Pembroke Pines Charter School
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Volume 10, Issue 8
April 10, 2015
General Information
Vision-Our vision, as a community, is to cultivate character, and foster life-long learning through a challenging
educational experience in a safe environment.
Mission– It is our mission to prepare students to succeed in a global society by providing a personalized and
rigorous curriculum through excellence in teaching.
Uniform Policy
All students must be in uniform
each day. Navy blue bottoms,
appropriate uniform shirt as well
as uniform sweater and/or
jacket. Solid navy blue jacket/
sweater may be used. Please
remember to put your child’s
name on all sweaters, jackets and
sweatshirts.
Advisory Meeting
The next Advisory Board meeting
for East, West & Central will be
on May 5, 2015 at 6:00pm at the
West Campus. You will receive
service hours for attending.
Arrival/Dismissal
PPCS is committed to providing
students an education in a safe
and secure learning environment.
Please know that for school safety, children are not to arrive at
school prior to 8:15 am or to
remain on school grounds after
3:45 pm. The school has a supervised before and after school
child care program for students
who need to be dropped off or
picked up earlier or later than the
times listed above.
Pembroke Pines Celebrations
The annual Taste of Pines will be
held Thursday, April 16th from
6-9pm at Southwest Focal Point
Community Center. Tickets are
available at each campus.
Pines Day will be held on April 18,
2015 complete with a Pines Day
Parade, Kids Konnection Business
Expo, Pageants, a cake-cutting ceremony, free concerts and a fireworks
show. A family fun day you won't
want to miss! Please visit
www.pinesday.com for event times
and locations.
West Elem Art News
Congratulations to the following
West Elementary students whose
art work has won an award and
was on display at the “Winterfest
Student Art Contest!”
3rd Grade
Emily Ramjattam
Sabrina Rodriguez
Dylan Scheer
4th Grade
Francesca Galvez
Ayden Kostzer
City Manager/
Superintendent of Schools
Mr. Charles Dodge
954-435-6500
Central Campus
Elem.-954-322-3330
Middle-954-322-3300
Principal - Kenneth Bass
A.P. Elem - Dr. Linda Montoto
A.P. Middle Dr. Kimberly Pizzo
West Campus
Elem.-954-450-6990
Middle-954-443-4847
Principal - Devarn Flowers
A.P. Elem. - JoAnna DiGioia
A.P. Middle - Michael Castellano
Elementary Information
Broward County Spelling Bee
Congratulations to Central Elementary student, Sri Madabhushi
on her success in the 75th Annual
Miami Herald Broward County
Spelling Bee, coming in 4th Place!
Not only did she beat out about
196 competitors, but she was the
only 4th grader in the finals! Sri
worked very hard, studying every
chance she got! We are so
proud of you!
Important Phone
Numbers
Faith Munar
Ahana Thakur
5th Grade
Reva Adi
Nicholas Bolanos
Emily Esquivel
Nicolas Jara
Marcella Lesmes
Stephanie Manrique
Mia Memnon
Shravya Sareddy
Sydney Fazquez
Central Elem. Box Tops
The following classrooms are
leading the Box Top competition at Central Elementary:
1st - Ms. Ortis with 1512
2nd - Ms. Pagan with 905
3rd - Ms. Dominguez with 866
Way to go!
