Great Things Happening at FP

Forest Park Student Awarded with Academic Honors from College Board National Recognition Programs Crystal Falls, MI A Forest Park student has earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These National Recognition Programs grant underrepresented students with academic honors that can be included on college and scholarship applications and connect students with universities across the country, helping them meaningfully connect to colleges and stand out during the admissions process. Colleges and scholarship programs identify students awarded National African American, Hispanic, Indigenous and/or Rural/Small Town Recognition through College Board’s Student Search Service. Jack Gasperich, a Forest Park senior, received the award in the National Rural/Small Town category. “We’re thrilled that Jack has earned this recognition. We are very proud of him for his achievements in his classrooms and on College Board assessments,” said Jackie Giuliani. “These programs help students from underrepresented backgrounds stand out to colleges during admissions.” Students who may be eligible have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10, or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP Exams; and are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town. Eligible students will be invited to apply during their sophomore or junior year and will be awarded at the beginning of the next school year. Students will receive their awards in time to include them on their college and scholarship applications. “We want to honor the hard work of these students through the College Board National Recognition Programs. This program creates a way for colleges and scholarship programs to connect directly with underrepresented students who they are hoping to reach,” said Tarlin Ray, College Board senior vice president of BigFuture. “We hope the award winners and their families celebrate this prestigious honor and it helps them plan for their big future.” Today we are grateful for our new boiler system. On the official November ballot in 2017, the Forest Park taxpayers approved, by 70%, a 1.0 mill Sinking Fund. This Sinking Fund was approved for 10 years (until 2027). This fund was approved for construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law and state agency interpretation. The approximate amount of revenue that is collected yearly exceeds $230K. This year, the district has purchased 2 new boilers to replace boilers over 20 years old, and we have replaced a portion of the roof (over the old portion of the building). Future Sinking Fund revenue will be used to replace 3 additional boilers (over 20 years old), hallway and classroom carpet/flooring, and updates to the elevator system. The Forest Park School District thanks you for your support. Without your support, these upgrades are simply not affordable within the annual General Fund budget. Again, THANK YOU!! We would like to congratulate Chandra Ziegler, for being selected to be a part of the Michigan Learning Channel's (MLC) second grade team serving as a co-teacher representing MAISA Region 1 in the new program: READ, WRITE, ROAR! https://www.michiganlearning.org/read-write-roar/ Read, Write, ROAR! is an English Language Arts program for kindergarten through 3rd Grade learners. Each lesson helps students build literacy skills through word-building lessons, read-alouds, writing exercises, exploring informational text, and more. Taught by Michigan teachers from across the state, the program features lessons aligned with state standards and teaching techniques while demonstrating the research-based best practices outlined in Michigan’s Literacy Essentials. The Michigan Learning Channel launched in January of this year, as a partnership of the state’s public television stations in collaboration with leading educators and community leaders to deliver instructional content and programming to students, parents and teachers throughout Michigan. A network of dedicated channels has been established by the stations to carry the programming, which is also available on computers, mobile phones and other digital devices to ensure its accessibility to all schools and households in Michigan. We are so proud of Chandra and her commitment to improve literacy outcomes and expand outreach services with Michigan's learning communities. Congratulations to our Forest Park Music Department. Today SET SEG and MASB presented us with a 2021 Education Excellence award for creating opportunities that change the lives of our students and help build stronger, brighter futures. We would like to thank Mr. Hansen, the FP music students and everyone that helped continue to make this program possible and a success even through a pandemic year. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO!! 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.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

List of 2022 Forest Park Scholarships Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony Program

FOREST PARK 1,000 POINT CLUB

In moving forward with our continuing effort to celebrate past and present successes at the Forest Park School District and to inspire present and future Trojans we are establishing a 1,000 point club. The 1,000 point club will recognize both boys and girls Trojan basketball players who have scored 1,000 points or more in their varsity basketball career at Forest Park. The 1,000 point club will be recognized with a banner that will be hung in the high school gym at Forest Park. We are asking for your help in compiling our list of 1,000 point scorers. We do not want to unintentionally omit anyone from being recognized. If you know of Forest Park boys or girls basketball players who have achieved this outstanding feat of scoring 1,000 points or more in their varsity basketball careers please forward their names to the following school contact people. Jackie Giuliani (jgiuliani@fptrojans.org) Lyle Smithson (lsmithson@fptrojans.org) We are asking to have any information you can share with us submitted no later than February 26, 2021. We want to thank you in advance for sharing any information you can with us on Forest Park Alumni who have achieved this feat. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR NEW FLOORING AND BATHROOMS!! On the official November ballot in 2017, the Forest Park taxpayers approved, by 70%, a 1.0 mill Sinking Fund. This Sinking Fund was approved for 10 years (until 2027). This fund was approved for construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law and state agency interpretation. The approximate amount of revenue that is collected yearly exceeds $230K. This year, the district has purchased new carpeting for the hallways, new luxury vinyl tile (LVT) for the hall between the gym and cafeteria, the bathrooms by the cafeteria, the elementary office spaces, and new bathroom partitions and toilets in the men’s and women’s bathrooms by the cafeteria/gym. We will also be completing an elevator upgrade over spring break and installing new doors at two exterior locations, along with some key fob updates in areas needing service. Future Sinking Fund revenue will be used to replace 3 additional boilers (over 20 years old) and replacing aging areas of our roof. The Forest Park School District thanks you for your support. Without your support, these upgrades are simply not affordable within the annual General Fund budget. Again, THANK you taxpayers for your support!! New Floors

