Nassau Notebook
Recording Outstanding Education
Volume IV, No. 2
Nassau County School District continues to have positive events occurring on our campuses. Take a look at some of the things that have happened recently.
Building a Team
THE BEST IN SPIRIT!

Yulee Middle School's Cafeteria Staff won the 2019-2020 Nassau County School Food and Nutrition Services Department's BEST IN SPIRIT award. Every year, each school kitchen team competes for the most positive team spirit and teamwork. They get spirit points from their director for showing good teamwork, great enthusiasm and helping their kitchen succeed.
The Cafeteria Staff were excited and are eager to keep their award for this school year as well. They said, "We love everyone at YMS and it is always our goal as a team to provide the best service and yummiest meals to everyone with a smile!"
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Science in Action | Mrs. Davis had her students exploring science concepts in an outside classroom. | The Bryceville Elementary students were having a great time learning! |

The 2nd-grade team at Southside Elementary celebrated their great first day of school with a little playtime on the playground.
Lemons into Lemonade | Wildlight Elementary's Principal, Mrs. Bovinette, enjoyed using the sensory path to Kindergarten on the first day of school | Wildlight Elementary School decided to kick off the 2020-21 school year by making lemonade out of lemons. Their students and parents were welcomed with two orientations, one for virtual classes and one for those coming to brick and mortar. |
Wildlight Elementary's Principal, Mrs. Bovinette, enjoyed using the sensory path to Kindergarten on the first day of school
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Flashes Spark Light | Hilliard Elementary's motto for the year is Flashes light tomorrow with the spark ignited today. | Teams worked together to show their interpretation of that motto on the ceiling tiles. The future is BRIGHT in Hilliard! |

The distance learning teachers at Hilliard Elementary are living proof that "Teachers can do virtually anything!" Their passion for education, support for each other, and love for their students has made the greatest impact as we embark on this new adventure!
HES Virtual Teachers- Jessica Westberry (1st grade), Debbie Parr (Kindergarten), Stephanie Fortier (4th grade), Lauren Stemle (4th grade), Danielle Stewart (5th grade), Kelsey Harris (5th grade), Kayla Stivers (3rd grade)
Dunkin’ Donuts treated teachers at Callahan Intermediate School with breakfast on the first day back to school. | Sweet Treats | Dr. Cason scooped in to help serve ice cream when K’s Kreamery treated the whole school to an afternoon treat. |
Making Virtual Happen
Callahan Elementary is proud of all of their teachers and were happy with their awesome distance learning teachers kicking off the first week of school virtual style. These teachers are so dedicated and positive. They have spent countless hours prepping for student assessments, creating Canvas courses, communicating with parents, and being creative when plans didn't happen as expected. At Callahan Elementary, they had four virtual classrooms with a total of 93 students.
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Heroes in Callahan
September was SUPER at CIS! Throughout the month of September, the school implemented various superhero activities. Each Thursday, faculty, staff, and students got dressed up to have a little fun while learning. Super September was meant to empower all the SUPER things going on within the school.
Click here to see the CIS Superheroes!
Live Number Line | After introducing integers, students in Mrs. Reeves' 7th grade Pre-Algebra class were given an integer written on an index card. | Once students had their integer, they compared values and formed a human number line. |
Virtual Guest
David Shiffman, an interdisciplinary marine conservation biologist, whose research focuses on the ecology and conservation of chondrichthyan fishes, was a virtual guest speaker for the 7th-grade Gifted Science class at Fernandina Beach Middle. The students researched Mr. Shiffman prior to the visit to learn more about him and generate questions to ask him.
On the day of the visit, they met in the Media Center and had a virtual session with Mr. Shiffman. He spoke about his educational background, how he got into the field of researching sharks, some of his favorite memories from his career, and more. The students asked him a variety of questions about his research, his favorite sharks, and of course his feelings towards shark week.
Everyone enjoyed his visit and he is highly recommended to schedule having him "visit" your classroom. He is providing this service for free for public schools. His email is david.shiffman@gmail.com.
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Things Are Buzzin' at YES!
| Mrs. Burch is combining digital learning and SeeSaw in her classroom. Students are typing into text boxes and annotating on screens to show their learning. | |
Yulee Elementary School was proud to recognize their first Bus of the Week, Bus 407, for going above and beyond to ensure our students stay safe. | Bus 402 was the next Bus of the Week! Thank you for keeping students safe. |