⭐A Note from Mrs. Taylor ⭐

Dear Freddie Families,

The staff at Fredericktown Elementary cannot wait to have your student walk through the doors. We hope that your summer has been restful and full of fun, and that your young Freddie is ready for a year full of learning. It is our honor and privilege to serve, teach and love each and every student, and we are grateful for the opportunity to do so. Enjoy these last few summer break days, and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

I am grateful and excited to be serving you and your students as Principal of Fredericktown Elementary. I love this school and the community and hope that we will all partner together to be better together, and create the most meaningful learning experiences for our youngest Freddies.

Car Riders 🚘

Our car loop will run exactly how it did last year. At open house, you can get school issued car tags. These car tags MUST be present when you are in the loop, or you will be directed to the office to complete your pick-up. This is an added safety measure we are taking this year and we appreciate your understanding. If your child is going home with an adult who does not typically pick them up, tags are not needed, but we must have a call or note in the office.

We also ask that you do not enter the car loop from the home bleacher side of the school. Please enter and line up on the road closest to the visitor side bleachers. This ensures that our buses do not get stuck, and helps the traffic flow a bit smoother.

Parent Pick-Up 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️

We are creating a more structured and safe way for adults to pick their student up without going through the car loop. We ask for you to help protect this privilege for everyone by ensuring our procedures are followed.

Parents/guardians using this method to pick students up will park in the main lot and line up along the fence by the kindergarten doors. There will be signage to show where the line begins. You MAY NOT enter the gated area.

At open house, you can pick up school issued name tags. These MUST be present with you at pick-up, or you will be directed to the office to complete pick-up. Teachers will connect students with parents in the order you are lined up. If your child is going home with an adult who does not typically pick them up, tags are not needed, but we must have a call or note in the office. Your student will not be released from the building unless you are in this line. This is to ensure their safety as the end of the day traffic is a major safety concern for our staff and community members.

We ask that you remain out of the gated area until 3:55pm. After that time, you may use the playground.

We know that absences happen for a variety of reasons, but we also know that consistently missing school can have negative effects on students. In accordance with Ohio Attendance Laws, we monitor the number of hours a student is absent. Letters are sent out regardless of excused/unexcused status, in order to maintain communication with families.

Letter Order:

30 hours / 2.5% of the year missed/ Initial Warning Letter sent

60 hours / 5% of the year missed/ Second Warning Letter sent

120 Total Hours/ 10% of the year misses/ Chronically Absent Status Letter sent

As a school, we MAY choose to hold an Attendance Intervention Meeting at 52 total hours or 30 consecutive hours of unexcused absences, or 42 or more hours of unexcused absences in one school month. This meeting is to discuss any barriers with attendance and to offer solutions and support. If an attendance meeting is needed, you will be contacted to schedule.