Ed Clapp Elementary

Achieving excellence by educating and empowering all students to succeed.

December 4: Wagers/Biggerstaff to Plains Art Museum

December 6: Family Winter Concert

December 10: Bradley/Fairfield to Plains Art Museum

December 11: Skate City Night (6:00-8:00)

December 20: Early Out

December 23-January1: NO SCHOOL - WINTER BREAK

January 2: School resumes

Fargo Public Schools Accepting Nominations Beginning November 25 for Teacher, Administrator, and Support Staff of the Year Awards

Community members are invited to nominate deserving Fargo Public Schools employees for the Teacher, Administrator, and Support Staff of the Year Awards. The Staff Recognition Program honors FPS staff members who serve our students with excellence. Nominate online and learn more about the program at: www.fargo.k12.nd.us/StaffRecognitionProgram.

Fargo Public Schools deeply values the nearly 2,000 staff members who ensure our students receive a high-quality education in a safe learning environment. To honor our employees, the District annually awards the following:

• Teacher of the Year Award − awarded to a certified staff member
• Administrator of the Year Award − awarded to a principal, assistant principal, director, or coordinator
• Support Staff of the Year Award − awarded to an educational support staff member, custodial/maintenance department staff member, or nutrition services staff member

Nominations will be accepted online from 9 a.m. Nov. 25 to 4 p.m. Dec. 13.

FPS Needs Your Input

Fargo Public Schools is seeking input from our entire community on the next steps for addressing the facility needs identified in our Long-Range Facility Plan. Over the past year, a team of parents, staff, students, and community members has worked together to develop a plan to improve and modernize the District's school facilities. We’ve heard from community members through committees, focus groups and meetings, and now we want to hear from you.

The Long-Range Facility Plan aims to support Fargo Public Schools’ mission by creating safe, inclusive, and effective learning environments that meet the needs of our growing community. This plan includes new school construction, consolidations, and updates to aging buildings to ensure each student has access to a supportive, modern educational experience and the same educational opportunities. Take the survey here.

The December Mental Health Series calendar is attached and tailored to the needs of Fargo Public Schools. The calendar provides December’s mental health resources and events including:

What’s Included:

· Key Dates: Schedule of live webinars for December, with each event starting at 6 & 8 PM CT.

· Topic Highlight: District-selected focus topic tailored to the needs of your students, families, and staff.

· Access Details: Instructions on how to join live sessions.

I’d like to highlight the upcoming Ask a Therapist LIVE event on December 11th, which is part of our Mental Health Series platform. This event takes place once per month and offers a unique opportunity for parents to engage directly with a licensed family therapist. Parents can ask questions anonymously and receive personalized answers in real time.

December Calendar can be found here or in spanish here

The Winter NDSU Extension - Cass County Parenting News Flash can be found at this link.

With the winter weather here to stay, please be sure to send warm winter clothes to school with your child. The district policy is students go out for recess unless the temperature or wind chill reaches 10 below. Students need warm coats, hats and gloves.

All students need to wear boots. Our Kindergarten through second grade students also need snowpants in order to play in the snow. Snowpants are optional for grades 3 through 5. If you need any assistance with getting your child warm winter clothes, please contact our office.

• Tardies: Our first bell rings at 7:50. This is the time when students are allowed to go to their lockers, get a breakfast and go inside their classrooms. Students must be in their classrooms by 8:05.
• Absences: If your child will miss school please call the office staff at 446-2900 by 9:00 or email edattendance@fargoschools.org. If we do not hear from you our office staff will be calling to check the whereabouts of your child....your child's safety is always our number one concern. Being on time and having good attendance is crucial for learning. When a child is habitually absent/tardy, there is a negative impact on learning. If you are ever having trouble with getting your child to school, please call our or your child is feeling sick to often, please call the office. Our school counselor, Katrina Brekke or Kennedy Geller, would be happy to work with you and offer support and suggestions.
• If you need to pick up your child during the day, please come to the office to sign he/she out. The office will call your child out of his/her classroom. Due to district policy, we are unable to call your child out of the classroom before you have arrived at the school.

The Fargo South Hockey team is having an elementary night at their game on December 12th against Fargo North. All Elementary school aged kids will get in free witha paying adult. See more information at this link.

Attached is the flyer for the Ed Clapp gear that is available. This is the link to the online store! https://edclapp2024.itemorder.com/

Important Info:

1. All the ordering is done online.
2. The closing date is December 22nd. (No orders will be accepted after this date.)
3. Clothes will be delivered approximately 2 weeks after order closes.

Flyer can be found here.

Jennifer Schuldheisz, Principal

Email: schuldj@fargo.k12.nd.us
Website: www.fargo.k12.nd.us/EdClapp
Location: 3131 28th St S, Fargo, ND, USA
Phone: 701-446-2900