Dear OSES Families,

As many of you know, OSES was designated as the Most Diverse Public Elementary School in the state of Florida in 2021. Our school is full of different cultures, languages, and beliefs; it’s a big part of what makes us a special place to learn not only from books, but one another.

Clearly there are conflicts taking place in the world that deserve attention. I hope that OSES serves you and your family as a safe spot to express your culture and beliefs. We are grateful not only for the diverse student population, but also the diverse staff that exemplifies different cultures can work together towards a common goal.

Peacefully,

Mr. Singleton

Principal

A Sign up Genius will be sent to all PVO members. If you wish to volunteer for book fair, please join PVO by emailing oses.pvo@orlandoscience.org. Must be ADDitions approved

Dear Parents,

Sign up for Smile Mile. Click here to sign your child up. https://www.trackshack.com/events-detail.php?id=29 We currently have 125 participants for our school! Last year we had 243 by race day, but do not worry, there is time to sign up and another opportunity if you really want to participate! OSS has made 25 Smile Mile Sponsorships available for those that are interested. Students interested in a Sponsorship will need to email a one paragraph response answering the following questions.

1. Why would I want to go and participate in Smile Mile?

2. What do I love about Orlando Science Elementary School?

3. If I had a magic wand, what would I wish for?

Once you have finished your paragraph, answering all three questions, submit an email of your response to matt.senter@orlandoscience.org to have your name entered into the circle wheel of names. Paragraph responses will be accepted until March 10, 2022 at 9:00pm. The raffle will be broadcasted via Zoom on March 11, 2022 at 6:00pm. The Zoom link will be sent out to those students who apply, with more details. Come join us on March 26th - in person or virtually and show your school spirit.

Big IDEA Conference

The Exceptional Student Education (ESE) department is excited to host its annual Big IDEA Conference

for the 2021-2022 school year March 26, 2022. The Big IDEA Conference is for families of students with

exceptionalities. Below are the event overview details.

Event: Big IDEA Conference

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2022

Location: WebEx

Event Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Audience: Families of students with exceptionalities

The purpose of the conference is to help the families of exceptional students celebrate their abilities of

today, while preparing for tomorrow’s possibilities. All families of students with exceptionalities are

invited to attend this virtual event. Participants will have the opportunity to select breakout sessions to

attend based on their interests and needs.

To register for the conference, please visit bigidea.ocps.net

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.

You can now purchase your yearbooks online for $20. Yearbooks will arrive on campus in May. We cannot wait to show you how awesome this year has been! When you order, our school code is 20679.

www.YearbookOrderCenter.com

Thank you to everyone to participated in the food drive for Ukraine!

Kindergarten has had a blast celebrating Read Across America this week by dressing up in lots of fun attire, and listening to/reading different stories.

In Social Studies we have been learning about different types of jobs people do and the tools they use for these jobs. We also have been learning about US currency. In science we are still focusing on force of motion.

Some reminders: Cooler weather is still here. Please make sure your child’s name is written inside of their jacket. We have lots of lost jackets this time of year!

Please also label water bottles as well :)

Ms. Yeaman’s class enjoyed learning about perseverance during a read aloud with Ms. Greene

Ms. Waugh’s class enjoyed a read-aloud this week with Ms. Greene for Read Across America Week!

They also made working models of the lungs as they learn about the different body parts and their functions in Science.

Ms. Nickerson’s class also made working body parts using paper, string and straws to model how the skeleton and muscles work together to make the hand move.

2nd grade’s 3rd quarter AR party is Thursday, March 10th. Make sure you have earned at least 20 AR points since the start of the 3rd quarter (January 4th) by March 9th to get to the party!

Students in Myers’ class worked hard on engineering this week, among other subjects. They test flighted their valentine kite. The challenge was to make a heart shaped kite. In Ms Awadalla’s class, the students just finished the All About Me project to share about their families with her classmates and teacher. Figueroa’s students are finishing up their class book that they are publishing!

This week, Mr. Mateer’s class has been up to a lot. In writing, we’ve been getting support from Mr. Salgado and getting individual, personalized support to make our writing the best it can be! Math is all about area and perimeter. We’re continuing our novel study of Percy Jackson. The best part was everyone getting to dig out their own actual gemstone!

