Wekiva Whispers

Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 October 2013 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Jeff Fose
Principals Message Parents you should have received your childs progress report. Teachers are also setting up conferences to discuss your childs learning goals and scores. If you have not had a conference, please schedule one soon. At the conference, many teachers have been sharing Discovery Education information which is one of our schools assessment tools that monitors skills for all students in grade K through 5. Students are DE tested three times a year. The DE report is available for parents to observe strengths and weaknesses in math and reading. Our website will be posting a Discovery Education PowerPoint for parents to view more information about DE soon. To improve academic progress students must be at school and on time. The Parent Institute research shares that attendance is one of the single most important factors. Share with your child why education is important and give an example of important people they know who work. Discuss with your child that getting enough sleep and exercise helps them at school too. Poor habits are hard to break once they get started.. Children need to hear that sometimes adults want to stay home too, but it is our responsibility to go to work and school. Students really do not understand it is the Law. Please try to schedule appointments after school and family trips on vacation days. Seminole County has a Truancy Policy which every school must abide by. Notifications have started to go home for numerous tardies and absences. We all have busy lives but our childrens education should be a top priority. We have noticed that fewer and fewer students are walking to school or riding their bikes. Both of these are excellent activities and it would not only improve academic performance but also lower the number of cars on the ramp. (Smile) Play 60 was in the last newsletter and information will be posted to our website. I am looking forward to the fall weather, the Book Fair, Fall Festival, and a lot of Koalas being successful this year! Until next time, Ms. Adamczyk Good News! LET'S READ SEMINOLE WINNERS (Summer Reading Logs) Ben Morris- 4th grade Abigail Bingley- 2nd grade Community Kudos!!!! Kinder Care for the generous bag of school supplies and fun giveaways. PTA News The PTA would like to THANK all the families and Wekiva staff who came out to help kick off our year at the Tailgate Party and the 1st general meeting of the PTA. The night was a huge success and the kids a ball. PTA would like to thank the Brantley Freshman Football players who made a great impression on all of our students, and the volunteers who helped make the night go so smoothly. Contest, Cake Walk, Spooky Science Laboratory, DJ, and 5 new Food Trucks on site! Tickets are sold at the door. $7 Students and $4 Pre-Schoolers Parents are FREE. Let PTA know if you are providing a cake, making chili, or volunteering soon. Fund Runners PTAs ONE BIG FUNDRAISER is coming up on November 14th. Start saving those pennies or dollars to help raise money for the technology at our school! The kick-off is November 5, and students run on the 14th. More information will be coming soon! Reflections A reminder to all of our artists, your masterpiece is due November 15!!! We can't do it without all the support, and we look forward to a fun filled school year! Lisa Romine Wekiva PTA President BOOK FAIR ANCIENT EGYPT A Book Fair is the best way to support your schools reading efforts. Students, parents, and teachers love Book Fairs for a number of reasons, including: They provide easy access to a wide assortment of books. They give kids a choice in what inspires them to read more. Book Fairs involve family, which demonstrates to kids that reading is important. Flyers will be coming home with more info.

ONLINE SHOPPING! The Fall Festival is Saturday, October 26, from 11:00 3:00.
Candy donations are due to the school by the 21st. Send it in with your child to the classroom. Chili Contestants are you getting ready! Games, food and fun! Dunk Tank, Bounce House, Popcorn, Inflatable Obstacle course, Costume Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com Are you looking for ways to support our school and help raise money? An easy way to do this is to join www.schoolstore.com. Your child will bring home information explaining the program. Schoolstore.com is an online shopping mall with over 400 merchants with many well-known

Wekiva Whispers
Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 October 2013 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Jeff Fose
retailers such as iTunes and Walmart. If you order online through this website our school receives funding. This is an easy way for you to help our school in a way that doesnt require a lot of effort. When you receive the information home, please take a few minutes to look over it and decide if this is something you can do to help our school. do not hesitate to contact your childs teacher.

Science Lab News

Super Scientist dates for this year are rd November 4th-8th and March 3 7th. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Mrs. Gabrovic at julie_gabrovic@scps.k12.fl.us. Also, the science lab is always in need of Rabbit Food and Carefresh Pet Bedding. If you are shopping for your pet and can pick up a little extra for the science lab critters, it would be very much appreciated!

Grade Level NEWS!

Fourth grade is off to a great start welcoming many new students as well as Mrs. Raker who moved from 2nd grade and Mr. Powers coming to 4th from 5th grade. We have been working on our daily expectations, rules and procedures that will be followed all year. We are all learning and adjusting to our new reading series. Please make sure your child is reading at least 20 minutes and filling out the required reading log each night. In math many concepts are taught in a very different way than we, as parents, learned. These concepts will be tested the way they are being taught. We urge you to look over the lesson and use the vocabulary and methods shown in the book to help your child. Dont forget you can access both the math and science books at https://wwwk6.thinkcentral.com. We would like to thank all the parents who attended our parent night on August 28th. The teachers went over a lot of information that will help to ensure your child has a successful 4th grade year. Conferences, both Student Led and parent teacher conferences are in full swing. If you have not met with or set a conference date or, if you have any questions or concerns please

Brantley Freshman and Wekiva Koalas

Calendar October
11 Student Council Meeting 14 No School 21- 25 Book Fair 25 Third Grade Field Trip 26 Fall Festival 11:003:00 Book Fair 11:00-2:00 27 11/1 Red Ribbon Week November 1 Student Council Meeting 5 Fund Run Kick Off 6 End of Semester 6 SAC and PTA Meetings 8 Picture make-up 14 PTA Fund Run 15 Student Council Meeting 17 22 American Education Week 19 Report Cards Go Home 19 First Grade Field Trip 22 Fourth Grade Field Trip 21 KG Field Trip (POD Classes) 22 KG Field Trip (Prose, Vereen
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There are no winners or losers when you are having fun!

Reflection artists at work!

27 through 29 - School Closed

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