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The Stingray Sentinel

News for the Families of Duval Charter School at Southside

The StingraySentinelNews for the Families of Duval Charter Schoolat Southside

Monday, January 13th 2020 Monday, January 13th 2020

This Week:

Monday 1/13:

E Day for Elementary Resource

B Day for Middle School

*Open Enrollment for new families and siblings of current students begins

1st Grade Field Trip

Updated tutoring letters sent home (including 1st grade)

Report Cards Go Home

NWEA Kinder Math (Berman, Acree, Finnegan)

-4th Grade ODM 3:30-6

-Jazz Band 3:15-4:30

-B3 Coding and Drones 3:15-4:15

-Pro-Martial Arts 3:00-4:00

No Girls Who Code or Indian Dance this week

Basketball Home Game at Hope Christian Academy 6pm

Monday Night - ANY new pledge on Funrun.com earns a hat/crazy headband day for Tuesday!


Tuesday 1/14:

A Day for Elementary Resource

A Day for MS Electives

NWEA Kinder Math (Pawlak, Asbacher, Perkins)

Honor Roll Ceremony 2nd grade 8:30am, 1st grade 9:30, Kinder 1:45

Tutoring starts back next week

Scoliosis Screening for all 6th graders

- Happy Feet Soccer K-1 ends 3:45, 2nd-4th ends 4:00

- Artists in Motion 3:30-5:30

- Brick, Beakers & Bots - Drones & Bots Robotics Club K-5

- Drumline 3:15-4:30

No Girls Who Code

No Indian Dance

No Girls on the Run & Heart & Sole

-Basketball Practice

Tonight... class with the most new pledges overnight, get to "Pie in the Face" the Boosterthon Team



Wednesday 1/15

B Day for Elementary

B Day for Middle School

NWEA Kinder ELA (Berman, Acree, Finnegan)

Honor Roll Ceremony 3rd grade 8:30am, 4th grade 9:30, 5th 1:45

Volunteer Training 2:30pm

ODM 3rd & MS 3-6pm

Basketball Home Game at Hope Christian Academy 6:30pm

LAST NIGHT FOR BOOSTERTHON PLEDGES


Thursday,1/16

A Day for MS Electives

Volunteer Training 8:30am

Elementary Boosterthon in AM

8:30am - K & 1, 9:45am - 2 & 3, 11:00am - 4 & 5

No Elementary Resources/ No Elementary Common Planning

NWEA Kinder ELA (Pawlak, Asbacher, Perkins)

Honor Roll Ceremony Middle School 1:45pm

Tutoring starts back 1/21

- Playball Club 3:00-4:00

- Artists in Motion 3:30-5:30

-Jazz Band 3:15-4:30

-Basketball Practice

No Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole


Friday 1/17:

C Day for Elementary

B Day for Middle School

Spirit Day - Jeans w/spirit shirt $1 or with jeans pass

Anime Club 3:30-4:30 Gr 6-8

Basketball Practice


Monday - 1/20 M. L. King Jr. Holiday - No School


Note:

Girls on the Run: online registration begins 1/10- program begins on 2/10

Heart & Sole: online registration begins 1/10- program begins on 2/10

Girls Who Code: starts back next week



Upcoming Events:

  • 1/20 MLK Day- No School

  • 1/22 SAC 8am
  • 1/22 3rd Grade Informational FSA Night at 6:00 p.m
  • 1/24 MOSH in house field trip for K
  • 1/28 100th day of school K celebration and dress up
  • 1/29 Early Release K-5 12:45/Middle 1:00 p.m
  • 1/30 PTC Meeting at 8:00 a.m
  • 1/31 DCSS Fundraiser at 'Pump it Up', starts at 6 p.m
  • 2/5 Muffins in the Morning-K-1st from 8-8:30 a.m
  • 2/6 Muffins in the Morning- 2nd-5th from 8-8:30 a.m
  • 2/7 Kick off for Jump Rope for Heart
  • 2/12 Progress Reports Go Home
  • 2/14 Jump Rope For Heart Event
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Boosterthon is This Week!!

Southside Charter Parents and Families,


Thank you all so much for supporting this year’s Stingrays Southside Charter Obstacle Challenge! Here is a breakdown of this week’s challenges:


Tonight is the Hat and Crazy Headband Day Challenge! ANY student that logs a pledge of ANY amount on FUNRUN.COM tonight (1/13) can wear their favorite hat or crazy headband to school on Tuesday (1/14).


Tuesday night is our Pie the Booster Team Challenge! The class with the most NEW pledges on Tuesday night (1/14) will get to Pie the Booster Team in the face on Wednesday (1/15).


