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Village Elementary School 2100 Northwest 70th Avenue, Sunrise, Florida 33313 Phone: 754-322-8750 Facsimile: 754-322-8790 Web Address: village.browardschools.com
Dear Panther Families: This month our students in third grade will participate in the Florida Standards Assessment on March 28th and March 29th. Students will be assessed in the core subject area of English Language Arts. We know that our students are well equipped with the skills they need to know for this assessment. Best of luck students! Parents, please feel free to use the following test taking tips to help your children get ready for the test: • go to bed early • eat a healthy breakfast • arrive to school on time It is very important that ALL students are in attendance on testing days. If you have any questions or want to get involved please feel free to give me a call at 754-‐322-‐8750. Respectfully Yours,
Christine Ringler Christine Ringler Acting Principal
Important Dates March 1 March 2 March 3 March 8 March 8 March 10 March 10
March 16 March 17 March 23 March 24
Celebrate Dr. Seuss Week Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss – Door Decora=on Compe==on Spirit Friday – Dr. Seuss Character Dress Up SAC/SAF Mee=ng @ 8:30 a.m. Kindergarten Round-‐Up – 8:30 a.m. Character Educa=on Celebra=on Spirit Friday -‐ Time for Spring Cleaning – Wear your spring colors (pastels, yellow, spring green, sky blue, etc.) Central Area Advisory Mee=ng @ South Planta=on High School 6:30 p.m. Spirit Friday -‐ St. Patrick’s Day -‐ Wear Green Early Release Day – Dismissal at 1:10 p.m. Employee Planning Day – No School For Students
March 27 4rd Quarter Begins March 28 -‐ Florida Standards Assessment March 29 3rd Grade English Language Arts Assessments March 30 -‐ April Florida Standards Assessment 1 3rd Grade English Language Arts Assessments -‐ Makeups March 31 Spirit Friday -‐ Silly Necklace Day
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S.T.A.M.P
(SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ARTS, MATHEMATICS & PREPARATORY)
S.T.A.M.P. students are preparing for our Fourth Annual Military Ball and Awards Ceremony. This event will be held on May 10, 2017. Students and their families will participate in this formal event that recognizes outstanding cadets for their hard work and dedication to the S.T.A.M.P. Program throughout the school year. The Innovative S.T.A.M.P. Program is currently accepting applications for the 2017-‐2018 school year. Students who are currently the 3rd and 4th grade are eligible to apply for the program. Please see Mrs. Sookhansingh for further information about the S.T.A.M.P. Program.
BOX TOPS
Parents we need your help. Please bring in all of your box tops. Way to go Panthers! Students have collected over 1,800 box tops. Our goal is to raise $1200.00 for our school. We are about one-‐third of the way to our goal of $1,200. Check out the website, www.btfe.com, for additional ways to earn money for Village.
Math Team Village Elementary participates in the Broward County Teacher Math Competition. This year, we will again sponsor a fourth and fifth grade team. Each team will be composed of six members, 4 regular and 2 alternate members. The Thirty Seventh Annual Elementary Mathematics Competition will be held April 1, 2017 at Plantation High School.
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“Paws” to Celebrate Dr. Seuss at Village Elementary One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham are a just a few classics read to a captive audience of five, furry, four-‐legged friends at Village Elementary.
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On Thursday, March 2nd students and teachers at Village Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday by inviting five Canine Assisted Therapy (C.A.T.) dogs to our campus to enjoy the sounds of rhythm and rhyme gleaned from Seuss’ classics artistically, articulated by our first-‐grade students. Celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday has always been met with enjoyment by both staff and students here at Village. Each year the event is commemorated with a week, long bevvy of activities to include a school-‐wide read-‐aloud initiative, the annual door decorating contest and the culminating Spirit Friday event: “Dress-‐like-‐a-‐ Seuss character”. This year, however, Village’s Literacy Coach, Ms. Carol Camirand coordinated a unique occasion for our first graders to receive books and to interact with a captive audience of four-‐legged friends. Kimarea Giddings from Reading is Fundamental in conjunction with the Canine Assisted Therapy dog team consisting of four Golden Retrievers named: Brandy, Sebastian, Coral and Lexie and one Cairn Terrier named Scruffy provided a full morning of celebration and fun for our first-‐grade students. Each child received a free, self-‐selected book with a coordinating Dr. Seuss pencil and bookmark to underscore the value of reading and the enjoyment a love for reading brings to our lives. Village’s Literacy Coach, Carol Camirand stated, “To see their little faces light up and to watch them interact with the furry friends was well worth the effort! To experience this level of enjoyment was simply remarkable and the Village family intends to replicate this initiative on a broader scale each year for years to come!
