The Lawton Ledger
2023-2024 Theme: Level Up and CRUSH IT!
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SPECIAL EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE:
April 24: Community Care Event at Waterford Chick-fil-A, 5:00pm-8:00pm
April 25: Virtual Parent Academy - "Multilingual Storytelling Night" - 6:00pm
April 27: Final OCPS Parent Academy (Conference) of the year - "Transitioning to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Adulting" - 10:00am
May 13: Community Meeting with School Board Representative Angie Gallo, 6:00pm-7:00pm
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Data and Outcomes: Testing Tips |
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Testing season is upon us again; students will take their progress monitoring assessment in the coming weeks along with other state and district assessments. During this time students may feel anxious and worried but we believe these tips can ease our students’ fears: |
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Additionally, providing students words of encouragement through notes is helpful. Below are examples of ideas to encourage your students: |
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Ongoing positive encouragement and support for our students creates a foundation of positivity and confidence. This foundation allows students to find success now and continue to build upon this success in the future. Let's work together to provide the students at Lawton Chiles with the strongest foundation possible!
#ourstudentsrock #Hardworktogether
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o Phone: 407-737-1470, Fax: 407-737-1471
o TalkingPoints
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I am Glenda L. Martinez, your Parent Engagement Liaison for Lawton Chiles Elementary. My role is to bridge the gap between school and families. I support families, school staff and build community partnerships. I am passionate about life, family and helping others. My goal this year is to promote literacy and assist our LCE families by creating a cohesive, collaborative and coordinated system of support while building capacity in families so that all students can experience success. |
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Community Care Event - Waterford Chick-fil-A - April 24
The Chick-fil-A at Waterford Lakes donates back a share of each sale if you will please mention LCE on this Wednesday evening. If you are thinking about going out to eat with the family one night this month, please consider supporting LCE on Wednesday, April 24th. Thank you very much!
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Weekly Superintendent's Message: Monday, April 22 |
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Happy Earth Day, OCPS!
On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Superintendent Maria Vazquez talks about the wide range of sustainability efforts happening in our schools.
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Weekly Superintendent's Message: Monday, April 15 |
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Who's excited for summer?
On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Superintendent Maria Vazquez talks about how summer enrichment impacts student success and the fun opportunities available.
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Kindergarten Registration
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Parents, make sure to have the following documents ready:
* Birth Certificate
* The child must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2024
* Proof of Immunizations
* Proof of Physical Examination (document can not expire before school start date - August 12, 2024)
* Verification of residence in Orange County.
Any questions, please call the front office or stop by Monday thru Friday from 8am to 4pm.
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Beach Party Highlights (April 3) |
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Our Beach Party was a success!!!
Thanks to our PTA friends for putting together such a wonderful event.
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Principal - Ms. Willis and LCE Staff: Ms. West, Ms. Wicker and Ms. Fawdry. |
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Ms. G. Martinez and Ms. Stokes - Safety is #1 at LCE with our SRO’s! |
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THANK YOU to WUCF/PBS Kids for a wonderful event on April 17th.
Our students had lots of fun and enjoyed the activities!!
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Above: KG students with parents enjoying the activities! |
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1st grade students and parents enjoying the activities to create a superhero! |
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Thank you to all my wonderful parents for engaging in fun and learning activities with your students and PBS Kids. |
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CONTINUING REMINDER:
New Worlds Reading Program Enrollment
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New Worlds Reading Program enrollment is open for 2023-2024 school year. This year the program has been expanded to include VPK.
The New Worlds Reading Program is a FREE Florida literacy program for VPK-5 grade students currently reading below grade level. Students can apply to receive FREE books and reading activities every month! They can also choose books that match their interests. Available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole and Braille.
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NEEDED: PARENT VOLUNTEERS |
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We would love to have nothing but Parent Involvement with LCE. If you have not done so, please sign up to become an OCPS ADDitions School Volunteer. Once you do that, you will only need to watch a short safety video on your dashboard and then we can place you to our school.
Below is the link for Lawton Chiles volunteers:
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Areas needing parent assistance: |
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2023-2024 Family Guide (please click images below): |
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OCPS Parent Academies
If you have any questions, feel free to call me at (407) 737-1470 x. 3572311.
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1) Virtual Mini-Academy: "Multilingual Storytelling Night"
* Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:00 P.M.
* Elementary school students and their families grab your favorite snack to listen to a bilingual children’s book read in Portuguese and English. After the story is read, families will participate in engaging activities together!
2) Full-Day Conference: "Transitioning to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Adulting"
* Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 10:00 A.M.
* This event will be hosted at Edgewater High School.
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Food pantries serve everyone from low income families, single parents, senior citizens, unemployed individuals, disabled veterans, working poor, and anyone else in need.
Orange County examples:
1. The Iglesia De Dios en Bithlo
Wednesdays: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
18606 Hollister Road, Orlando, FL 32820
2. Woodbury Presbyterian Church
Monday: 10:00 AM - 12:00
1501 Woodbury Road, Orlando, FL 32828
3. Family Ties Ministries
Call 407-592-5881
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Please get your PTA membership today if you have not done so already. Thank you!!
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Food, Fun, and Fellowship! |
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Thank you to Ms. Lowe and Ms. McCall for all of your hard work in the Media Center helping us to grow as READERS! We appreciate you both and all your hard work! |
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Nearby pictures below:
Ms. Garrett’s class created data presentations for the classroom. Students collected data, represented in graphs, and created word problems for peers to solve.
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Just above and two pictures below:
Carolina Hernandez, Gabriel Nunez, Ms. Garrett and Asia Martine (3rd grade)
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Pictured just above and below: Jeamir Gerrick and Eniah Perez (3rd Grade) |
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Just above and below:
Our Kindergarten students in Ms. Silva’s class have been working hard on reading independently. They are using all the phonics skills they have learned this year to start building their reading fluency and comprehension skills.
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We have been working on Reading Comprehension in our 3rd Grade groups. Students have been learning how to make meaning of difficult texts as we prepare to LEVEL UP on our upcoming FAST tests. |
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Our Kindergarten through second grade students performed their Spring Glow performance. The students were excited to show off how hard they worked preparing for the musical. |
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Nayla Soto,Adhara Castro, Elena Salazar,Dana Lopez, Laniey Bello, Nevah Maritnez & Malawi Petition |
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Elena Salazar and Tre’mani Rumph |
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Spring Musical - "GLOW" - April 17, 2024 |
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🎵 Thanks to everyone who came to support our “GLOW” night!!!! ️
Our students rocked! 🎵
We are very lucky to have very supportive administration, teachers, staff, parents, and our Lawton Chiles community and friends.
I am grateful for each of you. You Are Amazing!!!!!!
~ Mrs. Tomashevska
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11001 Bloomfield Drive
Orlando, FL 32825
Phone 407-737-1470
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Copyright Notice
Reproduction of this material, either written or electronically, including the general layout, graphics, analyses, and content topics without the express approval of Target Performance Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, and OCPS - Lawton Chiles Elementary School is forbidden without written consent. Thank you for your support of Lawton Chiles Elementary School and the Orange County Public Schools. Please contact Principal Willis at 124924@ocps.net with any questions or for further information.
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