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Wekiva WhispersWekiva Elementary School

1450 East Wekiva Trail

Longwood, Florida 32779

Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163May 2012

Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Michelle Baker

Seminole County Public Schoolswww.scps.k12.fl.us orwww.wekivaelementary.com

Principals Message

It is hard to believe that we are at the

end of the school year!

As you know, FCAT is over and we

anxiously await the scores, however it

is not just about the test; it is about theskills. Teachers are still working

through May on reviewing skills to

assure concept attainment and preparestudents for the next grade level.

Every day, teachers are doing an

outstanding job of teaching our

students how to learn effectively by

strengthening skills, fostering a senseof curiosity, and modeling how to be

lifelong learners. But to be well-

rounded, we also need to teach thestudents to be active citizens in their

communities.

Every year Disney looks for studentswho are active citizens in school and

out of school doing community

service. Students are required to share

in an essay how they are involved with

their community. This years Wekiva

Disney Dreamer and Doer is Claire

Wisth! She is involved with herschool, church, and in her community.

Other Recognition of Outstanding

Service at Wekiva:Adult Dividend of the Year Lisa Romine

Senior Dividend of the Year

Bertram Glick

Youth Dividend of the Year

Christina Palmer

On behalf of our students and staff, I

want to thank all of you who have

given generously to the Wekiva

Elementary School communitythrough monetary donations to assist

our efforts to enhance technology or

time through a range of dividend or

volunteer requests. We are mostgrateful for your support.

We will all miss our fifth graders as

they prepare for middle school.

Until next time or next school year,

Ms. Adamczyk

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 7 May 11

? Moving?

If you are moving over the summer

and will NOT be attending Wekiva for

the 2012 School Year; please returnthe moving form to the office by

Friday May 11th.

Summer Office Information

*The Wekiva Front Office will be

closed every Friday beginning June 7th

through August 3rd.*Summer Office hours are 7:30 AM 4:00 PM. Front Office will be closed

for lunch from 11:30 to 12:30 PM.

* Kindergarten Information Night is

Thursday August 9th 6:00 PM ParentsOnly Please due to space limitations.

*Open House for ALL Grades, Friday

August 10th 10:00 AM 12 Noon.

* First day of school is on Monday,

August 13th

Thank You Fifth Grade Greeters!

We had 58 students who will be ournew Koala Kindergarteners come with

their parents for the tours on Thursday

and Friday. While they waited for

everyone to get here, some of our fifth

grade greeters shared all of the fun

things we do at Wekiva. Thank you to

Lexi Kreimeier, Cassidy Ceppos,

Ryan Fischer, Cade Cecere, Cara

Crawford, Mya Erwin, Pelia Blando,and Caroline Haas.

Nominate a Teacher!

Parents in Florida and Georgia can

nominate any teacher in any countywhere Pollo Tropical company-owned

restaurants serve simply by loggingonto Pollo Reward$ at

www.PolloTropical.com/MyTeacher.

Enrollment in Pollo Reward$ is

required to nominate a teacher.

Nominations must include the

teachers full name, school name,

school address, school phone numberand the subject and grade taught by

the nominated teacher. Each county

where Pollo Tropical serves will have

a winner 15 teachers in all!

Ways to Support Wekiva

Keep sending in those Campbell's

Soup labels! Our school recently

turned in our points for a Karaoke

machine, a guitar and a parachute kit

for use in music and PE classes.

PTA News

Thank you to everyone this year for

your organization and communication

regarding the concern over schoolclosing. Please continue to stay

informed by visiting our website atwww.WekivaElementaryPTA.com

The website is updated to keep you

informed of the School Board

decisions, budget concerns, and dates.On May 15, 7:00 p.m. there will be a

quick PTA General Election and

Reflections Awards before the play.

Nominees for the general board will

be announced and voted on. They are:

President Lisa Romine

Member VP- Tracy SmithLegislative VP Todd Kozak

Ways & Means Sherri DuarteCorresponding Secretary Dena

McKnight

Recording Secretary Amy

Tobyansen

Reflections Kerri Love

A Honor Roll Rebecca ViolaStudent Directory Lori Hartley

Legislative Support Ebru Ural

Cell Phones, Facebook, iPads

Oh, my!

Parents you are the owners of thesedevices so they should be regularly

monitored. There have been repeated

concerns at school that many of our

students are not sharing appropriate

comments on them. Cyber bullying isnot something you should take lightly.

If it is brought to administrationsattention, it will be handled according

to the District Code of Conduct.


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Scientifically Speaking

From Mrs. Lindsey

During the past ten years, our fourth

graders have joined in a global project

called, Tomatosphere. This Canadian

space project allows students toactively participate in a study about

the germination rates of tomato seeds.

