Orlando Science High School
issue 11
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: October 22nd, 2021
Principal's Corner
Greetings Orcas,
A quick reminder that we have a short week next week. There is no school next Friday, October 29th so please plan accordingly, be safe, and enjoy the long weekend.
Next week, though short, is already drumming up excitement among our students as we approach Thursday evening’s UNICEF Trunk or Treat fundraiser taking place at our Technology campus parking lot for our entire school, grades K-12. Look below for more details. We’d can’t wait to see you there!
I would like to take a moment to congratulate our students who have been selected to showcase their artwork in the City Ats Gallery downtown: Tanvi R. and Fritz Lee S. Our wonderful art teacher, Ms. Garrity, did a tremendous job connecting our students with this opportunity and we are so excited for their accomplishment and the fact that they are getting to share their talents with the city.
If you haven’t already, please be sure to submit your response to the survey sent out Wednesday afternoon regarding “Device Availability, Learning Opportunities, and Newsletter Feedback.” You can access via this link as well: https://forms.office.com/r/5SsV5GrrjF
I hope you all have a nice weekend and look forward to updating you on our students’ continued success next week.
Dr. Yalcin Akin
Executive Director/Principal
Orlando Science School – Middle/High
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Orlando Science High School Recognized Among 2022 Best Schools in America
Here at OSS we’re thrilled to announce that we have been recognized as a 2022 Best School by Niche! This year, we ranked #1 Best Charter High School in Florida AND achieved an Overall Grade of “A+”.
We've earned this ranking by scoring highly in many factors that aim to capture what it’s really like to attend OSS. While we’ve always known that OSS is a wonderful place to learn and grow, we’re so proud of our students and staff for earning this national distinction.
You can check out OSS’s profile and see the full list of 2021 rankings, methodologies, and data sources over at https://www.niche.com/. Thanks again to our community for working hard every day to make OSS worthy of national attention. Go Orcas!
OSS High School Current COVID numbers
parent feedback requested
Orlando Science School is pleased to announce plans for offering devices and additional learning opportunities to our 6-12th grade students.
Please visit the form below to submit your preferences for each of the sections outlined below. (Completion time is approximately 4 minutes.) Responses must be submitted no later than Friday, October 29th at 5:00pm.
SCHOOL-ISSUED DEVICE AVAILABILITY
Orlando Science School intends to provide a Chromebook for each student in grades 6-12 to use at home for school use only. The devices will be ordered once the results of this survey are received. Further information regarding the distribution method and usage agreement will be provided once they are available.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Orlando Science School is exploring the possibility of providing additional learning opportunities outside regular school hours, free of charge. The additional learning program will be built around teacher availability.
NEWSLETTER AND FURTHER SUPPORT
Orlando Science School is requesting feedback regarding the weekly newsletter and any additional ways the school can further support your student’s education and social-emotional learning.
Thank you so much for your feedback and participation.
saturday studies by Invitation only starting in november
Orlando Science High School will offer standard targeted Saturday Leadership Academy sessions for students in need of additional academic support, offered in a small group setting. These sessions will focus on the skills and standards that students must mater in order to be successful on the following assessments:
· Grade 9 English Language Arts
· Grade 10 English Language Arts
· Algebra 1 End-of-Course Assessment
· Geometry End-of-Course Assessment
These select students are highly encouraged to attend these studies. Each week, instructors will focus on specific standards and students will have a chance to take several practice tests/quizzes in preparation for the upcoming FSA and EOC.
Parents, please check your email to register using the online form.
Saturday Leadership Academy and AP Studies will begin for ALL students in January 2022.
PSAT 8/9 registration now available
Dear Students and Parents,
Students in 9th grade will have an opportunity to take the PSAT 8/9 at Orlando Science High School on Tuesday, January 18th. The test fee is $16.00 and must be paid via School Pay before November 30th. Attached, please find the registration form, School Pay link, and additional informational resources. Test day reminders and room assignments will be shared with students through Microsoft Teams in December.
Once students take the PSAT 8/9, their score report will pinpoint exactly what they need to work on to graduate from high school and be ready for college. Participation is highly recommended.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Nicholas Koebe
Admin for Instruction and Assessment
OSHS Halloween Social - Thursday 10/28
trick or treat for unicef & Key club
OSS Key Club and UNICEF Club invite you to support the WASH project in Haiti!
