Paramount Elementary
January 12th, 2024
Important Information
- Important Dates
- Progress Reports and Report Cards
- West Ada Winter Fundraiser
- Lost and Found
- Bring Coats, Hats, and Gloves
- Yearbook
- Class Pictures
- Attendance
- PTA Dine-Out Night
- PTA General Meeting
Mark Your Calendar: Important Dates
- Monday, January 15th: No School: Human Rights Day
- Wednesday, January 24th: No School K-12; Collaboration/PD Day
- Thursday, January 25th: PTA Dine Out Night: Panda Express
- Tuesday, January 30th: PTA General Meeting @ 4:15
- Friday, February 2nd: PTA School Store & 100th Day of School Celebration (K and 1st)
- Monday, February 5th-Friday, February 9th: Book Fair
- Monday, February 12-Thursday, February 15th: PTA Love Week
- Friday, February 16th: No School
- Friday, February 19th: No School-Presidents' Day
- Friday, March 1st: Class Pictures
- Monday, March 4th-Friday, March 8th: Read Week
- Wednesday, March 6th: District-Wide PLC/PD Day
- Friday, March 15th: Yearbook Purchase Deadline; Wagon's Ho for 4th-Grade
- Monday, March18th-Friday, March 22nd: Spring Break
Progress Reports and Report Cards
Progress reports will be sent home next week. Please look for this paper in your student' backpack. This will have updated assessment information from our state ISIP test and from the IReady diagnostics.
Parents will be sent an email with a link to view each student's grade (report card). Please be on the look-out for this email. The link will require parents to verify who they are in order to view student data.
West Ada Activities and Athletics Fundraiser
All West Ada schools have been added to the options for the Winter West Ada Fundraiser. This means that any tickets purchased under Paramount will be directed toward our school. The funds will be able to be used by our school.
Raffle tickets are $75.00. Buy 3 tickets and get the 4th free!
The top prize for the Winter Raffle is a 2023 Kawasaki Teryx S4 LE valued at $20,000.
The Winter Raffle will close on January 17th if you would like to purchase a ticket.
Click on this link for more information and to purchase:
Lost and Found
Is your students missing any items? Hats? Gloves? Coat? Sweatshirt? Water bottle? Remind your student to check in the Lost and Found for any missing items. Parents can stop by the school to look for missing items. We want them to find their owners!
Brr!! It's Cold Out There!
Purchase a Yearbook
The 2023-2024 Paramount Yearbooks are now on sale for $13. All sales will be completed online using the link below. Yearbooks will be available for purchase through March 15th.
Class Photos
Each class will take a class photo on Friday, March 1st. This is a change from the previous date of Friday, February 2nd. We will be sending more information as this date gets closer.
PTA School Store
The next School Store will be Friday, February 2nd during lunch. The theme will be Valentine's Day and Love. Students can bring in money to purchase items. Items typically range in price from $0.50-$6.00.
The PTA will need volunteers to help with the School Store. A sign-up will be sent out.
Importance of Attendance
Why Attendance Matters
"Teacher effectiveness is the strongest determining factor for student success. But a student who misses school cannot benefit from the hard work of even the best educators who seek to inspire curiosity, interest, confidence, and passion in learning" (E3Alliance, 2023).
We are very aware of how the pandemic has changed education; one such area is with decreased student attendance (for a variety of reasons). In addressing this issue, please know we are not expressing judgment. Our goal is to see our students in class more consistently, as we know the importance of in-person learning on student success in school. Our teachers must work even harder in order to catch students up when they are absent, giving up break and prep time to ensure students have completed assessments and understand concepts taught in class. Absent students will often become two days behind other students for each absence, increasing their frustration in getting caught up.
To put this in perspective, please view the graphic below.
If you like to discuss ways in which we can partner with you to increase your student's attendance, please contact Brooke Roy (principal) or Lisa Hale (counselor) at (208)350-4120.
*E3Alliance. (2023). Why attendance matters. ACE: Attend, commit, engage. https://ace.e3alliance.org/why-attendance-matters
PARAMOUNT PTA
PTA Dine-Out Night: Panda Express
The next Dine-Out night will be Thursday, January 25th from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm at the Ten Mile Panda Express. See the Flyer below for more details.
PTA General Board Meeting
The next PTA General Board Meeting will be on Tuesday, January 30th @ 4:15. This meeting is open to any parents/guardians that wish to attend. The meeting will be held in the Paramount Green Room. Check in at the front office for directions to the room.
