Fremont Elementary School

Happy Summer, Fremont Families!

We hope you are soaking up these last weeks of sunshine, adventure, and quality time together. Whether you're enjoying a family trip, backyard fun, or quiet moments with a good book, we hope your summer has been restful and full of joy.

As we count down to the start of another exciting school year, we wanted to share some important updates and reminders to help you and your child feel confident and ready for the year ahead. While there’s still time for a little more summer fun, we know many families are already thinking about school routines and what’s new at school—so we’re here to help you feel prepared and informed.

Schedule Shift

We’re excited to share an update to our specials schedule for the coming school year. Students will now have one specials class each day, rotating through the following five engaging subjects: Art, Healthy Minds, Makerspace, Music, and Technology. (Healthy Minds was previously a part of our Physical Education instructional time.)

In addition to these specials, students will have Physical Education (P.E.) three times per week. This shift from five days a week schedule allows for smaller groups in the gym, which increases instructional impact and enhances student safety. On the other two days, weather permitting, students will enjoy outdoor recess in place of P.E. On inclement weather days they will play indoors.

WIN Time
Each day, students will participate in a dedicated 30-minute block called WIN Time, which stands for "What I Need." During this time, teachers will provide students with targeted academic and social-emotional support based on their individual needs. This may include:

• Intervention or reteaching

• Enrichment or extension activities

• Independent or small-group work

• Related services as dictated by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
  

Importantly, no new core instruction is introduced during WIN Time, ensuring that students can focus on support without missing essential content.

Details about Fremont Elementary School can be found in our Family Handbook. Please make sure that you have read this over as it will answer many of your questions.

We can't wait to see everyone back at school!

Sincerely,

Beth Carmody

Principal

Teacher assignments are now able to be seen by logging into your TeacherEase account. Go to https://www.teacherease.com/, use your email address as your user id and enter your password. If you do not know your password, click “forgot password” and a link will be sent to setup your password. Once in your account, please click on the "Academics" tab and click "Classes" to view your K-2 Homeroom assignment.

• August 8- Teacher assignments are available on TeacherEase (see above for more information)

• August 13- Kindergarten Practice Bus Ride: Please meet at 9:30 a.m at the bus loop between the Elementary and Intermediate Schools. No need to rsvp and parents and siblings are welcome to ride the bus as well. This will give your incoming kindergarten the opportunity to take a 30 minute ride to become more familiar with the school bus. Please note that this won't be your child's assigned bus or bus route for the school year. You should have received bus information specific to your child from our transportation office-if not please email transportation@fsd79.org.

• August 19- Kindergarten Kick Off: 5:00-6:30 p.m. at the Elementary School Playground (More Information)

• August 20- Meet and Greet: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Students are invited to drop off supplies and meet their teacher (School supply lists). Students with last names beginning with A-L attend from 1:00-2:00 p.m. and M-Z attend from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Stop by the Intermediate School Gymnasium to pick up bus tags and meet your child’s bus driver; set up and pay for lunch accounts at the Quest table (Lunch account Set Up Info); drop off health forms to Nurse Dana at the Nurse’s table; and visit host representatives from our PTO, Fremont Public Library, Mundelein Recreation and Park District, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, and Right at School.

• August 21- First day of School:
• Elementary school hours are 8:50 a.m. to 3:38 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Please keep in mind that doors open daily at 8:45 a.m. and students begin each day promptly at 8:50 a.m.
• Each Wednesday will be an early release day so that teachers and staff may participate in professional learning. Elementary School students will be released at 3:08 p.m.

• August 22- PTO Back-to-School Bash: 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Fremont Intermediate School

• August 26- Curriculum Night: 6:15-7:45 p.m. See below for more details.

• August 27- Board Meeting (rescheduled from 8/25): 7:00 p.m. (live stream) at Fremont Intermediate School Cafeteria

To help you and your child prepare for a successful school year, we encourage you to review the FSD79 Family Handbook 2025-2026, which outlines important school expectations, policies, and procedures.

Strong attendance habits begin on day one. When students are here consistently and on time, they benefit from direct instruction, collaboration with peers, and meaningful relationships with teachers. Please help us by encouraging your child to be present and ready to learn each day—every day truly counts.

To support a learning-focused environment, we will continue our “Away for the Day” initiative in accordance with the Portable Electronic Equipment Policy (Board Policy 7:190).

Here are a few important reminders:

• Cell phones must be turned off and kept in a Chromebook bag or sleeve during the school day. (While strongly discouraged for Elementary School students, if a student brings one to school it must be kept in their backpack.)

• Smartwatches should be in school mode and used only as a watch.

• Devices are not permitted during class time, in hallways, bathrooms, lunch, or recess.

• Students needing to contact a parent or guardian should use the main office phone.

• Exceptions may be made if outlined in a student’s IEP or 504 Plan.

Bus route information for the upcoming school year was disseminated on July 29. If you have any questions, please contact transportation@fsd79.org.

If you plan to pick up your child from school on a frequent basis please fill out this form. You will be given a sign, through your youngest child at school, that you will display in your car window. If you have completed the form prior to August 15th, we will have the sign available at Meet and Greet. Please refer to our Pick-up and Drop-off Procedures for our specific guidelines.

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 can be found here and will be available soon. For more information, including how to set up a lunch account for your student, please click here. Parents will need their student's Lunch PIN/Student Number to set up a lunch account. This information can be found in TeacherEase by clicking on the Miscellaneous tab and then selecting Locker/Lunch PIN. For more information Food Service page on our website.

Health information and medical forms are available on the FSD79 Health Services website page. Please drop off forms at your child’s school.

• Kindergarteners must show proof of current physical/immunizations, as well as dental and eye exam forms.

• Second graders must complete a dental examination prior to starting school.

Parents and guardians who DO NOT want their child’s photograph and/or student work published need to complete this form and return it to their school's front office within your student’s first 5 days of school attendance. A letter submitted from the previous year will not carry over.

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.

The Elementary School Curriculum Night will be on Tuesday, August 26. Mrs. Carmody will present a quick introduction at the beginning and the end of the evening in the Elementary Gym. Each homeroom teacher will give two identical presentations. Each presentation will be the same so you only need to attend one of them. More details will be communicated after the start of the school year.

• 6:15 p.m - 6:25 p.m. Principal Introduction #1 in the Elementary Gym
• 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Teacher Presentation #1
• 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Teacher Presentation #2
• 7:35 p.m - 7:45 p.m. Principal Introduction #2 in the Elementary Gym

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Address: 28908 N. Fremont Center Road

Phone: (847) 837-0437

Website: elementary.fsd79.org

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