Tildenville Elementary School Community Brief
Thursday, February 24, 2022
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Tildenville Community Member,
I hope you enjoyed the Presidents' Day holiday on Monday. While this has been a short month in terms of calendar days, February is always one of the busiest months of the school year. Please be sure to take a close look at the calendar dates below for those that might apply to your household.
In our last issue I had written about our annual Family Survey. We depend heavily on the responses from the survey ( click here) to help guide our ongoing school improvement efforts so if you have a student at Tildenville, would you kindly invest 15 minutes and share your feedback with us today? The responses are kept completely anonymous as we only see the overall combined results, but those findings are vital to our future success. Thank you very much for your help.
Finally, please remember that we are looking for volunteers to read to the students on March 2 for Read Across America Day. If you are interested, take a few moments to register here as an approved OCPS ADDitions volunteer. We would love to have you read to our Tigers.
Thank you for reading,
Mrs. Alvarez
Principal
Pictured very top: A job well done to Carolina, Daniel and Malena for representing Tildenville Elementary at the OCPS All County Chorus. These students performed with other students from every elementary school around the county to sing and play the recorder.
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Malena, Carolina, Daniel, and Principal Alvarez at the All County Chorus performance. |
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Dates to Watch For & Announcements |
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2/28
Orlando Science Center Science Festival 6pm
CANCELLED- Rehearsal for 101 Dalmatians
Reading Tutoring 3:30pm
VPK registration for current staff and families enrolled at VPK schools
3/1
iStation testing begins
Rehearsal for 101 Dalmatians
Morning Clubs 8:15am
Math Tutoring 3:30pm
3/2
Read Across America (ADDitions volunteer registration here) |
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3/3
Happy Birthday Florida! (Florida enters the Union, March 3, 1845)
Rehearsal for 101 Dalmatians
Morning Clubs 8:15 am
Kids Beach Club
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3/4
3rd grade field trip to Sea World
3/7
Foreign Language Week Begins
Rehearsal for 101 Dalmatians
Reading Tutoring at 3:30pm
3/8
Rehearsal for 101 Dalmatians
NEHS Meeting at 8am
Morning Clubs at 8:15am
Math Tutoring at 3:30pm
SAC Meeting at 4pm
3/9
iStation Testing Ends
Principals Tea 4:30pm
101 Dalmatians Show 6:30pm
3/10
End of 3rd Quarter
Field Day
No Morning Clubs today!
Kids Beach Club
3/11
Spring Break begins for students!
3/14-3/18 SPRING BREAK!
Two Way Dual Language information:
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Unfortunately, the 2022-2023 magnet application period, which was open from November 1 – February 15, 2022, has closed. Students will be able, however, to go on the summer waitlist for any magnet programs that still have open seats. As many of the magnet seats have been filled by the lottery, there is no guarantee that any of the magnet programs will have seats available.
Summer waitlist applicants will be added to the bottom of any existing magnet program waitlist generated by our magnet lottery.
In mid-May, we will open the magnet summer waitlist application on our website, www.schoolchoice.ocps.net. The application will be open to Orange County residents who will be entering grades K-10 in the fall. The waitlist application will close on August 1st.
Once a student is on the waitlist, parents/guardians would be contacted via email in the order that the student appears on the wait list, should a seat in the program become available prior to the start of the school year.
Please note that the summer wait list application is time stamped, so the sooner you apply once the application opens, the better your position will be on the wait list.
Volunteers Needed:
We are looking for parents to go into classrooms to read to students for Read Across America!
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Accelerated Reader Contest this Month:
We will pull the winning names on March 10th for the Target gift cards. Thank you to one of our AWESOME anonymous Tildenville families for donating the gift cards! The more tests you pass the more tickets you get in the bucket!
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Morning Clubs:
Starting on Thursday, February 24th, we will only take students for clubs that exit their car at 8:15am. Students who are lined up before 8:15am will be sent to their hallways to wait for school to begin. This is to make it fair to everyone. There is no supervision before 8:15 therefore students should not be out of their cars at that time. There are currently 3 clubs (garden, art and running club). Each club can take 20 students and the tickets for each club are divided between K-5 to make it fair for all as it is first come, first serve. If you have any questions please email Julie Hager at 31313@ocps.net
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Lakeview Middle School guidance counselors visited our 5th graders to share all about their wonderful school. Parents, if you are interested in your child participating in the Two Way Dual Language (for current DL students) or the World Language Academy and you did not apply yet you can apply in mid May through schoolchoice.ocps.net to get a seat on the waitlist. |
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February 28 - March 4, 2022 (Internal Registration)
Families with students currently enrolled at VPK schools are given priority to register this week only.
