Dear OSES Families,

We hope to see you tomorrow at the International Festival. The event will celebrate the diversity of the school and highlight many countries that our families are a part of culturally. The event proceeds will help to continue to support our teachers, staff, and students. Thank you PVO.

The first semester award ceremony is the last week of January. The medals will be distributed in class. We look forward to having everyone on campus next year for the event.

I appreciate everyone’s continued to support to ensure that OSES grows each day.

Thankfully,

Michael Singleton

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.

Breakfast and lunch will be charged for the upcoming school year. Please make sure your child has money in the schoolpay account. More information on schoolpay can be found in the parent resource section.

The fees are $0 for Free/Reduced applicants and $1.35 Breakfast and $1.90 Lunch for Full pay students. This information is available in: Meal Prices - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net)

Please make sure you child has money in their school pay account under ''breakfast/lunch fees''

To apply for free/reduced lunch please click on the link here: Free and Reduced Application Info - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net) Please do not apply with a paper copy as processing takes much longer.

If your child has food allergies and will require a special meal from OCPS please click on the link below to fill out the special diet order form

Special Diets for Food Allergies - Orange County Public Schools (ocps.net)

Many of our students participated in the online Scripps Spelling Bee. This week we had a schoolwide Bee for our Grades 4-6 classroom winners. Congratulations to Tejas Byna from Ms. Galan’s fifth grade class, our schoolwide 2023 Spelling Bee winner! He will represent our school in the next round of the Scripps Spelling Bee.

Florida’s Celebrate Literacy Week will take place next week, January 23-27th.

FAST Progress Monitoring #2 Score Reports for Grades K-5 were sent home; please complete the lime green AOR form and return to your student’s homeroom teacher. Sixth grade Progress Monitoring #2 Score Reports will be sent home on February 1st with the student’s Progress Report.

Families received Progress Monitoring #1 Score Reports in the fall. Reports for Grades 3-6 can also be viewed following the steps below:

1. Use a computer to visit the OCPS Parent Portal at https://parents.classlink.com/ocps

2. Click on the Skyward Family Access app.

3. Click District Links found at the top right-hand corner of the screen.

4. Click State Assessment Scores to view your student’s scale score, achievement level, and bar graph indicating your student’s scale score and where it falls in the achievement level.

Contact the Curriculum and Testing Coordinator, Cayce Carter (cayce.carter@orlandoscience.org) with any questions.

Remember, The International Festival is this Saturday, January 21st, from 11:00-4:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased through school pay. There will be a lot of fun activities, yummy food, and cute art crafts to see. Ms. Volden’s class will represent Ireland!

In first grade we did an outside activity, they observed objects with their eyes and then observed the objects again with a magnifier. They draw how the object appears when observed with and without the magnifier. This activity helps the students discover the things that surround them. We use the learning-by-doing theory of education wherein focuses on learning by doing. It encourages the students to learn through experiences that can help them retain information and recall facts.

Second grade is surprised how quickly the year is already moving. The students have been working so hard! They are learning about Dramas and plays, The Structure of the Earth, Three Branches of government, and continuing to learn about place value and word problems.

The students have really started to show growth as they work collaboratively in stations and STEAM bins!

In third grade, students have been learning to classify animals in science and have been traveling the United States as they explore the different regions. After our long break, students are settling back into routines and have started quarter 3 strong.

This week in fourth Grade we have been learning all about Earth,Sun and Moon. We have also been working on our Stem Fair Projects and learning what a testable question entails. In math we continue focusing on Multi-step problems and the different steps to solve them. Our students have been working really hard this entire week! We are so proud of them!

This week our fifth graders received a new project where they will be coming up with an invention for a Shark Tank competition. They are very excited to be the sharks and judge each other! In WIN the students have been working hard on their podcasts of their favorite authors!

This week students in World History class took the History Bee qualifying exam. Student who qualify to move on will recieve an email from their World History teacher with details on next steps.

On January 12th Anishka Sharma, Anwesha Byadagi, Gauri Borkar, Makena Jane, Nirav Shah, Niyati Devnani and Soha Chhabra competed against 50+ middle school students from grades 6-8 for the Orlando Science school level science fair. Congratulations to our 6th-grade students who will be advancing onto the Ying Expo County Science Fair and representing Orlando Science Technology Campus at county. These students have been working diligently this entire school year and are excited to proceed to the next level in February. They will be modifying their presentation boards and working on the verbal presentations to gear up for the big day. Keep up the good work orcas!

This week in Turkish class students got information about the country Turkey and started to learn the language with the greeting words.

Also in Turkish class, last semester students got the opportunity to listen to a KANUN recital in class , and tried to play the instrument a little. Special Thanks to Ms. Ebru for the wonderful recital.

In Character Education the past few weeks, we have had fun getting to know each other again by reviewing the rules and expectations. Students in Grades K-2 have practiced following directions and listening to each other by using whole body listening. They also discussed what it looks and sounds like to be a classroom family. Students in Grades 3-5 have discussed and practiced working in groups and last week students created a one word goal for the new year.

REMINDER: The Smile Mile is on Saturday, March 11, 2023.The Smile Mile is a one mile race for children between ages 5-11. OSES has been participating for many years and has even won the Largest Team Award for several years! It is our hope that we win this award again this year by having students sign up to participate in the race. All runners will receive a bib, t-shirt, and finisher medal. For any further questions, please contact Coach Senter via email.

National Elementary Honor Society would like to congratulate the following members on their officer positions:

President: Matthew Daily

Vice President: Ishani Patel

Historian: Liam Bundy

Secretary: Asher Nguyen

Treasurer: Aleanna Smith

Parliamentarian: Madison Burkes

Hello families!

Please read carefully for all club reminders:

PICK UP: 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

ABSENCES: Remember that 3 or more consecutive absences will result in a removal from the club. If you are missing club because of tutoring or sickness, email the club teacher so it can be excused.

REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CLUBS: At this time all clubs are FULL. To be put on the waiting list, please fill out the form below. Filling out this form does not guarantee you a spot in club and you will be contacted regarding any changes to your child's club schedule via email.

* If you already have a club on the requested day, you will automatically be removed. No need to request removal/withdrawal.

WITHDRAWING FROM CLUB: To withdraw from a club you may Email Ms. Taylor or fill out the form below.

For any other club related questions, you may contact Ms. Taylor at Taylor.Watson@orlandoscience.org

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The mission of Orlando Science Elementary School (OSES) is to provide a well-rounded education with special emphasis in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), while using research-based and innovative instructional methods in a stimulating learning environment. OSES is committed to the social-emotional learning and character development of all students.