Seminole County Public Schools Goldsboro Elementar y Ma gnet School

Volume 9, Issue 6

February 2014

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February 2014

S M T W Th F S 1

2 3 Buffington/Biance to Orlando Rep Theater

4 5 6 Magnet Night 6:00 pm

7 All Pro Dads Breakfast Ambrosio/Kersten to Theater Basket Night 6:00pm

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10 11 SAC Meeting 6:00 pm

12 13 Higgins/Treadaway/Sutliff to Theater

14 Dress Nice Be

Sweet Day

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16 17 NO SCHOOL

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19 20 Spirit Night—Joe's Crab Shack 3-9 pm

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23 24 25 Florida Writes

FCAT : 4th Grade

26 27 28 Spring Pictures

Para la noticia de PTA en Espanol, por favor llame a Ms. Garciga @ 407-320-5850.

NUMBERS TO KNOW Main Number 320-5850

Principal, Mr. Schreiner 320-5801

Asst. Principal, Mrs. White 320-5803

Behavior Specialist, Mr. Cory 320-5833

Clinic, Mrs. Green 320-5806

Cafeteria, Ms. Donaldson 320-5852

Guidance, Mrs. Flynn 320-5854

Secretary, Mrs. Garciga 320-5887

District Transportation 320-7550

If you would like more information on our

School Improvement Plan and Family

Involvement Plan, please visit our website

on the Seminole County Public School

page. These documents are also located in

our front office for viewing at anytime.

Thank you for your continued support as

we strive to make Goldsboro a great place

to learn.

BELL SCHEDULES

MORNING 8:30 Breakfast 8:45 Arrival 9:10 Classrooms Open 9:15 Tardy Bell

AFTERNOON 3:30 “Get Ready Bell” 3:35 Car Rider Bell 3:37 Walker Bell 3:39 Van Riders & Extended Day

Wednesday afternoon bells are one hour earlier.

Our cafeteria does a wonderful job of providing a

variety of yummy lunches each day! All meals

include fruits, vegetables, and milk! A daily PB

jamwich meal as well as a chef salad are also options

for students!

Week of February 3

Monday: Pizza, Green Peas, fruit

Tuesday: Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup

Wednesday: Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes

Thursday: All America Burger, fries

Friday: Chicken Teriyaki, Broccoli, Chow Mein

Week of February 10

Monday: Pizza Monday

Tuesday: Mini Ravioli, Broccoli

Wednesday: Chicken Tenders, Mashed Potatoes

Thursday: Hot Dog, Baked Beans

Friday: Macaroni & Cheese

Week of February 17

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Pizza, Carrots, Fruit

Wednesday: Chicken sandwich, vegetables

Thursday: Nachos, Corn, Fruit

Friday: Chicken Wrap, Side Salad

Week of February 24

Monday: Pizza Monday

Tuesday: BBQ Rib Sub

Wednesday: Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes

Thursday: Spaghetti and Meatballs, Broccoli

Friday: Sweet Chicken Bites, Rice

A Free Meal @ GEMS!

Seminole County Schools offer breakfast to every student every day and at every school. Goldsboro offers breakfast at NO CHARGE to students. With so much focus today on our obesity epidemic, it may be a good time to take another look at our breakfast. Daily we offer low-fat milk, 100% fruit juice (or seasonal fruit) and an iron rich main item. Research continues to support eating breakfast as a way to improve achievement in school, feel more alert and to lessen the temptation to snack on unhealthful items. Take a new look at our menu which features old favorites like cheese grits with cinnamon toast as well as new offerings like our egg, sausage and cheese bagel. Take the breakfast challenge…join us for breakfast and see how much better you feel for the remainder of the day.

GO FOR THE GOLD IN THE

CAFETERIA

Promotion Dates: February 7th – 23rd (throughout the Winter Olympics) Prizes: o Movie Tickets

o Angry Birds Board Games

o Gift Cards: Game Stop & Toys R Us

o Razor Scooters

o Zoomer Robot Dogs

o Kindle Fire HD

Every time a student purchases a reimbursable lunch of any type during the promotion they will be entered to win a prize. Students can DOUBLE their chances of winning a prize by wearing something that displays the Olympic rings How else can students participate? By following the messages pictured within the Olympic rings displayed below.

All Pro Dad dates have been scheduled for the 2013-2014 school year. Mark the following dates on your calendar:

February 7 April 4

All Pro Dad meetings are held from 8:00-9:00am in the Goldsboro Multi-Purpose Room.

