From the Principal's Desk

Greetings FWAFA Family,

I hope you all have had a great summer and are rested, relaxed, and re-charged for the 2022-2023 school year - a school year that promises to be the best one yet!

We are all excited to welcome our FABULOUS FWAFAns back to the building so we can make some #FWAFAMagic!

From your feedback at the end of last school year, I know that keeping our students and staff safe is on a lot of people's minds. Safety is a top-priority at FWAFA, and we have taken a hard look over the summer at our safety practices. We have revised many of our practices related to entering the building, auditing doors, and supervising students at arrival and dismissal to name a few. We are also training all teachers and staff on a variety of safety topics starting at the beginning of the year and integrated throughout the year for reinforcement. All admin team members will be re-trained on threat assessment. We have calendared various safety drills throughout the year as well and will teach our students the procedures for each drill so that everyone knows what to do. In addition, our board approved the hiring of a School Resource Officer at the last board meeting, and we are working on implementing this initiative.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Back-to-School Night on Thursday, August 11. Elementary students are invited to tour the school and meet their teachers from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Middle and high school students are invited to pick up their schedules, tour the school, and meet their teachers from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Staff will be on hand to help with registration, nurse forms, lockers, planners, yard signs, spirit wear, and more. Join us!

Also, be sure to check out the details below about the PTSO Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, August 9. Be sure to RSVP. It's not to be missed!

Creatively yours,

Dr. Jackson

Please join us for Back to School Night on Thursday, August 11.

Grades 3-6 (Elementary) students and families are invited to tour the building and meet teachers from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Grades 7-12 (MS/HS) students and families are invited to tour the building and meet teachers from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

You will also be able to drop off forms for the nurse, get help with any last minute registration details, purchase a planner (elementary) and yard sign, pick out a locker (MS/HS), and so much more.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

The FWAFA Website Resources tab is your one-stop shop for all things FWAFA. You can access the following information on this handy page. Bookmark this page in your Favorites!

• 2022-2023 Academic Calendar
• Set Up an Account for the Cafeteria
• A Link to This Newsletter
• Information about After-School Care
• A Link to the Parent Portal to Check Student Grades
• Student Handbook
• Summer Reading Assignments
• School Supply List
• Uniform Information
• MS/HS Bell Schedule
• Drop-Off/Pick-Up Map and Instructions
• Contact for Special Programs Coordinator - Heather Chandler
• Covid-19 Resources

The foodservice Department at FWAFA has recently purchased a new Point of Sale (POS) system for the cafeteria. This new system will assist us in increasing the level of service we provide, as well as generate accurate school meal counts. We will implement this new system starting this school year.

For cafeteria purchases, students will continue to use their current ID numbers. Please note that serving lines may be slower for the first couple of days with the new POS system, but as the students familiarize themselves with the system, the lines should move much more quickly.

To fund your student's account, we recommend families deposit money using MySchoolBucks. Cash and check payments will also be accepted. You can use MySchoolBucks to receive low balance alerts, set up automatic payments, and set daily/weekly spending limits.

Funds that remain in your student's meal account at the end of the school year will be carried over to the next school year. Please note that if your student's meal account runs out of funds, our district allows a negative balance up to 3 meals or $10.00.

If your student has allergies or other medical concerns, please notify us so that this information can be placed in the system. This will alert our staff to help monitor their meals.

If you have any questions, please call our Foodservice Department at 817-924-1482 or email cheryl.demeyere@fwafa.org and we will be glad to assist you.

Summer reading at FWAFA is choice based. Check out the details and assignments here. You can also access the instructions on our website under the Resources tab.

PTSO invites all new and returning FWAFA students and families to the Annual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, August 9, in the cafeteria. New families may arrive at 6:00 p.m. and returning families at 7:00 p.m.. Come reconnect with familiar faces and help welcome our new families.

Please click the link to RSVP no later than Aug. 7th so we have enough ice cream to serve everyone.

https://forms.gle/oysw3pvhvs9bpxVR7

FWAFA's annual Student Choreography Concert auditions are coming up! Dancers and Choreographers that would like to take part in this concert will need to audition their works. Auditions will be held Wednesday, August 24th at 4:00PM in the FWAFA auditorium, and all students are welcome to participate.

Please review the rehearsal/performance schedule:

Tech Rehearsal – Wednesday, September 21 - 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Dress Rehearsal – Thursday, September 22 - 4:00 – 8:00 PM

Performance – Friday, September 23 - Stay after school, performance at 7:00PM

Please see audition details at this link.

Student Directors and Faculty Sponsors will rehearse these student-choreographed works for a live in-person performance on Friday, September 23 in the Auditorium! Be on the lookout for more details.

On Fridays, we wear the current 2022 spirit shirt and jeans. Spirit shirts will be on sale on August 8. More details to come in the next Principal Newsletter.

We are excited to announce that our in-person TCA+A Gala will return on August 27. We have missed celebrating with you all and look forward to gathering again at the Greatest Show in Fort Worth. This event is our largest fundraiser of the year benefiting all of TCA+A’s great organizations like FWAFA.

Tickets are on sale now! In addition to purchasing tickets, there are a variety of ways our families can get involved. We need sponsors, auction items, and volunteer support. If you would like to help, look for more information on our website or email lauren.whitson@artsacademics.org.

Join me on Friday mornings at 8:15 a.m. for Coffee with the Principal on FaceBook Live. You can hear GREAT news and updates about what is happening at FWAFA every week.

If your student is tardy or absent, please send notes to attendance@fwafa.org. Also, a student needs to bring in a doctor or parent note within 3 days after the absence for an unexcused absence.

Ascender Parent Portal

Need to submit an attendance note?

attendance@fwafa.org

TCA+A Covid-19 Information Center

Tuesday, August 9 - PTSO Ice Cream Social (see above for details)

Wednesday, August 10 - PTSO Uniform Resale

Thursday, August 11 - Back to School Night - more details to come in August.

Monday, August 15 - First Day of School