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EDITORS Shayla Cannady Alayna G. Riggins

DESIGN & LAYOUT Eric Mateer Ashley Marrotte

ADVERTISING Adrienne Noel

CONTRIBUTOR Kimberly Eisenbise To submit your story ideas, email orangepeal@ocps.net.

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SAVE THE DATE Jan. 4

Teacher Workday/Student Holiday

Jan. 5

Begin Third Marking Period/Begin Second Semester

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (Schools and District Offices Closed)

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Important Values for the OCPS School Board

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Retirement Corner

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District Dispatches The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, based in Studio City, Calif., is supporting the following schools with $94,000 worth of musical instruments: • Piedmont Lakes Middle • Union Park Middle • Westridge Middle For 24 years, the foundation has kept music alive in U.S. schools by providing vital support services to school districts and new musical instruments to music programs nationwide.

For the second consecutive year, Bridgewater Middle earned the Orange County Mayor’s Cup for winning the Week Of The Family contest for the highest number of student essays submitted about "My Family - My Heroes."

OCPS has received the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention Grant that will be used to establish SEL (Social Emotional Learning) clubs at traditional middle, K-8 and high schools for grades 6-12. Promoting collaborative activities through a virtual meeting platform, SELebrate Us! clubs will provide safe and supportive environments and increase student connectedness to their school.

The Orange Technical College – Winter Park Campus has received a $2,000 grant from State Farm Insurance in an effort to support students through the Career Services department. The Career Services team at each OTC campus Bridgewater Middle earned the Orange County Mayor’s Cup for the second consecutive year.

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provides direct support to students as they go through the process of preparing to gain and maintain employment in their chosen field.

OCPS will receive $259,862 from the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County for a grant to support school readiness and voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) programs in 84 schools impacted by COVID-19. The district’s Early Childhood Services department will lead this initiative.

OCPS Food and Nutrition Services will lead an initiative to distribute a year of fresh fruits and vegetables (totaling $593,060) from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the following elementary schools: Apopka, Castle Creek; Eccleston; Englewood; Hungerford; Ivey Lane; Lake Gem; Lancaster; Millennia Gardens; Pine Hills; Ridgewood Park; Riverside; Rolling Hills; Shingle Creek; and Washington Shores.

Welcome, Coco!

Perhaps you’ve seen the District Police’s newest team member in the field. Coming all the way from across the Atlantic Ocean, Coco is the 16-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer, who has been working alongside Sgt. Doug Pelton since early November.

Having been trained in scent detection, Coco helps to support the district’s weapon screening program and also serves as a goodwill ambassador for OCPS District Police public outreach and student engagement efforts.

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The Florida School Nutrition Association awarded Nina Vargas, Food Service manager at Sunrise and Waterford elementary schools, the Gold President's Award. Her leadership in the association included organizing several fundraisers to fund two $1,000 scholarships. awarded to students related to OCPS food service staff members. She also led the planning of Christmas Food Giveaway in six schools in coordination with Second Harvest. Additionally, she collected 300 gifts for foster children in Orange County.

Neil Otto, Talent Acquisition & HR Compliance administrator, received Rollins College’s Alumni Service Award, which honors alumni who provide exceptional leadership to the college and their community through volunteerism and service activities. Otto, Class of 2005, was recognized for being instrumental in the development of the Pathways to Teaching program, a partnership between OCPS and the Hamilton Holt School that helps paraprofessionals earn their education degree and teaching certificate.

OCPS Procurement Services has earned the 2020 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute.

The award recognizes organizational excellence in public and nonprofit procurement. The AEP award is earned by public and nonprofit agencies that demonstrate a commitment to procurement excellence. The annual program recognizes procurement organizations that embrace innovation, professionalism, productivity, leadership and e-procurement.

ASAP Award recipient Shyrenthia Bell, Brookshire Elementary.

Congratulations to the 330 ASAP (Awesome Support and Performance) winners with Food and Nutrition Services for 2019-20. The annual award recognizes classified employees at schools and district offices for their contributions to the department. For the complete list, visit orangepeal.pub/Jan2101 .

