PTSA

Distracted driving and Teen Safety Workshop

Join us at 6:30 pm, Thursday, March 26, 2020

DUe to district guidelines, this workshop will be conducted via a webinar. if you are watching the webinar as a family, only register for 1 spot. 

When our teens are learning or beginning to drive, safety is #1 on our minds. Join us for a Parent-Teen Workshop presented by Impact Teen Drivers.

What do you consider to be most lethal for your teens? Drugs? Alcohol? Illness? The answer is car crashes. Everyday 11 teens in America die in car crashes; 75% of which are due to reckless and distracted driving. These deaths are 100% preventable. This workshop will cover common types of distractions behind the wheel, Graduated Driver Licensing laws, strategies for staying safe, and more! Research shows that parents are the #1 influence on their teens’ riding and driving behaviors, join us in learning.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/distracted-driving-and-teen-safety-workshop-tickets-96096466117

Mock SAT and ACT test on Saturday, April 4th, 9am - 1pm

Due to District guidelines - the test will be distributed on April 3 to take home and take it on April 4th, instead of in cafeteria
 

If you are planning to give SAT or ACT in May/June or if you need to decide which one you prefer to take and study for, register for a full-length practice SAT or ACT

Register at https://www.revolutionprep.com/partners/219/.

More information about where and when to collect the test from will be updated soon. All mock exam registrations include a free score report review session. 

Questions: Tim.Good@revolutionprep.com or fremontptsa@gmail.com

Accepting Nominations for Service Awards, 2019-20

Please take a moment and think about those parents, teachers or staff members who make a big difference in making our FHS programs and youth programs thrive. Every year  Service Awards are given by the PTSA to recognize these amazing volunteers, and we need your help to find deserving recipients. We are not only looking for PTSA volunteers but also volunteers from Athletic Boosters, sports programs, cheer, dance, speech and debate, robotics, other clubs and activities in our school community. There is always a person or two that seems to go that extra mile.  Parents, if you are not sure, ask your kids! Students may nominate people, as well. Teachers and staff members are eligible for nomination if there has been service above and beyond what can be expected in the normal course of the job. Every contribution is worth recognizing, so please don't hesitate to nominate someone.

Please fill out this form https://forms.gle/YuFGeB6V4komh7uu9 and send by Friday, March 28th. 

For questions, contact Aparna Bhargava: fremontptsa@gmail.com

As we look forward to the next school year 2020-2021, we have a number of important PTSA board positions opening. Please consider being a part of the PTSA mission of supporting the student, parent and teacher community at FHS. 

Different positions have different time commitments. If you want more information, please contact our nominating committee at:  fhsptsa.nominatingcommitee@gmail.com and we will be happy to help you decide on a position that fits your availability.

Please email the nominating committee at fhsptsa.nominatingcommitee@gmail.com to let us know your interest in serving on the board or any of the committees or with any questions.

The Fremont High School PTSA is excited to offer a Job Shadow Day Program for our students on Monday, March 16, 2020. This program is facilitated by PTSA.
 
Important information about Registration

Registration is now closed

• Registration is based on first come first serve basis. Each host has specified the maximum limit of the number of students they can host at their organization.
• You may select upto 3 jobs to increase your chances of getting assigned, but be sure that you are willing to go to any of these. DO NOT LIST any job that you do not really want
• Seniors and Juniors will get priority over Sophomores and Freshmen
• Some companies have specific eligibility requirements. Select them only if you are eligible
• Number of hours, start and end time, agenda are specific to each host 

 
After submitting the form

• You will receive an email stating your job assigned from your selection by Feb 26th
• You are required to confirm back with a Yes/No within 2 days
• Registered students are required to attend a mandatory meeting on March 6th from 7-8 pm. Parents are welcome to attend the meeting as well.
• Registered students are responsible to arrange for the transportation to and from the organization they will attend. The Fremont PTSA will not provide any transportation.

Purpose of Job Shadow Program
To expose students to careers to help them gain an insight into the academic, technical, and personal skills required for jobs and give them an opportunity to make connections.

How the Program Works

• Parents/Community members host our students at their workplace/business on a workday
• Students are placed in actual workplace settings and shadow their hosts for the day. This year the job shadow day is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2020.
• Students observe the hosts in their work environment for few hours 
• Hosts share insights into their jobs with the students shadowing them – skills, job profile, facility tour where feasible.

For questions, please reach us at fhsptsajobshadow@gmail.com.

Thank You,
The Fremont PTSA Job Shadow Committee.
 

SAT and ACT Prep courses By zenith

FHS PTSA is is offering special priced SAT and ACT test prep courses to help prepare Fremont High students achieve their highest potential in the standardized tests. 

Time: 3:45pm - 5:45pm (3:45pm - 7:15pm on practice test days) 

Test dates

PTSA Hospitality team is looking for volunteers to help them for the Staff Brunch event to be held on Friday, 13th March 2020 at 7:30 am.

Time commitment is anywhere between 1-3 hrs. Any help is appreciated! Please email Kavita Gaitonde @ kasathe@yahoo.com with your name, phone number and time commitment details.

