Dear OSES Families,

This week marks the end of the third quarter and the beginning of Spring Break. Whether this is your first year at OSES, or in some cases, your seventh, I hope we continue to meet your expectations as your school of choice. Being at OSES is a choice that is made by each family and we hope student.

Our annual parent survey will be sent home over the next few days. Please take a few minutes to complete this important task that results in valuable data used to make important decisions.

We also invite your family to share photos from the break. Our yearbook will have a page dedicated to sharing your journeys and hopefully some lazy days. Information to order yearbooks will be shared soon and the directions to share the photos.

Be safe,

Mr. Singleton

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.

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

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

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about different jobs people do and the tools they use for these jobs. We have also learned about US currency.

In Science we have had lots of hands on fun performing different STEM/science experiments.

Next week is spring break. We hope you take this week to spend time with your families, unwind, and reset. Have a safe and fun break. We will see you when we return to school on Monday March 21st.

Ms. Keene’s class started their unit on Money by identifying and sorting different coins, as well as learning a catchy money song to help them remember the values. They also learned how the stem of a plant moves water and nutrients to the rest of the plant by observing and collecting data on celery stalks placed into colored water.

Second grade participated in some fun MAR10 Day activities on March 10th as well as their 3rd Quarter AR Party. Also, check out some of Mrs. Waugh’s awesome non-fiction book reports!

Ms. Waugh’s class also combined what they learned in Math about measuring liquid volume with science. They had to measure 25 mL of juice (or gastric acid) and combine it with crushed crackers to observe what happens during digestion.

Myers’ room was transformed into a donut shop and the kids solved math problems related to graphing and measurement. They were be the shop keepers trying to keep up with the sales. In McFarland’s room, her students are excited to get started on their State Float projects and have started research on their state in the West Region.

Ms. Michetti's class has been studying the cultural and historical significance of St. Patrick's Day and engineering traps to catch a leprechaun in action!

Miss Smythe’s class worked on their own energy transfer machines on Wednesday during class. They were encouraged to bring items for Thursday as well and continue to redesign and work through the engineering process. All of them are encouraged to look at the energy whiz competition in April and one lucky team will have their registration paid if they are interested. Please check Google classroom on Fridays and Mondays for any weekly updates. To see some of the energy transfer machines in action, check out our Instagram account.

This week students in Ms Berray and Ms Galan’s classes presented their project on fables and adages. Students presented their fable and created games for the class to play to check understanding of common fable elements.

On Thursday, students celebrated Pi day by creating augmented reality pages, taking part in an escape room, creating Pi-ku (haikus about pi) and even eating pie! Then students celebrated making their AR goal for the quarter! What a great start to spring break!

In February, the OSES Choir celebrated Black History Month by learning four African American songs and recording a concert! You can view the concert here: https://www.wevideo.com/view/2594459864

This weekend, the 6th grade students went to the Regional Finals for the History Bee in Tampa! Mr. Rego was able to join the students there and witness quite a few qualify for Nationals, which will be held in Orlando this summer! Congratulations to all the 6th graders who participated and to those who also qualified for Nationals!

PE is beginning a game called hula hut throw down. The game requires builders, attackers, and defenders, students this week are working on throwing different objects into different size goals, each goal is worth a certain number of hula hoops, once a team obtains six hula hoops they build a hula hut. The opposing team can break down a hula hut once it's build, defenders must try to keep their structure from being knocked over. The most hula huts in 10 minutes is the winner.

Our students that scored a 90% or higher on the last science test were entered into a drawing for an Amazon Gift Card. If your child is on this list, grownups, check your email for a gift card! Thank you to the Dudani family for sponsoring the drawing!

K Jesiah, 1st Mairine, 2nd Nathan, 3rd Samatha, 4th Anna, 5th Anya, 6th Shriyansh

Students on the third through fifth math competition team with Miss Awadalla are encouraged to participate in our first in person math competition of the year sponsored by our elementary school. It will be on April 9 from 12 to 330. The competition teams from Osceola Science and Seminole Science are also invited. Please let her know if you are interested in participating.

Testing Update

Student APM Score Reports have been sent home. Please reach out to your student’s teacher or Ms. Carter (Cayce.Carter@Orlandoscience.org) if you have any questions.

Families with 3rd-6th grade students, please review the FSA Testing Calendar so you are familiar with the dates your student is testing.

Enjoy your Spring Break!

Math Kangaroo Math Competition

Good luck to our 34 students that are competing in the Math Kangaroo math competition during spring break. Most are taking it in person and we will see you on campus on Thursday (3/17)! To the ones taking it online, please know that we are wishing you well and will be thinking about you during your time. Remember that there are practice questions online. It is best to review them so you know what to expect. No matter if you win or place, we are proud of you for trying it out and thinking about math in a different way.

Our students have been working hard on their projects for Super STEM Saturday, Virtual Energy Whiz, and SECME Regionals. Please show them that you are proud of them by reacting to the projects. Don’t forget to let us know if you want to compete at the Energy Whiz event on April 30th! https://wakelet.com/@Super_STEM_Thursday5240

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.

Science bee - Yifan Ren got the 1st Place of Champion.

History bee - Arya, Yifan, and Matthieu got the top 3. all of them from OSS.

Geography bee - Yifan got 4th place.

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.