QUIET WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE MESSENGER
To create a positive teaching and
learning environment that fosters
self-motivated and lifelong learners.
Lori McConaughey, Principal
William Hartner, Assistant Principal
Vol. 24, No. 7
March 4, 2015
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Upcoming
Activities/Events
Message From QWE
Headquarters
On behalf of QWE staff, students, and PTA, we want to extend many thanks to all of you who participated in our Boosterthon FUN RUN by pledging laps. Everyone had a terrific time being healthy while having fun. I hope everyone will have a relaxing and fun Spring Break. It will give all of us time to recharge our batteries as we prepare for our last quarter of the school year. I would like to extend “the best you can be “ to all of our fourth and fifth grade students and staff members as they prepare for the FSA Writing Test on March 4. The students have all worked very hard to develop and perfect their technical writing skills in preparation for this important State Assessment. All of our students, teachers and parents in grades 3-‐5 are working very hard preparing for the FSA ELA Reading and Math, Assessments and Gr. 5 FCAT 2.0 Science Test, which will be administered beginning the week of March 31 through the week of April 20-‐April 24. I am confident that the commitment of both teachers and students will bring success to all! •
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prohibits any policy or procedure, which results in
discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability,
gender, national origin, marital status, race, religion
or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a
discrimination and/or harassment complaint may call
the Director of Equal Educational Opportunities at
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Extended Learning – Gr. 3-‐5 Students 2-‐4 pm Rock Star 2:30-‐4:30 Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Zumba 2:15-‐3:15 Thursday, March 12, 2015 Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Friday, March 13, 2015 Cheerleading 2-‐4 pm Science Club 2-‐3:30 Gr. 3 Alternative Assessment Kindergarten Round Up – 8:30 am Saturday, March 14, 2015 FSA Learning Camp-‐Select Gr. 3-‐5 students Monday, March 16, 2015 Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Extended Learning – Gr. 3-‐5 Students 2-‐4 pm Gr. 3 Alternative Assessment Gr. 2 CogAT Assessment Soccer 2:30-‐4:30 Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Extended Learning – Gr. 3-‐5 Students 2-‐4 pm Gr. 3 Alternative Assessment Gr. 2 CogAT Assessment Sunshine Readers Field Trip •
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Rock Star 2:30-‐4:30 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Gr. 2 CogAT Assessment CLASS Pictures Gr. 1 & 3 Health Screenings Head Start Swimming (Sousa & Kotze) Zumba 2:15-‐3:15 Thursday, March 19, 2015 Early Release Day 12:00 End of 3rd Quarter Friday, March 20, 2015 Employee Planning Day-‐No School Monday, March 23-‐Frday, March 26, 2015 SPRING BREAK-‐ NO SCHOOL Monday, March 30, 2015 School Resumes Start of the 4th Quarter ( 47 days) Soccer 2:30-‐4:30 Tuesday, March 31, 2015 FSA ELA Reading Assessment Gr. 3 & 4 RockStar 2:30-‐4:30 Wednesday, April 1, 2015 FSA ELA Reading Assessment Gr. 3 & 4 Zumba 2:15-‐3:15 Thursday, April 2, 2015 FSA ELA Reading Make Up Testing Friday, April 3, 2015 Good Friday & Passover-‐ NO SCHOOL Sunday, April 6, 2015 Happy Easter! Monday, April 6, 2015 Soccer 2:30-‐4:30 Tuesday, April 7, 2015 FSA Mathematics Assessment -‐ Gr. 3 & 4 RockStar 2:30-‐4:30 Wednesday, April 8, 2015 FSA Mathematics Assessment –Gr. 3 & 4 Zumba 2:15-‐3:15 Thursday, April 9, 2015 FSA Make Up Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Jack Hartman Music Assembly-‐Gr. K & 1 Friday, April 10, 2015 FSA Make Up Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Cheerleading 2:00-‐4:00 Science Club 2:00-‐3:30 pm Saturday, April 11, 2015 Waste Management Earth Day 12:00-‐3:00 pm-‐Monarch Hill CLASS PICTURES Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Students will pay at the time their class is
photographed. Please send in the exact amount in an
envelope ($10.00) on Wednesday, March 18 or checks
should be made payable to: Strawbridge Studio, Inc.
School uniforms are optional for these pictures.
Kindergarten Round Up HEAD START APPLICATIONS
2015-2016
The School Board of Broward County Head Start
and Early Head Start Departments will be
accepting applications for the preschool programs
for three and four year old children for the 20132014 school year.