Classes receive two packages of seedsthat contain a control group and an

experimental group. Students learn

how to conduct a scientific experiment

and compare the germination rates of

the seeds. The students plant theseeds, observe the results, and record

their data. Results are then analyzed

and submitted online back to theTomatosphere project to help

Canadian scientists understand some

of the issues related to long-termspace travel. This year, the students

were treated to a visit by Mr. Robert

Morrow, the Tomatospheres project

manager. The students delighted in his

presentation about how the

Tomatosphere project originated and

other interesting facts aboutastronauts. Mr. Morrow decided tovisit Wekiva during his Florida

vacation because of our continuous

participation in the project. He was an

excellent speaker and the studentsenjoyed learning about the

possibilities of future space

exploration. Mr. Morrow shared that

in 2014 the treatment group would

include seeds that are presently aboard

the International Space Station! If you

would like more information about the

Tomatosphere project, please visit:www.tomatosphere.org

First Grade Musical

By Mrs. MacFarlane

First Graders will be "dreaming"

about America's history on Tuesday,

May 22nd at 9:00 a.m. in their musical

"Dreaming the American Life: Free

Like Me". Music teacher, Mrs. Kranzwill be directing the first graders

through this informative and fun

musical, created by Mrs. Kranz

herself. The show will be in the

cafeteria.

Second Grade Makes Huge Splash!

By Ms. Kelly

Second grade would like to thank all

the 2nd grade parents as well as Sue

Kranz, Amber Demorse and Lynn

Haas for all their support for our Tide

Pool Condos Program. It was a huge

success and the students really

enjoyed performing for all of theirguests.

End of the Year Parties

1. Must be an APPROVEDDIVIDEND to volunteer.

2. Parents must sign in.3. No younger siblings.4. Please do not park on car

ramp or bus loop.

5. Thanks for helping!Media and Technology News

Summer Recycling Program

Just a reminder that we recycle allyear long. Items we collect include:

empty inkjet, laser, fax and copier

cartridges, laptops only (no desktopcomputers), iPods, cell phones, PDAs,

scientific calculators, video game

consoles & games, digital cameras,

movie DVDs and GPS devices. Be

sure to include power cords with any

devices you donate. You may drop

those items off in the front office.

Help us REUSE, REDUCE &RECYCLE! Any questions, call front

office at 407-746-3150.

Florida Reading Association (FRA)

Reading Program

After the teachers in grades K-2 read

each of the 8 books on this years list

to their classes, the students voted for

their favorite one. The book that

received the most votes also won for

the entire state of Florida: Christian,

the Hugging Lion by Justin

Richardson & Peter Parnell. The

runners up were Wonder Horse and

I Always, Always Get My Way.

Sunshine State Reading Program

The votes have been counted at

Wekiva and throughout the state ofFlorida and the winning book for

2011-2012 is Out of My Mindby

Sharon Draper! We had over 150

students from grades 3-5 casting their

votes in the media center on real

electronic voting booths supplied bythe Seminole County League ofWomen Voters. Students had to have

read at least 3 of the Sunshine State

Books to vote. OurSun-sational

Sunshine State Book Sundae Party is

scheduled for Friday, May 18. Wehave about 60 students who have read

at least 8 of the books and have earned

an invitation to the party. Our top

reader was Tory Moltzan who read

ALL 29 books including those on the

Gr. 6-8 list! WOW! Ben Evelev was

close behind having read 20 of the

books. The other top readers wereJackson Gunnels (19), Porter Huyck

(19), Brennan Wayne (17), Ryan

McCauley (16), Rebecca Flanagan(15), Joshua Roberts (15), Jack Kurtz

(15) and Carter Adams (15). Besides

having an amazing choice of toppings

for their ice cream sundaes, the

students will receive some special

awards, gifts and prizes. There will be

a Sunshine State Book Trivia Contest

where teams will compete againsteach other to test their knowledge of

the wonderful books theyve read. Thenew 2012-2013 Sunshine State Book

List will be going home at the end ofthe year with every student going into

grades 3-5.

Technology Updates

We will be adding 3 more Mimio

Interactive Whiteboards in classrooms

this month. Over the summer, because

of your generous donations to our


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Trek for Tech fundraiser, we will

install 4 more of them in other

classrooms. How exciting! We

couldn't have done it without your

help. Thank you for continuing to

support the technology program atWekiva!

Wekiva Tech Night at Brusters

This tasty event is scheduled for

Thursday, May 10 from 6-8 pm at

Brusters Real Ice Cream on SR434.

Teachers and staff will be there to

greet you and serve delicious icecream treats for the whole family.Hope to see you there!