PTSA is looking to train and add 3-4 new Hospitality team members to join for next academic years. Anyone interested please contact kasathe@yahoo.com or fremontptsa@gmail.com

Every year, FHS PTSA sets aside funds from its budget (typically ranging from $6000 to $10,000) to support school, staff and student activities. PTSA is guided by the principle that grants should benefit the largest number of students possible across a variety of grade levels and subject areas. With this in mind, mini-grants generally fund:

● Supplies, materials and equipment including books
● Support for school programs
● Instructional material including software
● Electrical or electronic equipment

Staff grant decisions have been sent for the year 2019-2020

For questions, contact fremontptsa@gmail.com

Reflections theme for 2019-2020 is "Look Within."

Congratulations to Diana Piper and Advay Anand. Their Reflections entries in literature and photography have advanced to the council level.

• Dance choreography 
• Literature
• Photography 
• Film production 
• Music composition and
• Visual arts 

NOv 21, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Roadmap to college speaker session

The speaker session was a sold out event and attended by 300+ parents and students. 

• Review of a step-by-step "roadmap" including how to plan for academics, testing, extra-curricular activities, college profiling and selection, submission strategies, writing effective essays, financial planning, and more.
• Insights on how to manage the stress of the process
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the students, parents, and support resources

Sept 26, 7-8:30 pm, High School Navigation Social

The High School Navigation Social's debut event that was organized by Fremont High PTSA on Thursday, September 27th was a huge success. It was well received by the Parents and students from freshman through senior year who attended the event that saw more than 60 attendees . An hour-long content-rich presenation delivered by Fremont High counselor Mrs.Goulart on topics such as Online Guidance tools and resources - Naviance , Infinite campus, school loop and the role of College and Career center at Fremont High kept parents focussed, taking notes was one of the valuable take aways from the event.  

The parent panel that followed this, was very interactive with the questions from parents and students themselves answered by a panel consisting of experienced alumni and curent parents and our Principal Mr.Emmert. Valuable insights could be gained from the distinctive and different angles shared by the parent panel from their own experiences at Fremont, on questions ranging from - Course load, Testing schedules, ACT/SAT choice, Summer planning, Extra curriculars, Clubs and College planning. 

As requested by parents, we will make this as a yearly event.

Aug 29: Watermelon Run

Aug 22: Roadmap to College Speaker Session - For Seniors (College Applications)

Road map to College (Maximizing Summer) by Syrous Parsay has been rescheduled to 

Tue, Feb 11, 7 - 9 pm, Shannon Theater

Join us for session #2 of the series - Road map to college, a PTSA sponsored event. Session #1 in Nov was attended by 300+ parents and students and we got a very positive feedback. Focus of the session will be on steps that can be taken this summer to better prepare for college, including:  

• How to develop a summer plan
• Internships / jobs / Volunteer work
• Sample Internship Resource list
• Academics (summer school, SAT, ACT, etc.)
• College application prep work / Essays

Due to limited seating, this is a registered event. Click on the link below to register.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/college-planning-road-map-maximizing-summer-tickets-85030812449

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Fremont High PTSA is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and accepts corporate matching for the amount you donate. Some companies also match funds for number of hours you volunteer. Please check with your company. For questions contact fhsptacorporatematching@gmail.com.

FAQ

What is Corporate Match?

Corporate match or match funding or match giving is a way to maximize the fundraising efforts of your donors. Many companies pledge to match donations to approved non profits and US Schools year-round. Some companies also pledge time and resources enabling their employees to support a cause during their working week. 

There are upper limit and criteria applied to these matches.

How to get started?

To check if your company supports corporate match or match funding, please check your company website or with your employer. Companies differ in the process of applying for a match.

How to request for a match?

Depending on your company policies, apply for the match funding once you’ve donated or volunteered hours at the approved organization. 

This has to be done within a certain duration of donation or volunteering date.

Some companies allow you to make donations through the approved website of their choice too, so you don’t have to separately upload the receipts of donation.

Most companies allow you to upload receipts of your donation if these organizations are already listed with them.

If the organized is not listed with your company, ask your employer about the process to nominate your organization to the approved list.

When will the Organization receive the match?

The organization will receive the match once your company processes and approves your match request. 

If want to donate to a department or teacher through PTSA, you need to be a member. If you submit a check to the school office, please mention who is the donation for. You can also paypal through online donation form. After submitting, please contact fremontptsa@gmail.com or treasurer@fremontptsa.org

We all purchase from Amazon. Why not give back to our students by supporting FHS PTSA. Simply use AmazonSmile for your purchases and select "972 Fremont High PTSA" as your charitable organization. Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also available on AmazonSmile at the same price. AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.

