John C. Fremont PTA

Fremont Friendship Potluck Friday, Sept 20, 5-7 pm
1st Fremont Community Night of the Year

Enjoy a family-friendly celebration with a potluck, music, culture, and community activities.
Come and welcome new families and celebrate Fremont’s 120th Birthday!

Bring your family favorite or a multicultural dish to share, a blanket, and your family. Enjoy music by DJ ACee, and a special cultural performance to launch our beloved Fremont event! Check out the opening night of the Fall Book Fair. Learn some American Sign Language in honor of Deaf Awareness Month! Participate in a community art project.

If you would like to bring a "gift" to celebrate Fremont's 120th Birthday, bring a succulent cutting from your garden for Fremont's Garden and let's watch them grow!

Plus...Fremont Spirit Wear for sale // free selected Spirit Wear for joining PTA // FREE Uniform Swap! // 🧋 local business will be there with fun drinks for sale!🧋

Fremont Community Night is made possible by Principal Lounsbery and the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility) Committee of the Fremont PTA.

Please note that Rec Aides will not provide supervision at the event, and parents must keep an eye on your children. Thank you.

Potluck sign up: http://evite.me/QNW3WhfzgF
Volunteer for Event: http://evite.me/RF4TCw4ZvB

Questions: [email protected] | Follow PTA on instagram as we post more there! https://www.instagram.com/fremontelementarypta/

The Fremont "Cretaceous" Carnival is here!

This Saturday, June 1 | 10 am - 2 pm at Fremont Elementary! Entrance on Vermont between Roswell & Termino.

Come and enjoy all the goodies planned for our Fremont Family!

FOOD TRUCKS:
Kona Ice
Taco Shore
The Fix Burger
Fruit teas, coffee & boba by Cali Tea
+ Fremont Snack Shack!

DJ music + Sugar Skulls LB
Games, prizes, crafts & more!

It's the first time we have invited Community Market vendors - come to support & shop local!

Long Beach Public Library
Sky Zone Cerritos
www.Bowmanceramics.com
www.thebloominglion.com
Noah Thomas Jewelry
Curious Jane
www.fabrictofashionsewingschool.com
www.Hahnjewelry.com
Marida Jewelry
gal+BEAU
www.veroramirez.com
TSHKA
Adelita's Revenge instagram.com/adelitas_revenge/?hl=en
www.astrid11.com
6th And Detroit
https://www.2ndhappiestplaceonearth.com/
Kimbowfabulous

Our Fremont PTA Business Sponsors will have info available on the "biz table:"
www.hjarc.com
TGA Premier Sports
Domino's Pizza Long Beach

Thank you to all the hardwork of our PTA Carnival Team and Silent Auction Team!

See you Saturday! Bring your family & friends!

Monday, May 20, 2024
11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Domenico's, 2nd Street

Help us raise money while enjoying your favorite pizza, pasta and salad! Domenico's has been a Belmont Shore institution for over 65 years. When you bring this flyer to enjoy lunch or dinner on Monday, May 20, Domenico's will donate 25% back to the Fremont PTA.

Available for dine in or takeout, open to close. Cannot be used with third-party delivery services!

Must present this flyer (swipe)!

The 2024 Fremont Carnival Silent Auction is live! Bid now on amazing prizes! Bidding closes on June 1, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

https://e.givesmart.com/events/CK0/i/

This auction directly supports the 2024 Carnival and Fremont PTA programs. Help us meet our goal!

Thank you to all our supporters, donors and small businesses who contributed these amazing items, including:

Join us for our next Sensory Sunday Mixer at on Sunday, May 26th!

What to expect:
🔵 Party Room # 1: Free waters, coffee, snacks, and LBC Hero Squad swag!

🟢 Our party room is a safe space to set your stuff down, rest, and meet other families.

🔵 Discount Code: Use “HeroSquad24” at checkout to receive the $20 pricing for 2 hours. This pricing includes SkySocks and 1 chaperone. Additional socks are $5-7.

