The Lawton Ledger
2023-2024 Theme: Level Up and CRUSH IT!
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Dates to watch for:
Mar. 11: VPK Open Registration (see Superintendent's message in this issue)
Mar. 13: Victory Martial Arts & Leadership After-School Program begins at LCE
Mar. 15: Student Holiday (Teacher Workday)
Mar. 18-22: Spring Break
Mar. 23: Girls in Aviation Day (Flyer below)
Mar. 25: SAC Meeting - All LCE Families Welcome! (3:45pm)
Apr. 17: Spring Musical - "Glow" (Parent letter in this issue)
Apr. 27: Final Half-Day Face-to-Face Parent Academy of 2023-2024
Apr. 29: Field Day
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Data and Outcomes: Creating Spring Break Memories! |
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Spring Break is around the corner; a time to make memories with your children!
As some may venture to different locations, whether that be staycations in Orlando or visiting family out of town, consider some of the following activities to engage your child(ren):
● Engaging a child in the Arts
- Consider having your child drawing or coloring a picture.
- Writing a story, poem, comic strip, or anything that spur imagination and creativity
● Teaching a child through cooking
- Do a new recipe together; while doing so children will learn about units of measurement, how to read and follow a procedure.
● Playing board games
- Scrabble is an fantastic game to play to help children with spelling. It also involves math in counting up words in various directions.
- Monopoly helps students learn how to many money and assets.
● Taking your child outside the home for fun, educational activities
- Museum trips provide students with an opportunity to explore outside the home while learning about various topics.
As you can see, Spring break is a great time to engage in exciting activities that can be both fun and educational!
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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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2024 Family Survey is open!! |
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LCE Families – Please take a few moments to share your views on our school now that our 2024 survey is available.
Steps to completing a family survey:
2) Select the language in which the family would like to take the survey in
3) Complete one survey for each school that the family has a child attending
4) Press submit once completed
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Spring Musical - "Glow" - April 17 |
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Dear Parent(s),
This is just a reminder that your child is participating in the play “Glow”.
Our play is on Wednesday, April 17th, at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria.
What to wear for the performance:
- Option 1: Dress up nicely.
- Option 2: If you would like to make a costume with your child you are welcome to do so! Here is the list: butterflies, spiders, sunflowers, birds, bees, fireflies, bugs, flowers, and ants.
- Optional: Face paint is welcome. Also, glow in the dark accessories, such as bracelets and necklaces, but make sure our hands are not holding these accessories.
Thank you for your support! I’m looking forward to a great performance!
Mrs. Tomashevska
Music Teacher, LCE
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VPK Open Enrollment. A message from our Superintendent: |
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It's time! Open enrollment for VPK starts today (March 11). On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Dr. Vazquez and Nancy Alvarez discuss some important information that parents need to know to get their child started.
* Any questions, please call the front office, 8am - 4pm Monday thru Friday. Thank you!
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Kindergarten Registration is open for the 2024-2025 school year. |
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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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THANK YOU to our wonderful parents that attended the Family Valentine’s Lunch! The event was a great success!!! |
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Kindergarten students and their parents. |
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Kindergarten students and their parents. |
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1st grade students and their parents enjoyed special quality time! |
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3rd grade class and parents. |
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Kindergarten students: Roland Rivera, Valentina Ocampo, Valentina Rivera, Azhier Santiago and Mr. Rolando Rivera – Valentina and Roland’s father. |
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Girls in Aviation Day Orlando: |
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The Victory Martial Arts & Leadership After-School Program's spring training begins on March 13th at LCE.
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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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OCPS News - Month of March Student Holidays: |
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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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Options for our families --- The OCPS Parent Academy offers district-wide, face-to-face Parent Academies, Learn Where You Live events which take place in each learning community, and virtual.
1) Month of March Virtual Mini Academies:
The best of Parent Academy in a bite-sized 1 hour version on WebEx Webinar. Times may vary but are typically 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 14: Preparing for Middle and High School Testing Season with your ELL students Unique Needs in Mind. This will be a brief parent-friendly review of the ELL testing accommodations.
Thursday, March 28: Multilingual Storytelling Night. Elementary students and their families grab your favorite snack to listen to a bilingual children’s book read in Spanish and English. After the story is read, families will participate in engaging activities together!
2) Final Half-Day Conference of 2023-2024: April 27
Please find attached flyers in four languages (English/Spanish/Haitian-Creole/Portuguese) and link for registration for the last Parent Academy of school year 2023-2024, April 27th at Edgewater HS.
* Saturday, April 27, 2024 Transitioning to Middle School, High School, and Adulting at Edgewater HS 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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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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Saturday, February 10, we had one third grade and one fifth grade team participate in the Curtis Rising Stars Science Competition at the Orlando Science Center. Both teams had so much fun learning and competing. Our 5th grade team was one of four teams across Central Florida to win an award. Their award was for Best Teamwork. Thank you to the parents of our competitors who helped Mrs. Lowe on this special day!
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Our 5th Grade STEM Challenge Team after their Win!
(From left to right: Mrs. Lowe, STEM instructor and Media Specialist, Susan Young, Xareni Santiago, Kaiden Tirado, Beth Young)
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Our 3rd Grade Competition Team right before their first Challenge
(From left to right: Sophia Astacio, Jonathan Warner, Athen Cristiano
and Mrs. Lowe)
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Photographed below are 5th Graders working hard to solve division equations in Ms. Flicker’s class: |
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Alexcyan Torres, Valerie Rodriguez |
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LCE Kindergarten students enjoying a read aloud of “The Cat in the Hat”
by Dr. Seuss
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Our Assistant Principal, Mr. Astone had a blast reading for our Kindergarten students to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day. |
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Mrs. Vazquez and Ian Medina, 4th Grade |
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Ms. Mondone’s First Graders are concentrating hard as they are engaged in a writing task. (Pictured here: Jatniel Liboy, Zayvion Perez, Joory Alabdullah, and Joseph Stokes) |
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Kindergarten students wearing their Cat in the Hat hats to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America!
(Pictured here Yesliann Catala, Mateo Garrido, Mauro Garrido, Alaina Ross, and Linhdan Tran.)
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Ms. Sol is delivering small group instruction for Reading Comprehension.
(Pictured here: Aribella Loy and Annabelle Lopez)
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Ms. Sol’s 3rd grade students are working on center activities to build literacy skills. (Pictured here: Layla Martinez, Aracelis Warner) |
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Ms. Gutzmore, Instructional Coach, is working with a student on a
comprehension passage.
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Ms. Wicker, 3rd grade (left) and Mrs. Perez and Mrs. Smith, Kindergarten (right) |
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Thank you for reading. Have a safe and relaxing spring break!
Ms. Willis, Principal
Lawton Chiles Elementary School
Monday, March 11, 2024
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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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