Paramount Elementary

This week is Read Week. Please see below for information on dress-up days.

• Read Week
• Book Fair
• Kindergarten Registration
• Hoops 4 Hunger
• Attendance Matters
• Dog Waste In Fields
• Add Social Media Accounts
• Bus Loop
• Yearbook: Purchase
• Roaring Readers
• Hand Washing Practices
• Staff Shout-Outs
• Student Drop-Off Times
• School Nutrition Services: Free and Reduced Lunch Application
• Bell Schedule
• Important Safety Reminders
• District Positions Available

• Monday, March 10th - Friday, March 14th: Book Fair
• Tuesday, March 11th: Free Swig Day
• Wednesday, March 12: Late Night Book Fair
• Friday, March 14th: Yearbook Orders Due!
• March 17th-21st: No School; Spring Break
• Wednesday, March 26th: Kindergarten Registration
• Friday, March 28th: Recognition Breakfast
• Friday, April 11th: No School K-12
• Thursday, April 24th: Glow Night

Our annual spring book fair will be returning! Students will be able to shop for new books during designated times throughout the week. In addition to the book fair running during the school day, families are able to join Late Night event on Wednesday, March 12th. More specific information will be coming on times.

It's that time of year again when you can begin registering your kindergartener for the 2025-2026 school year. We will be sending out more information about our registration event on Wednesday, March 26th. See the flyer below for registration guidance.

Want to donate to a good cause? Consider donating to the WAEF Hoops 4 Hunger drive, where all money will go to covering school meals for students in need. Click the link to learn more about the donation drive and to donate.

https://www.westada.org/page/hoops-4-hunger

Your child's consistent attendance matters to their grasping new concepts and continuing to grow in their academics, especially in early reading skills. Please ensure your students are attending school on a regular basis. If this is a challenge for your family, please reach out to Mrs. Roy (principal) or Ms. Hale (counselor) to discuss concerns; we are here to help (and we want to help)!

We need your help! We are seeing quite a bit of dog poop in our fields, which as you can imagine, is less than ideal for students who are running around while they enjoy their recess. Please help spread the word to neighbors that it is imperative that dog owners that use our fields to exercise their dogs CLEAN UP after them! And, if the dog is experiencing "runnier than normal" excrement, just keep them off of our fields!! No one wants a student to step, or SLIP, in the poop!!

Want to see the fun stuff our students are up to during the school day? Follow us on our social media accounts to stay up-to-day and see if your student makes a cameo.

Paramount Elementary (teacher-created posts):

• Follow on Instagram: paramountes_wasd

• Follow on Facebook: Paramount Elementary School

Please remember we cannot have parents drop off students in the bus loop. The bus loop is for buses, daycare vans, and shuttle bus parents only. We need to keep that area free from extra cars that prohibit our buses from exiting the parking lot in a timely manner to keep students on schedule.

It's that time of year to start thinking about our 2024-2025 Yearbook. See the information below on the following:

• Yearbook Cover Contest
• Purchasing a Yearbook (due March 14th)

Does your student want a pass for a day at Roaring Springs this summer? Have them participate in the Roaring Readers reading program to earn a pass. A flyer will be coming home with tracking information and important dates to follow.

Roaring Readers will run from January 8th through March 26th, when the forms are due!

WASH THOSE HANDS!!

We are right in the throes of cold and flu season. There are lots of bugs going around, including the Norovirus, which can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. Hand washing is the #1 way to prevent the spread of this illness. Sanitizer alone is not effective against Norovirus. Please keep students’ home if they have fever, vomiting, or diarrhea until they are symptom free for 24 hours without any symptom-reducing medication. Please refer to the West Ada Health Services website for more information.

Fill out the form by clicking the button below. The form will be created and given to the staff member. Any and all staff members are included: teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, crossing guards, noon duties, secretaries, safe school assistant, counselor, support staff, etc.

Are your students learning new "things" or skills at home? Are they exploring the world around them? We would love to have pictures of our students outside of school showing off their curious minds, how they are learning about something new, or of them creating. Send in a picture with a brief explanation (including the name and grade of the student) to Mrs. Roy so she can display these on our Wonder Wall.

roy.brooke@westada.org

Huge Shout Out to Mrs. Krieger for helping design our Wonder Wall!

Our Subway Days allow for a different lunch option for our students once a month. Along with a large number of other elementary schools around us, we partner with a local Subway to make this an option for our students. As a school, we do receive a small kickback from these orders. The money we receive goes into our ASB Activities account. This money is used for various events/activities/items that our students benefit from. Examples include our Woot Woot Wagon items, Super Star prizes, Recognition Breakfasts, IReady lesson rewards like our soda bar and popcorn bar, assembly games/prizes, and other similar events. We will always have our regular lunch options available for students on these days!

As our Lost and Found is growing, exponentially, we ask that parents please label their students' outerwear, water bottles, and lunch boxes. This helps us find the owner of missing items quickly! Thank you!!

