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“Learning Through Leadership” Spreading Our Wings & Learning New Things
Respectful & Responsible Owls Learn Here……..
OES
Volume 14
Issue 2
September 16,
Dear Okie Parents and Owlets,
T oday your child will bring home their first progress report for the school year. Please take the time to discuss their grades, strengths, weaknesses and gen-
eral progress. Are they doing their best? What can they do to improve? Parents and teachers must work together for students to reach their max-imum potential. Be sure to check the inside cover of their agenda books; this is where the MAP scores are recorded. If a student is below the 35 percentile, this is considered below grade level, and he or she may qualify for additional assis-tance. If you are unsure, contact your child’s teach-er to discuss the results in detail. The single most important factor for student improvement is to read nightly! This is part of all students’ homework, and parents are asked to sign the agenda book after your student has recorded the title of the book read. If your student is not a reader yet, then we ask parents to read to and with their student. Be sure to ask a few comprehension questions after the story to check for understanding. Your child's reading level is based on a reading assessment, Fountas and Pinnell (F&P), to identify their inde-pendent and instructional reading levels or a series of running records that the teacher completes. There is a copy of the grade level reading chart in the agenda book on page 24. Your student should read books independently at their “good fit” level. If a student misses over five words on a page, the book is probably too difficult. When this happens, a student spends more time decoding then enjoy-ing the book. If you need assistance please talk to Laura Phillips, Literacy Coach or the homeroom teacher.
i Pads were rolled out in grades 3-5 in August. Ninety-five percent of the students are taking their iPads home with them daily. This allows more time for the student to practice using their favorite apps, like Compass, Reflex, Sumdog and Big Universe as well as the capability to review class notes on Google Classroom, research, homework, or check
in with their teacher on Edmodo. If your student is not taking their iPad home, please contact your child’s teacher or an administrator to discuss rea-sons. Boys and girls, it is your responsibility to bring your iPad to school fully charged each day.
V olunteers are the backbone of our special events, field trips, SIC, PTO, and general class-room assistance. We appreciate your time, ener-gy, extra love, and commitment to the school and our students. As an extension of the staff, we ask that you keep information that you may observe or hear confidential regarding students, and coordi-nate your volunteer schedule in advance with the teacher. We continue to excel and provide an en-vironment that is homey, nurturing, challenging, and supportive for our students because of you! Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
T he STEM accreditation visits occurred on Sep-tember 12th and 13th, we are now one of 17 STEM certified schools in SC! Thank you to the following students, parents and community members for par-ticipating in the interview process: Carolyn LaTu-lip, Lawrence Melton, Ashley Claffy, Kiley Wynn, Jill Kombrink, Nancy Owen, Ana Tuzzo, Mary Bryce Dubose, Ellen Androletti, Dixon Gourley, Ju-lie Toirkens, Vikki Solorza, Roxanne Newton, Nick Androletti, Eleanor Gammon, Elizabeth Rios, Bran-don Solorza, Andry Aguero,k Deleon Johnson, Na-omi Campbell, Langley Ruth Hogshead, and Eliana Magee. As well as, our ’’outstanding” staff and the help from Instructional Services Dept. at the Dis-trict Office—Dr. Rhoads, Katie Cox, Colleen BeckUngvarsky, and Dr. Moss.
We greatly appreciate your support and guidance through this process.
L astly, the makeup day for students due to the cancelled day for Tropical Storm Hermine is Wednesday, January 4th. Please note this in your student’s agenda books.
Yours in Education,
Jamie Pinckney, Principal
http://oes.beaufort.k12.sc.us/ * www.Remind101.com (text message reminders) * [email protected]
Straight from the Beak The key to acceptance is willingness! Page 2
I t is hard to believe that we are half way through the first quarter! The first weeks of school have passed by both productively and rapidly. It was wonderful to see so many grandparents, parents and other family members at the Grandparents’ Luncheon. It was also nice to have representatives from the Bluffton Fire Department here during our 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony.
