News From The Nest

Dear Falcon Families,

What a great opening week of the 2025-26 school year! Our Falcons learned new classroom and school routines, saw old friends and met news ones. We are looking forward to a great year together and your partnership will ensure that happens!

Please plan to join us on Thursday evening for our annual Back to School Night. This is an evening intended for parents/guardians only as the teacher will be sharing all the information you will need and want to know to make this a great year for your Falcon. We will begin in the MPR at 5:30 pm with a staff introduction followed by a general association PTA meeting. Class sessions will begin at 6:00 pm and teachers will host 2 identical sessions. 6:00 and 6:40 pm. See you Thursday!

We want to give a big shout out and thank you to our PTA for hosting a welcome back lunch for staff on Friday! It was delicious and a delightful way to close out the week. Our students and families very much enjoyed The Kona Ice Truck at dismissal on Friday too! We plan to have more Kona Ice Fridays monthly...stay tuned. Thank you, PTA!

Go Falcons! 💚

We look forward to our seeing you this Thursday at our annual Back to School Night on 8/21/25.

This evening is intended for PARENTS only as it is your evening to meet the teacher and learn about the year ahead.

5:30-6:00 PM ~ Principal Welcome, Staff Introduction &

our first General Association Meeting

for the year in the MPR.

6:00-6:40 PM & 6:40-7:20 PM ~ Classroom Presentations in classroom

*Classroom presentations will be the same for each session

*PTA Membership will be available.

Students in grades 4-6 can choose to participate on our Speech & Debate team this year. Mrs. Kim will once again be our coach and we are excited to see our students lead and compete! Mrs. Kim will be visiting classrooms to share more about this opportunity.

FSD is excited to launch the 2025–2026 Speech and Debate program! Our teacher coach for this year is Mrs. Kim. If your child is in grades 4–6 and is interested in joining our team, please mark your calendars for the following dates:

• Monday, August 18, at 5:00 PM – The Speech and Debate program interest form will go live at bit.ly/gospeech2025.

• Monday, August 25, at 5:00 PM – There will be a Parent/Caregiver Informational Session to give you more details about the program. The meeting will be recorded for those unable to attend live, and Spanish and Korean translation will be available. View the flyer here: bit.ly/SDwebinarflyer.

Parents, please see the flyer below regarding a Parent Meeting that will be held via Zoom.

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.Stewart

Upper grades - Mrs. Price

Falcons in grades 3-6 can attend an informational meeting this Friday at lunch in Mrs. Price's classroom.

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
• 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