Breakfast paid for by Goldsboro PTA.

Special Guest Appearance On Monday, February 10th, John Mobley,

former Denver Bronco player will be here

to discuss the importance of staying

physically fit. This event will take place in

the MPR form 8:15-8:45 AM and open to

families and their children that attend

Goldsboro Elementary.

Congratulations Lucas for becoming

Goldsboro's Fuel Up to Play 60 Student

Ambassador!

Log on to fueluptoplay60.com for your

opportunity to become one too.

If your child is planning to attend Millenni-

um Middle School next year there will be a

Curriculum Night for incoming 6th grade

students on Thursday, February 27th at 6:30

pm at Millennium Middle School.

Elementary Cross Country Opportunities

February 8 @ Forest City Elementary

February 22 County Meet @ SSC

March 8 Smile Mile - location not

available yet

If you need any further information, you

can email Ms. Hess at

marylynn_hess@scps.us CONGRATULATIONS to our runners at their

first Cross Country Meet: Raylynn, Michael B.,

Kimdeep, Samantha B., Somer G., Daniel Z., David

Z., Joel R., Aaliyah, Zoe M., Jasleen, John B., and

Parker P..

If your child is in the chess club and you would

like to join our email list, please send your email

to chess club with your child, email it to

cristyanne@gmail.com or place your email

address in Dr. Higgin's box with "chess club"

written on the paper. The list will be used to send

out resources about chess and updates about chess

club. If your child is a chess club member, please

have them review the video on this site: http://

www.chesskid.com/learn-how-to-play-chess.html.

Even if they already know how to play, it has

some great information.

Student Council Shoe Drive

Student Council and PTA are collecting gently used

shoes to donate to Seminole High School. They are

collecting until February 21st. Please drop donations

by the front office. Thank you for your support!

On January 17, Goldsboro's students in Grades 4

and 5 took part in the written portion of the 2014

Scripp's Spelling Bee. The following students

qualified to advance to the oral bee, which was

held on January 23.

Brody Endstrasser Isabella Watson

Sacred Speed Sana Churi

Amiryka Lemons Ian Henriques

Scott Broxton Gabriel Haynie

Ashley Ramoutar Reagan Cunningham

Luna Savage Ryan Andrusko

Shamim Antikchi Miqdadali Bandali

Kaniya Edwards Rhon De Jesus

Noah Perryman Kasey Bartholomew

Miles Hammerdorfer Vanessa Atuesta

The winner of the oral bee, who will advance to

the county level of competition is Miles Ham-

merdorfer. The second place winner, Ian Hen-

riques, will serve as an alternate. Congratula-

tions to all of you and good luck Miles at the

county competition on March 7.

Lake Highland Prep will host this year's Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition on Saturday, February 15. Special thanks to Coach An-drusko who is coaching for our Structure Problem and Coach Kaur and Coach Matin, who are coaching the Primary Problem. Students on the Primary Team include: Somer Gray. Diego Miranda, Tejeshwar Umamaheshwar, Kimdeep Kaur, Shohana Raisa, Irfrann Matin, and Anthony Chervenkov. Students on the structure team include Hector Hernandez, Kalee Tupper, Nikhil Kandala, Ryan Andrusko, Philip Chervenkov, and Rowan Turnbull. Good luck, Omers!

Goldsboro would like to congratulate our

Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Danielle Lemons, Kindergarten Teacher. She has been selected as one of 12 semi-finalist out of 66 nominees

for Seminole County. She will go on to compete for Seminole County Teacher of the

year!

GOLDSBORO TOURS In preparation for the magnet application period for new/prospective families, Goldsboro will be offering tours on Tuesdays at 9:30 am and Thursdays at 1:00 pm each week beginning January 14 — February 28. Current students need not reapply.

CONGRATULATIONS

Jasmine Sun, Grade 5, has won first place for the Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Poster Contest sponsored

by the City of Sanford. Jasmine was awarded a

monetary prize for her poster. Great Job, Jasmine!

Dear Parents,

In 1991, the Florida Legislature passed the Educa-

tion Accountability Law. The intent of this

legislation was to provide parents, educators and

community leaders’ greater opportunity to

participate in the development of improvement

plans for schools. In order to determine our present

status, we are asking all parents to complete a

School Climate Survey. The twenty-five questions

on this survey deal with issues that educational

research shows to be characteristic of effective

schools. The results will report our parents’

general level of satisfaction and/or concern.

