Thank you Blackfoot Communications for your generous donation to Ashton Elementary!
Students who ride the bus will be released at 10:40 am on Friday, June 2nd. Students who walk, ride a bike, or get picked up will be released as soon as the buses leave. Thank you for a great year and have a great summer!
BUS UPDATE. Buses are working to get around to pick up as many students as possible FOR THE 10:00 START. There are still many roads with significant drifting and ice. If we are unable to pick up your student, please contact the school for additional information and options.
BUS UPDATE. Buses are working to get around to pick up as many students as possible. There are still many roads with significant drifting and ice. If we are unable to pick up your student, please contact the school for additional information and options.
NF & AE DELAYED START (4/19/2023). Due to drifting snow on roads, North Fremont and Ashton Elementary will be on a two-hour delayed start this morning. Classes will start at 10:00. This will hopefully give enough time to plow roads and get our students to school safely. Please be safe this morning.
This is a quick reminder about the rest of this week's school schedule due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.
Wednesday, March 29 - regular schedule 8:00 am - 3:10 pm
Thursday, March 30 - early release 8:00 am - 1:40 pm
Friday, March 31 - Friday schedule 8:00 am - 1:40 pm
Thank you
SENDING NORTH BUSES HOME (3/24/23). Highways are closing yet again, so we will be sending the Ashton Elementary & North Fremont buses home early. Buses will line up around 12:30 at Ashton Elem and 12:40 at NF. Parents are welcome to pick up their students AFTER the buses have left. Please do not block the buses!
MUD PIES & OTHER TASTY TREATS. There will be a parent and preschool workshop on Thursday, March 23 from 5:00-6:00 pm at Henry's Fork Elementary (Indoor Playground). Come get some fresh ideas for yummy meals and snacks for your family! Share thoughts on how to make eating time for kids happy! Bring a recipe if you would like to play the recipe exchange. 0-4 year old kids will enjoy a story and some playtime! FREE BOOK & SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR EACH CHILD. Contact Laurie Hirschi for information.
ASHTON ELEMENTARY OPERETTA. I had the opportunity to attend the annual Ashton Operetta this morning. The students were wonderful! This is such a fun tradition. I appreciate the staff and volunteers who make this possible. I can't believe the many hours it takes to prepare. The sets and costumes were just amazing, and the dances were fun to watch. Thank you!
SENDING NORTH BUSES HOME (3/15/23). Highways are closing again, so we will be sending the Ashton Elementary & North Fremont buses home early. Buses will line up around 12:30 at Ashton Elem and 12:40 at NF. Parents are welcome to pick up their students AFTER the buses have left. Please do not block the buses!
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION TODAY! It is election day. Patrons have the opportunity to vote on the proposed bond to update Ashton Elementary, South Fremont High School, and North Fremont JH/HS. Please take the opportunity to exercise your Constitutional right to vote.
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION. Tomorrow is election day. Patrons have the opportunity to vote on the proposed bond to update Ashton Elementary, South Fremont High School, and North Fremont JH/HS. See the District website for full details or call the District Office (208-624-7542).
UPDATED BOND INFORMATION. During the community information meetings on the bond proposal, patrons asked the school district to post the updated municipal bond interest rates just prior to the bond election on March 14. Zion's Public Finance, Inc. sent an updated graph showing the interest rate trends for the past year from March 1, 2022 through March 7, 2023. They also included a slide showing a comparison between the interest rates from January (3.73%) and March 8 (3.83%). It shows how the change in rates would impact the overall tax impact per $100,000 of taxable value. This slide also shows the impact should the interest rate be 1% higher or 1% lower. As a reminder, the final interest rate if the bond is approved in March would not be locked in until the end of May.
Thank you to all who have reached out to ask questions and learn more. These new slides and all other official information regarding the bond can be found on the district website (https://www.sd215.net/o/sd215/page/2023-bond-election). If you have any additional questions, please contact one of the Board members or the District Office.
Bell photography sent us the following information regarding online ordering. To place an online order, go to bellphoto.com and use the code AshtonES215Spring23.
SENDING NORTH BUSES HOME. The weather is getting worse, so we will be sending the Ashton Elementary & North Fremont buses home early. Buses will line up at 12:20 at Ashton Elem and 12:30 at NF. Parents are welcome to pick up their students AFTER the buses have left. Please do not park in the bus lanes.
NORTH SCHOOLS-DELAYED START (3/1/23). North Fremont and Ashton Elementary will start school at 10:00 to give the plows more time to open roads. Buses will run 2 hours later than normal and will pick up as many students as possible. We will end school at the normal times. (SOUTH SCHOOLS are on a normal schedule.)
ALL SCHOOLS CLOSING. Road conditions on the south end of the district are getting worse. South buses have been called back to the schools to take students home as soon as possible. Parents make pick up students at any time. Students in town will be released when buses arrive. Contact your schools with questions.
SCHOOLS CLOSING (NORTH FREMONT & ASHTON ELEMENTARY). The buses have tried to get out this morning, but the road conditions are getting steadily worse. For the safety of our students, we will be closing North Fremont and Ashton Elementary for all. Those buses with students will be returning them to their homes.
NORTH BUS UPDATE. School will be in session in North Fremont and Ashton Elementary today; however, the buses will not run down Highway 32 or Squirrel. Those parents may bring their students to school if they wish. We will closely monitor the weather and road conditions throughout the day.
KINDERGARTEN SCREENING. Fremont Joint School District 215 will be conducting its annual kindergarten screenings March 10-16, 2023. Specific school screening dates and sessions are posted on the district website.
ALL kindergarten-age students enrolling for the 2023-24 school year are required to register for and attend this universal screening. Students currently enrolled in our preschool programs and entering kindergarten next year WILL NOT need to attend the screening.
Please register your student for the screening on or before Thursday, March by contacting your enrolling school’s administrative assistant or by contacting the District Office at 208-624-3146. Thank you!
