Wekiva Whispers

Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 September 2012 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes Principals Message Just one more way, Wekiva is Mark your calendars and save the date You as the parent play a crucial role Catching the Wave of Achievement! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27th from in your childs life by reinforcing what Until next time, 11:00 am-3:00 pm. is expected at school. Please review Weve planned many exciting things Ms. Adamczyk the Code of Conduct with your child for the whole family to enjoy! Sportsmanship Award and discuss school rules & procedures. The 2012 Fall Festival will include: Amazing news about a few young It is available on the website this year, Giant Inflatables, Dunk Tank, DJ men at Wekiva Elementary and the however if you need a hard copy, Music, Games, Spin Art Station, journey they took this summer. Luke please ask your childs teacher for Spooky Science Lab, Cake Walk, Williams, Andrew Bubon, Nate one. Also, take some time each Chili Cook-Off, not to mention great Coady, Connor Fosnow, and Caleb evening to review their homework, food and fall treats! Once again this Strott were members of the All-Star ask what they are learning that week, year there will be 2 performances by team at West Seminole Baseball. They or just look at the work sent home the very talented kids from J Groove not only won their regional games, but from classes and ask questions. We Live. Dont forget the most they traveled to the panhandle and have all encountered the discussion anticipated event of the yearthe won the Dixie Youth Baseball that begins with, What did you do in sliming of principal, Ms. Adamczyk at Championship! They had the honor to school today? The usual answer is, 1:00! travel to north Alabama to play in the Nothing., but by taking the few We also encourage everyone to World Series. After playing and minutes to look over their work, you participate in the costume contest winning against teams from North can ask specific questions about the being held under our pavilion (please Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, topics they are studying in school. no skimpy or overly scary costumes). Alabama and Florida they came in 2nd Engaging your child is not only Be the lucky one to take home a prize place. Most importantly, these young learning, but lets them know that for best dressed or most creative! men won the Sportsmanship award not you're keeping on top of them. Please Tickets are sold day of for $7 for only at state, but also in the World do not hesitate to contact your childs students and $4 for preschoolers. Series. These are TRUE Koalas!! teacher or the school office if you Parents are always free! If you would like to be a part of this have any questions or concerns. PTA Kick Off! Wekiva tradition by donating as little as Our Curriculum Nights are this Theme: Tailgate Party!! an hour of your time, please contact month. Knowing the expectations and Kick Pass & Punt Contest Megan Davidson @ 407-702-7151. homework will help with the home First General Meeting is Thursday We look forward to seeing you all at and school connection. They are: September 20th @7:00 p.m. in the th this years Fall Festival on Saturday, Monday Sept 10 cafeteria. October, 27th 5:30 p.m. Grade 1 & Mrs. Taylors class Please join PTA for our Kick-Off 6:30 p.m. Grade 2 ATTENTION PARENTS WHO party for the school year. Wear your Wednesday Sept 12th PICK UP or DROP OFF team spirit and come see what we 5:30 p.m. Grade 3, 4, & Mrs. Smiths class STUDENTS IN CARS! have planned for the school year! 6:30 p.m. Grade 5 *Students must not arrive before Short meeting will be held in the I would like to welcome some new Cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. followed by a 8:05a.m. Even patrols! staff members. Sara Colwell - Fourth great time down by the pavilion. Grade, ASD Assistant- Kellie Davis; *For safety reasons, we ask that you Kids will have the chance to and in the cafeteria, Maria DuBoise. not be on your cell phone as you pull participate in a contest brought to you I am very excited Wekiva will be in to pick up or drop off. by Coach Prose and the Fuel Up to participating in the Fuel Up to Play *We are a smoke-free zone. Play 60 sponsored by the NFL. You 60 program! More information will *Please have students exit on car ramp wont want to miss it. Bring the family be coming home about the program. In side only. and see what its all about! the meantime, if you would like to *Please do not park or idle in the learn more about the nationally driveways of our neighbors. recognized program please go to Fall Festival News *Please have car signs in view. www.FUTP60.com We have already been hard at work planning our annual WEKIVA ELEMENTARY FALL FESTIVAL. Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com

