Contact Information

        Address: 801 Forest Parkway         Crystal Falls, MI 49920 High School: (906) 214-4695  ext 2 Middle School: (906) 214-4695  ext 2 Elementary: (906) 214-4695  ext 1 Superintendent: (906) 214-4695 ext 322 Counselor: (906) 214-4695 ext 238 Athletic Dir: (906) 214-4695 ext 216 Bus Garage: (906) 214-4695 ext 268 Fax Number: (906) 875-4660

Great Things Happening at

FP

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/10/fo rest-park-music-class-takes-percussion-to-new-level/  https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/11/fo rest-park-volleyball-coach-talks-about-wearing-masks- in-matches/ We are so excited to have received a grant for $8,800 from TC Energy. It will be used to continue to purchase and replace Chromebooks for students K-12 at Forest Park. Pictured is Todd Williams from TC Energy along with MS Social Studies teacher Kurt Anderson who applied for the grant and Mrs. Giuliani, K-12 Principal.

Important Announcements

Forest Park COVID Status

2020 FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SHIRTS ARE FOR

SALE

(Grey with black letters) T-shirts $12 Long sleeve T-shirts $16 Crewneck Sweatshirts $21 Hoodie $25 Please call the office 906-214-4695 ext 322 to order type and size. Pay to FOREST PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT at the same time - stop at the main door to pay. ALL ORDERS ARE DUE MONDAY 10-26-2020 by 10am.

Request for Bids

The Forest Park School District is seeking bids for snow plowing at the school for the winter of 2020-21.  Bid specifications include all school parking lots, bus garage approaches, and the bus drop off lane. “The Forest Park School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.” Submit bids to:  Forest Park School, Attn: Superintendent, 801 Forest Parkway, Crystal Falls, MI  49920 or fax to 906-875-4660. BID DEADLINE:  October 22, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. The following jobs are currently open: High School English Teacher Golf Coach - Until filled Guidance Counselor | Job Description Industrial Technology Teacher Nighttime Custodial At-Risk Aide Position

Forest Park COVID-19 Preparedness and

Response Plan 8-11-2020

Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-142  “provides a structure to support all schools in Michigan as they plan for a return of pre-K-12 education in the fall. Under the order, school districts must adopt a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan laying out how they will cope with the disease across the various phases of the Michigan Safe Start Plan. In turn, the accompanying Michigan Return to School Roadmap offers a guide to the types of safety protocols appropriate during each phase. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution: What works in Lansing may not work in Forest Park. Districts will retain the flexibility to tailor their instruction to their particular needs and to the disease conditions present in their regions.”  (EO-2020-142) Keep reading...

FP COVID-19 Athletic and Extracurricular

Emergency Preparedness Plan

Please describe how you will implement the requirements for athletics protocols from the Return to School Roadmap. Keep reading…

Forest Park Virtual Learning Expectations

Families will be asked to make a commitment regarding their type of learning choice for the semester. Students will not be permitted to change between virtual and face to face learning until the new semester in January. Keep reading… Virtual learners that are borrowing a chromebook, please read this agreement and sign the last page.

Forest Park Face to Face Learning

Expectations

Our district will begin the 2020-21 school year following all the requirements for Phase 4 even when our region may be in Phase 5 at the start of the school year, with the exception of athletics. Athletics will follow all strongly recommended recommendations as outlined in Phase 5 while our region is in Phase 5.  We are electing to follow Phase 4 with stricter standards than required in Phase 5 at the start of the school year to implement additional safety precautions.  The district will revisit continued protocol at each regular, monthly (at a minimum) Board of Education meeting to evaluate current recommendations resulting from updated numbers and possible phase changes. Keep reading… This document contains the Execute Orders from the Governor and how Forest Park will implement these orders.

Dickinson and Iron

Superintendents’ Message

In anticipation of the upcoming school year,

Dickinson and Iron County Superintendents

have been meeting to discuss their COVID-19

Preparedness and Response Plans.

Superintendents include Wendy Warmuth

Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District,

Craig Allen Breitung Township Schools, Jerry

Sardina Iron Mountain Public Schools, Louis

Steigerwald Norway-Vulcan Area Schools, Angel

Inglese North Dickinson County Schools, Christy

Larson, Forest Park Schools, and Chris

Thomson West Iron Public Schools.

