Dear OSES Families,

This Monday is Valentines day! Students may dress in red or pink for $1! Please see below for more detail.

If your student wears a mask to school please be sure to send them with extra!

With the Cooler weather among us, please make sure all students are in dress code. Non school jackets and accessories may be worn outside but not in the classroom. Remember that only 6th grade students may wear jeans to school.

Have a wonderful weekend! We look forward to seeing everyone on campus again next week.

Mr. Singleton

Principal

Dear Parents,

We are reaching out to you with an opportunity in the community for a running race called Smile Mile. Smile Mile is a one mile race for children between the ages of five and eleven. For the past several years, Orlando Science Elementary School -Technology Campus, has won the Sly Johnson Award, “Largest Team Award.” It is my hope that we will be able to win the Sly Johnson Award again this year. If successful, OSES PE Department will receive a $500.00 grant to use for PE Equipment from Track Shack to aid in the enrichment of your son or daughter.

If having the largest team is not enough, your son and/or daughter will also have the ability to compete for the win in their age bracket, or just to have fun and be outdoors with their peers. It’s a win, win, win. We cannot do it without you! I hope that everyone signs up!!

All runners will receive a bib, t-shirt and a finisher medal. Dates and times for the race are listed below. Please feel free to email Mr Senter at matt.senter@orlandoscience.org if you have any questions about the race.

Track Shack - Smile Mile ßClick here to sign up, or if you would like to search for this link rather than clicking the link, type into your internet browser, Track Shack Smile Mile. Dates and Times are listed below for your convenience.

Leadership Academy is a tradition at Orlando Science Technology Campus that helps prepare our students for upcoming state testing. Beginning the end of January, students in 3rd-6th grade are invited to attend where he/she will receive additional support for the upcoming FSA. On each of the designated sessions, students will get more in-depth instruction with the standards they are struggling with and take several practice tests/quizzes in preparation for the FSA.

This year for Leadership Academy students will have two options for students to attend:

Tuesday & Thursday OR Saturday.

Students will not be able to attend both sessions.

Hours for the Tuesday & Thursday session are 4:00 pm-6:00 pm. Snacks will be provided. Students MUST be picked up by 6:00 pm. To sign up for the Tuesday and Thursday Leadership Academy sessions, go to this link.

Hours for the Saturday session are 9:00 am-12:00 pm. A lunch and snacks are provided. Students MUST be picked up by 12:00 pm. To sign up for the Saturday Leadership Academy sessions, go to this link.

Below is the Leadership Academy waiver that must be filled out prior to student's attendance.

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.

This week in science we learned about sound energy. Students had a blast learning about how sound is made and enjoying lots of hands-on learning experiences where they got to make sound.

In social studies we continued learning about timelines and comparing the past and present.

This week we had our in-house field trip with the Sanford Zoo where our students got to meet and learn about different animals.

Some reminders: Cooler weather is here. Please make sure your child’s name is written inside of their jacket. We have lots of lost jackets this time of year and without your child’s name we are unable to identify which jacket is theirs. Please make sure your child’s water bottle is also labeled with their name.

First graders are learning about plant parts and their functions. We are also enjoying learning about American Symbols and important African Americans.

Please look for information from your child’s teacher about Valentine’s Day celebrations next week.

This week in Ms. Nickerson’s class, students are learning about Earth systems and weather. This week, student’s loved building their own anemometers to measure the wind’s speed.

Second grade students are also participating in an iReady challenge this month, where each student is challenged to complete 10 iReady lessons each week with a passing score of at least 80%.

This week students have been working hard in engineering. Several classes have been designing containers to protect an egg, while others have worked on stabilizing tower structures. Students have their APM reading assessment next week on Tuesday.

In Science, we are studying rocks and minerals. On Monday, we worked together to classify examples of weathering and erosion. On Thursday, we studied the formation of rocks using Starburst candies!

We have an OPTIONAL Rocks and Minerals Game Time set up for 2/14 at 7 PM.

Here is a Wakelet for families to use to study: https://wke.lt/w/s/_5vZxZ

Here is an Epic Book Collection that students can access during school hours (maybe even before and after school.)

