TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS CHRONICLE
VOL. 4 NO. 23
PRINCIPAL'S CORNER
WEEK ENDING IN 02/04/2022
Dear OSES Families,
February is Black History Month, honoring the triumphs and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history. Students as OSES will be learning more about Black History month in class.
Congratulations to Sixth grader, Alexander Lu, who was a top 50 scorer in the OCPS Spelling Bee and will compete this weekend at the Orlando Regional Spelling Bee inside Exploria Stadium. Best of luck, Alexander!
Love is in the air! The NEHS service learning club is selling candy next week! These candy grams can be modified to include your own unique message. They will be sold Monday through Friday during morning and afternoon dismissal. Candy grams cost 50 cents each or 5 for $2.
If your student wears a mask to school please be sure to send them with extra!
With the Cooler weather among us, please make sure all students are in dress code. Non school jackets and accessories may be worn outside but not in the classroom. Remember that only 6th grade students may wear jeans to school.
Have a wonderful weekend! We look forward to seeing everyone on campus again next week.
Mr. Singleton
Principal
SCHOOL NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
SMILE MILE
Dear Parents,
We are reaching out to you with an opportunity in the community for a running race called Smile Mile. Smile Mile is a one mile race for children between the ages of five and eleven. For the past several years, Orlando Science Elementary School -Technology Campus, has won the Sly Johnson Award, “Largest Team Award.” It is my hope that we will be able to win the Sly Johnson Award again this year. If successful, OSES PE Department will receive a $500.00 grant to use for PE Equipment from Track Shack to aid in the enrichment of your son or daughter.
If having the largest team is not enough, your son and/or daughter will also have the ability to compete for the win in their age bracket, or just to have fun and be outdoors with their peers. It’s a win, win, win. We cannot do it without you! I hope that everyone signs up!!
All runners will receive a bib, t-shirt and a finisher medal. Dates and times for the race are listed below. Please feel free to email Mr Senter at matt.senter@orlandoscience.org if you have any questions about the race.
Track Shack - Smile Mile ßClick here to sign up, or if you would like to search for this link rather than clicking the link, type into your internet browser, Track Shack Smile Mile. Dates and Times are listed below for your convenience.
BOOK FAIR
THIS MONTH FOR LUNCH
THIS WEEK IN GRADES K-6
KINDERGARTEN
This week in Kindergarten we learned about Respect our new character trait of the month.
We also learned about The Lunar New Year and Groundhog Day!!!!!
We enjoyed having fun with our friends and reaching all of our weekly goals!!!! :)
This week in Mrs. Rouis’ class we kicked off black history month by listening to the children’s story “Hidden Figures”. We learned all about the amazing Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. We also learned about the first African American woman to travel to space Mae Jamison. We then tied our social studies lesson into science and made our own paper rockets. We then went outside to test them out. The students had an absolute blast!
FIRST
This week in first grade we learned about living and nonliving things.
We practiced the character trait of the month by showing our classmates respect by listening and using kind words.
Arjun B. is in first grade in Ms.DiRe's class. Recently he competed in the WCA competition held at Gainesville GA on Jan 29, 2022. He competed in 2x2 and 3x3 events. WAY TO GO ARJUN, THANKS FOR SHARING!
SECOND
THIRD
FOURTH
FIFTH
SIXTH
Physical Education:
Every Wednesday, students are challenging themselves to walk/jog/run laps. Their goal is to improve on their previous records.
Here are the 2/2/2022 top 3 students:
Boys: Gabriel C. 10 laps
Mathias C. 10 laps
Aidan L. 10 laps
Girls: Zahara N. 10 laps
Elizabeth F. 9 laps
Tnishka S. 8 laps
HR average miles/student
Ms. M 1.26
Ms. Holihan 1.25
Ms. Simms 1.20
Mr. Koc 1.1
Mr. Lawrence 0.77
In music last week, students competed in the Rhythm Olympics! They formed teams and competed in several rounds of rhythm games to demonstrate their music reading skills and earn points. Here are the winning teams:
SPECIALS
Absent students should be checking Google Classroom for assignments.
Students in Mr. Senter’s PE class are working on soccer. Dribbling, Kicking and Trapping.
If you would like to donate to the PE department, please check out our Wishlist:
If your student is working from home, be sure to check their Google Classroom.
Codes:
CONTEST AND CHALLENGES
VIRTUAL ENERGY WIZ
Our students are encouraged to participate in the Virtual Energy Whiz. The cost is $10 per team but scholarships are available. Students work on their projects at home and then create a web page, using WordPress, on the Energy Whiz website to showcase their projects. Here is a slide deck to explain the different projects.
Critter Comfort Cottage 3-12
Energy Innovations 3-12
Energy Inspired Art K-12 (great for art classes)
Energy Transfer Machine 3-12
Junior Solar Sprint 4-8
Solar Energy Cook Off 3-12
CODECRAFT
A handful of our students are moving on in the Codecraft competition. They were challenged to use Scratch to create an original, informative, and compelling game or web story reflecting on the innovation of STEM and its impact on society. Check out some of the projects!
I am Calcei - The Cute Multiplier
HISTORY BEE
SECME K-5 AND 6-8
Students interested in STEAM are encouraged to join the SECME Team. There are three in-person and two virtual events in the spring, along with six other contests, that students can participate in. All of the information about the events, guidelines, and scoring sheets can be found here. Scholarships are available for families. Please contact Mrs. Trujillo if you have any questions.
SECME Regionals will be held on February 12th at UCF and will be held from 8 am to 3 pm. The projects for SECME Regionals are: Poster, Codecraft, Math, Water Bottle Rockets, Mousetrap Car, STEM Essay and Vision Board, Egg Drop, Energy Transfer Machine, and Glider. The cost for SECME Regionals is $25 per person since it includes lunch.
Curtis Kinetic Science will be held virtually in February and is sponsored by the Orlando Science Center. This has a cash prize! Think about Rube Goldberg machines to be inspired to create an Energy Transfer Machine of your own. This cost $5 per team.
Energy Whiz Virtual will be from February 14th to the 18th and it is all online. All of the projects will be displayed on a student created webpage using Word Press. I can help with this aspect. The projects from this competition are: Critter Comfort Cottage, Junior Solar Sprint, Energy Transfer Machine, Energy Innovations, Energy Inspired Art, and Solar Energy Cook-Off. The cost is $15 per team.
Energy Whiz In-Person will be on April 30th in COCOA, Florida. All of the projects will be displayed on a student created webpage using Word Press. I can help with this aspect. The projects from this competition are: Critter Comfort Cottage, Junior Solar Sprint, Energy Transfer Machine, Energy Innovations, Energy Inspired Art, and Solar Energy Cook-Off. The cost is $45 per team.
SECME’s mission is to increase the pool of historically underrepresented, under-served, and differently-abled students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce.
TESTING SCHEDULE
CLUBS AND AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES
CLUBS
Hello families!
Please remember that you should not arrive on campus before clubs dismiss. Even coming 5 minutes early causes backups in our dismissal process.
- Building 1 (grades K-3) - clubs dismiss at 3:40 during the week and 2:40 on Wednesday
- Building 2 (grades 4-6)- clubs dismiss at 3:30 during the week and 2:30 on Wednesday
For club requests please email Ms. Gardella at Courtney.gardella@orlandoscience.org
Thank you so much for all of your support and we hope that you child enjoys clubs this year!
ORCA NEWS
STAR READERS
STAFF COMMENDATIONS
PARENT INFORMATION CORNER
AFTERCARE
If you have any questions regarding aftercare, please email Jessica.Rosario@orlandoscience.org.
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