Applications will be accepted during the weeks of
March 2-March 14, 2015 and
April 6-18, 2015
Quiet Waters Elementary School will hold a Kindergarten Orientation on Friday, March 13 at 8:30 am for children who will be entering Kindergarten in August. All children must be five years old on or before September 1, 2015 and reside in the Quiet Waters Elementary School boundaries The Orientation will be held in the school cafeteria. It will include a presentation by our staff describing the kindergarten program and then a visit to a kindergarten classroom. Parents may pick up a registration packet on this morning or may stop by the front office and begin registration beginning on Monday, March 30 between 8:00 am through 11:00 am and continue through the summer until school begins on August 24, 2015. The following are items you must bring with you to register: • Child’s Birth Certificate (original copy) • Florida Certificate of Immunization (DH form 680) ** Please note TWO varicella immunizations or documented history of varicella are required for kindergarten entry. ANNUAL TITLE I PARENT SURVEY: This survey
is designed to help our school parent
involvement team find out how well we are
working with parents so that we can improve
our parent involvement program. Please
answer each question honestly. We appreciate
your feedback! Click here to complete the
survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MtW6QSf7p03eP
iG-Cfi1zM9eDgtJMQMLXXwMiorqcPM/viewform
Specific application information and application
sites can be found by visiting our school website
at: http://quietwaters.browardschools.com
Lost & Found
We have many jackets, sweaters, lunch boxes, and
book bags in our lost and found. If your child is
missing an item, please come into the front office
and look through our lost and found. We are asking
that you please label your child’s outerwear and
lunchboxes to enable us to return them to their
owner. All items not claimed by Wednesday,
March 18 will be donated to a local charity.
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE
SCHOOL
Lyons Creek Middle School will be hosting
Saturday Tours at 9:00 am-10:00 am for any
incoming sixth grader. Parents must attend with
their child. Tour dates are as follows: March 14,
April 11, May 9, and June 13.
“EGGHEAD” Robotics
Team
FAMILY COUNSELING
Going to STATE!
After bringing home a First Place technical Award and receiving a bid for the state competitions at the South Florida Regionals at McNicole Middle School on Saturday, January 31, our EGGHEAD Robotics Team are headed for the state competition. State competition will be held on March 8 in Orlando at the University of Central Florida campus. The Robotics Lego League is an international competition for elementary and middle school students. Each year the contest focuses on a different real-‐world topic related to the sciences. The team's robot has been designed, built, and programmed to score points in 2.5-‐minute matches on a themed playing field. Students also learn that "Gracious Professionalism", friendly competition, and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork. Members representing our team at the qualifying competition are: Brownlee, Tamia Cruz, Zeth Humes, Katie Kough, Justin Lawrence, Ava Lopez, Benjie Martinez, Michelle Peres, Ana Taylor, Semmaj Thomas, Neil Warner, Kayla Weeden, Lauren Maryellen Pinzon is the Staff Advisor and Coach The Crystal Lake Family Counseling Center has appointments available day and evening with licensed therapists for your child and family. All services are free and confidential. Services are now available in Spanish and Portuguese. We can help your child overcome barriers to school success and happiness. Call (754) 322-‐
3165 to schedule an appointment. All telephone intakes are handled confidentially. The Deerfield Beach High School Family Counseling Program is a free counseling program open to any family with children enrolled in school. The family counseling program has both day and evening hours and is staffed by licensed Mental Health professionals. Services are confidential and do not become part of the student’s cumulative file. They can be reached at (754) 322-‐0731. Free Counseling: The Monarch Zone Family Counseling
Center has appointments available day and evening with a
licensed therapist for your child and family. All services are
free and confidential. We can help your child overcome
barriers to school success and happiness. Call (754) 321-1590
to schedule an appointment.
Extended Day Opportunity For All Students in Grades 3-‐5 We are pleased to announce that Quiet Waters Elementary School will offer a series of test taking workshops for all students in third, fourth, and fifth grade with the student’s classroom teacher. These after-‐school sessions will emphasize specific strategies to increase student’s overall math and reading scores. Sessions will be held on Mondays and Tuesdays for three weeks from 2:00-‐4:00 pm for 3 weeks beginning on March 2. RELAY for LIFE .
