Wekiva Whispers

Wekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day! 1450 East Wekiva Trail Longwood, Florida 32779 Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163 January 2013 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes Principals Message Wekiva is proud to announce this The Survey window is January 15th Happy New Year to All! years Employee of the Year is Mrs. February 28th. Survey results are Our staff is excited about 2013; Trawick. Mrs. Trawick is a support expected at the end of March. together everyone has been planning facilitation assistant who works with Until next time, and goal setting to make sure that all students with Autism. She also started Ms. Adamczyk of our students meet their learning the afternoon writing club for some of potential. our third and fourth grade students. Community Kudos!!!! I want to thank all of our Wekiva Wekivas Teacher of the Year is our Thank you to those businesses that families for their generosity in 2012! Reading Coach, Mrs. DeBonville. Not have been dropping off empty ink We do wonderful work at Wekiva as a only does she work with students who cartages! Wekiva receives funds result of it. struggle with reading, she also assists through a cartridge recycling program. As I have shared in the past, safety teachers with reading interventions. We greatly appreciate our secret and supervision is our first concern. partners! Thank you very much! We are working on a few changes to WANTED - ALL PRO DAD update safety measures. Everyone has We are looking for a dad who would Seminole County Rezoning been very patient and understanding like to be the Wekiva ALL PRO DAD Information with these changes. Wekiva schedules contact person. This volunteer job The county has divided the district security drills to prepare for the event will require the set up an ALL PRO into zones. Wekiva is in the West of an emergency; however, these drills DAD breakfast, sharing with our Phase Planning. The purpose of these are not made public knowledge. community how dads can assist at our meetings will be to develop and make January is Safety Month and our school, and help administration recruit recommendations to the School Board classroom teachers will be reviewing more dads to volunteer on campus. If for the West Phase. all safety measures. you are interested, please contact, Mr. The West Phase includes the Attached to the newsletter is a Hughes, at 407-746-3101. Remember following elementary schools: nomination form for anyone interested you must be a registered SCPS Bear Lake, Forest City, Sabal Point, in becoming a part of our School Volunteer/Dividend! Spring Lake and Wekiva. Our last Advisory Council. We need a member meeting is held on January 17, 2013 at from the community to fill one CLIMATE SURVEYS the Lake Brantley Community Center. position. We will follow the SAC The Climate Survey is an important The results and chosen rezone guidelines for the selection. A ballot component of the School suggestions will be given to the will follow if more than one person is Improvement Planning Process. We Superintendent, Mr. Griffin. The interested in the position. survey your perceptions based on your School Board will discuss the West Learning to read; requires reading! experiences with the school. There is Phase plans on February 5th at At school, we work on the no "right" or "wrong" answers. Items 6:00pm.The community can review instructional level of reading. Students surveyed have been designed to the plans at http://www.rezoner.com should be reading at home on their identify different school independent level. Teachers assist characteristics. Historically, it has PTA students in the media center to read been a paper and pencil survey; Happy 2013! I hope everyone books at their level so students can however, it is now an online electronic enjoyed the holidays and celebrated read independently. Teachers are survey. If you do not have access to a the ringing of the New Year with reporting many students are not computer, please call the front office friends and family. Stick to those reading at home. Students are also to set up a time to come in to use our resolutions, hug your kids, plan time sharing with their teachers they dont computers. The Survey Web Site for together, be a positive influence and have time, they dont have their book, Parents is make this year one of your families and the list goes on. For 2013, I would http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ESp best years yet! urge everyone to set aside time to read arentclimatesurvey2013 PTA Picnic In The Park with your children, have them read to The Survey Web site for the Climate PTA is proud to announce the First you, watch them read as you read, or Survey in Spanish is Annual Picnic in the Park. Come join just be sure they have time to read. