SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 17-22, 2009

THURSDAY
Lunch ? Chipotle Burritos

FRIDAY
Lunch ? CSF Momma Martello’s famous spaghetti lunch with meat sauce, salad, garlic bread will be sold for $4. Cookies are available for 50 cents.

SENIOR LOCKERS
Students in grades 9-11 are assigned lockers. However, there is only a limited number of lockers left to be assigned to the seniors. If you do not have a car to keep your books and need a locker, you must request a locker assignment from Yoko Kilbourne in the high school office: first come, first served.

SENIOR LUNCH PASSES
Permission slips for senior lunch passes are due before lunch time on Friday, Aug. 21 for all students who wish to begin taking advantage of the lunch pass on Monday, Aug. 24. Any student who turns the permission slip in late is subject to a 24 hour hold on the pass. Please turn in permission slips to Michelle Regnerus in the HS office.

FALL KICK-OFF & CARNIVAL
Already getting tired of the school routine? Come to the annual FCS Fall Kickoff and School Carnival on Sat. Aug. 29! The event will be held on the North Field and commences with a Youth Football game vs. Orange Cove, 3 p.m.

The event will include various activities including a dunk tank, water slide, bounce house, food, face painting and much more! Tickets will cost $.50 each and each booth will have the number of tickets required to participate. The school will be accepting donations on behalf of the Salazar family who recently lost all five children in a car accident. ALL FUNDS DONATED will go directly to the Salazar family.

Hope to see you there!

CHEER TRYOUTS
Cheer tryouts will be held Thursday from 3-4 p.m. Anyone interested in participating in the first FCS cheer game squad should attend.

GIRLS’ TENNIS
Girls’ tennis practice will be held from 3:15-5 p.m. on Monday at the FCS courts. Practices Tuesday through Friday will be from 2:15-4:15 (unless your last period class is a core class; then report to the courts after school). All girls interested in playing are encouraged to show up for practice on Monday.

Brittany Salley will be the new head coach, assisted by Janae and Tonia Keys-Bramlett. Coach Salley played tennis at Fresno Pacific and taught tennis at Sierra Sports. Janae and Tonia played in high school for FC’s winning team. We look forward to a great year.

For more information, contact Cynthia Ward at 299-1695 ext. 122.

FOOTBALL MANAGER NEEDED
The football team is taking applications for two to three team managers (they can be boys or girls). Managers will assist with games and practices, travel with the team and get team apparel. See Coach Cunnings or Coach Foshee for more information.

VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS
Volleyball practice will be held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday from 7-9 a.m. in the FC gym. Thursday practice is from 4-6 p.m. and Friday from 7-9 a.m. All girls interested in playing volleyball are encouraged to attend. Tryouts will be held during the first week of school.

The new volleyball coach is David Tatum who played college volleyball at Point Loma, plays club ball and also beach volleyball. He has great knowledge of the sport and is very passionate about volleyball. He looks forward to a great year.

For more information, email Tatum at [email protected].

COLOR GUARD
FC color guard is looking for new people to participate in the marching season. All students grades 7th through 12th are invited to try a new activity. For more information, head to the high school office and sign up.

CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETES
For all students interested in joining the cross country team, there is a mandatory meeting after school Thursday, Aug. 20 at the picnic tables. Coach Janae Ford will meet with the athletes to talk about plans for the season. Go Eagles!

JH/HS PICTURE DAY
Picture day for the junior high and high school (excluding seniors) will be on Thursday, August 27, and pictures will be taken from 8-12 p.m. Each grade will be called out from the high school office to report to Ground Zero main for their picture taking.

All students will receive the picture day info and order forms on the first day of school in their home rooms. The order envelopes must be brought back on picture day with payment to be given to Milne Photography. The offices do not handle any matters related to photography.

If there are any new seniors who have not taken their senior pictures at Milne Photography, they must make their own appointments with Milne as soon as possible for the yearbook. Milne Photography can be reached at 431-0681.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL OPEN GYM
Beginning this Wednesday, Aug. 5, open gym will be held for girls’ basketball every Wednesday from 6 p.m. in the FC gym.

LUNCH THIS YEAR

This year JH and HS lunches will be sold by clubs and athletic teams. The menu will be posted in the announcements each week. Only seniors are permitted to go off campus for lunch. 9th-11th graders will not be allowed to go off campus for lunch unless their parents come sign them out in person. No phone calls or notes will be accepted.

MOMS IN TOUCH PRAYER GROUP
Moms In Touch, a prayer group comprised of JH and HS moms, meets from 8-9 a.m. on Friday mornings in room 204 to pray on the behalf of FC students. All JH and HS parents are invited to join Moms In Touch beginning this Friday, August 21. If a couple dads show up, a Dads In Touch group will be formed.

Room 204 is near the People’s Church library. If anyone is unable to locate the room, come by the HS office to find out more. For further questions, please contact Gina Wathen at 322-9116.

ASVAB TESTING
On Sept. 21 from 9:30 AM until noon the ASVAB Career Exploration Program will take place. The test will be administered here on the FC campus and is free for all high school students between 10th and 12th grade. Test results help students learn their strengths and talents which assists them in later career choices.

Please sign up in front of the HS office and grab a copy of the ASVAB Overview Guide to help your student prepare. Sign-ups end on Sept. 4th. Please see Molly Sargent, academic advisor, for details.

PSN BOARD MEMBERS NEEDED
PSN needs a secretary and treasurer, as well as members for the board. No freshmen, sophomore or junior mothers have volunteered. Please contact Pam Powell at [email protected] or 977-5779.

DATES TO REMEMBER?

AUGUST
Aug. 27 ? Picture day
Aug. 29 ? Sports Kickoff Dinner
Aug. 31 ? JH & HS Back-To-School Night

SEPTEMBER
Sept. 7 ? Labor Day — no school
Sept. 25 ? Grandparents’ Day

OCTOBER
Oct. 16 ? Homecoming football & pageant
Oct. 16 ? End of first quarter

NOVEMBER
Nov. 25-29 ? Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER
Dec. 18 ? End of first semester
Dec. 19-Jan. 10 ? Christmas break

JANUARY
Jan. 11, 2010 ? First day of second semester