Key Resources
2023-2024 Calendar updated on 8.2.23. Note: the only change made on 8.2.23 were the dates for Menogyn in May ’24.
IMPORTANT Notes:
– The most accurate version of this calendar was updated on 8.2.23. If dates change on the calendar, we will post an updated calendar with a note that it was updated.
-The calendar weeks start with MONDAY
2024-2025 Calendar updated on 7.21.23. Some minor changes may need to be made in the 2024-2025 Calendar before the 24-25 school year, but the major dates (first day, fall/winter/spring breaks, last day, etc.) won’t change.
Lunch Program – How to Order and Billing Information
Host a Great Gathering or join one.
Order FSMN Logo Merchandise
Here is a link to our online FSMN logo store.
For more information about ordering, how to get free shipping, and returns and exchanges, go here.
Process Reminders
Sick Student Policy and What to Do if Your Student is Sick
If your student is staying home sick, you must notify the front office by 8:30am for attendance purposes and to ensure that your student is accounted for. Please call (651-917-0636) or email (frontoffice@fsmn.org) the school and provide the reason for the absence.
If your student is experiencing a communicable disease such as Influenza A or B, COVID-19, or strep, the school may choose to notify other families via email, without sharing the identity of the sick student.
Arrival, Changes to Dismissal Plans and How to Pick Up Your Student Early
| Here are a few procedural details that will help arrival and dismissal run smoothly. School Hours – Arrival is at 8:15am. – Classes begin at 8:30am. – Dismissal is at 3:00pm. Morning Arrival We ask everyone to use the front door only for morning arrival. The back door will be locked and used only for extended day. Morning drop-off time is 8:15am. If you arrive before 8:15, we ask you to wait outside. An administrator will greet you at 8:15 each school day. Students who arrive after 8:30am must come to the front office for an attendance slip to give to their teachers. Afternoon Dismissal We track your student’s dismissal plans based on the information you provided us on the dismissal form (bus, A-line, extended day, clubs, etc.). Final attendance is distributed throughout the building at 2:30pm. Staff then coordinates to ensure your student is safe and accounted for at the end of the day. Important – If You Have Changes to Your Regular Dismissal Plan If your regular dismissal plan changes in any way on any day (e.g., method of transportation or person transporting, child being picked up instead of going to extended day, etc.), you must contact the school office by 2:30pm either by phone (651.917.0636) or email (frontoffice@fsmn.org). If a student is leaving with another student, we must have confirmation from both parents. Early Dismissal If your student is leaving early for any reason (doctor’s appointment, outside class, etc.), you must: – email your child’s teacher by 8:15am to let them know you are picking up your child early on that day. – go to the front office when you arrive to pick them up. – sign them out in the front office. – sign them back in at the front office if your child returns to school during the school day. Faculty and staff check attendance periodically throughout the day to ensure that all students are accounted for. |
Dismissal – Students Who Walk or Bike Home
Students who have permission to walk or bike home alone may leave the school at the end of the school day. FSMN does not provide crossing guards nor other support for students walking or biking.
Students who walk or bike home are to observe the following guidelines:
- They may not stay on school grounds unless they are participating in extended day or a planned activity.
- They may not return to the school or school grounds by themselves, including the playground, after they have left for the day.
Dismissal – Picking Up Your Student By Car
If you are picking up your student by car, you have two options
Option 1- Carpool Line:
Line up along the east side of Albert Street and go north toward the school parking lot.
Do not block the intersection at Englewood Ave.
A staff person with a walkie-talkie will meet your car before you reach the parking lot entrance. Tell the staff person who you are picking up.
Option 2 – Meet your student in the lobby:
Park on Englewood or Albert.
Don’t park in the bus zone in front of the school on Englewood Avenue or the carpool line on Albert Street.
Students in grades K-2 can be picked up at their classrooms. Students in grades 3-8 meet their families in the front lobby.
School Closing for Winter Weather
Because some of our students use Saint Paul Public School (SPPS) transportation to get to FSMN, we follow the SPPS winter weather cancellation policy. If SPPS closes schools because of severe winter weather, we will close FSMN as well.
How You Can Help
If you are interested in getting involved at the school, please visit our Plant Sale Volunteer page and the Join A Committee page.
Additional Resources
Family Handbook (the 2023-2024 handbook will be linked by Thursday, August 31, 2023)
Family Portal (was previously referred to as ParentsWeb)*
This link is password protected. In the Family Portal you can:
- find payment information.
- order lunch.
- have access to the family directory.
- review family information.
*Note: If you are a new family and you don’t have a Family Portal account, click on the Family Portal link above and click on create new family portal account, next to the log-in button. Our district code is FS-MN.
FSMN Statement of Philosophy and Practice
Essential Tenets of Friends School of Minnesota’s Quaker/Progressive Approach (this is also included in the above FSMN Statement of Philosophy and Practice)
Pages with More Information
Dismissal Form (can be used for changes to your dismissal plan as well)
Emergency Contact Form
Clubs
Homework Help
After School Music
Extended Day
Athletics
