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Wekiva WhispersWekiva Elementary School Where Koality Education Happens Every Day!

1450 East Wekiva TrailLongwood, Florida 32779

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

Principal: Marjorie Adamczyk Assistant Principal: Kyle Hughes

Principals MessageNovember is an election month, and

I would like to announce the results ofour Student Council Officers.President Claire WisthVice President Sean WeathersSecretary Paige KnipfingPhotographer Ashlynn MillisCongratulations to these students.

Regarding the election, we have allseen the very negative ads ontelevision, websites, and other socialmedia. It might be a topic of

conversation to have at home with ourolder students that debating or havinga different opinion should always berespectful. It is important for ourstudents to know that we can have adifference of opinion and still getalong. Our fifth grade students learnabout the Bill of Rights and the rightsto free speech and that thesefundamental principles have allowedour nation to be one of the bestdemocratic places to live. However,we also share there is a limit to what is

free speech and what is bullying orhurtful. Sometimes the election adscan send a message to our studentswho do not understand them thatpeople are bullying one another.

November is the month whenschools celebrate American EducationWeek. It starts on November 12 November 16. On November 13, wewill host Teach In again this year.Teachers will ask selected individualsor groups of individuals in to theclassroom to speak to the studentsabout the importance of education.They will share how their educationnow helps them in the profession thatthey hold.

November is also about thebeginning of the holiday season. WithThanksgiving around the corner, Iwant to give thanks to all of thevolunteers who help at Wekiva!

Until next time,

Ms. Adamczyk

Have a wonderfulThanksgiving!

Community Kudos!!!!

In second grade, Hunter Daubertsgrandmother, Kathryn Daubertprovided our school with 1000 posterboards! Thank you for thinking of us!

PTA Fall Festival!!

PTA would like to send a BIG thankyou to all the Wekiva families and all

the vendors that came out Saturday tosupport our annual Fall Festival. Onceagain it as a huge success! PTA wantsto give a shout out to Megan Davidsonand Trisha Tamm for coordinating itall. These ladies worked hard for ourchildren and the school and we are solucky to have them on the WekivaTeam! Several dads were helpingboth on Friday and Saturday, MaxMerida, Brent Ghillett, Todd Kozakand Richie D'aguisto.We would also like to extend our

gratitude to all the Lake Brantleystudents, Wekiva parents and staffmembers at Wekiva for pitching inthis year. We cannot do it without thehelp! Congrats to our Chili Cook-offwinners: 1st place went to KarenWolf, 2nd place to Steve OMarra, and3rd place to Mary Haupt. The chiliwas fantastic and we appreciateeveryone who entered the contest.Last but not least lets talk CAKES.We had so many beautiful cakes forthe cake walk, and the kids had a blastparticipating in it. Over all it was agreat time, and we look forward toseeing you all at our next event!

Lisa RomineWekiva PTA President

PTA Fundraising update:

A Great Big Thank You to all whoparticipated in our combinedEntertainment Book & Sally Fosterfundraiser. Our profit totaled $10,

545! Our top three sellers were:Jonathon DePaulo in 5th Grade, ScottSmoak in Kindergarten, and SierraHiggins in 3rd Grade. As winners,they were able to slime Principal Ms.Adamczyk at the Fall Festival. Greatjob Koala's!

Our second and final PTA fundraiserof the year, The Go Take a HikeWalk for Wekiva, will be heldThursday,November 8th during Gradelevel specials. If you would like to be

a dividend volunteer the day of thewalk, please [email protected].

Students are collecting donations fromOctober 29th-November 7th and 70%of proceeds will go directly totechnology & programs at Wekiva!

There are some great prizes for allwho participate, including a KindleFire for the top donation! To make anonline donation go to:

wekivaelementarypta.com

Cross Country Begins!

Thank you parents for not

dropping off your child on the bus

ramp for cross country. A big thankyou to Mrs. Duarte who is watchingthe car ramp from 8:00 8:05 whenstudents arrive to run. ALLSTUDENTS before 8:05 should reportto the pavilion where there issupervision. Another big thank you tothe parents, especially our dads, who

are helping Coach Prose to supervise.Go Dads!

Seminole County Sheriff OfficeCrossing Guard Corner

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Did You Know?

Children think if they see

a moving vehicle, it obviously sees

them. As we all know, this gives them

a false sense of security. When the

crossing guards are present, they will

make sure to secure the intersection

prior to allowing the students to

advance. Let your child know that it isvery important to wait until all traffic

has stopped and stays stopped before

they cross the street. Have them look

left, right, left prior to crossing the

street. They also need to point down at

the crosswalk to advise the motorist to

take note that they need to use the

crosswalk. This is a simple safety skill

that we all need to teach our kids. Stay

Sharp and Stay Safe!

Ways to Help Wekiva raise funds!