🟢 Link in bio or https://www.skyzone.com/cerritos/lbcherosquad (x out of the pop up banner then hit buy now. Click on available date. You’ll see our event to purchase tickets). Make sure to enter our discount code!

🔵 We hope to jump with you on May 26th!
 
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LBC Hero Squad

Friday, May 17 | 5-7 pm - Fremont Community Night

Please bring a picnic and join us for Community Night! Come support our Fremont Falcons at the Science Fair and stop by closing night of the Book Fair (5-6:30 pm). Plus, enjoy music with a playlist featuring API artists in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month.

See you then!

The Fremont Carnival is coming up on June 1st! The Silent Auction Committee is gathering unique and fun items for the event. Support the Carnival by donating items such as gift cards, regifts, wine, electronics, toys, books, handmade items, and more. Contact Jennifer at [email protected] for ideas or help with reaching out to businesses. Thank you!

Fremont Book Fair May 10-15, 2024

Fremont's Spring Book Fair is kicking off this Friday evening. Fremont Talent Show participants and guests will be able to shop Friday May 10!

eWALLET💳

Parents, please set up an eWallet for your student and they can shop without needing to bring funds in person.

Link in stories/current events/bio:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html

VOLUNTEERS!

Please also sign up to volunteers for the Book Fair shifts:

11-12:30 pm (VIPs only)
2-3:45 pm

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DADA92AA3F8C07-49304845-book #/

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
6-7:30 pm
PTA General Meeting (last one of the year!)

Please join the Fremont PTA for our final meeting of the year on May 7, 2024 from 6:00-7:30pm. In anticipation of Pride month, the PTA will host a panel discussion about the lived experiences of Fremont parents who identify with or support LGBTQIA youth.

Teacher Appreciation Week is NEXT WEEK May 6-10. Also, it is time to recognize Teacher + Staff Member of the Year (due May 14).

Suggested ideas to make your teacher feel special (optional):

Monday, May 6: Bring your teacher a flower 🌷day (to build a bouquet). Maybe someone has a vase they'd like to donate?

Tuesday, May 7: Wear your teacher's favorite color (ask Room Parent). If you don't know, maybe they have a favorite sports team or band?

Wednesday, May 8: Make your teacher a homemade card 🗒️ and share some kind words about how special they are. Feel free to include a 💲5 gift card to their favorite coffee shop or restaurant if you can and want to!

Thursday, May 9: PTA-sponsored Teacher Luncheon. Feel free to also bring their favorite treat or dessert 🥮.

Friday, May 10: Decorate their door🚪! Bring stickers and use markers to draw your teacher a special message on their classroom door.

Every day: Don't forget to be good and listen! :)

Let's try to make it a very special week for ALL of our teachers!

Teacher + Staff Member of the Year:

Let's recognize the support that makes our school life happen! Give two reasons your teacher and/or staff member deserves to be a Fremont Star this year. Written and video submissions are accepted. Submissions are due to the PTA mailbox or can be emailed to [email protected] by May 14, 2024.

Fremont Carnival is coming! Order your Carnival tshirts for $20! https://www.fremont-pta.org/product-page/2024-carnival-tshirts

Please save these dates! Countdown to the end of the year is here! Lots of fun things to do, mark your calendars!

Lei Day at Fremont
May 1, 2024

Volunteer Wednesday May 1, 2024!

Assist students working with buddies from other grades in making flower Leis as a symbol of unity, love, friendship and the spirit of Aloha.

This is a Hawaiian cultural practice that is brought to us by one of our Fremont parents, Elise Velasco, and the PTA. Elise invites you to wear an aloha shirt and or muu’muu if your wardrobe permits!

Please check-in at the main office and make sure you are VIPed in advance!

Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49AAAB2BA6FCC07-49110572-leiday #/

The Fremont Carnival is coming on June 1, 2024 @ 10-2 pm. Volunteers absolutely make it happen. Please sign up to volunteer! We are also looking for donations, if you can't volunteer, consider a donation. Thank you so much!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAEA72CA64-49111481-fremont #/

Check out this upcoming event in celebration of Autism Month.

