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FPS e-Newsletter for October 15, 2020
- SPOTLIGHT -
Cabinet Column - COVID-19 Funding
Feature Column - Explorer Academy Construction
- FPS SMART RESTART -
Virtual Academy Registration Open for Elementary Students
All Students to Receive Free Meals through 2020-2021 School Year
ND Department of Health Approved Face Masks
Instructional Levels Update
Effective October 19
Middle Schools: Level 3 – Hybrid Instruction
High Schools: Level 3 – Hybrid Instruction
Effective October 26
Elementary Schools: Level 4 – In-Person Instruction with Restrictions
To learn more about this change and how the decision was made, read this letter from Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi.
FPS COVID-19 Data
- NEWSMAKERS -
Staebner Receives Gladys Ray Award
Staebner says, "To me this is the highest and most meaningful award I could have received. Gladys was my mentor and friend when I first started Indian Education... It brought me to tears today, because I can only aspire to be like she was."
(Photo courtesy: Amber Mattson)
Davies Student Named POWERade State Athlete of the Year
Davies Boys' Tennis Takes 3rd Place In State Tournament
North Girls' Cross Country Team Wins EDC Championship
(Photo courtesy: Sarah Lien)
North Girls' Cross Country Coach Named EDC Coach of the Year
(Photo courtesy: Sarah Lien)
- YOUR FPS -
School Out Days - October 22 & 23
Explorer Academy Beam Signing
Morning Announcements from a News Anchor
New Administrator Profile
Vaccination Requirements
- FEATURE -
Where Dreams Debut and Come True
Trollwood Performing Arts School equips and inspires people to follow their dreams. Former Trollwood student, Joan Degerness, is now a local music teacher and Trollwood Faculty and Production Team Member. She shared her dreams in a 1983 documentary called "Where Dreams Debut," which she reflects upon in this video.
Eagles PTA Adapts Walk-A-Thon Tradition Amid COVID-19
- BOARD FOCUS -
School Board Schedule and Links
Regular School Board meetings occur on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Meetings are currently being held at South High School in the Theater to accommodate for social distancing. Read the Board Briefs summarizing the October 13 regular meeting of the Fargo School Board. For more information, visit the School Board website.
School Board Votes to Rescind and Rename Woodrow Wilson High School
- COMMUNITY NEWS -
FPS Teacher and Students Featured In Mask Video
The Red River Valley COVID-19 Task Force is featuring Fargo Public Schools in a new #ForAllofUs and #MaskUpND promotional video. Carl Ben Eielson Middle School teacher Jessica Magnuson talks about how everyone's actions make a difference in safety. Watch the video below to see the impacts that masks can have in our schools and community.
Students Invited to Participate in Entrepreneurial Challenge
- IN FOCUS -
Police Give Students Badge Stickers
(Photo courtesy: Rebecca Folden)
Dolls and Toys Mask Up
(Photo courtesy: Donna Johnson)
You've Been Booed!
PTA Treats Staff to Lunch
(Photo courtesy: Donna Unrue)
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