Dear OSES Families,

In this edition, I hope you enjoy seeing all the upcoming events on campus. Black History Night, Read Across America, the Scholastic School Book Fair, and Spring Break are all coming over the four weeks.

Our Annual Stakeholder Survey Family Surveys can now be accessed using any electronic device with internet access by clicking on the following https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/210076/37993/1.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The deadline to submit your responses is Friday, February 17th. Please be sure to select the appropriate school from the list on the first page of the survey

Mr. Singleton

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)

Our school is competing in a Study Island Blue Ribbon Challenge. Any students in grades 2 – 6 are encouraged to participate. In order to complete the challenge students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 6 must finish all of the ELA and Math blue ribbons for their instructional level. Students in grade 5 are required to complete all Study Island blue ribbons for ELA, Math and Science. All blue ribbons must be earned by March 31st. Check out the Study Island Challenge flyer for more information.

All students will take the final FAST Progress Monitoring assessment in May. Please refer to the calendar for the dates (all dates are determined by OCPS).

FAST Progress Monitoring #2 Score Reports for Grade 6 were with students’ Progress Report; please complete the orange AOR form and return to your student’s homeroom teacher.

Families received Progress Monitoring #1 Score Reports in the fall. Reports for Grades 3-6 can also be viewed following the steps below:

1. Use a computer to visit the OCPS Parent Portal at https://parents.classlink.com/ocps

2. Click on the Skyward Family Access app.

3. Click District Links found at the top

4. right-hand corner of the screen.

5. Click State Assessment Scores to view your student’s scale score, achievement level, and bar graph indicating your student’s scale score and where it falls in the achievement level.

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

This week students practiced both their writing skills as well as kindness as they made valentines cards for friends and family!

In social studies this week we learned about Presidents and Patriots. We are also learning about African American accomplishments in STEM as a part of black history month.

In science kindergarteners have begun learning about how objects move in different ways and how to describe those different movements.

The students have been using their five senses to observe living things. We are preparing to go to Gatorland on April 7th. They also practiced telling time and counting money. They have also been learning about U.S. presidents and patriots. We are studying many important people during our Black History Project. Don’t forget to come and join us during the Black History night next Thursday, February 23rd. The class was very enthusiastic about sharing their Valentine’s with their friends and wearing red and pink.

Ms. Sonn’s second grade class has been busy lately with many fun activities and much learning. We read outside during Celebrate Literacy week. We learned so much in our studies and did great on our Reading module and Math topic. We have been engaged in many hands-on activities.

We completed a Science lab studying rocks and minerals. We also had a fun science lab celebrating the 100th day of school.

At our Awards Ceremony, students were honored with the awards they earned.

This week, we went to a Kindergarten class to share the love as the 2nd graders read a special valentine story to their Kindergarten buddies.

Students in Mr. Frazer’s class have been working on something creepy and crawly: farming bugs for FOOD! Our students have been charged with answering the question “Should America begin farming bugs for food?” to practice our opinion writing!

As we’re also learning about the value and importance of primary accounts in reading, we decided to spice up our own essays by tasting some crickets in class as well! You would be shocked by the number of students asking for seconds, even if just a fallen leg at the bottom of the bag!

This week our class continues learning about fractions and adding fractions. In science we are learning about different rocks and how to recognize them. We had our first stem buddies. Where our 4th graders acted as the teacher. Our students absolutely loved it.

Mrs. Galan’s class just finished the unit on the human body. They made human body organs t-shirts so students could understand the location and relative size of their organs.

In Math Mrs. Galan is going over shapes and volume. Her class created geometric animals with different quadrilaterals and triangles.

In 6th Grade Math class, we started a new unit this week, Unit 11: Expressions and Inequalities. In this unit, we will apply what we learned about order operations in 5th grade to evaluate algebraic expressions with and without grouping symbols. We will also learn how to use substitution to evaluate algebraic expressions.

In 6th grade STEM class, we finished with our first Engineering Design (Model Membrane). Students were able to solve problems and present their solutions in class.

This week, we started our Eie Part 2 (No Bones about It: Designing Knee Brace).

This unit, students are introduced to the field of Biomedical engineering and how biomedical engineers use their knowledge of the human body to design technologies to solve problems related to biology, health, and medicine. Hands-on activities, discussions, and readings focus on EDP (Engineering Design Process) and also reinforce science concepts related to Skeletal and Muscular System. (Sample reference materials below)

Our class also conducted an awarding ceremony to recognize students’ academic efforts.If you want to have a copy of your child’s awarding photo, you can email me directly so I can send it to you. 😀

This week in Art Class our classes in grades 3,4, and 5 focused on the Principle of Design/Art, PATTERN. Students created a drawing divided into several sections and filled each with a variety of patterns. We looked at various artworks and talked about how pattern is a predictable repetition of the Element of Art, Line. They learned that color can also enhance the pattern. Everyone did a great job with their designs and craftsmanship. We are learning and practicing this!

This week’s STEM Buddies were Ms. Laura’s Kindergarten with Ms. Greene’s 4th grade students and Ms. Rouis’ Kindergarten with Ms. Patel’s 4th grade students. Once again, they had lots of fun collaborating, building their LEGO Land Yachts, learning about forces and motion, and. . . racing them! 😊

Our school is competing in a Study Island Blue Ribbon Challenge. Any students in grades 2 – 6 are encouraged to participate. In order to complete the challenge students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 6 must finish all of the ELA and Math blue ribbons for their instructional level. Students in grade 5 are required to complete all Study Island blue ribbons for ELA, Math and Science. All blue ribbons must be earned by March 31st. Check out the Study Island Challenge flyer for more information.

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

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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.