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To spur rewarding connections for her thirdfifth-graders, Principal Ashlynn Ramirez started LunchED in October once a week at Union Park Elementary. Once a week, face-to-face students sign up to eat lunch at a socially distanced place outside online with a LaunchED@Home student or educator teaching remotely this school year. All participants join the same LunchED Teams meeting and then are put in breakout rooms based on who they selected to eat with.

According to Ramirez, “the conversations are so beautiful. They are sometimes talking about small little things, and other times it’s just catching up on everything in between.”

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED One morning while I was doing morning hall duty while the students were coming into school, an elementary school student (possibly third grade) who needed to go to the second floor, decided she would like to take the elevator instead of the stairs.

She proceeded to get on the elevator without a second thought.

Now, we all know they're not allowed to ride the elevator unless necessary, and it must be with an adult. When I asked her why she was taking the elevator, she replied, "Umm, because it's faster than taking the stairs."

Gina Parrish Paraprofessional Pershing School

"To succeed in life, you need three things: a backbone, a wishbone and a funny bone."

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OCPS Human Resources held a food drive in November for Second Harvest Food Bank, collecting over 40 boxes of food and $400.

The administration at Walker Middle held a drive by for its LaunchED@Home students and parents in November.

For National Parent Involvement Day in November, West Oaks Elementary staff welcomed parents with a special "thank you" and a celebration for their continuous involvement in their Wildcat's learning.

Principal Jennifer Schafer celebrates staff who go above and beyond on Way to Go Wednesdays at Shingle Creek Elementary.

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Each month, Southeast Learning Community administrators show their pride and pay tribute to their area schools, this time representing Winegard and Eagle Creek elementaries, and Lake Nona and Odyssey middle schools.

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The fourth-grade team at Windermere Elementary decided to enact a little St. Augustine history for their students since the class could not go on its annual field trip.

Dr. Phillips High recognized a few of its good men and women on Veterans Day 2020, with cards and goody bags filled with candy, stickers, coffee and a gift card.

Roberto Clemente Middle was the site for Orange County District 3 Commissioner Mayra Uribe and volunteers with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute 450 boxes of food in November.

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IMPORTANT VALUES FOR THE

OCPS SCHOOL BOARD Teresa Jacobs

School Board Chair “When I think of Orange County Public Schools and the role of public education, it would be equity that stands out as the most important value that we have to adhere to. I’ve seen from my own life experiences, and I certainly see it now as a School Board member, that all of our students don’t come to school with the same opportunities at home to support them. They don’t necessarily have the ability to have a strong advocate for them. Not because they don’t have loving parents or a loving guardian, but because there is such inequity in our society as a whole. There’s a tremendous amount of income disparity that factors into whether or not a student, when at home, has a parent, or a guardian or a caregiver who is spending time with them, working with them on their homework, and equally as important, advocating for them at school.

“Every meeting, I start by reminding myself that my responsibility is to make sure that we are giving our students equal opportunities, that we’re giving them the absolute best and that we’re providing equity in an arena where equity doesn’t otherwise exist.”

Angie Gallo

Member, District 1 “Given the time we are in, I feel collaboration is most important. We need more collaboration with employees and the community to help us get through these times. When you collaborate and you can openly discuss various ideas and have transparency, it kind of leads to all the other values – showing integrity, inclusion and respect, and innovation will bubble up to the top.

“With my school community, I have an open-door policy and my constituents have my cell phone number or can find it easily on the internet. I try to answer emails as soon as I can, and I invite the community to my district advisory council meetings, where we sit down and talk about what is going well, what areas we need to improve in. I try to be accessible and transparent and collaborate so that they feel included and know that I value their input.”

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Under the OCPS 2025 Strategic Plan, the School Board approved new values for the district: Collaboration; Equity; Inclusion; Innovation; Integrity; and Respect. As part of the internal familiarization for OCPS team members, the Orange Peal team asked every member to talk about which OCPS value has special significance to them and how they display the value in their role as a school board member. On the next few pages is a little of what they had to say.

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Johanna LÓpez Member, District 2

“I believe inclusion is the most important value on that list. As a diverse district, we always want everybody – employees, students, families – to feel included. We have to think about everybody. I don’t want anybody to feel isolated or left behind. I want everybody to feel that they are valued; that we care about them.