Pop Tabs Update

Student Council would like to thank

everyone who brought in Pop Tabs forthe Ronald McDonald House. The Pop

Tabs were taken to be weighed and the

total weight of the collection was 148pounds! Student Council will continue

to collect Pop Tabs this year for next

years weigh in.

Important Dates5/6 Mud Walk 5K

5/7 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/9 8:00 am 4th gr parent

chaperone meeting.5/9 Alumni Koalas Graduating

High School Senior Event5/10 3:15 pm 4th gr. parent

chaperone meeting.

5/10 Bruster's Ice Cream Family

Night 6 8 PM

5/11 8:45 PreK Mom Breakfast

5/15 Robin Hood and his Merry

Band of Persons Play 7PM

5/16 4th Gr St. Augustine Field

Trip 7:30 am 6:00 pm5/17 Koala MusicKidz

Disney/Epcot Trip

5/18 Lets Read Seminole LogsGo Home.

1:30 Sunshine State Reading

Party

5/22 8:00 a.m. or 3:15 p.m. - 5th

Parent Chaperone meeting

9:00 First Grade Music

Program

Kindergarten End of Year

Party

5/23 11:30 SRI Lunch Selected

students based on readinggains.

5/24 Fifth Grade on Field Trip

Third Gr. Survivor Party5/25 First Gr End of Year Party

Fourth Grade End of the Year

Party

EARLY RELEASE 1:00

5/28 NO SCHOOL MEMORIAL DAY

5/29 9:00 Fifth Grade Awards

DaySecond Gr End of Year Party.

EARLY RELEASE 1:00

5/30 Fifth Grade End of YearParty

REPORT CARDS GO

HOME

EARLY RELEASE 1:00

HAVE A WONDERFUL, SAFE

SUMMER!

SCPS & United Healthcare JoinForces to Host 5K to Benefit

Environmental Studies Center

Sunday, May 6Winter Springs Town Center

7:30am Start TimeSeminole County Public Schools

(SCPS) and United Healthcare havejoined forces to host Save the Mud

Walk 5K Run & Walk on Sunday,

May 6, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. at the Winter

Springs Town Center.

Registration the day of the race will be

$35 for all participants. Children age

17 and under may register for $15 upto the day of the event.

Registration will open at 6:30 a.m. at

the Winter Springs Town Center,located at 1160 E State Road 434 in

Winter Springs. Registration forms

and checks, made out to Foundation

for SCPS/Env Ctr 5K. Race fees are

tax deductible.The Environmental Studies Center is a

Seminole County Public Schools

Facility in Soldiers Creek Park, part ofSpring Hammock Nature Preserve.

The building is open during school

hours for programs scheduled withSeminole County first and fifth

graders in public, private and home

schools. The Environmental Center is

open to the public some afternoons

and on Friends Saturday Open House

Events.

All ages are welcome to participate inthe 5K, but no pets, strollers,rollerblades or bicycles are allowed on

course.

For more information visit:

www.environmentalstudiescenter.orgor call 407-792-6521.


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SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

STUDENT CALENDAR

2012-2013Date of Board Adoption: September 27, 2011

Definition of Descriptions:

Schools Closed = Teachers and students not in attendance; Educational Support Center open for business Schools Closed for Students Students not in attendance; Teachers are working & Educational Support Center is open for

business

School System Closed Teachers, students, and employees at Educational Support Center not in attendanceAugust 7-10 Teacher WorkdaysAugust 13 First Day of Student Attendance Start of 1st Quarter/1st SemesterSeptember 3 School System ClosedSeptember 17 Schools ClosedSeptember 26 Schools ClosedOctober 18 End of 1st QuarterOctober 19 Schools Closed for Students / Teacher Workday, Student Make-up Day #3, If NeededOctober 22 Start of 2nd QuarterNovember 21 Schools ClosedNovember 22-23 School System Closed

December 19-21 Early Dismissal for Students (Last three days of first semester)December 21 End of 2nd QuarterDecember 24- Jan 1 School System ClosedJanuary 2-4 Schools ClosedJanuary 7 Schools Closed for Students / Teacher Workday, Student Make-up Day #2, If NeededJanuary 8 Schools Closed for Students / Teacher Workday, Student Make-up Day #1, If NeededJanuary 9 Classes Resume, Start of Third Quarter/2nd SemesterJanuary 21 School System ClosedFebruary 18 School System ClosedMarch 21 End of 3rd QuarterMarch 22 Schools Closed for Students / Teacher Workday, Student Make-up Day #4, If Needed

March 25-29 Schools ClosedApril 1 Classes Resume - Start of 4th QuarterMay 24, 28-29 Early Dismissal for Students (Last three days of second semester)May 27 School System ClosedMay 29 Last Day of Student Attendance End of 4th QuarterMay 30-31 Teacher Workdays

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