Happy Friday Families,

Thank you to our PVO and everyone who donated their time and resources to ensure the success of teacher appreciation week. This year, educators have exerted significant effort to advance students academically and foster a culture of excellence and respect.

On this Mother's Day, OSES wants to express gratitude to all the women in our lives—whether they be mothers, grandmothers, aunts, or any other relation—who have nurtured and supported our children and young adults. Mother's Day may be observed in a variety of ways, but the underlying purpose of honoring that particular woman in our lives is universal.

On Wednesday, May 24th, we will be hosting our first Parent Town Hall Inspired meeting. We will be using this type of platform to gain insight from the community regarding continuous improvement for our system. Please see flyer below to sign up.

Enjoy your weekend,

Mrs. Greene

A huge thank you goes out to our sponsors, OSS families, and PVO for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week! We appreciate YOU!

Field Day is quickly approaching on May 18th (Kinder-2nd Grade) and May 19th (3rd-5th Grade)! 🎉

We are SO excited to celebrate the end of the school year with your students! Each class is choosing a different theme or color scheme (aliens, all blue, tie dye, etc) to represent themselves!

We have a lot of fun activities planned and would love parent volunteers to make this day extra special. Below is the link to sign up. All volunteers must be ADDitions approved by May 18th.

(https://www.ocps.net/departments/community_resources_/a_d_ditions_school_volunteers)

We ask if you are available to stay all day, sign up with the ALL DAY slot for either May 18th or May 19th (or both 🙂). If you are only available for your student's grade slot, that's okay too! We kindly ask that you sign up for that time fame and stay for the entirety of the time slot!

🍕🍕🍕🍕 We have a school pay set up for donations for pizza for your students. If you would like to donate, please click this link:

🤿⚽🏐🎈 We are also asking for donations for field day items located at this link:

If you want to volunteer for field day, please sign up using the links below. All volunteers must be ADDitions approved.

Due to supply issues at the OCPS level, we do not know if hot or cold lunch will be served. Please be prepared to have either lunch until further notice.

Breakfast and lunch will be charged for the upcoming school year. Please make sure your child has money in the schoolpay account. More information on schoolpay can be found in the parent resource section.

The fees are $0 for Free/Reduced applicants and $1.35 Breakfast and $1.90 Lunch for Full pay students. This information is available in: Meal Prices - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net)

Please make sure you child has money in their school pay account under ''breakfast/lunch fees''

To apply for free/reduced lunch please click on the link here: Free and Reduced Application Info - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net) Please do not apply with a paper copy as processing takes much longer.

If your child has food allergies and will require a special meal from OCPS please click on the link below to fill out the special diet order form

Special Diets for Food Allergies - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net)

Fifth grade Statewide Science and FAST/Star took place this week. Makeup days will take place during the makeup window (see calendar below).

The FDOE Family Portal information was emailed to 3rd-6th grade families. Kindergarten through 2nd grade FAST (Star) Progress Monitoring #3 Family Score Reports will be sent home once available; no later than May 26th.

All students must complete State Assessments to attend upcoming grade level field trips.

Contact the Curriculum and Testing Coordinator, Cayce Carter (cayce.carter@orlandoscience.org) with any questions.

Orlando Science High School will be sponsoring a Math camp this summer for students entering grades 1st-5th. This camp will offer higher level, competition style math learning.

Camp will have 4 separate sessions that run from June 4th until June 26th and will take place at the High School Campus.

Please complete the below survey to indicate your interest in our summer program. The future communication for the camp will only be shared with families who completed the interest survey using the e-mails you provide in that survey.

STEM camp deadline has been extended to May 26th. Please fill out below form and return to either Ms. Stella or Ms. Taylor

Kindergarten has had a busy week with 2 fast tests, mothers day gardening, and finishing up our math and reading units. We have learned several ways to identify shapes and continued to grow our reading fluency skills. We are learning all about plants and animals in science class as well. The students are so excited for field day next week and we are counting down the last days of school! Thank you for all the appreciation this week as well! We felt very loved.

First grade classes have been busy with FAST Tests and finishing some 4th Quarter Lessons. As part of our lesson in Science about Heredity and Reproduction, we have grown plants in the cup, recorded and measured its growth in our Plant Journal.

PS- Shout out to our ever-supportive PVO and School Administrators in all three OSS campuses for providing us Free Lunch and Early Leave for this whole week! We feel loved and much appreciated. Thank you so much!

We have a very special addition to our second grade team this week! One of the ducklings in Ms. Nickerson’s class has hatched. The teachers have collectively named him Clyde! The students have been very excited and eager to come visit him during the day! Students worked very hard on their STAR Testing this week. Everyone has worked so hard this school year, the end is approaching quickly so keep working hard!

Astacio’s Class: In Science we are learning about the Sun, stars, and gravity. The students will conduct research to discover what a star is, how stars are formed, and how stars are compared to one another. The students will also learn about the forces of gravity and the role it plays on earth and in space. During reading the students are completing a sequencing reading project, “A Stupendous Sequence Reading Project.” The students will go through the steps in planning a party while they practice identifying sequences in a text. In math we are continuing to practice math skills by playing math board games. These 2-4 player games allow the students to practice concepts like multiplication, division, area, fractions, time, etc.

