Seminole County Public Schools Goldsboro Elementar y Ma gnet School

Volume 12, Issue 8

March, 2017

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March 2017 S M T W Th F S

Specials Day 2

Specials Day 3 Report Cards

4th and 5th FSA

1 Specials Day 4

2 Specials Day 5

3 Specials Day 6

2nd Grade Sea World

Dr. Seuss Day

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6 Specials Day 1

7 Specials Day 2 Pre-K— 2nd Grade

Spring Pictures

8 Specials Day 3 eria

9 Specials Day 4

3rd-5th Grade Spring Pictures

10 Specials Day 5 PTA Movie Night

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12 13 Specials Day 6

14 Specials Day 1

15 Specials Day 2

16 Specials Day 3

PTA Fun Run

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3rd Grade FSA ELA

29 Specials Day 6

3rd Grade FSA ELA

30 Specials Day 1

31 Specials Day 2

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Para la noticia en Espanol, por favor llame a Ms. Green @ 407-320-5850.

Please check to see what day your child has PE for specials. It is important to make sure they are wearing proper shoes and have a water bottle.

Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence This publication is designed to keep you informed of what’s happening in our school. The Goldsboro Greeting can also be found on our website at www.goldsboro.scps.k12.fl.us/.

Spring Break: NO SCHOOL

Teacher Work Day (No School for

Students)

BELL SCHEDULES

MORNING 8:30 Breakfast Opens 8:45 Arrival 9:10 Classrooms Open 9:15 Tardy Bell

AFTERNOON

3:35 Bus Riders 3:40 Car Riders/ Day Care/ Extended Day 3:45 Walkers/Bike Riders

Wednesday afternoon bells are one hour earlier.

NUMBERS TO KNOW Main Number 320-5850 Principal, Mr. Schreiner 320-5801 Asst. Principal, Mrs. Mulholland 320-5803 Guidance, Mrs. Flynn 320-5854 Behavior Dean, Mr. Cory 320-5833 Clinic, Ms. Green 320-5806 Cafeteria, Ms. Donaldson 320-5852 Secretary, Ms. Crumity 320-5887 District Transportation 320-7550

STUDENT ARRIVAL

Please remember that GEMS does not have supervision of stu-dents before 8:30am, unless they are in a school sponsored club.

If you need supervision before then, please consider the ser-vices of the Kidzone and Beyond Before & After School Program. You can register on the Seminole County Public School website or visit the program any day after 3:30pm and speak with Mrs. Hayes, our on-site coordinator for the Before & After School Program.

STUDENT DISMISSAL

Please be advised that changes to dismissal will not be accepted after 3:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. on Wednesdays). Exceptions must be approved by administration.

Parents are asked to set up a “Rainy Day” plan with their child in case of inclement weather.

Parents/Guardians are the only ones authorized to change a dismissal, not students. Please make sure you notify your child’s teacher and the front office of any change in your child’s regular dismissal routine.

Thank you!

ATTENTION ALL GEMS VISITORS:

Goldsboro is implementing a new Visitor Management Sys-tem, called Raptor. Every visitor, vendor, and volunteer who enters a Raptor-

protected school must present their drivers license which is screened instantly and automatically. Our Visitor Management System screens visitors against the sex offender registries in every state, against each school’s database for custody issues and other customized alerts. Rap-tor is a pioneer in school safety technologies and is designed around a singular purpose: to protect every child at our school, daily!

Subject: Grade(s): Testing Dates(s): Computer- Based?

Make-Up Window:

FSA ELA Writing 4/5 February 28 No March 1- 3

FSA ELA Reading 3 March 28 - 29 No March 30 - 31

FSA Math 4 April 10 - 11 Yes April 11 – May 12

FSA ELA Reading 4 April 13 - 14 Yes April 14 – May 12

FSA ELA Reading 5 April 17 - 18 Yes April 18 - May 12

IOWA Assessment K - 2 April 17 - 21 No April 24 - 28

FSA Math 5 April 20 - 21

Yes April 21 - May 12

FSA Math 3 April 24 - 25

Yes April 25 - May 12

State Science 5 May 1 - 2 No May 3 - 5

IOWA Assessment 3 May 1- 3 Yes May 4 - 5

Spring Testing Schedule 2017 Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5 FSA Practice Tests:

In order to make the FSA Portal practice tests readily available for students to practice at school and at home, we have added a tile in ePassport. The tile is located under class tools, and is named “FSA Portal”. Stu-dents can use this tile to easily ac-cess the page where they can select an FSA practice test.

Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School March 2017 Newsletter

GEMS PTA Movie Night!

GEMS PTA presents “Family Movie Night and Food Drive” featuring Disney’s MOANA March 10, 2017 at 6 PM in the Cafeteria. * FREE POPCORN * FREE DRINKS (lemonade, tea & water)* * PIZZA: $1 a slice * MOVIE RAFFLE* Receive a raffle ticket for each non-perishable food item donated to win the DVD/Blue-Ray.

Thank you for your interest in be-ing a member of the GEMS PTA Board! It takes a team of us to coordinate all of the fun events our PTA sets up for our students and their fami-lies. We are always on the lookout for energetic individuals with a desire to help out!

Our nominations form has a short description of the different jobs on the back. Our nominations commit-tee does their very best to match skills and experi-ence of volunteers with the correct job to make a well functioning team, so please be sure to list any-thing you enjoy or are good at that you think might be helpful. Completed forms can be turned in at the front office, or emailed to Theresa Seigler, Nominations Com-mittee, at t.a.seigler@gmail.com.

GEMS PTA THANKS YOU... A big THANK YOU to GEMS Parents for contributing to our Val-entine’s Day Chocolate Fountain Event. The teachers felt VERY LOVED by GEMS families. It is one of their favorite events of the year! Our last event will be a luncheon in the Spring during Teacher and Staff Appreciation week. GEMS PTA appreciates your support!

SCCPTA Reflections Award Winner & Honorable Mentions 2016-2017

“What is Your Story?” CONGRATULATIONS to all SCCPTA Reflec-

tions Winners!

Seminole County Award Winner:

Seminole County Honorable mentions:

Arts Catego-ry

Grade/Division

Student name

Photography Special Artist Steven Thomas

Arts Category Grade/Division Student name

Literature Primary Aswin Sureshkumar

Literature Special Artist Benjamin Gist

Literature Special Artist Bruce Hipsher

Literature Special Artist Steven Thomas

Photography Special Artist Benjamin Gist

Special Artist Jerusalem Esparza

Visual Arts Intermediate Shohana Raisa

Visual Arts Special Artist Jerusalem Esparza

It’s Almost Time for Fun Run 2017…………….

I am sure you have heard about our upcoming PTA Fun Run. We are so excited to bring back this event! Your student should have re-ceived their collection form. If you need one, they are available (as a picture) on our PTA Facebook page or in the flyer distributer in the front office. There are great prizes to win! One student will win a Samsung Galaxy TABLET, one will win a DRONE, one will win a BIKE just to name a few grand pr izes! For every $25 of support your child raises, they will get one raffle ticket to try and win these amazing prizes and much more! Head over to the Goldsboro PTA Facebook page for more information on prizes.

We have made giving as easy as it could be. Just go online to https://99pledges.com/fund/goldsboro/ and find your student’s personal page. To find your student, click on the “Search for Participants” box and type your student’s first name. A list of students, with that first name, will show immediately along with students’ AM teachers and grade. Click on your child and you will be directed to their personal fundraising page. From there you can easily share the page by clicking on the links for Facebook, Twitter, or Email. You will want to be sure to share your PERSONAL page so your student gets credit for prizes! You may also use the paper collection sheet to collect cash or check donations. Checks should be payable to “GEMS PTA” and students may bring money in March 6th – March 15th to the stage during lunch.

Volunteers Needed! To make this event amazing we will need some help! Check out our Facebook page for a link to Volunteer Spot to sign up. You must be a registered dividend to volunteer. We will need help the week before and the week of the run to process stu-dent pledges. We will need a lot of help on the 16th handing out water and ice pops as well as lap counters who will record the number of laps each student has run. Most importantly, we need the lap counters cheering the students on as they run! Please join us on race day, as it will take many hands to make this event a success!

Race Day Schedule:

Questions? Drop us a line at goldsboropta@gmail.com or on our Facebook page: Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School PTA

Time Grade Level

9:25 – 10:05 4th Grade

11:10 – 11:50 3rd Grade

11:55 – 12:35 Kindergarten/ VPK

1:05 – 1:45 5th Grade

1:55 – 2:35 1st Grade

2:40 – 3:20 2nd Grade