Fremont Elementary School

Dear Fremont Families,

What a beautiful day! Our students and staff are enjoying the warmer weather and the ease of not having to bundle up in snow gear.

We’re excited for the PTO March Madness basketball game tomorrow! If you’re attending, I’d love to meet you—please feel free to stop me and say hello. I am looking forward to connecting with more of our wonderful families!

With gratitude,

Beth Carmody

Our kindergarten students had so much fun designing and building their own leprechaun traps in hopes of catching a tricky visitor! Using their creativity, they crafted traps with rainbows, gold coins, and hidden surprises. While no leprechauns were caught, students were thrilled to find tiny green footprints, scattered gold coins, and a few overturned traps—evidence that a mischievous

leprechaun had been in their classrooms. It was an exciting and memorable

St. Patrick’s Day activity filled with curiosity and laughter!

• March 15 - PTO March Madness Basketball Game, 2:00 p.m. (Mundelein High School)
• March 17 - Board of Education Meeting (live stream), 7:00 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• March 18-20 - Author Visit - Jean Reidy (More Information Below)
• March 19 - Early Release Schedule (ES dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)
• March 19 -PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• March 24-28 -Spring Break (Students Not In Attendance)
• March 31 - Classes Resume
• April 2 - Early Release Schedule ((ES dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)

The time is here to sign up for two out of the five summer school programs that Fremont School District is offering this summer!

1- Summer Adventures in Learning (sign up here) consists of one-week interest-based enrichment courses led by Fremont staff! There are two time-sessions each day, which allows you to sign up for two classes per week. Classes may fill up, or need to be canceled, so you will be able to indicate a first and second choice for each of the six class periods between June 9th and June 27th. This is also the form to sign up for bus transportation. There are no mid-session bus routes, so anyone signing up for only one class per week will need to provide transportation.

2- Summer Boost (sign up here) is an asynchronous continuation of student learning online. All students will have access to online learning tools used throughout the school year, but signing up for Summer Boost connects your child with a teacher who will help to monitor their online progress, offer encouragement, and provide optional office hours.

3- Summer Scholars, 4- Extended School Year, and 5- Multilingual, are all programs that are invitation-only. You should be hearing from teachers and case managers soon if your child is invited to attend this summer. These three programs offer tailored assistance with Math and Reading, in-person from June 6th-June 27th.

Please reach out to Alana Davidov, adavidov@fsd79.org, Fremont Intermediate School Assistant Principal, for help or questions!

Registration for the 2025-2026 school year at Fremont School District 79 is now open. More information regarding registration for our current students, incoming Kindergarten students and new families can be found by visiting our Registration webpage.

Many families in our Fremont community need much more than food. There are some items that can’t be bought with Food Stamps, so we would like to help supply them to make things a little easier in addition to some food items. Please see the attached list for donation suggestions. Donations can be brought to school. There will be a table in the front hallway. Donations are due by: Friday, March 14th

We have been learning jump roping skills in PE class the last several weeks and along with that participating in the Kids Heart Challenge put on by the American Heart Association. We have been raising money to help the cause and combat heart disease. To date Fremont Elementary has already raised $17,329 which exceeds our $15,500 goal. That is amazing. There is still time to donate as we can accept donations until March 18th. Click on this link to register. Remember donating is completely optional and all students are participating in the Kids Heart Challenge regardless of donating or not.

Any questions can be directed to our PE teachers Mr. Bonner (jbonner@fsd79.org) and Mrs. Spino (jspino@fsd79.org).

We are thrilled to announce that award-winning author Jean Reidy will be visiting Fremont Elementary School on March 18, 19, and 20! During her visit, students will have the wonderful opportunity to hear Jean Reidy speak about her books and the writing process with their class.

Books will be available for purchase, and students will have the chance to get their copies

signed by the author! This is a fantastic opportunity to inspire young readers and writers—don’t miss out! Book orders were sent home with students. A special thank you to our PTO for helping make this exciting event possible! For more information about Jean Reidy please visit her website www.jeanreidy.com

Fremont School District 79 greatly values your feedback as it relates to your student’s educational experience. Once again, the State of Illinois has partnered with 5Essentials to create a forum by which you can provide your input. To date, we have the following parent participation rates:

Elementary School: 14%

We need at least a 20% participation rate for each of the schools in order to receive a report. Please help us reach this threshold! If you have not already done so, we would greatly appreciate it if you would take the brief survey by visiting: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Your responses are vital for continuous improvement and long-range planning for your child's school. Parents are welcome to answer the survey for each of their children’s schools. The deadline to complete the survey is March 28, 2025.

District administrators, teachers, and students hosted a virtual Parent University presentation Tuesday night on the topic of artificial intelligence. We shared how the District is currently integrating AI, and how parents can use AI to support their child’s learning experience. If you missed the presentation, it can be viewed below. Please share your feedback via this form to provide your thoughts on the presentation and to help us plan for future events. For more information on our Parent University programming, please visit our webpage.

Thank you to everyone who has listened to and subscribed to our new podcast, "Fremont Leads." Hosted by Fremont Middle School teacher Jacki Mjoen, this series features interviews with our outstanding student leaders.

