Come support your varsity Wildcat football team TODAY as they leave for the regional bowl! Gather at 4:00 p.m in the FHS parking lot.
Bring signs and your loudest voices and let’s give these boys the send off they deserve!
Good Morning,
The school year is flying by. Please save the date for our annual Christmas Concert.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Parents and Community Members are encouraged to attend either performance.
Ferndale Elementary School Gymnasium
The performance can be found on our FES YouTube page.
Conferences are next week, December 4-8. Here is the link to sign up in case you missed it the first time. I am looking forward to meeting with each of you!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45A4AE29AAFEC16-46058835-mrs#/
We received these informational flyers to help students and their families determine when their child may be "too sick" to attend school.
Does your student experience anxiety? Does it impact their school attendance? Here's a helpful resource.
We hope you find these helpful.
Good Evening Ferndale Elementary School Parents,
Today many of you received attendance letters that included the days that your child may have been ill and the attendance was excused. Last school year 22.2% of Ferndale Elementary students were chronically absent.
The California Department of Education's definition of a student who is chronically absent includes excused, unexcused, and tardies greater than 30 minutes. We will be sending out truancy letters that include the absences listed above. Our mandate from the California Department of Education is to reduce the percentage of students who are chronically absent.
At Ferndale Elementary School we are committed to improving attendance and that is why we review your child's attendance as well as their learning benchmarks.
We understand that the number one way to improve attendance is through positive relationships with students and teachers.
We understand that illness and unexpected events happen.
If your child will be gone for 3 or more days, we can place them on short-term independent study and that will not count as them being absent. Your child must complete their independent study or it will be marked as an absence.
For more information regarding Ferndale Elementary School's 2022-23 chronic absenteeism, here is the link.
https://www.caschooldashboard.org/reports/12753746007843/2022/academic-engagement#chronic-absenteeism
California Definition of Chronic Absentee
A "chronic absentee" has been defined in EC Section 60901(c)(1)External link opens in new window or tab. as "a pupil who is absent on 10 percent or more of the schooldays in the school year when the total number of days a pupil is absent is divided by the total number of days the pupil is enrolled and school was actually taught in the regular day schools of the district, exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays."
Thank you,
Mrs. Carmesin
Spending the morning with Mrs. Boyd's TK class.
I highly recommend this class.
The Ferndale Elementary School parking will be partially closed tomorrow, Thursday, October 26th. The modular building is being prepared for electricity! We are very excited to have this additional space for our Expanded Learning program.
The Grandparent Tea is tomorrow! Please remind the grandparents who are attending to meet us in our school gym at 11:30. The students are very excited.
Ferndale Elementary School has a Cafeteria Cook position available. The job description is attached. The wage is dependent on experience $16.95-$24.12. The hours for this position are between 7:30-3:30.
This position has a 190 calendar days, work year and follows the FUSD Academic Calendar. There is potential to work throughout the summer to assist with the Expanded Learning Program.
Additional Information can be found at https://www.ferndalek12.org/page/human-resources
We regret to inform you that we are cancelling lunch on the lawn today. We are all sad that we have to postpone this event due to the rain.
Thank you for your flexibility.
Mrs. Carmesin
Good Morning,
Lunch on the lawn is scheduled for this Friday, October 13th. Students in 7th/8th grade will be at FHS for the homecoming rally and will NOT be participating in Lunch on the Lawn. Please see the flyers for details. This event is weather-dependent.
Hello 5th-8th grade girls basketball families - for girls basketball season, we are asking all parents and athletes to sign PAPER packet versions of the FES Athletic Handbook in addition to registering your child electronically. Since this is the first year we've done registration electronically through ArbiterSports, we are trying to ensure that every athlete and parent understands exactly what they are signing (*note: the content of the FES Athletic Handbook is very similar to the content from previous years).
If you have any questions or concerns with registering electronically through ArbiterSports or on paper, please contact Diana Cuevas at 707-786-5300 ext 340.
Thank you
Halloween Dance Party for students TK-8th on October 21, 2023 at Ferndale High School Gym.
Back To School
Parent Information Night
Thursday, September 7th, 2023
TK-3rd Grades 6:00-6:20
4th - 6th Grades 6:30-6:50
Held in your child’s classroom
This is a general information meeting. If you have specific questions about your child, please schedule a meeting with your child’s teacher.
The main parking lot at Ferndale Elementary school has been modified. We have a modular building in our parking lot and until further notice you can not pick up in the parking lot.
We understand the inconvenience. We recommend parking on the Shaw avenue. We are working with our engineers to redesign our parking lot, but I do not have a date yet.
Please plan on parking on the street to ensure student safety.
Good Morning Ferndale Elementary School families, we are excited to have your children join us for the 23-24 school year.
Today is early release at 1:00 p.m. for the entire school. All pickup and drop off must happen through the front of the school on Shaw Ave.
We understand and appreciate your patience and flexibility during school pick up times. We acknowledge that on early release days our school traffic is cumbersome.
Looking forward to a wonderful school year.
Thank you,
FES staff
Ferndale Unified staff began the 2023-2024 school year with back to school professional development. Our educators engaged in data analysis facilitated by the Humboldt County Office of Education School Support team. We identified barriers to our students accessing their education and what we as educators can put into place to reduce barriers.
Thank you to all of our staff at Ferndale Unified who choose to make this a terrific school year.
One more week to get your application in for the 2023-2024 Ferndale Elementary School Expanded Learning Program for students grades TK-6th. Please find our application process on the Ferndale Elementary School website under the Expanded Learning Program. If you have any questions please contact bzanone@ferndalek12.org https://www.ferndalek12.org/o/fes/page/expanded-learning-program
Ferndale Unified School DELAC
District English Learners Advisory Committee
Where: Mrs. Silacci’s Classroom @ Ferndale Elementary
When: Tuesday, May 30th @ 5:30pm
We will discuss:
End of year events for the elementary and high school
LCAP Presentation by our Superintendant
Familiy input for future programs and services