TESTING INFORMATION
The following is the District Testing Calendar for the 2014-‐2015 school year. Please take note of these dates and schedule appointments and special family trips after these dates. Please keep in mind that this year’s spring break (March 23-‐
27) does not coincide with Easter). Florida Standards March 4 Assessment English & Lang. Arts/Writing Grade 4 & 5 CogAt March 16, 17, and 18 Grade 2 Comprehensive February 17-‐April 3 English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) Florida Standards Tuesday, March 31 & Assessment Reading Wednesday, April 1 Gr. 3 & 4 Florida Standards Tuesday, April 7 & Assessment Math-‐Gr. Wednesday, April 8 3 & 4 Florida Standards Tuesday, April 14 & Assessment Science -‐ Wednesday, April 15 Gr. 5 Florida Standards Monday, April 20 Assessment Testing through Thursday, Reading & Math April 23 Gr. 5 Quiet Waters Elementary School “TEAM MANATEE” is getting geared up for Relay for Life to be held on April 18 and 19th at Quiet Waters Park. We need team members to register. Please go to the website and register: www.relayforlife.org/dblpfl. Relay for Life is a nationwide signature event for the American Cancer Society. It is about a community that takes up the fight against cancer in a way that is celebratory, fun and a unique experience. Please join us! Thanks to all who supported our Halloween and Holiday SMENCIL sale. QWE Team Manatee was able to donate $1,800.00 as a donation from our pencil sales. Thank you! RELAY FOR LIFE DEERFIELD BEACH, LIGHTHOUSE POINT, AND HILLSBORO BEACH 2015-‐2016 School Calendar Students will begin school on Monday, August 24, 2015, and the last day of classes will be on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Spring Break will be March 21 -‐ 25, 2016. Visit www.browardschools.com to view the 2015/16 school year calendar that was approved by the School Board.
Cognitive Abilities Test
(CogAT)
PTA hosted our First Boosterthon FUN RUN at QWE on Thursday, February 19. Everyone had a great time! All proceeds have been earmarked to purchase technology for our students. At the present time, over $21,000.00 has been earned and pledges are still coming in. Thank you again for being such a wonderful group of parents! The investment you make in the lives of our students and our school is noticed and appreciated. Quiet Waters Elementary students, grades 3 -‐5, (and their siblings) have been invited to participate in the 4th Annual Earth Day Open House at Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park on Saturday, April 11 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Waste Management has invited ten schools to participate in the free event featuring environmental displays, bus tours of Monarch Hill landfill and the landfill gas-‐to-‐energy plant, free hot dogs and refreshments, and other activities. The District will be administering the CogAT
assessment to all 2nd grade students on Monday,
March 16, Tuesday, March 18, and Wednesday,
March 18, 2014. The purpose of the CogAT is to
assess the level and pattern of cognitive
development of students and pre-screen all
children for eligibility for gifted services.
Furthermore, this assessment will provide
valuable information regarding students’ learning
strengths and styles that will allow teachers to
improve differentiated instruction and student
achievement.
BCCTM Math Competition This year will be the 35th Annual BCCTM Mathematics Competition on Saturday, March 7. Ninety-‐three Elementary Schools including charters, private and Broward schools will compete on Saturday, March 8th at Coral Glades High School. The following Math Team members have been practicing very hard to prepare. We wish them the best of luck! The 5th grade team members under the direction of Coach Pinzon are: Makaylah Kennedy Zeth Cruz David Gulla Lauren Weeden The 4th grade team members under the direction of Coach Fasano are: Victor Freire David Jaramillo Douglas Silva Kyle Thompson The company will award PTA funds to the schools with the best participation with a 1st place prize of $2,000, then $1,500, $1,000 and $500. Monarch Hill is located on Wiles Road just west of Powerline Road. Mark Your Calendars-‐ more information will be coming! Mark your calendars! Have a relaxing SPRING BREAK! Journeys
Common
Core 2014
Benchmark
Test (Unit
5) Reading
and
Analyzing
Text
2014-2015 Annual
Elementary School
K-5
Promotion Criteria
The School Board of Broward County is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of all students in a safe learning environment. Decisions regarding promotion and retention are based on state law and criteria defined in School Board Policy 6000.1 and apply to all kindergarten through fifth grade students. This includes students with disabilities and limited English proficient (LEP) students. Grade & Criteria #1
Criteria #2
Subject
K
Recognizes O Scores 90% or greater in
48 out of
R
accuracy AND at or above the
52 Letter
adequate level in comprehension
Names
on the Developmental Reading
AND
Assessment (DRA), at or above
Distinguish
a Level 3
es 20 out of
26 Letter
sounds
AND
Understand
s 15 out of
21
Concepts
of Print
Grade 1
Scores 70%
or greater
on the
Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt
Florida
Journeys
Common
Core 2014
Benchmark
Test (Unit
5) Reading
and
Analyzing
Text
O
R
Scores 90% or greater in
accuracy AND at or above the
Adequate Level
(DRA-Classic) / Instructional
Level (DRA-2) in
comprehension on the
Developmental Reading
Assessment (DRA), at or above
Level 16.
Grade 2
Scores 70%
or greater
on the
Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt
Florida
O
R
Scores 90% or greater in
accuracy AND at or above the
Adequate Level
(DRA-Classic) / Instructional
Level (DRA-2) in
comprehension on the
Developmental Reading
Grade 3
Grade 4
&5
Reading
AND
Grade 4
&5
Math
Scores at a
Level 2 or
above on
the
statewide
Reading
Assessment
Scores at a
Level 2 or
above on
the
statewide
Reading
Assessment
Scores at a
Level 2 or
above on
the
statewide
Math
Assessment
Assessment (DRA), at or above
Level 28.