Current staff members with eligible children are given priority to register during this week only.
March 7, 2021 - April 1, 2022 (Open Registration – Zoned Students)
Schools may begin enrolling children zoned for their schools this week. A waitlist will be used once a VPK class reaches its capacity.
Out-of-zone families may be placed on a waitlist until April 4, 2022.
April 4, 2022
If space remains available in the program, out-of-zone students may be registered from the waitlist.
Title One schools may give priority to students zoned in any other Title I school this week.
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Kindergarten registration: |
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"The Great Backyard Bird Count" |
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Tildenville Elementary students participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count last week. Birdwatching also counted as a field experience as part of our Everglades Champion School. |
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Mrs. Khan's gifted students participated in the egg drop challenge. Check out their designs! |
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The cafeteria is running a promo this month and students are being given a ticket that they could win a prize bookbag & mini football. Students can win by coming to breakfast to get a ticket. Students will need to hold onto their ticket each day until the drawings on Monday morning.
Congratulations to our winners:
- 1st week winner Anahi Gonzales
- 2nd week winner Siena Erpenbach
Winners being announced all week with Friday 2/25/22 being a Grand Prize Winner Dominoes gift card and book bag!
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The National Spanish Honor Society and the National Elementary Honor Society are showing off their spirit today by wearing their t-shirts! |
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Upcoming Dates to Remember:
- Monday, 2/28 - Science Festival and Family Science Night with Orlando Science Center
- Friday, 4/22 - Muffins with Mom
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SCIENCE FESTIVAL AND FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT: February 28th!
The PTA is excited to bring The Orlando Science Center to Tildenville for an all-day, all-school Science Festival on Monday, February 28th! Tigers will experience a day full of amazing hands-on activities and learn about topics such as kinetic energy, space and the universe, engineering, forces and so much more!
Then from 5:30pm - 7:00pm that evening, we invite all Tildenville families to a Family Science Night featuring special STEM programming created by The Orlando Science Center. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to engage your family with all the fun The Orlando Science Center has to offer! Snacks and refreshments will be provided through the generous sponsorship of Gymnastics USA.
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TILDENVILLE SPIRIT-WEAR T-SHIRT REMINDER:
Tildenville T-Shirts have been restocked. These are great to wear for field trips and also for Spirit Fridays! You can order them on SchoolPay and the t-shirt will be sent home in your child's backpack. SchoolPay Link: https://www.schoolpay.com/parent/payments/groups
Youth sized t-shirts:
- $10.00 each
- Sizes: XS, S, M, L and XL
- Shirt colors: Black or Green.
- There is no sparkle logo option available for Youth shirts.
Adult sized t-shirts:
- Women V-neck Black with Sparkle Logo, $15.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL only)
- Women V-neck Green with Sparkle Logo, $15.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL only)
- Unisex Adult Green with Sparkle Logo, $15.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2X)
- Unisex Adult Black with Sparkle Logo, $15.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2X)
- Unisex Adult Green, $12.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2X)
- Unisex Adult Black, $12.00 (Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2X)
JOIN THE PTA!
3 EASY WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL:
1. Do you own a business? Would your business like to sponsor a school event? Please email us at TildenvillePTA@gmail.com and let us know!
2. Amazon Smile: Holiday Shopping is upon us! Make sure you designate Tildenville Elementary as the beneficiary on your Amazon Smile account and every time you shop on Amazon, the school will receive a portion of your purchase! It's EASY! Here is the link to set it up: smile.amazon.com/ch/65-0140352
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3. Box Tops for Education is easier than ever! Just download the Box Tops for Education app to your phone and scan and send your receipts! You can also email digital receipts to: receipts@boxtops4education.com. Be sure to scan or email receipts within 14 days of purchase! Thank you!! |
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Students are working hard getting the plant beds ready for their spring planting of vegetables. Nice job Tigers! |
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Here are closeups of some vegetables growing in the garden: |
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Have a nice weekend!
Mrs. Alvarez, Principal
Tildenville Elementary School
Thursday, February 24, 2022
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Tildenville Elementary School Leadership Team |
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Tildenville Elementary | Mrs. Alvarez, Principal | 407.877.5054| TES Website
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