News From The Nest

Dear Falcon Families,

As we head into the last week before winter break, I want to wish you all a happy, healthy and hopefully restful holiday break! I hope it is filled with time spent with those you love, making wonderful memories. Our Falcon community is such a special place and I thank you for making Fern Drive a great place to raise our Falcons!

This week we will have regular dismissal days on Monday, Tuesday and Early Release Wednesday (1:15 pm). On Thursday. ALL students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm. The Lab will be open until 6:00 pm on Thursday.

*****STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS******

Wednesday ~ holiday sweater

Thursday ~ holiday (or regular) PJs

As a reminder, winter break is from Friday, December 19th - Monday, January 5th with students returning to school on Tuesday, January 6th.

Our PTA annual Holiday Shop will be open this week, Mon-Wed, December 15th-17th from 3:00-4:00 pm. It will be located in the Rm 25 portable, on the primary playground. It is closest to Mrs. Stewart's and Miss Mitchell's classrooms. Please see the informational flyers below from PTA for times it will be open after school for students to purchase a small gift for someone special! Also, if you are able to volunteer to during the hours it will be open, please see the flyer below to sign up for a shift. PTA is planning to be open M, T, W as long as the inventory is available.

You have voted and the results are in: our rescheduled PTA Movie Night results will be Friday, March 6th. The gates will open at 5:30 pm and the movie will begin at 6:00 pm. Please mark your calendars!

Please see the PTA flyer below about interest in a Multicultural Night on January 16th. If you would like to host a table to share your cultural, including some native foods, please use the QR code to sign up. PTA would like to host this community night event to offer another evening of community and connection.

Mark Your Calendars:

January 6th ~ Students return to school

January 12th - February 13th ~ OPEN ENROLLMENT WINDOW

*January 16th ~ PTA Multicultural Night

January 19th ~ No School, MLK Jr. Day

Go Falcons! 💚

Warmly,

Mrs. Lucas

Please help me welcome our new MHA, (yes we now have two!), Mrs. Escanuelas to the Nest!

Mrs. Escanuelas will be here weekly, Tuesday-Friday.

Welcome, Mrs. Escanuelas!

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 - Mrs. Holbrook

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 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.

📚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 November PTA update.

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

Please sign up here to host a table to share and celebrate your native culture!

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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