The Lawton Ledger
At LCE, we are focused on creating a love for learning to achieve happy, successful life learners.
Lawton Chiles ES Community Member,

Tomorrow is the last day of our Red Ribbon Week celebration. It has been wonderful having so many students participate in the dress up week to bring awareness. The last day falls on Halloween and students are encouraged to dress up as their favorite book character. This will be a fun day for our students, and the teachers have planned plenty of engaging activities! A huge thank you to everyone that supported our PTA and 4th grade by purchasing a BOO Gram for students on campus. We were able to raise $475 to support 4th grade with their trip to Saint Augustine. Thank you PTA for your support. If you have not already had the opportunity, we invite you to join PTA and help support our Hecoon Family.

As we enter November, and what is considered the start of the holiday season, it gives us time to reflect and find gratitude in small moments of our daily lives. One thing we at Lawton are grateful for is the addition of two new staff members. We have been on the search for several weeks for the perfect fit for our Hecoon Family, and we are excited to announce Alexsa Shever will be our new Art teacher beginning on November 7th. Ms. Shever actually began her career at Lawton Chiles and is excited to be returning to the school and the community she loves. Please be on the lookout for communication through class dojo of all the fun activities your child will participate in in the upcoming weeks with Ms. Shever! We are so excited to welcome her back to the Hecoon family!

We are also welcoming back Ms. Barbara Rolon to our Hecoon Family. She will be working as a Tier 1 teacher to support students with reading foundational skills and comprehension. We are looking forward to having her on campus on November 7th as well. Please join us in welcoming them to our Hecoon Family.

Thank you very much for reading and have a great week!

Principal, Erin Willis

Pictured very top: "First Responders" during our Career Dress-Up Day. This was one of our theme days as part of Red Ribbon Week 2022 (more pictures below). In the event you did not know, this past Friday, Oct. 28 was National First Responders Day.
Monday, October 31, 2022
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11001 Bloomfield Drive
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 737-1470
Dates to Watch For
Oct. 31: Last day of Red Ribbon Week
Nov. 6: End of Daily Savings Time, set clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 9: No early release on this Wednesday
Nov. 21-25: Thanksgiving break
Data and Outcomes
Math Achievement and the Symphony Math Program
This year, one of our school improvement goals is to increase math achievement and learning gains. One program that is helping in this initiative is Symphony Math. This is Lawton Chiles’ first year using this program.

“Symphony Math is a web-enabled program with a visual and highly intuitive interface, Symphony Math® helps students understand at a conceptual level. Instead of being overwhelmed by numbers, students move at their own speed and learn how math works.

Through every stage of Symphony Math®, students gain a strong foundation in underlying principles and become better equipped to take on basic and advanced subjects. Going far beyond rote math drills and practice tests, this special teaching solution illuminates the core of learning and produces confident, more capable students.”

Students have access to this program during their school day and we are seeing great successes across the board. We look forward to increasing math fluency and problem solving with our students using this and other differentiated instruction practices.

Progress Monitoring — 5th Grade Science

Last week, our 5th grade students took a district progress monitoring activity (PMA) to check in on their science standards. We are exceptionally proud of the hard work that our students have put into the lessons and how our 5th grade team has been preparing the lessons.

Overall, 57% of our fifth grade students are tracked at grade level based on this one activity. Our students even out-performed the district average on certain grade level standards, which is a wonderful reason to celebrate. Part of this activity is reading and understanding grade level vocabulary which ties in with our English Language Arts achievement school improvement goal of reaching 53%.

Based on last week’s PMA, we will be spiraling in some science content from previous grades and bringing in some members from the district science department to continue to create exciting experiments for our students to get hands-on learning with. We look forward to continuing to grow in our science work this year!
Parent Engagement
Marla Zoe Rodriguez Agosto
Parent Engagement Liaison
T: 407-737-1470, Ext. 3572311
F: 407-737-1471
Email: 111060@ocps.net
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o Class Dojo
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Lawton Chiles Family Guide!
REMINDER — Hurricane Ian make-up days:
During the month of November OCPS recognizes and celebrates both Florida Family Engagement in Education Month and Native American Heritage Month:
Weekly Superintendent's message for the community (Dr. Maria Vazquez):

"Mondays with Maria"
Please remember to set all clocks back 1 hour next Sunday:
Week of the Family (Nov. 6-12):
National School Psychology Awareness Week (Nov. 7-11):
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Teacher Spotlight
Ms. Johnson, 4th Grade:
Student Spotlight
Naheomy Rosario, 4th Grade:
Camelia Rivera Alavardo, First Grade:
Learning in Action!
Learning is fun in VPK!
Above and two pictures just below:
1st grade welcomes the Ballet to Lawton Chiles Elementary for an in-house field trip!
STEM bin dominoes challenge with Ms. Lowe
Ms. Whistler, EBD Para, reading to students before the morning bell.
Food, Fun, and Fellowship
Accelerated Reader (AR) Pizza Party Celebration: 

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR YOUR READING ACHIEVEMENTS! 
"Lights on After School" is a yearly nationwide celebration for after school programs. 
These programs keep our students safe, help working families, and inspire learning. Below are wonderful pictures of our Extended Day Enrichment Program's celebration!
Lawton Loot Ice cream celebration for the 1st 9 weeks:
Thank you, Hecoons, for an AWESOME Red Ribbon Week! The students and staff had so much fun dressing up!

Hecoon Dress-Up Day!
Decade Dress-Up Day!
Career Dress-Up Day!
Family Meeting:
The LCE staff had a fabulous time at our most recent Family Meeting. The 1st Grade Team hosted us for a pumpkin decorating challenge. One team made this pumpkin designed as Ms. Willis, our school Principal! Which one is your favorite?
*** Due to space limitations with a single email, we will post additional images in our next edition.
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Have a wonderful week!
Ms. Willis, Principal
Lawton Chiles Elementary School
Sunday, October 30, 2022
11001 Bloomfield Drive
Orlando, FL 32825
Phone 407-737-1470
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