What a great first week of school we had! We are so excited to have our kids back in the building. Lots of relationship and team building activities as well as setting of routines and expectations. This year is shaping up to be a great one!
A few reminders as we enter our second week. Thank you for all of your flexibility and patience as we start the school year. We know that often times there is a delay the first few weeks with morning and afternoon car rider.
Car Rider Tips and Procedures for FES
● Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 9:00 a.m. (This allows the students time to move through the building and arrive to class in time to get settled and prepared for class to begin)
● Students must wait in their cars until 8:30, nobody is allowed to be on the front steps before the opening of the doors.
● Parents/guardians cannot walk their students up to the front doors. This takes away parking spaces from our staff members, causes the line to slow down, and is a safety concern with walking in front of cars.
● The earlier you arrive, the easier and quicker the car rider process will be for you.
● Students are responsible to open and close the car door. (prior to exiting, please make sure your Falcon is prepared to exit expeditiously. This will aid in the car lane moving efficiently and effectively.)
● Please be sure to have your son or daughter exit on the right side of your vehicle. (If a student is in need of assistance, personnel will be there to assist)
● After your child has safely exited the car and the door has been closed, we ask that you continue to drive forward slowly and cautiously.
● After 9:00 a.m., your Falcon is tardy. Parents, you are expected to sign in your son or daughter at this time.
● We ask that you park your car and sign your student in. We will have sign in sheets and tardy slips in the main office.
● Please do not drive around the car in front of you. We want to ensure the safety of all of our FES families.
● Please arrive early and be courteous to one another 🙂
We are super excited about our first day of school tomorrow! Our front doors will open bring and early at 8:30. Parents can walk their students up to the front doors this week only. If you choose to walk them up, please park at the back of the parking lot or in the grass field behind the parking lot. Check out our newsletter for more information on the first days of school.
We cannot wait to see everyone's smiling faces!!
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Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Michelle Hart as part of our 5th Grade team. Welcome to the family!
Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Katherine Kennedy as part of our 5th Grade team. Welcome to the family!
Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Kaleigh Boston as part of our Special Education team. Welcome to the family!
Be sure to come join us at Open House!
Want to help give back to our Freedom students? Sign up for Kroger Community Rewards! Every time you ship at Kroger, a percentage of your purchase goes back to our school. Sign up is super simple and fast!
Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Bailey McMahan as part of our 4th Grade team. Welcome to the family!
Join us at the North End Community Back to School Picnic!
Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Amy Hill as our Volunteer Coordinator. Welcome to the family!
We are excited to announce our Open House dates for everyone! You can meet your child's teacher, sign up to join the PTA, and drop off school supplies. We look forward to all of your smiling faces!
PTA School Supply Fundraiser- https://schooltoolbox.com/school-supplies/school/list-boxes/?schoolId=40466
Kindergarten Kickoff- July 25 5:00-7:00
1st-5th Grade Open House- August 2nd 5:00-6:30
Kindergarten Open House- August 3rd 5:00-6:30
1st Day of School- August 9th
*Please ensure that you have completed your OLR (Online Registration) so that your child is placed in a homeroom.*
Attention Freedom Families! We have great news! You can now easily order your students school supplies with just a click of a button! Check out the video below for more information about this great opportunity as well as some other information from your FES PTA.
Once your ready to order your school supplies just click this link and follow the prompts to customize your order and get the supplies picked out by your students teachers!
https://schooltoolbox.com/school-supplies/school/list-boxes/?schoolId=40466
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wg1JjEJuFhEewmgOueyClzQlk0ZK_gAe/view?usp=drivesdk
Join us in welcoming our newest Falcon to Freedom! We are happy to have Ms. Erika McCormick as part of our special education team. Welcome to the family!
Upcoming May dates! Let's rock the test and smash the end of the year!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ce8DDaXqFZR9Kjiw2KyaPgzdVG733JKNtOWaq65i6cI/edit?usp=sharing
Do you love Freedom Elementary? Are you passionate about supporting our school? Do you want to continue to build this school to be the best in the community? Then serving on our PTA Board is for you! NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED, we just need your servant spirit and hard-working heart to lead with a TEAM of other passionate parents/grandparents and guardians to serve our school, the staff, and our student community. If this sounds like you or someone you know, please use the form below to nominate them to serve on our PTA Board next 2023/2024 school year. If you have questions, please contact, freedomfalconsPTA@gmail.com
(only requirement - you must be a parent, grandparent or guardian of a student enrolled at FES next school year, 2023/2024)
https://forms.gle/mMAKhrcLbr4VMRC49
You can nominate yourself or someone else. (You won’t be alone—our existing PTA Board is AWESOME and would love to have you!)
We look forward to serving with you next year!
Final reminder - IF you plan to attend skate night tomorrow night you MUST pre-buy your ticket this morning. Admission WILL NOT be sold at the door. (The only item sold at the door tomorrow will be skate rental.) if you are sending in money today, please ask your child to turn it in first thing upon arrival.
If you have already purchased your admission, tickets will be going on today with your student.
April Newsletter! A lot of great information about upcoming activities happening here at Freedom!
https://www.smore.com/3pfhc
Interested in joining the Dolphins Swim Team?! Check out their Facebook page. Students of all ages are able tp participate.
https://www.facebook.com/dolphins.swimteam2012/
We are still taking permission slips for our Hero game night for boys only (and their special lady in their life—mom, grandmother, aunt, etc.)! This event is SO MUCH FUN! We can’t wait to bring it back!
Friday, March 24th, 6:30-8:30pm. $20 includes a free drink, games, fun, music, prizes, a commemorative photo, and a chance to be entered into a giveaway drawing!
(Cash will be needed for extra photos if wanted and concessions)
We also still need lots of volunteers! If you know a dad/grandfather/uncle or a middle or high school student that would like to volunteer please contact us at freedomfalconspta@gmail.com.
(Permission slip is attached to this post in case you missed the physical copy that went home)
Don't forgot about our PJ Day tomorrow to support the YMCA Annual Giving Campaign! Each event is $1 and will be collected by the YMCA in the front lobby tomorrow morning.
Dress-Up Events:
Wednesday, March 15th
Friday, March 17th
Tuesday, March 21st
Friday, March 24th