Each year, OSS participates in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. In the past, those donations went towards the Eliminate Project, which helped to fight maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). The campaign, which ended in 2020, contributed to a 96% decline in the disease worldwide! Thank you for those who donated in the past. While UNICEF continues to fight MNT, the new Trick-or-Treat initiative for this year is called the WASH project. It supports UNICEF’s water, sanitation, and hygiene efforts in Haiti. You can help us continue to save lives by donating using the link below. Thank you for your support!
Trunk or Treat
The OSHS UNICEF Club is holding a Trunk or Treat for all OSS students grades K through 12. The event will take place on Thursday, October 28th, 2021 from 5pm to 7pm in the Building 1 & 2 parking lot. There will be decorated cars for trick or treating, a raffle, games, food, and so much more. Proceeds will go to UNICEF’s WASH efforts in Haiti.
Tickets are $5 for participating students and includes all of the games and trick-or-treating. Food, raffle tickets and snacks will be available for additional purchase. Supervising adults and children under 5 are FREE. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE on 10/22.
Any form of Halloween donations are highly appreciated by the club. If you would like to donate any items for the event, please use the sign-up genius link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45ABAC2EA7FCC43-unicef
We are so excited for you all to join us for a whole lot of SPOOK-tacular fun!
OSS OUtreach club collections for Ronald McDonald House
girls self-defense course
Young Artists Gallery
Tanvi is showcasing photography and digital art pieces and Fritz will be exhibiting part of his abstract pastel series.
PLTW Human Body System
Ms. Lizarazo's Spanish 2
Ms. Lizarazo's Spanish 2 students are working on describing images using the verbs ser and tener. In groups students were given a picture from a magazine to describe in Spanish. They had to write 10 sentences using the verbs ser and tener. Once they wrote their sentences they read them out loud to the class.
2021-22 free/reduced meal application
- The names and incomes of every member of your household
- The school, grade, birthdate of every student in your household
- Your social security number and electronic signature
- (Optional) A valid email address or phone number for district communication about the status of the application.
October meal menu
Counseling Corner
10/22/2021
Hello and welcome back to Counseling Corner!
This week I have news of a personal matter to share with you all.
I’m getting married next week!! And following our wedding, my Husband and I will be moving to South Florida, which means that with both excitement and sadness in my heart, I will be leaving Orlando Science Middle/High School next week.
When I started working here in 2018, I had no idea how special this place would become to me. In some ways, it’s become another family. The OSS community has been a wonderful one to work in and I cannot express how grateful I am to have been here for your students, your families, and our staff these past 3 years.
So you all are aware, my last day at OSS will be on October 28th and you can catch me at the PLUS Alliance Club’s annual Halloween Social in the High School parking lot that night *Hint Hint, it will be a blast, get your tickets now!* In my last week, I will be cherishing every moment and doing my best to provide as much support while I’m still here. In the interim time between my exit and the next counselor’s arrival, if you should need assistance with mental health referrals, coordinating services, and/or resources, please contact the front desk and they will make sure that qualified personnel contacts you directly to address your request. Additionally, here are some resources for you to save and refer to in case of an emergency.
I’ve supplied a few extra newsletters for staff so you will still hear from me for a little while on this platform until a new Counselor comes. Additionally, I got this idea from some teacher friends because they do this for former students once they graduate, but if you have any news and cool updates you’d like to tell me about your students after I’ve left, I’d love to hear how they’re doing! You can email me at CoolNewsMs.Perez@gmail.com. Please do not to use this email for mental health inquiries, requests for services, or emergencies as I will no longer be the Counselor for OSS and I will not be checking this email the way I would a work email. The staff is equipped to handle whatever mental health needs you may have. But you can use the email for any life updates, college acceptances, great personal progress, funny stories etc. that you’d like to share with me.
On a final and most important note; your students are incredible, special in a million different ways and I will miss them dearly. It’s been an honor being their Counselor.
Wishing you all the best moving forward,
Ms. Felicia C. Perez
School Mental Health Counselor for OSS (2018-2021)
Ms. Perez' quote of the week: Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made." ~ Tyler Kent White
Senior corner-class of 2022 updates
JOSTEN'S UPDATE:
The deadline for Jostens orders - including caps and gowns - has been extended to Oct. 31, 2021. Please order online using the button below or via the Jostens website using the "My School Store" tab. If you prefer a hard copy of the packet/catalog, please see Ms. Bolat. Otherwise, all options for ordering are online.
fAFSA GUIDE
Fall Scholarships
september and october scholarship newsletters
BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP:
Steps to apply for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship:
- Students need to submit the Florida Financial Aid Application (FFAA). https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/SAPPRFILE/SAPPRFILE
- Take the ACT or SAT and submit your scores through your College Board account to the Florida colleges/universities you apply to.