Ms. Michetti's class has been finishing up their Earth Structures class with a cross-curricular narrative writing assignment for student pet rocks. They have loved creating background stories (including physical classifications, types of rocks, and origins) that describe their pet rock character, the setting in which they originate and reside, and character traits for their rock!

Ms. Galans classes are making amazing progress this year. We have finished all 5th grade math and science standards and are focusing on review and finishing 6th grade standards.

For science next week students will be working on fictional animals, their fossil records, adaptations, and branching diagrams.

In Math students are working on understanding inequalities and equations. Math APM scores have been passed out this week for my class.

Mrs. Gajus’ math classes have been making great strides this year! The Pre-Algebra classes have completed 9 of the 11 units of study and will soon be starting a spiral review of all standards taught this year. After our review, students will begin working on some basic Algebra 1 concepts to prepare them for next year. The 6th grade classes have completed 8 of the 10 units of study for their course and will be ready to start their spiral review of all standards once those last units are completed. Students recently took their second math APM assessment. Students will be receiving their score reports soon, once all make-up testing is over. Please be looking out for further information about those reports via email.

Physical Education:

3/2/2022 Million Miles Challenge

Top 3 Girls:

Eman B. / Shahrizoda Y. / Tanishka S. 14 laps

Top 3 Boys:

Aidan L. 16 laps

Hamza A. / Christopher S. 14 laps

HR Average per student

1. Ms. Simm’s 1.96 miles / student

2. Ms. Holihan 1.51 miles/student

3. Ms. M. 1.13 miles/student

4. Mr. Koc 1.06 miles/student

5. Mr. Lawrence 1.04 miles/student

Japanese Elective:

In class, we used the traditional black ink and brush to practice Japanese calligraphy.

S.M.A.R.T Goal in Physical Education

On Saturday February 26, 2022, Mr. Lawrence and Ms. Masuoka completed a 20-mile hike in Fort Christmas in 6 hours and 44 minutes.

This was an implementation of S.M.A.R.T. goal for Ms. M.

In PE class, we have discussed how to set our own S.M.A.R.T. goals. Students saw the progression of 20-mile hike training on the white board.

Students have been setting their lap goals for the Million Miles Challenge to improve their cardiorespiratory endurance.

Last Friday UCF Marine Biology students visited the 6th grade life science classes. The students engaged in learning about the biodiversity of sharks by rotating through stations. The stations included an informational station with drawing sharks with stencils application, question station with a closer look at shark fins, and a relay race to apply and practice knowledge of the sharks. Check out these sharktastic photos!

Mr. Senter’s PE class is working on jump ropes and hula hoops. Pictured below, students are working collaboratively with others in a jump rope and hula hoop relay race.

On Saturday, February 26th, some members of the OSES Elementary Science Olympiad team went to Jacksonville to compete against 5 other schools. These students competed:

Shrey Goli, Vengal V Pachhava, Aiksha Chirumamilla, Molina Soni, Nikhil Kar, Anahi Desai, Anishka Sharma, Anya Bollineni, Misha Goli, Soha Chharbra, Donovan Corriette, Shreyas Pusa, Kriti Vedula, Divyesh Meda, and Jonathan Toussaint.

Medals for events were awarded to:

Molina and Shrey- A is for Anatomy- 3rd place

Aiksha and Divyesh- Backyard Biology- 2nd place

Nikhil and Divyesh- Keyed to Science- 2nd place

Anishka, Anahi, and Anya- Mystery Packaging- 2nd place

Kriti and Donovan- Starry, Starry Night- 3rd place

Congratulations to all who participated. We are looking forward to our regional competition at UCF on March 12th!

On Thursday, February 24th the awards ceremony for the Ying Expo Orange County Science Fair took place. Our students did an amazing job with their work and representing our school!

Here are the awards that were given out to our 6th grade students:

• In 1st place, Keerthi Karri for the Plant Sciences – Junior Division.

• In 3rd place, Shahrizoda Yusypova for the Environmental Engineering – Junior Division.

• In 4th place, Andrew Chai for the Engineering – Junior Division.

