Dear OSES Families,

We hope everyone had a great week and learned something new!

DEAW will be on Wednesday (6th grade) and Thursday (k-5) of next week.

If you did not get a change to have your picture taken for the year book, Lifetouch will be holding one last session at their Orlando location on January 22nd. See below for more detail.

Monday is Martin Luther King day and there will be no school. Enjoy your long weekend!

Mr. Singleton

Principal

Lifetouch will be offering one final retake day in our Orlando studio on Saturday, January 22nd.

See below for details:

Date: Saturday, January 22, 2022

Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm (First come, first served)

Location: Lifetouch Studio - 6220 Hazeltine National Dr #112, Orlando, FL 32822

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.

Camila (Grade 4) went to DC to visit the Zoo and monuments! She also went to west Maryland to see snow and ski!

Deeharr (Grade 5). We went to Dubai on top of the Burj Khalifa, did the reset safari and have a picture with a falcon on my arm. I also attended and Indian weeding for my Aunt in india.

This week in social studies students learned that continents are the largest landmasses on Earth! In science students experimented with changing the physical properties of matter.

Some reminders: Cooler days are here! Please make sure jackets and sweaters are labeled with your child’s first and last name. Also please make sure your child comes to school with a labeled water bottle for P.E. and recess daily.

The first graders have been having so much fun learning about the sun, moon, and stars! Ms. Terentev’s class tracked the sun by tracing their shadows throughout the day and watching them move. Ms. Keene’s class learned about tools that help make things appear bigger - they used magnifying glasses to observe the small intricacies of seashells. Some classes have also enjoyed having our own laptop carts in our classrooms. It is going to be a quarter of growth for our computer skills!

In Ms. Waugh’s Social Studies class, students went on a virtual field trip to Ellis Island to see what it was like to be an immigrant traveling through the checkpoints. They will be writing diary entries next week from an immigrant’s point of view.

In Math, Ms. Wiley and Ms. Waugh’s students are finishing up area and perimeter. Ms. Waugh’s class are constructing taco trucks and determining the are and perimeter of the required elements of the truck.

In Science, they finished up learning about wind energy and created hoop gliders then competed in a competition.

This week in Social Studies students have been working on the Southeast Region in preparation for the big travel fair in a couple months. Over the next month they will be exploring all the different regions, landforms, and States.

In Engineering students are either working on the Fluor Engineering Paper Ball Challenge or Tower Challenges focusing on teamwork.

Students in Mr. Nemcik’s class are planning a vacation using a budget. The project requires students to use real world skills to research the costs of airfare, hotels, car rentals, passports, and other travel expenses. Most of the students were very surprised to learn the real cost of traveling with a family.

This week in Ms. Brown’s class, students have been learning about Jamestown, writing an essay on the 7 Wonders of the World, and working on a Martin Luther King Jr Biography Research Booklet.

Students in life science this week are learning about inherited traits through the use of Punnett Squares. Students in Mrs. Aramayo’s class participated in an activity using plastic eggs to determine parent genotype and the resulting probable genotypes of their offspring!

9th Annual Zora! STEM Conference for Middle School Students: a Virtual Program January 28, 2022 from 12:45-4:00 PM

The ZORA! ™ STEM Conference provides a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) opportunity for students who are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. Its purpose is to engage and inspire the students who participate; to expose them to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in ways they had not previously thought about and/or imagined; and to have them begin to think about a career in a STEM field.

The ZORA! ™ STEM Education Day will take place virtually January 28, 2022 from 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Florida High Tech Corridor will host the virtual event and provide teacher training afterschool on either January 5 or 12. Students and their teacher will log in to the event and attend the three sessions listed on the website.

https://www.flstemconnect.com/blogs/post/9th-annual-zora-stem-conference

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 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.

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!

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.