Daren Deyaert and Ruth Manier of the Dickinson

Iron Health Department joined the

Superintendents to offer advice and up-to-date

information and agreed to continued meetings.

They discussed the need to work on protocols

that can be used between the Health

Department and the schools to allow for proper

communication and yet maintain privacy and

HIPAA rights.

Currently, Upper Michigan schools are in Phase

5 as defined in the Michigan Safe Start plan.

Phase 5 allows for in-person instruction. Our

schools will follow our state’s directives

regarding the opening of schools as well as

health and safety guidelines.  We know there is

potential for changes to these directives, our

phase status, and other circumstances. We

stand ready to adapt and be flexible to ensure

the best outcome for our students.

Each local school district will be offering a variety

of learning choices to our families. Under phase

5 schools are planning virtual and/or distance

learning options as well as in-person learning.

The in-person option may include a blend of in-

seat and online learning. We learned many

lessons last year and one of them was that we

must be prepared to change quickly when we

are given new directives from our state. We will

be ready to shift from in-person to online or

packet learning if it becomes necessary.

Working collaboratively strengthens our ability to

better serve our community. We look forward to

returning to learn in whatever format is most

comfortable for each of our students and their

families. We value our staff and have been

impressed with their commitment to education as

well as their dedication to our students and

schools whether as teachers, ancillary staff,

aides, support staff, custodians, food service,

daycare, bus drivers, secretaries, or

administrators. Our focus continues to be on

providing quality and safe public education to our

students in the best way possible under our

historic circumstances.

--

Jackie Giuliani

Forest Park K-12 Principal

Volleyball Protocol COVID-19 Forest Park Weight Room/Gymnasium/Facility Policy School of Choice Application, Policies, and Definitions Review Your Student’s Immunization Record PICTURE GALLERY WE NEED SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS!! EDUStaff provides quality educational staffing and Human Resource services for schools through extensive recruiting for classroom employees, holding face-to-face workshops to provide a better classroom experience, and offering unbeatable customer service. Let our skilled and experienced team serve you! Please apply on the website: https://apply.edustaff.org. The Employee Services number 877-974-6338 is available Monday through Friday from 7:30am – 4:30pm.

Contact Information

        Address: 801 Forest Parkway         Crystal Falls, MI 49920 High School: (906) 214-4695  ext 2 Middle School: (906) 214-4695  ext 2 Elementary: (906) 214-4695  ext 1 Superintendent: (906) 214-4695 ext 322 Counselor: (906) 214-4695 ext 238 Athletic Dir: (906) 214-4695 ext 216 Bus Garage: (906) 214-4695 ext 268 Fax Number: (906) 875-4660

Mission Statement

Our commitment is to empower students, parents, and community to pursue their potential by creating opportunities to acquire essential skills through exploratory avenues of intellectual, creative, and social growth.

Great Things Happening at FP

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/10/forest-park-music-class-takes-percussion-to-new-level/  https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/11/forest-park-volleyball-coach-talks-about-wearing-masks-in-matches/ We are so excited to have received a grant for $8,800 from TC Energy. It will be used to continue to purchase and replace Chromebooks for students K-12 at Forest Park. Pictured is Todd Williams from TC Energy along with MS Social Studies teacher Kurt Anderson who applied for the grant and Mrs. Giuliani, K-12 Principal.

Important Announcements

Forest Park COVID Status

2020 FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SHIRTS ARE FOR SALE

(Grey with black letters) T-shirts $12 Long sleeve T-shirts $16 Crewneck Sweatshirts $21 Hoodie $25 Please call the office 906-214-4695 ext 322 to order type and size. Pay to FOREST PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT at the same time - stop at the main door to pay. ALL ORDERS ARE DUE MONDAY 10-26-2020 by 10am.

Request for Bids

The Forest Park School District is seeking bids for snow plowing at the school for the winter of 2020-21.  Bid specifications include all school parking lots, bus garage approaches, and the bus drop off lane. “The Forest Park School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.” Submit bids to:  Forest Park School, Attn: Superintendent, 801 Forest Parkway, Crystal Falls, MI  49920 or fax to 906-875-4660. BID DEADLINE:  October 22, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. The following jobs are currently open: High School English Teacher Golf Coach - Until filled Guidance Counselor | Job Description Industrial Technology Teacher Nighttime Custodial At-Risk Aide Position

Forest Park COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan 8-11-2020

Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-142  “provides a structure to support all schools in Michigan as they plan for a return of pre-K-12 education in the fall. Under the order, school districts must adopt a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan laying out how they will cope with the disease across the various phases of the Michigan Safe Start Plan. In turn, the accompanying Michigan Return to School Roadmap offers a guide to the types of safety protocols appropriate during each phase. There’s no one-size- fits-all solution: What works in Lansing may not work in Forest Park. Districts will retain the flexibility to tailor their instruction to their particular needs and to the disease conditions present in their regions.”  (EO-2020-142) Keep reading...

