News From The Nest

Dear Falcon Families,

As a reminder, we will not have school this Tuesday, November 11th, in observance of Veterans Day. We want to thank our the veterans in our Falcon family for your service!

Pathways of Hope:

To assist our Fullerton families in need this season, Collection Boxes for PATHWAYS OF HOPE will be placed outside the school office and outside the health office starting this Wednesday until December 4th. Students will be able to drop off their donations in either of those locations.

FALCON DASH UPDATE! We are two weeks into our Foundation Falcon Dash fundraiser and we are almost to our goal of $30,000! We are currently at just over $26,000!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU! We had a blast our at tricycle race on Friday. If we hit our goal of $30,000 by this Friday, our staff will have an inflatable costume race at our Friday assembly!

Let's keep the momentum going to hit our goal! We are THRILLED that ALL FUNDS raised this year will go directly to Fern Drive! Thanks to the planning and dedication from our Foundation Board and committee members, we are using 99Pledges as our donation platform and are able to keep all funds in-house this year! If you haven't yet, please look in your email for your child's customized link that you can share out to family and friends. Our Falcon Dash will take place on Thursday, November 20th. See the flyers below for more information about our Falcon Dash and for opportunities to volunteer or to watch the event day.

Finally, we are looking forward to our PTA family movie night this Friday, November 14th. The doors will open at 5:30 pm and the movie will begin at 6:00 pm. **If it rains, we will plan to hold the movie in the MPR.

Mark Your Calendars:

November 11th ~ No School, Veterans Day

November 14th ~ PTA Movie Night

November 20th ~ FALCON DASH

November 24th-28th ~ Thanksgiving Week Break

Go Falcons! 💚

With gratitude,

Mrs. Lucas

Here's your opportunity to get some more Falcon gear. PTA is opening the spirit wear store for 2 weeks.

LCAP Parent/Community Input Survey

Parents, your input and feedback is valued. Please take a few moments to give complete this LCAP Survey. Our LCAP is our district-wide plan for student achievement and success and aligning our funding allocation with the goals to achieve student success. You can find more information about our district LCAP here. Thank you!!

Please take the survey here.

Please join us for the next district DELAC meeting at Acacia School on November 14th.

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. Campos

Upper grades - Mrs. Gambrell

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.

As a reminder, if you are in need resources, please reach out to our SSA, Cristina Linarez for support. You can reach her by calling our school office, stopping in or through email at cristina_linarez@myfsd.org.

FSD is providing groceries to those in need:

FSD Second Harvest Food Pantry Dates Link

Dolphin Market Flyer

2-1-1 Resource link for families to search online for a pantry near them...LINK

Free Food OC Link

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

November 21st

January 9th

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.

Mark you calendars!

The Falcon Dash is coming on November 20th!

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
• Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

Follow Fern Drive on IG: fern_drive_falcons

Follow our PTA on IG: ferndrivepta

Follow our Foundation on IG: ferndrivefoundation