Fernan STEM Academy Weekly Update
Week of 5/8-5/12 May's Character Trait: Perseverance
No goals are too high where falcons fly. We’re brilliant, kind and strong!
Cd'A School District Levy--Early Voting will be held at the Kootenai County Elections Department, from May 1st to May 12th, Monday - Friday, 8-5.
Early Voting at Kootenai County Elections Department:
1808 N 3rd St, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
Click on this link to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, or change your address: https://voteidaho.gov/
Levy Frequently Asked Questions
Click Here to look up your property tax bills on Kootenai County Treasurer's website.
Click here for the school levy calculator.
Upcoming Events
5/8-5/12-Teacher/Educator Appreciation Week
5/8-5/12-Fernan is celebrating Hope Week
- Monday: wear GREEN (being a 'mentor' is helping, honoring and offering hospitality)
- Tuesday: wear YELLOW (being positive friends in our classroom, school, and neighborhoods)
- Wednesday: wear BLUE (Physical health and healthy activities help build our perseverance, participating in good words and setting goals)
- Thursday: wear Wear BRIGHT clothing: hawaiian or floral for whole school picture--encouraging self and others)
- Friday: wear RED (Mental health--being resilient and knowing when to ask for help)
5/12-Kindergarten Cap and Gown Pictures
5/13-Fernan Spokane Indian Night: LINK FOR TICKETS
5/14-Mother's Day
5/16-Cd'A School District Levy
5/18-Fernan Family STEM Health and Safety Night, 5-7 pm
5/25-Life Skills Extravaganza, 6 pm
5/29-Memorial Day-No School
6/5-2nd-5th Grade, Animal Companions Field Trip
6/5-6/9-Third Grade Swimming Lessons
6/6-Field Day
6/7- Talent Show
6/9-Last Day of School
Arrival, Dismissal and Lunch Schedule
Link to Cd'A School District Family Calendar
The 4th Tuesday of every month is a Roger's PTA fundraiser. Fernan will earn 20% of your total receipt. We have vouchers in the office if you're interested.
5/8-5/12: We are celebrating educator appreciation week!
From the PTA: Next Week is Teacher Appreciation Week!
Let's show our teachers and staff some love to let them know what a difference they make in the lives of our kids every day. Here's a fun schedule of events we thought would brighten their days - we can't do this without the help of our Fernan STEM Families! Here's a link if you'd like to donate any food items for this week: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DAEAC2CAAF8C61-staff
Monday - Parents, please send a note or email to your teacher letting them know how appreciated they are. What's a positive trait you've seen develop in your kiddo(s) this year? Bonus: Check out your teacher's favorites here if you'd like to get them a little treat to go along with your note of encouragement.
Tuesday - Crumbl Cookies + Refreshments for an afternoon pick-me-up delivery from PTA. Want to contribute monetarily? Donate here.
Wednesday - Chair massages at lunch courtesy of Tanner from Summit Family Chiropractic.
Thank you Tanner!
Thursday - All About My Teacher - print and have your kids fill out this cute survey and bring to your teacher on Thursday to share. Feel free to include PE, Art, Music, STEM, Library and Reading teachers too!
Friday - Teacher Lunch served by PTA! We'd love some help with donations for food.
(See 'Sign Up Genius' link above)
Thank you for making this a special week for our educators!
Health and Safety STEM Night-Adopt a Door! Email Kbridges@cdaschools.org to adopt a door.
Fernan's Health and Safety STEM Night is quickly approaching!
Thank you to those families who donated fresh flowers for our May Day!
Our kinders explore math concepts!
It's May Day at Fernan!
Sweet May Day messages!
ISAT Schedule for 3rd-5th Graders: Please make sure our testers are well rested and eat a healthy breakfast.
ISAT SCHEDULE for 3rd-5th graders:
5/8-5/12 Make-Ups for ELA, Math, and 5th Grade Science
Come check out our district's English Language Arts Curriculum for review! Date extended to 5/15!
Summer of Discovery at Gizmo!
Scholarship Information:
The 2023 Summer Camp Scholarship Application is now open. If you would like to apply for a scholarship please complete this form -- do not register your child for the camp. We will follow up with special registration instructions once your application has been processed.
Clothing Closet: Looking for gently used donations
- Shoes sizes 13, 1-6
- Girls medium and large pants
- Boys small and medium pants
These items can be delivered to the office. Thank you!
Get to know Fernan's Staff!
Weekly STEM Activity at home: Dancing Worms
Dancing Worms Activity Supplies
This is the list of supplies that you’ll need to do this fun dancing worms activity.
- Gummy worms
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 cup vinegar
- 3 tbsp baking soda
- A spoon
- clear tall glass
- Scissors or a knife
- To begin with cut your worms in half to make smaller, lighter worms. I believe this also helps them absorb the vinegar better as well.
- Fill a jar or glass with warm tap water, stir in baking soda well then stir in your worms.
- Place vinegar in another glass and set aside.
- Now go find something else fun to do for 15 minutes while you wait for the next step, you can let the kids experiment (play) with a pile of baking soda and a dropper with vinegar.
- After 15 minutes are up have your child drop 2-3 worms in the glass of vinegar. At first bubbles begin to form then slowly the worms begin to wiggle slightly and rise up in the cup.
So how do the dancing worms work?
The acetic acid in the vinegar reacts with the bicarbonate soda. The reaction causes bubbles to form and lift the gummy worm.
The bubbles burst and the worm falls but will rise again as more bubbles form until all the baking soda has been used up.
After a while, you will need to swap your vinegar out for a fresh glass of vinegar.
Try other gummy candy to see how the size, weight, and shape affect the outcome.
Also see what other materials this will work with. Try other candies, popcorn, or rice.
Fernan STEM Academy
Vision Statement: Our Fernan Falcons empower one another to be problem solvers who ask, imagine, plan, create, and grow.
Mission Statement: We build the future by inspiring, engaging, and empowering students to become critical thinking problem solvers who work collaboratively to improve the world around them.
Website: https://www.cdaschools.org/Fernan
Location: 520 North 21st Street, Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA
Phone: (208) 664-2659
Facebook: facebook.com/FernanSTEMAcademy