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Hundreds volunteer on Folsom Community Service Day
Over 430 volunteers came out to help beautify the landscapes at six of our schools for the 4th Annual Folsom Community Service Day.

Thanks to the generosity of the city of Folsom, Lowe's Home Improvement and community volunteers 
Blanche Sprentz Elementary, Folsom Hills Elementary, Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary, Folsom High School and Vista del Lago High School all got landscape beautification makeovers this past Saturday 9/16.

To see KCRA's story on Community Service Day click here.

To see photos from Community Service Day click here.  
VIDEO: Sisters highlight importance of attending school daily 
September is  Attendance Awareness Month, which encourages school communities to reiterate the importance of students attending school daily which contributes to their academic success.  

We decided to talk with two students from Cordova Gardens Elementary school that are sisters, Savannah Koppel, 5th grade and Abby Koppel, 3rd grade who both have perfect attendance records. 

The Koppel sisters offered fellow students and their parents tips on how to get to school on time and every day. Click here to watch the video and see what Savannah and Abby have to say. These students both excel in school. 
Folsom Girl Scout Troop 3208 donates books to FCUSD
Folsom Girl Scout Troop 3208 worked hard over the summer to collect book donations for our school district to earn their Bronze Award.

The troop ended up collecting over 1,700 books to donate. Their original goal was 400. 

The girls donated books to both Theodore Judah and Blanche Sprentz Elementary Schools. The rest of the books were dropped off at the district office last week to be used in our FCUSD Community Readers Program . 

The majority of the girls in Troop 3208 are students at Sutter Middle School and Folsom Hills Elementary, so this was a good way for them to give back to their school community. 
One simple form could increase funding for your school
Does your child attend one of the following schools?
  • Cordova Gardens Elementary 
  • Cordova Meadows Elementary
  • Cordova Villa Elementary
  • Mills Middle School
  • Peter J. Shields Elementary
  • Rancho Cordova Elementary
  • White Rock Elementary
  • Williamson Elementary
  If so, every student in your school receives free meals. However, your school is asking that you  complete an "alternative income eligibility" form for your school.
 
This is not an application for free or reduced meals. This ensures your school receives the most amount of funding available from the state, which is used to increase services for your school, including intervention teachers, academic coaches, special programs, technology, field trips and more!
 
We need your help: Without everyone's participation, your school may not receive all of the funding it is entitled to from the state - meaning fewer services for our students.
 
Confidential: We will never share your information with anyone. Our system is confidential, and you can return your form in a sealed envelope if requested. You also can fill out the form online in the privacy of your home .
 
Complete the form: Click here to complete the form online, or call your school. You may also call our Categorical Programs department at (916) 294-9000.  
In other news ...
                              

Via Heart Project Screenings featured on Good Day Sacramento

 
A teen heart screening event the Via Heart Project  was held on Sunday Sept. 17 at Cordova High.

The event was featured on Good Day Sacramento  live.  

A few hundred FCUSD students were screened for heart defects the day of the event. 

Via Heart Project is a non-profit based out of San Francisco that has screened nearly 3,000 young hearts in Northern, CA. 
Classes available: Parenting the Love & Logic Way 
 
The Sacramento County Office of Education and the Folsom Cordova Unified School District proudly present: The Love & Logic Way Program.
 
The program consists of six sessions designed to provide parents with practical skills and tools to equip kids with character, compassion, and problem solving skills.   
    
Parents will learn skills to
keep calm when kids do upsetting things; set enforceable limits; get kids to do chores without nagging or bribing, etc.  
 
Classes will be held at Cordova Lane Center
Wednesdays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 15,  6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
 
Seating is limited, register now! The registration deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 3rd by 5 p.m. 
 
For more information, email 
pearlsofparenting@gmail.com


 
 
 
 
Board of Education: September 21, 2017

The FCUSD Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Education Services Center Board Room, 1965 Birkmont Drive in Rancho Cordova.
 
Agenda items will include:
  • Approve Memorandum of Understanding with the Folsom Cordova Education Association  
  • Measure M Planning Update
  • 2017 Elementary Summer School Report 
  • 2017 Secondary Summer School Report 
     
     
The full agenda can be found  here.  

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(916) 294-9000 ext. 104530