News From The Nest

Hello Falcons families,

Thank you for a lovely week of treats and appreciation! Thank you for spoiling us!

Student Council is selling popsicles every Wednesday at lunch. They are one per customer for $1 each.

This Friday is our final Read With a Loved One Friday for the year! Please join us for our final General Association PTA meeting right after LWALO in the MPR.

As a reminder, 6th grade Promotion will be on Thursday, May 28th at 9:00 am on the black top. Parents and families will be able to enter campus at approximately 8:35 am through the Fern Drive MPR gate.

Please mark your calendar for the last day of school, Friday, May 29th. ALL students will be dismissed at 12:00 pm, Lunch will be available prior to dismissal. Please plan to join us as we "Clap Out" our sixth graders who will walk through our tunnel and our the Kindergarten gate! Stay tuned for more details.

Go Falcons! 💚

Warmly,

Mrs. Lucas

Mark Your Calendars:

May 15th ~ Final PTA Assoc. Mtg, 9:30 am

May 15th ~ Final Read With A Loved One event

May 28th ~ 6th Grade Promotion

Each Friday this month, we will have a school spirit day. Join your class this Friday by wearing your class color!

PTA will be selling leis for 6th grader Promotion. See the details below!

Please take a moment to click on the QR code and take the End of Year Survey from our PTA.

Your input is greatly valued and appreciated!

Encore Program registration for the 2026–2027 school year will be open from May 1 through June 15, 2026.

Current and new families interested in enrolling their student should complete registration through 6Crickets during this window. Please refer to the attached flyers for program details and the direct registration link .

Don’t miss this opportunity to secure your student’s spot!

If you have questions, please reach out directly to our Encore Programs office at 714-447-7477.

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 - Miss Mitchell

Upper grades - Mr. Rabenston

End of the Year Information about Independent Study

The application window for Independent Study PE is open May 1 through May 29 for the upcoming 26-27 school year. ISPE is an option for students in grades 7–8 who are engaged in national or international level athletic training, averaging 10 or more hours per week Monday through Friday, as an alternative to traditional PE.

For more information, please visit the ISPE website. If you have questions or would like next steps, please contact danielle_guerrero@myfsd.org or 714-447-2870 during the application window.

As we head into the winter months, students are often home ill. If your child is absent, you can request Independent Study to make up the absence on their attendance. You MUST request it on the first day of the absence. There is a spot on the google attendance form to request this. If your child is absent, you MUST clear their attendance with either the ABSENCE google form or a call to our office attendance line so that the absence does not become a truancy. TY!

Here is our May 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.

📚Read With A Loved One dates for the remainder of the year: 📚

An important reminder to drive SLOWLY and SAFELY through our parking lot and on Fern Drive. Cars are driving too fast through our parking lot and students are also exiting cars in the drive through lane. This is not safe and we need to follow our drop off/pick up protocols. Students are only permitted to exit their car on the SIDEWALK side of their car in the drop off lane, NOT the drive-through lane. A reminder that adults are not permitted to exit the car. Students should be ready to exit when their car pulls into the drop off lane. As cars pull away, please be sure you are driving SLOWLY and cautiously. Drive slowly on Pico and Fern Drive as well. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Our students, families and staff should be safe at all times.

Month of May PTA update.

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

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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