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Hello Fairmount Park Families,

It's finally here! The first day of school only two days away! I have had the opportunity to work with Fairmount Park staff this last week and feel so lucky to be a part of such a wonderful team.

We are excited to welcome you on Tuesday afternoon to meet your child's teacher and reunite with friends!

• Learn and meet your teacher
• Meet & greet other staff from Fairmount Park
• Participate in a scavenger hunt to explore the school
  
• Reconnect with friends
• Use available laptops to complete volunteer application, lunch application, find 'The Source', etc
• Visit the Book Fair during Open House and after (open 3-5:30pm in the library)

• For the 2024/25 school year, our PTA has generously covered all school supply costs for Fairmount Park students with donations from last year.
• As a result, there’s no need for you to purchase supplies. Instead, please ensure your child brings a backpack and a water bottle to school.
• To support future supply needs, we encourage families who can, to please contribute during the PTA fundraising campaign in November. Your support is greatly appreciated!

• 7:40 – Playground opens.
• 7:40-7:50 – Breakfast is served.
• 7:50 – Warning bell; students able to enter the building.
• 7:55 – School begins.
• 2:25 – Dismissal (1:10 on Wednesdays)
• 2:35 – Buses depart (1:20 on Wednesdays)

Wednesday, September 4th will be a full school day. 7:55-2:25

Morning Drop Off 7:40am-7:50am

Walkers and car drop off will occur on the blacktop (playground) every day. The first week of school teachers will meet students at marked locations. Bus riders will enter through the front door. Be sure to arrive by 7:50 am as this will help your child have a great start to the day.

Afternoon Pick-up 2:25pm

Walkers and car riders will walk out with their teachers to the blacktop area. Each class will have an assigned location where will they meet their pick-up person (this will be the same marked location as the AM drop-off). Students will need to let their teacher know that their pick-up person is present before they will be dismissed.

Safety Considerations

• Please be sure that your child's teacher knows their going home plan
• The alley next to FPE is for staff and apartment access. It is not a car drop off location. Many students travel by foot this way and our neighbors have reported being blocked in and unable to leave for work. Please respect our whole community by leaving the alley way for the intended users.
• Please support your student in following this procedure to ensure student safety.

Please plan on visiting Ms. Halladin at the Book Fair during Open House (Tuesday September 3rd from 3-6 pm).

The Book Fair will also be open Wednesday September 4th, during school and 2:30-5:30 pm and Thursday September 5th, during recess and lunch.

For convenience, use our Book Fair website to set up an eWallet for your child so they can shop without cash during the fair, you can also shop online. This is a great opportunity to raise funds for our school library, as well as add to your home library.

• Tardy - If your child arrives after 7:55 please go to the office to check in before they head to their classroom.
• Absence - Please contact our attendance office anytime your child will be absent from school.
• 206-252-9304
• FairmountPark.attendance@seattleschools.org

Growing bodies of research show that the use of interactive technology (in the form of social media, video games, and group chats, etc.) in school age children is linked to greater incidents of depression and anxiety.

To support our children's positive emotional and mental development, the use of phones and smartwatches are not permitted during the school day at Fairmount Park. In an urgent event or an emergency, Fairmount Park staff will contact you immediately. If phones need to be in your child's possession during school hours, they will need to be kept in a backpack and will not be accessed unless outside of school hours. It is best practice to leave phones and smartwatches at home during the school day. Thank you for supporting FPE staff in caring for our students' mental and emotional health.

• September 3rd – Open House – 3:00-4:00pm
  
• Learn and meet your teacher
• Find your classroom
• Participate in a scavenger hunt
• Visit the Book Fair during Open House and after
• open 3-6:00pm in the library
• enter and exit through main entrance
• September 4th – first day of school for grades 1-5
• Reminder: This is a full day. (7:55-2:25)
• Please join me in the cafeteria from 7:55-8:25 for a family meet and greet, where we will go over some pertinent information and have time to meet other families.
• September 4th-5th –Book Fair
• Wednesday September 4th -during school and from 2:30-5:30 pm
• Thursday September 5th, during recess and lunch.
  
• Family Connection Meetings for Kindergarten Families by appointment:
• Wednesday, Sept. 4th – Friday, Sept. 6th
• We ask that each Kindergarten family attend a Family Connection meeting with their child’s teacher to share information about your child.
• Teachers will be reaching out to make an appointment after August 23
• September 9th – first day of school for preschool and kindergarten students
• Please join me in the cafeteria from 7:55-8:25 for pertinent information and time to meet other families (this will be for kindergarten families).
• September 24th – Curriculum/Family Night (5:30-7pm)
• 5:30-6:15 – PreK-2
• 6:15-7:00 – grades 3-5
• 5:45—6:45 – all specialists and PCP in their spaces and available for conversation
• September 27th – Individual photos
• October 11th - State In-service Day (no school for students)
• November 8th - Class Pictures and individual retake day
• November 11th – Veterans’ Day Observed – No School
• December 2nd – 5th grade trip to Islandwood

Friday's are for showing Falcon Pride! Find Falcon wear here!

Office hours are 7:00am-3:00pm

Principal: Sara Davis

Admin Secretary: Ngoc Vo

Assist. Admin Secretary: Pauline Ashman

Website: fairmountpark
Location: 3800 SW Findlay St., Seattle, WA, 98126
Phone: 206-252-9300