The Wave PVPV /Rawlings Elementary

January 2017

610 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082Rawlings (904) 547-8570 PVPV (904) 547-3820

January 2017

5 - Students return to school

10 - Jump Rope for Heart Assemblies

12 - Club & Group pictures

16 - MLK Day No School

17 - PTO Spring Carnival Meeting

18 - Kid of Character Breakfast

20 - Report cards

23 - 100th Day of School

25 - Cyber Safety Parent Mtg. 6:00 p.m.

February 2017

Valentine’s Performances, Interims…and

more to come….

Hi Everybody,

Thank you to David Paul and our Dad’s Club

for the TLC they gave our 40-acre site this

Saturday! Nearly 20 Dads came out – armed

with trimmers and enthusiasm – to freshen the

grounds before work begins on our new

playgrounds, which should be built in the next

month or so…! The Dad’s Club also weeded

and fed our five dozen orange trees, after our

5th grade classes picked all the oranges and

our new Food Service Manager Jessica Peto

sliced and provided the oranges during lunch

periods to all our children. Thank you

everybody for all you do to support our learning

community! We are working hard to help our

outsides match the extraordinary work going

inside our classrooms. I hope your families

enjoy holidays filled with warm temperatures

and the warmth of family and friends gathered

around!

Caty Van Housen

Upcoming Events Principal’s Message

Congratulations to our NovemberKids of Character

“Citizenship”

Kindergarten Second Grade Fourth Grade

Esme Boyer Salka Corring Bennett Baumgartner

Jocelyn Hill Sam Cote Leila Festic

Annalise Luby William Hightower Maia Geronimo

Bridgette Miller Madyson Jackson Sergio Guererro

Corryn Miller Andrew Loo Jane Hardy

Riley Patneau Catherine Stoltz Ben Miller

Coleton Ritch Leianna Williams Chase Miller

Lakely Wallace Brooke Yesensky Samay Patel

First Grade Third Grade Fifth Grade

Dylan Augusta Jack Berquist Charlotte Alford

Sarah Carlin Barrick Matt Coltman Coco Bills

Will Berquist Zoe Epstein Hunter Calamari

Nate Brletich Isabella Gatewood Isabella Hernandez

Quinn Faircloth Luke Goerge Bianca Marquez

Jocelyn Hixson Zachary Hofacker Christian Olsen

Kailyn Massey Remy Mendez Zohar Ben Simon

Travis Miller Cooper Plotts Brian VanLue

Luke Stilwell Carson Stoudt Bridgette Wells

ACE

Emma Beganovic

Isabella Morrison

Congratulations to Ms. Wetmore’s class for winning the St. Augustine Alligator Competition! Her classroom will

get to host a real baby alligator during second semester…

January 23, 2017, is the 100th day of school. We are excited to roll out our 100th day service-learning project –“Pennies for Pets!” Students are invited to bring in loose change during the week beginning Monday, January 23rd. Teachers will host classroom-based learning opportunities with monies collected. Donations are voluntary, and all students will participate in classroom activities. If you would like to share in the fun at home, help your child count and sort 100 pennies/coins! To add to the fun, both buildings will host a “pet bulletin board,” with pictures posted in a central location so all students can share a photograph of a beloved animal. Please send in copies only, no originals. A final dollar amount will be announced the following week, and all proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society. (Right from top: Ms. Brubaker’s Koda; Ms. Garlanger’s Lily; and Ms. Van Housen’s Ping.)

Let’s celebrate the 100th day withPennies for Pets!

Starting in January, the cafeteria will sell new a la carte items:

Strawberry Go-gurt ($.75);Cheese Sticks ($.50); and Smart Popcorn ($1.00)

Any questions? Call Jessica Peto at 904-547-8576.

