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Community Brief from Endeavor Elementary
"We Rise by Lifting Others"
Friday, September 11, 2020
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After the unconventional start to the 2020-2021 school year, we are off and running! Teachers are planning engaging standards-based lessons for our Face-to-Face students as well as for those that selected the LaunchED model. Our goal remains to provide students the same educational experience regardless of the delivery system.
I would also like to recognize the efforts made to keep our school a healthy environment for our Navigators. Common areas are routinely sanitized and procedures have been put in place to limit student exposure. The safety and well-being of our students is of paramount importance and we will continue to implement the guidelines developed by the school district.
Please look for information regarding Endeavor's Virtual Open House scheduled for October 13 - October 16. Our students and teachers are eager to showcase the wonderful learning that has been occurring on and off campus this year.
Working as a team, I'm confident that when school life returns to normal our students can make a seamless transition. Until then, I thank you for your continued support of our children.
Today's edition of The Navigator News is dedicated to all the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. Knappins
Proud Principal
Endeavor Elementary School
Pictured very top: Teacher of the Year & Support Person of the Year (High Quality Members)
Congratulations to Ms. Abreu, Endeavor's Teacher of the Year and Ms. Roxanne Quinones our Support Person of the Year. We are so proud that you will be representing our school. (They are both pictured with Principal Knappins and Asst. Principal Diaz.)
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Content and Upcoming Events
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Endeavor Elementary School remembers the events of 9-11-01 which occurred 19 years ago today.
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Navi's Gator Snapshots
Efficient Operations
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G. Good Manners
A. Always Attentive
T. Taking Responsibility
O. On Time & On Task
R. Respect Everyone
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"Navigators Always Vigilant"
Students in Ms. Mann's fifth grade class visit the media center and Vigilant House members are introduced to our House's Bayou Book Buddy, Rocket.
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PTA
Engaged and Invested Community
Please be on the look-out for information from Endeavor's PTA. We hope to be able to offer our Navigators experiences they have come to love such as the Fall Festival, the Son Event, and the Daughter Dance. Please contact our Endeavor Elementary PTA at: [email protected]
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The "First" Family of Endeavor Elementary
High Quality Team Members
It was a day of "first" for the Riberon Family. Mr. Riberon joined the Endeavor staff as our new art teacher. Mrs. Riberon moved from second to fourth grade and the boys enjoyed their first day in the first and third grade. The Riberon's are truly a Navigator family!
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Stairs and Steps
Efficient Operations
To ensure limited contact between students, each of the staircases in the lobby have been designated a grade level. Single grade level use safeguards against students crossing each other in the hallways.
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Navi Marks the Spot
Efficient Operations
To ensure that our students are socially distanced during lunch when face coverings are off, Navigator decals are placed on benches indicating where students can sit. Students sit in the same seats every day to make contact tracing possible in the event it should be needed.
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Value Math
High Expectations for Student Learning - MAFS.4.NBT.1.3 Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Fourth grade students in Ms. Cordero's class use digital tools during their math lesson just like their Launched counterparts as they learn about place value. Face-to-Face students use platforms like Canvas and Nearpod to gain proficiency and fluency comparable to our LaunchED children.
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Endeavor Royalty
High Quality Team Members
On her last day as a Navigator, Ms. Gallagher reminisced about the twenty years she spent teaching art at Endeavor Elementary. Ms. Gallagher was here when the school first opened its doors in August of 2000. Her final moments were fit for a queen as she walked the halls waving to students, teachers and staff. Upon her departure she was showered with yellow roses. Ms. Gallagher you will be missed!
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In the Bayou Engaged and Invested Community
Congratulations to Mrs. Hayes and her family as Endeavor's Bayou of Books was the location where her husband received his promotion in rank. We thank Mr. Hayes for his service to our nation and are grateful he allowed us to be a small part of his military history.