MAP Testing
T he majority of the students in grades K- 5 have taken the MAP test. Please be sure to check your child’s agenda book for his/her scores. All students have a login for Compass Learning; please check your child’s agenda book for the login. You can access Compass Learning from our school website page, type http://odyssey.beaufort.k12.sc.us in the address line. Compass Learning correlates with the MAP test and is personalized to meet the indi-vidual needs of all students.
Kindergarten Assessment
S tudents in kindergarten will be given the DRA2+ assessment during the first quarter. The DRA2+ assessment is an individualized reading assessment that allows teachers to evaluate stu-dents reading over a period of time. The assess-ment will serve as a baseline of data to help teach-ers make instructional planning decisions.
Thank for all that you do! We hope to see you at many of our wonderful remaining events in Sep-tember. As always, please feel free to email me at
Sincerely,
Marva Neal, Assistant Principal
“Through education, we have the ability to change and improve the world in which we time live. By touching the lives of students, outstanding educators make the future brighter for all of us.” -- Tony Knowles
Okatie Elementary is excited to announce our 1st
School-wide Okie Fun Run. The race will Friday, Sep-tember 23
rd. The schedule of the race is still being
worked out by the committee, but will be e-blasted as soon as the schedule is finalized. As a school which promotes Leadership, what better way to be leaders than to lead the pack in healthy habits by participating
in our 1st annual Okie Fun Run. This promises to be a most COLORFUL event!!!!
Students are encouraged to purchase anOkie Fun Run shirt for the event, which will be the students’ most colorful accessory by the end of the day, but are not required to do so. The shirt cost is $10, and can be used as a spirit shirt on Fridays.
The first class to have everyone signed up will get to throw a pie in some of the teachers’ faces on the day of the race. That means that each child gets to throw a pie!!!!!!
Nikki Davis, 2nd grade teacher
& Fun Run Coordinator
Straight from the Beak Acceptance is the belief in something. Page 3
Embracing Literacy~ Every student is a reader and writer
L earning to love to read starts at an early age and often starts at home. Parent involvement is the number one
predictor in literacy success and future aca-demic achievement. Children need reading role models at home and in school. Daily practice is necessary to develop and main-tain literacy skills. Your student should be reading a book on their independent reading level (W.H.O.O.S. Reading book) every night. These books help provide the practice necessary to build fluency, confidence and reading comprehension skills. Please talk to your child about the book(s) they are read-ing. Ask your child questions after they read. Reading comprehension is the reason we read – to understand. Encourage your child to explain his or her understanding of the story; what is the problem, the solution, and connections or similarities to other books or
experiences in their own lives. Lifelong litera-cy is constantly growing. Through speaking, listening and reading to and with your child you will help develop your child’s path to lit-eracy,
M ark your calendar and join us for an exciting, fun filled family literacy night Thursday, September 22.
Families will participate in cross-curricular activities using the principles of Project and Problem Based Learning and STEM. Fami-lies have three challenges to choose from: constructing an indestructible house, design-ing and creating a durable basket, or build-ing an escape run. If you have not returned your reservation form, please do so as soon as possible. We want to be prepared and have plenty of the necessary materials on hand! Happy Reading!
Laura Phillips, State Reading Coach
[email protected]; 843 322 7768
Math in Sports
One of the best ways to help your child with math is to make connections to the real world. Sports is a great way to do that! Here are a few ideas to make that connection:
Follow their favorite sports figure—read their statistics each week. Older students can graph the weekly stats.
Tally the number of goals your soccer team scores each week and find the total at the end of the season.
Find the difference between the winning and losing scores in a football game.
Set a timer for 60 seconds and have your child to do jumping jacks, write their name, sing a song… to see just how long a one-minute time-out is.
Find the circumference of a baseball, the perimeter of a football field, the area of a basketball court, etc.
There are many ways to find math in sports! See how many more you can find!
Susan Tucker, Math Coach
Literacy & Math
Straight from the Beak The first step toward change is acceptance. Page 4
Birthday Procedures are outlined in the agenda book—
We recognize birthdays on the last Friday of the month in grades 2-5 with a light snack.
