Family Newsletter – December 2024

Join us at 4210 Technology Drive at 7:00 pm as FP is highlighted by the school board and district staff. Let us fill the Board room and don't forget to wear your Forest Park spirit wear. This is for students and parents/guardians.

Abhijit S, Nirvan B, Lomialagi H, Aniket A, Palak V, Miles G, Anita Y, Radha B, Vihaan R, Armeen A, Sanvi A, Solaina S, Chinmayi S, Seyon S, Sowmya S, Deshna P, Shreyansh S, Vihaan P, Giselle C, Sindjely D, Smriti R, Kashvi P

All sales are online only. The cost is $28 +tax through March 14, 2025. The cost will increase to $30 +tax on March 15, 2024 through May 16, 2025. The link to purchase is -  http://buytheyearbook.com/

Forest Park has an online vendor, Spirit Hero, where items can be ordered throughout the school year. Click the link below. https://spirithero.com/collections/forest-16

For safety reasons, please be reminded that the playground and the school play structures are closed from 8:00 am before school until 3:30 pm. During this time the structures are not open to the public as well. Parents/guardians we need your support and assistance with this. No students/siblings should be playing on any play structure or riding bikes/scooters around the campus between these hours. Thank you for your help.

PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. It is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom behavior support systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific plans. PBIS includes school-wide procedures and processes intended for all students and all staff in all settings. PBIS is not a program or a curriculum. It is a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation. It is an approach to creating a safe and productive learning environment where teachers can teach and all students can learn.

We have adopted a unified set of school rules. These rules define our expectations for behavior in our school. You will see these rules posted throughout the school and your child will be learning them throughout the school year. Our unified classroom rules, found in every classroom and non-classroom setting in the school, are as follows:  

I am Safe

I am Timely

I am Accountable

I am Respectful

As part of our PBIS process, teachers and other staff members this to increase student learning and decrease classroom disruptions and reward students with STAR Bucks. We also acknowledge students at our PBIS assemblies with a STAR or Wolverine Award as determined by the classroom teacher.

Grade levels, first-third, and fourth-fifth will compete to see which one grade will get the most STAR BUCKs between December 2th-18th AND earn a special game session on Dec 19th.

Dear Forest Park Families, 

As the holiday season approaches, the PTA is excited to bring the spirit of joy and togetherness to our school community! Here’s a look at the upcoming events and activities we’ve planned to make this season extra special for our children and families:

As we wrap up the year, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and involvement. Your participation makes all the difference in creating memorable experiences and opportunities for our students. During this season of giving, we invite you to consider making a donation to the FP-PTA to help us continue organizing enriching activities and events that benefit our school community. Stay tuned for the upcoming FP-PTA newsletter with more updates and exciting plans for the new year. Wishing you and your families a joyful holiday season and a wonderful start to the new year. We look forward to seeing you at our events and working together to make 2025 another amazing year for our school community!

I would like to invite your child to our counseling group. The goal of this group is to help students learn important skills that will help them develop positive behaviors for school success. The topic that will be covered in this group will be Growth Mindset.

This group will meet once per week for 30 minutes. We will start the week of December 2nd and meet for 6 weeks. It will be facilitated by Ms. Kim, the School Counselor.

Growth mindset is a learner’s belief that their intelligence can expand and develop. In contrast, fixed mindset is a learner’s belief that their intelligence is a fixed, immutable trait. Research has shown that when students have a growth mindset, they are more likely to challenge themselves, believe that they can achieve more, and become stronger, more resilient and creative problem solvers.

If you are interested in signing up, please email skim@fusdk12.net with Child’s name and Room number. Please reach out if you have any questions. Hope you enjoy the Holiday season! Thank you

Ms. Kim