Fernan STEM Academy Weekly Update
Week of 9/28-10/2 (No School Friday)
Please remember to call by 3:10 if your child's afterschool plans have changed. This will help ensure your child will have enough time to receive a 'green note' from the office, specifying how your child is getting home. They are delivered to classes at 3:15. Thank you!
Character Trait for September: Respect- seeing value in all people and things and treating them with care. October's will be Responsibility: taking action and understanding the impact of our choices
Sources of Strength September/October Focus: Physical & Mental Health
Link to Cd'A School District Family Calendar
Link to Cd'A School District Elementary Food Service
10/1- District Cross Country Meet at Fairgrounds, 4:30-6 pm
10/2- No School (District Professional Development Day)
10/5- Picture Day
10/9- 3rd Grade Veterans Day Concert, 5:30 pm
10/29- Spooky STEM Night
10/31- Trunk or Treat
11/11-No School: Veterans Day
11/19-11/20- Parent Teacher Conferences (evening conferences)
11/20- Parent Teacher Conferences (all day - no school)
11/23-11/27- Thanksgiving Break
12/3- Fernan's Triple Play Night, 6-9 pm
12/7-First Grade Holiday Concert, 5:30 pm
12/21-12/31- Winter Break
2026- 2027 Schedule
Monday-Friday:
- Breakfast at 8:40
- Outside supervision begins at 8:40.
- First Bell Rings at 8:55
- Tardy bell rings at 9:00 am
- Monday through Thursday, KINDERGARTEN dismissal at 3:20
- Monday through Thursday, dismissal at 3:30
- Friday is early release for Kindergarteners, dismissal at 1:25
- Friday is early release for 1st-5th, dismissal at 1:35
Lunch & Lunch Recess, Monday-Thursday
Life Skills: 11:25 am - 12:25 pm
Kindergarten: 11:45 am - 12:25 pm
First Grade: 11:55 am - 12:35 pm
Second Grade: 11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Second/Third & Third Grade: 12:20 pm - 1:00 pm
Fourth Grade: 12:30 pm - 1:10 pm
Fifth Grade: 12: 10 pm - 12:50 pm
On Fridays, lunch begins five minutes earlier.
Safety First!
Supervision begins at 8:40 a.m. Monday through Friday. Supervision ends at 3:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1:45 p.m. on Friday. To ensure the safety of all children, parents will be notified of any child who arrives at school 30 minutes before or who has been left at the school after 30 minutes.
If your child is tardy or needs to leave early, please come into the office to sign the student in or out. For the safety of your child, we will only release students to parents or legal guardians, unless permission is granted otherwise.
Classroom Expectations
Cafe Expectations
Playground Expectations
Breakfast and Lunch Prices
Cd'A School District Tipline
Tip Line: The Cd'A School District allows students, parents and community members to report threats and other concerning incidents through a new state system called See Tell Now!
Fernan's Motto, Mission Vision and Statement
Motto: No goals are too high where falcons fly. We’re brilliant, kind and strong!
Mission: We build the future by inspiring, engaging, and empowering learners to become critical thinkers and problem solvers who work collaboratively to improve the world around them.
Vision: Our Fernan Falcons empower one another to be problem solvers who ask, imagine, plan, create and grow.
Cd'A School District Mission and Vision Statement
Mission: We ensure students become lifelong learners - empowered by their knowledge and skills to be responsible citizens.
Vision: Through the work of our students and faculty, we will be recognized as a high-achieving district of choice in Idaho and the Northwest.
