Cardinal Courier: October 29th

Hello Cardinals,

A huge thank you to our PTO for putting together our First Responders Breakfast! The students loved seeing our service men and women at arrival on Friday! We loved saying thank you to all the brave men and women who put their lives in danger for us each and every day!

We are looking forward to seeing all of our Cardinals dressed up for our Storybook Character Parade on Monday! Parents are welcome to join us for this event. Please see the information below so you know where to park and where to stand for the parade.

We will kick off the beginning of November with Cardinal County Fair on November 5th from 11am-3pm. Don't forget to go to the fcpto.com to buy your tickets. We hope to see everyone there!

We are excited to welcome back our friends and families for our traditional FCE Thanksgiving Feast. Visitors planning to attend can pre-register by completing the RSVP form below.

October

31st- Storybook Character Dress Up and Parade (see details and map below)

31st- Last Day to Turn in a Pumpkin for the Pumpkin Decorating Contest

November

1st- Parent/Teacher Conference Day (No School for students)

3rd- Chickfila Spirit Night

5th- Cardinal County Fair

8th- Student Holiday (No School for students)

10th- Thanksgiving Feast for 1st, 3rd and 5th grade (see details below)

11th- Veteran's Day Parade

• Parade will start at 8:45am, we are asking everyone who wants to participate in the parade to line up at 8:30am.

11th- Thanksgiving Feast for Pre-K, Kinder, 2nd and 4th (see details below)

18th- Turkey Trot

We will try to get our Storybook Character Parade started as close to 8:30 as possible. Students will be parading through the school to show off their costumes before coming outside for the parent portion of the parade. Parents in order to ensure that you don't miss it, we would like for you to park in the main parking lot (see picture) and be in the viewing area at 8:30. We will have you line up around the inside and outside of the bus drop off area (see picture). Students will exit one of the cafeteria doors, walk around the circle and then go back in the other cafeteria door. We just ask that you please not stop your student to take pictures since it is important that they stay with their class.

We are excited to welcome back our friends and families for our traditional FCE Thanksgiving Feast. Visitors planning to attend need to pre-register by completing the FCE RSVP form. Please be sure to include your student(s) name(s) & grade level, list all visitors who will attend and then click "submit." We will collect RSVPs through NOON on Wednesday, November 9th.

Once we receive your RSVP, we will pre-print your raptor visitor’s badge. Remember, badges can only be pre-printed for adults who have had their ID scanned in our Raptor system this school year. If you have not had your ID scanned this school year, you are welcome to stop by the front office by 11/8 to have it scanned.

On the day of the event, guests who have RSVP'd will stop by the RSVP table to pick up their pre-printed tag. Visitors who do not have a pre-printed badge will need to check in with the front office. ALL visitors need to bring identification!

Meal Tickets

All visitors who are planning to purchase a FCE meal should prepay for their meal by Wednesday, November 9th using this link: FCE Thanksgiving Feast

• Everyone will select Thursday, Nov. 10th on the lefthand side regardless of what day your feast is, then select Fall Creek Elementary in the campus drop down.
• Be sure to select Fall Creek Elementary, as orders are non-refundable and non-transferable.
• Families who do not order their meal ticket online can purchase a meal ticket the day of the event for $5 cash only.
• FCE students purchasing a meal will need to have money in their lunch account.
• Visitors are NOT required to purchase a meal to attend. You may bring lunch for yourself and/or your student.

Menu: Turkey Breast Steaks OR Chicken Nuggets, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Seasoned Green Beans, Craisins, Holiday Cookie, Milk or Tea (for adults only)

Nov. 10th Feast Times (Please note these times differ from our regular lunch schedule)

10:30-11:30 First Grade

11:30-12:30 Fifth Grade

12:30-1:30 Third Grade

Nov. 11th Feast Times (Please note these times differ from our regular lunch schedule)

10:30-11:30 Kindergarten

11:30-12:30 Pre-K and Second Grade

12:30-1:30 Fourth Grade

If you have questions, please contact your child's teacher or Mrs. Johnson at Casey.Johnson@humbleisd.net or call 281-641-3400. Thank you!

We would like to celebrate any family, friends and neighbors you have that have served in our country! Please invite them to participate in our FCE Veteran's Day Parade. Veterans are invited to decorate their cars and line up in our main parking lot (see picture below) starting at 8:30. We will begin our parade around 8:45 or as soon as we get all of our students to the parade area. We will then lead the cars to the parade area for them to drive thru and be celebrated!!!

We will be having our Annual Turkey Trot again this year on Friday, November 18th during each grade levels specials time. We welcome parents to join us and ask that you enter through the side gate by the portables. We will have a check in table set up just like we did for our Boosterthon Fun Run. Please bring your ID so we can check you in!

Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes, brings a water bottle and wear the color designated for your child's teacher (see colors below)!

We can tell that we've had some cold weather because our Lost and Found is starting to fill up with jackets and coats! Please take a moment when you are on campus to stop by and look to see if any of your child's lost items are there! We do our best to look for names on items and deliver those back to students. If the item doesn't have a name on it, it goes into the lost and found. We will probably clean out the lost and found when everyone leaves for Thanksgiving Break. This will give students and families and opportunity on Conference Day (Nov. 1st) and Thanksgiving Feast Days to look for lost items. Items that have not been claimed by then will be donated. Parents feel free to check in a the front office any morning and go check the lost and found it needed!

As you meet with teachers in K-5, you should be hearing how your student did on our Humble ISD Literacy Assessment. Please check out this Literacy Assessment Video for more information on the assessment and parent report. Your child's teacher should be able to answer any questions you have about the assessment and how we use the information gathered through the assessment to guide our classroom and small group instruction.

Stay up to date with what is happening when your child goes to specials (Art, Music, PE and Computers)! Click on the picture and it will take you to the newsletter!

Teacher raffles are BACK! Starting Mon through Friday, Nov 4th, the PTO will sell tickets from 7:30-8a in the FCE front hallway for $.50 cents each. Tickets will also be sold on the day of the fair until 1p. You can win fun prizes from your favorite teacher or staff member (winners picked during Cardinal County Fair on Nov 5th).

We hope you will consider partnering with the Fall Creek PTO for our 12th Annual Cardinal County Fair Fall Fundraiser! CCF is a great opportunity to promote your business and let the community know what you have to offer. If your family or local business are interested in becoming a sponsor, you can submit payment directly through Membership Toolkit (link below). The event is enjoyed by the entire Fall Creek community, and all net proceeds directly support FCE. For more information on sponsorship levels, please see Sponsor Form. Link to sponsor: https://fcpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/209219.

Check out our new spirit shop on fcpto.com under Online Forms!

Please do not reply directly to this email with questions as this email account is only monitored a few times a week. To get your questions answered in a timely manner, please email Jamie.tallent@humbleisd.net or toyeniy@humbleisd.net directly.