Oriole Flyer

March 8, 2010

Oriole Elementary School

3081 NW 39th Street
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33309
(754) 322-7550

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Welcome Message
From the Principal’s Desk
Grade Level Update
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Title One Update

The time for the annual FCAT Assessment is here! I am so proud

of how hard our teachers and staff members have worked to get
prepared for this important upcoming week. I know that our
students will show off what they have learned this school year.

This past month we had many exciting things happen at Oriole.

We were featured in both The Sun-Sentinel and The Miami Herald
for our one of a kind GET TAGGED idea. We also served as the
host school for the Broward Sheriff’s Office Sexual Predator
informational meeting on March 4, 2010. Please continue to show
your support to our school by attending our monthly SAC/SAF/PTO
meetings to stay informed with what is going on at our wonderful
school. You, the parent/guardian, serve as an integral part in the
social, emotional, and behavioral development of your child.

Sincerely,

Ryan T. Reardon

Ryan T. Reardon
Principal

Sincerely,
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Dates to Remember
 Date    
               
               
               
               
   Event Description
   
3/9-3/18 FCAT Begins
3/11 SAC/SAF/PTO Meetings (5:30)
3/12 Spirit Friday: Shades of Green
3/25 Early Release Day
3/25 Picture Pick Up Day-(8:30-3:00)
3/26 Picture Pick Up Day-(8:30-2:00)
3/26 No School-Teacher Planning
3/29-4/5 Spring Break

Congratulations
Winner of the Oriole Spelling Bee
Zevon Jackson

Sun-Sentinel Kid of Character Nominee

Jakameren McThay

Community Involvement Partner of the Year Nominee

OptaComp
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Monthly Reminders to All Parents

Calls to the Classroom:
Parents, please be mindful that teachers cannot accept phone calls during class
sessions. If it is a true emergency, please contact the office and they will make the
initial contact with the teacher. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Birthday Parties:
Parents, you must obtain permission from your child's classroom teacher to be able to have a birthday party in
the classroom. You must be able to provide the date and the teacher will provide the scheduled time, which is
1:30 p.m. Please contact the front office at 754-322-7550 on the day of the scheduled event to confirm. Thank
you for your assistance in this matter. Any parent attending an event for his/her child must complete a
Volunteer Application with Oriole Elementary School.

Distribution of Student Medication:

No student medications can be given to any student without the approval of a doctor. Should you need any
clarification of this policy, please contact the front office. Should you have any questions, please contact Ms.
Yardley Nicholas, School Nurse, at 754-322-7550.

Arrival Procedures (Tardy)

Please be reminded that classroom instruction starts at 8:00 a.m. each day. All students arriving after this time
will be marked as tardy. It is essential that your child is present in school and on time each day so he/she can
have the best educational experience. Any student having more than three (3) tardies will have a letter written
to the parent and copied to the school social worker.

Bus PM Pickups (East Side)

Please note that only school busses and after school day care busses will be allowed to pick up students on the
east side of the building. All parents who are picking up their child must do so on the west side before 2:20
p.m.

School Zone Rules

We are asking for your assistance in obeying School Zone Rules when near our campus. Please be mindful of
the 15 MPH speed limit law. Due to the increase of speeding cars, we have requested the assistance of our local
law enforcement to run radar/laser to help assist us in protecting our students. Secondly, many parents have
been observed using their cellular phone while driving through our drop-off and pick-up loops. Please note the
posted sign which outlines the statute of, “Cellular phone use while in these areas are restricted.”

Afternoon Procedures
Students are to be picked up from the west side only prior to 2:15 p.m. After 2:15 p.m. these gates will be
locked an all parents must enter the campus through the east side gate, proceed to the front office and sign their
child out. Any pattern of late student pick-up will be referred to the proper agency.

Tardy Procedures
Teachers at our school begin their instruction in the classroom at 8:00 a.m. each day. Thus, any student who
arrives to class after 8:00 a.m. must enter through the front office and receive a tardy pass. Any pattern of
excessive tardiness can and will warrant an administrative conference. Should you have any questions, please
contact Administration.
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Parent Conference Information

It is important to conference with your child's teacher. A conference can keep you
informed of your child's progress and identify any areas that may need any assistance. Please
feel free to contact the front office at 754-322-7550 to schedule a conference. Conference
times are from 7:30 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. unless specified by the teacher. Teachers will contact
parents once a month to keep parents updated of their child’s progress. Parents will also
receive monthly progress reports. Parents, please be sure to sign your child’s progress report
and return to their teacher.