In science, Mrs. Saucedo’s class researched biomes and created infographics to share with the class. Students investigated the conditions in each environment; swamp, rainforest, desert, wetland, grassland, and tundra. On their infographic they described the location, climate, temperature, precipitation, and geographical features.

Physical Education:

Million Miles Challenge on 2/9/2022

Top 3 Girls:

Tanishka S. 11 / Aliza P. 10 / Aarya R. 10

Boys: All 10 laps:

Gabriel C. / Mathias C. / Hamza A. / Warren D. / Shivam P. / Yifei R. / Nicholas T.

Homeroom ranking for 2/9/2022:

1. Ms. Simms 1.6 miles / student

2. Mr. Koc 1.22 miles / student

3. Ms. Holihan 1.19 mils / student

4. Ms. M 1.18 mils / student

5. Mr. Lawrence 1.02 miles / student

ELA

This week in ELA Ms. Finsterle’s students spun a choice wheel and made projects on topics related to Black History Month. Some of standouts included a timeline of important events in African American history from 1800-2000, posters about Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman, and an essay about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Students in some classes also read Harlem Renaissance poetry by Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Sixth graders in the service learning club sold candy grams for Valentine’s Day. They made over $100!

Students shown below have been working on soccer this week. Students are working on shielding the ball from a defender, passing through rainbow cones with a partner, and working on two touch passing.

This week in Art we are inspired by Valentine’s Day and are looking at a few different street artists such as Chris Uphues and J. Goldcrown who are both known for their heart-themed art.

This week in Character Education we started discussing communication and using whole body listening. We participated in a few different activities to demonstrate our listening skills and talked about how it is important to use both empathy and respect, our character trait of the month to show people we are listening to them.

In STEM Lab, we used strips of paper to complete a Valentine’s Day STEM challenge. We created free-standing structures made from hearts.

A handful of our students are moving on in the Codecraft competition. They were challenged to use Scratch to create an original, informative, and compelling game or web story reflecting on the innovation of STEM and its impact on society. Check out some of the projects!

I am Calcei - The Cute Multiplier

Let’s Practice Some Math

The James Webb Telescope

The Evolution of the Phone

Students interested in STEAM are encouraged to join the SECME Team. There are three in-person and two virtual events in the spring, along with six other contests, that students can participate in. All of the information about the events, guidelines, and scoring sheets can be found here. Scholarships are available for families. Please contact Mrs. Trujillo if you have any questions.

SECME Regionals will be held on February 12th at UCF and will be held from 8 am to 3 pm. The projects for SECME Regionals are: Poster, Codecraft, Math, Water Bottle Rockets, Mousetrap Car, STEM Essay and Vision Board, Egg Drop, Energy Transfer Machine, and Glider. The cost for SECME Regionals is $25 per person since it includes lunch.

Curtis Kinetic Science will be held virtually in February and is sponsored by the Orlando Science Center. This has a cash prize! Think about Rube Goldberg machines to be inspired to create an Energy Transfer Machine of your own. This cost $5 per team.

Energy Whiz Virtual will be from February 14th to the 18th and it is all online. All of the projects will be displayed on a student created webpage using Word Press. I can help with this aspect. The projects from this competition are: Critter Comfort Cottage, Junior Solar Sprint, Energy Transfer Machine, Energy Innovations, Energy Inspired Art, and Solar Energy Cook-Off. The cost is $15 per team.

Energy Whiz In-Person will be on April 30th in COCOA, Florida. All of the projects will be displayed on a student created webpage using Word Press. I can help with this aspect. The projects from this competition are: Critter Comfort Cottage, Junior Solar Sprint, Energy Transfer Machine, Energy Innovations, Energy Inspired Art, and Solar Energy Cook-Off. The cost is $45 per team.

SECME’s mission is to increase the pool of historically underrepresented, under-served, and differently-abled students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce.

This month 3rd-6th grade students will take their second Adaptive Progress Monitoring activity in Reading and Math. Please make sure your student has working headphones at school or in his/her backpack. Reach out to Mrs. Carter at Cayce.Carter@orlandoscience.org if you have any questions.

Please contact Mrs. Carter at Cayce.Carter@orlandoscience.org with any questions.

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!

The Orca News Club put this Video together of what's happening around OSES

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If you have any questions regarding aftercare, please email kristal.morgan@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.

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