Great Things Happening at

FP

Forest Park Student Awarded with Academic Honors from College Board National Recognition Programs Crystal Falls, MI A Forest Park student has earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These National Recognition Programs grant underrepresented students with academic honors that can be included on college and scholarship applications and connect students with universities across the country, helping them meaningfully connect to colleges and stand out during the admissions process. Colleges and scholarship programs identify students awarded National African American, Hispanic, Indigenous and/or Rural/Small Town Recognition through College Board’s Student Search Service. Jack Gasperich, a Forest Park senior, received the award in the National Rural/Small Town category. “We’re thrilled that Jack has earned this recognition. We are very proud of him for his achievements in his classrooms and on College Board assessments,” said Jackie Giuliani. “These programs help students from underrepresented backgrounds stand out to colleges during admissions.” Students who may be eligible have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10, or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP Exams; and are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town. Eligible students will be invited to apply during their sophomore or junior year and will be awarded at the beginning of the next school year. Students will receive their awards in time to include them on their college and scholarship applications. “We want to honor the hard work of these students through the College Board National Recognition Programs. This program creates a way for colleges and scholarship programs to connect directly with underrepresented students who they are hoping to reach,” said Tarlin Ray, College Board senior vice president of BigFuture. “We hope the award winners and their families celebrate this prestigious honor and it helps them plan for their big future.” Today we are grateful for our new boiler system. On the official November ballot in 2017, the Forest Park taxpayers approved, by 70%, a 1.0 mill Sinking Fund. This Sinking Fund was approved for 10 years (until 2027). This fund was approved for construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law and state agency interpretation. The approximate amount of revenue that is collected yearly exceeds $230K. This year, the district has purchased 2 new boilers to replace boilers over 20 years old, and we have replaced a portion of the roof (over the old portion of the building). Future Sinking Fund revenue will be used to replace 3 additional boilers (over 20 years old), hallway and classroom carpet/flooring, and updates to the elevator system. The Forest Park School District thanks you for your support. Without your support, these upgrades are simply not affordable within the annual General Fund budget. Again, THANK YOU!! We would like to congratulate Chandra Ziegler, for being selected to be a part of the Michigan Learning Channel's (MLC) second grade team serving as a co-teacher representing MAISA Region 1 in the new program: READ, WRITE, ROAR! https://www.michiganlearning.org/read-write-roar/ Read, Write, ROAR! is an English Language Arts program for kindergarten through 3rd Grade learners. Each lesson helps students build literacy skills through word-building lessons, read-alouds, writing exercises, exploring informational text, and more. Taught by Michigan teachers from across the state, the program features lessons aligned with state standards and teaching techniques while demonstrating the research- based best practices outlined in Michigan’s Literacy Essentials. The Michigan Learning Channel launched in January of this year, as a partnership of the state’s public television stations in collaboration with leading educators and community leaders to deliver instructional content and programming to students, parents and teachers throughout Michigan. A network of dedicated channels has been established by the stations to carry the programming, which is also available on computers, mobile phones and other digital devices to ensure its accessibility to all schools and households in Michigan. We are so proud of Chandra and her commitment to improve literacy outcomes and expand outreach services with Michigan's learning communities. Congratulations to our Forest Park Music Department. Today SET SEG and MASB presented us with a 2021 Education Excellence award for creating opportunities that change the lives of our students and help build stronger, brighter futures. We would like to thank Mr. Hansen, the FP music students and everyone that helped continue to make this program possible and a success even through a pandemic year. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO!! https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/10/for est-park-music-class-takes-percussion-to-new-level/ https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/09/11/for est-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.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

List of 2022 Forest Park Scholarships Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony Program

FOREST PARK 1,000 POINT

CLUB

In moving forward with our continuing effort to celebrate past and present successes at the Forest Park School District and to inspire present and future Trojans we are establishing a 1,000 point club. The 1,000 point club will recognize both boys and girls Trojan basketball players who have scored 1,000 points or more in their varsity basketball career at Forest Park. The 1,000 point club will be recognized with a banner that will be hung in the high school gym at Forest Park. We are asking for your help in compiling our list of 1,000 point scorers. We do not want to unintentionally omit anyone from being recognized. If you know of Forest Park boys or girls basketball players who have achieved this outstanding feat of scoring 1,000 points or more in their varsity basketball careers please forward their names to the following school contact people. Jackie Giuliani (jgiuliani@fptrojans.org) Lyle Smithson (lsmithson@fptrojans.org) We are asking to have any information you can share with us submitted no later than February 26, 2021. We want to thank you in advance for sharing any information you can with us on Forest Park Alumni who have achieved this feat. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR NEW FLOORING AND BATHROOMS!! On the official November ballot in 2017, the Forest Park taxpayers approved, by 70%, a 1.0 mill Sinking Fund. This Sinking Fund was approved for 10 years (until 2027). This fund was approved for construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law and state agency interpretation. The approximate amount of revenue that is collected yearly exceeds $230K. This year, the district has purchased new carpeting for the hallways, new luxury vinyl tile (LVT) for the hall between the gym and cafeteria, the bathrooms by the cafeteria, the elementary office spaces, and new bathroom partitions and toilets in the men’s and women’s bathrooms by the cafeteria/gym. We will also be completing an elevator upgrade over spring break and installing new doors at two exterior locations, along with some key fob updates in areas needing service. Future Sinking Fund revenue will be used to replace 3 additional boilers (over 20 years old) and replacing aging areas of our roof. The Forest Park School District thanks you for your support. Without your support, these upgrades are simply not affordable within the annual General Fund budget. Again, THANK you taxpayers for your support!! New Floors