Words of the Week is a fun way for the Fremont community to help our students' vocabulary SOAR! Each week we will post a MATH and ELA vocab word that may appear in our informal and formal state assessments. Our hope is that staff, families and students will find fun and engaging ways to learn these terms! You could: Play a word game in the car! Keep a running list of the words! Hang them on the bathroom mirror! Sing them! Create a word scavenger hunt!

Here are this week's words:

reduce: make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

thesis: the main idea, opinion, or theory of a piece of work.

March 16th at 6:00pm at Ellis School

Childcare will be available

This workshop is for you if:
• You’re a parent who’s wondering if social media is safe for your child.
• You’re unsure when to allow your child to use social media.
• Your child already uses social media and you feel uncertain about how to manage it.
• You want to understand the science behind social media use in young kids.
• You want immediate and effective strategies for keeping your child safe in a digital world.
• You need support on how to authentically create and hold boundaries.
• And more

Presented by Joni Lane

Please sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/d94b79a9fcad/safely-social

WELCOME TO THE ELLIS SCHOOL APPAREL STORE!

ALL ORDERS WILL BE COLLECTED AND PRODUCED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ORDER PERIOD, February 21st at midnight, AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SHIP ABOUT 3 WEEKS FROM THEN. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE STORE WILL GO BACK TO ELLIS SCHOOL.

You can now purchase your items online in 3 easy steps:

1. Go online to https://ellisschool.itemorder.com/

2. Choose your items and add them to your cart

3. Securely checkout with your credit card

Online Store Deadline: Tuesday February 21st, 2023 (11:59pm EST)

Readers Theatre is a fun and engaging way for students to practice reading skills with their peers. Open to students in kindergarten through second grade, participants will practice reading scripts, creating props and even get ready for a performance to show off some of their skills!

This program will begin after school on Thursday March 16th and run for ten consecutive weeks. Students will need to be picked up at 4:15 at the front door of school.

Please note that there is a limit of ten participants! If you are interested in your student joining, please email Ms. Parenteau at cparenteau@sau83.org no later than February 20th. If more than ten students sign up, participants will be randomly chosen.

In response to the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on student social, emotional, and mental health, the State of New Hampshire is providing opportunities for positive childhood experiences at New Hampshire-approved overnight and day youth recreation camps. Through the ReKINDling Curiosity program, qualifying students will have up to $750 of their youth recreation camp fees covered by the Department of Education. For many children, especially those from low-income backgrounds or with disabilities, accessing summer enrichment opportunities that support continued development of the whole child is more important than ever. By relieving student anxiety and trauma resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, these experiences will help New Hampshire students return to in-person school with a rekindled curiosity, excited and anticipating a return to academic instruction in the fall.

Unfortunately, the USDA program providing free school meals to all students ended on June 30, 2022. Meals will no longer be free to all students in the 2022-2023 school year.

• Breakfast: $1.50 Full Price, $0.00 Reduced
• Lunch: $3.25 Full Price, $1.50 Reduced

If your child will be purchasing breakfast or lunch, please add funds to his/her account here:

https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home

Breakfast will be available for students to purchase each morning in the gym after they arrive at school.

Free and Reduced Applications can be found HERE

Please read the Fresh Picks Welcome Letter!

Fremont School District Food Service Director: Carole Humes 603-895-2511 x427 Fremont@freshpickscafe.com

Our 2022-2023 School Calendar has been revised to reflect additional snow days. The new last day for students is June 21 (early release). Please follow this link to view the calendar on our website. 8th Grade Graduation will still be held on June 16th.

February 27th-March 3rd: Winter Break

March 13th: Parent Conferences 4:00-7:00pm

March 14th: No School, Parent Conferences 8:30am-12:00

March 16th: Safely Social: A Workshop for Parents Concerned About Kids and Social Media

March 18th: 18th Annual Spaghetti Dinner

March 23rd: 2023-24 Kindergarten Information Night

June 16th: 8th Grade Graduation

June 21st: Last Day of School (Early Release)