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FPS e-Newsletter for December 17, 2020
- SPOTLIGHT -
Cabinet Column - Coronavirus Aid
Feature Column - Procedures for Positive Tests and Close Contacts
Feature Column - Trollwood Performing Arts School
Fargo Public Schools 2019-20 Annual Report
- FPS SMART RESTART -
Instructional Level Update
On December 7, the Fargo Public Schools (FPS) COVID-19 Instructional Plan Committee decided to keep the current timeline for elementary and secondary students to return to in-person learning. The plan is as follows:
Elementary Schools:
Level 4 – In-Person Instruction (4 days per week) until January 19, 2021
Middle Schools:
Level 3 – Hybrid Learning until January 19, 2021
High Schools:
Level 3 – Hybrid Learning until January 19, 2021
It is important to know that the FPS COVID-19 Instructional Plan Committee will adapt and make changes based on new information or guidance, if needed. For more details about this instructional plan decision, read this letter from Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi.
FPS COVID-19 Data
- NEWSMAKERS -
NDASSP Assistant Principal of the Year
Student Athlete Letters of Intent
Fall 2020 Activities Awards
Ben Franklin Receives Bell Bank Pay It Forward
Ben Franklin Students Receive Patriot's Pen Awards
Local Winners:
1st place: Larissa Lahaise
2nd place: Grace Thiel
3rd place: Grayce Anderson
4th place: Wyatt Frieler
District Level Winners:
1st place: Larissa Lahaise
3rd place: Grayce Anderson
Larissa Lahaise's essay now moves on to the state VFW competition. Judging for that level will occur in the coming weeks.
Agassiz Excellence Apple Awards
- YOUR FPS -
#FPSLearns - 2020-21 State of the Schools Address & Public Focus Group
Hear for the Kids: Grief and Loss During the Holidays
Lewis & Clark Winter Gear Donation
Free Winter Break Take-Home Meals
Winter Break Meal Bag Donation
Trollwood Winter Academy Registration Now Open
The magic of Trollwood Performing Arts School is finally coming back! Several classes are available that fit a wide variety of performance interests. Winter Academy runs January 9 through February 14. Follow these links to view class details and to register:
Click here to register for Totally Trollwood Winter Academy (Grades 5-8)
Click here to register for Trollwood Winter Academy (Grades 9-12)
Parent Equity and Advisory Committee for Education Participant Application
Members will consist of:
- (4) parents of students currently attending Fargo Public Schools
- (1) High school student representative
- (1) Community member
- (1) Director of Equity and Inclusion
- (1) Non-teaching school staff, selected by non-teaching school staff
- (2) Teachers, selected by Fargo Public Schools teachers
- (2) School principals, one from each division (elementary and secondary)
Parents who wish to apply can fill out this Google form by Monday, January 4. Students who wish to apply can fill out this Google form by Monday, January 4. Please contact Director of Equity and Inclusion Tamara Uselman at uselmat@fargoschools.org with questions.
- FEATURE -
Meal Basket Distribution
- BOARD FOCUS -
Feature Column - Teacher Negotiations
- IN FOCUS -
Recycling Ribbon Cutting Students and staff members at Hawthorne Elementary School held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new recycling dumpster. Second graders wanted to bring awareness to this cause after a research project about recycling. (Photo courtesy: Tricia Bry) | Virtual Grant Presentation Congratulations to Lewis & Clark Elementary Gifted and Talented Teacher Stacy Anderson for receiving a $500 Doosan Discovery Grant. Normally, there is a check presentation, but due to COVID-19, a virtual program was held to congratulate Mrs. Anderson. The funds will be used to help students learn how to code robots. Pictured L to R are: Indio K., Myles E., Leighton L. and Owen D. (Photo courtesy: Stacy Anderson) | Fill the Dome Kennedy Elementary School students are filling trophy cases with something much better than any award; they are stocking the cases with evidence of their hard work for Fill the Dome, a food program. Students are collecting non-perishable food items through December 17. (Photo courtesy: Karrie Rage) |
Recycling Ribbon Cutting
(Photo courtesy: Tricia Bry)
Virtual Grant Presentation
(Photo courtesy: Stacy Anderson)
Fill the Dome
(Photo courtesy: Karrie Rage)
Longfellow Sock Drive First grade students at Longfellow Elementary School are helping keep feet warm this winter. They held a sock drive so they can donate them to people in need. Altogether, they collected 1,290 pairs of socks! (Photo courtesy: Regan Teslaw) | North Home Building Class Thank you to Thorsteinson and Son’s Construction for assisting the North High School Construction II class with trusses, roofing, and shingling projects. Once completed, this rambler style home will be moved to Pearl Lake, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Jessica Geir) | Share Your Pictures! Fargo Public Schools wants to highlight your classroom, building, and extra curricular events in our newsletter! Send your activity photos with a detailed caption to comments@fargo.k12.nd.us |
Longfellow Sock Drive
(Photo courtesy: Regan Teslaw)
North Home Building Class
(Photo courtesy: Jessica Geir)