VOLUME 14 ISSUE 3

OCTOBER 2016

THE BEAR FACTS S E M I N O L E S P R I N G S E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L

Seminole Springs

Elementary “Home of the Black Bears”

Leah Fischer Principal

Midge Abston Assistant Principal

26200 W. Huff Rd. Eustis, FL 32736

Phone: 352-589-1117 FAX: 352-589-1749 Visit our school website:

http://lake.k12.fl.us/sse

Pay for your child’s lunch online:

myschoolbucks.com

Administration Message

We had such a great turn out for our “Dads Take Your Child to School Day”. We had over 400 adults and students attend the breakfast. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying the time together. We saw students working with their family member/friend on the fun worksheets called “Interview a Special Person” and “Name (Acrostic) Poem”, and many just enjoying a great conversation. We would like to thank the following for their time or donations: Publix at Sorrento Springs; Mt. Dora Wal-Mart; Eustis Dunkin Donuts; and Seminole Springs Elementary PTO, Teachers, and Staff. We want to personally thank the Seminole Springs family for all of your heartfelt donations for Cents for Soldiers! Because of your kind generations, the Fourth Graders were able to raise well over $1,000.00!!!! This amount is so much more than we ever dreamed. Our hearts are truly full! We look forward to seeing everyone at all of our events planned for this month.

Leah Fischer, Principal Midge Abston, Assistant Principal

Mission: Create a safe, learning environment supported by teachers,

families, and community that will prepare our students to become inde-

pendent learners with the abilities necessary for lifelong learning, and

responsible, productive and active citizenship.

October 2016

Sun

Mon

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Fri

Sat

2 3

4 SAC 3:30 PM

5 Picture Day No Early Release

6 7 Terrific Kid Sept./ Oct.2:15 PM

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9 10 11 PTO Meeting 3:30 PM Family Well-ness Night 5:45

12 No Early Release

13 14 End of the 1st Nine Weeks

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16 17 Teacher Work Day

No School

18 19 No Early Release

20 21 Student of the Month 2:15 PM

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23 24 25 Report Card Night

26 No Early Release Report Card Night

27 28 Fall Festival 5:30-8 PM

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30 31 Happy Halloween

Seminole Springs Elementary School Events

POETRY CORNER

To Some It’s Called

Halloween

To some it’s known as

“Halloween,”

or else “All Hallows Eve.”

To some it’s simply

“Dress Up Day,”

a time for make believe.

And some folks call it

“Trick or Treat,”

when ghosts and witches

play.

To others it’s the night

before the day called

“All Saints Day.”

It’s got so many different

names, but this is what I

say: To me

October thirty-first

is called “Free Candy

Day.”

-Kenn Nesbitt

Student of the Month – September Juan Ugarte Alivia Williams

Chase VanDyke Jordan Thompkins

Shyann Selway Bella Tuttle

Brayden Jackson Jenna Marshall

Christian Smith Kayden Vidler

Anaja Oaks Kaitlyn Oglesbee

Peyton Powell Jorden Marshall

Stanley Gardner Tristan Jackson

Adrianna Covino Bela Ayoung-Chee

Deacon Fahning Katie Long

Bryson Davey Charles Kelly

Bianca Chandler Edwin Crespo

Kylee Ford Riley Conn

Logan Gustafson Makayla Howard

Candelaria Estrada

Dear Parents,

October is one of our busiest months, so please read over the Bear Facts calendar for all of our important dates.

We have our Charleston Wrap Fall Fundraiser going on until October 18th. We are selling wrapping paper as well as

kitchen & home items. It has online sales, so it is easy & convenient for out of town family & friends to purchase

items! This will be one of our biggest fundraisers of the year, so your support is appreciated! Our October PTO meet-

ing will be on Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 PM! Friday, October 28th is our annual Fall Festival! Join us from 5:30-8

for games, costume contests, candy, food trucks & more! We are asking each child to bring in 2 bags of individually

wrapped candy. If you are able to volunteer a 30 minute shift that night, we would appreciate it!

Robin Stewart PTO President myssepto@gmail.com

Vision: Students Succeed Every Day

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser

September Terrific Kid Savanna Zych Logan Donnelly

Teagan Buchanan Easton Betancourt

Alex Moorehead Cory John

Karen O’Hare Tyler Guerra

Tucker Waldrop Audrina Swindle

Kale Temple Ramon Sanchez

Bailie Mercer Hayden Reyes

Trinity McLeod Cambree Holt

Abraham Godoy Tucker Westerman

Alyson Gibson Henry Sims

Maren Moorehead Hailey Kemp

Braden Webb Camryn Bowcott

Caleb Byington Aurelio Estrada

Trinity Brennan Ryan Real

Fruit or vegetable — Do you know the differ-ence? According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It's also the sec-tion of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegeta-bles. These include the stems, leaves and roots — and even the flower bud.

