It's Elementary - DES Newsletter

May 26 - Field Day

May 30 - NO SCHOOL

June 1 - End of the Year Awards

June 3 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (for students)

The end of April we said good bye to Hope, our Administrative Assistant, with a bead party to celebrate her move to New Orleans.

May brought us a lot of testing, but most of our students are now done!

Teachers and staff enjoyed a wonderful Teacher Appreciation week!

We have lots of fun activities planned in May. Please see the calendar above or contact your child's teacher for special dates. June 3rd will be the last day of school!

It takes a BIG heart to shape little minds. ♡

Thank you for all you do! Happy Teacher Appreciation.

Angela

Every month we ask grade level teams to tell us something special they spotted in Gore Hall. Here are their responses!

Kindergarten: We just released our butterfly ! We discussed the butterfly life cycle. Bittersweet time to release our butterfly since we watched it from the beginning

First Grade: Students are showing more confidence with expressing their thoughts and writing in their daily journals.

Second Grade: Students helping each other carry stuff to the Friday bus.

Third Grade: Third Grade was saddened to say goodbye to Hope, but thrilled to welcome back Ms. Tina!

Fourth Grade: Students sharing and celebrating all the positive traits about themselves.

Fifth Grade: Many 5th graders sharing their wealth of knowledge and educating their peers. This month showcased Native American Presentations, as well as, inspiring Deaf/Hard of Hearing persons in the community.

Lab: Students excited about learning how to tell time.

Every month we ask grade level teams to share a favorite moment. Here are their responses!

Kindergarten: A first grader being excited about performing in Peter Pan.

First Grade: Students made a connection to a fable and a current real-life experience.

Second Grade: We did a play today. had a great teacher appreciation week with lots of love. We are learning about shapes and fractions. We are writing on HOW to story in writing.

Third Grade: Third Grade was excited to see a couple of special presentations recently: West Side Story by the Dance Troupe and Matt Gilmore, Deaf Firefighter! We also were excited to celebrate all of our accomplishments at the Honor Roll ceremony. Some students showed improvement last quarter and earned Honor Roll certificates for the first time!

Fourth Grade: Welcoming our new student!

Fifth Grade: There are just so many! We loved being able to go to UNF on our first of many field trips. Also, celebrating the student's MAP growth and Julia's last day of internship is high on our list as well.

Lab: Two students proudly showing their artwork and asking which was the better drawing...then laughing and congratulating one another when told that both drawings are very good.

Vaill Hall recently enjoyed watching the Peter Pan performance. We are so proud of all our performers for the hard work and the courage they demonstrated by stepping on stage. We are also thankful for all the effort and teamwork by all who supported our dorm to ensure our students’ success.

Students enjoyed the Alligator Farm and the personalized tour. They were able to touch and see live animals and learn about the history of the Alligator Farm. The drive through downtown Saint Augustine was scenic, lively, and beautiful and was an added benefit to the trip.

Just this week students went to a Jumbo Shrimp baseball game and we were blessed with beautiful weather.

Students showed their appreciation to their teachers by coloring fabric flags and making brownies. We love our teachers and hope they felt our appreciation for all their hard work!

We are looking forward to an outdoor movie this coming Monday and our dorm field day on May 23rd. We will have games, water balloons, and water games and bubbles.

Our continuing goal is to encourage and foster independence in our students. We continue to teach students to learn their personal information, self-care, keep a clean personal space, social skills, and how to be responsible citizens.

As we enter our final weeks this school year, we will continue to send more items home. If your students have bulky bedding, please send an additional bag for packing.

We would like to thank our Parents/Guardians for their continued support and Teamwork! Also, we wish to thank those who have donated to our clothes closet! These items are always appreciated!

*See the FSDB Facebook page for more from this event!

Check out these resources for reading with your Deaf child! Please remember to read every day!

Fifteen Principles for Reading with Deaf Children (ASL version)

Fifteen Principles for Reading with Deaf Children (English version)

The weather in St. Augustine is tricky! It can be chilly in the morning, but by afternoon, the sun is shining and recess gets hot! Students often take off their jackets and sweaters, and more often than not, leave them on the playground. You can help us by making sure your child's name, or even initials, are written somewhere inside the garment. We usually check the tag to see if we can identify the owner of a lost article of clothing, so it would be a great kindness if you could put a name there for us! THANK YOU!

Did you know that we have a private DES Facebook group? In order to enhance digital security for our students and their families, we transitioned our school Facebook page to a private group, which affords us better screening and monitoring measures. If you would like to join the group, please click this link: www.facebook.com/groups/fsdbdeafelementaryschool. Our goal is to post pictures and/or updates daily.

2021-2022 Friday with FDLRS Parent Webinar Series

The FDLRS Administration Project and Associate Centers Network are proud to offer a series of parent webinars to take place virtually over the 2021-2022 school year.

Each 90-minute webinar will be conducted monthly during lunch hours from 11:30am-1:00pm, EST, on designated Fridays. All session will be recorded and posted to our Recorded Webinars page for access throughout the year.

These webinars are free of charge and open to all parents, families, and professionals working with children with disabilities or those with unique learning needs. Please register today for one or all the upcoming Friday with FDLRS Parent Webinars.

Summer Activities and Resources for Parents and Families (May 13, 2022)

https://www.fdlrs.org/about/parent/free-parent-webinars

One of our 2nd graders after their dance performance.

Want to contribute a Cutie Patootie Picture of the Month submission? Join, like, and share our FSDB Deaf Elementary School Facebook Group and let us know! But also know the competition is pretty tough because DES is FULL of Cutie Patooties!

FSDB encourages parents/legal guardians of enrolled students to regularly log onto the Skyward Family/Student Access portal to keep their contact information up-to-date.

Skylert (School Messenger) is the system that FSDB uses to send out automated phone calls, text messages and email notifications families for general purposes ann case of emergencies.

Opting in for automated Skylert text notifications makes it possible for FSDB to quickly inform families about situations that may impact their child/family (e.g., weather, safety and bus alerts) as well as other school-related information. To opt-in, text "Y" to 67587.

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