Dear OSES Families,

We had a great week at OSES!

The US News & World Report recently published its first ever rankings of public elementary schools. Orlando Science Elementary placed within top 30% of elementary schools in Florida (203/2567 state), (7/170 OCPS) making it an official US News Best Elementary School. Congratulations to all students and staff who attended or worked at OSES last school year. We hope to continue this recognition.

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/florida/orlando-science-elementary-charter-246230

A special thank you to PVO and The Sawant Family for providing a Thanksgiving lunch for our staff.

We hope everyone enjoys their time off and has a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving break. We will see everyone back here on Monday the 29th!

Mr. Singleton, Principal

This week in social studies and character development we have been learning about the First Thanksgiving and gratitude. Our kiddos have had a great time participating in Thanksgiving/fall activities. In science we have been learning all about texture. Students have had hands-on experiences feeling and describing different textures.

Next week is fall break. We hope you all have a wonderful time with your families and we will see you Monday, Nov. 29th when we return back to campus.

First grade had a blast learning about Thanksgiving this week! Mrs. Yeaman’s made a Macy’s Day Parade float using a balloon and a robot that followed a path that their class built. We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday break!

Mrs. Waugh’s class tested the repulsion of magnets by powering race cars without touching them. Students had to test their car uphill, in reverse, left and right turns, and travel for 10 feet.

Ms. Nickerson’s class tested the relationship between force and distance by creating spoon catapults. The students learned how applying more force allowed their projectile to travel further.

Mr. Mateer’s class started learning about everyone’s favorite math concept this week: fractions! Students have been exploring equivalent fractions, how to figure out if two fractions are equivalent and how to generate new equivalent fractions. In science, we’re taking a test of Forms of Energy, and in reading, we’re taking a test on reading literature. Specifically, comparing dramas with visuals and determining theme!

Ms. Michetti’s class presented their pumpkin book reports this week! Each student picked their favorite character from a book and described character traits both inferred and explicitly stated, designed a pumpkin to look like that character, and presented to their peers. It was a great success and the students worked very hard!

Ms. Galan’s class played Minute to win it games to review math and science concepts.

They also finished their weather reports on this weeks weather focusing on the cold fronts we have been experiencing.

Physical Education:

We have completed playing Lacrosse, Kickball, and T-ball/Cricket. Starting this week, we begin practicing skills on basketball.

In ELA, students recently finished a project on his poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe where they drew their own interpretation of the poem and supported their artistic choices with textual evidence. They also have read several texts on the Trail of Tears and practiced identifying an author’s argument. The students learned how to determine whether or not an argument is effectively presented and sufficiently supported by evidence.

To wrap up the last week before the break students in Mrs. Aramayo's and Ms. Holihan's class did an outside review activity before testing on cells. Students participated in multiple rounds to determine whether their items were living or non-living and if items belonged to one of the cellular levels of organizations.

Here are some pictures of cell projects created by students in Ms. Holihan’s class. Students presented their project in class.

This week in music class, we finished up our Science of Sound unit and did a lesson on Native American music. Looking for some songs to play this Thanksgiving season? Check out this playlist of school-appropriate Native American Hip Hop we listened to in class! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL35EFmiV2YeEdU33-nz2o6WVN82pFlBgO

K-5 PE in Mr. Senter’s class are working on dialing in their throwing skills by playing a game called stuff the turkey.

This week we are working on obstacle courses! Students had a great time getting through the obstacle courses and competing against each other!

If you would like to donate to the PE department, please check out the wish list: HERE

In Character Development this week, we continued to talk about peer relationships and how relationships can be between friends, family, pets, and even yourself.

This week in art class Kindergarten and 1st grade did “Penguins Dressed for Winter” drawings and 2nd grade drew their sketches for their printmaking “Fox in the Snow” theme! We are ready for Winter!!

In STEM Lab, we continue to learn about living things. Kindergarten students learned about real and make-believe animals and plants. 1st and 3rd are created booklets about the parts of plants and their functions. 2nd and 5th created giant human bodies with parts and systems.

The service learning club organized a food drive to donate food to local organization, Feed Hope Now. The sixth graders donated over 1,200 food items! Mr. Koc’s class was the winning class with the most donations, earning a morning donut party. We look forward to the next service learning project and thank everyone who participated

When we return from Thanksgiving break, students in grades K-5 will take the second iReady diagnostic. Reading will take place the week of November 29th, and Math the week of December 6th. Please make sure your student has a working pair of headphones at school for this assessment. Also, the school is looking for parent proctors for the diagnostic. Proctors must be ADDitions approved and participate in a short training. Please sign up to proctor at:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044EABAF28AAFF2-iready

Reach out to Ms. Carter with any questions or comments at Cayce.Carter@orlandoscience.org. Have a wonderful break!

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Hello families!

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
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For club requests please email Ms. Gardella at Courtney.gardella@orlandoscience.org

Thank you so much for all of your support and we hope that you child enjoys clubs this year!

If you are interested in signing up for aftercare, please fill out the forms below and hand them into the front desk OR Email them directly to Ms. Rosario.

If you have any questions regarding aftercare, please email Jessica.Rosario@orlandoscience.org.

Orlando Science Families interested in volunteering at the OSES Technology Campus during the 2021-2022 School Year MUST be ADDitions approved. Below you will find the link to apply for ADDitions for the 2021-2022 school year.

If you already have an account, please make sure it is active for this school year.