JANUARY MENU ST JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

2 No School Winter Break

3 No School Winter Break

4 No School Winter Break

5 Pasta & Meat balls w/ garlic toast

Hot Dog Chicken Nuggets Garlic Toast

Sweet Potato Puffs Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

6 BBQ Chicken and garlic toast

Cheese burger Mini Corn dogs

Bake Potato cuts Assorted Fruit Variety of Milk

9 Mac & Cheese

BBQ Chicken Max Snax Chicken nuggets & WG roll

Carrot Dippers Steamed Broccoli

Green Beans Assorted Fruit

Variety Milk

10 Mini Corn Dogs

Cheese Ravioli & garlic toast Cheese Sticks & Marinara Spinach& Romaine Salad Carrot dippers & Corn

Celery and sweet peppers Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

11 Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza

Chicken Nuggets w/ WG Roll Carrot dippers

Spinach and Romaine cucumbers and Celery Dippers

Sweet peas Assorted Fruit Variety of milk

12 Cheese Burger

Chicken Patty Sandwich Chicken Nuggets w/garlic toast

Spinach& Romaine Salad Celery & sweet red peppers

carrot dippers Crispy Potato cuts

Assorted Fruit Variety of milk

13 Hot Dog

Chicken Nuggets w/ garlic toast Cheese Sticks & Marinara Spinach and Romaine Salad

Carrot Dippers & Celery and Cucumber Bake Beans

Assorted Fruit Variety of Milk

16 No School Martin Luther King day

17 Cheese or Pepperoni Calzone

Chicken Patty Sandwich Mini corn dogs

Spinach and Romaine Salad Cherry Tomato & Celery Dippers

Bake Beans Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

18 Cheese Pizza

Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Nuggets & WG roll

Cherry tomato & celery Broccoli florets/ranch

corn Assorted Fruit Variety of milk

19 Pasta & Meat balls w/ garlic toast

Hot Dog Chicken Nuggets Garlic Toast

Spinach and Romaine Cherry tomatoes and celery

Sweet Potato Puffs Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

20 BBQ Chicken and garlic toast

Cheese burger Mini Corn dogs

Cherry tomato & celery Broccoli florets w/ranch

Bake Potato cuts Assorted Fruit Variety of Milk

23 Mac & Cheese

BBQ Chicken Max Snax Chicken nuggets & WG roll

Carrot Dippers Steamed Broccoli

Green Beans Assorted Fruit

Variety Milk

24 Mini corn dogs

Cheese Ravioli & garlic toast Cheese Sticks & Marinara

Carrot dippers Spinach& Romaine Salad

Celery and sweet peppers Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

25 Cheese Pizza

Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Nuggets & WG roll

Spinach and Romaine cucumber and Celery Dippers

carrot dippers Sweet peas

Assorted Fruit Variety of milk

26 Cheese Burger

Chicken Patty Sandwich Chicken Nuggets w/garlic toast

Spinach& Romaine Salad Celery & sweet red peppers

carrot dippers Crispy Potato cuts

Assorted Fruit Variety of milk

27 Hot Dog

Chicken Nuggets w/ garlic toast Cheese Sticks & Marinara Spinach and Romaine Salad

Carrot Dippers & Celery and Cucumber Bake Beans

Assorted Fruit Variety of Milk

30 Chicken Quesadilla

Cheese Sticks Chicken nuggets & WG Carrot dippers Steamed Broccoli Green Beans Assorted Fruit Variety Milk

31 Cheese or Pepperoni Calzone

Chicken Patty Sandwich Mini corn dogs

Spinach and Romaine Salad Cherry Tomato & Celery Dippers

Bake Beans Assorted Fruit

Variety of milk

The Spring Carnival, sponsored by Lazzara Orthodontics, is a day of fun for our school and community with bounce houses,

DJ, Cake Walk, Silent Auction, awesome food vendors and more! Look for more details in the February Wave as well as

PTO’s website: ww.pvpvrawlingspto.wildapricot.org

Speaking of the Silent Auction, it is key to the success of the Spring Carnival. We are looking for a person or group of

people to chair the Silent Auction. Also, if you own a business or know someone who might be interested in donating to our

Silent Auction…Please contact Kacey Roache at Kacy467@me.com.

