News From The Nest

Dear Falcon Families,

This Tuesday, September 9th, is our Fall Picture Day. All students will have their picture taken. An order form was sent home in Wednesday folders.

Student Council elections were held this past Friday and we are very proud of all our candidates who ran for an office. Being able to give a speech in front of your peers is a great skill and we loved seeing our students who ran for an office take on this task and grow their leadership skills. After hearing the speeches in person, students returned to their classroom and placed their votes for each office. We want to congratulate the following winners:

Please scroll to the bottom to see news and updates from PTA. There are many opportunities to get involved in all the fun fall events coming up for our Falcons!

Go Falcons! 💚

Fullerton School District California State Preschool Program, CSPP, has spaces available for the 2025-2026 school year. For more information, please visit the District website preschool page at www.fullertonsd.org/preschool or call the preschool office at 714-447-7499.

The Nicolas Community Center is a great resource for all our FSD families.

Check out more information below.

PTA is asking for parent volunteers to help run our monthly Gotcha store this year. We plan to open the Gotcha Store once a month during lunch. If you'd like to volunteer one month, or all the months, please use this link to sign up. We plan to have the store open from 11:30 am - approx. 1:00 pm. Your support will be greatly appreciated by our Falcons and our staff!

Falcons, we are updating our school PBIS banners! Please see the information below to participate!

All entries must be submitted by Friday, September 12th!

FSD is excited to announce that we are including a Cultural Fair at our annual Champions for Children Conference on Oct 18th. Click on the link to express your interest in participating by sharing your cultural stories and traditions at our Cultural Fair: bit.ly/FSDCulturalFairInterestForm

Link to Flyer

Link to Interest Form

bit.ly/FSDCulturalFairInterestForm

Attendance is key in student achievement and success at school.

Thank you for ensuring your Falcon attends school on time every day that they are healthy.

If your child will be absent, please use this google form to clear their absence. You may also call the school attendance line to clear an absence. Independent Study MUST be requested on THE DAY of the absence. For vacations, parents must request Independent Study TWO weeks before the absence.

Each week we hold a raffle for class attendance. Each day, if the class has 100% attendance, the teacher sends a raffle coupon up to the office. On Friday's we draw a primary and upper grade class winner. The winning class receives 3 class Gotcha's, a 10 minute extra recess and has the Falcon mascot in their room for the week.

This week's winners are:

Primary - Mrs.White

Upper grades - Mr. Conti

Here is our latest update from Student Council. Read carefully to see the latest spirit dates.

Link to FSD website Nutrition Page

Lunch and breakfast will continue to be free for all students daily. We will still do a lunch count daily so please discuss with your student the importance to take a correct lunch count. Some students bring a lunch to school and then at lunchtime go get a school lunch. This results in some lunch shortages of the choice meal that day. Lunch options are still available and all children will be fed but often when this happens, the "lunch of the day" runs out. Please review with students the importance of this an accurate lunch count.

• You can drop off meds anytime starting now between 9 AM - 2 PM through the first day of school.
• You will need the IHP form - linked here

A reminder, if your child will need crutches or a cast and/or splint to begin the year, or any time during the year, please fill out this form and bring your child by the office to check in. We will need to ensure their safety prior to entering campus.

As always, please call the office with any health-related information, questions and/or concerns regarding your child.

Month of September PTA update.

Each month, be sure to take a look at the latest news and events from PTA.

Students are invited to participate in the annual PTA Reflections Art Contest.

See the flier below for more information.

All entries are due to the office no later than October 3rd.

Use the QR code here to be a part of the Trunk or Treat planning committee!

Note the date for the first meeting.

Our 25-26 Foundation Board Members

President, Kristen Jones

Vice President, George Benfit

Secretary, Nanette Roller

Treasurer, Joe Conti

• The PowerSchool Parent Portal will be live beginning Fri, 8/8. If your child took the state test last spring, you can find their CAASPP test scores there.
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