Mr. Mateer’s Class: FAST sure went by fast! Across the grade, we’re sure everyone tried their best. Please be on the lookout for scores being made available soon. In the meantime, make sure to talk to your child about what we’ve been up to since testing. We’re taking time to learn about good, effective online research and completing a project where we become experts on a topic we’re passionate about. Some notable examples include thalassaphobia, the history of pizza, the Bermuda triangle, skittles, the history of the whopper, and more! By the end of the project, the students will be experts on their chosen topic, so be sure to ask them questions about it. That’s not all! We’re also creating a physical craft to represent Florida history, a poster to review text structures, and we’re finishing up math with a unit on…unit conversions!

P.S. Thank you to everyone who participated in teacher appreciation week. It was truly an excellent week for everyone.

In fifth grade, students completed their Statewide Science Assessment, Placement test for the upcoming year and wrapped up any unfinished assignments. Our fifth graders have been working hard this week, so we unwind with a few fun review activities. As we approach the end of the school year, please remind students to be on their best behavior. The fifth-grade students are excited about our end-of-the-year field trip, 5th-grade dance, and field day. Thank you for all the support and appreciation you have shown us this week.

The sixth graders have entered the final stretch of the school year. In Mr. Lawrence’s classes, we have been working on one of our final units: Meso and South America. Students have been exploring the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations and their cultures.

In Ms. Bravo’s class students are working on Puppet shows! They are doing an amazing job!!! They will present this week. Pictures will be posted in Next week’s newsletter!

I am planning an Educational trip to Spain (Barcelona/Madrid) - June 20th, 2024. An email was sent to all 6th grade families. An informational Zoom meeting took place on Thursday May 11th, 2023 @ 6:00pm. If you are interested in going and your student is not a 6th grader, please send me an email. I have recorded the meeting, so if you are interested and did not get to attend, let me know and I’ll send you the recording!

ivette.bravo@orlandoscience.org 😀

Mr. Senter’s class is playing Capture the Chicken with K-2. The game is very similar to Capture the Flag, in the sense that students must devise a plan to get past the opposing team to “Capture the Chicken.” Students were permitted to pass the chicken to teammates to make it back to their side, enter a home base area, throw the chicken to their half to win, or devise an overall strategy, in which they can maneuver past their opponent. (Pictured Below) 4 way soccer with 3-5 grade. Students can score on three goals, but must also defend their goal. In this game, no goalies are permitted, it's all about kicking accuracy, teamwork, and muscular endurance. Students show off their soccer skills learned this year by playing this game.

By completing and submitting the QR Code below, you agree to be added to the 2023-2024 Orlando Science School Car Pool List (K-12). The information provided will be compiled into a Master Car Pool List. The list, sorted by zip code, will be sent on June 15th, 2023 only to parents/guardians who complete the form.

Coordination of Car Pooling is the responsibility of the participating parents/guardians

K-6 School Supply lists for the 2023-2024 school year are now available.

We are excited to again partner with Yubbler’s school supplies program for the 2023-2024 school year. Yubbler.com is making our supply lists available for online purchasing at discounted prices. The best part is that Yubbler will donate 50% of the profits back to the school!

Discount Codes available for early ordering: (click here and sign up for the discount code)

15% off May orders for core items.

10% off June orders for core items.

5% off July orders for core items.

Hello families!

Please read carefully for all club reminders:

PICK UP: Please remember that you should not arrive on campus before clubs dismiss. Even coming 5 minutes early causes backups in our dismissal process.

• Building 1 (grades K-3) - clubs dismiss at 3:40 during the week and 2:40 on Wednesday
• Building 2 (grades 4-6)- clubs dismiss at 3:30 during the week and 2:30 on Wednesday

ABSENCES: Remember that 3 or more consecutive absences will result in a removal from the club. If you are missing club because of tutoring or sickness, email the club teacher so it can be excused.

REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CLUBS: At this time all clubs are FULL. To be put on the waiting list, please fill out the form below. Filling out this form does not guarantee you a spot in club and you will be contacted regarding any changes to your child's club schedule via email.

* If you already have a club on the requested day, you will automatically be removed. No need to request removal/withdrawal.

WITHDRAWING FROM CLUB: To withdraw from a club you may Email Ms. Taylor or fill out the form below.

For any other club related questions, you may contact Ms. Taylor at Taylor.Watson@orlandoscience.org

Brainfuse offers free online tutoring through the Orange County Library System to ALL students in Orange County Public Schools.

FREE live tutors are available every day from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Using Brainfuse, students can connect with a qualified tutor for expert help in a variety of subjects.

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The mission of Orlando Science Elementary School (OSES) is to provide a well-rounded education with special emphasis in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), while using research-based and innovative instructional methods in a stimulating learning environment. OSES is committed to the social-emotional learning and character development of all students.