It has been a busy first week back to school. We appreciate the number of families who picked up their rapid Covid test over the break and kept students home who tested positive and/or had symptoms related to Covid. Thankfully, we are hearing that many of our students are asymptomatic. We thank you for your patience while the district Covid liaisons work hard to contact all families to communicate return dates and with the rapidly changing information we receive. It is always our goal to get students back in class in the safest manner possible.

Next week, teachers will be sending home Progress Reports for students who are not meeting grade level standards. All meetings, if requested will be held online via zoom.

You may have heard at the Board Meeting on Wednesday that Lila Bringhurst Elementary was approved to open in the 2022-2023 school year. Some of you may remember that I was appointed a few years back to move to Lila Bringhurst when it was planned to be open, and ended up not opening. This means that I will be moving to Lila Bringhurst next school year. It is an exciting opportunity to open a new school, but I would be lying if I said I'm not sad to leave all of the staff, students and families here at Parkmont.

Continue to take care of yourselves and stay safe.

Ms. Cho

Principal

January

17 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - HOLIDAY, No School

12, 19, 26 - Early Dismissal Wednesdays 1-3rd 1:33, 4-6th 1:21 p.m.

18 - PTA Meeting 7:00 p.m. Zoom

21 - Progress Reports go home

25 - School Site Council Meeting 5:00 p.m.

Out of an abundance of caution, the first Wednesday (EARLY Dismissal) of each month will be canceled. Students will attend school during their normally scheduled day. AM classes attend from 8:00-11:20 a.m. and PM classes attend 11:30-2:50. There are still some early days that will remain in place at this time: April 14 and June 1,2,3 & 6. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.

PTA Founders Day is an event held to recognize and honor the important work our volunteers do each day for our school, staff and students. Founders Day will be held on February 15th at 7:00 p.m. Please help us by nominating people who are making important contributions to Parkmont each year. Founders Day Survey linked. Thank you in advance!

Unfortunately, it has been decided to cancel the upcoming Elementary Basketball season out of caution. I know this is very disappointing news to both students and families. We are hopeful next year we can come back in full force!

Unfortunately, the District Spelling Bee has been canceled. Our Parkmont Spelling Bee Winners will unfortunately, not be able to compete at the District Level. We are so proud of Bryce and Svara! Thank you for your understanding.

As a reminder, it is extremely important that if your student is exhibiting the following symptoms please keep your child home and get tested. Symptoms include:

• New loss of taste/smell

• Shortness of breath or Difficulty breathing

• Nausea or Vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Fever or chills (100 or higher)

• Cough

• Headache

• Sore throat

• Congestion/runny nose

• Fatigue

• Muscle or Body Aches

Also linked here is the ACPH guidance for your reference. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact the school office, and if your child will be absent, please report the absence. If you have tested your child, please wait until you have results before you send your child to school. If they test positive, please keep your child home and follow the flow chart. Information changes so quickly, we will do our best to provide you with the most up to date information. You can find the latest information on the ACPH website linked above. Please email your covid tests to: Dgrant@fusdk12.net OR Psanchez@fusdk12.net

Applications must be submitted online on or before February 25, with an enrollment meeting completed by March 2, 2022 to be included in priority placement or lottery for kindergarten students. Please see timeline and information.

We have been selected by the Tri City Urban Forestry Alliance and the City of Fremont to have 8 California native trees planted along Parkside Drive in front of our school. We will be holding a tree planting event on Saturday, January 29th. We would love to have some Parkmont students help us with this fun event. Please feel free to join us at 10:00-12:30 p.m.

If you are interested in helping please read the following TUFA (Tri City Urban Forestry Alliance) requirements:

1. All student and parent volunteers are fully vaccinated to keep the TUFA volunteers safe. Masks must be worn at all times.

2. Parent must sign and student should bring the signed TUFA Consent forms (attached) to the office prior to 1/26/22.

3. Those who RSVP, please commit to coming rain or shine. RSVP Here.

4. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Parents can watch unless they'd like to help as well.

5. Dress in layers and sturdy closed toe shoes. Also, please bring your own work gloves, they cannot be provided.

We've moved the lost and found near the front of the school, near the library. Please take a look there for left behind items like: water bottles, bike helmets, jackets, lunch boxes, and more.

Congratulations to the following young authors! They have won the Parkmont contest for their grade level! Their books will be sent to the District Level to compete against other authors in their grade level.

Kindergarten: All About Fast Cars by, Krishal R.

1st grade: Two Balloons By: Saish G.

2nd grade: Sam and Snowy By: Aum V.

3rd grade: An Unusual Pet By: Malsi K.

4th grade: Katy and the Magic Necklace By: Deeksha S.

5th grade: Painted Memories By: Anna Z.

6th grade: Unique By: Shreya R.

6th grade: The War of Clothes By: Preet P.

The Parkmont Office is happy to help you with any questions or concerns you may have. However, our office is quite small. We will allow only one parent/family in at a time. If you have a general concern or question that you would like assistance with, please consider emailing us or leaving a message on our voicemail, (510) 793-7492.

Secretary: Paulina Sanchez - psanchez@fusdk12.net

Attendance: Debbie Grant - dgrant@fusdk12.net

Principal: Johanna Cho - jcho@fusdk12.net

The Parkmont office is open daily from 8-3:30 p.m., 8-3 p.m. on Fridays.

If you would like to wait for assistance, please stand in line outside of the office and we will assist you as quickly as possible.

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/