FP COVID-19 Athletic and Extracurricular Emergency Preparedness Plan

Please describe how you will implement the requirements for athletics protocols from the Return to School Roadmap. Keep reading…

Forest Park Virtual Learning Expectations

Families will be asked to make a commitment regarding their type of learning choice for the semester. Students will not be permitted to change between virtual and face to face learning until the new semester in January. Keep reading… Virtual learners that are borrowing a chromebook, please read this agreement and sign the last page.

Forest Park Face to Face Learning Expectations

Our district will begin the 2020-21 school year following all the requirements for Phase 4 even when our region may be in Phase 5 at the start of the school year, with the exception of athletics. Athletics will follow all strongly recommended recommendations as outlined in Phase 5 while our region is in Phase 5.  We are electing to follow Phase 4 with stricter standards than required in Phase 5 at the start of the school year to implement additional safety precautions.  The district will revisit continued protocol at each regular, monthly (at a minimum) Board of Education meeting to evaluate current recommendations resulting from updated numbers and possible phase changes. Keep reading… This document contains the Execute Orders from the Governor and how Forest Park will implement these orders.

Dickinson and Iron

Superintendents’ Message

In anticipation of the upcoming school year, Dickinson and Iron County Superintendents have been meeting to discuss their COVID-19 Preparedness and Response

Plans. Superintendents include Wendy Warmuth Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District, Craig Allen Breitung Township Schools, Jerry Sardina Iron Mountain

Public Schools, Louis Steigerwald Norway-Vulcan Area Schools, Angel Inglese North Dickinson County Schools, Christy Larson, Forest Park Schools, and Chris

Thomson West Iron Public Schools.

Daren Deyaert and Ruth Manier of the Dickinson Iron Health Department joined the Superintendents to offer advice and up-to-date information and agreed to

continued meetings. They discussed the need to work on protocols that can be used between the Health Department and the schools to allow for proper

communication and yet maintain privacy and HIPAA rights.

Currently, Upper Michigan schools are in Phase 5 as defined in the Michigan Safe Start plan. Phase 5 allows for in-person instruction. Our schools will follow our

state’s directives regarding the opening of schools as well as health and safety guidelines.  We know there is potential for changes to these directives, our phase

status, and other circumstances. We stand ready to adapt and be flexible to ensure the best outcome for our students.

Each local school district will be offering a variety of learning choices to our families. Under phase 5 schools are planning virtual and/or distance learning options as

well as in-person learning. The in-person option may include a blend of in-seat and online learning. We learned many lessons last year and one of them was that we

must be prepared to change quickly when we are given new directives from our state. We will be ready to shift from in-person to online or packet learning if it becomes

necessary.

Working collaboratively strengthens our ability to better serve our community. We look forward to returning to learn in whatever format is most comfortable for each of

our students and their families. We value our staff and have been impressed with their commitment to education as well as their dedication to our students and

schools whether as teachers, ancillary staff, aides, support staff, custodians, food service, daycare, bus drivers, secretaries, or administrators. Our focus continues to

be on providing quality and safe public education to our students in the best way possible under our historic circumstances.

--

Jackie Giuliani

Forest Park K-12 Principal

Volleyball Protocol COVID-19 Forest Park Weight Room/Gymnasium/Facility Policy School of Choice Application, Policies, and Definitions Review Your Student’s Immunization Record PICTURE GALLERY WE NEED SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS!! EDUStaff provides quality educational staffing and Human Resource services for schools through extensive recruiting for classroom employees, holding face-to-face workshops to provide a better classroom experience, and offering unbeatable customer service. Let our skilled and experienced team serve you! Please apply on the website: https://apply.edustaff.org. The Employee Services number 877-974-6338 is available Monday through Friday from 7:30am – 4:30pm.