CONWAY COUGARS. Dates To Remember. From the Leadership Team Lake Margaret Drive, Orlando, FL The Leadership Team

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1 CONWAY COUGARS 4100 Lake Margaret Drive, Orlando, FL February 2019 From the Leadership Team Hello Conway Families! It is that time of the year to complete our School Improvement Survey. The survey administration window begins in February and separate surveys are available for parents, students, and staff. Online Administration Parent, student, and staff surveys will be conducted online. Online administration is the preferred method because it allows for the quickest response and easiest monitoring. Dates To Remember February 5: Kindergarten Field Trip February 7: PTA Sweetheart Dance 6:00 p.m. February 8: Oration Contest February 14: Valentines Day February 15: Progress Reports go home! Parent Survey Link February15: SAC Meeting 8:45 a.m. Please use the following link: SV_bat4w9T2DJZLckR February 18: Presidents Day-NO School! We hope that you take some time to complete the survey and assist Conway through our school improvement efforts. Conway s students and staff will be taking a survey as well. Together, as ONE Team, we can move our school forward and achieve success! Thank you for your support! February 21: 2nd Grade Concert and Art Show February 22: Spring Photos February 28: Student of the Month 2:30 p.m. The Leadership Team School Improvement Plan Goals Goal 1: Increase learning gains for students performing in the lowest 25% in ELA and Mathematics. (Division Priority #1: Accelerate Student Performance: Division Priority #2: Narrow Achievement Gaps). Goal 2: Increase student proficiency in ELA in subgroups to close achievement gaps. (Division Priority #1: Accelerate Student Performance: Division Priority #2: Narrow Achievement Gaps). We ask that ALL parents come through and sign-in at the front office. Parents without a visitor sticker will be asked to go to the office and sign-in. ID is required.

2 A BIG Thank You for to some of our Partners in Education who do so much to support our schools: Texas Roadhouse Your Kid s Urgent Care Contact Us Conway Elementary 4100 Lake Margaret Dr. Orlando, FL Conway Methodist Church Ripley s Believe it or Not! The Baer Team Main Event Black Belt Center PROGRESS BOOK Student School Hours: 8:45 A.M. 3:00 P.M. (M, T, Th, F) 8:45 A.M. 2:10 P.M. (W) (407) (407) Fax Principal: Sean Maguire Assistant Principal: Angela Zambrano All teachers record grades electronically using a web-based program called ProgressBook. An important flier went home in your child's backpack that provided each parent with an individual login to access this site. Please continue to monitor your child s progress by login in regularly. conwayes.ocps.net Like us on Facebook: Conway Elementary OCPS Character Trait of the month: CARING The Character Education theme for this month is Caring. Caring is about feeling interest or concern for others. Students who care place themselves in others shoes and try to understand how they are feeling. Caring promotes critical thinking and problem-solving. It allows for collaboration across networks, curiosity and imagination. Student of the Month Ceremony: February 28th at 2:30 pm. Follow us on Facebook! Need to know the latest on Conway? Find us on Facebook as Conway Elementary OCPS. Login and say hello! VOLUNTEER STEPS TO REGISTER AS A NEW VOLUNTEER Step One: Type this address in your web browser: volunteer.ocps.net Step Two: Click on CLICK HERE Step Three: If you are a new volunteer look at the bottom of the page and click on New Volunteer. A box will pop up with instructions. i. Click on the Search Volunteer Opportunities tab. ii. Click on the Volunteers box. In the search by schools box type Conway Elementary. iii. Click on Become an ADDitions School Volunteer with Conway Elementary. iv. Click on sign up under the ADDitions logo box. This will take you to a login page. Attendance FACTS Good attendance is considered above 95%, or approximately no more than one day of absence each month. v. Click on create a new account. Make sure to have a picture of yourself on your computer or smart device to upload in your application. Please make sure to save your application.

3 Parent Resources for the Florida Standards As you are all aware, our Florida Standards require more rigorous testing requirements. The OCPS Parent Home Page now includes direct links to parent guides and sources that can help parents better understand OCPS guidelines. If you visit select the parent tab and then click on Parent Academy, you can access videos that highlight tips for helping your child with the concepts being taught in Math and Language Arts. You will also find additional resources to help your child. The direct site is: portalid=54703&pageid=89203 PLEASE JOIN PTA FOR THE SWEETHEART DANCE! PTA will have pizza, drinks, and snacks from the 5th Grade Bake Sale for purchase during the event. You can also get festive with some glitter tattoos for only $1 each. Come dressed to impress! The cost of the event is only $5 per student presale and $7 per student at the door. FEBRUARY 7TH AT 6:00 PM IN THE CAFETERIA Our school goal is 95% attendance! Great job to 3rd and 5th Grade!!

4 By: Mrs. Angela Mefford 2nd grade Concert is on Thursday, Feb. 21st. Concert starts at 5:30. 2nd graders report to the music room at 5pm. The concert should end around 6pm. Letters have been sent home and we need the bottom portion returned as soon as possible. The theme of the concert is Around the World. The concert is open to the public and free to all. 3rd graders have received their recorders in music class. Please remind your children to bring them to their music day. Also, encourage them to practice what they are learning in music. It will help them feel successful when it is time to earn belts in Recorder Karate. 4th and 5th grade after school D.R.U.M. club started on Monday, Feb. 4th. 4th and 5th grade Chorus is still practicing every Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-8:30am. By: Mrs. Leslie Sears The PTA's Sweetheart Dance is coming up soon! I can't wait to see you there on Thursday evening, February 7th. The 2nd Grade Art and Music Show will be a multicultural event! Join us on Thursday, February 21st to see our students' artwork inspired by traditional art from different countries around the world. We are getting ready for our big Arts at Conway day at school, which will be next month. On Thursday, March 14th (the day before Spring Break starts), we'll have our event celebrating all of the arts happening all school day. If you are interested, we could always use volunteers to help with running stations, helping our guests, or volunteering with your child's class. Please sign up for the Arts at Conway event in ADDitions. Parent Academy March s topic is Do your best on the Test. This fun and free event includes the following: Health choices for school and home Understanding School Grades ELL Support! Exhibit Hall FREE Books for Children FREE Breakfast Snacks and Lunch FREE Youth Academy (childcare) for ages 4-18 Face Painting Door Prizes Location: Evans High School, 9am-1pm. March 9, 2019 parentacademy.ocps.net Pennies for Patients Spirit Week Monday - Professional/Career Penny Day - Wear career day clothing! Want to be a doctor, teacher or a football player? Wear the professional attire of your choice and bring your PENNIES to donate today! Tuesday - Neon Nickels Day - Wear your brightest neon and bring in your NICKELS! Wednesday - Dazzling Dimes Day - Donate DIMES and wear something shiny or something that makes you different and unique. Thursday - Class Color Quarters Day - Each grade level wears a different color and donates QUARTERS! Pre-K and Kindergarten: Blue; 1st Grade: Red; 2nd Grade: Yellow; 3rd Grade: Purple; 4th Grade: Orange; 5th Grade: Green Friday - Team Up for Leukemia - Wear your favorite team's jersey or colors and collect all you can for the FINAL SCORE!

5 100th Day of School! January 25th, 2019 Theme: Dress up like you are 100 years old! A look back at our Literacy Week!