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Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 September 2012 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes the narrative elements including main Permission slips will be sent home GRADE LEVEL NEWS idea through a variety of fiction and soon. Due to the cost we will be From Kindergarten non-fiction books. In writing we have accepting payments in increments if Our kindergarten koalas are been focusing on the Writing Trait needed. You will also soon be seeing a becoming familiar with our routines called Ideas. We are really enjoying Grade Level donation letter coming and procedures and enjoy learning integrating technology into our math home if you are interested and able to together. Our upcoming integrated units to help us better understand contribute the grade level donations themes include: friends, apples, fairy place value. We have been completing help buy trade books, math & science tales and fall. Some of the skills being science labs and learning how to work manipulatives, and other such items. mastered at this time include: like a scientist, and next we will be Lastly, parents please plan on joining identifying the book parts, author, learning about the Earths surface. We us this Wednesday, September 12th at illustrator, character, setting, making are excited about what we have been 5:30 for back to school night. This is connections to text, counting syllables, doing and cant wait to watch the the time to ensure you understand the recognizing rhyming words, students grow as the year continues. expectations of your childs class. identifying and applying letters and Just a little reminder to please make From Fifth Grade initial sounds, counting and cardinality sure you are checking and signing Our fifth graders are back into the and the five senses. your childs student plan book (SPB) swing of the academic arena and Kindergarten students are looking nightly. Thank you for your continued pushing themselves to set and meet forward to having Grandparents bring support in working at home with your goals, reflect on their understanding of a lunch and visit on September 12 at child and making sure they are reading lessons, and learn and master new 10:15. nightly. skills. In the language arts block, our From the First Grade Team From Third Grade students are emerged in novel studies. We would like to welcome Jennifer The third grade teachers are gearing Ask any fifth grader about literary st Pfortner to 1 grade joining Mrs. up for an amazing year. Parents, elements and you will hear words like Kerlin as a co-teacher and Mrs. April please be sure to check your childs metaphors, alliteration, and similes. Abaray from English Estates. We have SPB (Student Plan Book) nightly to They may be learning new vocabulary learned about the scientific process help your child stay on track with such as protagonist, antagonist, and different tools scientist use. In homework and other important climax, conflict, and resolution as it math, addition and subtraction classroom news. Some things we will applies to literature. If you are looking strategies are a plus in developing be working on in September are Nate for a good book to read, grab the one number sense. We had an exciting the Great Detective Unit, your child is reading and develop a collaborative team building experience Understanding Place Value, Adding dialogue at home on the theme, when each class baked bread together. and Subtracting Greater Numbers, characters, and plot. We had a fun day wearing our hats Graphing and Organizing Data, The In social studies, our students are after reading our story The Hat and Government, and the Nature of studying about the various Native writing purr-fect stories about cats Science. A special thank you goes out American tribes and their from our story Sam and the Bag. to all of our wonderful third grade contributions to society. They are Thank you to all the parents who have st parents who have volunteered their comparing the diet, culture, beliefs, donated to our 1 Grade Fund! Please time to work as Dividends in our and housing of many different groups. do not forget to send in your childs classrooms and at home. We look They are somewhat surprised to see white t-shirt to be decorated for our forward to working with you. Also, the impact those early people had on special events. We plan to have a thank you to all parents who have todays world. fantabulous year! donated items for our classroom and Math brings students to the realization From Second Grade funds toward our third grade activities. they may be a little rusty on their basic The second grade teachers and facts. We are exploring several From Fourth Grade students have been busy gearing up strategies for division and 4th grade is off to a great start! We for a great school year. We have been understanding if the multiplication are excited to report that based on the hard at work, working on our reading, facts are weak, so are the division results of the survey we will be going writing, math and science skills. In facts. 5 minutes a day could make the on our St. Augustine field trip on reading we have been learning about difference in the life of a math Wednesday, November 14th. Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com