O
R
Scores at or above the 45th
percentile on the version of the
Stanford Achievement Test in
reading comprehension.
O
R
Scores 70% or greater on the
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Florida Journeys
Common Core 2014 Benchmark
Test (Unit 5) Reading and
Analyzing Text
O
R
Scores 60% or greater on the
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Florida
Go Math Common Core End of
Year Test.
Good Cause Criteria
Students will be given multiple opportunities to
show that they have learned what they need to know
in order to be promoted. These opportunities will
include different
assessments presented in various ways. If a student
does not meet the promotion criteria on any of these
assessments, there are some additional options
called “good cause” for a student to be promoted.
In some instances, students who have been
previously retained, students who are disabled, and
students who have limited English proficiency may
be promoted if they meet certain requirements.
For more specific information about good cause
options for promotion or if you need further
clarification regarding the promotion/retention
criteria please call Miss McConaughey or Mr.
Hartner.
The Character Trait for FEBRUARY was
HONESTY. The following students were
nominated by their teachers for
demonstrating honesty in the classroom to
fellow students and to adults. The students
received a Kids for Character Certificate and
they were recognized on WMAX, the morning
news show.
HEADSTART
Mrs. Sousa
Cedric Alouidor
Mrs. Kotze
Maliyah Staggers
KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Alvarado
Jullian Tellez
Mrs. Armstrong
Parker Miller
Mrs. Blackmon
Violet Kostrzecha
Mrs. Esposito
Aiden Turner
Mrs. Fields
Madison Page
Mrs. Herbster
Abby Anderson
Ms. Rojas
Andrew Dos Santos
Mrs. Rosenzweig
Bianca Ferreira
Mrs. Sharon
Sofia Delgatti
Mrs. Shelton
Ray Acea
Mrs. Vosburgh
Charles Parker
Miss Zadroga
Jay Nguyen
FIRST GRADE
Ms. Applebaum
Adrianne Pereira
Mrs. Barnell Jacob Dusenberry DaSilva
Mrs. Cruz
Victoria Rocha
Mrs. Feldman
Luan Teles
Miss Idell
Sarah Silva
Mrs. Hardin
Deborah Raydan
Miss Krumrey
Emma Bernard
Mr. Lane
Luiz Lemika
Miss Quijano
Marley Paiva
Mrs. Sedon
Mia Hoxie
Miss Smith
Ian Whelan
Mrs. Tyler
Leonardo Auneddu
SECOND GRADE
Mrs. Crosbie
Sophia Iuspa
Ms. Curras
Scott Greenland
Mrs. D’Agostinis
Issac Andre
Mrs. Harding
Olivia Tavares
Ms. Horwitz
Katelynn Donnelly
Mrs. Lopez
Gabriella Pereira
Ms. Magin
Keegan McHugh
Mrs. McCall
Mariah Lopez
Mrs. Rizzo
Elliot Jobe
Mrs. Rosenberg
Logan Neadel
Ms. Sharkey
Sabrina Andrade
Mrs. Soffian
Gavin Casey
Mr. Szymanski
Victoria Lomeu
Mrs. Williams
Madilyn Ferguson
THIRD GRADE
Mrs. Burger
Declan Mulligan
Mrs. Capone
Teneika Chambers
Mrs. Cormier
Lucas Baldini
Mrs. Jackson
Shaelyn Casey
Mrs. Kapish
Christian Osornio
Mrs. Kostrzecha
Maria Eduarda Caldeira
Mrs. Lauro
Ricardo Aravena-Villega
Mrs. Pal
Diego Bastardo
Ms. Pinter
Sophia Wagner
Mrs. Ryan
TBA
Ms. Schwartz
Brandon Greenburg
Mrs. Simpson
Tyler Leigh
Mrs. Somers
Dominic Farah
FOURTH GRADE
Mrs. Bernard
Ariel Pickholtz
Mrs. Bianchi
Samantha Murphy
Mrs. Calle
Mikayla Philbin
Miss Compeau
Samantha Namor
Mrs. Fasano
Keely Thompson
Mrs. Gajeski
Gianna Licata
Mrs. Kenyon
Brunie Edmond
Mrs. Maiorino
Alexandra White
Mrs. Moncrief
Macy Williams
Miss Nitowski
Marcela Zatti
FIFTH GRADE
Mrs. Ghee
Delana Taylor
Miss Jasser
Mel Texeira
Miss McCullough
Zaccari Antonucci
Miss Moran
Daniel Williams
Miss Myrhe
Nicholas Damato
Mrs. Pinzon
Amanda Fortes
Ms. Tully
TBA
Dr. Uribe
Juan Gutierrez
Mrs. Werner
Christopher Bush
Mrs. Wessinger
TBA