Angeline Insider
23-24 Student & Parent Newsletter - Vol. 1, Issue 1
2023-2024 Student & Parent Newsletter - Vol. 1, Issue 6
This Week at Angeline...
Monday - A Day
Whit's Spirit Night
Volleyball v. PVMS @ PVMS - 6PM (FIRST GAME EVER!!!)
Wear AAI Spirit Wear
Tuesday - B Day
National Video Game Day - Wear a Video Game Shirt
Wednesday - A Day
Wear College/Career Wear
SAC meeting @ 2:20 PM in Media (Open Invitation to Attend)
Progress Monitoring Testing Begins
Thursday - B Day
Volleyball v. PMS @ CLMS - 6 PM (FIRST HOME GAME!!!!)
Progress Monitoring Testing Continues
Friday - A Day - Wear AAI Spirit gear
Progress Reports Available in MyStudent
Progress Monitoring Testing Continues
Looking Ahead
- 9/21 Volleyball vs. JLMS @ CLMS - 6PM
- Progress Monitoring Test #1: 9/12/23 - 9/20/23 in ELA & Math classes, as required. Modified bell schedule for testing days.
- 9/25 Volleyball vs. CENMS @ CLMS - 6 PM
- 9/27 School Picture Day
- 9/28 Volleyball @ TEWMS - 6 PM
- 10/13 Fall Fling Dance - Grades 6-8 after school (ticket sales coming soon)
- 10/14 Homecoming Dance - Grade 9-10 (ticket sales coming soon)
- PSAT Testing - October; details to follow for grades 8-10
23-24 Volleyball Schedule
Congratulations to the First Lady Archers Volleyball Team!
Middle School Dance
Friday, Oct 13, 2023, 02:30 PM
Angeline Academy of Innovation, Angeline School Wy, Land O' Lakes, FL, USA
We're excited to offer a dance for our middle school students, but we need help to pull this event off! If you have some time, creative mojo, and time/talent to offer, we'd love to have you join our event committee. Sign up to volunteer to make this dance a success.
High School Homecoming Dance
Saturday, Oct 14, 2023, 07:00 PM
Angeline Academy of Innovation, Angeline School Wy, Land O' Lakes, FL, USA
After School Care
Weekly Sign Up Available
Parents can now sign up for our Angeline After Hours program using the link in our online fee payment portal. As a reminder, we must have 30 students enrolled for the program to continue operation.
September Required Instruction
September (American Founders’ Month) is an important month for Civic Literacy instruction and one of the busiest for instructional statutes. Instructional statutes are required instruction in addition to standards aligned instruction for a particular course and grade level. In their classes, our teachers will support and elevate these important instructional topics and are excited to be relaunching a districtwide Freedom Week recognition. Below you will find a list of topics and themes that are required instruction this month.
- American Founders Month-September
- Heroes’ Day, September 11 – Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, the bill requires middle school students enrolled in the civics education course and high school students enrolled in United States Government course, to receive at least 45 minutes of instruction on “9/11 Heroes’ Day” on topics involving the history and significance of September 11, 2001.
- Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th – October 15th
- Constitution Day-September 17th
- Freedom Week-September 25th – 29th
Inaugural T-Shirt
Would you like to purchase an inaugural t-shirt? We offer sizes from S - XL (no XS or 2XL available).
Purchase online and pick up in the front office by showing our receipt. Cost is $15.
Clothing Donations Requested
Our school clinic is requesting donations of gently used shirts, shorts, and pants for our students. If you have items for male or female students, please send them in to our front office for the clinic.
Missing Water Bottles, Lunch Boxes and More?
We've established a lost and found area just outside the cafeteria. Found items will be placed here for students to retrieve.
A student who attends school more often is more likely to graduate. Help your student succeed by getting them up, ready, and out the door on time every day. #ShowUpWalkProud #SchoolEveryDay
Grades 6-10 - FAST Progress Monitoring Test #1 Administration
Florida’s statewide, standardized assessments in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics have been aligned with the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.). The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), which includes VPK through grade 10 Reading and VPK through grade 8 Mathematics assessments, will be administered as a progress monitoring assessment, which students will participate in three times per year.
B.E.S.T. assessments that are not part of the FAST progress monitoring program include grades 4–10 Writing and end-of-course (EOC) assessments in Algebra 1 and Geometry.
Angeline Academy of Innovation will administer these required assessments September 12 - 23, during the school day.
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) - Grades 8-10
The PSAT 8/9 assessment will help your child prepare for the future. It helps establish a baseline for students as they enter high school and begin preparing for college and career readiness. By taking the PSAT 8/9, your child will learn which skills he or she needs to work on for continued success when preparing for high school and ultimately college. In addition, the PSAT 8/9 will identify areas where your child excels (and may want to consider taking higher-level courses), as well as areas he or she should focus to improve academically.
It also provides students with better access to data and personalized study through the online College Board and Khan Academy, and offers a readiness baseline for the SAT. It allows online access to explore careers, majors, and schools which may align with your child’s personal interest, and provides planning tips and financial aid information.
Historically, students who take the PSAT score higher on the SAT, on average, than those who do not take the test. Please note that the PSAT 8/9 scores are not sent to colleges.
All 10th-grade students are invited to sit for the PSAT/NMSQT, the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which is an important assessment for college preparation.
Yearbook Sales - Buy Now!
Our first ever yearbook is on sale! Order your copy online using the link below. The yearbook staff is also selling business ads, which are a great way to support their work and help keep the yearbook costs lower.
After surveying local middle schools, we are not planning to sell ads for individual students until we have a senior class.
Questions about yearbooks may be directed to our yearbook sponsor, Mrs. Swain.
Flu Shot Clinic
Flu Shots for Students - October 5
In first period classes, students received forms to participate in an upcoming flu shot clinic. Please return completed forms to the school nurse to have your student receive a free flu shot.
Health Screenings
Grade 6 Information
Health screenings are mandated for grade levels specified by Florida statute (381.0056, F.S., 64F-6.003, FAC) and the Florida Department of Health.
Mandated screenings for students in grade 6 are as follows:
- Hearing screening
- Vision screening
- Growth and Development screening
- Scoliosis screening
Before mandated grade-level screenings, a notification will be sent out to parents/guardians via school messenger, email, social media, written notification, etc. A Parent/guardian will need to provide consent located in the parent portal for their student to participate in health screenings.
The school health staff will notify the parent/guardian if their student fails the health screening via a letter, email, or phone call. Upon failing a health screening, it is recommended that your student is seen by the appropriate medical provider to determine if further assessment is warranted. Consult our registered school nurse if you have questions or concerns regarding your student’s screening results.
Important Transportation Information & Updates
New Bus App Launching This Week!
3 Screen Time Insights From a Teacher
“Ethan…”
“Ethan…”
“Ethan!”
That’s how I tried to get the attention of one of my students. I didn’t yell, but I did raise my voice just a bit. I had to because Ethan had sneakily pulled his phone out of his backpack and was watching YouTube instead of reading along with the rest of the class. As I tell my students, I can’t compete with screens.
Because I’m a teacher, and I’m with 100 plus students five days a week almost eight hours a day, I get to see the effects of screen time on children in an academic setting in real time. I see things that, before I became a teacher, I had no idea were happening. Here are 3 screen time insights I’ve gained and a teacher-inspired fix for each.