Cheetah Bytes Newsletter

Hello Natoma Station Families,

No School on Monday, October 14

Enjoy an extra day with your littles this weekend. There will be no school on Monday, October 14. We look forward to seeing our Cheetahs on Tuesday, October 15.

Pumpkin Decorating Contest - Due Thursday, October 18

Work together as a family to decorate a pumpkin to look like one of your favorite book characters. Bring it to school to be part of our "Book Character Pumpkin Patch" and a chance to win a prize. Bring the pumpkin to the library during your class time the week of October 14th. See flyer below for more information.

District TB Clinic

The district is hosting a free TB clinic for volunteers on Monday, October 21st from 3:00-4:30 pm at Folsom Cordova Unified School District, 1965 Birkmont Dr. Rancho Cordova, CA 95742. Volunteers must be able to return Wednesday, October 23th between 3:00-4:30 pm to have the skin test read. If you have any questions please reach out to Courtney Hvostal at chvostal@fcusd.org . Future clinic dates are listed here.

PTO Spirit Night at Dos Coyotes - Tuesday, October 15

Please join us at Dos Coyotes from 4:00 PM to close to raise money for our school. You can order takeout or dine in. 20% of the proceeds will be donated to Natoma Station PTO.

Running Club

We will be starting a running club for students in 4th and 5th grade on Monday and Friday mornings from 7:30 - 8:00 AM starting on October 21st. As a culmination, students can join the Running for Rhett run in downtown Sacramento on December 7th. Permission forms must be submitted in order for your child to participate. Please see below for more details.

Fall Festival

We hope you can attend our Fall Festival on Friday, October 25 from 4:30 - 6:30 PM. There will be trunk or treating, carnival games, food trucks, a cake walk, prizes, candy and loads of fun to be had! Costumes are welcome. Candy (no nuts) and small prize donations can be dropped off at the NSE office until October 24. We are still in need of volunteers. Please click here to volunteer: Sign-Up Genius Link. We are also still in need of trunks. You can decorate your trunk yourselves from scratch or purchase a trunk-decorating kit online. We hope that you can join us!

Thank you for your support and partnership!

Vickie Boudouris, Principal

#cheetahstrong #differencemakers #bestyearever

We wanted to give a special thank you to all our donors and sponsors who helped make this year a success! Students have until Oct 14th to turn in their donation envelopes to their teachers. Any undelivered incentive prizes will be sent home after this time. The class that raises the most gets a Root Beer Float Party!

Attention 4th and 5th graders- our Runnin' For Rhett fall running club begins October 21st. Lace up your shoes from 7:30 am -8:00 am every Monday and Thursday in Room 1 to join the fun. Permission slips were sent home in last weeks Friday Folders. Click here for more information.

Our school garden, named after our beloved longtime volunteer Grandma Esther, has been a staple in our school community for over 10 years. Green Team meets after school to help weed, plant, and maintain the space. This week they are preparing for the winter garden. All students have access to the garden and often visit once a month through our garden docent program.

A special thanks to Green Team, Kristina Cameron, and Grandma Esther for keeping our garden beautiful throughout the years and a warm welcome to our new Garden Docent Coordinator- Jannelle Link! If you are a Garden Docent you may contact her for lesson ideas at jnell76@hotmail.com

FHS math club students will be available room 5 on Thursday mornings from 7:45-8:10 to provide students in 4th and 5th grade opportunities to drop in for any needs they may have that are math related. It could be help with homework, reteaching, or if they want to come and learn some new higher-level math for fun, the student volunteers can provide that as well! This will be a drop-in type opportunity with no sign-up or commitment necessary.

Did you know that Natoma Station was recently recognized by the State of California for its implementation and fidelity of PBIS?

Our school received a gold recognition for its efforts and implementation towards being a PBIS school. We were 1 of only 6 schools in our district to receive gold recognition, with only 1 other school in our district getting the highest recognition of platinum.

Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) is a schoolwide systems approach aimed at establishing positive student culture and individualized behavior supports necessary to create a safe and effective learning environment for all students.

We have 3 behavior expectations/standards that are the foundation of our PBIS system at Natoma Station. Here is a fun 1 question survey to see how well your child knows our 3 behavior expectations/standards. We would love 2 minutes of your time to see if your child can tell you what our 3 behaviors expectations/standards are.

Fall Festival- We need more trunks and snacks for the cake walk

Candy Donation for Fall Festival- please drop off candy donations in the front office, thank you

Copy Room Training - If you need help learning how to use the copiers please fill out this form

Free Volunteer TB Clinic- Oct 21

Volunteers are an integral part of our school community. We encourage parents and community members to get involved. You must be cleared in our system to participate. Once you are cleared you can sign up for field trips, help in the classroom, and various school events. If you have any questions, please contact our Parent Coordinator: chvostal@fcusd.org

CLICK HERE for Steps to become a cleared volunteer

Can't volunteer but want to help out? We are collecting candy donations for the trunks participating in the Trunk or Treat (those hosting a trunk do not need to provide your own candy). You can drop your donation off in the main office, thank you!

With the cooler weather approaching, the health office is in need of elastic waist sweatpants for boys and girls, all sizes.

If your Cheetah borrows clothes from the health office, please return those items as soon as possible.

Thank you

Our office is open daily from 7:30 - 4:00. We are also available to answer your questions by phone.

If your child is absent to PLEASE call the office or fill out the Absentee Form. Teachers do not have time to forward this information to us. Thank you! 916-294-9145

Please have your child(ren) check the Lost & Found in the multi. Misplaced items are taken there.

Cheetahs recognized for SHOWING RESPECT, MAKING GOOD DECISIONS, and SOLVING PROBLEMS

Gruver- Presch: Isabella

Dubnoff- TK: Doreen

Thompson- K: Frederick

Tucker/Bruce- K: Sella

Doe/Menzel- K: Lakshan

Kolodin- K-5th: Theo

Sudhakaran- K-5th: Eva

Pregliasco- 1st: Caleb

Marr/Nielsen- 1st: Aryanna

McClure- 1st: Maria

Cherry- 1st: Andy

Neil- 2nd: Isla

Kurimay- 2nd: Joshua

Tran- 2nd: Paige

Johnson- 2nd: Lyla

Cameron- 3rd: Gavin

Bower- 3rd: Teddy

Porter/Morales- 3rd: Anton

Tussing- 3rd: Jadyn

Nickelson- 4th: Dheekshan and May

DeMarse/Holley- 4th: Maddy and Mason

Prince- 5th: Mia and Eligh

Ambrose- 5th: Sebastian and Jackson

Badten- 5th: Kaylee and Forest