Fernan STEM Academy Weekly Update

Upcoming Events

3/12-Daylight Savings

3/13-3/16-Book Fair

3/15-*Grand* Breakfast (book fair)

3/14-Voting Day

3/16-Silverwood Read to Ride log due! (click on link for a copy)

3/16-Family Reading Night: Literacy Luau! 5:30-7:15

3/17-No School, K-5 Staff Workday

3/22-4th Grade Exhibition and Performance

3/21-PTA Meeting

3/23-Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-7:30

3/24-Parent Teacher Conferences (during the day)

3/27-3/31-Spring Break

4/13-Birds of Prey, 3rd-5th graders

5/13-Fernan Spokane Indian Night (link for ordering closer to the event date)

5/18-Fernan Family STEM Health and Safety Night

Arrival, Dismissal and Lunch Schedule

Link to Cd'A School District Family Calendar

Link to Cd'A Lunch Menu

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.

Levy Information

Questions about the levy? Check out: https://www.cdaschools.org/levy.

Book Fair:

We are still looking for volunteers for the book fair.

*Grand* breakfast is on 3/15, from 7:45-8:15. Please R.S.V.P.

Fernan Family Reading Night: Literacy Luau- 3/16, 5:30-7:15

Information about our Family Reading Night: Literacy Luau

Invent Idaho State Winner!

Congrats to Crew Randlev for placing 3rd in the Games & Gadgets Category!

News from our Counselor!

Dear Families!

The character trait for March is Teamwork! In April, we will be learning about Integrity! The students enjoy participating in discussions about the character trait when I visit their classes for a lesson. Please take every opportunity to discuss the monthly character trait with your children and look at ways they can apply the traits at school and at home! Thank you for all of your support, which helps make their learning success possible!

On another note, we are again in need of snacks for children when they visit the counseling office. There are usually students visiting mid-morning or mid-afternoon and they could use a nutrition break as well. We would appreciate any donations of healthy snack bars, fig bars, fruit snacks, crackers, etc (Costco has been a great place to get bulk snacks).

Thank you for your support!

Eric Kendra

School Counselor

Fernan STEM Academy

208-664-2659 Ext: 24016

PTA is looking for positions for the 2023-2024 year, and offers 'get to know you' information about our staff! Next meeting: 3/21!

Fernan's PTA provides the following support for the staff, students and families:

Fall Carnival
Trunk or Treat
Pictures with Santa
Classroom Funds
Honors grant requests
Supports STEM focus

President, treasurer and secretary. Please email fernanstempta@gmail.com if you have questions or are interested in making a different in the lives of our Fernan students.

Ever wished you knew a little bit more about the amazing teachers and staff at Fernan? Well now you can through reading the About Me surveys the PTA sent out. Find them here!

Staff 'About me Surveys'

Prepurchase an autographed copy by a local author of one of the Birds of Prey books shown below.

Our local Kiwanis Club has awarded Fernan a grant to offer this exciting assembly for our 3rd-5th grade students. Families have an opportunity to prepurchase a book that will be autographed by the local authors, by Deborah Lee Rose or Jane Veltkamp.

Send a check, cash or money order for $17.95 (this includes tax) to Birds of Prey Northwest with your child or bring it to office. Please designate which book/s you are ordering. If your child is in K-2, you can still order a book. Thank you!

Please take the engagement survey linked below! We value your opinion!

Idaho’s custom parent survey is an important part of our focus on serving and engaging parents in our schools’ work. This survey gives you the chance to tell us how schools are doing in meeting your needs.

We will use these survey responses to find ways to maximize satisfaction, engagement, and communication. Additionally, the state will report the results and the number of responses on Idaho’s school report card https://idahoschools.org/

Thank you in advance for participating in this survey.

Parent survey link

Looking for STEM night (5/18) donations. We'd love to collect the items below. Please take a look around your home and see if you have any of these materials. We will collect at the office. Thank you!

Cardboard tubes from paper towels or wrapping paper
Straws (bendable)
Ziploc sandwich bags
Painter's tape
Clear Glue
Borax
Liquid Starch

STEM Activity for home! Build a greenhouse from a recycled plastic bottle.

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/plastic-bottle-greenhouse/