Bob Folsom Elementary

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Important Dates

Friday, Aug. 9th

Monday, Aug. 12th

Wednesday, Aug. 14th

Class Lists will be posted on front doors @ 8:00am

Folsom’s Open House!

*New Students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd - 2:00pm (Principal Meet and Greet & Open House)

*K-3:00-3:30, 1st 3:45-4:15, 2nd 4:30-5:00, 3rd 5:00-5:30

First Day of School!

SNap Codes and link to update information will be sent out the last week of July or first week of August- via email. This is for RETURNING students only.

Aug. 5th & 6th (8-11 am)

Kindergarten Kickstart 8-11 (both days) - use link on next slide to sign up. Kindergarten parent meeting 8:05 on 5th.

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Cardinal Kindergarten Kickstart

August 5 AND 6th 8-11

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYwm2mxvONJhkuEePO9TiGyzTaVHA-1dRcwcFms6GhQU-SnQ/viewform

Above is the link to register for CKK.

Kindergarten kickstart is a chance for your Kindergartener to experience school for TWO half days- without any other students here. They will get to meet all the teachers, see the school, and have some fun! There will be a Kindergarten parent meeting just after drop of on Monday, August 5th.

If possible it is very important to come to this - we will use these two days to help make Kindergarten class lists.

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Returning Students- VERY IMPORTANT!!

Please check email for link to update information

All RETURNING Students should receive an email (last week of July or the first week of August) with a SNAPcode and a link to update information. If you do not receive an email please call the office to make sure we have the correct email for you. We will have SNAP codes and computers available at Open House as well.

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How is your child is going home?

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Be on the lookout for emails and messages

We will send out a HOW YOUR CHILD IS GOING HOME FORM. Please complete this form ONE time for EACH child you have at Folsom prior to Open House if possible. If your child is a bus rider you will need to know the address the child is riding the bus to and the bus number. (bus info - next slide)

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Bus Information

On Wednesday, July 24th you should have received an email from our transportation department( noreply@farmcards.org) - with a link that will allow you to create an account in the transportation portal. On August 1st you will be able to log into your account- to receive your child’s bus number as well as pick up and drop off times. On August 2nd we will send a form from Folsom for you to tell us how your child is going home and if they are riding a bus -the bus number.

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MORE- Bus Information

Morning bus routine:

• All students ride a bus from their bus stop to the Farmington Junior High parking lot. Students then transfer to a Folsom bus, that brings them to school.

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Afternoon bus routine:

• we have three Folsom transfer buses that leave from Folsom. These buses transport students over to the bus lot (located across the street from the Administration Building). At the bus lot, students transfer from the Folsom busses to the busses that take them their destination.

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What are the school hours?

Doors open at 7:30

Students eating breakfast need to arrive no later than 7:40

Instruction times 7:50-2:50

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First Day

First Day of School Only:

You are welcome to walk your student to class, if you would like. After the first day you will need to check in through the office with your driver's license to enter the building.

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Folsom Families!

We are looking forward to the first day of school! It is an exciting time for everyone!

Car riders, please be patient with us as we practice new car line procedures.

Our Goals:

1. Get all students into the building safely. Load all students safely.
2. Unload and load cars in the most efficient ways to help with our school and community traffic.

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Things you can do to help us:

1. Watch our staff to direct you. Procedures may change the first week or so as we learn better ways to reach our goals. (NO cell phones in the car rider line.)
2. Stay in your car. If your child needs help opening the door, we will open it for them.
3. Help your child be independent in buckling and unbuckling themselves.
4. Have your child and their things ready when it is their time to unload.

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We are looking forward to a great year! Go Cards!

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NEW Car Drop Off Procedures…NO CELL PHONES

• We have two rows of cars- All car riders must use front entrance. North and South entrances are for the afternoon only - bus drop off / staff drop off in the morning.
• Please pull up to the stop sign- students should exit car when they have been given a thumbs up motion. This will be when the car duty attendant sees that… ALL CARS HAVE STOPPED AND IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
• We have 4 car duty attendants on duty to help unload both rows of cars that are fully stopped in the drop off line.
• If you don’t want to stay in the line- please park your car and walk your child to the crosswalk. (PLEASE DO NOT LET CHILDREN OUT TO WALK THROUGH THE PARKING LOT ALONE)
• If you have parked and are walking your child in - Please have students wait at the end of the sidewalk until a car duty attendant gives you a thumbs up that it is safe to cross the crosswalk.
• If arriving after 7:50 -Park and walk student in for a tardy slip
• The first day of school you may walk your child to class. After the first day you will need to check in through the office with your driver's license to walk into the building.

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What’s different??

In the morning - you will pull all the way up to the end of the awning/ building (like you did for end of day pick up in years past). We will have people outside to direct you.

*See photo on the next slide to help

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Picture of NEW Arrival Procedures (AM ONLY)

K-3 Car Rider Drop Off Lanes

Exiting Traffic

AM Bus Zone- staff car drop off

Lining Up to Enter Drop Off Lines

Entrance for parking only.

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Arrival for Walkers

Walkers

walkers

Parents of walkers,

- please escort your walker to Folsom sidewalks - where we have staff that will watch them enter the building.

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(you may also walk them to the front door).

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Pick Up Procedures…NO CELL PHONES

• Please begin forming two rows of cars AFTER you have passed the exit of Folsom’s parking lot on Grace Lane. One row in the far right (south bound lane) and one row in turn lane.
• 3rd graders and siblings will be released at the back (south lot).
• 3rd grade parents - you will want to stay on the right side - in South bound lane to get to back lot.) There is a picture on the next slide.
• Get a car tag on Meet and Greet Night to put on your rearview mirror. You can also get one from the office anytime.
• First car in line please pull up to the cone or stop sign.
• We will walk the children to the cars.
• Once cars are loaded the person with the stop sign will move - and cars will move forward for next group to load.
• Please stay in your car and refrain from using cell phones (Arkansas Law)
• If you need to get your child quickly- please park your car and go to the front office to check your child out. Please avoid check outs between 2:20 and dismissal.
• The first couple of weeks it will take us longer than normal to get all car riders loaded. (Please be patient as we teach our new students and Kindergarteners the procedures).

