From the Desk Of Tom Oldroyd

Magnolia Mustang

Magnolia School

Expectations:

Be Positive

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

Celebrate Success

OCPS Vision: To be the top producer of successful students in the nation.

OCPS Mission: To lead our students to success with the support and involve-

ment of families and the community.

OCTOBER 2016

2016-2017 is the year we start planning for a “newly built” Magnolia School. Several

meetings have already taken place through visits by OCPS administrators involved with the

process of assessing the unique spaces that our students need in their school. Next year

(2017-2018) contractors will be hired, as well as an architect who will create the drawings

for our new school. During 2018-2019, Magnolia School will move (for a year) to another

vacated school site so that the current Magnolia building can be dismantled to make way

for the new building. This is great news for the Magnolia community. We have been look-

ing forward to getting a new facility for many years. Thanks also go to our School Board

Member Kat Gordon who has advocated for a new Magnolia.

Safety Update – Badge Reader Door Locks and Video Cameras have been installed and are

in process of becoming fully operational. Most of the video cameras are working and may

be viewed in 4 separate locations around the school. They are also visible at the district

office. Door locks accessible by staff badges have been installed. At this time only a few

are working but all should be up and usable in the near future. These upgrades to Magno-

lia will help us manage safety for students, staff and guests.

Our Healthy School Team (HST) for this year has been developed and plans are being de-

veloped to help bring greater awareness to a large number of health issues such as flu sea-

son, healthy eating, exercise, weight control, smoking cessation, etc. The committee head-

ed by our head nurse, Charis Aycock RN, will be busy this year thinking of ways to make

everyone healthier and happier. If you have any suggestions for the committee you are

welcome to provide them – feel free to write your thoughts in your child’s communication

book or send an email.

JANETTE LOPEZ-MORALES

P A G E 2

EMBASSY DOES IT AGAIN! The Make a Difference team for our wonderful Embassy Suites

Jamaican Court has done it again! Their annual book drive

resulted in a plethora of new books. This year, the books will

be used to support leisure skills in the Hotel Magnolia. For

over 16 years, Embassy Suites Jamaican Court has honored

Magnolia School by being our Adopt-A-School Partner for the

Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association. The intention of

the Adopt-A-School Program is to utilize the assets of the

hospitality industry to support one of our most valuable re-

sources – Our Children. Every year, our Embassy Family

shows this support in numerous ways. THANK YOU

Embassy for all that you do for our school and students!

CONGRATULATIONS

SUPPORT PERSON of the Year

KristieGraham

CONGRATULATIONS PARAPROFESSIONAL

of the Year

Jasmine Colon Robles

Civitan, Magnolia School and Lake Nona High School recently entered into a part-

nership to help a junior at Lake Nona get a new scooter to increase her mobility

around the campus. Collaboration between Cynthia Hughes (Magnolia School So-

cial Worker) and the Social Worker at Lake Nona approached the Orlando Civitan (a

Magnolia School Partner In Education) for help. On September 29th the Lake Nona

student, her mother, Civitan, and both social workers met at FL Mobility on South

Orange Avenue. The owner James Weingarten showed several mobility options.

The choice was a new 3-wheeled red scooter. The store provided some customiza-

tion and the family was able to take the scooter home with them that same after-

noon. Thanks go to the Social Workers for overcoming an obstacle for this student.

Special thanks go to FL Mobility and Orlando Civitan for providing the financial

assistance.

P A G E 3

Oct. 28 Make up Bad Weather Day 805am

Nov. 2 Picture Day 930am

Nov. 10 Driver’s License Day 930am

Nov. 16 TEACH-IN 10am

Nov. 17 Children’s Grief Awareness Day 10am

Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Break School closed

Dec. 5 Student Picture Retakes 930am

Dec. 7 Barber Day 930am

Dec. 9 Civitan Luncheon—Santa Visit 1130am

Dec. 14 Winter Music Program/Parent Workday 1230pm

Dec. 16 Bridges Achievement Ceremony 10am

Dec. 16 Walgreen’s and Margarita Society Gifts 930am

Dec. 19 Beginning of Winter Break School closed

Jan. 4 Classes resume School open

Jan. 13 Math Science Fair 930am

Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Day School closed

Jan. 18 Student Recognition Day 930am

Jan.27 Family STEM Day 930am

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

3rd Annual Spooky Stroll and Roll a-thon Supports BCA Month

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

We are organizing a school-wide fundraiser this fall called “Magnolia’s 3nd Annual Spooky Stroll-&-Roll-A-Thon” with Halloween being our theme. We will have packets ready that include a

parent/guardian letter explaining the event and an envelope with an attached pledge form for each student to take home. Parents and guardians will be instructed to ask friends, family, etc.

