Fremont Elementary School

Dear Fremont Families,

This was a fantastic week for our Fremont community! From Zumba on Wednesday to Multicultural Night on Thursday, and the joyful Kindergarten Sings on Friday, it’s been a week full of connection and celebration. Thank you for helping create such a vibrant and welcoming community for our school and families.

With gratitude,

Beth Carmody

Mrs. Roscoe visited Mrs. Perna's Kindergarten classroom to talk about the communication device, also called a talker. She showed them how it helps students express themselves. They learned how to use the talker during daily activities to support their communication and learning.

She also read Something to Say About My Communication Device to their class. The book helped them understand how the talker gives students a voice and allows them to share their thoughts. Mrs. Roscoe showed them ways to model words and encourage students to use the device in conversations. It was a great experience for Mrs. Perna's class!

• April 14 - ALICE Drill
• April 16 - Early Release Schedule (ES dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)
• April 16 - PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• April 18 - No School (Students Not In Attendance)
• April 21 - Board of Education Meeting (live stream), 7:00 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• April 23 - Early Release Schedule (ES dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)
• April 25 - PTO Bingo Night, 6:30-8:00 p.m. (Intermediate Gym School)-More information below
• April 30 - Early Release Schedule (ES dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)

⛱️Summer Adventures in Learning (SAiL) registration is still open until May 2nd! Please look through the entire SAiL catalog here.

🌞Summer Boost registration is open as well! This program connects your student with a teacher for Math and/or Reading support using familiar online tools we utilize throughout the year. The teacher monitors progress, sends encouragement, and offers office hours weekly. This program also works with any summer schedule; students work online at their own pace, asynchronously! (sign up here for SAiL and/or Boost)

🌞Summer Scholars is an invitation-only program. Original invitations were sent by your student’s teacher. As some decline, we will extend this invite to students on our waiting list. Keep an eye out for your invitation and be sure to register using the link in your email as soon as you can. We ask this in order to allow enough planning time for a family on the waiting list, should you not claim the spot.

🌻Multilingual and ESY program invitations have also been sent via email or phone call. Please also indicate your transportation needs when confirming your spot with your teacher.

Please reach out to Alana Davidov, adavidov@fsd79.org, Fremont Intermediate School Assistant Principal, for help or questions about Summer Boost, Summer Scholars, and SAiL!

Please reach out to Tegan Dittmer, tdittmer@fsd79.org, for any questions related to Extended School Year or Multilingual programming.

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

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.

Fremont School District menus are now available with real-time updates as well as complete lists of all allergens and nutritional information through Quest Food Management's partner website at FDMealPlanner.com. When you access the website, you will simply enter "Fremont" in the Search field and click your student's corresponding school for a complete list of all items served for the daily meal for the month as well as any other sides and accompaniments.

With FDMealPlanner, you may view a condensed menu including the daily special offering, or by toggle, view the entire Quest offerings for the whole day in your student's school. Any menu changes from week to week will also appear daily on this portal. You may also build menus for your student to participate in to exclude certain allergens.

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.

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 April 16th.

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 is available here. In the meantime, if you're interested, here’s the link for self-nomination, and our flyer with more information.

EVA AWARD

Every year we honor one of our wonderful volunteers with the Excellence in Volunteering Award. To be eligible, the candidate must have their last child graduating from Fremont this year. Candidates can be submitted by a teacher, student or parent. Please take a moment to fill out this form by Monday, May 5th. If you have any questions, please contact Stacie Brown, pto@fsd79.org.

FAMILY BINGO NIGHT & BOOK FAIR - REGISTER NOW!

Join us Friday, April 25th for a fun night of BINGO! This event is hosted alongside the Intermediate Student Council and will be held in the Intermediate School Gym from 6:30-8pm. The Book Fair will also be open 5:30-8pm! This will be the last time to shop at the book fair this year! Click here to register!

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK - I’ll BE THERE FOR YOU

We all know our teachers and staff know how to PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT when necessary. For Teacher Appreciation Week 2025 let's celebrate all our awesome teachers and staff with a Woo-Pah and Jazz Hands the week of May 5th - May 9th (Friends theme). They don't know that we know they know we know how amazing they are. Check out our flyer!

Here are themes for each day:

Monday - Ross's Letter - Have your student show their love by writing a kind note or drawing a picture.

Tuesday - Joey Doesn't Share Food - Bring your teacher or a staff member their favorite snack.

Wednesday - Chandler Steals the Cheesecake - Bring your teacher or a staff member a sweet treat.

Thursday - A Gift Rachel Won't Return - Bring your teacher or staff member a gift card to their favorite store or make them something from the heart. This would be a great way to show our specials teachers some love too!! Here is the link to the Middle School Teacher Favorite Things Form

Friday - Phoebe's Relaxi-Taxi - Bring your teacher or staff member something relaxing (coffee shop gift card, bath bombs, etc.)

FREMONT PARENT-SON EVENT

You are invited out for a night of fun, so please have your son/s arrive with an important adult figure in their life. We are looking forward to a wonderful event playing, socializing and friendly competition.

Event Timing: Saturday, May 10th, 2025 4-6pm

Event Address: Kristoff's Entertainment Center, 421 Rollins Rd Round Lake Beach, IL

Contact us at fsdptoparentliaison@gmail.com for questions.

This is a 2-hour event and will include: 1 hour of bowling and 1 hour of unlimited arcade play. During the arcade play you will also have time to eat.

Please fill out the following link to register: https://forms.gle/F9jYk7ABV9FxvS5QA

1st DAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES

It's that time of year! Time to start thinking about purchasing your 1st Day School Supply kits for the 2025/2026 school year! I know it’s crazy to think that it’s time already but before you know it, summer will be here. It's important you order your supplies before it's too late! Let’s start the school year with the exact supplies your teacher requested, and give your child the confidence they need to conquer next year!

Elementary school: http://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/gs/32164

Intermediate school: http://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/gs/1177849

Middle school: http://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/gs/32165

Questions? Please email Elisabeth Reigle at fsdvpis@gmail.com

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 for joining us at City Barbeque this week. Check out our final dine-in night at California Pizza Kitchen on May 14th!

ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK NOW!

Don’t forget to order your student's 2024-2025 yearbook. TODAY, April 11th, is the last day for custom pages! 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. Please note - any birthday board requests for April 9-14 need to be submitted by April 8.

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Address: 28908 N. Fremont Center Road

Phone: (847) 837-0437

Website: elementary.fsd79.org

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