Dear OSES Families,

That concludes semester 1 at OSES! we hope everyone had a successful semester and we can't wait to see what next semester brings.

Be sure to check your students grades, as report cards went home with them today.

This week was filled with many fun activities and dress up days around campus. Check out the pictures below to see what the classes have been up to.

On behalf of everyone at OSES, Have a holly jolly winter break! See you next year!

Mr. Singleton

Principal

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 Kindergarten continued traveling around the world learning about all the winter holidays. On Thursday we had our annual kindergarten snowball toss. This week students had class celebrations, decorated salt dough ornaments, watched The Polar Express, and participated in different holiday crafts.

iReady diagnostic scores will be coming home with report cards. Please make sure you sign the acknowledgment form sent from your child’s teacher.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe winter break and will see you all on Tuesday January 4th. Happy Holidays from the kindergarten team.

In 1st grade, classes participated in a variety of seasonal activities. Students learned about Christmas around the World which included Las Posadas, a festival celebrated in Mexico and some parts of the United States that is celebrated between December 16 and 24th. Happy Las Posadas to those who celebrate!

Students learned that people around the world celebrate holidays in many different ways and learning about the traditions of others helps us to understand more about our world.

Happy Holidays everyone! We can’t wait to see you back in the New Year! Here’s to a happy and healthy 2022!

Second graders traveled around the world this week to learn about holidays in different countries. They visited England, Australia, Japan, Germany, Mexico, and France. In Australia, students painted Aboriginal “dot” art.

Mrs. Waugh’s class participated in a Sumdog Holiday House decorating contest. Check out two of our entries!

We hope students have a wonderful break and have a Happy New Year! Keep reading and take AR quizzes at home!

Ms. Figueroa’s class worked with their International Engineering Buddies to create a claw this week. They zoomed with students from our school, another school in Florida, and students in India on Friday morning to share their designs with each other. They also have a chance to win a Barnes and Noble gift card by writing a story during the winter break for the Orlando Reading Circle.

Mr Nemcik’s class is participating in the STEM challenge where students are creating a “claw” capable of picking up a snowball.

Mrs. Saucedo’s class worked collaboratively to design and build a claw-like device to pick up snowballs. Students were only able to use straws, cardboard, string, glue, and tape to construct their device. They had the opportunity to test “the claw”, make improvements, and record how many cotton balls they were able to pick up in one minute.

Fifth Grade Team Wishes You Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!!

In Mr. Koc’s class we have finished up the year with our puppet show. For the puppet show students collaborated with their group to create and perform a skit in Turkish. Here are some pictures that were taken last week.

We had a lot of fun this semester in Spanish class! We learned the ABC’s, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, food items, greetings and goodbyes, simple phrases and sentences, and short conversations. We also learned about the culture in the different Spanish Speaking countries and we compared and contrasted the Hispanic cultures and the different cultures of all our students. Students learned many vocabulary words and they also learned how to conjugate regular verbs in Spanish.

Students worked in many STEM projects and hands-on activities like making posters, sugar skulls, carnival masks, a “guess who?” games in Spanish, Piñatas, Puppets shows, etc. I will miss all my students from this semester!!!! Attached are some pics that I took throughout the semester. Happy and safe Holidays!!! Enjoy your break!!!! :)

This week in PE we are doing some fun rotations in PE. We are doing some hula hoop races, playing head, shoulders knees and cone, working on our accuracy in throwing with a frisbee and some gator balls. We hope everyone has a wonderful break!

PE Wishlist 🙂

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In STEM and Art, we finished our Winter STEAM projects.

Your students’ (K-5th, Essentials) iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic #2 score reports are coming home today with his/her Report Card.

Fifth grade students will take the Science Progress Monitoring Activity #2 when they return from break, 1/7/22.

Please reach out to Cayce.Carter@orlandoscience.org if you have any questions. Happy Holidays!

Interested in knowing a little bit more about your favorite teacher or staff member? check out the forms below! They are in order k-5, specials, and then admin/support staff.

*Not all staff members have a file

Are you designing a claw in your class this week? You know who else is doing that? Our International Engineering Buddies are also building a claw that can pick up items this week. You are encouraged to see the projects on the Wakelet. If you want to add your project to the Wakelet, please message Mrs. Trujillo for that link.

Students in all grades are encouraged to enter the Orlando Reading Circle ‘Your Story’ writing contest. Students are encouraged to share their experiences during the quarantine and/or pandemic in 1,000 words or less and one lucky winner will win a Barnes and Noble gift card. You can email the link to your story to Bookwormz.dsomnali@gmail.com by December 31st. Our International Engineering Buddies are also participating and will win a giftcard to https://brownliving.in/.

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.

Super STEM Saturday happens on January 8th at Apopka High School with the competition lasting from 8 – 12 with awards possibly being around 1 or 2 at the latest. The projects that students can work on for that are: Poster, Water Bottle Rocket, Mousetrap Car, Critter Comfort Cottage, Egg Drop, Energy Transfer Machines, Energy Innovations, and Energy Inspired Art. There is also a Junior Solar Sprint, but those teams have already been created. The cost for Super STEM Saturday is $5 per person.

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.

We are looking for volunteers to help run a table at the math festival on January 8th from 2 to 5 PM. We are needing both parent and student volunteers and support will be provided to make sure you are ready. This is an excellent opportunity to put the M in STEM with the community! If you are interested in helping, please contact Amy.Trujillo@orlandoscience.org.

As part of the OSES Deck the Halls Calendar, our teachers were asked to participate in a baking challenge! Lots of delicious desserts were created for our staff members to enjoy. Thank you to PVO for providing amazing prizes for this competition, as well as helping cut the desserts! Here are the winners:

Flavorful Delight: Ms. Michetti’s Triple Berry Coffee Cake

Best Presentation: Ms. Bravo’s Snowman Cake

3rd Place Overall: Ms. Kladiva’s Truffles

2nd Place Overall: Ms. Drouillard’s Raspberry Chocolate Cake

Congratulations to our first ever OSES Baking Champion, Ms. Greene! Her Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake was absolutely delicious!

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!

Mr. Rego’s Ukulele Club performed Wham’s “Last Christmas” for the Winter Concert, and we had a wonderful time. Also, the Guitar Club accompanied the Chorus for “Kookabura.” The students sounded marvelous! Many thanks to Ms. Drouillard for organizing the event and collaborating with us.

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. 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.