“When we speak about inclusion, it’s not only about ethnicity, it’s about the LGBQT community, the way our families look and even different responsibilities of staff members.

“I think that I represent inclusion as well, because I am the first Latina on the School Board. I believe that in every single way that I advocate for and participate on the School Board, I’m thinking about every single family, every ethnicity. I think that I am always very, very aware about diversity because I want every student to be successful.”

Linda Kobert

Member, District 3 “It’s very hard to choose just one, but the value I go to personally is integrity because I believe it is important to do the right thing, even when no one is watching. I try to live my own life with integrity, and when I give graduation and commencement speeches, I talk about the importance of having and exhibiting integrity.

“Within OCPS, it’s important that people have trust in their leadership.

There is so much anxiety out there in the world right now. When I am in my communities and my schools, I want teachers, employees, students and parents to know they can trust me.”

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Pam Gould

Vice Chair, Member, District 4 “If you can get collaboration and innovation, it often creates equity.

If you’re truly collaborating, everybody’s input is vitally important to stretch us to get to a goal. It can be the facilitator of creating not only new, great educational opportunities for our students but building teams, building friendships, breaking barriers.

“I think I display these things by the way I engage my community and give access to my community. I post my cell phone everywhere so that anybody can reach me at any time. I try to do rountables in the community where I just sit at a Panera and invite anybody who wants to come. I do that for the general community and staff and everybody one time, and then another time I just have it for OCPS staff members, so that if they want to come and say something they wouldn’t be comfortable saying in front of a parent or community member, they can just say it to me.”

Vicki-Elaine Felder Member, District 5

“As it relates to equity, I think it is a term that people, not just in the educational community, but across the country, … everyone wants to be treated with respect; they want it to be equal across the board. I think Orange County Public Schools is working toward that.

“When you look at equity, as an educator and one who is responsible for facilitating fair, educational access, equity has to be a part of that conversation for everybody, not just African American children but everybody. We have to make sure we are fair with the materials, fair in how the physical buildings look for children … so that nobody feels like one school is better than the other because of the physical structure or its materials. So I’m glad that the board has chosen it as one of the values it is going to work toward.”

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Karen Castor Dentel Member, District 6

“If we emphasize collaboration, we can bring in the voices and experiences and expertise of everyone on a level playing field, so it’s not necessarily hierarchical, but it radiates out and brings people in toward a common mission. It’s also a recognition that no one person knows everything and that it’s vital and essential to what we do – whether we’re working at the ELC or on a first-grade team at a school – you have to collaborate; you have to work with one another and allow each other to support one another. No one can do it alone and not everyone has the information and expertise to do it alone.

“I seek the input of fellow board members. I sometimes will come to a meeting with fully formed ideas of what I think about a certain issue. But I listen to the perspective of my fellow board members and information that the staff and members of the public bring. They often are able to sway me in another direction. It’s a better process – to be open to what other people bring to a decision.”

Melissa Byrd

Member, District 7 “One of the things I’ve really tried to pride myself on being a board member is collaboration – being able to collaborate with people who know better than me, who have more knowledge in certain areas than I do. When people come together and work together toward a goal, great things happen, especially for kids and for our schools.

“I’m really trying to work on collaborating in my community; with businesses and with nonprofits. I’m really involved with Chambers of Commerce …, with city councilmen and our mayors. … Also, here at the district, that was one of the things I loved most when I came on the board, the way you could just pick up the phone and call the ESE department, or Chief Holmes and talk about security or whatever, and collaborate and come up with great ideas together. I’ve seen some amazing things happen with collaboration.”

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Enter to Learn,

Depart to Serve In 1939, the View-MasterTM made its debut at the New York World’s Fair. With the click of a lever, this iconic toy displayed images of cartoons, historical events and countries around the world. For so many, the ViewMaster allowed owners to view places they could only imagine visiting. However, for Vicki-Elaine Felder, it created a spark that ignited her passion for travel to five of the seven continents, and service to those she encountered.