to sponsor their child for this Stroll-&-Roll-A-Thon that takes place during the morning on Wed., October 26, 2016. Cash and checks should go in the envelope with the attached pledge form.

All envelopes need to be sent back to school by Wed, November 2 (one week after the event). Teachers, please give Wendy Lee your students’ collected envelopes at that time. Here’s a brief

description of the Fundraiser on the day of the event:

Where: Each class will meet outside at the Pavilion at their designated time (either 9am or 10:00am start time). We will use the track for the students and helpers/family to “stroll-&-roll”.

When: The fundraiser goes from 9 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. There will be 2 different teams starting at different times: Team Pumpkin and Team Ghost. Please find your classroom below to see what

time your class will participate.

Team Pumpkin – 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. -------- (Magnolia Team 1 and 2) - Ocasio, Conroy, Taylor, Lopez-Morales, Ballesteros, Smith, Machita, Adkins, Gordon, Candelario, and Day,

Team Ghost – 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ------ (Magnolia Team 3 and 4) - Lopez, Tuck, Ais, Kaufman-Long, Creath, Rumeau, Jackson, Wilkins, Garcia, Barker, Peebles, Hernandez, and Carattini.

Who: Parents/family and guardians will be invited to come and stroll & roll with their child in costume if they like. Please advise parents and guardians of the time their child will be partici-

pating out on the track. All teachers, paras, family, etc. will help assist the students around the track. Each student will have an index card with his name on it in which he or the teacher will

hold during the walk to keep track of the # of laps. He will receive a sticker on the card for every lap he does. All participating students will receive a ribbon. There will be music, popcorn,

and waters.

P A G E 4

M A G N O L I A M U S T A N G

FROM THE CLASSROOM OF RANDY KAUFFMAN-LONG

P A G E 5

On September 2, 2016, the Annual Transition Breakfast Tea hosted approximately 20 parents despite the incumbent weather. The

parents were informed of information to help their young adult’s transition from Magnolia to other opportunities after age 22. Kim

Bagley, Administrator, welcomed the parents and guests. Alida Hicks, CRT,

and Lisa Rodenberry, Bridges Coor- dinator shared updated information on

the Bridges Program for the stu- dents that are 18 to 22 years of age.

The Bridges Program is the last stop at Magnolia before exiting into the real

world. John Barnett and Alia Lee, staffing specialists, shared their roles in

helping the students to exit with all their requirements completed. They

also gave the parents binders to keep all of their young adults IEP

(Individual Educational Plans) infor- mation that has been gathered through-

out the student’s educational ca- reer. There are more of the binders

available in the front office. Dr. Andrea Hogan coordinator of the event, and Mr.

Jose Calderon, photographer assisted in this event. Mrs. Alice Flowers of Child-To-Parent Violence/Abuse (321.229.7688;

772.708.4759; www.themorningaftercenter.org) was a guest speaker. Cynthia Hughes, MSW social worker shared with parents, infor-

mation about resources available to those students exiting Magnolia this 2016-2017 school year. It was reiterated that parents of stu-

dents with challenging issues must have at least applied for APD (Agency for Persons with Disabilities) VR (Vocational Rehabilitation),

and guardianship or guardian advocacy if they have not already been obtained. Parents were invited to go on a parent tour of the

different Adult Day Centers. On September, 26, 2016, three parents toured Central Florida Contract Industry, an adult day training

facility, with Cynthia Hughes . If parents want to obtain information concerning Magnolia’s role in assisting students to transition to

