The Tiger's Roar!

Tildenville Elementary School Community Brief Friday, October 6, 2023

Dear Mark,

Can you believe today is already October 6th? So much has happened in such short period of time and it seems like these last few weeks have flown by. Before you know it, we will be singing Christmas carols and preparing for Valentine’s Day, Spring Break, and the last day of school. Life moves fast Tigers: Always remember to take time to cherish journey. 

Next week is our last school week of the 2023-2024 first nine-week quarter. Please remember Wednesday, October 11th will be a regular school day—no early dismissal. There will also be no school for students on Monday, October 16th, but this is a teacher workday. 

As you will see below, there are a number of special themes to the month of October such as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National Bullying Prevention Month. October also brings with it our annual fall season book fair. Books always make excellent gifts for students, so please keep this in mind with the holiday season coming up in the not too distant future.

One of our Tigers from Mrs. Pacheco's 2nd grade class working on her science lab (please see this story below).

Tigers in our garden club have been hard at work these first nine weeks. The garden club meets every Tuesday (grades K -2) and Thursday (grades 3-5). If you would like to volunteer in our school garden, please become an ADDitions volunteer and sign up for the opportunity.

Popcorn Parties have started, and our classrooms with more PTA members have already scheduled one! (Please see PTA segment below.)

Our Tiger Spotlight for this edition is Fiorella who won 1st place in the Global Peace Film Art contest. The theme for the art exhibit this year was "The Road to Peace" and Fiorella is pictured with Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings. (Please read her success story below.)

With every issue of The Tiger's Roar! we do our best to make them both informational and inspirational for our Tildenville community. Thank you so much for reading about some of our latest successes and Tiger happenings. Enjoy your weekend!

Agathe Alvarez

Proud Principal 

Tildenville Elementary School

Pictured very top: "Reading Buddies." Please see this story below in Tigers' Learning in Action! Thank you.

10/10 Young People's Concert Field Trip-Grades 3, 4 and 5

10/11 Long Wednesday! Pickup is at 3pm

10/13 Book Fair Begins!

10/13 Gymnastics USA Spirit Night 6:30pm

10/16 No School-Teacher Workday

10/17 Book Fair

10/17 Megablast Jump Day

10/18 Unity Day (wear ORANGE)

10/18 Book Fair

10/18 Report Card Conference Night/Book Fair Parent Night

10/19 Book Fair

10/20 Last Day for the Book Fair

10/23 Red Ribbon Week begins

10/26 Trunk or Treat 5:30p

10/27 No School! 

* To learn more about the Canvas calendar and how you can access the dates on your computer or cell phone visit: https://www.ocps.net/students_and_parents/family_engagement_and_digital_outreach/students___parents/canvas_for_parents

We would like to introduce the Tildenville Leadership Team!

(Pictured above from the the left in the same order listed)

Mr. Dolfi is our school Instructional Coach. He has been teaching in OCPS for 20 years. He has taught 1st through 5th grade, gifted, and has been in multiple school leadership roles. Spending time with his family is what he loves most.

Mrs. Londono-Scott has been a guidance counselor for 21 years. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family outdoors. She enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking, and traveling.

Dr. Clemente has been in education for 24 years! She is the new Assistant Principal at Tildenville Elementary. When she is not at school she enjoys reading and sewing.

Ms. Alvarez is our school principal. She has been in education for 24 years, 10 of those years at Tildenville! She enjoys shopping, spending time with family and going to the beach!

Mrs. Trampe has been teaching in OCPS for 26 years. She is the ESE Staffing Specialist and ELL Compliance Teacher. When she is t at school I enjoy camping with my family.

Mrs. Hager- I have been teaching in OCPS for 23 years. I have taught Dual Language English in Kindergarten, 2nd and 4th grade. I have been an Instructional Coach and am currently the school Media Specialist and Dual Language Cordinator. I love spending time with my family outdoors and reading a good book!

The Book Fair is coming!

Please visit our Scholastic Homepage (below) to find out more about our fair. We are highly encouraging all students to have an eWallet account this year. We are moving away from cash sales at the Book Fair. Having an eWallet account vs bringing cash eliminates lost money and an easier way to track change and what was purchased. Money that is not spent on eWallet will roll over for your child to use at the spring book fair in May. 

All sales this year will be final. We will not be doing refunds on any items. Please go over with your Tigers what the expectations are for purchases at the book fair especially if they come shopping with more than $20. The book fair will be open during conference night for parents to shop with their Tigers. Parents are able to pay with cash, credit or debit at this time. 

Volunteer opportunities will go up on ADDitions soon! 

Tildenville Elementary Book Fair Homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/tildenvilleelementaryschool1

Have you heard of the Golden Ticket?

