Family Newsletter – FEBRUARY 2025

Please make note of these dates as tests will not be administered before or after these dates. Contact your child's teacher for more specifics.

For more information please see below. The ELPAC PARENT PRESENTATION 2024-2025 and English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) PARENT PRESENTATION 24-25 provides general information about the ELPAC, including its importance and purpose, who takes the test, how it is administered, and general resources available.

 UNDERSTANDING the ELPAC additional information from FUSD- February 3, 2025

Our school has developed a set of expectations or rules (STAR) for your child’s behavior at school. We will teach these expectations to all of our students, and we will recognize students who meet them throughout the school year. The expectations will be the same for students in all areas of our school, including the playground, the lunchroom, and the classroom to help all students have success. 

To be a STAR student at Forest Park students will be:  Safe Timely Accountable Respectful 

Students earn “STAR Bucks” for STAR behavior at school. Over the course of the year students will be eligible to “win” various prizes.

On February 03, 2024 the district office will e-mail home the annual District Reservation Form to all current students via Informed K12. This form serves two purposes. It tells the school where you intend your child to go to school for 2025-2026 and fulfills the District’s mandated annual residency verification. The deadline to return reservation forms is Friday, February 28, 2025. When you receive this form, be sure to complete it and upload the documents requested. You will need to do this for each child. We will not be handing out the forms in the office; you must respond to the email. If you do not complete this form, your child will not be placed on a class list for next fall. If you have moved please be sure to provide the office with new residency documentation so that we may update our records.

Girls Games: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Boys Games: 4:15-5:15 pm

All sales are online only. The cost is $28 +tax through March 14, 2025. The cost will increase to $30 +tax on March 15, 2025 through May 16, 2025. The link to purchase is -http://buytheyearbook.com 

Use school ID number 292767-2401

We are celebrating National School Counseling Week February 3-7, 2025

Through exercises in classroom lessons, group discussions, or one on one conversations, I help your children learn coping skills, how to work well with others, how to make informed decisions and even how to take responsibility for their actions. These are all important skills that help us be good friends, family members, and someday, employees. 

As a School Counselor, my job is to ensure every student feels supported as individual and as part of the bigger school community. My goal is to help our students develop the skills to be successful in school and life, including academics, social emotional learning and life readiness. It’s vital that both students and parents understand what role I have so I can provide appropriate services. 

If you ever have questions or need guidance, please reach me via email skim@fusdk12.

We love having your children at school all school year! 

This is the time of year when winter weather takes a toll on school attendance. Road conditions and rain can make it hard to get your children to school. So can illnesses such as colds, flu, fevers, earaches, and COVID-19.

These absences, even if they are excused, break the routine of daily attendance which can impact students feeling connected and engaged in learning. Please consider these steps to keep your children healthy and in school this winter.

1.   Develop back up plans for getting your children to school. Check who can give your children a ride if you can’t take them, or form a “walking school bus” to walk to school with other families.

2.  If your children get sick or you are concerned about Covid or the flu, talk to your child’s medical provider or the school nurse for advice.

 3.   Stomach pain and headaches can be signs of anxiety and may not be reasons for keeping a child home. If you feel that anxiety or stress is playing a role, talk to your child’s teacher, the school nurse, counselor or your medical provider about how best to support your child.

 4.  Encourage children to wash their hands before and after eating and after using the restroom.

 5.  Encourage healthy habits such as getting enough sleep, eating healthy foods, drinking fluids and getting exercise. 

Thank you for partnering with us!

The Student Support Services department has a team of Community Liaisons. They serve as a communication bridge between staff, families, community, and the District. The liaisons provide one-on-one support to families to help them connect to the resources they need. 

For assistance or questions, please contact them directly at the information listed below:

Shugufa Farouqi

Community Liaison/Bilingual Farsi

Tel. 510-435-3314

sfarouqi@fusdk12.net                             

(Lucy) Pin Ju Ho

Community Liaison/Bilingual Mandarin

Tel. 510-774-2864

pho@fusdk12.net

Nancy Saldivar Ureno

Community Liaison/Bilingual Spanish

Tel. 510-393-5993

nsaldivarureno@fusdk12.net