Fremont Focus

Dear Fremont Staff, Families, and Community,

We have had an amazing first week! Our theme this year is “Better Together” to emphasize the importance of belonging and connection as we start a new year. With that, it was inspiring to see our theme “in action” at all of our welcoming events and traditions this week. Our teachers and staff are ready for a positive and productive year, with student growth and achievement at the forefront. We know our students need schools that tend to social and emotional health and wellness in order to advance our learning goals. At Fremont, we are committed to doing whatever it takes to help every student learn, grow, and build confidence along the way. Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday (our first day for Lincoln students!).

Sincerely,

Trisha Kocanda

Superintendent of Schools

The next edition of the Fremont Focus will be distributed on Wednesday, August 31. This will be in addition to the weekly e-newsletters sent on Sundays from principals at the school level.

• August 22 - First day of school for Preschool/Early Childhood
• August 22 - Board of Education Meeting (Middle School DEN), 7:00 p.m.
• August 23 - Elementary School Curriculum Night, 6:15 p.m.
• August 24 - Intermediate School Curriculum Night, 6:15 p.m.
• August 25 - Middle School Curriculum Night, 6:30 p.m.
• August 26 - Fremont PTO Back to School Bash (Intermediate School), 5:30 p.m.
• September 2 - School Improvement Planning Day (Half-Day Schedule; no PM kindergarten; no school for Pre-K/Early Childhood)

We recently asked some of our students to help us welcome back our teachers for the new school year. Check out what they had to say.

Fremont School District 79 will be conducting a test of its emergency notification system this evening at 5:30 p.m. At this time, all parents and staff should receive an email, text, and robocall via our Blackboard notification platform. If you do not receive all three notifications, please email publicrelations@fsd79.org with the following information:

• Your student(s) name(s)

• Your cell phone number

• Your email address

Note: Some parents previously may have chosen to opt-out of email notifications sent via Blackboard. Doing so will cause an individual to not receive any email notifications sent from that platform.

Creating a culture of safety in our schools and our community is a comprehensive effort. Throughout the coming weeks and months, we are committed to regularly keeping our families up-to-date on the topic of school safety and security. Upcoming communications will focus around the District’s Crisis Plan, as well as age-appropriate safety drills. To read an update on FSD79's efforts regarding safety and security, please see Dr. Kocanda's message that was originally sent to families and staff on August 12.

The first School Board meeting of the 2022-23 school year will be held at the Fremont Middle School DEN on August 22, 2022. There will be a "e-learning plan in lieu of emergency days" hearing at 7 p.m., immediately followed by the Regular Meeting. This meeting will include the following presentations:

• Tentative FY23 Budget

• Draft 2022-23 Annual Goals

The board meeting agenda and materials can be accessed via this site:

https://www.fsd79.org/Page/2154

For all the most up-to-date news and notes regarding the Fremont PTO, please be sure to visit the organization's webpage.

COMMITTEE SIGN UP

The Fremont PTO needs you!! The PTO offers many committees to help serve our teachers and students throughout the school year. If you are interested in joining, please follow the link below. If you have any questions, please email Stacie Brown at PTO@fsd79.org.

***PLEASE NOTE*** Due to the ongoing changes with the environment, the need for volunteers could change at any time. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D4AAAAF22ABFA7-20222023

PTO MEMBERSHIP/ONLINE DIRECTORY FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR

If you already have an account in Membership Toolkit, thank you for creating and/or updating your Membership Toolkit account last year. All accounts have been rolled over for the 2022-2023 school year but you do need to update/confirm your account information to activate your account. If you do not update/confirm your family information and directory preferences by November 1st, your account will be removed from Membership Toolkit.

If you don't have an account in Membership Toolkit, set it up now for free! Once you have created an account in Membership Toolkit your child will appear in the online directory immediately (that's if you choose to do so). To create an account, go to fsd79.membershiptoolkit.com and follow the directions in the attached form (Online Student Directory Set Up Instructions 2022-2023).

To gain access to Online Student Directory your account must be active and you must pay the $15 PTO Membership Fee per family. If you paid your PTO Membership fee thru your TeacherEase account before June 30, your payment has been confirmed and you currently have access to the Online Student Directory. If you didn’t pay your PTO Membership Fee before June 30th, you can pay the $15 PTO Membership fee thru Venmo @Fremont-PTO; or by bringing or sending the attached form below with your cash payment or check made payable to Fremont PTO to any school front office. The option to pay the PTO Membership Fee thru your TeacherEase account is no longer available. Once we receive confirmation of your payment we will give you access to the online directory. Please note it may take up to one week to be granted access to the online directory.

Don't forget to download the FREE Membership Toolkit app to your smartphone-search "Membership Toolkit" in your app store.

FSD79 offers local groups and organizations the opportunity to advertise their upcoming events in the Virtual Backpack. To submit your group's event for consideration, please submit a PDF flyer to publicrelations@fsd79.org. Check back regularly for upcoming offerings. Events that are upcoming include:

• Right at School - Fall Electives

• Free Boys Tennis Lesson

• Brookfield Zoo

Address: 28855 North Fremont Center Road, Mundelein, IL

Phone: (847) 566-0169

Website: fsd79.org

Facebook: facebook.com/FremontSchoolDistrict79

Twitter: @FSD79

Instagram: @FSD79

YouTube: youtube.com/FSD79