“Life After 22”, please contact Cynthia Hughes, MSW at 407.296.6499 ext. 6272234

Annual Transition Breakfast Tea

I will have to say, that since the first day of school, when 3 adults who didn’t know each other came into a class of kids whom we didn’t know, we have all made huge strides as a class! My students, Stanley, Jinny and Veuntay, are adept on the computer and the Smartboard; Harold is mov-ing from just banging on the Smartboard to actually, purposefully engaging with it, and Luis actually seems to think before he answers on the smart-board because he doesn’t like the reaction he gets when he is wrong! They are learning different jobs in Student Services like punching holes in papers, categorizing, sorting, and delivery and are also becoming successful at their off-site jobs. Jinny and Stanley are learning to follow a schedule at the YMCA (including what materials they need for what jobs) and Veuntay and Luis are fitting in well with the Quest south schedule. I couldn’t just say a single positive praise, so, you get a paragraph instead!

SPORTS DAY!

6310 W. Colonial Drive

Orlando, FL 32818

3705 N Apopka Vineland Rd

Orlando, FL 32818

MAGNOLIA’S PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

8250 Jamaican Court

Orlando, FL

32819

8978 International Drive

Orlando, FL

32819

2701 N Hiawassee Rd, Orlando, FL 32818 411 Mercy Dr, Orlando, FL 32805

3401

S Hiawassee

Road

Orlando, FL

32835

870 N Hastings St, Orlando, FL 32808

MAGNOLIA’S PARTNERS IN EDUCATION

1600

Aaron

Ave

Orlando,

FL 32811

210

W 4th St

Apopka,

FL 32703

8863

W Colonial

Drive

Ocoee, FL

34761 2733 S Ferncreek Ave, Orlando, FL 32806

1918 Hillcrest

Street

Orlando, FL

32803

400A

Pittman St

Orlando, FL

32801

ORLANDO

CIVITAN

CLUB

SANTIAGO, EDWARD 10/02 CALDERON, JOSE 10/04 SMITH, WENDY 10/08 WILKINS, CORRILEE 10/08 TILLMAN, CAROL 10/12 LUKASIK, CINDY 10/16 MILLIGAN, BRENDA 10/17 WOODALL-SMITH, TAMMY 10/19 CARATTINI, JANET 10/20 MATTHEWS, ELIE 10/21 DIAZ, CARMEN 10/22 SANCHEZ, MIRIAM 10/23 SMITH, RAMONA 10/26 MARCHESE, TRACI 10/28 OBANDO, RAMSES 10/30 PEEBLES, VALERIE R. 11/03 SILER, SHERRIA 11/04 NEAL, SONJA D. 11/12 FOLSOM, JACQUELINE 11/14 SCHEID, ERICKA 11/23 JONES, TELESHIA 11/24 COWAN, JOY 11/28 LEE, WENDY 11/28 BAGLEY, KIM 11/28 KEMP, LINDA 12/03 MOCK, JULIA 12/06 GARCIA-RIVERA, ARLEENE 12/07 CALIO, DENISE 12/13 LAW, KYLA 12/14 THREAT, SHERRY 12/14 METEZIER, SIMON 12/19 LOPEZ, JANETTE 12/25 CREATH , DAVID 12/28 BOLDEN, ROBIN 12/09 DAVISON, JUDGINA 12/22

FROM THE CLASSROOM OF JENNIFER MACHITA…..

I just wanted to thank the awesome staff in my classroom! They have been doing such a phenomenal job with the kids and are a pleasure to work with every day. I am so grateful we work so well as a team! We have already seen some amazing progress with the kids and I am looking forward to seeing all that we can achieve this year : )

SEASONS GREETING CARD FOR THE HOLIDAY!

MADE BY OUR OWN STUDENTS!

The card is 4 ¼ by 5 ½ on a cream colored stock. The design is a beautiful embossed print, bronze in color, and shimmers in the light. It is stamped with the words Seasons Greetings. It is blank

on the inside and comes with a matching envelope.

EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED BY OUR OWN TAMMY ELLIOT A SAMPLE CAN BE SEEN IN THE FRONT OFFICE

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