FSU Campus
954-499-4244
Principal - Dr. Lisa Libidinsky
Assistant Principal - Alan Pfau
East Campus
954-443-4800
Principal - Sean Chance
Assist. Principal - Jenny Iznaga
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Pembroke Pines Charter School
Important Dates
April
9 SOS Dress Down Day
10 Take Your Child to Work Day
13 FSU Kinder Field Trip
15 Report Cards
15 West Elem. Dress Down Day
15 Middle Track Meet @ home
Vs. Glades 4-6:30
16 East Dress Down Day
16 C. Elem. Dress Down Day
16 Taste of Pines
18 Pines Day Celebration
21 Middle Track Meet @ Indian
Ridge 4-6:30pm
22 Earth Day
22 Administrative Prof. Day
23 East Dress Down Day
24 East Principal’s Honor Roll
24 C. Elem. All Pro Dad
26 Pill Box 8K/5K/Fun Run
27-5/8 FSU Kinder Swim Central
30 Interim Reports Issued
30 East Kinder Field Trip
30 C. Elem. Dress Down Day
May
1 East 5th Field Trip
1 East 2nd Field Trip
1 East Barnes & Noble Night
1 Middle 8th Grade High School
Tour/Curriculum Fair
1 C. Elem. FSA Fun Day
1 C. Middle Course Selection
6th & 7th grade
4 East 1st In House Field Trip
4-8 Staff Appreciation Week
5 Teacher Appreciation Day
5 East, West, & Central
Advisory Bd. Mtg. @ West
6 East Dress Down Day
6 C. Elem. Principal’s Honor Roll
6 C. Elem. Papa John’s Fmy. Nt.
7 C. Middle Honor Roll
7-8 East 4th Field Trip
Middle School News
Central Drama Class
The 2014-15 PPCMS Central
Drama Class was proud to present The Mysterious Case of the
Missing Ring, written by Janie
Downey Maxwell, during the evenings of February 24th and 25th,
2015, on the Central Campus
Stage. Eighteen seventh and
eighth grade student performers
brought the Game of Clue to life,
taking their audience on a mystery
filled with betrayal, terror, humor,
thievery, suspense, and surprise.
Audiences were entertained as
they engaged in this Mystery-slashComedy Theater Production to
uncover who stole the queen’s
missing ring. Set and production
was completely designed and managed by the students. Mrs. Nancy
Altimore is to be commended for
her enthusiastic direction and
support of these budding actors.
Central Campus is proud of their
Jaguar Thespians!
Central Campus Band News
It is with GREAT PLEASURE that
we report that the PPCMS Central Advanced Band, under the
highly competent direction of Ms.
Edie Shendell-Frankel, were recognized and awarded straight Superior Ratings at district's Annual Florida Band Master's Association Performance on Tuesday,
March 17, 2015. This is the highest
rating possible and very few
schools are fortunate enough to
be awarded this performance
rating. " I am so very proud of our
band students who had a great
performance on stage and received perfect scores in the sight
reading phase of the evaluation"
stated Band Director, ShendellFrankel. She added, " On the first
day of these evaluations, only two
bands received superior ratings in
the South area of Broward County." This is Ms. Shendell-Frankel's
13th consecutive Superior Rating
with her advanced band students,
which is an AMAZING RECORD!! According to Dr. Kimberly
Pizzo, Assistant Principal, "Ms.
Shendell-Frankel is one of the
finest teachers I have had the
pleasure of working with as a
school administrator. She
is always professional and highly
dedicated to the success of her
band students. Her passion for
her subject and her exceptional classroom instructional practices are directly responsible for
the immense success her program
has earned over the passed 13
years." Principal, Kenneth
Bass praised Director ShendellFrankel and the advanced band
students, "Another SUPERIOR
accomplishment by our band!
Congratulations to Ms. ShendellFrankel, the students and everyone who worked so hard so that
this could happen." Please join
Mr. Bass and the Central Campus
Family in celebrating this achievement and congratulating our students and Ms. Shendell-Frankel.
Math Counts Mathlete
Saaketh Vedantam, an eighth-grade
student from Pembroke Pines
Charter Middle – Central Campus
named 2015 State Champion at
the Florida MathCounts held at
Orlando on March 20, 2015.
MathCounts is one of the country’s largest and most successful
educational events that inspires
excellence, confidence and curiosity in US middle school students
through fun and challenging math
programs. Florida MathCounts is
sponsored and hosted by Florida
Engineering Society, with support
from industry like Lockheed Martin, Shell Oil, Boeing to name a
few.
