P ATRIOT P RESS. The. Principal s Post. Mrs. Olson IN THIS EDITION:

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1 The P ATRIOT P RESS Patriot Oaks Academy Newsletter January 12, 2018 Principal s Post Welcome back and happy 2018! We hope you had a wonderful holiday break with time spent making memories with family and friends! We are busy this January with getting the semester underway lots of learning and growing happening here! Report Cards come out at the end of this week. Remember that they are a snapshot of how your child is progressing with the grade level content at this point. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your child s teacher. We are here to help in any way we can. This month we are working on the G in our CHARGERS positive behavior program: Greet each day with a positive attitude. We have talked about starting the day with a smile and being willing to try, no matter how difficult the task may be. Life just seems easier to handle when we smile and put our best foot forward each day. We have many activities coming up in the next few weeks so I encourage you to look closely at the events throughout the newsletter this month. Our middle schoolers are involved in the History Fair with a parent night tomorrow evening, our basketball teams have begun their season and we have a parenting seminar next week that should be outstanding. There is never a dull moment here at Patriot Oaks. Middle School parents, in an earlier issue, I let you know that we were researching a 7-period day vs. the block schedule. We have surveyed our teachers and have spoken at length with the other middle schools and their administrators. After much discussion, our school will move to a 7 period day for this coming year. We look forward to having our students see their teachers each day and to better prepare them for high school as this change will bring us into alignment with Creekside s daily schedule. Nothing will change at this point but we wanted you to be aware of our future plans. I want to take a minute to wish each of you a happy new year! I sincerely hope that this new year brings great joy and new learning for you and your children. We are tremendously blessed to have the opportunity to be here with your children each day. Thank you for trusting us with your most prized possessions! We take that job seriously. Sincerely, Mrs. Olson IN THIS EDITION: Important Dates Good Chargers MS Girls Basketball Games Media Center News MS Tennis Team Tryouts History Fair Parent Night District IEP Training 8th Grade News *High School Showcase *Programs of Choice *BTHS 8th Grade Night Science Materials Adoption Yearbook Order Information Parenting Seminar After School Enrichment Opportunities *Italian Cooking Class *EAST Painters Workshop *Charger Fit Club *Coding Adventures Character Counts 6K/3K Shoe Drive Ends 2/1 Building a Tradition of Excellence, Together! GO CHARGERS!

2 IMPORTANT DATES 1/16: Facilitated IEP Training for Parents at Fullerwood, 6 pm 1/16 & 18: Battle of Book Tryouts for Gr 3-5 1/18: MS History Fair Parent Night, 6 pm 1/18: High School Showcase at WGV 1/19: Report Cards Issued 1/19: MS Winter Dance 1/22-26: Celebrate Literacy Week/Lego s Contest 1/23 & 25: Battle of the Books Tryouts for Gr 6-8 1/25: Parenting Seminar, 6:30 pm 1/25-26: MS Tennis Tryouts 1/26: Class and Sports/Team Photos GOOD CHARGERS Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of December 11: Easton Alberts, Chloe Andrews, Rachael Barnhart, Grant Beyer, Lalana Buck, David Chand, Samantha Creel, Andrea Garcia, Emily Geller, Dylan Goldberg, Briella Gross, Avrie Guinn, Tyler Hall, Ryan Hong, Owen Huffman, Peyton Kenney, Aaron Kite, Xavier Levings, Michael Mendes, Makayla Middleton, Elizabeth Roggenbuch, Brady Thurlow, and Dylan Tomas. Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of December 18: Avery Anderson, Tristyn Bailey, Anna Cady, Madisyn Carrier, Nolan Carter, Addisen Chinn, Noah Cordeau, Payton Dorsett, Owen Fader, Madisynne Garcia, Delaney Howard, Makaela Kennair, Ben Lee, Ethan Lezhak, Ava McDermott, Ava Murphy, Addyson Ordon, Jack Robinson, Mayci Rodriguez, Daniel Shaw, Blake Williams, and Siena Williams. Congratulations to Kelsey Saye who was a Good Charger in the month of October but whose name was left out of the newsletter. Sorry Kelsey, and congratulations! MS GIRLS BASKETBALL GAMES The Middle School Girls Basketball team invites you to come and cheer on their first two games: Our first game is Tuesday, January 16th. We ll being playing against Fruit Cove Middle School right here at Patriot Oaks Academy! The game begins at 5:30 pm. You can also cheer us on Thursday, January 18th when we play at Swiss Point Middle School, beginning at 5:30pm. Hope to see you at the games!

3 MEDIA CENTER NEWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS TEAM TRY OUTS: The Battle of the Books is a county competition based on Florida s Sunshine State Young Readers Award books. Teams consist of five members and two alternates. Tryouts for the 3-5 grade Battle of the Books team is Tuesday & Thursday, January 16 & 18, at 8am in the media center. 6-8 grade tryouts will be the following week, January 23 & 25, 8am in the media center. Students are expected to attend both days of tryouts. They must also have already read at least six of the Sunshine State books to try out for the team. CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK CONTESTS: January is Celebrate Literacy Week. The media center will be sponsoring two fun contests: our annual Legos in Literature Contest in which students will create a Lego display that depicts a scene or character from a favorite book, and a Teacher Favorites Contest in which students will try to match up teachers with their favorite books. JIM HARBIN STUDENT MEDIA FESTIVAL COMPETITION: Also, the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival is coming up soon. This moviemaking competition is open to students in all grades. Three winners from each of the eleven categories in K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 will be selected for county competition. All category entries must tell a story and must be completely student-created. The school deadline for Jim Harbin is Friday, February 23, For more information on all these events check out the POA media center page at MS TENNIS TEAM TRYOUTS Tryouts for the Boys and Girls Middle School Tennis Team will be Thursday, January 25 and Friday, January 26 3:00-4:00 pm at the Durbin Crossing Amenity Center, 145 S Durbin Parkway, Register online at SJMSAA.com

4 HISTORY FAIR PARENT NIGHT POA History Fair parent viewing will be Thursday, January 18th in the gym from 6:00-7:30 pm. DISTRICT SPONSORED IEP TRAINING EVENT

5 8TH GRADE CORNER ACADEMY INFORMATION AND OTHER DATES

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7 SAVE THE DATE Plans are underway to welcome your 8th grade students who will attend Bartram Trail High School next year. Save the Date: 8th Grade Night on Monday, February 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. We will send you more detailed information as the date gets closer but please note it on your calendars. BTHS can t wait to welcome their future Bears and are eager to help them all make a smooth and exciting transition to high school! DISTRICT NEWS

8 YEARBOOK ORDER INFORMATION

9 PARENTING SEMINAR

10 AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT

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14 AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT The club meets in villa 820 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm on Tuesdays (1/16, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13) *NOTE* There is no class scheduled for 1/23 Students not attending extended day are to be picked up by an approved adult in the blue lot (near the Cafeteria) Contact Ms. Davis with any questions.

15 6K RUN 3K WALK

16 SHOE DRIVE