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Wekiva WhispersWekiva 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 

Seminole County Public Schoolswww.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com 

Principal’s Message 

Parents you should have receivedyour child’s progress report. Teachers

are also setting up conferences todiscuss your child’s learning goals and

scores. If you have not had aconference, please schedule one soon.At the conference, many teachers have been sharing Discovery Educationinformation which is one of our school’s assessment tools thatmonitors skills for all students ingrade K through 5. Students are DEtested three times a year. The DEreport is available for parents toobserve strengths and weaknesses inmath and reading. Our website will be posting a Discovery EducationPowerPoint for parents to view moreinformation about DE soon. Toimprove academic progress studentsmust be at school and on time. TheParent Institute research shares thatattendance is one of the single mostimportant factors. Share with your 

child why education is important andgive an example of important peoplethey know who work. Discuss withyour child that getting enough sleepand exercise helps them at school too.Poor habits are hard to break oncethey get started.. Children need tohear that sometimes adults want tostay home too, but it is our responsibility to go to work andschool. Students really do notunderstand “it is the Law”. Please tryto schedule appointments after school

and family trips on vacation days.Seminole County has a TruancyPolicy which every school must abide by. Notifications have started to gohome for numerous tardies andabsences. We all have busy lives butour children’s education should be atop priority. We have noticed thatfewer and fewer students are walkingto school or riding their bikes. Both of 

these are excellent activities and itwould not only improve academic performance but also lower thenumber of cars on the ramp. (Smile)Play 60 was in the last newsletter andinformation will be posted to our website. I am looking forward to thefall weather, the Book Fair, FallFestival, and a lot of Koalas beingsuccessful this year!

Until next time,Ms. Adamczyk 

Good News!

LET'S READ SEMINOLEWINNERS (Summer Reading Logs)Ben Morris- 4th gradeAbigail 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 atthe 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. 

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 childto the classroom.

Chili Contestants are you gettingready! Games, food and fun! Dunk Tank, Bounce House, Popcorn,Inflatable Obstacle course, Costume

Contest, Cake Walk, Spooky ScienceLaboratory, DJ, and 5 new FoodTrucks on site!Tickets are sold at the door.$7 Students and $4 Pre-SchoolersParents are FREE. Let PTA know if you are providing a cake, makingchili, or volunteering soon.

Fund Runners

PTA’s ONE BIG FUNDRAISER iscoming up on November 14 th. Startsaving those pennies or dollars to helpraise money for the technology at our school! The kick-off is November 5,and students run on the 14 th. Moreinformation 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 thesupport, and we look forward to a funfilled school year!

Lisa RomineWekiva PTA Presiden

BOOK FAIR –

ANCIENT EGYPTA Book Fair is the best way to

support your school’s reading efforts.

Students, parents, and teachers loveBook Fairs for a number of reasons,including: They provide easy access toa wide assortment of books. They givekids a choice in what inspires them toread more. Book Fairs involve family,which demonstrates to kids thatreading is important. Flyers will becoming home with more info. 

ONLINE SHOPPING!

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 wil

 bring home information explaining the

 program. Schoolstore.com is an online

shopping mall with over 400

merchants with many well-known

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Wekiva WhispersWekiva 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 

Seminole County Public Schoolswww.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com 

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 doesn’t 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.

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 4 th 

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 ina very different way than we, as parents, learned. These concepts will be tested the way they are beingtaught. We urge you to look over thelesson and use the vocabulary andmethods shown in the book to helpyour child. Don’t forget you can

access both the math and science books at https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com. We would like to thank all the parents

who attended our parent night onAugust 28th. The teachers went over alot of information that will help toensure your child has a successful 4th grade year. Conferences, both StudentLed and parent teacher conferencesare in full swing. If you have not metwith or set a conference date or, if youhave any questions or concerns please

do not hesitate to contact your child’s

teacher.

Science Lab News Super Scientist dates for this year are

 November 4th-8th and March 3rd-

7th. If you are interested involunteering, please contactMrs. 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 bevery much appreciated!

Calendar

October

11 – Student Council Meeting14 – No School21- 25 – Book Fair 25 – Third Grade Field Trip26 – Fall Festival 11:00 – 3:00

Book Fair 11:00-2:0027 – 11/1 Red Ribbon Week 

November

1 – Student Council Meeting5 – Fund Run Kick Off 6 – End of Semester 6 – SAC and PTA Meetings8 – Picture make-up14 – PTA Fund Run15 – Student Council Meeting17 – 22 American Education Week 19 – Report Cards Go Home19 – First Grade Field Trip

22 – Fourth Grade Field Trip21 –  KG Field Trip (POD Classes)22 – KG Field Trip (Prose, Vereen

Cornett)

27 through 29 - School Closed

Brantley Freshman and WekivaKoalas

There are no winners or loserswhen you are having fun!

Reflection artists at work!