Dr. Phillips HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER
2014
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VOLUME
15
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ISSUE
4
Principal’s Message Dear Panther Families:
ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPAL Suzanne Knight suzanne.knight@ocps.net ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Bridget Bresk (10th Grade) bridget.bresk@ocps.net Alisa Dorsett (11th & 12th Grade) alisa.dorsett@ocps.net Lenore Guastella (9th Grade) lenore.guastella@ocps.net Jackie Ramsey (Instruction) jackie.ramsey@ocps.net Doug Ralph (ESE) douglas.ralph@ocps.net
The Panther Nation continues to excel in the sports arena! Keep up to date with all our sports at dpathletics.ocps.net. Saturday, September 13, Dr. Phillips, participated in the second annual Expectation Graduation, an initiative of the Superintendent, Dr. Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins, administrators, counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists went in to our community to visit homes of students who had left school without graduating, some short only two credits. We are excited that three former students made a commitment to come back to school and finish! Additionally, the team visited homes to recognize students who made PERFECT scores on either FCAT Reading or the EOC
Rodney Wells rodney.wells@ocps.net John Magrino john.magrino@ocps.net Heather Rodriguez heather.rodriguez@ocps.net
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OCPS EEO Non-Discrimination Statement
DEANS Jason Jackson jason.jackson@ocps.net
Biology test! CONGRATULATIONS to all students visited on Saturday! We truly celebrated success across the board. If you would like to see video from the day’s activity you may click on the following link http://youtu.be/wp9NSTqvq8A OCPS was named co-winner of 2014 Broad Prize for Urban Education. CONGRATULATIONS for the great job of our teachers and students! For more information about Broad please visit the OCPS website at www.ocps.net In closing, this will be our last hard copy newsletter being sent home. We would like to thank “Academy Publishing” for their
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The School Board of Orange County, Florida, does not discriminate in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by law. The following individuals at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia Street, Orlando, Florida 32801, attend to compliance matters: ADA Coordinator & Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Supervisor: Carianne Reggio; Section 504 Coordinator: Latonia Green; Title IX Coordinator: Gary Preisser. (407.317.3200)
Dr. Phillips H.S. Newsletter October 2014 Published Four Times Per Year Dr. Phillips High School 6500 Turkey Lake Road Orlando, FL 32819 Issue # 4
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