The Fulton Flier
Week of January 18th
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. As a reminder, school is closed today for students while our staff is engaging in a professional workday.
Please encourage your child to join our SGA in spirit week this week.
Warmly,
Dr. Burks
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Updates
FES will resume contact tracing at the school level, beginning this week. As a result of this, we will contact parents/guardians as well as staff members of anyone who is considered a close contact of someone who has tested positive with COVID-19.
To help us with these efforts, please take a moment to complete this OPTIONAL form, regarding your students' vaccination status. If you have already submitted your child's Vaccination status to our Health Team, please disregard this form.
Congratulations to The Council of Elders Celebration of Academic Achievement Awardees!
February Parent Conferences
Parent-Teacher Virtual Conferences February 10th & 11th
- Due to the limited number of available time slots, please schedule a conference if you have a concern or question in the area of Math.
- Scheduling opens in Synergy ParentVue on Friday, January 28th and closes on Friday, February 4th.
- Conferences are 15 minutes and will be with your child's math teacher.
- Click here for directions to schedule a conference.
- If you would like to have conference with your child's Related Arts teacher, please email them directly to schedule your conference.
Logging onto Google Meet for your Conference
- You will use your child’s HCPSS credentials to join the conference.
- To prevent “overlap” of conferences, teachers will be using Google Meet room joining security features. You may have to wait to be admitted into the Google Meet room.
- Google Meet Codes: You will see the meeting code for your conference in Synergy when you sign up for a conference. You will receive a reminder email with the room code from the Synergy system a few days before your conference.
Nothing Bundt Cake Reading Incentive
The PTA Perch
Spirit Day at Chick-fil-A
Tuesday, January 25 is spirit day at Chick-fil-A!
Visit the store between 6am-10pm Hopkins Drive Location and mention FES. Good for drive-through, mobile ordering, curbside and dine-in.
Spirit Wear Sale!
Spirit Ware sale going on now through January 28! 20% off select fleece ware with code FS20 and don’t forget, 20% of the sale is donated back to our school! Details in the flier below. HOME Fulton Elementary (fultonspiritwear.com)
Order Now!
River House Pizza Kits and Frozen Pizzas
Now accepting orders for delicious pizza kits, frozen pizzas and pizza cooking supplies from Ellicott City’s River House Pizza Co! It’s an easy way to involve your students in dinner prep with these convenient, delicious pizza kits or have a meal ready to go in the freezer with their frozen pizzas. Visit https://fulton.memberhub.com/store or scan QR code in flier below to order!
Send your questions for BOE Member Vicky Cutroneo
We are pleased to welcome HCPSS Board of Education Member Vicky Cutroneo to our February PTA meeting! Have questions for her? Please feel free to submit them here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfweT9QeFQlKPyXONclyeZlZUJG6hLEo3vJd-NHdoMS5rQt_w/viewform
And don’t forget to save the date: Tuesday, February 8 for our virtual meeting.
Calling all Volunteers!
Recess monitors are needed to help keep eyes on all our kiddos! Have a half hour? Please sign-up to help with active supervision on the playground, your role involves assisting students who need help and interacting with students - if you notice a student alone- encourage them to sit at the Buddy Bench or to play with someone else, scanning the parameters of the playground and help moving lunch carts. We need all hands on deck: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70a084faaab2eaaf49-recess
Save the date!
February 8 – Virtual PTA meeting with BOE Member Vicky Cutroneo
February 9- Spirit day at Maple Lawn Maiwand Kabob
Upcoming Dates
Please visit or subscribe to the FES Calendar Webpage to view important upcoming dates:
January 24th: Schools Closed for Students- Professional Work Day
January 25th: PTA Chick-fil-A's Restaurant Night
January 28th: Parent Conferences Registration Opens. See info above.
January 31st: Quarter 2 Report Cards Issued @ 4:00pm
February 1st: School Closed for Students- Professional Work Day
February 2nd: 6:00pm Parent Book Club
February 8th: 7:15pm PTA Meeting
February 9th: PTA Maiwand Kabob Restaurant Night
February 10th: Early Dismissal at 12:55 ; Parent-Teacher Conferences
February 11th: Early Dismissal at 12:55 ; Parent-Teacher Conferences
February 16th: Early Dismissal at 12:55
February 21st: President's Day- Schools and Offices closed
Happenings Around our Fulton Community
Upcoming Vaccination Clinic
Where: Deep Run Elementary School Old Waterloo Road, Elkridge
What: Pfizer (5-11) first dose vaccine
*Schedule an appointment and complete the online consent form
2022 Summer Programs Preview
Online enrollment requests for currently enrolled HCPSS students will open February 1 at 6:00 p.m. for the following programs:
- BSAP Summer Institute (Entering Grades K-9)
- Gifted and Talented Summer Institutes for Talent Development (Entering Grades 1-8)
NOTE: Invitations for eligible HCPSS students for Academic Intervention and Extended School Year Special Education programs will come directly from the school or special education team during Spring 2022.
Please contact the individual program offices with additional questions.
- BSAP Summer Institute (SummerInstitute@hcpss.org)
- G/T Summer Institutes for Talent Development (GTSummer@hcpss.org)
Worth Repeating
National Alliance for Mental Health Presentaiton
You can access the presentation here:Children and Mental Health Presentation and feel free to reach out to our School Counselors or Ms. Giuliano (information is on last slide).
A huge shout-out to Mrs. Wilson-Carr for organizing this!
Late Bell Reminder
Message from our Health Team
If your child tests positive for Covid-19 or is a close contact to a positive case, please email the following information to the Health Room staff (christina_toler@hcpss.org and Kathleen_Wurstner@hcpss.org) and Dr. Burks (tanisha_burks@hcpss.org) regarding your child's absence:
Positive Test:
- Date tested
- Date the symptoms began (if any)
- Vaccination status
- Type of Covid test taken and date
Close Contact to a Positive Individual if not Vaccinated:
- Date of exposure (if close contact)
- If your child is a household close contact - can the positive family member completely isolate from the child?
- Has your child had a confirmed positive Covid-19 test within the last 90 days
Updated Covid Mitigation Link:
Support for Student Prize Cart
An integral part of our PBIS program is our Prize Cart. Students earn Falcon Feathers for demonstrating positive behavior being Respectful, Responsible, and Ready. They can then redeem their Falcon Feathers for various prizes from the Prize Cart. If you would like to help support this program, please consider purchasing items for the Prize Cart from our Amazon wish list. Thank you for your continued support of our school!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23PW1GYHUKPIM?ref_=wl_share
Freddie Wears a Mask Appropriately
Please share this with your child.
Please be Mindful of Parking
Fulton Elementary School
Justine Sillers, Assistant Principal, justine_sillers@hcpss.org
Leslie Brickner, Assistant Principal, leslie_brickner@hcpss.org
Email: tanisha_burks@hcpss.org
Website: fes.hcpss.org/
Location: 11600 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD, USA
Phone: 410-880-5957
Twitter: @hcpss_fes