How You Will Receive Information

  • Email – Most of the communication you receive from the school will be via email. 
  • Text – We send texts for higher priority messages, messages that require you to take action, or as reminders for no-school days. 
  • Newsletters – You will receive a newsletter each Thursday. We sometimes send them late in the evening. Check first thing Friday morning if you don’t receive it on Thursday. We also send out a quarterly newsletter called Friends Circle.
  • Website – The “families” page on fsmn.org is a great resource. The annual calendar, process reminders (I need to pick up my student early, what do I do?), links to information about clubs/athletics/homework help etc., are listed on the page. 
  • Your student’s teacher(s) – Your student’s teachers will email you at the beginning of the year to let you know how and when they will be communicating with you. 

Thursday Newsletters – Via MailChimp

  • You will receive a newsletter each Thursday. The newsletter will be called FSMN Happenings Newsletter. 
  • IMPORTANT NOTE – Check Promotions/SPAM Folders: Our newsletters are sent via MailChimp. It may be sent to your promotions/SPAM folder. Please check those folders on Friday morning if you haven’t received a newsletter. You will receive your first newsletter next Thursday, 8/6. It has important information about the beginning of the school year. 

Quarterly Newsletter

  • Friends Circle Newsletter – This newsletter is sent out via email three times a year and mailed in hard copy once a year with the annual report. 

Family Portal –  Student Information System

  • Login to the Family Portal using the username and password you created during the admissions process. The district code is FS-MN.
  • You will receive more information about the Family Portal in the Thursday, 8/27 newsletter. 
  • There is also a link to the Family Portal on the “families” page at fsmn.org. 

Questions About Communications?

Throughout the year, you will receive information from a few different people at FSMN. 

Most general information will come from Joe (Head of School), Karen (Program Operations and Alumni Engagement Director), myself or from Travis (Front Office Manager). If you have any questions about communications please feel free to contact me, or Travis in the front office. 

  • Email Eileen eileeng@fsmn.org 
  • Email Travis at the general front office email frontoffice@fsmn.org. This is the best email to use if you need to let us know your student is sick, etc. If Travis is out of the office, the person covering for him will have access to this email.

We are excited to start the year and look forward to your partnership in educating and caring for our students. 

Thanks,

Eileen

FSMN Communications Director