The Stingray Sentinel

News for the Families of Duval Charter School at Southside

Monday, October 7th, 2019

Note from the Principal's Office:

Parents/Guardians,

We want to thank you for a wonderful Fall!! We have launched school and are off to a great start.

We had postponed our Cherrydale Fundraiser as we wanted to give a break after back to school supply shopping. That being said, we still need to raise funds for some of our enrichment activities and wonderful events at school. Fundraisers through other organizations often mean we receive 50% or less of your funds.

We are going to put together a specific "Ask" letter next week letting you know what funds are needed for what items or pots of money and see what donations can be collected. This would bring 100% of your funds directly to our classrooms.

Groups such as Odyssey of the Mind or specific athletic teams may hold individual fundraisers to support their efforts.

Our Fall Festival raises money for your child's school while also being a wonderful school community event. Funds raised this year will be for "positive student rewards," "teacher appreciation" and "technology."

We hope you are able to attend and support our school while making friends and getting to know the DCSS family!

~Principal Sauer

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/7-10/12 Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
10/7- 10/11 Book Fair
10/12- Fall Festival from 12-3 p.m/ Book Fair
10/14- Columbus Day
10/15- Band Small Ensemble Concert @ 5:30 p.m
10/17- K-5 PBS Party for students/ Character Parade: K-3rd
10/17 End of 1st Quarter
10/18- Teacher Planning- No School
10/24- PTC Meeting at 8:30 a.m
10/24 Middle School Halloween Social
10/25- Fall Retakes
10/25 4th Grade Music Program
10/28 Honor Roll for 2nd: 8:30 , 1st: 9:30 a.m & Kinder: 1:45 p.m
11/4 Vision Screening from 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m

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Fall Festival & Book Fair

DCSS 2019 FALL FESTIVAL

Date: Saturday, October 12

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m

Where: DCSS Athletic Field

Activities: Rock Wall, Giant Slide, Obstacle Course, Bounce House, Dunk Booth and Grade level game booths.

Food: Your Pie, Kona Ice, The Mobile Food Trip, popcorn & drinks

Cost: $15 will cover all activities per child

Food will be available for purchase, please bring cash, or card from the food trucks and then we will have a bottled drink and popcorn sale table also available for snack purchase.

Wristbands can be purchased for children at the gate on the day of event, for $15 (exact cash)

* We will be welcoming families into the building to purchase books from our 'Book Fair', during the 'Fall Festival'.

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HALLOWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL

Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Please join us for some ghoulish songs, freaky fun and frightening dances!

$15 Pre-sale: 10/21- 10/23

$5 at the door: 10/24

Pizza, candy and beverages will be available for purchase ($1 each)

Costumes are permitted, however no masks or face painting will be allowed.

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Music Announcements...

MIDDLE SCHOOL:

After school band activities:

Monday and Thursday 3:20-4:30: Middle School Jazz Band

Tuesday 3:20-4:30 Middle School Drumline

Band Performance:

October 15th Band Small Ensemble Concert

5:30 in the DCSS School Cafeteria

-The middle school Advanced Band students will be performing in their first Fall Small Ensemble Concert. The students will be performing in groups large and small. Parents, friends and family are invited to attend.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:

4th Grade Fall Music Showcase:

Friday, October 25th the 4th grade classes will present their Fall Music Showcase. Please see the attached letter or ask your 4th grade student to tell you about all of the fun fall things we have planned. Family and friends are invited to attend. Please RSVP by Oct. 16th.

3rd Grade Program: Nov. 7th at 5:30 p.m- DCSS Cafeteria

Celebration Of America

and a Tribute to our Veterans of the Armed Forces.

PBIS Elementary Reward Party

Our 1st Elementary Positive Behavior Reward Party for this year is, October 17th! Students have targets set with Live School Points to earn to attend/participate! Please encourage your students to meet the teacher's expectations each day in class.

K and 1 will be from 8:15 - 9:00

2 and 3 will be from 9:15 - 10:00

4 and 5 will be from 10:15 - 11:00

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K-3 Book Character Parade

K-3 Character Day Parade:

What: Book Character Dress-Up Day

Choose your favorite book character and come to school dressed up as that character.

Who: K-3 Students

When: Thursday, October 17th

Time: 2:00 p.m (Back car loop)

HERE’S THE PLAN: Each student will bring a copy of a book, or comic book, that includes the character they are representing. The book must be one that the child has either read or listened to an adult read. They must have the book with them (or a small poster of the book cover) because they will carry this during the parade at 2:00.

ARE THERE ANY RULES ABOUT THE COSTUMES?

Yes! Make sure the costume covers the same area as

the uniform. Please wear closed toe shoes. Masks may not be worn in the classroom; only during the parade! Nothing ghoulish or scary is acceptable. You may bring accessories (i.e.: a Honey Pot for Winnie the Pooh), but they cannot be toy weapons or any other object that might be considered threatening. If your child is not wearing a costume, the DCSS school uniform must be worn.

Parents are invited to come to the “Character Parade” at 2:00 p.m. You’ll want to arrive by 1:45 p.m. Bring your cameras and enjoy! After the parade is over, parents must sign their child(ren) out in the office if they intend to take them home.

Any questions, please contact……Jill M. Morales: jmorales@southsidecharter.org

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Make-up Days

Due to Hurricane Dorian, the district & CSUSA has identified two weather "make-up” days:

Monday, October 21, 2019
Friday, January 17, 2020

Free Money for Schools from COKE

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Scan Coke Lids for DCSS

Before dropping your lid in the trash, please scan the lid for DCSS with the Coca-cola gives app. You can also enter the codes from the boxes. Please support your school and don't throw money away! You can also enter codes online: https://us.coca-cola.com/give/schools/

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Save Codes from your favorite Coke products

Visit: https://us.coca-cola.com/give/schools/

Select Duval Charter Southside

Scan codes from your phone or enter manually online

You are also welcome to send them to school and we will get them entered.

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What to look for ...

Product codes range in value from $.05 to $.38 depending on the product purchased.

You can find the Coke Gives product codes under the cap of individual bottles, under the flap of cardboard containers, or under the plastic wrap.

FREE MONEY! - Box Tops

HOW TO EARN - BOX TOPS MAKES IT EASY.

No more clipping. No more sending Box Tops to school. All you need is your phone. Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, then simply scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit our school's Box Tops earnings online.

FOR A LIMITED TIME, BOX TOPS IS STILL ACCEPTING CLIPPED BOX TOPS!!

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Volunteer Training

Please attend a quick mandatory school based volunteer training meeting. We will go over all requirements, building expectations for volunteers and safety protocol. We will be offering more sessions but you need to complete the training before volunteering or eating lunch with your child in our cafeteria.

Next Sessions:

11:30-11:50 Oct 12th - in front office prior to Fall Festival

1:30 Oct. 17th

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ONLINE Lunch Payments

As you may be aware CSUSA has implemented a new online payment system called, My School Bucks. MySchoolBucks.com

The process is complete and is LIVE!

My School Bucks - then LOOK under Renaissance Charter - (which is our school board group)

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Indian Classical Dance

If your child is signed up, or you would like to sign your child up for 'Indian Classical Dance'...it will now be held ONLY on Tuesdays. Grade K-4th from 3:15 -4:00 p.m.