CONWAY COUGARS 4100 Lake Margaret Drive, Orlando, FL 32812 September 2017

Welcome to a New School Year Conway Families!

Dear Families,

Thank you so much for an amazing first few weeks of school. Our students

are refreshed and ready for the new school year with so many smiling faces.

Thank you for coming out to Meet-the-Teacher as well. Conway Elementary

Faculty & Staff met so many wonderful families.

Please stay connected with your child's teacher by checking the planner

daily. Make sure all transportation changes are in writing. Absent notes

should be sent in as well when your child returns to school from being out

sick.

In place of an annual theme for the 2017-2018 school-year we would like to

challenge everyone in our school community to adopt a “Yes I Can” atti-

tude. Often times a positive attitude toward a challenging situation is all

that is needed to surpass a barrier. We are committed to ensuring your

child is successful this year and every year at Conway Elementary School!

Welcome Back!

The Leadership Team

Dates To Remember

September 4: Labor Day - NO

SCHOOL

September 8: Grandparents Day

Breakfast

September 8: Fall Pictures

September 14: Open House

September 15: Progress Re-

ports go home!

September 18-22: Fall Book Fair

September 22: Movie Night-

Cars 3

September 29: Student of the

Month Ceremony.

School Improvement Plan Goals 2017-2018 (draft)

Goal 1: Teachers wil l deepen their knowledge of the intent and

progression of the Florida Standards to increase student proficiency.

(Division Priority: Ensure Career and College Readiness.

Goal 2: Teachers will closely examine student evidence to provide

timely, focused intervention and enrichment to increase learning

gains. (Division Priority #1: Accelerate Student

Performance: Division Priority #2: Narrow

Achievement Gaps)

All students receive FREE breakfast and FREE lunch everyday. Make sure your

children know!

A BIG “Thank You” for to some of our Partners in Education who do so

much to support our schools:

Winnn Dixie (On Conway Road)

Growing Together Pediatrics

Contact Us Conway Elementary

4100 Lake Margaret Dr.

Orlando, FL 32812

Student School Hours:

8:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. (M, T, Th, F)

8:00 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. (W)

(407)249-6310

(407)249-6319 Fax

Principal: Sean Maguire

Assistant Principal: Angela Zam-

brano

http://www.conway.ocps.net

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Progress Reports

All teachers record grades electronically using a web-based program called

ProgressBook. An important flier to came 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.

Character Trait of the month: Citizenship

The Character Education theme for the next few weeks is Citizenship. Good

citizenship makes the world a better place by helping others, Good citizens

are law-abiding and involved in service school, community and country.

Demonstrating good citizenship strengthens our school and community.

Students will be recognized at our Student of the Month Ceremony on

September 29th at 2:00pm.

Please help us welcome our wonderful new staff!

Danielle Hafele- Kindergarten Liza Medina- VPK

Kayleen Creinin- 1st Grade Jennifer Corbett-Bullard- Gifted

Sadie Blaine- 3rd Grade Pam Woideck- ASD

Shannon Preshong- 3rd Grade Natalie Nickson- ASD Noranys Santos Ramos- Cafeteria

Shanon McElroy- 4th Grade Angela Mefford- Music Roberto Pena Graterol- Custodian

Abby Hanshew– 4th Grade Juomar Vazquez- PE Sasha Perez- Speech

David Villegas- 4th Grade Kaylene Martinez- Registrar Kayla Riley- Speech

Laura Bell- 5th Grade Sonia Santana- Parent Engagement Liaison

Kathleen Griffin- Ex Ed Para

Welcome back

Mrs. Zambrano!

She is here to stay as our As-

sistant Principal. Make sure to

say hello when you see her!

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 practice tests and parent

guides that can help par-ents better understand these standards. If you visit

www.ocps.net, select the parent tab and then click on “Grade Level and Instructional Re-

sources for Parents,” you can access videos that highlight five tips for helping your child

with the concepts being taught in Math and Language Arts for each quarter. The direct

site is: https://www.ocps.net/Parents/Pages/default.aspx

The Billion Mile Club

We as a school are promoting more happy, healthy and active kids. The Billion Mile Race is a program sponsored by New Balance and incorporating 100 mile club that the goal is for every school that regis-tered for the program will run/walk a Billion Miles by the end of the year as a nation. The Conway goal is to run/walk 100,000 miles as a school so we can add to that Billion Miles Nation goal. The kids are

doing a awesome job and accepted the challenge of running/walking 100,000 miles by the end of the year. Right now Conway is #13 in the Nation from 8,738 schools, #1 in the district from 13 schools and

#4 in the state of FL from 488 schools. so our kids are awesome.