Volume 12 (20-21)

Hello Parkmont Families,

Happy 100th day of school! I hope this newsletter find you and your families continuing to remain healthy and in good spirits. This month is filled with so many fun and important celebrations and holidays, it is sure to be busy each and everyday. I'd love to see pictures of your children participating in the various activities teachers have planned: Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Black History Month presentations and more... please send me any pictures and I can include them on our Instagram page and maybe even in our yearbook.

I continue to be impressed with the amount of tenacity our students, teachers and parents continue to have. Learning from home is NOT easy. But when I am visiting classrooms, teachers are smiling, kids are smiling and better yet, they are engaged and learning! Keep up the great work!

You should have received an email asking you to take a parent survey regarding returning to in person instruction. Please take a moment to give your input. I am hopeful that a student survey will also be sent out and that you will assist your children in giving their input as well.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Stay well,

Ms. Johanna Cho

February

12 - Early Dismissal Day 1st-6th grades 1:33/1:21 p.m.

14 - Valentine's Day

15 - President's Day - NO SCHOOL

16 - School Site Council 5:00 p.m

16 - PTA Founders Day 7:00 p.m.

22 - ELPAC Testing Window Opens

23 - African American Read In Event

24 - Centerville Visit 6th Graders 8:30 a.m.

Parents, please take a moment to complete the brief survey regarding returning to in person instruction. Your input is valued and appreciated.

RETURNING STUDENTS: Parents, you will be receiving instructions on how to register in the new Infinite Campus Parent Portal. This is where you will upload two proofs of residency in order to hold your spot for next school year. This is NOT the same as your Illuminate Parent Portal (where you find assessment results, report cards, etc.)

NEW to FUSD STUDENTS:

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

The Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, or “Summative ELPAC,” is the test used to measure how well students understand English when it is not the language they speak at home. Information from the ELPAC tells your child’s teacher about the areas in which your child needs extra support.

This spring, some children will take the Summative ELPAC.

Students in kindergarten through grade twelve who are classified as English learners will take the Summative ELPAC every year until they are reclassified as proficient in English. Students are tested on their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Your child’s voice is being recorded as part of the Speaking test. A small percentage of student responses will be used to validate the accuracy of scoring and will not be used for identification. All recorded responses will be destroyed after the scores are validated.

You are an important part of your child’s education. To help your child get ready for the test, you can:

∙ Read to your child, or have them read to you on a regular basis.

∙ Use pictures and ask your child to tell you what they see, or what is happening in each picture.

∙ Provide your child with opportunities to use language outside of school.

∙ Talk with your child’s teacher about your child’s listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to help support their progress.

To learn more about the ELPAC, go to the California Department of Education Parent Guides to Understanding Web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/parentguidetounderstand.asp.

You also can look at sample test questions on the practice tests, which can be found on the ELPAC Web site at https://www.elpac.org/resources/practicetests/.

If you have any questions about your child taking the ELPAC, please contact Johanna Cho, Principal (510) 793-7492 x66106 or jcho@fusdk12.net

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.)

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

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

This month's Panther Family Challenge is to do more of what you love! Show us what makes you happy. Maybe you love to paint or garden. Maybe you love to sing songs with your family or go to the beach and hunt for seashells. Whatever it is, we want to know about it! This challenge will end on 2/28/21. Remember you must be logged in with your FUSD google account to access the Flipgrid link. https://flipgrid.com/5dc74a41

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/