French Run Elementary School

The walkathon is our biggest fundraiser of the school year and every dollar amount helps our students participate in educational field trips, have access to books and online programing, as well as, support the social-emotional needs of our students. Our goal this year is to raise $12,000. If each student can raise $25, we will hit our goal.

Please use this link to access the 99 pledges donation page. Simply search for your child’s name and make a donation. https://app.99pledges.com/fund/frenchrun2025

Thank you for helping us SOAR into a successful school year!

Friday, September 12, 2025 will be the last day French Run uses Class Dojo as a parent communication tool. At that time, all family members will be removed from the application.

Beginning Monday September 15th, all family communication will be done through Talking Points. You may click on the link below for additional information about Talking Points.

https://intercom.help/talkingpoints/en/articles/10504279-translated-talkingpoints-families-app-invitations-printable

Parent/Guardians will be automatically enrolled with your phone number and e-mail addresses on file in the office.

It is very important that your phone number is updated so you can stay up to date with information from the building! To begin, TalkingPoints will automatically allow us to communicate by text messages to your phone. If you wish, you can download the TalkingPoints Parent app to your phone. This allows you to do more advanced features such as react to messages, RSVP to events, and more. Downloading the app is optional.

Any changes in phone number, e-mail address, or other important information should be communicated to the front office as soon as you can.

Change of addresses are required by Ohio Law, and should be communicated with our welcome center. Cindy in the French Run front office can help with this process.

September

16 - Reynoldsburg Board of Education Meeting (7232 E Main Street Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068)

18 - PTO Meeting - Online or at school, all are welcome

24 - No School - Teacher PD Day

29 - PTO Texas Roadhouse Dine In Night

October

1-2 Picture Day

10 - Walkathon

17 - No School

20 - No School

Reynoldsburg City Schools is excited to partner with Children's Hunger Alliance (CHA) for our weekend meal program again this year! TANF-eligible families interested in receiving weekend meals for their student(s) can complete the program form located here: https://forms.gle/z8HY4vZx4yxrZ33c7. Boxes will be distributed beginning in late September 2025 across all 11 school buildings within RCS.

If you have questions about the weekend meal program or other available resources in the school community, please reach out to wholechild@reyn.org.

French Run has been awarded a Purple Star designation by the state of Ohio. The Purple Star Award recognizes schools that show a major commitment to students and families connected to our nation’s military.

On Friday, Pete LuPiba, Commissioner of Ohio's Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) and Dr. Michelle Lewis, an officer of MIC3 presented French Run with the MIC3 Challenge/Command Coin. The coin is presented to Purple Stars schools in honor of their support for military families and students.

As part of our Purple Star designation, we want to know how we can support our military connected students and families. If you are a military connected family please fill out the survey below.

The Ohio legislature has enacted the Parents’ Bill of Rights that affirms your fundamental right as a

parent or guardian to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of your child.

The District has adopted Board Policy [5780.01/IGBLA/other], which describes the specific rights you have as a parent or guardian and requires the District to notify you regarding these rights and to ask you to choose whether the District can provide certain health care services to your child. The District offers the following physical, mental, and behavioral health care services to your child:

● School-based behavioral health services (by referral only): Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The

Buckeye Ranch, Integrated Services Behavioral Health, Southeast Healthcare, Inc. (Prevention

services)

● School Social Workers, School Nurses, Health Aides

The District is authorized by law to employ health care service professionals and to provide certain

services – among them, diabetes care, conducting hearing and vision tests, testing for tuberculosis (if required by the Board of Health), screening for newly enrolling kindergarten or first grade students, dyslexia screenings, medication administration, concussion assessments, seizure action planning, threat assessments, counseling to any victim of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct, counseling for habitually absent students, and any other services required by a student’s Individualized Education Plan or 504 Plan.

Other options are available for your child to receive physical, mental, and behavioral health services. You can see your primary health care provider. Programs, including a public health clinic, are also offered by Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The District has also compiled a list of counseling and behavioral health resources available on reyn.org under the Department of Diverse Learners & Whole Child Supports. The link can be found here.

To facilitate parental involvement and decision-making, you have the option to withhold consent or decline any service offered by the District. If you consent, it does not waive your right to access your child’s educational or health records or to be notified about a change in your child’s services or monitoring as required by law.

Note: This notice does not apply to emergency situations, first aid, other unanticipated minor health care services, or health care services provided pursuant to a student’s IEP or 504 Plan. If you have questions about these exceptions, please contact the District office.

We love to celebrate birthdays, however, due to our high number of students who have severe allergies, we are asking families to not bring in perishable items to school for their child’s classroom. stickers, pencils, trinkets, etc. are acceptable, if you wish. Please check with your child’s teacher prior to sending in any items.

Arrival

Doors Open: 8:20 am

Tardy Bell: 8:30 am (Doors will close at this time)

If you arrive after 8:30, you will need to walk your student into the building and sign them in. There will be a sign in sheet on a table in the foyer outside the office.

Dismissal

Students begin leaving the building: 2:45 pm

All students out of the building/last pick up: 3:00 pm

Car Rider Loop

Parents dropping off or picking up students must follow the red arrows on the map below. Students will be waiting for parents who are in line, and released by the cones on the sidewalk. Please do not pass cars in the loop.

Please do not use the bus loop during pickup and drop off times.

Parents dropping off or picking up students must follow the red arrows on the map below. Students will be waiting for parents who are in line, and released by the cones on the sidewalk.

Please do not use the bus loop during pickup and drop off times.

Apply Online for Meal Benefits

It is important for families to apply for meal assistance. This is what helps determine how much funding the school district gets for programs that help children, families, teachers and administrators.

Three Reasons To Apply For Free & Reduced School Meals

You can now apply on-line for your children to receive free and reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure website directly to Reynoldsburg City Schools. Your personal information remains confidential and secure. Once your application has been received, your eligibility will instantly be determined.

The online application has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you will need to guide you through the process.

TO APPLY:

Simply go to www.PayschoolsCentral.com

You will have to click the Register link.

Once your account is set up, you will need to know the six digit Student ID number for each child on the application. This ID number is found in Powerschool under your parent portal log-in. Additionally, many of the students know their ID number and may be able to provide that to you. If you are unable to locate this ID number through one of the methods listed, please feel free to call your child’s school or the Food Service office at 614-501-1030.

The online application may be completed on a laptop, desktop computer or mobile device.

Eligibility for Free Meals: Please remember that all children in households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Ohio Works First (OWF); foster children that are under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court; children participating in their school’s Head Start program; and children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant are eligible for free meals.

School Menu Pricing

Student Breakfast........$1.50

Student Lunch..............$2.75

Extra Main....................$2.50

Extra Side......................$1.00

Extra Milk......................$.50

Extra Fresh Fruit/Veggie....$.75

The YMCA will be back at French Run for the 2025 - 2026 school year. The YMCA offers before and after school care for French Run Families. More information can be found at the link below.

YMCA and Reynoldsburg City Schools Before and After Care Information

Bus route information will be in the PowerSchool Parent Portal after August 6th. PowerSchool is our information system that we use for report cards, attendance, and keeping emergency contact information up to date. Please click the link below for more info and to gain access to PowerSchool.

Title I provides all children “significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.”

• Funded by the federal government

• Administered and monitored by the state of Ohio

• Reynoldsburg must use their Title I funds to improve student outcomes through increasing achievement and family engagement; and providing professional development for staff