News From The Nest

Dear Falcon Families,

Here we are in September already! It's going to be a warm week. Please be sure all lunch boxes and water bottles are labeled with your Falcon's name on them. 😁

Please note and save the date; we have a new date for our September General Association PTA Meeting: September 18th at 5:30 pm in the MPR. We look forward to seeing you there. Also, if you have not had a chance yet, please join our PTA. There is a class competition for the most memberships! Thank you for supporting our PTA and ultimately, our Falcons!

This past Friday we recognized our first set of character award winners for our monthly character trait of Respect. Congrats to our Falcons who demonstrate respect on a daily basis!

Finally, as I shared at our Back to School Night presentation, please remember that teachers will make every effort to respond to emails/Seesaw/Remind messages within 24 hours of receiving them. Teachers are teaching during the school day and have very little non-student time between the beginning and end of the day. If you need to share a more immediate message, please call our school office. In general, if you have questions or concerns, please reach out to the teacher first. They will likely have first hand knowledge and be your best resource to get your question answered. As mentioned at my welcome back message at BTSN, my door is always open and I love to connect with you. I do ask that you start with the teacher for initial questions/concerns and then reach out to me should you still need to. We love the parent-school partnership and are grateful to have such supportive parents as we work together to ensure your child has the best year yet!

Go Falcons! 💚

6th Grade Parents, please join us for a meeting about Outdoor Ed Camp this Thursday, 9/4, at 5:30 pm in the MPR. We will attend Camp Paivika this year from Feb. 3rd-6th this year. We will have the Camp Director here to share about camp and will have other information about cost, fundraisers and preparing to attend. See you Thursday at 5:30 pm!

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!

Our Fern Drive Foundation is looking for volunteers for our inaugural Falcon Dash. This fundraiser will be in place of the APEX fundraiser that we have done previously. Our Foundation will be hosting the Falcon Dash and all funds raised will go directly back to Fern Drive. To make this a success, we will need a good number of volunteers for planning, reaching out for sponsorships, etc. If you are interested in getting involved to help make this a success, please reach out to our Foundation President Kristen Jones at Ferndrivefoundation@gmail.com. See the flyer below for more information.

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.

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.
• Fern Drive School Handbook
• Fern Drive Website
• FSD Website
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