Saaketh competed with about 240
of the Florida’s top Mathletes
from 45 middle schools across the
state. The state participants are
qualified by being the top individuals or in top teams from the
Chapter level competitions held
across Florida during February.
The invitees came together on
Friday March 20 for the Florida
MathCounts competition at the
Walt Disney Dolphin Resort in
Orlando. The MathCounts competition consists of two phases. The
first phase is a written round fol-
lowed by a countdown round. The
top 10 participants from the written round were invited for countdown round, where participants
have a chance to move up through
ladder system. Contestants compete one-on-one and answer a
series of challenging questions in
45 second or less during countdown round. Saaketh came first in
written round and defended his
first place in countdown round.
Saaketh qualified to Florida MathCounts during his three years in
middle school, while winning
Broward Chapter twice and Florida State in eighth grade. Saaketh’s
other accomplishments in eighth
grade include being in top 1% in
the nation in AMC 8 and AMC 10
contests with a qualification for
American Invitational Mathematics
Examination (AIME), which is a
requirement in the qualification
for USA Mathematical Olympiad.
Saaketh with three top winners in
Florida MathCounts will represent
Florida team at MathCounts National Competition to be held at
Boston duringMay 7 – 10. There
will be 224 Mathletes from 50 US
State, US territories participate at
MathCounts National, sponsored
by Raytheon. The countdown
phase of Nationals will be webcast
live on www.mathcounts.org,
Friday May 8th at 3:00 PM EDT.
Pasta for Pennies
The Central Campus raised over
$1400 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through their Pasta
for Pennies program. The program was co-sponsored by the
Student Governmant and the
Builder’s Club. Mrs. Amber Touhy’s class raised over $375 and
won the Gold Pennant as well as
the Olive Garden Pasta Party.
Thank You to Ms. Spencer and
Ms. Franco for their efforts with
this important service project!
Pembroke Pines Charter School
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Middle School News
Central Middle 2015 FSA Testing Calendar
Date
Assessment
Periods
0413
7th ELA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (1,4,2)
04/14
8th Grade Science (80 Minutes x 2) Paper Pencil
4th Period thru Lunch Period 6 PM
0415
7th ELA Session 2 (AM and PM)-Computerized (3,4,5)
0416
7th MA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (6,4,1))
0417
7th MA Session 2 & 3(AM and PM)-Computerized-2,4,3
0420
8th ELA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (5,4,6)
0421
8th ELA Session 2 (AM and PM)-Computerized (1,4,2)
0422
8th MA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (3,4,5)
0423
8th MA Session 2 & 3 (AM and PM)-Computerized-6,4,1
0424
Make-up Day 7th and 8th grade (Periods01-6)
0427
6th ELA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (2,4,3)
0428
6th ELA Session 2 (AM and PM)-Computerized (5,4,6)
0429
6th MA Session 1 (AM and PM)-Computerized (1,4,2)
0430
6th MA Session 2 & 3 (AM and PM)-Computerized-3,4,5
0501
NO MAKE-UPS ARTICULATION DAY/8th HS Tour -4th AM, 6th PM
0504
MAKE-UP 6-8 ALL DAY Per 1-6
0505
MAKE-UP 6-8 ALL DAY Per 1-6
0506
MAKE-UP 6-8 ALL DAY Per 1-6
0507
MAKE-UP 6-8 ALL DAY Per 1-6
0508
MAKE-UP 6-8 ALL DAY Per 1-6
0512
EOC Honors Algebra and Honors Geometry (Session I)
0513
EOC Honors Algebra and Honors Geometry (Session 2)
0514
Make-up Algebra & Geometry EOC
0515
Make-up Algebra & Geometry EOC
0518
7th Grade Civics EOC (Day 1- ESE/504 & Last Names A thru G)
0519
7th Grade Civics EOC (Day 2 –Last Names H thru Z)
0520
Make-up Civics EOC Testing
0521
Make-up Civics EOC Testing