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ESP us for an afternoon of family fun. arentSPANISH Pack your picnic, bring your family, 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 January 2013 Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes and join us at Wekiva Hills Park on beginning science fair project. The Cross Country Koala Run February 9th from 1:00 pm till dusk. event is a showcase and not a Congratulations to our Koala Run This is a day for families and friends competition, so all participants will be Winners! to come hang out and enjoy the park. presented an award for completing & 6 and Under Boys We are planning some fun with Coach sharing their projects. Students from Hudson Woods - 7th Prose and Geo-Caching. Also a Kids grades K-5 received detail information Jonathan Fitzgerald - 12th vs. Parents kick ball game. So mark it before the winter holiday break. We 6 and Under Girls on your calendar and come out and are looking forward to all the exciting Aniston Bitner - 1st enjoy what Wekiva is all about! Look entries! Please contact Mrs. Gabrovic Hannah Hill - 3rd for a reminder email later this month. with any questions. (407) 746-1151 or Amina N'diaye - 9th See you there! Julie_Gabrovic@scps.k12.fl.us 7 Year Old Boys Koala T-Shirts for sale. $6.00 a Zachery Scroggins - 8th shirt. Fill out an order form today at Chase Cornell - 10th the front office and return with your 7 Year Old Girls payment. Kiley Strott - 1st 3rd General PTA Meeting February Hope Shenk - 15th 5th @ 6:45 in the media center. 8 Year Old Boys Immediately following will be the Connors Woods - 1st Science Expo in the cafeteria. Come Dylan Sanabria - 3rd Reading out and support your PTA. Ralph Arreaza - 12th Seminole County is getting a new Wekiva PTA Family Dinner & Art Edward Arreaza -13th reading textbook series next year. Show Tuesday, March 12th 5:00 to Andrew Bubon - 14th Teachers are selecting from 3 8:00 pm. Plans are underway for 8 Year Old Girls companies. Parents can view these another fantastic Family Dinner Sierra Higgins - 12th options on January 24 from 4:00 Night. This evening will include the 10 Year Old Boys 6:00 at the Seminole County Support Wekiva Art Show where each Wekiva Andrew Pickalow - 9th Center. student will display their own 11 Year Old Boys Students who turned in their Winter masterpiece! Are you ready for the Jonathan Depaolo - 5th Break Reading Logs were entered in a challenge? Are you smarter than a 5th Ben Evelev - 10th drawing and Prizes went to: grader? How about a Minute to Win KindergartenIt??!! These are just a few of Calendar Elinor Bibby (Stoner) the family challenges we have in store January 21 NO SCHOOL Liz Ebach (Vereen) for this fun evening at Wekiva. MLK Jr. Observed First Grade Spaghetti dinner tickets go on sale for January 22 Progress Reports Home. Addison Cook (Kerlin/Portner) $6 starting Feb 12th. January 26 Cross Country Meet Hudson Woods (Kerlin/Portner) PTA would like parents to be a part @ Bear Lake Elementary Second Grade of this fun event. If youre interested, February 1 Football Jersey Day! Connor Woods (Kelly) please contact Trisha Tamm at (407) Crossing Guard Essex Mominee (Pierre) Appreciation Day 383-8395. It's going to be a blast! Third Grade February 1 Valentine Lollipops Sale Lisa Romine Amelia Fein (Clodfelter) 2/1-2/13 Until they run out! Wekiva PTA President Allison Jainarain (Schmidhorst) February 5 SCIENCE EXPO!!! Fourth Grade 6:30 Board Drop Off Science News Derek Molina (Hewitt) February 5 SAC Meeting 4:30 Sixth Annual Science Expo Claudeja Pierre (Raby) February 5 PTA Meeting 5:30 February 5th, 2013 Fifth Grade February 5 PTA Board 6:45 7:00 p.m. School Cafeteria Jiana Jones (Harrington) in Cafeteria Wekivas Science committee has Serra Sowers (Lofton) February 18 NO SCHOOL again planned this popular event to spark our students interest in science and to get them involved in a Seminole County Public Schools www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com