In our newest episode, we catch up with Fremont Middle School eighth-grader James to discuss his involvement in Fremont Ambassadors, choir, the middle school musical, and more. Subscribe via any of the platforms below so that you don't miss an episode!

Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | YouTube Music | iHeartRadio

If you plan to pick up your child early or at dismissal please call or email Aura Perez at aperezcruces@fsd79.org and email your child's homeroom teacher prior to 2:45 p.m (on Wednesdays by 2:15 p.m.) Please note in order to pick up your child from the front office you must do so by 3:00 p.m. (on Wednesdays by 2:30 p.m.) If you need the family sign to display in your car window at parent pick up please let Mrs. Perez Cruces know and we will send one home with your youngest student. Please refer to our Pick-up and Drop-off Procedures for our specific guidelines.

A friendly reminder about our drop off and pick up line ...

• Please stay in your car when dropping off or picking up your student(s).

• Please do not park in the parking lot and send your student(s) to the school. Stay in the drop-off line.

• Please pull all the way forward in line when dropping off and picking up. Students exit the car on the sidewalk only.

• If you arrive at school after 8:55 am, you must come into the school to sign your student in. Doors close at 8:55 am.

If your child will be absent from school for any reason, please report the absence to the school office by 9:00 a.m. by calling 847-837-0437 option 2. Safety is our number one priority so please help us by reporting as soon as possible. Attendance at school is crucial for your child’s success so every effort should be made to avoid non-health-related absences.

Lunch menus for the month of March are available and can be found here. For more information on the school lunch program, please click here. If you need to create a lunch account for your student, you will need your child's student ID number which you can obtain by calling the front office at 847-837-0437 and click here for further details.

We are going to be phasing out ice cream for sale at the Elementary School. We will begin the phase out by only offering on Fridays. Ice cream is only available to our first and second graders.

Right at School offers before and after school child care at FSD79, for Grades K-8. Please visit the Right At School website for information and to register your child(ren) for the program.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The Fremont PTO would love to see you at our meetings this year! Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middle School Den at 6:00 pm. Our next meeting is on March 19th.

Childcare services for children ages 3+ will be provided at ALL of our upcoming PTO meetings. Please use the form below to let us know if you will be bringing a child to the meeting. It is not required to RSVP; however, we ask that you please do so if you plan to take advantage of childcare. Care will be provided by Fremont Middle School students for individuals ages 3 and up.

RSVP Form for childcare: https://forms.gle/ceerdTKn7Pa51mVt7

Here is the list of all meeting dates for the 2024-2025 school year.

To stay in the know of what Fremont PTO is up to, follow and tag us on social media:

Instagram: @fremontpto

Facebook: Fremont PTO

PTO ELECTION INFORMATION - HELP WANTED!

The Fremont PTO School Board is looking for passionate and dedicated parents to join our team for the 2025-26 school year! Open positions include President, Vice President of Elementary School, Vice President of Intermediate School, Treasurer, and Secretary.

If you want to help build experiences, support fundraising efforts, and be a voice for our Fremont community, this is your chance to make a difference! Our mission is to strengthen the connection between school and home, encourage parent involvement, and foster a close relationship between parents, teachers, and students.

More information on each position will be available soon. In the meantime, if you're interested, here’s the link for self-nomination, and our flyer with more information.

MARCH MADNESS

Saturday, March 15th - Come support your favorite Fremont teachers at Mundelein High School as they play against one another in basketball. All proceeds raised will go to The Fremont PTO to help fund inflatables for Field Day! See the flyer for more info!

SHOP. SCAN. EARN.

Forget the scissors - Box Tops for Education has gone digital! Simply download the Box Tops for Education app (see www.boxtops4education.com for more info), select Fremont School District 79 (in Mundelein, IL) as your beneficiary, and you're all set! Enter the code H02P2R0D when you register for bonus points. Then simply scan your receipts after shopping, and watch the points (and $$) add up for our schools!

UPCOMING DINE-IN NIGHTS

Thank you everyone for your support at Luke’s on Mundelein - it was great to see familiar faces. We have many more dine-in nights ahead – check out the list here!

ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK NOW!

Don’t forget to order your student's 2024-2025 yearbook. Use the correct school code from our flyer when you order!

PTO MEMBERSHIP/ONLINE DIRECTORY FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR

If you already have an account in Membership Toolkit, thank you for creating and/or updating your Membership Toolkit account last year.

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 2024-2025).

To gain access to the Online Student Directory your account must be active and you must pay the $15 PTO Membership Family Fee. If you paid your PTO Membership fee through your TeacherEase account before June 15th, your payment has been confirmed and you currently have access to the Online Student Directory. If you didn’t pay your PTO Membership Family Fee before June 15th, you can pay the $15 PTO Membership Family fee thru Venmo @Fremont-PTO; or by bringing or sending the attached form 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.

BIRTHDAY BOARD

Celebrate your Fremont Student's special day! "Happy Birthday, Your Child's Name" can appear on the Fremont Electronic Message Board. Just complete the Birthday Board Request Google Form 2024-2025; or complete the birthday board form and send it back to any school front office with your $5 payment per birthday message. If you have any questions, please contact Christie Johnson at cjohnson@fsd79.org.

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Address: 28908 N. Fremont Center Road

Phone: (847) 837-0437

Website: elementary.fsd79.org

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