The Tiger's Roar!  
Tildenville Elementary School, Winter Garden, FL
Thursday, December 21, 2017
    

Principal Alvarez
SEASON'S GREETINGS!

This is a special issue for our school community capturing the many wonderful "happenings" our students and teachers have been engaged in so far this month leading up to today - the last regular school day of the 2017-2018 school year. (Today also happens to be the 2017 Winter Solstice; the shortest day of the year and the official start to the winter season.)

While the students do not have school tomorrow, the teachers will be on campus finalizing second quarter grades. The Winter Break runs from December 25th to January 5th with classes resuming on Monday, January 8th, 2018.

I hope you enjoy this special issue and on behalf of the Tildenville Elementary administration, a very Happy Holiday Season to you and your family!

Agathe Alvarez 
Proud Principal
Tildenville Elementary School

Pictured at the very top of this issue: First grade students attend a field trip to ICE! Students enjoyed seeing the beautiful ice sculptures.
Upcoming Events and Reminders . . .

Spanish Honor Society students welcomed students to school with a little
caroling (paranda) this past Tuesday morning!

 
12/21: Last school day of 2017 for students and the Winter Solstice
santa
12/22: No school for students (teacher workday)
12/25: Official start of Winter Break
1/8: After School Tutoring
1/9: After School Tutoring
1/9: National Elementary Junior Honor Society Meeting
1/12: Lakeview Middle School NJHS reads to Kindergarten
1/13: Saturday Schoo,l 9-12
1/15: No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
1/16: After School Tutoring
1/16: National Elementary Junior Honor Society Meeting
1/16: K-Kids Meeting, 8:15
1/16: Dual Language Parent Committee Meeting 5pm
1/17: Conference Night
1/18: Spanish Honor Society
1/20: Saturday School, 9-12
1/22-26: Literacy Week 2018 (a flyer will come home with daily activities)
1/22: After School Tutoring
1/23: After School Tutoring
1/27: Saturday School, 9-12
1/29: After School Tutoring
1/30: After School Tutoring
1/31: Chorus Performs at the Orlando Magic Game

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Thank You's!
Thank you to Jennifer Walker for her donation of headphones for our students with sound sensitivity. They have come in handy with our kids!

Thank you to Lakeview Middle School National Junior Honor Society. They collected over a 100 gifts for our Tigers in need this holiday season. Thank you LMS!

Lakeview Middle School NJHS students bearing gifts for our Tigers!

Help Needed
We need parent volunteers to come and help tag all our books with Accelerated Reading information. If you are interested in helping out please email our new media specialist Elka Archbold at [email protected]

Names on Clothing . . . PLEASE
Please remember to write your child's name, even if it is just their first or their last name on the tags of sweatshirts, jackets and hoodies. We have about 20 unclaimed winter items in the lost and found. Also, please write your child's name on water bottles and inside lunchboxes.

Vital Signs: Tildenville's "Top 5"
The 5 most popular books with our Tigers during the first half of the school year . . .


Dork Diaries created by Rachel Renee Russell

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kenney

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann

If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

Teacher of the Year Celebration!  
December 5th at the Rosen Centre . . .  

Congratulations again to Dual Language Kindergarten teacher, Julie Hunter!

Community Involvement 
West Orange Junior Service League / TES Food Pantry / "Santa Spectrum" 
   
Congratulations to Mrs. Andria Ray as the West Orange Junior Service League sponsors a holiday party for our preK students. Their members made crafts and cookies with the students as well as shared in fun story time with Mrs. Claus!

Thank you to all our volunteers who help organize the food pantry weekly. Your support and dedication is greatly appreciated!

Thank you to Spectrum for your generous donation of gifts to our students this Holiday Season!

Rigor in the Classrooms  
Recent snapshots from across the campus . . .   
 
Second Grade - Science

As you can see, our 2nd grade Tigers have enjoyed learning about the properties of magnets!

Third Grade - Mathematics

Students in 3rd grade have been working on area and perimeter this month.
Nice job Tigers!


Fourth Grade - Reading

Above and just below:
Fourth grade students practice their reading skills using tablets and Kahoot! Could there be another J.K. Rowling or John Steinbeck in this class? Perhaps . . . keep up the great work with your reading 4th grade Tigers!


Fifth Grade - STEM
 
Amazin' Gerard conducts a "Is it science or is it magic?" lesson with 5th grade gifted students.

  Students created STEM-themed heads for the MicheLee Puppet Show.
 
PTA  
Our PTA has been a wonderful blessing during the 1st half of 2017-18!   
 
PTA hosted another fabulous fundraiser at Let's Skate! Parents and students enjoyed roller skating with their classmates. Thanks PTA!

Looking Ahead . . . 5th Grade Visits Lakeview Middle 
   

Fifth grade Dual Language students visited Lakeview Middle School's Dual Language program earlier this month Students were able to experience a little bit of the life of a middle school Dual Language student. Thank you Mrs. Ramos for making this happen!

Rigor "Outside" of the Classroom 
Kindergarten at the Orlando Science Center 

Kindergarteners have fun learning about the weather at the Orlando Science Center. These students are in the hurricane simulator experiencing high wind velocities.
 
In the Spotlight!  
Talented Tigers show their skills in the performing arts after school! 
 
Fourth grader Alexa performs in the production The Little Mermaid at Ocoee Middle School.

Ms. Medina's second grade students did a beautiful job performing in Spanish and English Tuesday evening!

Kindergartener Makenzie recently was in the production "In His Name, We Dance" with her dance studio Centre for Dance & the Performing Arts in Oakland.

Parting Shot of the Week . . .   
 
This Holiday Season, kindly take a moment to remember our troops, sailors, and airmen that will not get to go home and see their families this year. Thank you.


Happy Holidays Tigers!
Principal Alvarez
Tildenville Elementary School
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Leadership Team

Principal, Agathe Alvarez [email protected]
Assistant Principal, Shannon Ross [email protected]
Reading Coach, Julie Hager [email protected]
ESE, Regan Trampe [email protected]

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