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Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 September 2012 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes student! As we begin the year in different kinds of art mediums to It is proven that exercise in the science, we are looking at all the create personal works of art. Students morning helps students focus and different branches of science. Did you art knowledge will grow and become perform better in the classroom. know that you can study mud? Or tree embedded in their artwork through the Box Tops for Wekiva! rings? Or the art of dining? Just name use of art vocabulary, the study of Wekiva collects Box Tops for something of interest to you and we contemporary and master artist work, Education, Campbell's Soup labels, bet there is a branch of science for it. along with learning about the elements Tyson Chicken A+ labels and My We will be looking at the steps in the and principles of design. Wekiva Coke Reward Codes. Please drop off scientific method and discussing the Elementary participates in local art your labels to the front office. Wekiva tools found in and out of laboratories shows throughout the school year earns points for these labels and can in the next week. By the way, the study along with our school-wide end of the then "buy" much needed supplies for of mud is pelology! year art show during Family Dinner our school. If you have any questions Night. Artwork does not come home From Music Maker about these incentives, please contact on a weekly basis. Many times Mary DeBonville at 407-746-1164. Ms. Kranz artwork is kept and returned at the end Welcome back to the music room for of the school year for these Koala Closet News the 2012-13 season! I am so glad to opportunities. Please encourage your Thank you for all the donations for see children and their families after a students creativity through dialogue at our food pantry, The Koala Closet. wonderful summer break. Wekiva is a home. Keep a sketchbook for your We are currently accepting items to special place to be, and your children child to encourage daily visual stock the pantry. Cereal, canned are one of the main reasons for that. I journaling for a few minutes a day. meats and soups are most needed. am very excited about our year in the This will help build visual language, Please no books, clothes, or school music classroom as well as Koala drawing ability, and imagination. I am supplies at this time. The school MusicKidz and our performances this looking forward to working creatively contact for the food pantry is Mary year. This summer, I had the with your child. ART-fully, DeBonville at 407-746-1164. Thanks opportunity to earn my Orff Level I Ms. DeLillo for all your support! Donation boxes certification at Stetson. During the will be available at Curriculum Night. News From Coach Prose year, I will be incorporating more of Dear Wekiva Parents, these techniques that address EXTENDED DAY CHILD P.E. would like to welcome you and creativity and teamwork in the music CARE from Ms. Phillips your children back to another school classroom. Children in grades four and The Extended Day Child Care year! We have many exciting five will be working each week for Department is thrilled to announce activities planned this year. We have gold, silver and bronze medals, and that the new EDCC website is up and teamed up with The Dairy Council of grades three and four will be running!! We are very confident that Florida and the NFLs,Fuel Up To continuing in Recorder Karate. Koala families will find the site to be Play 60 (FUTP60.com). We received MusicKidz is scheduled to start in family-friendly and with enough a generous $3,500.00 check to use September. Our Advanced groups will relevant information-at-a-glance. toward being physically active 60 have lots of performance opportunities When things settle down, please take a minutes a day and eating properly to including our yearly Downtown moment to browse through our pages: give proper fuel. The kick off to this Disney performance and our spring th http://www.seminoleextendedday.com program is September 20 along with play. The Beginning group will start our PTAs tailgating board meeting. playing the recorder before anyone Come out and have fun at the Punt, else in their classes. Get ready for Pass & Kick competition, wear your another spectacular year! teams colors and win prizes. In the near future, look for information about Catch the wave in art! Cross Country Club. Please encourage We have a year full of exciting your child to join our club and start experiences to foster your childs their morning by walking or running. creative spirit. We will be using many Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com

Wekiva Whispers
Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 September 2012 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes

Koala Calendar

September
10 5:30 Gr 1 Curriculum Night 5:30 Mrs. Taylors Class 6:30 Gr 2 Curriculum Night 11 Patriots Day Wear Red, White, & Blue! 11 Bullying and the Perfect Victim UCF CARD Presentation Milwee Middle School Media Center 6:30 -7:30 pm. 12 Grandparents Day Grandparents bring their own lunch. Join us in the cafeteria. Sign in. Please RSVP. 12 5:30 Gr 3 & 4 Curriculum Night 5:30 Mrs. Smiths Class 6:30 Gr 5 Curriculum Night 17 NO SCHOOL 20 FALL Yearbook Pictures 20 PTA Tailgate Party Meeting 7:00 in Cafeteria Wear Team Shirts 18 Channel 13 News Stop the Bullying Town Hall Meeting 7:00 pm in the Lake Mary Events Center 26 NO SCHOOL

October
3 5:00 SAC Meeting 6:15 PTA Meeting 9 Progress Reports Go Home 19- NO SCHOOL Teacher Work Day

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