Principal Weekly Update to Families

Forest Park Community,

I’d like to take a moment to share some important school updates.

School Safety

Please take a moment to [click here] and review the resources from last week’s School Safety

Presentation. These materials outline the proactive steps we take to maintain a safe, supportive,

and welcoming learning environment for all students and staff.

Assessment Results

Rhode Island’s statewide assessment results have been released. We are pleased to share that our

students showed strong progress on the Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA), with

proficiency rates increasing from 48.1% to 64.1%.

Results from the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) were more mixed,

with English Language Arts proficiency improving from 56.1% to 58.3%, and Math proficiency

decreasing from 67.4% to 55.9%.

Individual student reports for a variety of assessments will be sent home next Friday.

Upcoming Events

Please also take a moment to review the flyers attached. Trunk Fest sign-ups are due Monday,

October 20th. If you plan on participating, please complete the form soon — our PTO and staff

are working hard to make this a wonderful community event!

As always, thank you for your continued support and partnership. Please don’t hesitate to reach

out with any questions or suggestions.

Joseph S. Rotz, Principal

Good afternoon,

All students who ordered pictures from Lifetouch will be receiving them to take home today!

FPES DATES TO REMEMBER

October

School Improvement Team (SIT) Meeting - 10/23/2025

Trunk Fest - 10/24/2025

Pajama Day - 10/31/2025

November

PTO Calendar Raffle Fundraiser - 11/03/2025-11/26/2025

NO SCHOOL - Election Day - 11/04/2025

Parent Teacher Conference K-8 - 11/04/2025

End of the Quarter - 11/05/2025

FP School Spirit Day 11/07/2025

FP Town Hall Celebration - 11/07/2025

NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day - 11/11/2025

PTO Meeting - 11/12/2025

Picture Retake Day - 11/13/2025

Report Cards Distribution - 11/17/2025

Holiday Craft Night - 11/17/2025

Panera (East Greenwich location ) 11/18/2025

School Improvement Team (SIT) Meeting - 11/22/2025

NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving - 11/27 - 11/28/2025

December

Book Fair - 12/04/2025

FP School Spirit Day 12/05/2025

FP Town Hall Celebration -12/05/2025

PTO Meeting - 12/10/2025

Chipotle (East Greenwich location) - 12/16/2025

BMX Assembly - 12/22/2025

NO SCHOOL - Holiday Recess - 12/24/2025-01/02/2026

January

FP Spirit Day - 01/02/2026

FP Town Hall - 01/02/2026

Back 40 - 01/12/2026

PTO Meeting - 01/14/2026

NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 01/19/2026

School Improvement Team (SIT) Meeting - 01/22/2026

FP Chorus Concert - 01/22/2026

End of Quarter - 01/26/2026

Bingo - Grades K-2 - 01/29/2026