Falcon Ridge Elementary
September 2024
From Mrs. McEachern
Parents,
What an AMAZING start to the 2024 - 2025 school year at Falcon Ridge Elementary School. Routines have been established and instruction is in full swing. Thank you parents for helping to make this possible by bringing your students to school on time and following dismissal pickup procedures. Our afternoon car rider line may not be as efficient as Chick-Fil-A, but it is a close second!
I want to impress upon you the importance of students attending school daily and arriving on time while also remaining for the entire school day. Students who are consistently missing instructional time, will fall behind and gaps in learning will cause students to struggle. This responsibility falls on the adult at home to help with establishing routines and expectations of the importance for students to attend school daily. I want to share a few statistics that are shocking to me when you look at how much attendance matters and how much it can effect a child's learning opportunities. Please see the graphic attached.
I also want to remind parents that students can have no more that 10 parent notes for absences in a school year; doctors notes are only permitted beyond that threshold. Excused absences / tardies only include sickness / doctors appointments with documentation or death in the family / funeral with documentation. Students who accrue 8 or more unexcused tardies and/or early check-outs in a nine week period will receive a consequence. Students with 10 or more unexcused absences will begin truancy protocols. Please submit absence notes to the Attendance Clerk, Jennifer Bradford.
We have incorporated attendance incentives at every progress check for students to have the chance to win if they have no absences, unexcused tardies, or unexcused early checkouts. Students names will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win fun prizes such as scooters, tablets, cameras, games and more.
Reach out to our front office if you have any questions or concerns. We want to partner with our parents and work together with you to ensure a positive experience for you and your child at FRE.
Its time! Bookfair is almost here! Create a Scholastic BookFair E-Wallet for cash-free shopping! Convenient and secure, eWallet lets your child choose books they want to read. Plus, you can share your eWallet link so friends and family can help your child find even more to read. Unspent funds from a past Fair? To transfer them to this Fair, log in to your Scholastic account and create a new eWallet—then your previous balance will be available to transfer as an eGift Card. When you fund an eWallet, you can also contribute to Share the Fair, the giving program that benefits kids in your school who need help buying new books.
Our Parent Information can all be found in this Google Drive folder. It is also linked in Parent Square under "Links".
This is the information found in the first day packets.
