OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY Osceola Smoke Signals 100 Osceola Avenue Ormond Beach, FL 32176 I’m not here to be average, 386-258-4669

I’m here to be AWESOME! Mr. Kevin Flassig Principal Mrs. Amber McAndrew March/April 2017 Admin. Teacher on Assignment ______SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SCHOOL TIMES 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7:45 First Bell 7:55 School Starts 2:05 Dismissal 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1:05 Early Dismissal

______19 20 21 22 23 24 25 TARDY PROCEDURE 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 If your child arrives after the tardy bell has rung at 7:55, please have them go straight 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to the office to get a pass. ______9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mission Statement

Where students, teachers, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 parents, and the community work together to make 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Osceola AWESOME!

Important Dates

Mar. 1 Early Release Mar. 22 Early Release Mar. 2 Bingo for Books Mar. 29 Early Release Mar. 3 Jump Rope for heart Apr. 5 Early Release Mar. 8 Early Release Mar. 10 Spring Holiday Begins Mar. 20 Classes Resume

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Osceola, the Greatest Elementary School in the World! Our motto is “We are not here to be average. We are here to be AWESOME!” I want to share with you how we live up to it. This past month we participated in “Pasta for Pennies” to raise money for Leukemia research and our school raised over $1100.00. Mrs. Fischer’s class raised the most, with over $400.00! We also continued our Attendance Challenge with Ormond Beach Elementary in February. We walked to the top of the Granada Bridge and compared our daily attendance average for the month. It was close, but we won by 0.16%! The trophy is proudly displayed in the main office for all to see. Finally, I have been spending a great deal of time in the classrooms the past few weeks and what I have seen is amazing! I encourage all parents to talk with your child about how discussions occur in class, what they are learning about and what they like best about #AwesomeOsceola. Students are having conversations that just inspire me as the Principal of our school. The teachers are teaching and the students are learning in ways that are beyond my wildest dreams! All the teachers, students and staff members lead our school in unique ways that result in what makes Osceola awesome! Thank you everyone! Enjoy the spring break!

Sincerely, Kevin Flassig

MESSAGE FROM YOUR TOA

What an amazing couple of months it has been here at Osceola. There have been so many fun, engaging events that make me proud to be the TOA of the greatest school in the world! The African American Read-In was a huge success. Many community partners and guest readers came to make this event memorable. A special thanks to Mrs. Dockery and her team for their planning and organization. Seeing the looks on our students’ faces as they learned a little about history and enjoyed a good book was priceless. The FSA Pep Rally brought a smile to my face. The fourth and fifth grade teams, with the help of Mrs. Greene, put on an amazing showing of school spirit and positive energy. I have never been so excited for testing season before! The event was filled with high energy, great music and awesome drum cadences from our very own Mr. Flassig. It was truly spectacular! Please remember that this time of year can be very stressful for students. Encourage your student to come to school with a positive attitude each day. The Osceola expectations of be safe, be respectful, be responsible and be cooperative help us keep our campus awesome and are always important to review. They help guide our behaviors and actions each day. Sincerely, Amber McAndrew Thank you for all you do to make Osceola AWESOME!!! QR C ENTRAL PLEASE USE A QR READER TO ACCESS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS WELL AS VIDEOS HIGHLIGHTING AWESOME EVENTS HERE AT OSCEOLA !

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Keeping Up with Kindergarten

Spring is coming, and kindergarten is a busy place! We are continuing our mastery of 81 sight words; review them nightly and read your book baggie books, as the end of the year is right around the corner. We are looking forward to learning about plants in science. In math we are working on those tricky missing addend word problems. Practice makes perfect! FUN IN 1ST GRADE…

First grade is gearing up for an AWESOME start the fourth nine weeks!

In Reading we will dive deeper into nonfiction texts, focusing on text features and identifying the main topic. Check out some nonfiction books at the public library. Have your first grader teach you about the text features! Have them show you how to identify the main topic. Teaching others is the ultimate demonstration of mastery. Students will love teaching YOU something new!

In Math we will be starting our Measurement, Data and Geometry units. Get ready for lots of hands-on learning fun! Please continue to work on addition and subtraction fact fluency with your student.

