Family engagement plays an important role in student success. I trust you had the opportunity to discuss your child’s individual learning goals and the school’s grading policy grounded in standards based instruction with your child’s teacher.

This year has presented us with a variety of challenges but with creativity and determination, Endeavor Elementary hopes to meet with one hundred percent of our families. Please feel free to contact the front office to schedule an appointment if you have not set up a meeting with your child’s teacher. Ensuring that our children are completing forty five minutes a week of personalized instruction on iReady in both reading and math is another way to help students achieve their academic objectives.

The Book Character Parade was a huge success! I enjoyed participating as one of the characters in our anchor text (pictured just below with Mr. Diaz). I would like to thank our families for preparing the students for this activity. The costumes were truly inspired and helped bring literary personalities to life. I would also like to recognize the effort of Ms. Linda Young, our Reading Coach, for her preparations for this event and to all of our teachers that helped create the excitement by stepping into their storybook alter egos.

On this November 11th Veterans Day, we would like to thank all U.S. veterans for their service and their families for their support.

Proud Principal

Endeavor Elementary School

Pictured at the very top and just below: Anchor Text - "Positive Climate and Safe Environment"

This year’s anchor text for the Book Character Parade was Return by Aaron Becker. The story was shared with the entire student body prior to the event. It was selected for its central message of how experiences change us upon a return home. It also resonated with us as we await the return of our LaunchEd students. 

Show your G.A.T.O.R. House pride every Wednesday by wearing your House shirt or House colors. All students receive a house shirt on induction day. If you would like to purchase an additional shirt for the cost of $6.00, please contact Ms. Vegas at the front desk.

LaunchEd and Face-to-Face students demonstrate their growth in writing with a narrative piece about a day in the park. Illustrations clearly match the content in the text, penmanship is legible with appropriate finger spacing, details support the main topic and writing contains a closing statement summarizing thoughts. Great job to our budding authors and their teachers!

G.A.T.O.R. House Leaders are reading and waiting for the kindergarten house induction that will be taking place on November 20, 2020 at 9:15 AM. Please look for a flyer with details coming soon.

First grade gifted students in Ms. Weeks’ class explore engineering principles with blocks and other materials. Students developed a hypothesis and executed their plan. Later, they assessed their assumptions and analyzed their choices. Great job first grade!

Ms. Blachstien is an experienced Speech and Language Pathologist with eighteen years of experience at the Orange County Public Schools.

Congratulations to our STAR GATORs. Teachers nominate students that exemplify the G.A.T.O.R. House expectations of: good manners, always attentive, taking responsibility, on time/on task, and respecting everyone.

If you are on our campus and think your mind is playing tricks on you, it might be that you have seen one of Endeavor’s six sets of twins! Endeavor is also home to one set of triplets and some "twin imposters."

Red Ribbon Week is a great way to make children aware of the dangers of drug use. Endeavor Elementary celebrated with three days of activities. On Monday we were wacky from head to toe to say no to drugs. On Tuesday everyone was asked to wear red as a commitment to remaining drug free, and on Wednesday our students wore house colors to pledge support of one another.

After completing the book Judy Moody Gets Famous by Megan McDonald, third grade students wrote their own newspaper articles on why they got famous. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to use their creativity and imaginations!

Endeavor’s special area teachers wrote a story especially for our students. In this rhyming tale, bananas roam the school at night! Children are tasked to find the bananas that forgot to hide when the first bell rang in the morning.

Fifth grade students in Ms. Ricke/Weeks' class had a hair chilling day hosted by a frightening witch and her mischievous pet cat! Students shared original scary stories filled with figurative language and gory details. In a separate activity, children had to use math skills to free themselves from an escape room. It was a fun filled day!

National Boss’ Day was celebrated nationwide on October 16, 2020. Mr. Knappins received a basket filled with some of his favorite items and a t-shirt that reflects his love of technology and all things Google. Hope you enjoyed your day!

It was a true celebration of reading at this year’s Book Character Parade! Classics such as Little Women by Louisa May Alcott were represented along-side of popular favorites like Harry Potter by J.K Rowling. Thank you Ms. Young for organizing this wonder event!

Teachers in our blended classrooms had twice the fun at the Book Character Parade! Their face-to face-students participated in the parade while their students at home enjoyed the event virtually. Thank you for your creativity and finding a way to include all of your students.

We would like to thank our LaunchEd teachers for including their students in the Book Character Parade. From the screen shot of Ms. Plummer’s kindergarten class above, it is evident that the love of reading was being celebrated at home. The event was streamed live on Endeavor’s Facebook page.

We would like to thank our teachers for sharing their love of reading and books with our students and for keeping the tradition of making the Book Character Parade one of Endeavor's most popular school events!

Congratulations to Ms. Torrez as a recipient of a Teacher Impact Grant from the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools. She has received $500 for her classroom. Our students will be the true beneficiaries of her hard work.

Great job Ms. Torrez!!!

Shared leadership and community ownership are both crucial to developing and sustaining community schools, the School Advisory Council (SAC) 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 SAC meeting is scheduled for December 8, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. This will be a blended meeting where members are invited to attend in person should they feel comfortable while other members attend via Microsoft Teams. Parent as Partners will meet immediately following the SAC meeting.

Please join us!  

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 advanced studies for students in Orange County.

For electronic registration visit www.ParentAcademy.ocps.net, or call 407.317.3300.

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