Felder’s lifelong commitment to public service is evident throughout her 40-year career with OCPS. Her ability to unveil the hidden potential in students is often shared about her. She is noted for her role in nurturing award-winning actor Wayne Brady at Dr. Phillips High. She also served

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as a teacher at Evans and Edgewater high schools.

“When I was a junior, she was the one who discovered that I had any talent, and she pushed me … ,” said Brady during his 2017 OCPS Hall of Fame acceptance speech.

As she nears retirement, she desires to continue serve in a different role.

“I did not see enough parental and community participation with children in this district, outside of people being mad about what was not being done,” she replied when asked about her inspiration for running for the School Board. “I want you [parents and community] to really take an active role in seeing how your children

are educated. And I don’t mean just in District 5 … , all over the city. My inspiration was to serve as a catalyst for members in my district, to get them motivated to be a part of the decisions for your child, in your community.”

As a native resident of District 5, she received her formal education from Eccleston and Washington Shores elementary schools, Carver Middle and Jones High. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Spelman College; a master’s degree in speech and theatre from Kansas State University; and completed postgraduate work in cinema and film study as a narrative from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Last summer, she received a second master’s in Christian ministry from Bethune-Cookman University.

While matriculating at Bethune-Cookman, she fully embraced Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s vision – enter to learn, depart to serve.

“I have been given the opportunity, in the best of ways, to change people’s thought patterns … , to change the way they think about the things they do, or are attempting to do and accomplish … . And I have the opportunity to do it with other people on the Board."

On Nov. 17, 2020, Felder was installed as an Orange County School Board Member and will serve in this capacity through 2024.

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An insurance representative will be at your scheduled retirement meeting to discuss the retirement coverage cost available to you. If you are interested in speaking to Insurance Benefits prior to scheduling your retirement meeting regarding retiree coverage, call 407.317.3245. Remember that your insurance coverage ends at the end of the month you leave the district.

Do you plan on retiring this year? If so, it is important for you to contact Retirement Services at 407.317.3227 one to three months prior to your last day with OCPS to schedule your group exit meeting for DROP or Retirement.

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You must be in the retirement plan that you want to retire from before you schedule your retirement meeting.

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There is a maximum of five people per group meeting, and you must wear a mask. You also can wear a face shield, gloves etc., whatever makes you feel comfortable.

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Items that you will need for your retirement meeting are: • Birth Verification: birth certificate, naturalization papers, valid passport or driver’s license with a gold star in the upper right. If married, your spouse’s birth verification and marriage license may be required.

• Driver’s license or state-issued identification • Beneficiary(ies) information: names, SSN, date of birth, address and telephone number

Please plan to attend for two hours. It is encouraged that you bring a family member or friend to assist you with the information you will obtain.

For those interested in the Investment (lump sum) meeting, contact the MYFRS Financial Guidance Line, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. at 1.866.446.9377, Option 2.

Upcoming Workshops: Jan. 6, 5-6:30 p.m.

Understanding the FRS Investment Plan

Jan. 13, 5-6:30 p.m.

Investment Planning

Jan. 27, 5-6:30 p.m.

Income Tax Planning: Smart Planning for Your Taxes

To register for the virtual WebEx, please follow the instructions on the bottom of the fliers at www.ocps.net >> Departments >> Retirement Services >> Retirement Workshops >> January 2021 Workshops.

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Step Up to the Challenge Enjoying friendly competition is a great way to work toward your health goals. The OCPS Employee Wellness Program and Cigna are excited to present the Orange County Public Schools Fitness Challenge.

Registration: Jan. 11-31

Challenge: Jan. 25-March 7

Here’s how it works: Join as part of a team or participate on your own.

Log your activity minutes on the fitness challenge website or app, or sync your fitness app to track your minutes automatically.

Track your progress against others on our leaderboards.

Chat with and cheer on your teammates on our interactive message board.

Earn badges to mark your achievements and help your team succeed.

Remember, every little bit counts!

Register starting Jan. 11*, by visiting: http://orangecountypublicschools. globalfitnesschallenge.com *Registrations will not be accepted prior to Jan. 11.

All OCPS employees are eligible to participate.

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Benefits Bulletin is designed to keep OCPS employees and their families informed about available benefit programs. This information is not intended to replace professional healthcare. See your health care professional for information relevant to your medical history.