We are currently partnered with

SchoolStore.com and this company

provides you with the opportunity to

purchase goods and have a percentage

of those purchases come right back

into the classrooms at Wekiva

Elementary.

SchoolStore.com is an online

shopping mall with over 400merchants including Sears, Target,

Office Depot, Wal-Mart, Disney

Store, Family Book Store, and many

more. When your family and friends

make everyday purchases from their

favorite merchants, Wekiva

Elementary earns money. We sent

home an envelope of information and

we are asking you to please help your

child address email invitations to your

family and friends to let them know

about this easy and everyday way to

support Wekiva Elementary. All

students that participate will receive a

FREE participation prize when they

send out at least 3 emails. Other

prizes can be earned when family andfriends make purchases from the

Family Book Store. Email addresses

you provide will be used only for this

program and will not be shared or

used for any other purpose.

What is Stay4Schools?

Mr. Mantel, a Wekiva parent shared

another way to raise funds for schoolswhen considering traveling.

Stays4Schools is an easy way to raisefunds for your designated school bysimply choosing to book through thiswebsite for your travel.With public finances becoming evertighter, school budgets are underincreasing pressure and administratorsare looking for additional ways toraise funds from their communities.By making a reservation through

Stays4Schools, the traveller not onlybenefits from the great deals andprices available but also generatesfunds to the school of his or her choicewithout paying any additional amount.Whether you are a regular businesstraveller or a family venturing on anannual vacation, Stays4Schools willgive 6% of the total amount spent onhotel stays to your designated school.

Powered by Priceline.com, theStays4Schools fundraising programoffers great deals for great causes.Here's how it works: traveller will

select a school of their choice, make ahotel reservation through theStays4Schools reservation system, and6% of your hotel stay cost will bedonated to your chosen school.There are currently over 40,000 hotelslisted in the Stays4Schools inventoryin destinations located all over the

world.Thanks Mr. Mantel

Coca Cola Products

Keep sending in or enter at home,mycokerewards.com codes. Ourschool can earn points to "buy"things our student can enjoy learningfrom. Most recently, we were able toorder 3 Nutrition activities that will beused by our PE department.

Box Tops for Wekiva!

Wekiva collects Box Tops forEducation, Campbell's Soup labels,Tyson Chicken A+ labels and MyCoke Reward Codes. Please drop offyour labels to the front office. Wekivaearns points for these labels and canthen "buy" much needed supplies forour school. If you have any questionsabout these incentives, please contactMary DeBonville at407-746-1164.

Koala Closet News

A HUGE thank you to all who havesent in nonperishable items forWekiva's Food Pantry, The KoalaCloset. Please continue to send in anynonperishable items. Although wecan use any nonperishable item, ourmost popular items are pasta, pastasauce, pancake mix, syrup, cereal,peanut butter and canned meats, liketuna and chicken. If you have anyquestions about the food pantry orneed assistance, please contact Mary



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DeBonville at407-746-1164. Allinquires are kept confidential.

Koala Calendar

November 6 First Grade Field Trip to Shakespeare TheatreWear RED, WHITE, AND BLUE DAY.

November 7 5:00 School Advisory Council Meeting6:15 P.T.A. Board Meeting

November 8 TAKE A HIKE DAY! During Specials time.STUDENTS MUST WEAR TENNIS SHOES!

Fifth Grade 8:55- 9:35Fourth Grade 9:40 10:20Third Grade 10:25 11:05Kindergarten 12:40 1:20First Grade 1:25 2:05Second Grade 2:10 2:50

ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST SIGN-IN AND BE REGISTERED ONLINE End of the First Quarter

November 9 Book Character Day for Autism Special Flyer went home9:00 10:00 Third Grade Veterans Day Presentation

November 10 Saturday Autism Walk Cranes Roost - 8:30 (sign-in) 10:30 (start time)November 12 16 AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK

12 Fifth Grade Field Trip to Orlando Repertory Theatre

13 TEACH IN Special guests on campus14 Fourth Grade Field Trip to St. Augustine

November 16 Reflection Items DueMAGIC OF THE MOMENT is the theme. I hope we have a lot of students sharing creative projects!

November 20 Report Cards Home12:00 2:00 Games 2 U on campus

November 21 23 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVINGNovember 29 8:00 Fifth Grade A Honor Roll CelebrationNovember 30 8:00 Fourth Grade A Honor Roll CelebrationDecember 3 - 8:00 Third Grade A Honor Roll CelebrationDecember 4 - 8:00 Second Grade A Honor Roll CelebrationDecember 8 Saturday KOALA FUN RUN @ WEKIVADecember 10, 11, and 13 Kindergarten Holiday Project

December 11 7:00 p.m. @ Teague Middle School - PTA presents Character Education ProgramDecember 15 Robotic Club CompetitionDecember 17 Club Pictures and Fifth Grade PictureDecember 18 Winter Concert


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