This year, we will once again utilize an online

electronic survey. The survey window will be open

from January 27th – February 28th. You may

access the survey through our school website,

Skyward Family Access or as follows:

Parent Survey in English:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/

ESParentclimatesurvey2014

Parent Survey in Spanish:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/ESParentSpanish2014

To access the survey on the SCPS website: go to

the District website at www.scps.k12.fl.us the

District website, click on PARENTS in the top,

horizontal menu, then click on the CLIMATE

SURVEY link in the left menu of the Parents page.

A fly-out menu will display for the user to select

the English or Spanish version of the Elementary,

Middle, or High Parent survey.

If you need access or technical support completing

the survey, please visit our school campus and

there will be online access available. In addition,

paper copies of the survey are also available by

request. If you have any questions or concerns,

please feel free to contact us at 407-320-5850.

Yearbook Cover Art Contest for 5th

Graders

All 5th graders are invited to submit

artwork to be considered for the yearbook

cover. Entries need to be on 8.5 x 11 paper,

portrait orientation. Any materials,

including crayons, markers, paint, collage,

and even photography and digital designs

can be used to create a colorful cover

image. Parents, feel free to help your

children think through what types of

imagery might make sense for a yearbook

cover. All imagery must be original. The

school’s name and the school year can be a

part of the image, but this not a

requirement. Deadline for submissions is

February 28th. Students can submit

multiple entries. Please make sure each

entry has the student’s full name and

homeroom teacher’s name on the back.

Parent Photos Being Accepted for

Yearbook

Have you taken photos of 2013-14

schoolwide events, fieldtrips, and spirit

days? How about photos of your child

being recognized at school for something

special or participating in a club activity?

Email your best photos to Dr. Medico

(cara_medico@scps.k12.fl.us) to have them

considered for the yearbook. You can also

submit pictures on a CD or forward a link

to a photo share site if that is easier.

Deadline for submissions is February 28th.

Parent Help with Yearbook

Would you like to help out with the

yearbook? Volunteers are needed! Please

email Dr. Medico

(cara_medico@scps.k12.fl.us) if you are

interested.

Winter Wonderland & Basket Raffle

4 Tons of Snow!!!

Free Soup & Cocoa

Friday, February 7, 2014

6:30-8 PM

In the Multi-Purpose Room/Cafeteria

The GEMS PTA will be holding a

Basket Raffle during the eveing.

Raffle tickets will be sold from 6:30 -

7:30 PM. Raffle drawings will begin

promptly at 7:40 PM. Cash and

checks will be accepted. Must be

present to win. Raffle tickets will be:

$1 for 1 ticket, $5 for 6 tickets, $10 for

13 tickets. All proceeds benefit

Project Playground.

Just a reminder that room parents and teachers are still collecting donations for the gift basket raffle to be held at the Winter Wonderland Family Night on February 7th. The class with the most basket raffle entries will win an exciting prize! Raffle proceeds to benefit the new playground fund! Any questions, please email goldsboropta@gmail.com. Thank you for your support!

Have you thought about getting more

involved in your child's school? Please consider volunteering on the PTA Board. The

PTA Nominations Committee is seeking candidates interested in serving on the 2014-

2015 GEMS PTA Board. If are interested or would like more information, please email

Kim Sargent at kasargent1@gmail.com.

All of Goldsboro's Reflections winners will be recognized February 7th at the Winter Family Fun Night at Goldsboro at 6:30 pm. Winners will receive their award and a copy of the Sanford Herald. The winners of our local Reflections all competed at the county level and the county winners were announced today. Below is the list of Goldsboro students who were also county winners. The winning student's art pieces will go on to compete at the state level.

County Winners

Visual Arts Special Artist: Sontel Wells,

Photography, Special Artists:

Jamal Wright, Sontel Wells, and Kenneila

Morgan,

Film Production, Primary:

Jolee Lebron,

Film Production, Intermediate:

Maariyah Shamsi, and Conner Schoneck,

Dance Choreography, Special Artists:

Kenneila Morgan, Christopher Rivera,

and Nelson Hernandez,

Musical Composition, Primary:

Memphys Almony,

Musical Composition, Intermediate:

Ian Henriques,

County Honorable Mentions:

William Henderson, -Visual Arts

Ian Henriques-Visual Arts

Shanaya Bradwell, Jamal Wright, and

Christopher Rivera, - Visual Arts Special Artist

Matthew Isom-Photography

Abiola Sade Oyewale, -Literature

Jason Isom- Literature

Toshiro Grevious- Dance Choreography special

artist

Kyra Henriques-Music Composition