Fremont Elementary School

Dear Fremont Families,

Today, I am reminded of the incredible strength and kindness within our community. Unsettling moments highlight the importance of coming together to support one another and creating an environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and cared for. In Fremont, we remain committed to fostering a culture of respect, safety, and connection. If your family of child ever needs any additional support, please don't hesitate to reach out. Thank you for being such an important part of our school community.

In gratitude,

Beth Carmody

• November 18 - Board of Education meeting (live stream), 7:00 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• November 20 - Early Release Schedule (dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)
• November 20 - Soup with the Supt., 5:15 p.m. (Middle School; RSVP form)
• November 20 - PTO Meeting, 6:00 p.m. (Middle School Media Center)
• November 25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences at 11 a.m.-7 p.m.-Students Not in Attendance
• November 26 thru 29 - Thanksgiving Break - Students Not in Attendance
• December 4 - Early Release Schedule (dismissal at 3:08 p.m.)

Registration for Wednesday Right at School for Fremont K-5 students for January 8, 2025, through the end of the school year will open on November 18 and will remain open through December 13. An email will be sent to families on November 18 once registration is live.

The Chicago Wolves Fall Reading Challenge is underway! All Kindergarten through 8th-grade students can participate. Students can earn a FREE TICKET to any Chicago Wolves home game by reading 400 minutes from November 5- December 18. Once completed, fill out the Google form and a ticket order form will be sent home. The Google form is due by Wednesday, December 18. If you have any questions, please contact Rachal Swiderski, rswiderski@fsd79.org.

Access this link for more information and a reading log to keep track of minutes. Have fun reading!

All public schools in Illinois are required to provide instruction in grades PreK-12 about sexual abuse prevention, as a result of Erin’s Law (which is an Illinois law).

This topic will be covered in your child’s Healthy Minds class for all full day Kindergarten, First, MAP 1-2, and Second Grade students during the next rotation of instruction.

Please be sure to open all attachments.

1. A letter of explanation from Fremont’s Assistant Superintendent of Learning, Dr. Bullis. The waiver is available on page 2 of this document.
   Erin's Law Parent Letter_Waiver 24-25.pdf
   

2. Erin's Law Sexual Abuse Waiver - This is the one that contains the “Health Class Attendance Waiver Request.” You need to download this, sign it and return it to school if you DO NOT want your child in class when these lessons are taught.
   Erin's Law Sexual Abuse Waiver
   

3. A curriculum summary which is provided by Lori Northup, the K-2 Healthy Minds instructor. This explains the lessons in detail.
   2025 Erin's Law summary letter - 4th rotation of learning

Please see below for the Healthy Minds rotation schedule for our next rotation. This is the week when each class will be in Healthy Minds class, rather than PE.

Week of November 11: Balogh, Perna, Goldman, Kochan, Gordon, Martinelli/Deutsch, Buschick

Week of November 18: Gallup, McCarthy, Hoehne, Duitsman, Duffin, Lindley, Glogovsky

Week of December 2: Star, Stahoviak, Kastein, Zygmunt, Bonner, Hay, Roebuck

Week of December 9: Price, Stavros, Sherman, Erkman, Leitner, VanReck, Lukemeyer, Eddy

Again, please be sure to print out and return the waiver form to school within seven days of your child's instruction if you DO NOT want your child to participate in these sexual abuse prevention lessons.

Please contact Lori Northup @ lnorthup@fsd79.org with any questions.

First trimester report cards are now available online (see directions below). If you’re unable to attend your child’s conference, please reach out to your classroom teacher to schedule a phone conference or make another arrangement. We do not offer Zoom calls. Please note that the report cards for Specials and P.E. classes will be blank. Specials and P.E. teachers will be monitoring progress throughout the year but will not formally report on standards until the third trimester. Since Specials teachers see students only once a week and P.E. has a high number of students per class, this timing helps ensure we have accurate information before including it on the report card. Click here for the report from our Specials/P.E. teachers so you can read about what students have been working on in their classes this trimester.

Directions for Accessing Report Cards via TeacherEase

• Log into teacherease (Your user i.d. is your email address)
• Click on the 'Academics' tab at the top of your screen
• Click on report card

You will also see a "Forgot Password" link on the website if you do not remember your password.

Just a reminder that we are using Pick A Time to schedule your child’s parent/teacher conferences and the system is now open. Please see below for the instructions for setting up an account and scheduling conferences.

*Please note, if you have children in more than one school, you will need to click the link sent to you from that specific school. You will create an account for each school and add your students who attend that school only. You can not add an ES and IS student using the same link.

Click this link for the Elementary School sign up:

For Homeroom Teacher & Specialists

ES Conference Scheduler-Homeroom Teachers & Specialists

If you have received any communications this year from someone on our specials staff and would like to meet them in person, please schedule an appointment using the links below.

For Specials Teachers (Art, Makerspace, Music, Technology, PE

and/or Healthy Minds)

ES Conference Scheduler-Specials Teachers

Conference sign ups for the Elementary School close on November 20 at 7:00 p.m.

