Volume 14 (20-21)

I bet you vividly remember this day last year. This was the day that we sent our students home with their books and went into lockdown with plans to return to school after Spring Break once Covid 19 had gotten under control. Instead, here we are at the one year mark and our students are still not back on campus. But, even though we have been in distance learning that doesn't mean the kids are not learning, and learning at high levels! I've said it multiple times, our teachers and students have been doing amazing work! I do believe we are making steps in the right direction! This week we started Learning Hubs with just a small pod of students. The purpose of the Learning Hub is to provide a space for students with consistent internet connection, fewer distractions and offer some additional support if needed. I have to tell you how exciting it was to have students back on campus! It is just a short amount of time, two days a week, but those two days have been my favorite!

We are preparing for the safe return of staff and students in the future. We are planning new safety protocols, classroom set up and more. When students return we will be ready!

Don't forget to spring forward this Sunday morning! The time change always makes for an extra rough Monday morning, but the longer days make it all worth it.

Enjoy your weekend!

Ms. Cho

March

14 - Daylight Savings (Spring forward 1 hour)

16 - SSC Meeting 5:00 p.m.

16 - PTA Meeting 7:00 p.m.

17 - St. Patrick's Day

19 - Report Cards available in Illuminate Parent Portal

April

2 - No School

5-9 - Spring Break - No School

12 - School resumes

This year all enrollment (proof of address) for next school year will be done online. You should have received an email on 2/5/21 from "noreply@fusdk12.net" asking you to create your Infinite Campus Parent Portal. This is a necessary step in order to proceed with securing your child's spot for next year. In this email, you received a unique activation code needed to set up your account. If you did NOT receive this email or cannot locate it in your spam/trash folder, please email: portalhelp@fusdk12.net

Instructions for uploading your proof of address were emailed on 2/25/21

Make us laugh this March! We all know that March is the month for tricky leprechauns. So, I thought it would be fun to share some funny jokes! Tell us your favorite joke and make us LOL! (remember all jokes should be appropriate). Log in to Flipgrid and record your best joke. Don't forget to log in with your FUSD account. https://flipgrid.com/bf75bf3a

A former Parkmont student is working with FUSS to gather data on Social Media's influence on youth especially during the pandemic. If you could please help answer the survey questions and pass on to your high school students that would be helpful.

2020-2021 Yearbooks are available online for $25. We have a limited amount of books left, please pre-order yours today before it's gone. Yearbooks are scheduled to arrive in June, more information regarding pick-up will be sent at a later time.

Below is the link to purchase a yearbook. The school ID code is: 14257321

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com

If you've already purchased a yearbook, please disregard and thank you for pre-ordering your yearbook.

We are glad to partner with the City of Fremont for the fourth annual Children Mental Health Awareness Art Competition and Exhibition, to celebrate National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day which falls on Thursday, May 6th 2021. Our virtual student art contest theme for this year is “Coming Together with Hope.”

Attached please find two flyers(attached to this email). One is for elementary school age students from K- 5th grade; and the other one is for students from 6th – 12th grade. Students living in Fremont or attending FUSD schools are encouraged to submit art, photographs, poetry, and digital work including spoken word performance, podcasts and short films. Submissions for all entries should be photographed and emailed to yfs@fremont.gov on or before 12:00 pm on Sunday, April 4th 2021. Winners will be announced on May 6th 2021 and an virtual art exhibition event will be held in May. More information is also available at the YFS website https://www.fremont.gov/2275/Events.

FUSD 'Grab and Go' Meals are 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/