In Social Studies we will be learning all about Economics. First graders will learn about goods and services, needs versus wants and the importance of saving money.

In Science it is time to test out our green thumbs! We will continue to learn about living things and their needs with plants.

Thank you for helping your child have a successful final nine weeks by continuing to check their folder nightly, helping them with their homework, and getting them to school on time each and every day! First grade thanks you for your continued help and support! SENSATIONAL SECOND GRADE It is hard to believe we are almost finished with the 3 rd nine weeks! We have been hard at working learning about backyard insects! We are having fun reading a variety of non-fiction text on that topic, the students are excited to learn each day and they look forward to their IDR time to read their non-fiction TERRIFIC THIRD GRADE books they have selected. Ask your Third grade is working hard in all child about IDR and discover what subjects. We are reading, reading, and they are reading about! In math we more reading. We are mastering math are busy counting money! Next time at an astonishing rate. you get change back have your child In math, we are learning about count up the coins, practice, measurement; liter and milliliters; grams practice, practice! We are writing and kilograms. It would be a great help friendly letters, the students have if you would point out these loved writing to their friends in class measurements to your children while and to their teacher. Don’t be grocery shopping, cooking dinner, or surprised if you get a letter from your sweet little one. Lastly, we had the even baking a cake. great experience of going to In science, we are learning about Seabreeze High School to watch plants and how they respond to their their performance of “The Wizard of environment, and how they reproduce. Oz”. It was amazing and our Not all plants need a seed to reproduce. students loved every minute of it! Ask your child if they can name the 3 Happy Spring! ways plants can reproduce. In social studies, we are understanding about renewable and nonrenewable energy. They are trying to conserve energy – turning those lights off and turning the water off when brushing their teeth. FANTASTIC 4TH GRADE

The 4 th grade has been excitedly harvesting their fall garden produce. You have probably had your children bring home a sweet, juicy tomato, a carrot or a piece of kale. The students have worked hard to produce these great veggies. We are rapidly getting our gardens ready for the Spring harvest. We have also been studying Ruby Bridges for our African Ameri- can Hero this month! Ask your child what struggles Ruby faced as the first black child to attend an all-white school. We continue to prepare for the FSA Writes! We have really fo- cused on evidence and elaboration this month. All the 4 th graders know that evidence comes from the text and elabora- tion comes from their head. We’re going to rock the test on February 28 th !! We look forward to a nice Spring Break and will continue working hard during the last quarter of 4 th grade! We thank you for your continued support throughout the school year!

FABULOUS FIFTH GRADE 5th grade is finishing up the third quarter strong. We are using nearpod and edcite to prepare for FSA tesng. ELA: We are reviewing all the standards. Learningfarm.com is a great resource of all the standards. Math: We have more standards to cover: Volume, Geometric Aributes, Coordinate Planes and Paerns. Science: We will be looking at adaptaons. We will connue to review all the standards to prepare for the Science FCAT. Social Studies: We will be looking into Western Expansion. Upcoming Field Trips are Kennedy Space Center and Book Study. Look for upcoming informaon to come home. Osceola Awesome Artists! Awesome Arsts Igning Creavity! Osceola arsts have been exploring subtracve printmaking and mono printmaking. They are evaluang their own work and analyzing other arsts’ works with the elements and principles of art. Osceola arsts are discovering the process of Design Thinking. Understanding how to think, collaborate, innovate and create prototypes.

Dress Down Fridays: Please remember on Fridays students may choose a tt----shirtshirt of their choice. All other articles of clothclothinging including bottoms and shoes must meet the uniform policy.

Your opinion matters! In order to complete our school’ Parent Involvement Plan (PIP) and School Improvement Plan (SIP) we need parent inputinput. Fill out an input form in the school’s main office. Nuestras escuelas Necesitan su opinión!

La Familia no es algo IMPORTANTE lo es Todo Su opinión es importante. Para poder completar el Plan de participación de los padres (PIP) y el Plan de mejora de la es- cuela (SIP) necesitamos la opinión de los padrespadres. Rellene un formulario de opinión en la oficina de la escuela. Please Return to School Office If you have any questions or would like to speak to the School Parent Liaison please contact Abby Holladay at 386386----258258258----46694669 Ext 51622

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