For those that use the back gate to drop off or pick up your student on Dietrich, please make sure you are not stopping or parking in the cross-walk and blocking it. It is also very important that you do not park between the "No Parking" signs.

Please help us keep out students safe by maintaining visibility in these locations!

In order to be in accordance with state and district nutrition policies, we will be following a "no food" birthday celebration for students. We have a large variety of student allergy and medical conditions that restrict them from participating in food celebrations. Our goal for any celebration within school to be as inclusive as possible. Parents may send in other non-food items to share with classmates if they choose as a celebration for their birthday (this is not required). Teachers will communicate their individual plans regarding birthday celebrations in their classroom as some may allow a once-a-month celebration policy for birthdays (as this still follows policy). Our teachers do a great job of ensuring students feel recognized on their birthday!

In addition to the six character traits we focus on as a school, we will also be focusing on five learner dispositions to ensure our Paramount students are life-long learners. As a learner, we want to ensure our students can demonstrate the following traits:

• Motivation
• Perserverance
• Ownership
• Curiosity
• Cooperation

Click the button below to read more about our learner dispositions.

While we will focus on all of these learner dispositions, we will be highlighting more specific areas in which our staff and students "Cultivate Curiosity". Please look for opportunities where you can showcase your student exploring new learning opportunities around them. We will be creating a "Wonder Wall" where students can post pictures of these experiences to share with our school. More information to come.

Please help us keep your students safe! DO NOT drop students off for school before 8:45 am. (M, T, Th, F) or 9:00 am (W). If a student is eating breakfast, they can be dropped off to enter the building at 8:45 am. Breakfast is not served until this time.

Because we cannot guarantee the supervision of students prior to this time, we cannot allow students to enter the building or be on campus. Please help us with this.

LINQ Connect is the service we use for student meal accounts. Setting up a LINQ Connect account is free. From your account, you can monitor your student's activity, view menus, add funds (credit card only, transaction fee applies), and apply for free/reduced lunch.

Payments can also be made directly to our school's kitchen staff with cash or check (payable to School Nutrition). There are no transaction fees associated with these types of payments.

Click the button below to access our district website with more information regarding school nutrition, menus, and payment options. You can click the LINQ button to set up an account or add money.

If you receive notification for a low or negative balance for your student's lunch account, you can take care of this in the LINQ Connect account. You can click the button above "LINQ Connect" to access this account.

Various schools within West Ada are hiring positions. If you or someone you know is interested, please access the information in the image below.

Our #1 priority is to ensure a SAFE campus for our students and staff. In order to do this effectively, we do need your help. Please read our safety reminders below:

1. Paramount is a CLOSED CAMPUS during the school hours of 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Any visitors will need to check in at the front office during these times if they plan to enter the building or be on campus beyond our drop-off locations. For the first week of school, we will allow parents to escort students to line-up locations. After the first week, we will expect parents to adhere to remaining behind our gates when dropping off students.
2. Please bring your ID with you when checking in at the front office. Please avoided checking your student out during recess times; please plan ahead to let us know if a student will need to wait for a parent during recess.
3. We cannot allow anyone on our fields or playgrounds during the school day that are not approved to be here. Please do not bring young children to play on our equipment during the school day. Our staff is trained to report anyone they believe is not approved to be on campus.
4. For students or parents riding bikes to school, please plan on “walking” bikes once on campus. This will help ensure the biker’s safety through the parking lot.
5. For parents who will be dropping students off at school, or picking them up, PLEASE adhere to our “Drop-Off/Pick-Up” Zones. This helps ensure students are only entering/exiting cars in a safe area, where other drivers can see them.
6. Students and parents are expected to use the crosswalk and wait for the Crossing Guard to indicate it is safe to cross. Please help us with this.
7. No dogs are allowed on campus during the school day. Please do not bring animals on our campus without permission. If you bring them with you during drop-off or pick-up, they must be on a leash AND REMAIN AT THE CORNERS OFF CAMPUS OR IN THE PARKING LOT. They may also remain in your vehicle. Again, this is for the safety of all—our students and staff AND your pet!
8. If you are accessing the school grounds outside of school hours with a dog, please be sure to clean up after them. We often find dog waste left in the fields. As you can imagine, if a student steps into this, it creates a major disruption and hygiene issue for our students, parents, and school. Please spread the word for us to help keep our fields free of pet waste.
9. Throughout the year, we will practice a variety of safety drills: Lockdowns, Fire drills, Reverse Evacuations, Evacuations, etc. We work in conjunction with the Meridian Police Department and the Meridian Fire Department to establish the best practices for these drills. We will communicate when these occur, so you are aware of the drills. We will also send more communication regarding the types of emergencies and the procedures we will practice with our students.

• Follow our Paramount PTA on Instagram: paramountpta
• Follow our Paramount PTA on Facebook (private group, click "join group"): paramount pta

Paramount Elementary (teacher-created posts):

• Follow on Instagram: paramountes_wasd

• Follow on Facebook: Paramount Elementary School