School Volunteer Information

Are you looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity with
lots of student and teacher interaction? Oriole Elementary
needs volunteers. Please visit the website
www.getinvolvedineducation.com and complete an
application. If you need additional assistance, please contact
Partners in Education
The Partners in Education program links businesses and organizations
with schools in relationships that enhance student learning and promote
school improvement. In a partnership, a business adopts a school, or
schools, and shares its human and material resources. Education and
business are so closely related that each flourishes from the support and
prosperity of the other. Schools must prepare today's students for their
entry into a diverse, competitive work force. When businesses take part in
the education of these young people, they help strengthen the work force
of the future. The Partners in Education program is vital in helping the
community and the school grow together. Any questions, please contact
Dr. Reardon at 754-322-7550. Currently our school partners are:

Partner Name Partnership Started

After School Programs October 2005
Broward Landscape, Inc. May 2006
Big Brother Big Sisters of Fort Lauderdale October 2006
100 Black Men of Greater Fort Lauderdale November 2006
Winn Dixie October 2007
Department of Juvenile Justice October 2008
Rocket Learning August 2009
The Princeton Review August 2009
Downtown Educational Computer Services August 2009
OptaComp January 2010
Baby Butterflies January 2010

Off – Campus Incidents

This is a reminder that any off-campus incident involving your child needs
to be reported to Broward Sheriff’s Office. Their dispatch number is (954)
765-4321. Please feel free to provide Oriole Elementary with the Police
Report if you desire.

Fighting
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School-Wide Teacher Updates

Mr. Jones’ First Grade Class

Fantastic First...Yes it is crunch time for the intermediate grades. However, it is also crunch time for primary
grades as well. The end of year is near. We in first grade are reading more with our AR books, comprehending
more with our Treasures stories, adding and subtracting more with our math benchmarks, writing more with our
expository as well as narrative prompts, and using more grammar with our language arts. We in first-grade are
building our strong academic foundation. This foundation will carry us through the rest of our educational lives.

Ms. Fazzolari's 2nd Grade Class

Reading- The third quarter has been very busy and productive. We have been focusing on different strategies
that helps increase test scores on their mini assessments and FCAT weekly assessments. We have been
studying such strategies as compare and contrast, author's purpose, making inferences, and finding the problem
and solution in a story. We are also focusing on test taking strategies such as eliminating wrong answers,
underlining the passage where they found their answer, and checking their work twice. The End of the Year
Assessment is vastly approaching, so these strategies will help them be exceptionally prepared for this.

Math- Money and counting coins has been our focus. We have been practicing adding and subtracting cents. We
have also been using estimation to round prices to the nearest ten, comparing amounts of money, using the
fewest amounts of coins to make an amount. We also enjoy engaging in calendar math on a daily basis. In
calendar math, they practice activities such as place value, how to read a calendar, even and odd numbers, and
time. Students also get an opportunity to answer a Math Problem of the Day. This question they are given are
similar to questions from their quarterly QBAT. The student with the winning answer gets a sticker. Students
enjoy this and it’s preparing them for their QBAT tests.

Writing/Language Arts- We are focusing on Narrative writing. What this involves is having students create a
problem and then find a solution to the problem. Their first paragraph will include characters, the setting, and a
problem in the story. Their second paragraph is their first way to solve the problem but it doesn't work. Their
third paragraph is another way they try to solve the problem but it doesn't work as well. The fourth paragraph is
the solution to their problem. Their finished product should be 4 detailed paragraphs of what takes place. They
should make sure they include capitalization and punctuation in the right areas. They are also learning to include
quotation marks when one of their characters is talking.

Science- Science is exciting with the study of space and weather. We have been studying the water cycle,
different types of weather, and how different weather conditions are measured. We also are learning about
different types of clouds such as cumulus, stratus, and cirrus clouds. We even took a little walk to identify
different clouds in the sky. We have also learned about the four seasons and how they differentiate from one
another. As a class, we created a bulletin board based on the four seasons. Be on the look out for it!

Social Studies- We are studying Unit 4-People Make History. Students are studying how events and new
technologies in America's history have helped promote change. We are also learning how early inhabitants
adapted themselves to their environment.

We are thoroughly enjoying the 3rd quarter and we will continue to work hard so we will be successful and
prepared for 3rd grade!!
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They should make sure they include capitalization and punctuation in the right areas. They
are also learning to include quotation marks when one of their characters is talking.