Spring Carnival – March 4th

Love to work in the yard or break a sweat outside? Our parent “Green Team” is looking for 5 -7

volunteers to help with various outdoor projects to improve the exterior of our school. Please e-mail

Kate Zarczynski at kstollenwerck@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining our team!

We are calling Wednesday, January 25th, our CYBER WEDNESDAY, when we will educate our students, staff and parents about Cyber Safety!

Parents, please join us from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Rawlings cafeteria for an informative presentation by St. Johns Sherriff’s Lieutenant Mike Strausbaugh. He will cover protecting your children in: chat rooms, online video games, file sharing, cell phone applications and social networking. He will share factual information about the Internet, warning signs and how to establish family guidelines. Ms. Leslie Shugart from our school district’s Students Services Department will also be in attendance.

Our students will hear a Cyber Safety presentation that same morning. Ms. Shugart will present age-appropriate materials to our K-2nd grade students. Deputy Keith Schifferwill host the 3rd-5th grade students. The same material will be shared at our Wed. Staff Meeting so we can all be on the same page with keeping our students safe.

The new attendance link is up and running on thePVPV/Rawlings website: www.pvmkr.stjohns.k12.fl.us.

It’s no longer necessary to call the front office to report your child’s absence. Parents may now email the school by clicking

the link. Please include your student’s name, teacher, and reason for absence.

When we come back from holiday break, we will turn the corner toward spring standardized testing. Of course, learning in our classrooms is about more than test-taking; we foster hands-on and engaging lessons. But we also want to keep our parents informed about upcoming test dates, which begin as early as February for 4th and 5th grade students who take the FSA Writing Test. Language Arts and Math testing will take place at the end of March and beginning of April. Finally, 5th grade students will take the Science test the beginning of May.

Testing formats will include both paper-based and computer-based platforms. Our 3rd grade classes will take a paper-based English Language Arts test and a computer-based Math test. In 4th and 5th Grade, our students will be taking the paper-based Writing test and computer-based English Language Arts and Math tests. Only 5th grade will take the FCAT Science test, which is a paper-based test.

Although the district has not published the exact dates for testing, we do have the state-released testing windows. Please keep these in mind as you schedule family holidays and events.

Curriculum CornerBy Lisa Brubaker, Assistant Principal

As the year marches on, we are confident that our students will shine on the FSA! Students are learning required curriculum while practicing test-taking strategies. We are gaining strength and are ready to conquer the upcoming assessments! If you would like further information on the FSA, please visit http://fsaassessments.org/students-and-families.

Writing ELA Math Science

3rd grade n/a March 27-31 April 10-May 5 n/a

4th grade Feb 27 – March 3 April 10-May 5 April 10-May 5 n/a

5th grade Feb 27 – March 3 April 10-May 5 April 10-14 May 1-May 24

Spotlight

on

Achievers!

Mission Statement

PVPV/Rawlings PTO

collaborates and

communicates with

administrators, teachers,

staff, parents, students

and community partners

to coordinate school

activities and events that

help bridge the gap in

funding while promoting a

sense of community.

Congratulations!!!!!The following students have

read all 15 Sunshine State

Young Readers Award books!

Charlotte Alford

Katherine Chattaway

Thomas Dempsey

Sofia Elaty

Zoe Epstein

Alex Eston

Calvin Gabet

Sarah Garcia

Maia Geronimo

Annabelle Giurato

Katherine Graham

Anna Hepfer

Jasraj Kaeley

Narissa Kennedy

Zara Khan

Jimu Li

Skylar Liu

Martin Mack

Carter Magnano

Sophia Mathenia

Savannah Morgan

Ashley Oakman

Leslie Ray

Sam Ray

Audrey Riegert-Johnson

Emlynn Rossiya

Zane Swierz

Tessa Untiedt