For any additional questions, please email cjohnson@fsd79.org.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this week’s Fremont Parent University virtual presentation. This event, held in collaboration with district staff and The Reading League, highlighted our commitment to advancing literacy through the latest evidence-based practices.

Our guest speaker, Ryan Buggy from The Reading League, provided valuable insight into the evidence-based literacy practices that define the Science of Reading and the professional development he is conducting with our district administrators and teachers. His work with us directly supports Objective 2.d. of the district’s strategic plan: to refine literacy curriculum, resources, instruction, PreK-8 alignment, and services, ensuring they reflect the most current evidence-based standards for long-term, equitable achievement.

This presentation reinforced how we are putting this objective into action, with a focused effort on reviewing our literacy curriculum and resources across grade levels, enhancing our instructional practices, and promoting equitable outcomes for all students. These initiatives not only advance literacy in FSD79, but also strengthen our commitment to implementing proven practices that support all students in developing strong literacy skills.

A recording of the presentation and a few key resources are linked below to further support your understanding of our literacy efforts.

• The Reading League Families and Caregivers webpage

• www.readingrockets.org

• Illinois Comprehensive Literacy Plan

• The Reading League Science of Reading: Defining Guide

We are proud of the steps we are taking to implement these impactful literacy practices and grateful for your continued partnership in supporting our students’ learning.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to continuing this journey in literacy together.

Katie O’Brien

Principal, Lincoln Early Learning Center

Beth Carmody

Principal, Fremont Elementary School

Stefan Ladenburger

Principal, Fremont Intermediate School

Dr. Emily Loerakker

Principal, Fremont Middle School

As part of our Parent University programming, FSD79 and the Fremont PTO will be co-sponsoring a Parent Book Club event on New York Times #1 Bestseller, “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt. We will be hosting a one-night discussion on the book on February 11, 2025. For more information on the book club event, please visit our table at next Friday’s Reading Rally. Additional information will be shared with families in the near future. Secure your physical or audio copy of the book now to prepare for the discussion.

In honor of World Kindness Day on Nov. 13, the Fremont Elementary School Kindness Club organized the Elementary School Lost and Found. Students looked for names on all the items and then delivered those lost items to the correct classroom. They also sorted items to help make finding lost items easier for students. Numerous coats and sweatshirts without names would love to find their owners! Please stop by the Lost and Found during conferences to see if your student's lost item(s) can be found there.

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.

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 for the month of November are available and can be found here. 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.

We are going to be phasing out ice cream for sale at the Elementary School. We will begin the phase out by only offering on Fridays. Ice cream is only available to our first and second graders.

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 November 20th.

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

READING RALLY AND BOOK FAIR

Join Us for a Cozy Night of Storytelling on Friday, November 15th at 6pm at the Intermediate School! Come in your favorite pajamas and enjoy listening to our teachers and staff read their favorite stories. Attend four engaging read-aloud sessions with teachers located around the school. Don't forget to drop by the Wildcat Cave and grab a new bedtime story at the book fair (open until 8 pm).

The Book Fair is located in the Wildcat Cave in rooms 3002 and 3004 in the basement. There are so many convenient times for you to shop:

November 15th - Reading Rally - 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

November 16th - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (only weekend shopping day)

November 18th - 22nd - 9:00 am - end of school day

November 25th - 10:30 am - 7:00 pm (during parent/teacher conferences!)

Click here to sign up for the eWallet to make shopping easier! Just scroll to the bottom of the link and click get started to create an account.

WINTER CLASS PARTY HOST SIGNUP

Sign up now to volunteer to be a Party Host at the Winter class parties! Winter parties will be held on Friday, December 20th. Party Times are as follows: Kindergarten Classes: Lindley, Martinelli & Van Reck 10:30-11:15 AM; Kindergarten Classes: Eddy, Goldman, Hay, Hoehne, Perna, Sherman, & Kastein and Grades 1st - 5th Grade 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM; Lincoln AM 9:45 - 10:15 AM; Lincoln PM 2:00 - 2:30 PM. Each class party is designated 3 Party Hosts. If more than 3 parents sign up for a classroom party, volunteers will be chosen at random. Please note: All remaining parents who have not been assigned to host a party will not be invited to attend the party.

The sign up will close on November 15th. Volunteers that are chosen to be party hosts for the Winter parties will be notified on November 20th.

Party Host Sign Up

HAPPY LITTLE FLAME CANDLE FUNDRAISER

Thank you for supporting Fremont PTO with your purchases from Happy Little Flame! Candles will be ready for pickup from their retail store on November 20th, or they will be shipped right to your home if you paid for shipping. Reminder - if you selected free shipping, your order will be at the PTO meeting in the middle school den on 11/20. Make sure to stop by to grab your order!

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 Mod Pizza this week. We have a full year of dine-in nights ahead – check out the list here!

ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK NOW!

Don’t forget to order your student's 2024-2025 yearbook. 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.

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Address: 28908 N. Fremont Center Road

Phone: (847) 837-0437

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