WELCOME BACK POINCIANA STEM PARENTS

Hello Panda Parents! And Welcome to Poinciana STEM Open House!! After our broadcast tonight, teachers will present important curriculum updates to you, then you may visit:

• Our Fine Arts Electives and STEM Labs• Our PTA • Our cafeteria manager / apply for Free or Reduced Lunch

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Tonight I'm going to cover with you:1. Goals/Mission2. Single School Culture - SWPBS3. Florida Standards/Monitor Learning4. Communication

SCHOOL CULTURE

SCHOOL CULTURE IS POWERFUL:

OUR Mission is the fundamental purpose of this school!

THIS IS THE CHOICE OF OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS

Mission: Poinciana Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics Magnet School is committed to providing the highest quality

education that allows ALL students the opportunity to achieve their maximum

potential as confident, lifelong learners and productive, responsible citizens.

WE ARE STEM LEARNERS!!!

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

1. Track Student Mastery on Florida Standards in Literacy, Math, Science and Social Studies

2. Monitor students below grade level and offer successful interventions3. Incorporate our STEM integration plan by using project based learning4. INVITE students, teachers, parents, and community members to come together

to participate and ‘scream the theme’ of our STEM school

ATTENDANCE GOALS

•SEPTEMBER IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH

•FLYER HOME WITH STUDENTS

•WE START AT 8:00 DON’T BE LATE! READING BLOCK IS IN THE MORNING – 90 minutes is required

•MATH IN THE AFTERNOON – 60 minutes is required

•EVERY DAY MATTERS •TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT BEING HERE EVERYDAY•TARDIES EQUAL TIME OFF TASK•EARLY DISMISSALS EQUAL TIME OFF TASK

•SO IMPORTANT, WE PUT IT IN OUR MAGNET CONTRACT!

CULTURE AND SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT

HOW DO WE PLAY TOGETHER?HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER?

HOW DO WE KEEP OUR SCHOOL SPECIAL?

DO YOU HAVE YOUR PANDA EARS ON?

SAFETYWE HAVE RULES TO KEEP STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF HERE AT THE SCHOOL SAFE

•Parents only allowed to come on campus at the front office of the school and must sign in (exceptions for large events like this).

•DROP off in the AM and PICK up in the PM is ONLY allowed in the car parent pick up LINE – we will not dismiss students into the neighborhood, across the street, or at the community center unless students live in the neighborhood – it is a safety concern for parents or students to wait in these areas.

•FIRE AND SAFETY CODES – A code Red would lock down the school, no phones, no contact until it is safe to do so – parents will always be updated in the event of a real code red by the parent call out system

•BUS SAFETY – Riding the bus is a privilege• NEW BUS ROUTES ARE IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW MORNING, PLEASE LOOK AT THE ROUTE TIMES AGAIN

DRESS CODE

•95% OF STUDENTS IN DRESS CODE FIRST WEEK•Polos, shorts, skorts, jumpers, Poinciana t-shirts

•PE – Athletic Shorts/Poinciana T-shirt

•NUTS DAYS LANYARDS FUNDRAISER•9 TUES/THURS - $15 fundraiser for student activities

•OTHER “THEME DAYS” – FREE DRESS DOWN DAYS

TEACHERS GIVE POSITIVE REWARDS YET STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CONSEQUENCES

• OUTSTANDING CITIZENS• ROLE MODEL• READY TO LEARN• CLASS REWARDS• SOM/MOM MONTHLY• “PAWS UP”

• STUDENT AGENDA• WARNINGS (MOVING CLIP)

AND TIME OUTS• CONFERENCE WITH

PARENTS (CBIR Form)• REFERRAL TO THE

PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

OUR MOTTO THIS YEAR:STEM Forward And Grow!

Previous Mottos:Be More Awesome!

SHOW ME THE WOW!

SCHOOL WIDE TRACKING OF LEARNING

• What? Florida Standards tell us what each child should know and be able to do in each grade level in every subject

• How? We teach the curriculum in a scope and sequence suggested by the District

• How do we know it’s working? We track students with formative assessments like:

• FLKRS / RRR• District created mini assessments• iReady Assessments• Diagnostics

• How do YOU know your child “mastered” the standard, or not quite yet?• Progress Reports/Report Cards/Parent conferences – with “evidence” from

the work kids do in the classroom each day: EX – Exceeding the grade level/standard PR – Proficient AP – Approaching ND – Needs Development

How do we monitor for learning and for the Report Card?

K-2

• FLKRS

• iii interventions

• iReady (Read/Math)

• Fair

• RRR

• Unit math tests

• Unit Reading tests

3-5

• Fair

• iii interventions

• iReady (Read/Math)

• RRR

• Unit math tests

• Unit Reading tests

• Performance Matters Benchmark/standards minis and Diags

Instructional Support Formative Assessments

FSA•THIRD GRADE:

•READING FSAs (paper)•MATH FSAs (paper)

•FOURTH GRADE:•WRITING FSAs (paper)•READING FSAs (computer)•MATH FSAs (paper)

•FIFTH GRADE: •WRITING FSAs (paper)•READING FSAs (computer)•MATH FSAs (computer)•SCIENCE FCAT (paper)

• March and April (before and after spring break)

• Practice Tests In School• Practice Tests on-line• http://www.fsassessments.org/

SCHOOL-WIDE FALL FUNDRAISER

•STARTS FRIDAY 8/28 – 9/11

•OUR ANNUAL WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL STEM INITIATIVES, TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIFIC TEACHER NEEDS – OUR GOAL IS $15,000

•BOOKLET OF GIFTS, MAGAZINES, CANDY

•STUDENTS CAN WIN PRIZES

•STUDENTS WILL COME HOME WITH INFORMATION ON FRIDAY

•SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY – NEVER STRANGERS

•THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING

Communicate With Us!

1. Open House – THANKS FOR COMING!2. PTA meetings – First Wednesday 3:00pm (classroom)3. PTA 4’F Nights (First Friday Family Fun Nights)4. SAC meetings – First Wednesday 5:30pm (media center)5. Read the Newsletter (quarterly)6. Websites:

• Poincianastem.org• Edline• FACEBOOK and TWITTER

7. TOOL TIMES (Reading and Math) and STEM EXPO8. LOOK In the backpack (flyers, reminders)

THANK YOU