Nassau Notebook
Recording Outstanding Education
Volume III, No. 15
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.
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Whitney Jones Earns Nassau County Teacher of the Year
Baking = Learning
Ms. Scholes, at Emma Love Hardee Elementary, integrated reading and math with a baking activity. When beginning to learn the standard about the multiplication of unit fractions, Ms. Scholes brought it to life for her students. She brought in ingredients to make cinnamon ornaments. Students had to discover how using addition and multiplication are connected in daily life. Her students were excited to learn more about fractions!
Cultivating Climate
Callahan Middle School has been making positive impacts in their school environment. Students are smiling, words of encouragement are the norm, and being a silent bystander to bullying is now a thing of the past.
The significant change is in large part due to the implementation of Advisory. Advisory is teaching young adults the fundamentals of effective communication, listening, and problem-solving in their homeroom classes. It allows them to reflect on relevant issues and learn life lessons with their peers.
Eighth-grader, Charlotte Robinson explains, "Students are communicating more with each other. At the beginning of school, teachers made us talk to each other, so now we are connecting and problem-solving on our own."
As sixth-grader, Khamani Way, expresses, "Advisory makes people happier throughout the day, even though they wouldn't ever admit that they like advisory. It sets you off for having a good day."
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Excited About Reading!
Mr. Carr and the second-grade students at Bryceville Elementary received an exciting delivery. New books were delivered by the Amelia Island Book Festival for the upcoming author visit. Every primary student will receive a copy of the book before our author comes to visit on February 14th. Happy reading!
Reading Rally π
Celebrating Success
The East Coast Technical Assistant Center (ECTAC) recently selected Hilliard Elementary as an Exceeding Expectations Award School. The school was selected based on a combination of criteria consisting of 2018-2019 FSA scores as well as observations and interviews that occurred during a site visit. A celebration of the accomplishment will be held at the Exceeding Expectations Conference in October. Congratulations to Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Smith, and all of Hilliard Elementary!
Cassowary Conservation
The Elementary Gifted classes of Bryceville, Callahan, Hilliard, and Wildlight attended an in-school field trip to begin their study of the Cassowary.
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π¦ΈββοΈ Superhero Readers π¦ΈββοΈ
Mrs. Solis shared her summary of a recent learning adventure at Yulee Elementary School.
βItβs a serious problem and something must be done at once!β exploded Mr. Cubbal, principal at Yulee Elementary School, to his partner in principalship, Mrs. Loudermilk. The city of Yulee Elementary School had recently been invaded by not one, not two, but three villains and was in grave danger. Luckily for the school, a group of Super Teachers and their students were able to take down the villains before irreparable damage was done. We now honor our Superhero AR Reading Dream Teams who, based on AR points earned each week for six weeks, raced up their skyscrapers to the villain for each grade level and stopped them DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS! Each grade-level dream team is made up of the first, second, and third place classes:
Fifth grade: Jones-1st, Slaughter-2nd, and Rutledge-3rd.
Fourth grade: Albury-1st, Seelhoefer-2nd, and Watkins-3rd.
Third grade: Wall-1st, Scott-2nd, and Hayes-3rd.
In celebration, these classes enjoyed a fun-filled day of winter-themed activities and their class photographs are featured in the glass case near the front office of the school where they will reign as the Superhero Reading Dream Teams until the Spring Challenge begins. Have we seen the last of those villains? Hopefully so, but only time will tell.
Comprehension Collage
Learning Events for All
On January 7th, West Nassau High School hosted a variety of events for its students.
The 9th-grade students participated in team-building activities, presented by the Army Recruiting Station and our AFJROTC unit, a vaping education presentation, healthy relationship presentation by Micah's Place.
The 10th and 11th-grade students participated in our World War 2/D-Day programs. They heard from living World War 2 veterans, two paratroopers reenactors, a representative from the USO, and several of our teachers developed special mini-lessons on World War 2.
The 12th-grade students participated in our annual Vystar reality fair presented by our Vystar credit union.
This was a great way to finish off the first semester and get the students pumped up for the 2nd semester.
Hornet Pride
Kenneth Aldrich, a senior at Yulee High School, received a surprise from Sheriff Leaper. He was awarded the Sheriff's "Great Kids" Award for showing great character and pride. Deputy Fender wrote an outstanding nomination for Kenneth. Here are his observations about Kenneth's character.
Kenneth Aldrich is a senior at Yulee High school. He is a member of the Cross Country team. Kenneth is a very respectful student and never fails to set an excellent example for his peers. Kenneth also ensures to hold the cafeteria door every day for all students and school staff entering the cafeteria. Kenneth always has a positive attitude and ensures to ask everyone how their day is going. He is a motivated athlete and a role model for his peers. His daily actions show what it truly means to be a Yulee Hornet!
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The Era of Learning
Emma Love Hardee Elementary's Fifth Grade ELA teachers traveled back in time to the Renaissance Era to help their students build connections. The fifth graders discovered key details about the artists, architects, and musicians during that time before exploring their learning in various activities.
Seeing Spots!
Mrs. Cordova's Kindergarten Class at Southside Elementary celebrated 101 Days of school dalmatian style. Mrs. Cordova and her students were seeing spots while remembering their 101 days of learning.
Making Wishes Come True
Beta Club Members at Callahan Middle School donated over 50 toys for children at Wolfson Children's Hospital. The club sends their donations through the non-profit Tyler's Toys for Wolfson's Wishlist.
Robotics Scrimmage
Students showed off their hard work in building and programming the Lego Mindstorm robot. Coaches went over tips and strategies and then the different schools met and talked about how they built and programmed the robot.
Future Business Leaders
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