Healthy Babies Here Members enrolled in one of the three OCPS Cigna plans are eligible to receive free prenatal vitamins and a lot more when they enroll in the OCPS well-pregnancy program, Healthy Babies. The program is designed to educate women who are planning on becoming or are already pregnant regarding healthy practices that increase the chances of having a healthy baby.

Education and support will be provided for covered mothers-to-be along with special attention for high-risk pregnancies. It can start up to 12 months prior to conception and includes: A free book, “Your Pregnancy and Childbirth,” published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that answers questions about pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.

Post-delivery support and services. Once the baby arrives, Cigna Health Care continues to provide access to the services needed for the first few days and after.

Free childbirth classes for expectant mothers enrolled in Healthy Babies who meet program requirements. It’s important to note that in order for childbirth classes to be free, one must participate at a designated location (locations will be provided by the Healthy Babies program when expectant mothers enroll).

Participants must meet all program requirements. If you enroll:

You will receive:

Preconception (up to 12 months before pregnancy)

$225

Conception up to the 12th week of pregnancy

$175

13th to 23rd week of pregnancy

$50

Participating health plan parent where pregnant mother is not a participating health plan member

Parent packet

In addition, participants can receive prescription prenatal vitamins at no cost.

The OCPS medical plan awards cash incentives for females who join, follow and meet all program requirements. The chart describes the cash incentives in detail.

For more information or to enroll, OCPS Cigna members can email the OCPS Cigna on-site representative at CIGNARepresentative@ocps.net.

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Changes in the prescription drug formulary are occurring this month.

Members will be notified by letter if their maintenance prescription is affected and no longer covered.

Changes to Prescription Drug Formulary Effective Jan. 1

You can see charts with the more common drugs that have been impacted by this change, along with suggested formulary options at http://Insurance.ocps.net, select the Employee Wellness page on the left and the charts will be found under Pharmacy News. Remember, generic medications are preferred and are placed on the first, or lowest, copay tier ($18 for a 90-day supply at a CVS retail store or mail).

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you to know that you can take steps to prevent cervical cancer.

The human papillomavirus is the main cause of cervical cancer. HPV is a common virus that spreads through sexual activity. Nearly 80 million Americans are currently infected with some type of HPV, but many people with HPV don’t know they are infected. Each year, more than 12,000 women in the United States get cervical cancer.

The good news?

The HPV vaccine can prevent HPV that leads to cervical – and other types – of cancer. HPV vaccines are recommended for 11- or 12-year-old males and

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females and can protect against some of the most common types of HPV that can lead to disease and cancer. Please consult your doctor if you have questions about the benefits and risks of the HPV vaccine.

Cervical cancer often can be prevented with regular screening tests and follow-up care. Pap tests look for precancers – cell changes on the cervix that may become cervical cancer if they are not treated appropriately.

Cancer Navigator Program All OCPS Cigna members who have a cancer diagnosis, are currently going through treatment for cancer have received treatment for cancer in the last six months or will begin treatment in the next 60 days have access to the Cancer Navigator Program. This program can help you understand your benefits, locate financial assistance, understand employment protections and assist with community-based resources.

For more information or to request a Cancer Navigator, visit www.mybenefitnavigator.org, or call 1.888.720.6899.

In honor of National Cervical Health Awareness Month, the CDC encourages: •

Women to start getting regular Pap tests at age 21

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Parents to talk to their child’s doctor about the appropriateness of the HPV vaccine at age 11 or 12* *Teens and young adults through age 26 may be eligible to get the HPV vaccine if they didn’t get it as pre-teens.

The Affordable Care Act allows members of group health plans to receive CDCrecommended immunizations without a copayment, coinsurance or deductible when delivered by a network provider.

OCPS Cigna members can get the HPV vaccine as recommended by the CDC at no out-of-pocket cost. The best place to receive care is from your primary care physician; however, some vaccinations are available at convenient care centers and pharmacies.

To find out if you or your dependents are eligible for the HPV vaccination or any other immunizations, go to http://cdc. gov/vaccines/ and review the appropriate immunization schedule or discuss with your health care provider.

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