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Access to School Documents
Village Elementary School strives for continuous growth and improvement. Stay up-‐to-‐date on our school’s improvement goals and strategies by visiting our District’s School Improvement website at: http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/schoolimprove. The District's Local Education Agency Parent Plan can be located at web address: http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/titleone/_files/LEA-‐Plan13-‐14.pdf. Please ensure that parents are provided with notification as to where this plan can be accessed (refer to 2013-‐2014 Title I Self-‐Monitoring Checklist, Section F-‐1).
Title One Annual Parent Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PUBLIC__LINK
AdvancEd Parent Survey advanc-‐ed.org/survey/public/0413263
Gifted Networking Meeting March 15, 2017 7:00 p.m. McArthur High School 6501 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33024
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Florida Standards Assessment Testing Schedule 2017 State Mandated Timeline March 27 thru- April 7th Students in grades 3-4 will participate in Statewide English Language Arts and Mathematics Assessment. Students in grade 5 will participate in the Statewide English Language Arts, Mathematics and Science Assessments. Please see the following schedule.
Subject Date
Time
Session Grade
ELA -‐CBT ELA-‐ CBT ELA-‐ CBT ELA-‐ CBT Make Up / CBT MTH-‐CBT MTH-‐CBT MTH-‐CBT MTH-‐CBT
4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/24
8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am
4/25 4/26 4/27 4/28
8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am
Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 All Sessions Session 1 Session 2 Session 1
Make Ups Make Ups
5/1 5/2
ELA-‐ Paper 3/28 ELA-‐Paper 3/29 ELA-‐Paper 3/30 Make Ups Math-‐CBT 5/2 Math-‐CBT 5/3 Math-‐CBT 5/4 Make-‐Ups
Subject Date
4th 4th 5th 5th 4-‐5 4th 4th 5th
Time Session Grade 8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30
Session 1 3rd Session 2 3rd Make Ups8 3rd
8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30am
Session 1 Session 2 Make Ups
3rd 3rd 3rd
Subject
Date
Time
Session
Grade
PBT-‐Science PBT-‐Science Make Ups
5/2 5/3 5/4
8:30 am 8:30 am 8:30 am
Session 1 Session 2 All Sessions
5th 5th 5th
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Important Dates:
CHARACTER EDUCATION
March Character Challenge
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~ International Women's Day March 8 ~ National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness DayMarch 10
Choose a character in a book they are reading and write their own story about how that character demonstrated self-control.
March’s Character Trait is SELF-CONTROL
~ International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationMarch 21 !
~Spring LuauMarch 23
Having discipline over one’s behavior and actions
Self-Control Quote: “If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.” – Winston Feather
Word Of Wisdom:
"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirror into windows.
—Sydney J. Harris Counselor Davis
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School Uniform Policy Village Elementary School continues to be a mandatory uniform school. Uniforms have had a positive impact on issues such as peer pressure, classroom discipline, student safety and bullying. Uniform colors will remain red, white and black with black or khaki pants, shorts, skirts or skorts. It is mandatory that students wear polo shirts with our school’s logo. Please see front office staff for logo information. Students must wear uniforms on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, but on Fridays, students can wear their Village Panther T-‐Shirts or their favorite outfit, as long as the District Dress Code is being followed (all shirts must have sleeves and no skin can be exposed; no “short-‐shorts,” mini skirts or midriffs). Also they can dress according to the designated school spirit day. For example, one Friday was “Pink Day,” students wore pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Students are required to wear their red uniform shirts or red Panther Shirts for field trips. At all times, students must wear closed-‐toed shoes with rubber bottoms and covered heels—no sandals or flip-‐flops. Remember our school uniform colors are red, white, black and khaki. Only these colors will be considered in accordance with the uniform policy. NOTE: Students in the S.T.A.M.P. Program will follow their uniform schedule.
The School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedure, which results in discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identify, gender expression, national origin, marital status, race, religion sex or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination and/or harassment complaint may call the Executive Director, Benefits & EEO Compliance at 754-321-2150 or Teletype Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158. Individuals with disabilities requesting accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, (ADAAA) may call Equal Educational Opportunities (EEO) at 754-321-2150 or Teletype Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158.