FAMILY NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2024


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FAMILY NEWSLETTER   |  January 2024 

IMPORTANT DATES
Every Wednesday
  • Early Dismissal:    Gr. 1-5 @ 1:30 Kinder @ 11:40

Monday, 1/8

  • Return to School

Monday, 1/15

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School

Monday, 1/22

  • 2024/25 TK, K & Sibling Priority Enrollment Begins through 3/27

Monday, 1/29

  • 2024/25 Reservation/Proof of Residency Forms EMAILED via Informed K12

As we move into the year 2024 and take time to reflect on the holidays, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our teachers, staff, students and our families for your dedication to help make Forest Park Elementary an amazing place for our students!

Thank you to the 40+ volunteers and our 1st-5th graders for packaging over 32,000 meals at our Kids Against Hunger food packaging event in December.  The food will make a big difference for those less fortunate than us.

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What is PBIS at our school?
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:
STAR   
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.

What does is mean to be safe at recess?

Stay in designated area.

Report problems to the nearest adult.

Walk to and from buildings/lines.

Use hands and feet safely.

WINTER STAR WARS WINTER CHALLENGE   Grade Level WINNERS are: 
Primary – 2nd Grade Intermediate – 4th Grade

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2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT

New Transitional Kindergarten (TK), New Kindergarten, & Sibling Priority enrollment begins January 22, 2024. Please see the link below for the full 2024-2025 timeline.

Elementary Priority Enrollment – Including TK, K, and Sibling: Application link available January 8, 2024

2024-2025 New Elementary Timeline


2024-2025 RESERVATION FORMS 

On January 29, 2024 the district office will be e-mailing 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 2024-2025 and fulfills the District’s mandated annual residency verification. The deadline to return reservation forms is Friday, February 23, 2024. When you receive this form, be sure to complete it and upload the documents requested. We will not be handing out the forms in the office; you must receive 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.


BASKETBALL GAME SCHEDULE


Boys games: 3:00-4:00

   

Date

Home

Visitor

Location of Game

1/17/24

Brookvale

Forest Park

Brookvale

1/24/24

Forest Park

Ardenwood

Forest Park

1/31/24

Forest Park

Patterson

Forest Park

2/7/24

Forest Park

Warwick

Forest Park

2/14/24

Forest Park

Brookvale

Forest Park

2/21/24

Oliveira*

Forest Park

Forest Park*

2/28/24

Patterson

Forest Park

Patterson

*Oliveira will be considered the home team


Counselor Corner  

The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive Social Emotional learning focused bullying prevention program that improves school climate and increases student engagement. Your child will be encouraged to perform as many acts of kindness as possible on school campus as well as in the community. Kindness checklist will be provided via Parent square in January. 


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ONLINE YEARBOOK ORDERING HAS BEGUN!
All sales are online only. The cost is $25 +tax through March 14, 2024. The cost will increase to $30 +tax on March 15, 2024 through May 20, 2024. The link to purchase is –   http://buytheyearbook.com/


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