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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.


Congratu|at|ons!!
Ianuary L|teracy kead|ng Log
W|nners!
re-k- Payden lsler (Lvans)
k|ndergarten-
8lake erclval (norLhrup)
Mlah hllllps (rose)
I|rst Grade
Wllllam neeld (Callagher)
Solel SLephens (Callagher)
Second Grade
Logan McLellan (8arber)
Sldney McMlnn (kramer)
1h|rd Grade
1anner Love (Moeser)
kylle !ohnson (1urner)
Iourth Grade
!ack kllnger (8aker)
Llndsay 8oslchan (CasLro)
I|fth Grade
alge knlpflng (Pull)
nlcholas Sanchez (ParrlngLon)
Staff- Mrs. rose

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

kecorder
8enna uuarLe

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.

ICA1 1est|ng Dates
2/ 23 - 2/26 WrlLlng 4
Lh
Crade
4/22 - 4/30 8eadlng 3
rd
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Lh

MaLh 3
rd
& 4
Lh

Sclence 3
Lh
Crade
4/28 - 3/7 MaLh 3
Lh
Crade
|ease kemember: 1here are nC
ulvluLnu volunLeers and nC
LunCP vlslLors durlng Lhe lCA1
LesLlng wlndow.

Ca|endar
Iebruary
10
Lh
- 11
Lh
Class lcLures
17
Lh
nC SCPCCL
21
sL
Snuggle up & 8ead
k-2 sLudenLs only
23
Lh
26
Lh
lCA1 WrlLlng 4
Lh
Crade
March
4
Lh
- 7
Lh
8CCk lAl8
6
Lh
3:00-8:00 lamlly ulnner
and ArL Show/8ook lalr
10
Lh
8:00 - Second Crade A
Ponor 8oll
11
Lh
8:00 - 1hlrd Crade A
Ponor 8oll
12
Lh
8:00 - lourLh Crade A
Ponor 8oll
13
Lh
8:00 - llfLh Crade A Ponor
8oll
14
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nC SCPCCL
17
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23Lh 8:03 - uad's uay 8reakfasL
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