Weklva LlemenLary School - Where koallLy" LducaLlon Pappens Lvery uay!
1430 LasL Weklva 1rall Longwood, llorlda 32779 hone: 746-3130 lax: 746-3163 lebruary 2014 - Pappy new ?ear! rlnclpal: Mar[orle Adamczyk AsslsLanL rlnclpal: !eff lose Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com
r|nc|pa|'s Message !anuary's weaLher Lurned ouL Lo be a surprlse Lo everyone. Whlle we dld noL have Lhe snow days Lhey had up norLh, we dld have many weL, cold days here. SLudenLs bundled up and mlssed Lhe sunshlne. We have many arLlcles of cloLhlng lefL behlnd as a resulL. lease make sure cloLhlng ls marked wlLh your chlld's name. Lspeclally slnce our naLlonal Croundhog, unxsuLawney hll, shared Lhere wlll be slx more weeks of wlnLer! ln !anuary we celebraLed LlLeracy Week. uurlng LlLeracy Week, Weklva sLudenLs Lurned ln readlng logs from over Lhe wlnLer break. lL added up Lo 14,480 mlnuLes. We also had a sLudenL drawlng wlLh 14 prlzes and one Leacher prlze. 1he names of Lhe wlnners were shared on knn (koallLy new neLwork). Slnce we promoLe readlng every day aL Weklva, we wlll have a Sprlng 8reak 8eadlng Log Loo! AnoLher way Weklva promoLes readlng ls Lhe Sun"saLlonal Sunshlne SLaLe Sundae arLy aL Lhe end of Lhe year. SLudenLs ln grades 3 - 3 who have read 3 or more Sunshlne 8ooks recelve a voLers lu. 1hey are allowed Lo parLlclpaLe ln voLlng for Lhelr favorlLe book. SLudenLs across Lhe sLaLe parLlclpaLe ln Lhe voLlng process Lo flnd ouL whlch book wlll wln. SLudenLs ln Lhlrd grade who read 6 or more Sunshlne SLaLe books wlll [oln Mrs. Cook aL Lhe parLy. SLudenLs ln fourLh and flfLh grade who read 8 or more books wlll aLLend. Weklva has many sLudenLs who have already read Lhls requlred amounL! 1he publlc llbrary has Lhe llsL and you can also flnd Lhe books aL our 8ook lalr. 1he llorlda AssoclaLlon for Medla ln LducaLlon shares a new Sunshlne SLaLe llsL every year. hLLp://www.florldamedla.org/?pa ge=SS?8A_LlsL ALLached Lo Lhe newsleLLer Lhls monLh ls lnformaLlon abouL Lhe School CllmaLe Survey. l hope you geL a chance Lo read lL and parLlclpaLe. 1he survey shares wlLh us your saLlsfacLlon wlLh your chlld's school. 1hls survey ls [usL abouL Weklva LlemenLary School. unLll nexL Llme, Ms. Adamczyk |ease remember: **A|| students must have a wr|tten note exp|a|n|ng the|r absence from schoo|.* New koa|as Next Schoo| ear klndergarLen 8oundup ls Aprll 10 Lh . lor reglsLraLlon lnformaLlon, please check Weklva's webslLe.
Commun|ty kudos!!!! 1hank you Lo Chlck-fll-A for provldlng food for our Leacher professlonal developmenL. 1hey also shared a free sandwlch coupon for Lhe sLaff.
1A News 1A would llke Lo Lhank everyone for comlng ouL Lo our 1 sL
annual wlnLer uance. lL was a blasL! klds had a greaL Llme, and Lhe evenlng was a huge success. Comlng up nexL ls our LradlLlonal lamlly ulnner and ArL Show nlghL on 1hursday March 6 Lh from 3-8 pm. 1he 8ook lalr wlll also be open durlng Lhls Llme. lease look for Lhe flyer soon Lo purchase your dlnner LlckeLs. 1hls evenlng ls fun for Lhe whole famlly. 1hls ls Lhe Llme of year LhaL 1A nLLuS ?Cu! We sLarL plannlng ahead for board poslLlons for Lhe nexL school year. Weki va Whi spers Weklva LlemenLary School - Where koallLy" LducaLlon Pappens Lvery uay! 1430 LasL Weklva 1rall Longwood, llorlda 32779 hone: 746-3130 lax: 746-3163 lebruary 2014 - Pappy new ?ear! rlnclpal: Mar[orle Adamczyk AsslsLanL rlnclpal: !eff lose Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com
1A only meeLs once per monLh on Wednesday evenlngs. lf you are lnLeresLed please go Lo our webslLe aL www.weklvaelemenLarypLa.com. We elecL new offlcers for Lhe board aL our lasL general 1A meeLlng ln May, so please conLacL us soon. oslLlons LhaL we are seeklng help ln are: lundralslng, Membershlp, lall lesLlval, & lamlly ulnner. We are noL [usL looklng for board poslLlons buL people Lo help ln small commlLLees Loo. 8emember many hands make LlCP1 WC8k. Llsa 8omlne Weklva 1A resldenL Art lf you do noL see ArL work comlng home lL ls because we are geLLlng ready for our lamlly ulnner and ArL Show on 1hursday, March 6. Lach sLudenL wlll have a masLerplece dlsplayed. Mus|c Great Iob! AnLhony Celuso and !oey Penkhaus 1hese sLudenLs parLlclpaLed wlLh oLher boys ln Semlnole CounLy ln grades 4-12 aL Lhe Cuys uay of Slnglng" on !anuary 23 Lh . 1hey learned and prepared 3 songs ln only 4 hours of rehearsal Llme and performed Lhem ln concerL LhaL afLernoon. Cne of Lhe songs Lhe sLudenLs learned was ln anoLher language (Pebrew). 1hese boys worked very hard and represenLed Weklva LlemenLary well! 8elow are Lhe names of sLudenLs who recenLly parLlclpaLed or are golng Lo parLlclpaLe ln Semlnole CounLy Muslc lesLlval ln lebruary! L|ementary Mus|c Iest|va| (Iebruary) Chorus Lrln Puguenln, Charlee ParLley, !olle ParLley, AnLhony Celuso, Lden Crensky, Laura Powell
Crff (lnsLrumenLs) Claude[a lerre, lke Schlller, Alexandra Mlller, Lmlly Pogeboom
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1hey wlll have 4 evenlng rehearsals Lo learn and prepare many challenglng songs. ln addlLlon Lo Lhese evenlng rehearsals, Lhese sLudenLs wlll be pracLlclng aL home! 1hey wlll perform ln concerL on lebruary 22 aL 2:00pm. 1he concerL wlll be aL Lake Mary Plgh School. Sc|ence Lxpo 2014 Amazlng! 149 pro[ecLs were on dlsplay for Lhe Annual Sclence Lxpo. hyslcal, LarLh and Puman Sclence pro[ecLs were on hand for all Lo learn abouL, and all 286 sLudenLs dld a greaL [ob explalnlng Lhelr pro[ecLs! WaLch Lhe Sclence Lxpo vldeo on Lhe school webslLe hLLp://weklvaelemenLary.com Scroll down Lo Lhe boLLom rlghL- hand corner.