Welcome To FCP - Aug 7
- Aug 12
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Hello FCP Families,
I am very excited about beginning the new school year! My name is Dan Chludzinski, I am the President of Fairmount Cooperative Preschool and I am looking forward to meeting many of you at our cleaning day on August 29th. Please read through this email to stay in the know as we get ready for the school year.
As you know (or will soon find out) one of the unique aspects of our cooperative preschool is that we parents work together to make our school succeed.
There are 5 responsibilities for all families:
1. Parent Helping: approximately once a month each family will help in their child's classroom for the day. This includes assisting the teachers, providing a class snack and cleaning at the end of the day. Your Room Parent will create the parent helping schedule for your class.
2. Cleaning: we have two all school deep cleaning events in August and January, and general cleaning on parent helper days.
3. Attending Mandatory Meetings: This includes having at least one parent at paperwork turn in and parent orientation.
4. Fundraising: All families are required to participate in the fall Bike-A-Thon and the Spring Fundraiser
5. Participate on a school committee: More information below.
Committees:
Families can fulfill the committee requirement by being a room parent, joining the Board of Trustees or by serving on a committee. Please click on this LINK to see a short summary of each committee and let us know which ones you would be most interested in by 8/18 via the corresponding google form. We will assign each family a committee based on your preferences and if you don't fill out the survey we will assign a committee based on our needs. Only one parent needs to serve on a committee.
Parent Handbook
The 2026-2027 Parent Handbook is attached to this email, please read before the orientation meeting on August 31st. At orientation we will provide physical copies and also ask each family to sign a form saying that they have read through the handbook.
Paperwork
You should have received an email from our Director Beth Zednik, with our calendar, forms and tuition information. Please make sure you have read over all that information and fill out the paperwork to turn in on August 29th.
Please reach out if you ever have any questions.
Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, August 29: Mandatory Paperwork Turn in and Playground/Classroom Cleaning 11:00AM- 2:00 PM
Monday, August 31: First tuition payment due by 11:00 AM
Mandatory Parent Orientation, FCP dining room 6:00 - 8:00 PM
September
Class popsicle parties:
Pre – K morning of Tuesday, September 1
3/4s morning of Wednesday, September 2
Young 3’s morning of Thursday, September 3
Wednesday, September 2: Board meeting location and time TBD
Tuesday, September 8: first day of school, 3/4s class and Pre-K class
Wednesday, September 9: first day of school, Young 3’s class
Tuesday, September 22: Lunch Bunch begins
Saturday, September 26: All School Bike-a-Thon Fundraiser at Horseshoe Lake 11:30-1:30
Dan Chludzinski, Board President
Fairmount Cooperative Preschool
2757 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118