September 2022 Newsletter

Our classrooms are alive with the sound of children! We are so happy to see old friends and make new ones! We will begin weekly chapel services next week!

As we enter the school year, it is important that everyone is aware of school procedures. If you have not done so already, please watch the Orientation Video and download the Parent Handbook. If you have any questions, please contact the school office. The COVID Acknowledgment & Disclosure document is due by the first day of school. Immunization records and medical forms are also due by the first day of school.

In order for us to have school in person, anyone with symptoms of any illness must remain at home. Please monitor your child's health and the persons in your student's household to ensure that COVID is not introduced into our buildings. COVID-19 vaccines are free, readily available, and are the most effective way to prevent the spread of the virus.

Please, be advised of the following FMS COVID policy:

1. Quarantine is no longer recommended for people who are exposed to COVID-19. People who are exposed to COVID-19 must wear a well-fitting mask at school for 10 days regardless of vaccination status or previous infections and get tested. Keep masks on hand for your child (ages 2 and up).

2. Anyone infected with COVID is prohibited from attending school and must isolate for at least 5 days. Isolation may be ended after 5 days if the following criteria are fully met: fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication AND symptoms have improved. Continue to wear a mask at school through day 10 or receive two negative antigen tests within a 48 hour period after day 5.

3. Masks are now strongly recommended and encouraged. At a high COVID-19 Community Level, universal indoor masking in schools is recommended, as it is in the community at-large. Dallas County is currently listed as "high" community spread. We fully support anyone choosing to wear a mask at any level of community spread. People who have a household or social contact with someone at risk for getting very sick with COVID-19 (for example, a student with a sibling who is at risk) may also choose to wear a mask at any COVID-19 Community level. Masking requirements at school are subject to change according to guidance from the CDC and the Dallas County Health Department at any time and may be based on infection rates at our school or in the community. If there is a substantial outbreak of COVID in our school, masks will become mandatory for all persons.

4. Students or staff who come to school with COVID symptoms or develop COVID symptoms while at school will be asked to wear a well-fitting mask while in the building, be sent home, and encouraged to get tested. Persons with the following symptoms are STRICTLY PROHIBITED from attending school: fever/chills, cough, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle/body aches, headache, new loss of taste/smell, congestion, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.

Thank you for labeling and sending the following items to school daily:

Full sized backpack

Spill proof cup

Complete change of clothes including underwear and socks

Diapers (1 year olds), Pullups with velcro sides (2-3 year olds)

Folder from your teacher

Lunch

Check your app or your email for your September billing statement that was sent on 9/1/22. Late fees will be applied beginning 9/13/22.  ACH, debit, and credit card payments must be made through Brightwheel. Autodraft payments may be set up through Brightwheel as well. Cash, check, and money order payments must be made in 

the FUMCD church office on Main Street Mon.-Thu., 8:30a-4:30p. After business hours, payments may be placed in the drop box on the south side of the building.

The Brightwheel app is required to check your child in and out daily. Make sure to download the app to your mobile device before the first day of school.  

Also, use Brightwheel to keep in touch with your child's teacher and view pictures/videos of classroom activities!

Open Table

Free meal!

Each Saturday night of the month at 5:00 p.m.

Drive through at the Aldersgate Building

Click here for more info

Thank you for linking your Reward Card to FMS #639

Click here to link Kroger card to FMS

School shirts available through the school office! T-shirts $12 each and sweatshirts $25 each.

Car decals available from the school office. Show your FMS pride! $1 each.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FMS!