News from the Nest
Principal Newsletter ~ Week of January 9th, 2023
A Message from Mrs. Lucas
Welcome Back Falcons!
Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope that you all had a wonderful and healthy holiday break with your loved ones!
As a reminder, students will return to school on TUESDAY, January 10th. We will have a regular bell schedule all week. Early Release Wednesday will be here quickly so keep that in mind.
We want to be sure to start the New Year off right will all students arriving to school ON TIME. As a reminder, students must be THROUGH the gates prior to the 8:25 am bell in order to not be considered tardy. Teachers will be walking their students to their classrooms at the 8:25 am bell. Any students not on campus by that time are likely to be tardy. Gates are closed promptly at the 8:30 am bell and all students arriving at that time must be dropped off to enter through the office for a tardy slip. Thank you for supporting your child in their efforts to be on time daily. It takes a village and we all want our students to begin each day ready for learning.
If your child is sick, you MUST call our attendance line and report their absence. Even if you call the front office, the staff will ask you to make the attendance line call so please save time and just call our attendance line: 714-447-2813. We greatly appreciate your support with this!
Here are some important dates to remember:
- January 10th ~ Students Return to School
- January 16th ~ MLK Holiday, No School
- January 20th ~ PTA GLOW Dance, more information coming soon
- January 28th ~ Sat. School
Warmly,
Mrs. Lucas
Go Falcons!
Upcoming Events Calendar
- January 10th ~ School Resumes for Students
- January 16th ~ MLK Holiday, No School
- January 20th ~ GLOW Dance
- January 28th ~ Sat. School
~ SPIRIT DAYS ~
Every Wednesday is College Colors Day!
Every Friday is Green Day ~ wear our school spirit wear and/or green and white!
2022-2023 FSD School Year Calendar
Website Update
I added a link above for the 2023-2024 FSD Student Calendar, for those of you already looking at summer plans. Please note that our first student day for the upcoming school year is Monday, August 14th.
Open Enrollment is January 17th - February 17th
Please see the linked information regarding the Open Enrollment period for both elementary and junior high in FSD.
Open Enrollment Parent Information in Spanish
Fern Spring Festival Planning!
Junior High and High School Information Nights
6th Grade Parents:
Please see the attached fliers for upcoming dates and times for Junior High and High School Information Nights.
Character Trait of the Month ~ Perseverance
Perseverance is when you continue to work hard even when you know the task is difficult. Perseverance means to keep trying! Even if you don’t succeed the first time, try, try, try again.
#fernstudentsleadtheway
#ferndriveupstanders
Fern Drive Foundation
Hello Falcons!
The Fern Drive Foundation for Education and Techknowledgey is thrilled to welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year! The Fern Drive Foundation is a volunteer organization made up of parents, teachers, and staff. Our foundation is dedicated to the successful education of our Falcon students. Last year with the help of Apex Leadership we helped raise over 21,000 dollars to help toward our school’s technology fund.
Fern Drive Foundation for Education and Techknowledgy helps create numerous forms of fundraising to give our Falcons the very best education technology available.
Welcome back Falcons, we’re so excited to learn with you. Keep an eye out for our upcoming meetings!
Fern Drive PTA
Our Fern Drive PTA is led by our President, Mrs. Kristen Greene. You can reach her via email at kristengreene77@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone who has joined PTA! We really appreciate the support.
For clarification, joining PTA can be as much or as a little if a commitment as you choose. We would love for members to attend meetings and volunteer time, but we are more than happy with just the $10 membership purchase.
Please use the QR code below to join PTA today, if you have not already. Go Falcons!
Our Parking Lot and Pick Up Time
- DRIVE SLOWLY in the lot and on Fern Dr and Pico Dr
- BE PRESENT when driving ~ please put your cell phones away during this time
- DROP OFF on the sidewalk side of your car only ~ do not permit your child to exit the car in the passing lane
- DO NOT DART across Fern Dr to turn into our lot ~ I see cars turning left and darting into the parking lot, nearly causing accidents
- BE AWARE of the crosswalks and students/families walking through them ~ pedestrians always have the right of way
- USE the CROSSWALKS and please do not walk haphazardly through the parking lot to parked cars
- STUDENTS SHOULD NOT walk across Fern Drive to get into a car without an adult
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