.

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Website: https://parkmont.fremont.k12.ca.us/