Join us on Sunday, April 28th from
9-11am at for our next Sensory Sunday Mixer celebrating Autism Month! ♾️🩷🧡🩵💚♾️

What to expect:
♾️ Party Room #4: Sponsored beverages from water. We’ll also have Gatorade, Capri Suns, coffee, snacks, and desserts from !

♾️ Our party room is a safe space to set your stuff down, rest, and meet other families.

♾️ Goodies: Free LBC Hero Squad swag and giveaways from , , Squishmallows from , and toys from ! While supplies last.

♾️ Activities/Resources: will be bringing sensory play activities. We’ll have resource stations from , , and . And will be decorating our event!

♾️ Discount Code: Use “HeroSquad24” at checkout to receive the $20 pricing for 2 hours. This pricing includes SkySocks and 1 chaperone. Additional socks are $5-7.

♾️ Jump Passes: Visit our link in bio or https://www.skyzone.com/cerritos/lbcherosquad (x out of the pop up banner then hit buy now. Click on available date. You’ll see our event to purchase tickets). Make sure to enter our discount code!

We can’t wait to jump and celebrate autism and neurodiversity with you on April 28th!

🩷,
LBC Hero Squad

Sharing this community event by LBC Hero Squad on Monday 4/29 from 5-8pm at Roe.

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We successfully completed our 7th Annual Neurodiversity Week at Cubberley and we’d like to celebrate by dining out at again!

🍴We’ll have the patio reserved just for our guests!

🍴Pre-fixed: 3 course meal or you can order off the regular menu.

🍴Giving away: Wiki sticks, fidget toys, and LBCHS swag.

🍴Photo Booth fun!

✨Happy to announce! Our friend Jurate from creating live 14k gold plated eternity bracelets to help us celebrate the end autism month. But we all know that we celebrate autism/neurodiversity everyday….

♥️ We hope you can join us, Monday 4/29 from 5-8pm at Roe.

♥️ To make a reservation, please visit: https://roeseafood.com/

Friday, May 3rd, 6-8pm

Prism Boutique

408 Termino (at the corner of 4th Street)

Join friends from Fremont for a fun night of shopping. Enjoy snacks, bevs and a silent auction. 20% of sales from the evening benefit Fremont's PTA!

Please join us for Fremont Community Night
Friday, April 19, 2024 | 5 - 7 pm

♻️Toy & clothing swap + DIY upcycled puppets celebrate Earth Day🌎

SWAP! Bring gently used toys, kids & grown up clothing + more // Spring clean, share, swap, reuse!
Everything is free // Leftovers will be donated

PUPPET CRAFT! Make puppets from recycled materials with puppeteer Ellen Schulze. Brought to you by the IDEA Committee of the PTA.

PICNIC! Bring a picnic and enjoy music by Guest DJ SOOF, in honor of Arab American History Month

Plus, purchase a tie dye t-shirt experience and DIY your own Fremont Spirit Wear shirt. Purchase supports our Fremont 5th Grade Class!

THIS Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) near-0 emission ready mix truck from Catalina Pacific (and about 100 other big vehicles!) are coming to Long Beach Touch-A-Truck on Sun., April 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot in front of Rosie's Dog Beach. Come sit in the drivers' seats. FREE TICKETS: JustinRudd.com/truck

The 2024 Fremont Cretaceous Carnival is going to be DINO-mite! *Save-the-date*

Saturday, June 1, 2024

10-2 pm on the Fremont Playground

Food trucks, games, inflatables, snack shack, prizes and more!

Minimum Days Tues + Weds, March 26 + 27.

No school starting Friday, March 29 for Spring Break. See you back on Monday, April 8!

Join us at Open House at Fremont! Tuesday, 3/19, 5:30-7:30 pm. See your student's classroom! It's a minimum day - 1 pm release.