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Picture of Dismissal Procedures (PM ONLY)

3rd & Siblings Pick Up

PM Only

K-2

Pick Up Lanes

Exiting Traffic

PM Bus Zone

Lining Up

Walker exit

Walker

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Walkers to north/ east neighborhoods will be dismissed to family from this door. Please do not park in lot and come to door. This is only for walkers. If coming in a car, please stay in car rider line.

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Walkers to south neighborhoods will be dismissed to family from this door. Please do not park in lot and come to door. This is only for walkers. If coming in a car, please stay in car rider line.

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3rd grade parents stay in right lane to get to back lot.

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You must have a 2024-2025 car tag to pick up a student.

• Car tags will be given out on open house night
• Parents / Guardians can pick up new car tags in the office any time.
• Anyone without a car tag will have to show ID and be on the students pick up list.

*Please update pick up list every year- you should get an email sometime early August with a SNAPcode and a link to update information). If you don’t get an email, please call our office.

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After School Care That Picks up @ Folsom.

• Cadence Academy
• 479-802-4227
• See ‘um Smile Playhouse
• 479-267-2491
• Learn and Play (housed at Williams)
• Email: sandyskids@pgtc.com, 479-267-5437

After School Care Housed @ Folsom

(This is a new program to our district)

• The After School Program (K-3 Housed @ Folsom) (Pre-K housed @ Pre-K) (4-6 housed at FMS)
• Email : info@afterschoolprog.com, www.afterschoolprog.com , 479 -756 -5077

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Going home a different

way than the usual?

• Please send a note with your child or call the office as soon as possible and BEFORE 2:00 to let the office know your child is going home with someone different or going home a different way.
• Students will not be allowed to go home another way without a note or call from their guardian.
• If your child is going home another way they will get a “BLUE NOTE” delivered to their class.

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Safety

• All visitors must buzz in to enter the building. Visitors must provide his or her driver’s license that will be scanned by our school system. Once checked in all visitors must wear their name badge visible for staff to see and stay in designated areas.
• Please bring your driver's license with you when you check out your child as well.
• Please review drop off and pick up procedures
• We have mandatory drills throughout the year to practice other safety procedures.

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Supplies

$45 Supply Fee & a pair of headphones capable to plug into their computer- ($45 covers all supplies and a field trip safety shirt) (may need to replenish headphones throughout the year)

Old t-shirt for art class

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Backpack *Please no backpacks with wheels.

Water Bottle-clearly labeled w/name (we have water bottle filling stations)

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Breakfast and Lunch Prices

How to pay?

Meal Prices/Payments:

● Farmington Schools have a “no charge” policy. Parents are encouraged to pay for student meals in advance.

● Pay online/check balance at www.myschoolbucks.com or payments are accepted by the cashier during meal times (check or cash). To pay online, have your student’s ID number or date of birth ready. The service is easy to use, convenient, private, and secure. There is a 4.95% convenience fee per transaction and a minimum payment amount of $10 for any transaction.

Breakfast Lunch

Grades K-6: $1.75 $2.75

Adults/Visitors: $2.50 $4.50

Additional Milk: $.50 $.50

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Applying for Meal Benefits

Farmington Schools participate in the Breakfast and National School Lunch Program, funded by the USDA. Your child may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals based on your income or your eligibility for SNAP benefits. We encourage all families to complete an application. Qualifying applications also provide additional funding for internet and wireless service, discounted or waived fees for college applications, discounted or waived fees for standardized testing, and school funding to support top-notch education.

● Apply online at www.myschoolapps.com, pick up paper application at any of the school offices, or paper applications can be printed from the Child nutrition page of our school website

● A new application must be filed with our office each year.

For questions or more information contact:

Wendy Burrus - Child Nutrition Director - 479-266-1875 - wburrus@farmcards.org

Jessica Flanagan- Meal Benefit Coordinator - 479-266-1876 - jflanagan@farmcards.org

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Folsom’s Breakfast and Lunch Times

Breakfast

K Lunch

1st Lunch

2nd Lunch

3rd Lunch

10:50-11:20

11:50-12:20

11:00-11:30

7:30-7:50 (students need to be @ school no later than 7:40 to eat breakfast)

12:05-12:35

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Can I eat breakfast or lunch

with my student?

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We love to have our families in our building……

• Absolutely! We do have limited seating as we have two grades in the cafeteria at a time. If there is not enough seating we have picnic tables on the south side of the building - you can check your child out and check them back in if you choose to eat at the picnic tables or take them to lunch.
• Please do not share food or bring food for children other than your own.
• Please check in the office with your photo ID to get a visitor sticker. We ask that you stay in the cafeteria.

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Can I volunteer?

Absolutely! We will send home a volunteer form at the beginning of the year asking where you are interested in helping.

Karla Long, Folsom’s Counselor, is our Volunteer coordinator.

• Contact her if you have questions klong@farmcards.org

Please join Folsom Elementary’s PTA!

They have wonderful events and need lots of volunteers!

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State Required Information

-We are allowed 9 food days a year- these are used for our party days

(Christmas and Valentine's), popcorn days, testing snacks etc.

-Please do not send or bring food to the class for your child’s birthday.

- Students need to be fever free for 24 hours before returning back to school.

- For other policies please see our student handbook- you can find it online

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You can find our website by visiting the district website!

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Thank you!

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