Exceptional Student Education

Disabilities Awareness

The first two weeks in October are designated as a time

to build better awareness and understanding of students

with disabilities. Our goals are: 1) to encourage the de-

velopment of self-esteem and pride in accomplishments

of all of our students: 2) to support the commitment for

all individuals with disabilities to contribute to their

communities; 3) to increase our attention to preventing

bullying of students with disabilities (Disability Aware-

ness Law 2008).

Through media and class discussions, students

will learn about people with disabilities who have ac-

complished great things in their lives. We will focus on

what individuals can do to be successful and happy at

school and at home. We will build an understanding that

people with disabilities like to be accepted and included

by their peers. We will remember to treat others in the

way that we would like to be treated. We will focus on

strengths and abilities, and we will celebrate the unique-

ness that each individual possesses in our school com-

munity.

Check out the ESE web page on our school site for more

information regarding Students with Disabilities!

HAPPY FALL!!!!

We are seeing more and more students participating

in our breakfast program. We want to invite your

child to give our breakfast program a try. I know

that they will find something they like. We are of-

fering more choices each and every day. We love

seeing their smiling faces in the mornings.

If you haven’t filled out a new application for free

and reduced breakfast and lunch you will find that

the expiration date was September 22, and your

child has gone to full pay. It is not too late to fill the

application out and send it in or you can go online

and get it through faster.

We are glad that more of you are using the online

pay program myschoolbucks.com. This is a great

way to keep track of your child’s account. We ap-

preciate our parents keeping their child’s account up

to date using this program. If you need help with

this you can give us a call and we will assist you.

Thank you,

Patti Combee, FS Manager

352 589 8916

Media Message Thank you for your support during our Curriculum Night Book Fair Event! Your support is greatly appreciated and directly benefits our students. Our next book fair will be held November 3rd-10th . The media center will be hosting a SPOOKTACULAR BOOK SALE dur-ing Fall Festival Oct. 28th. Books will be sold for just 1 ticket each (.50 cents!) Students who donate 3 used books will able to choose 1 used book during Fall Festival for FREE! So round up those books that your family is finished with and donate them to promote reading and recycling! Speaking of recycling...we have a printer cartridge/toner/electronics recycling program here in the media center. Please send these items to school wrapped in a plastic bag. Visit http://cfktoday.com/ to see what items can be accepted. Funds are used

to purchase ink for classroom printers. Trish Purdham Media Specialist/Technology Contact Seminole Springs Elementary

Red Ribbon Week

October 19– Unity Day Wear Orange

October 24- Crazy Sock Day October 25- Wear Red Day October 26- YOLO Day (Wear things that show all the things you'd like to do in your life time) You only live once October 27 Be good to your brain– make brain hats, helmets, or other brain protectors October 28 - School Spirit Day– Wear your school shirt & jeans.

Grade Test Date Mode

4 & 5 FSA Writing February 27 Paper/Pencil

3 FSA English Language Arts March 27-28 Paper/Pencil

3 FSA Math April 10-May 12 Computer

4 & 5 FSA Math April 10-May 12 Computer

4 & 5 FSA English Language Arts April 10-May 12 Computer

5 FCAT 2.0 Science May 1-2 Paper/Pencil

1 Naglieri May 15-19 Computer

3

Third grade Alternative

Test TBA Computer

PE News

We have just completed our first round of Personal Fitness in grades 3-5. We will be working hard throughout the

year to improve your child’s physical fitness. We will take a final score in April and those students that have met

the criteria will receive an award. Below you will find the names of the students that had the best scores in each

category for grades 3-5. Way to GO!

Event Boy Girl

50 Yard Dash Lomar Sparrow Adrianna Covino

Mile Run 4th and 5th Lomar Sparrow Bianca Chandler

½ Mile 3rd only Wyatt Temple/ Dillon Thigpin Karly Stewart

Shuttle Run David D’Hati/ Lyle Blain Evie Wood

Broad Jump David D’Hati Reese John

Pull ups Nathen Sparrow/ Lomar Sparrow Adrianna Covino

Sit and Reach Kole Kinghorn Grace Amaral

Push ups Austin Howard Brook Snyder

Sit ups Austin Howard Evie Wood

Health and Wellness

Tuesday, October 11th

Time 5:45-7:15

We are excited to introduce our

first Fitness, Health and

Nutritional Information

Night. We are looking for -

ward to parents and students

joining us for a night of fun and

learning what it takes to be

healthy and active. We will be

offering various sessions that

you will have the opportunity to

attend. It will include exercise,

flexibility and nutrition. Please

look for the flyer that will be

coming home to tell you more

about it. You don’t want to miss

this! It’s all about being in-

formed on how to be the best

“YOU” that you can be.