Science- Science is exciting with the study of space and weather. We have been studying
the water cycle, different types of weather, and how different weather conditions are
measured. We also are learning about different types of clouds such as cumulus, stratus,
and cirrus clouds. We even took a little walk to identify different clouds in the sky. We
have also learned about the four seasons and how they differentiate from one another. As
a class, we created a bulletin board based on the four seasons. Be on the look out for it!

Social Studies- We are studying Unit 4-People Make History. Students are studying how
events and new technologies in America's history have helped promote change. We are
also learning how early inhabitants adapted themselves to their environment.

We are thoroughly enjoying the 3rd quarter and we will continue to work hard so we will be
successful and prepared for 3rd grade!!

Mrs. Blocker-Coleman’s 3rd Grade Class

The students in Mrs. Blocker-Coleman’s are still working in the Blitz mode. We are
continuing to review all of the previously taught benchmarks in reading and math, while
using all reading strategies and test taking skills. As we quickly approach the day of
testing, we are also discussing how to relax and test. We were blessed with a source of
reading and materials that we are able to use in order to “show what we know.” During
our review of reference and research, Mrs. Blocker-Coleman’s class decided to allow
everyone to do a research project on a famous African-American. The students were
given a rubric to follow and after a few weeks of research, they let their new knowledge
shine. They created poster boards that displayed their person of interest. They included
information such as what the person’s life was like before he/she became famous as well
as what
made them famous. They used critical thinking skills and answered some of the following
questions:
• How they believed the world would be different without the person’s
contributions
• Why the person deserves to be researched
• What question they would ask the person if they had the chance as well as
what that person’s answer might be
The students final criteria of the research project was to present their information orally.
Some of them dressed as the person they researched about. Some brought in items that
were actually invented by their person of interest. All of them stood proudly and gave
information about the person that they researched. Mrs. Blocker-Coleman’s students are
pumped up, prepared and ready to take this FCAT based on the mastery that they are
showing on the various practice/review work.
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Title One Update

Parents:

There are many things coming up regarding Title I requirements

that the school must complete. You are encouraged to get involved
with this process by attending our monthly SAC meetings. This month,
we will be reviewing our School-Parent Compact. This is an agreement
that states what the school, the parent, and the student will do to
ensure that our school is successful and our students are learning.

We will also be reviewing the Parent Evaluation tool. This tool is

given to parents to complete. It asks a parent to review the Title I
program that is in place at the school. The school will use the results
to improve our program and plan activities to meet the needs of our
families.

Not all families will receive an evaluation to complete. However,

if your child brings one home, you are strongly encouraged to
complete the survey and return it back to the school. Without your
input, the school will not be able to improve its practices as they
pertain to Parental Involvement.

I would like to thank all of those parents that have been involved
this year. By attending parent conferences, Report Card Nights, and
other school related activities, you are helping your child’s academic
performance. We appreciate all you do.

Sincerely,

Traci Porter

Traci L. Porter
Title I Liaison
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Elementa
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Mandatory Uniform Policy
Effective immediately, the Mandatory School Uniform Policy will be strictly
enforced.
The dress code policy is addressed on page 18 inside the Elementary Code of Student
3081 NW 39th Street Conduct Book. CONSEQUENCES for violation of the dress code are found on page
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 28; which includes, but are not limited to:
33309 • Time out for student
• Disciplinary action initiated by the teacher
• Removal from class by the teacher
Phone: • Referral to administrator
(754) 322-7550 • School/parent conference
• Before, after or Saturday detention (parent responsible for transportation)
Fax: • Intervention by school Social Worker/ Guidance Counselor
(754) 322-7590 • Internal/External suspension from classes and all school activities in
accordance with the School Board Policy 5006

Friday is the only day that students are allowed to wear other attire, please see the
Elementary Code of Student Conduct Guidelines for proper dress code.

*** Oriole is a MANDATORY Uniform School ***

Oriole Bird Embroidered Emblem is NOT mandatory

Polo Shirt Colors:

Black Orange White
Pants or Shorts Colors:
Khaki Black
Skirts/Skorts Colors:
Khaki Black Black and Orande Plaid
 Shirts MUST be tucked in at all times.
 Belts MUST be worn.

The School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedures which
results in discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, marital
status, race, religion or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination
and/or harassment complaint may call the Director of Equal Educational Opportunities at 754-
321-2150 or Teletype Machine TTY 754-321-2158.

Individuals with disabilities requesting accommodations under the Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA) may call Equal Educational Opportunities (EEO) at 754-321-2150 or
Teletype Machine TTY 754-321-2158.