Congratulations to all and best of luck to Keerthi Kari as she moves on the Florida State Science and Engineering Fair.

Soha

Vengal

Being a Driver of Change, Mrs. Trujillo won a Golden Ticket at the GeoBus Preview on Saturday. This means that the GeoBus will be visiting our school for free during the spring semester! Check out our Instagram account for a post about the event.

Our SECME team sent students to compete in the Curtis Rising Stars Challenge on Saturday. You can see a post about the challenge on our Instagram account. Thank you to our Table Coaches, which included parents, and Dhruv, our SECME 6th grade mentor. Our 3rd and 4th graders consisted of Asher, Sean, Aiden, Sadajit, and Pranil. Our 5th graders included Arpith, Aarit, Dhruv, Deeharr, and Abdul. They competed in STEM Challenges, had a lunch break in between, and spent some time exploring the Science Center. Thank you to the Science Center for hosting this event!

The Florida contest for March is on March 12th at 10AM. Here is the link for parents: https://mathleague.org/escontestonline.php?event=9161

The March make-up contest is on March 27th at 3PM. Here is the link for parents: https://mathleague.org/escontestonline.php?event=9290

This is the last qualifying contest for Mathleague.org. In April, there will be a District Championship for students who qualified during the 6 qualifying rounds. In May, there will be a State Championship for students who qualify from Districts in April. Mathleague is currently considering hosting Districts and States in person if they can find somewhere to host it.

Registration for the History Bee has opened! Families have received emails detailing the information if their students qualified for the Regional Finals in Tampa. Be sure to cheer on our 6th graders participating in this event!

Have you checked out the projects our students created for the Virtual Energy Whiz? We encourage all of our stakeholders to leave comments on the project pages. We do have three Junior Solar Sprint teams but one of their pages is not here. They are working towards the in-person Energy Whiz on April 30th. You can even find our projects on this website from last year’s event! For the April event, we are still accepting students/teams. Please fill out this form if your family is interested.

As some of you may know, Super STEM Saturday for OCPS was postponed. They have decided to have the schools hold their own individual events.

On March 10th, we will have a virtual event. The students below were chosen to showcase their work on critter comfort cottage, egg drop, energy inspired art, energy transfer machine, essay and vision board, junior solar sprint, mousetrap car, and/or water bottle rockets. If they choose to participate, they will need to do the following: join the Google Classroom for the event, create a Wakelet about their project and save it to the Super STEM Space, and provide feedback (reactions) to the other projects. The students listed below already have this project competed in the Virtual Energy Whiz or SECME Regionals. Some of these students are encouraged to also compete at Curtis Kinetic Energy Challenge (6th grade at the Science Center in March) and/or the Energy Whiz competition in Cocoa in April. All of our students are welcome to showcase their STEM experiences in this event. For more information, please check out the slide deck.

Here are our students that are invited to showcase their work: Anwita, Aiden (6th), Ajay, Makena, Diya, Deeharr, Atharv, Benjamin, Dhruv (6th), Neil, Akshara, Molina, Anahi, Aiden (4th), Arjun, Anay, Omar, Quinn, Aarini, Aarit, Ramsay, Anishka, and Soha. The students listed that participate will receive a medal and Free Pass to the Orlando Auto Museum (with the purchase of an adult pass.)

If you have any questions about this event or the Energy Whiz in April, please contact Mrs. Trujillo.

Students in grades 3rd-6th recently completed the Reading and Math APM assessment. Please keep an eye out for your student’s score report coming home.

This week 3rd grade participated in a practice FSA Reading and 5th grade took their final Science PMA.

On Monday (3/7), 3rd-6th graders will participate in a practice FSA Writing assessment. Be sure your student is well rested and arrives at school on time. Students having to make up assessments are missing his/her regular instruction.

Families in testing grades (3-6) received an email this week about our school’s FSA Parent Information Webinar on March 10th. Please check your Junk Mail if you are interested in attending but did not see the email or reach out to Mrs. Carter at cayce.carter@orlandoscience.org.

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. Taylor at Taylor.watson@orlandoscience.org

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

Show your favorite teacher or staff member how much you appreciate them by filling out the form below!

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. Morgan.

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.

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