Key Resources
Annual Calendar (updated 8/10/21)
IMPORTANT Note: some items have changed on this calendar since it was originally published in May 2021. If you are using the hard copy calendar from May 2021, you might be referring to the wrong information. Look at the bottom right corner of the document. If it says updated August 10, 2021, you have the most updated calendar. Please refer to the FSMN online calendar for the most updated information.
Current COVID Guidelines at FSMN
Past Editions Happenings and Mission Moments Newsletters
Questions about newsletters? Email [email protected]
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 ([email protected]) 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.
See this page for specific information about COVID-19 symptoms and policies.
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 ([email protected]). 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
We follow Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS). If SPPS closes schools because of severe winter weather, we will close FSMN as well. Here is the SPPS Winter Weather Plan.
Additional Resources
ParentsWeb*
This link is password protected. In ParentsWeb you can:
- find payment information.
- have access to the family directory.
- review family information.
*Note: If you are a new family and you don’t have a ParentsWeb account, click on the ParentsWeb link above and click on create new family portal account, next to the log-in button. Our district code is FS-MN.
Essential Tenets of Friends School of Minnesota’s Quaker/Progressive Approach
Forms
Dismissal Form (can be used for changes to your dismissal plan as well)
Emergency Contact Form
COVID-19 Testing Consent Form
COVID-19 Testing Registration Form
Beverage and Pizza Form