How to Shop Amazon Smile

1. Visit smile.amazon.com
2. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials
3. Under the heading “Or pick your own charitable organization” enter “972 Fremont High PTSA” then click “Search” 
4. Select your charity
5. Start shopping!
6. Add a bookmark for smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile

How to Sign-up for ESCRIP

• Click on Sign Up on www.escrip.com.
• Enter the Fremont High School Group that you wish to support. PTSA Group ID# is listed below.
• Register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty (Fresh and Easy), debit and credit cards for use in the program.
• Participating merchants (Lunardi's, Draeger's, Black Angus, Bombay to Goa, Roberto's Cantina, and Amazon.com, for example) will make contributions to your chosen group(s), based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you registered. (Safeway no longer participates in this program.)
• No cost to you!
• Anyone can sign up. Ask your family, friends and neighbors.

¡Apoye a Fremont High School!

*** Toma únicamente 5 minutes ***

¡Inscríbase a eScrip!

Como trabaja:

• Vaya a www.escrip.com
• Haga clic en Sign Up – It’s Free
• Entre el ID del Grupo (listado abajo) que usted quiere apoyar.
• Inscríbase cualquier o todas las tarjetas de debito y crédito que usted use en el programa.
• Los negocios participantes (Lunardi's, Draeger's, Black Angus, Bombay to Goa, Roberto's Cantina, and Amazon.com, por ejemplo) harán contribuciones al(los) grupo(s) que usted elija, basado en las compras que usted haga, solo usando las tarjetas que usted inscribió.(Safeway ya no participa en el programa.)
• ¡Ningún costo para usted!
• Cualquier persona puede inscribirse. Pregúntele a su familia, amigos, vecinos.

¡Usted Compra… Su Grupo recibe $

¡Es Gratis! ¡Es Fácil ¡Es Poderoso!

PTSA is a proud to invite and sponsor speakers that bring in wealth of information that can help students and parents.

All events are registered events due to limited space. Information about registration will be sent via school loop and FHS weekly news.

2019-20 Speaker schedule

Registration is now open for SAT and ACT Prep courses

FHS PTSA is offering special priced SAT and ACT test prep courses to help prepare Fremont High students achieve their highest potential in the standardized tests. 

Course Dates: Jan 9th - March 12th on Thursdays (except Feb 20th)

Time: 3:45pm - 5:45pm (3:45pm - 7:15pm on practice test days) 

Enrollment is available for: 120 students 

Student teacher ratio: 30:1 (or less based on enrollment)

Last day for registration: Dec 15th. If submitting paper forms, please turn them in to Ms. Moyoli (ASB office).

For questions, contact fremontptsa@gmail.com

NOTE: CSUs and UCs, as well as most out-of-state and private colleges, require the SAT or ACT test.

Test dates

Fee Waivers to take the SAT or ACT test for free are
available to eligible students in the College & Career Center.

PTSA is excited to pilot Job Shadow program for FHS students for the first time.

Timeline

Explore the Arts and Express Yourself

For 50 years, National PTA’s Reflections program has helped students explore their own thoughts, feelings and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful in school and in life.

Each year, over 300,000 students in Pre-K through Grade 12 create original works of art in response a student-selected theme. The theme for the 2019-2020 program year is Look Within. Students submit their completed works of art in one or all of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, Visual Arts.

Student winners from the local level have the opportunity to move up through their district, region, council and state PTA programs to the national level. National Reflections winners are celebrated annually at National PTA's Convention & Expo in June.

Every year PTSA congratulates the graduating class and their families by hosting a ceremony followed by a dessert reception at a church during the last week of school.

It is a beautiful ceremony for the seniors in their graduating gowns. FHS Choir fills up the space with soulful music. Selected teachers and students give speeches about their priceless experience in 4 years at FHS. The whole ceremony surely brings mixed emotions of graduating from the beloved school.

Each year Fremont High PTSA honors individuals from our Community and Staff who make outstanding contribution towards our children, school, and community by giving Honorary Service Awards.

Some people make very visible contributions while others work quietly behind the scenes. Outstanding contributions are made in the classrooms, office, library, PTSA, School Site Council, the list goes on. Current members, officers and teachers may be considered for these awards.

You are welcome to nominate multiple individuals for HSA, but make sure to fill one form for each nomination. Please fill out this form and send by Friday, March 29, 2019. For questions, contact fremontptsa@gmail.com.

HSA nomination form

Every year, FHS PTSA sets aside funds from its budget (typically ranging from $6000 to $10,000) to support school, staff and student activities. PTSA is guided by the principle that grants should benefit the largest number of students possible across a variety of grade levels and subject areas. With this in mind, mini-grants generally fund:

● Supplies, materials and equipment including books
● Support for school programs
● Instructional material including software
● Electrical or electronic equipment

Looking forward to supporting staff needs and benefiting the students. 2019-20 Applications are open from Nov 25, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019. Click the form link below.

2019-20 PTSA Staff Grant Application form

Fremont High PTSA meets in general session four times per year. This is an opportunity to share news & information, and for members to approve PTSA activities and spending. All parents, students and staff are encouraged to attend.

PTSA General Association Meetings 2019-20

PTSA Exec Board Meetings 2019-20

Email us at fremontptsa@gmail.com

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