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Welcome Flags
Positive Climate and Safe Environment
There is an addition to the front of Endeavor Elementary! House colored feather banners welcome our students to each new day. They serve as a reminder of our Navi G.A.T.O.R. expectations of: Good Manners, Always Attentive, Taking Responsibility, On Time/On Task and Respect Everyone.
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Sticking To It Positive Climate and Safe Environment
All over campus we have placed decals to help our students with social distancing. Arrows create one way corridors to ensure we do not have students passing each other while in transit. Wrong way decals keep us moving in the right direction. Stickers with feet guarantee that students keep a safe distance when walking the hallways and Navi marks spots where students can sit during dismissal.
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Up, Up, and Away
Positive Climate and Safe Environment
We would like to thank our teachers that are in the building working directly with children and lifting their spirts and providing them with a safe learning environment. We are grateful for your commitment and dedication to our Navigators!
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Chatty 3rd Graders
High Expectations for Student Learning - LAFS.3.W.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imaged experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details and clear event sequence. (b). Use dialogue and description of actions, thoughts and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of character situations.
Third grade Face-to-Face students learned about quotation marks and writing dialogue by creating a new scene in the book they are reading, 'Judy Mood Gets Famous.' Using pictures and speech bubbles, students demonstrate their knowledge of the main characters.
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Special Delivery
Positive Climate and Safe Environment
Mr. Knappins and Mr. Diaz surprised all our Face-to-Face teachers with basket filled with supplies to help keep their classrooms spotless. The wipes, face shields, and extra masks for teachers & students will certainly help Endeavor meet all the CDC guidelines.
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Coming Up Roses
Social and Emotional Well Being
On the first day of face-to-face classes, Ms. Acosta received a lovely bouquet of flowers from one of her students and his family. In the spirit of this year's school theme of "lifting up others," this kind gesture truly raised her spirits.
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Drive by Reading
High Expectations for Student Learning
In order for fourth grade LaunchED students to benefit from the same rich literature and classroom resources that our face-to-face students are receiving, Ms. Pabon and Ms. Riberon set up a time when parents could drive by and pick up individualized packets for their children.
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Popping In
High Expectations for Student Learning
We would like to thank our parents that are bringing their LaunchED students to school for one-on-one testing. Individual assessments allows for greater personalized instruction.
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Young Authors
High Expectations for Student Learning - LASF.1.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order and provide some sense of closure.
First grade students working at home or at school wrote stories about a time when they made a new friend. Temporal words such as first, next, then, and last help to keep events in order and provide a conclusion.
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Picture This
Positive Climate and Safe Environment
"Navi's Loft" has an updated look! Thank you very much to Ms. Norman for painting the chairs and tables and to Ms. Abreu for the cheery new upholstery on the chairs. The Loft is now also complete with portraits of our fifth grade students!
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OCPS Parent Academy
Engaged and Invested Community
The Virtual Parent Academy is an extension of the Parent Academy which is a district-wide initiative designed to enhance achievement through the support of community and family involvement. From research, we understand that students achieve more when parents are involved in their child's education. The next virtual workshop will take place on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 6 - 7 p.m. Participants will learn about options available for school choice and advance studies for students in Orange County. For Electronic registration visit www.ParentAcademy.ocps.net, or call 407.317.3300. The next in-person workshop of the Parent Academy is scheduled for November 7, 2020 at Windermere High School. The topic of discussion will be "social and emotional learning."
For a full schedule of Parent Academy and Virtual Parent Academy workshops please visit www.ocps.net and click on the Students and Parents tab. |
School Advisory Council (SAC)
Engaged and Invested Community
Shared leadership and community ownership are both crucial to developing and sustaining community schools, the School Advisory Council is the infrastructure for those practices in a community school. This dedicated team represents various segments of our community for the purpose of guiding our school towards continuous improvement.
The next virtual SAC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 a.m. via Microsoft Teams.
~ Mr. Derek Knappins, Principal
~ Mr. Cruz Diaz, Asst. Principal
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Endeavor Elementary School | Mr. Derek Knappins, Principal | 407.251-2560 | EES Website |
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