Follow Paramount on Social Media
- Follow our Paramount PTA on Instagram: paramountpta
- Follow our Paramount PTA on Facebook (private group, click "join group"): paramount pta
Paramount Elementary (teacher-created posts):
- Follow on Instagram: paramountes_wasd
- Follow on Facebook: Paramount Elementary School
Additional Community Events
There are free reading events like Reading is Lit, Halloween activities and events, and sports opportunities.
Previous Information
A Paramount Mindset
This year's school theme is having a Paramount MINDSET--maintaining high expectations of ourselves/students behaviorally and academically in order to be at our "PEAK" capabilities. While we will focus on a growth mindset with students and staff, we will also be emphasizing how to adjust our mindsets in other areas within our lives beyond our learning--how we are thinking about challenging situations and not just focusing on the negative.
We spent some time with our students defining "paramount"--helping them understand this word means more than just the name of our school or subdivision. We explained that paramount means the following:
- More important than anything else
- Superior to all others
- Ranking higher than any other
- Of the greatest importance or significance
We are emphasizing that our mindsets--our Paramount Mindsets--are more important than anything else in our learning journey. We are excited to see how this will become a positive impact with our students.
~"Our mindsets are everything; what we think, we become."
Student Drop-Off Times
Please help us keep your students safe! DO NOT drop students off for school before 8:50 am. (M, T, Th, F) or 9:00 am (W). If a student is eating breakfast, they can be dropped off to enter the building at 8:45 am. Breakfast is not served until this time.
Because we cannot guarantee the supervision of students prior to this time, we cannot allow students to enter the building or be on campus. Please help us with this.
Recess Times
Morning Recess: 10:15 -10:30
Lunch/Recess Schedule:
- Kinder Lunch/Recess: 11:30-12:15
- 1st-Grade Lunch/Recess: 11:40-12:25
- 2nd-Grade Lunch/Recess: 11:45-12:30
- 3rd-Grade Lunch/Recess: 12:05-12:50
- 4th-Grade Lunch/Recess: 12:10-12:55
- 5th-Grade Lunch/Recess: 12:30-1:15
Afternoon Recess: 2:30-2:45
Important Safety Reminders
Our #1 priority is to ensure a SAFE campus for our students and staff. In order to do this effectively, we do need your help. Please read our safety reminders below:
- Paramount is a CLOSED CAMPUS during the school hours of 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Any visitors will need to check in at the front office during these times if they plan to enter the building or be on campus beyond our drop-off locations. For the first week of school, we will allow parents to escort students to line-up locations. After the first week, we will expect parents to adhere to remaining behind our gates when dropping off students.
- Please bring your ID with you when checking in at the front office. Please avoided checking your student out during recess times; please plan ahead to let us know if a student will need to wait for a parent during recess.
- We cannot allow anyone on our fields or playgrounds during the school day that are not approved to be here. Please do not bring young children to play on our equipment during the school day. Our staff is trained to report anyone they believe is not approved to be on campus.
- For students or parents riding bikes to school, please plan on “walking” bikes once on campus. This will help ensure the biker’s safety through the parking lot.
- For parents who will be dropping students off at school, or picking them up, PLEASE adhere to our “Drop-Off/Pick-Up” Zones. This helps ensure students are only entering/exiting cars in a safe area, where other drivers can see them.
- Students and parents are expected to use the crosswalk and wait for the Crossing Guard to indicate it is safe to cross. Please help us with this.
- No dogs are allowed on campus during the school day. Please do not bring animals on our campus without permission. If you bring them with you during drop-off or pick-up, they must be on a leash or remain in your vehicle (and remain in the parking lot area). Again, this is for the safety of all—our students and staff AND your pet!
- If you are accessing the school grounds outside of school hours with a dog, please be sure to clean up after them. We often find dog waste left in the fields. As you can imagine, if a student steps into this, it creates a major disruption and hygiene issue for our students, parents, and school. Please spread the word for us to help keep our fields free of pet waste.
- Throughout the year, we will practice a variety of safety drills: Lockdowns, Fire drills, Reverse Evacuations, Evacuations, etc. We work in conjunction with the Meridian Police Department and the Meridian Fire Department to establish the best practices for these drills. We will communicate when these occur, so you are aware of the drills. We will also send more communication regarding the types of emergencies and the procedures we will practice with our students.
School Meal Accounts: LINQ
Titan has converted to LINQ Connect as of May 2023. All information, including login information, will be transferred from Titan to LINQ Connect.
Setting up a LINQ Connect account is free. From your account, you can monitor your student's activity, view menus, add funds (credit card only, transaction fee applies), and apply for free/reduced lunch.
Payments can also be made directly to our school's kitchen staff with cash or check (payable to School Nutrition). There are no transaction fees associated with these types of payments.
Click the button below to access our district website with more information regarding school nutrition, menus, and payment options.