Fairmont Area Schools

Fall Pep Fest Reminder! TONIGHT! Wednesday, 8/20 at 6:45 pm. Come Join Us!

Fairmont HS Robotics Team ( Team 2847- The MEGAHERTZ) would like to thanks Fairmont Area Schools for being a 2025 sponsor!
Lake Superior Regional Champs and Autonomous Award Winners
4th Place 10,000 Lakes Regional and Autonomous Award Winners
2025 World Championships - Curie Divison - Drafted by #3 Alliance
MSHSL State Tournament - 4th Place

Have you checked out our referendum website yet? Our dedicated website, https://www.fairmontbond.com/, provides everything residents need to know before going to the polls on or before Tuesday, November 4.

Residents will consider investing $21.7 million to make critical improvements to both our schools, including a fine arts learning center addition, a new secured entrance and office area, adding windows to several classrooms, and other improvements at our junior/senior high school. The plan also includes replacing the original 1954 elevator and making additional exterior and interior improvements at our elementary school. Stay tuned for more information, and make sure you visit our website for more details!

Important referendum news! 📣

A dedicated website is now available for residents to learn more about our upcoming building bond referendum! The website has information about how we identified our facility challenges, details about the proposed plan, cost and tax impact information, voting details, and more.

Visit https://www.fairmontbond.com/ for more information, and make sure to vote on or before Tuesday, November 4.

Don't forget our final summer family fun night is coming up soon!! Hope you can make it.

Back-to-School online registration and conference scheduling is now open for the Elementary, Preschool and ECFE. Thank you for your patience during the delay!

Fairmont Junior Senior High School Back to School Open House is September 2nd, 8:oo am to 3:30 pm.

This is a Great Opportunity to…
• Walk your Schedule and feel out the day
• Meet School Staff
• Set up your lockers
• Get a Chromebook health check (8th grade get new Chromebooks)
• Drop off medications
• Talk to your teachers and ask about classes
• Meet up with friends

With the begin of school fast approaching, make sure you're ready to make it a great year! Get your school supplies for Fairmont Junior Senior High School now!

Join us Thursday, August 21, 2025, for 7th Grade Orientation at Fairmont Junior Senior High School. We have 2 sessions available from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM or 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. The 7th Grade Orientation Document Overview has more information. Please sign up using the QR code included in the document.

Discovery Place Preschool Cardinals 3's & 4's Class & Tuition Information - Please see attd fliers for School Yr 2025-26. **NOTE CHANGES FOR OUR 4 Y.O. PROGRAM THIS UPCOMING YEAR** When Back-to-School registration opens, ALL PreK families will want to make sure to complete the online or paper form Food Application to determine which tuition tier they qualify for. Please feel free to call 507.238.4487 with any questions.

New year, new gear! Check off everything on your back-to-school list!

Do you have questions about ECFE? Here are some answers.

Summer Food Program Information

Welcome back families to the 2025-2026 School Year!
Back to School Registration Information
Friday, August 8 from 8:00am-2:00pm
Monday, August 11 from 11:00am-7:00pm

August begins tomorrow and so do more ECFE opportunities!!

A special school board meeting has been set for Tuesday, August 5 @ 5:15 in the Budd Room. At this meeting a resolution for establishing combined polling places will be approved.

Important Info for ECFE Class Registration!! If you do not have a Skyward account, or if you do, but you are going to register one of your kids who isn't in your account yet, then you should complete the New Student Online Enrollment (NSOE) process. It will help if this is completed before August 8th so that when registration opens, you can easily choose the class you want. You are unable to chose a class if you don't have a Skyward account or the student in your account. Here's some more help...
BRAND NEW STUDENT TO ECFE (NO EXISTING SKYWARD ACCT):
Go to our district website online at https://www.fairmont.k12.mn.us
Under Menu, click on New Student Enrollment
Complete the initial portion requesting an account; you will then receive an email with your login information and a link to complete your student’s enrollment. [NOTE: After completing the enrollment application you will be stopped in the registration process until the District has approved your application and you receive an email from Discovery Place Preschool/ECFE.]
NEW STUDENT ENROLLING IN ECFE – ALREADY HAS AN EXISTING SKYWARD ACCOUNT DUE TO OLDER STUDENT:
Login to your Family Skyward Account
Register your student by completing the following:
*New Student Online Enrollment. [NOTE: Following the enrollment steps, you will only be able to complete
the registration process once the District has approved your application and you have received an email from
Discovery Place Preschool/ECFE.]