Welcome to a great, new school year! It’s definitely going to be a different school year, but here at school, we are planning to make it the best one possible! The staff has been working hard planning to teach all students remotely with our in-person students starting September 8th. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new staff members, Mrs. Amanda Roche,1st Grade; Mrs. Niki Pardoe, P.E.; Ms. Natalia Simoni, Art; Ms. Mary Paris, Learning Specialist; Ms. Mel Thompson, Social Worker; and Ms. Nicole Fischer, paraprofessional.

While the school year looks different this year, we are still hoping to provide Halloween and Valentine's Day celebrations for our students. We need classroom parents to help facilitate communication and organization for parties. 

We also hope to help the teachers by organizing a restock of classroom supplies halfway through the year.

At this time, parent volunteers are still not allowed in the building, however, your volunteer efforts will be very appreciated by both staff and students. To read more about this, visit our Sign-up Genius page for details. 

We are proud to offer a variety of online enrichment opportunities to our students this fall, ranging from art and music to cooking and computer programming. Check back often, we'll update as more programs become available online. 

Please consider joining us for our monthly PTA meetings. We welcome all parents and friends of Fairmount. Your voices are important and needed! Our PTA meetings will be held on the following dates and times via Zoom:

-September 1st - 3:45 PM(Today!)
-October 6th - 9:00 AM
-November 3rd - 6:30 PM
-February 2nd - 3:45 PM
-March 2nd - 9:00 AM
-April 6th - 6:30 PM
-May 4th - 3:45 PM

We are glad you're here! We want you and your student(s) to get the most out of their educational experience so the PTA will be partnering with faculty to offer an online meeting where some of your most pressing questions will be answered in a short presentation as well as an opportunity for Q&A. The Zoom meeting will be held on September 9, 2020, at 9:30am. We hope you'll join us! Link to come soon!

If you already participate in the King Soopers Community Rewards program, you can plan on submitting your screenshots during the following redemption periods this school year:

● October 10, 2020-October 31, 2020

● January 10, 2021-January 31, 2021

● April 20, 2021-April 31, 2021

If you'd like more information on enrolling in the grocery card programs, please click here. We appreciate your support! 

With your support, we collected 10,700 caps so far in 2020, raising $535 for our school. 

How can you help if you aren’t already participating?  

• Start saving Longmont Dairy product caps if you already have products delivered to your home, or sign-up today. 

• Collect caps from family, friends, and neighbors!

• Clean caps and place in a plastic bag with the student’s name, grade, and the number of caps enclosed written on the outside of the bag.

• Place bags in the “Milk Caps for Moo-la” collection box by the main entrance of school.

To be entered to win the monthly prize, students must place caps in the collection container by the last school day of each month. 

Be sure to have all your caps in by September 30th for the next drawing and for your chance to win a $5 Golden Sweets Ice Cream gift card.

Visit the our Milk Caps for Moola page or contact Sarah Cooper with questions.

We are looking for an Advertising Coordinator to help us manage relationships with Fairmount's generous sponsors. This is an easy volunteer opportunity that can be done from home. If you're interested, please contact Laura Warren for more information. 

With schools facing challenges like shrinking budgets, your PTA support is more critical than ever.

The cost is only $10 for one adult or $20 for two adults for the year!

Your membership fee supports all of the programs our PTA typically offers our students. Your support also helps us provide teacher support, updates to our school, and the purchase of new classroom technology! 

Classes will still come to the cafeteria by grade level if they are having hot lunch. We will place their main entree choice, fruit, vegetable, condiments, a package of utensils, and their choice of milk into a to-go back for them. Students will take their bags back to the classroom and eat there.

We will be using ID cards to collect payment, so we won't have to use a shared pin pad. We expect to help the younger grades by scanning their cards and are ready to help start new routines. Please call Leanne Alton at 303-982-5393 or email her if you have any questions or concerns.

September Cafeteria Menu 

Welcome back, Firebirds! We hope you're enjoying the STEM challenges this week. Each grade level has been assigned three tasks to complete: an engineering lesson, a LEGO design challenge, and an artistic assignment. All three require innovation, creativity, and perseverance! Send Mrs. Blomquist, STEM teacher, pictures of your child’s final creations and she will share them on her website and Fairmount’s social media sites.