Fairmont Area Schools

Several classes at Fairmont Elementary had visits this week from Hazen, our therapy dog in training.  Students learned how to interact with animals while having a calm body and voice.  

HOME IS WHERE THE CARDINALS ARE! FAIRMONT HOMECOMING 2026. Bring the Spirit. Rock the Red. Make the Memories! Homecoming Week Link: https://aptg.co/Lr8Dzy

JOIN US! Celebrate the Cardinal legends who made history at the
Twenty-Seventh Cardinal Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, Sept. 26. Free Admission for All! For Cardinal Fans unable to attend, watch the livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/@fhs_cardinal_productions/streams

Special shout out to all of these adults for starting their day off bright and early with a super 2nd grader! Pics from 9/23/26 To see all of the pictures from yesterday's "Breakfast with Books," visit Fairmont Area ECFE on Facebook.

Our local teachers union, Education Minnesota Fairmont, would like to recognize the members of our Fairmont School Board for School Board Recognition month. Our School Board members devote their time and talents to helping make our school community a great place to learn and grow. We presented the members with a token of our appreciation - a ceramic memento created by the College in the Schools art class and a card colored by first grade students. Thank you to our board members for all they do for Fairmont Area Schools."

** Families of 2nd Graders **Please join us in the Budd Room at the Elementary School from 7:45-8:30am this Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, to have breakfast and read books with your child.

Kudos and thanks to all of these adults for spending time with their 3rd grade students at the start of the school day! I hope they all had a great rest of their day! Visit Fairmont Area ECFE to see more photos.

** Families of 3rd Graders ** Our first special morning event is coming up this Thursday. Please join us in the Budd Room at the Elementary School from 7:45-8:30am to have breakfast and read books with your child.

Fairmont Junior Senior High School Homecoming 2026 Dress Up Days! ♥️🤍

Fairmont Junior Senior High School Homecoming 2026 Dress Up Days! ♥️🤍

Audition info for the Fall Musical "Anything Goes"

Fairmont Elementary is happy to announce that we will have a therapy dog "in training" as part of our school community this upcoming school year! Meet Hazen (aka Haze). Haze is the one-year-old labrador of our school social worker, Mrs. Becker. Haze and Mrs. Becker are training to have him become a therapy dog with the plan to provide animal-assisted interventions at school. As part of Haze's training, he will have short visits at the school to do activities in classrooms, with small groups, and with individual students. When Haze is ready, he will complete an evaluation to receive his official credentials as a therapy dog.

Research has shown that therapy animals have many benefits for students including assisting with learning, social-emotional development, self-esteem, and stress and anxiety management. We are very excited to have this opportunity for our students. Haze looks forward to meeting students and families during the upcoming school year!

We recognize that some students and families may have concerns due to allergies, fears, culture considerations, etc. Anyone with concerns is able to contact Mrs. Becker at 235-4606 or abecker@fairmont.k12.mn.us, and a plan will be made to accommodate your child's needs. Also look for additional information that will be sent home with students.

Hello Families!

Welcome back to the 26-27 school year! In the past few weeks, you may have received notifications about a low balance alert for your student(s). These alerts were incorrect and listed a sum of all the balances for your household. Please disregard these alerts as we are working to resolve these issues.

One breakfast and one lunch daily are free to all students. Student(s) would only need money in their accounts if they would like to go back for seconds, purchase a milk only, or a la carte (available at High School only).

You can also configure/disable notifications in Skyward by following the directions in this video:
https://vimeo.com/868395452/ffa99f7d9c?fl=pl&fe=vl

Payments on your student(s) account can be made by logging into Skyward, choosing a student, and clicking on “Food Service” tile. In the upper right corner, there is a “Make A Payment” button. This will take you to the webstore where you will log in, and can add funds, or even set up auto-replenish. Alternatively, students can bring cash or check to school with them, and these will be added to their account before meal service begins.

Please reach out to via email at fasfoodservice@fairmont.k12.mn.us or by phone at 507-238-4234 with any questions you may have relating to this message.

School Bus Schedule 2026-2027

TEACHER TENURE
At today's opening back-to-school staff workshop, superintendent Traetow recognized four teachers who have earned tenure, effective for the 2026-2027 school year.
Tenured teachers pictured below, L-R, are Cathy Bell, Reid Harris, Matt Lytle and Megan Sukalski.
Congratulations!

Calling all Cardinals! Let's make some noise! Get ready to bring the school spirit to our Fall Pep Fest! Join us at the Fairmont High School Horseshoe on Wednesday, August 26, at 6:00 p.m.📣