Thursday (1/16) is our Stingrays Southside Charter Obstacle Challenge and we invite you to join us to cheer on your Stingrays as they complete an Obstacle Course Challenge to help their school!


Schedule on Thursday:

8:30am | K & 1st

9:45am | 2nd & 3rd

11:00am | 4th & 5th


Don’t forget, if we reach our goal of $10,000, your Stingrays will get to slime Mrs. Sauer and Mr. Ball!! Thank you again for supporting our school!You are welcome (if cleared to volunteer) to come cheer on our students as they complete 30-35 obstacles in the obstacle course challenge!!!


Donations will go toward technology, musical instruments, and athletic equipment and the entire two-week experience. So please help our school by getting pledges from family and friends and entering them on FUNRUN.COM. Also, all families are invited to come out and cheer on our students at the Southside Stingray Obstacle Challenge. Thanks so much for your support!

Elementary Family Community Time for DCSS at 'Pump It Up'

K-5th families please come join us, spend time togetehr and help raise money for our school as a portion of the fee will be give back to DCSS!

Recommit for 2020-2021 & time to register NEW siblings!

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We have heard from 68% of families....


It's time to Recommit for 2020-2021!


Click on the link below to take you to the link to solidify your student’s seat for the 20-21 school year. Make sure you recommit soon so you don’t lose your spot! The recommit window will close on January 31st. If you forgot your password, press "forgot password". You'll get an email to reset your password.


Siblings that you would like to have attend for 2020-21 do get priority in the lottery, but you must go ahead and apply for them to attend from January 13-February 14th!!


*Please, do not create a new application for your current student. All current students already have an existing application.


Recommit Here: https://csusa.schoolmint.net


If you have any questions or need help recommitting or applying for a sibling, please email me at Czamora@southsidecharter.org.


We hope that you will continue to be a part of the Stingray family!

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School is in Session January 17th !!

Due to Hurricane Dorian, the district & CSUSA has identified the next "make-up” day, it is....

  • Friday, January 17, 2020

Per your Request...

In a recent PTC meeting, parents asked for a possible Amazon Wish List where they can purchase needed items to donate to the school. Below is the Amazon Wish List for DCSS. We love in person volunteers, but if you purchase from the wish list, you can submit your receipt for your efforts for volunteer time credit. Thank you for helping DCSS!
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Need Volunteer Hours? 20 are required per child, or 30 per family with multiple students

Log your volunteer hours on a computer in your Powerschool account (option does not appear on the App)


IF you need to log more volunteer time and have been busy this fall, there are some off-site opportunities that can be done from home...


Leave a positive review on Facebook, Yelp, Great Schools - let shopping families know what you LOVE about Duval Charter at Southside. This helps our marketing team!


Let Jill know that you can enter Coke codes that have been collected/sent in to type in for DCSS on the coke rewards program. About every 3-4 weeks, she can send a baggie of codes and lids for you to enter at the cokerewards site for DCSS and we get credit for the codes entered.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Please click on the links below and sign up.....


Boosterthon Volunteer Sign Up:
https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/3094981/false?popup=true#/invitation


Feb 6th: Muffins in the Morning:

https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/2426965/true#/invitation



* Please keep in mind you will have to complete the 3 step process in order to volunteer here at DCSS.

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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:

Wednesday, January 15th 2:30pm

Thursday, January 16th 8:10am

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After School Programs - Current Sign Ups

Girls on the Run: online registration begins 1/10- program begins on 2/10

Heart & Sole: online registration begins 1/10- program begins on 2/10


Fashion Club: Grades 3rd to 6th, begins 1/24 from 3:30 - 4:40 p.m contact cbutler@southsidecharter.org

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Apps & Programs at DCSS

Parents were asking in PTC if we could make a list of helpful apps/programs that are used by all at DCSS and let them know what they are for and how they are used.


Below is our attempt to begin to meet this need and give more information about the apps and programs that we use.

Communication/School Management:


Powerschool: (All students K-8)

  • PowerSchool: Check student attendance, grades (iPhone/Android App and website) and log Volunteer Time (desktop site only). Create an account and then use your student's individual credentials to link your student to your account. Contact front desk if you need help accessing your account.

