The Fulton Flier

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Dear Fulton Families,

We had a wonderful first week at Fulton Elementary!!! Students were engaged in community building activities, learning routines as well as thinking and talking like mathematicains during our first week tasks.

Warmly,

Dr. Burks, Mrs. Sillers, & Mrs. Brickner

Is your child interested in playing Band or Orchestra this year? Now is the time to sign up!

• 3rd grade: https://forms.gle/85sAW8HGSPUZuKP16
• 4th band: https://forms.gle/NvbPSEseQhaj273y8
• 4th orchestra: https://forms.gle/2j9Tp8CnBe9Pnuvj7
• 5th band: https://forms.gle/4ChrA9qifAiSYGNi9
• 5th orchestra: https://forms.gle/h62Zz17nqcr4utAF8

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Richard Twigg (richard_twigg@hcpss.org).

Friday, September 16th is Picture Day!

(Make Up Day November 1st)

See package options and online ordering information here.

Contact Katie DeBlasis in the front office with questions.

Please visit or subscribe to the FES Calendar Webpage to view important upcoming dates.

• September 9th: PTA's Passion for Ezra Adult Paint Room, FES Art Room

• September 12th: Back to School Night for Students in K-3rd grade-5:30-5:55 Gifted & Talented and Related Arts Information Session; 6:00-6:55 Back to School Night (2 sessions repeated)

• September 13th: Back to School Night for Students in 4th & 5th grade- 5:30-5:55 Gifted & Talented and Related Arts Information Session; 6:00-6:55 Back to School Night (4th visit Homeroom Teacher @ 6:00pm followed by Math; 5th visit Math Teacher @ 6:00 followed by Homeroom Teacher)

• September 16th: Fall Picture Day! (Make up Picture Day, November 1st)

• September 20th: PTA fundraiser Chipotle Restaurant Night

• September 26th: No School, Rosh Hashanah

• September 30th: PTA Fall Festival (Rain Date 10/20)

Adult Paint Night on Friday!
9/9 * 5:30-7:30 * School cafeteria
Leave the kids and home and enjoy a relaxing night out with fellow FES parents, while expressing your creative side (no experience necessary!). There are only a few spaces remaining: https://fulton.memberhub.com/store.

Fall Fest Coming Soon!
9/30 * 5:30 * FES
The fall festival finally returns to FES! Bounce houses, activities, food trucks and more! Save the date for this much anticipated event! Are you available to help? Please sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084DAEAF2FA0FC1-fall, we need adult volunteers for all of the activities to run. Ticket sales and details coming soon!

Fist PTA Meeting Following Back to School Night
9/12 * 7 * FES Cafeteria
Join us for one of our few IN PERSON meetings. Please stop by for as long as you’d like, the seated meeting will be very brief. We will place an emphasis on getting to know fellow parents and learning about different events.

Support FES
We are gearing up for a really fun and busy fall! The goal of the PTA is to promote community through family and school events and fundraisers, enhance student enrichment and support teachers and staff! We’d love for you to become a member- no commitment, no pressure, but your membership helps support all these important initiatives. Interested in membership or would you like to make a donation? Visit: https://fulton.memberhub.com/store or scan the QR code in the flier below.

Chipotle Night Coming Soon!

9/20 * 5-9PM * Chipotle generously donates 33% of profits back to FES for dine in and carry out orders when you mention FES.

Breakfast & lunch are no longer free this year. Students wishing to buy breakfast or lunch will need to know their pin number (see below). In addition the following are the costs for breakfast and lunch, along with the link to the menus found on the HCPSS website.

Student Pin Number for Breakfast & Lunch (POS Number)

Go into your parent account under HCPSS Connect

Click on More Options.

Then go to Homeroom/Transportation/POS

The POS number is the number for lunch.

Menus, Costs and Payment

Breakfast: $2.00

Lunch: $2.80

Menus: https://hcpss.nutrislice.com/

Meal Payment: myschoolbucks.com

Outdoor Seating

Each class will eat lunch outdoors on a rotating basis as determined by the color rotation. Please review this link for more details.

we need all Family Files completed. This has information that we use for dismissal, emergencies and more! We need all of this information for the very first day of school. 61% of our families have completed their Family File.

• Video Tutorial at this link
• Family File Directions at this link
• Spanish Version at this link

If you have not completed your Family File for the current school year, please complete the following as soon as possible:

• Log in to HCPSS Connect https://www.hcpss.org/connect/
  • Select the Family File tab
  • Then click on Family File

Once logged in, parents/guardians will be asked to provide or update the following information:

• Student information
• Parent/guardian contact
• Emergency contacts
• Medical information
• Arrival/dismissal procedures
• Media release (photo approval)
• Data confidentiality
• PTA/PTSA directory

Families are reminded that students must abide by Board of Education Policy 8080 Responsible Use of Technology, Digital Tools, and Social Media, and specifically Standard E. Student Use-Technology, which states that “HCPSS permits students to bring personal technology devices to school, according to the following rules:

• Elementary Schools – Students will keep personal technology devices in backpacks during the school day, unless otherwise authorized by school administrators or instructional staff.

Justine Sillers, Assistant Principal, justine_sillers@hcpss.org

Leslie Brickner, Assistant Principal, leslie_brickner@hcpss.org

Email: tanisha_burks@hcpss.org
Website: fes.hcpss.org/
Location: 11600 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD, USA
Phone: 410-880-5957
Twitter: @hcpss_fes