February is such a fun, busy month! We started this month off with the 100th day of school, Global Play Day and Lunar New Year! This month also has TWO days with the dates of 2s: 2/2/22 and 2/22/22! We will finish this month celebrating Valentine's day and of course honoring African Americans and their important contributions during Black History Month.

We also have some Family Nights planned: Cyber Safety, Parent Workshop, and PTA Math Night. We hope you will join us. Find the links below for each.

We will be wrapping up the 2nd semester on March 4th and report cards will be available in the Parent Portal, mid March.

Please be aware, March 17th is an EARLY RELEASE DAY for ALL students and March 18th is a STAFF Work Day, there will be NO SCHOOL for students.

As a reminder, if your child is absent for ANY reason, please contact the office with the reason for their absence. If we do not hear from you, we will need to speak with you prior to allowing the student back to class. We take our Covid screening very seriously in order to keep everyone safe.

Stay Well,

Ms. Johanna Cho

February

14 - Valentine's Day - EARLY RELEASE 1-3RD 1:33 P.M. / 4-6TH 1:21 P.M.

15 - School Site Council Meeting 5:00 p.m. Zoom Link

15 - PTA Founders Day 7:00 p.m. Zoom Link

21 - President's Day - NO SCHOOL

22 - Cyber Safety Family Night - Livestream Link

24 - Parent Workshop: Conversations with kids about safety and wellbeing Zoom Link 6:00 p.m.

24 - PTA Family Math Night 7:30 p.m. (info below)

28-March 4 - Read Across America Week

March

2,9,16,17,23,30 - EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS 1-3RD 1:33/4-6TH 1:21

4 - End of Trimester

17 - ALL TK/K - Early Schedule 8:00-11:20 a.m.

18 - Teacher Work Day - NO SCHOOL

On behalf of Parkmont PTA , we are pleased to announce the following awardees for the Founders day event to be held on Feb 15 @ 7 pm.

1. Continuing Service Award (CSA)- SriSudha Pandrangi, Gowri Raman

2. Very Special Person Award (VSP)- Divya Ramachandran

3. Honorary Service Award (HSA)- Sivaraman Ravichandran, Revathy Santhakumar

4. Outstanding Teacher Award (OTA)-Mr. Milz

5. Outstanding Administrator Award (OAA) - Ms. Paulina Sanchez

We are excited to bring back our Parkmont Soccer Team! Soccer is open for 4th-6th graders only. Boys Soccer Tryouts: Tuesday, 2/22/22 3:00-5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Tryouts: Wednesday, 2/23/22 1:30-3:30. Students must attend a soccer meeting on Tuesday, 2/15 at 10:00 recess; 4th graders will meet in room 18, 5/6th graders will meet in room 10. Tryout permission slips will be handed out at this meeting. Once the team is formed a parent meeting will be scheduled. Students MUST have a current physical in order to practice. Elementary Soccer Season begins the week of 3/14. Have fun!

Please find information about immunizations requirements for your current 6th graders who will be entering 7th grade next school year.

Join us for another Family Math Night on Thursday, 2/24 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP using the link in the flyer. Have fun!

If your child has a device of any kind, it is always a good idea to frequently monitor their activity. You can also set up parental controls to set time limits, control the apps they can download, etc. Thank you to some of our Parkmont parents for providing some helpful links for parents to set up parental controls for your child's device.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/set-up-parental-controls-iph00ba7d632/ios

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738?hl=en

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/filter-apps-and-games-with-microsoft-edge-da38c83a-0717-31ea-b6f2-6cdd95639189

Please join us for a livestream event on the topic of Cyber Safety happening Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. This event will be presented to us by CS is Elementary formerly FamilyCodeNight.org

Our Livestream, Family Cyber Safety Night, will be February 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM Pacific. You will join the Livestream at that time at this link: https://www.youtube.com/CSisElementary/live

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.

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

Yearbooks still available!

You can purchase a yearbook at

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com ○

with school ID 14257322 ○

Or search for Parkmont Elementary 2022 ○

Cost is $30

Stay warm this winter with our specially-priced cold weather gear featuring Parkmont Elementary School. Stadium blankets, winter hats and full-zip hoodies are all discounted this week only! Shop Now.

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

Office Assistant: Denise Van Loon: dvanloon@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/