On March 11, 2024, Fremont Elementary celebrated our first ever IDEA Day. We celebrated the differences in children and how those differences can build a strong community.

IDEA stands for:

💙 Inclusion
💚 Diversity
💛 Equity
💜 Accessibility

We feel that all these concepts are central to building a stronger community. On IDEA Day, activities included:

💙 A school wide rainbow🌈 photo - just wait until you see the picture!

💚Rock painting with positive messages that can be used in pavers to decorate the school grounds

💛Read the book "Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You"
by Justice Sonia Sotomayor

💜Received IDEA Day stickers

IDEA Day spiritwear shirts were also available! You can pick one up at Friday 3/15/24 Fremont Community Market or: https://www.fremont-pta.org/product-page/fremont-idea-day-t-shirt

Ask your scholar how they felt about the day's activities!

Friday March 15 / 8 am join us at the picnic tables for Fremont Cafe! Coffee/tea and treats. Bring a mug. Bring a friend.

You're invited to join us Tuesday, 3/12/24 for the PTA Meeting in the Fremont Auditorium at 6 pm. Have a snack, make friends & vote on the 2024-25 board.

More info: https://txt.so/X1nIhD

From crunchy green to vibrant purple, our Falcons journeyed through a cabbage rainbow this week 🌈🥬. Exploring textures and flavors reminded us that every leaf holds a unique story.

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PTA Meeting to Elect 2024-25 Executive Board
Tuesday, March 12, 6 pm
Fremont Auditorium

Please join the Fremont community for our March PTA meeting. This is your opportunity to vote on the 24-25 PTA Board.

The board agenda is posted here:
https://www.fremont-pta.org/post/march-pta-meeting-pta-board

Email [email protected] if you have any new business to add.

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Everyone is invited to attend the March 12 PTA Meeting in the Auditorium. After two years of serving as the PTA President, our current President Erin Brown, is excited to welcome many new board members. Please join us at the meeting to vote and meet the team working so hard to improve our school.

The Fremont PTA Presents...

FREMONT COMMUNITY MARKET
Friday, March 15, 2024 | 4 - 7 pm
Fremont Playground

Join us for March’s Community Night featuring the inaugural Fremont Community Market! Come chat, shop and learn more about our Fremont community’s talents and businesses! Featuring 30 vendors ALL from our Fremont Family, including both students and their grown ups!

RAFFLE PRIZES
Please bring cash to purchase $1 raffle tickets supporting the Fremont PTA for a chance to win unique goods from our Vendors, gift cards, and more!

Enjoy a brighter evening as we will have “sprung forward” on daylight savings - so bring a picnic and come support our Fremont community. This evening’s music is curated by DJ Henry (our first Fremont Student DJ!).

Shop Handmade & Unique Goods + Services!

Our Amazing Fremont Vendors include:

Astrid 11 |
The Bicycle Stand |
The Blooming Lion |
Blue Moon + Art by Laurel
Bowman Ceramics |
Crumb de la Creme LB |
Eileen J. - Fuse Beads
En Pointe Dance & Fitness |
Ferris Productions |
Fremont FriYAY Tie Dye T-shirts
HJ Architecture | Architecture
Indigo Stitched |
Jennifer Krueckeberg First Team Real Estate
Juniper W. - Handmade Jewelry
Kenzie F. - Sewing Crafts
Kristopher Hissam Bankers Life
Lucy G. - Face Painting
Lulu and Lilly |
Marida Jewelry
Nice One Vintage | .vintage
Noah Thomas Jewelry |
Olivia T. - Baked Goods
Passion of Treasure
POMS
Roshan T. - Origami Kits
Rowan's I. Family - Jewelry, hair clips, magnets
Tishertika |
Unicorn Farts
Upcycle Kids
VR Vero Ramirez |
The Zaidi Cirelli Family-Mittai Chai

Bring a picnic & you there!

Questions? [email protected]

Spring picture day is this Thursday March 7th. It's a free dress day!