Starting Monday, September 12th, all Kindergarten to 3rd grade students will be dismissed in the front of the school on Shaw Avenue. You will no longer be able to pick your child up in the Ocean Avenue lot (the back of the school).
This procedure was used for years before the pandemic, and creates a safer dismissal for your child. We understand that many parents have never experienced this dismissal, so we are listing our safety procedures and expectations below.
Please FULLY park your car and meet your child in front of the gym. They will be seated with their teachers. When your child sees you, they will tell their teacher and then be released to you.
The lawn area is for students who ride the bus. Please only use the sidewalk areas to wait for your child.
Parents and students are to use the crosswalk closest to the gym.
After you pick up your child, please do not loiter in front of the gym so all students can see their parents as they will be sitting.
Please keep your child by your side after you have picked them up. In order to keep all children safe, they should not be playing in the dismissal are.
For example: Do not let your child climb the trees or hang on the hand rail on the stairs of the gym.
We appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we transition back to this dismissal location. Please contact the office with any questions.
Kindergarten through 6th grade, Back to School Night this Thursday!
Reminder No School, Monday, September 5, 2022 in observance of Labor Day.
Congratulation to Tina Toste who retires this week after almost 33 years of service to our schools. Tina spent many years as a classroom aide for Ferndale Elementary, went on to work in the office at Ferndale High School and has been the District Data Technician for the past several years.
Thank you Tina for all your years of service and for staying to get us off to a great start for the 2022-2023 school year. Happy Birthday and Happy retirement.
Thank you to Stacia Boyd and Juliette Davie for helping Mrs. McCulloch get the new Chromebooks ready for the 2022-2023 school year. FES recently received 144 new Chromebooks to replace end of life models.
Please join us this tomorrow for clean up day.
That you to Jerry Hansen (School Board Member) and his wife Gloria for providing lunch for the staff at both the Elementary and High School at the end of our school year. This is something the Hansen's have done for many years, and we are very appreciative.
Clean up day 2022. Thanks to all who donated/helped spruce up the school.
First annual tie-dye day with the 1st-3rd graders. Mrs Maxon is so excited to start a fun community building tradition.
Mrs. Rodriguez's 3rd grade CAASPP carnival review. Preparing 3rd graders for their first CAASPP test!
Thank you Mrs. Soli for inviting the Wienermobilee to stop by school on it's way out of town. It made for a very happy Wednesday morning recess.
Ms. Rodriguez's class listen to a presentation on sheep at Ferndale FFA's Ag Day.
And.....TK and Kindergarten enjoying all the stations at Ferndale FFA's Ag Day.
Mrs. Griffith's 1st Grade enjoying Ag Day at Ferndale High School. Thank you Ferndale FFA.
Kindergarten through 6th grade students visited the Ferndale High School Ag department this week. Students were able to see and learn about beef cattle, swine, goats, poultry, horses and more. The students also visited the farm to table garden and were each given string backpack to keep goodies the received while at Ag Day.
District 1 Dairy Princess Malela Fulton visited kindergarten and first grade. She read "Mr Brown Can Moo Can You" and taught us about the different breeds of dairy cows.
A few images of the 3rd Grade Play.
Here is the 2022 Stakeholder Input Survey link for parents, students and community members. Thank you for your input!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NZTJW57
Mrs. Maxon's 2/3 grade class with their 3-D paper dinosaurs. These were part of a dinosaur unit that the class was very proud of.
Ferndale Elementary School secretaries are here to assist. Diana Cuevas (left) joined FES at the beginning of the year. Sharon Richardson (right) has been with FES for several years and joined the office team in February.