Students that consistently demonstrate the resiliency trait of the month will be awarded a Golden Ticket. Earning a Golden Ticket will get the lucky recipient 25 Tiger Paws to use at our Tiger Store.  

The resiliency traits for the month of September were self-awareness and self-management. Self-awareness is defined as: “Understanding how and why I think and act, including my impact on others." Self-management is defined as: “Governing how I think and act, including my impact on others."

Encourage your tiger to practice the resiliency trait for the month of October: Responsible Decision Making!  

*** Most recent Golden Ticket winners! ***

Kindergarten - 2nd

3rd - 5th

October Character Trait of the Month: Responsible Decision Making

Unity Day (October 18th):

Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23-27):

Multicultural Night (Nov. 14):

If you are interested in helping out in the media center, please click the link below. Once you have attached yourself to the opportunity, please email Mrs. Hager at 31313@ocps.net to discuss the opportunity, dates and times in more detail. 

https://ocps.samaritan.com/custom/503/opp_details/100513

We are so very proud of our own Fiorella P (second from right above) for winning first place for the Global Peace Student Art Exhibit!

Just above and immediately below:

Students in Mrs. Gonzalez’s 3rd grade class problem solving, using strategies to multiply, and working on vertical white boards with their groups.

Our Tigers have been working hard in Art learning all about color. 

Students in Mrs. Gonzalez-Florin's 3rd grade class use a variety of tools and strategies to skip count and multiply in small groups!

Reading Buddies with Mrs. Jamerson’s Class and Mrs. Stella’s Class to wrap up "Start with Hello Week '23."

Two pictures above and one just below:

Oobleck Experiment being conducted in Mrs. Pacheco's 2nd grade class. 

Four-picture collage just above and those pictures just below:

Mrs. Blanco's 3rd graders have been very busy in science with Lego STEAM builds and other experiments. 

Congratulations to Gemma for winning the prize of the month! She saved 75 Tiger Paws in ordered to win the fox! 

This week Dr. Vazquez speaks with Greg Dotson, Board Chair for the Foundation for OCPS, about some of the amazing Foundation events happening soon! 

You can still submit a thought for Monday with Maria on Thought Exchange by clicking here.

Scan this and become a MEMBER today! Thank you for your support.

Hello Tildenville Families!

The second part of September has been wonderful. We are so grateful for the amazing turn out of our biggest fundraiser of the year, The Megablast!

We surpassed our goal and we are looking forward to beating a record for our school.

ROCK YOUR SCHOOL took place September 29th, and we were so excited to decorate for this event. Our school looked awesome! And our Tildenville Tiger was there to greet everyone. The pictures with students will be sent ASAP! 

HELP YOUR CLASSROOM GET A POPCORN PARTY!

PTA Popcorn Parties have started, and our classrooms with more PTA members have already scheduled one! 

Thank you Ms. Walker and Ms. Ventura for having such a large number of members in your classrooms!

On Saturday, September 23, we attended the OCCPTA training to learn how to serve our school better! It was amazing and we gathered a lot of useful information. Thank you so much OCCPTA!

:) WE WANT CANDY!!! :)

We need your candy donation to our upcoming Trunk or Treat event, that'll be held October 26th, 6 to 8 pm. For every bag of candy, your Tiger will receive a prize from PTA that will change every week. Also, you can sign up to host a trunk here. Spaces are limited and we already have a bunch of very fun themes!!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4DABA62CA3FF2-trunk

HAPPY FALL EVERYBODY! 

Let's make October a month to remember.

2023-2024 PTA Board

Erika Q-D (Dziouksz), President

Lina Logan, Events Chair - VP

Ellie Newbeck, Fundraising

Jill Wingate, Hospitality 

N'Keyma Skeene, Recording Secretary

Ronda Arline, Corresponding Secretary

Greg Skeene, Treasurer

Nicholas Alix, Public Relationships

Visit our webpage: TILDENVILLEPTA.COM and get to know who we are and what we do.

Monday was National Custodian Appreciation Day! We are so thankful for our custodians and the way they keep our school clean and beautiful! 

Thank you very much for reading.

Mrs. Alvarez, Principal

Tildenville Elementary School

Friday, October 6, 2023

Ms. Agathe Alvarez - Agathe.Alvarez@ocps.net, Principal

Dr. Luriela Clemente - Luriela.Clemente@ocps.net, Assistant Principal

Mrs. Julie Clemons Hager - Julie.Clemonshager@ocps.net, Media Specialist and Dual Language Coordinator

Mrs. Esther Londono-Scott - Esther.Londono-Scott@ocps.net, School Guidance Counselor

Mr. Bryan Dolfi - 49759@ocps.net, Instructional Coach

Mrs. Regan Trampe - Regan.Trampe@ocps.net, ESE and CCT Coordinator

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