School Mint: (Replacing ACE - All students K-8)

  • https://csusa.schoolmint.net/: Re-enroll, apply for new students


Live School: (All students K-8)

  • https://www.whyliveschool.com/how-to/get-started-as-a-parent: Our classroom teachers use LiveSCHOOL to track positive behavior and share behavior feedback with you and your child. Students will receive positive points in LiveSchool for hard work and good behavior. We will also give feedback on the negative choices your child may make. You can access all of this information from your computer or phone. The classroom teacher can give you the access code that you need. We also want to reward students for doing the right thing! As part of our use of LiveSchool, your child will be able to spend his or her points on various classroom and school-wide rewards. We are going to be focusing on positive reinforcement and encouragement and hope that your child earns lots of exciting rewards! To learn more, please visit the following web address for a short video introduction to the service: https://youtu.be/bB9CYHH4dc4


Edmodo: (All students K-8)

  • Edmodo is an educational technology company offering a communication, collaboration, and coaching platform to K-12 schools and teachers. The Edmodo network enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments, and manage communication with students, colleagues, and parents. Middle School students also participate in an "All Middle School" communication group in which they can get information about school events, or ask questions. Students can email their teacher directly through Edmodo.


Focus:

  • Student Management System used by Duval County Public Schools - for which we are part. For 2020-21, charter school parents will also have Focus account access. Students do have Focus/DCPS student numbers which makes them able to access the public library, computer sales, etc.


Next Week we will add more information about the learning programs we use online for students!

Middle School Soccer Middle School Soccer

As we add 4-5 sports over two years, the next sport we are adding for 2019-20 is Boys and Girls Soccer! Stay tuned for try out dates, but you can go ahead and complete the paperwork and get sports physicals (good for one calendar year from date of issue)


Atheltic Paperwork can be found here on our website:

https://www.southsidecharter.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=426666&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=784221

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Important Dates for 2020-2021 School year

New and returning families

For current students that are returning next school year, 2020-2021.

-Intent to return (Recommit) begins on January 2 and ends on January 31.


New families that are interested in applying at Duval Charter School at Southside for 2020-2021.

-Open enrollment begins on January 13 and ends February 14.

-Date of lottery February 19.

-Registration begins February 19.


Upcoming Information Sessions for new families

01/23/20 Thur @ 6 pm

02/08/20 Sat @ 10 am

02/20/20 Thur @ 9:30 am

03/19/20 Thur @ 9:30 am



To recommit and to apply, click here https://csusa.schoolmint.net/signin

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After School Activities:

Programming Provided On-site by Outside Providers

- Contact Jill Morales at Front Desk or Mr. Jared Davis for more information:


  • Happy Feet Soccer Program: Tuesdays- K-1st from 3:15-3:45 p.m & 2-4th from 3:15 -4:00 p.m
  • Play Ball Sports Program: Thursdays- 3:00- 4:00 p.m
  • Pro-Martial Arts Program: Mondays- 3:00-4:00 p.m
  • Art Club Program: (Early Release Days Only) from 1:00- 3:00 p.m
  • Bricks, Bots & Beakers -Mondays & Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15 p.m
  • Artists in Motion:Tuesdays & Thursdays from 3:30- 5:30 p.m
  • Indian Classical Dance Tuesdays, K-4th from 3:15- 4:00 p.m


Teacher/Staff Sponsored Clubs/Activities:

  • Girls On The Run: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-4:45
  • Heart & Sole Gr 6-8 Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:45
  • Girls Who Code Gr 3-5 3:20-4:30 Mondays
  • Girls Who Code Gr 6-8 3:20-4:30 Tuesdays
  • Anime Club Gr 6-8 Fridays 3:30-4:30
  • ODM Teams Mondays 4th grade 3:30-6, Wed. 3rd & MS teams 3:30-6
  • Basketball Team Gr 6-8 3:15-5:30 On Practice Days
  • Drum Line 3:15-4:30 Tuesdays
  • Jazz Band 3:15-4:30 Mondays
  • Fashion Club 3:30-4:30 Fridays starts 1/24
  • Coming soon - middle school soccer teams!


Contact Jill Morales at the front desk, or Mr. Jared Davis, Student Services Coordinator, for more information, some activities are fee based and provided by outside organizations but on our campus. Some are led by staff members, and are free or fee based depending on supplies needed for the club. Their are tryouts for ODM and MS Athletic Teams.


PLEASE help remind your students each morning if they have a club or team practice after school!

January Breakfast and Lunch Menu

https://sla-dss.nutrislice.com/menu/duval-charter-school-at-southside/breakfast/2020-01-06?mode=browse


https://sla-dss.nutrislice.com/menu/duval-charter-school-at-southside/lunch/2020-01-06?mode=browse

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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)

Calendar Calendar

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Duval Charter School at Southside

Website: https://www.southsidecharter.org/
Location: 8680 A C Skinner Parkway, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Phone: 904-4235348
Facebook: facebook.com/DuvalSouthside
Twitter: @DCSSouthside

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