- Your high school transcript will be submitted directly from school to Bright Futures. We take care of this part.
- Complete your "Community Service Hours". For Florida Academic Scholarship (FAS) is 100, for Florida Medallion Scholarship (FMS) is 75 hours. Since your hours are logged into your transcript when we submit your transcript, your hours also will be submitted to Bright Futures.
- The Community Hours forms (Proposal Form and Log Reflection Form) are in the College and Career corner of the newsletter if you need them.
FAS and FMS Scholarships
https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/FAS-FMS.pdf
Florida Bright Futures Brochure
https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/bf_brochure.pdf
2021-22 Bright Futures Student Handbook
https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/BFHandbookChapter1.pdf
Please let me know if you have any questions.
additional scholarship resources
https://opportunity.collegeboard.org/?navId=bf-cbos
https://www.niche.com/colleges/scholarships/
https://www.scholarshippoints.com/
https://www.collegexpress.com/
https://admissions.ufl.edu/afford/scholarships
https://finaid.ucf.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/
https://valencia.org/scholarships/
NOTE: Do not pay any money to get scholarship! Use only free scholarship resources.
Important 12th grade Teams announcements
See these important messages from Ms. Bolat posted on the 12th grade Teams:
Bolat, Gulistan: September Scholarships and and OCPS's Scholarship Bulletin
posted in 12th Grade / General at Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:21:44 AM
Bolat, Gulistan: Special Opportunity with UF for your Seniors!
posted in 12th Grade / General at Tuesday, September 28, 2021 3:13:58 PM
senior portraits
Class of 2022 -- the time to sign up for senior portraits has arrived! Right now, spots are limited but more will be opening up. That being said, please don't wait to register! Once the studio closes for the season, you will not be able to have your senior portraits taken and your photo won't be included in the yearbook.
You can choose between the Basic and the Deluxe sittings, the descriptions are below. Any questions you have about pricing, scheduling, or purchasing should be directed to Prestige Portraits.
Below is the website as well -- you will select the Orlando studio when you register.
Common App Update
As many of you know, many colleges require students to submit written responses such as Common App essay, College-Specific questions, and Writing Supplement. You can see each schools' requirements on your Common App.
This resource below, updated for the 2021-2022 application year, helps students understand what writing questions they can expect to find for each college to which they apply.
Writing Requirements By Colleges
Common App Essay Prompts for 21-22
Account Rollover
Students who created a Common App account prior to August 1 can roll over their accounts. Learn more about how Account Rollover works here: Account Rollover
college and career corner
Virtual Pre-College Conference
community service resources
assessment corner
PSAT 8/9 opportunity
The PSAT 8/9 will be offered to 9th graders at Orlando Science High School on Tuesday, January 18th. This assessment tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT in a way that makes sense for eighth and ninth graders. It measures what they are already learning, shows them whether they are on track for college, and lets them know where they need the most improvement. Sign-up information is available at the top of this newsletter.
Exceptional Student Education and Assessments
Does your child have an IEP or 504 and receive extra time on tests?
Students who receive accommodations on statewide standardized assessments, such as the FSA, may be eligible to receive accommodations on college entrance assessments. These tests include Advanced Placement, SAT, and ACT exams. There is a separate application process where eligibility is determined by the testing company (not OSS or OCPS).
If your child already receives accommodations on statewide assessments, it is highly recommended that you give permission for OSS to submit an accommodation request for these competitive tests. This is not an automatic process. You must notify the school if you would like an application for accommodations to be submitted on behalf of the student.
To make a request, please email the ESE Coordinator, Mrs. Cervantes at Teresa.Cervantes@orlandoscience.org with the following information:
· Full name of the student
· Assessments the student will be taking (AP Exams, SAT, and/or ACT)
More information about accommodations and eligibility can be found at the following links:
orbit's character corner
Virtuous
A Virtuous person chooses to act according to his or her morals.
"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward." Silius Italicus
parent resources
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ORLANDO SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
Website: http://orlandoscience.org/highschool/
Location: 2600 Technology Drive, Orlando, FL, USA
Phone: (407)299-6595
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orlandoscience/
Twitter: @OrlandoSciMH