Balloons and flowers are not allowed to be sent to school.
Please do not send home birthday invitations through the classroom teacher.
Pre-k, K & 1st grades, please plan for the last 20 minutes of school day or during lunch.
Thank you for helping us limit sweets and protect in-structional time!
Use www.Paypams.com to prepay student
lunch online
money online
Manley, Brennan Orion 1
Scriven Ramos, Adalyse Noemi 1
Collins, Mackenzie Ann 2
Faucett, Brooks McNeil 2
Wilson, Carreon Lametra 2
Yemec, Amelia Margaret 2
Emsley, Alexander James 3
Shuford, Dietrich Michael 3
Blackmon, Brodie Kyle 4
Blackmon, Ethan Thomas 4
Hakeem, Olivia Lashelle 4
Cobb, Liam Gregory 5
Lopez, Gabriella 5
Rodriguez, Johnny Carmine 6
Weber, Kimberly Nicole 6
Brown, Talan Matthew 7
Farmer, Addison Leigh 7
Maroney, Ethan Alexander 7
Turner, Jackson 9
Montgomery, Jayden Jonathan 10
Singleton, Imani Desiree 10
Back, Sadie Xin 11
Reeves, Sterling Jordan 11
Hamilton, Kylie 13
Costlow, Ayden Keith 15
Harris, Jordan Malik 15
Harris, Justin Diante 15
Clark, Jaden Aric 16
David, Isaiah John 16
Sheriff, Terry Andrew 18
Stafford, Earl Ramon 18
Fuge, Anna Brantley 19
Sarmiento, Rachel Sinai 19
White, James Daniel 21
Johnson, Cialee Marie 22
Wynne, Lucy Veronica 22
Rodriguez, Dalilah Mariah 24
Tootle, Savannah Lillyan La- 24
Khaskin, Giovanna Maria 25
Klein, Robert Fitzimmons 25
Parrott, George Henry 25
Beaton, Alaya Brielle 26
Mitchell, Olivea Victoria 26
Pope, Melanie Grace 26
Grassi, Chance Robert 29
Herrera, Enrique 29
Ling, Lorenzo Anthony 29
Matits, John Michael 29
Straight from the Beak Happiness can only exist in acceptance. Page 5
To receive text message regarding late bus-es, weather emergencies, drills, and special events please enroll at Remind, URL below. This is another form of com-munication to help keep parents in-formed.
https://www.remind.com/
W ECOME TO THE OES MEDIA CENTER…COME ON IN AND CHECK OUT OVERDRIVE, THE BCSD VIRTUAL LIBRARY. We’re open 24/7…
O ES students have been learning about OVERDRIVE, the BCSD virtual library, and accessing various genres, authors, titles and series for assignments and leisure reading.
U tilizing iPads, students have checked out books, reserved books for future use and explored the holdings of this important ebook resource. Big Universe is another ebook resource used by students in OES Media Classes, classrooms and homes throughout the district. One important feature of Big Universe is the ebook database is leveled to correlate with students’ F and P read-ing levels. OES students are committed to reading each night book(s) on their individual reading level. This leveled reading program is known as WHOOS Reading. OES students bring home WHOOS READING books daily.
A lso, we have been using SC Discus, the virtual library “information place” available to all South Carolina residents, to explore other exciting databases. To further explore academic inter-ests, assignments, and STEM activities, students have used Biography in Context, Britannica Learning Zone, Britannica Elementary, Explora for Elementary and Science Reference Center.
Discus databases include magazines, newspapers, encyclopedia articles, maps, pictures, ebooks, weblinks and reference materials for students and teachers. Be sure to join your child in explor-ing the digital information available through OVERDRIVE, BIG UNIVERSE and SCDISCUS.
O ES Students visit the Media Center in scheduled classes once every six days. During the school day, students may visit the Media Center on passes from classroom teachers. Media clas-ses and book checkout opportunities are a vital part of their life at OES. Thank you for encourag-ing your child to read daily and often.
Happy Reading!
Cordially,
Ms. Latimer OES Media Center
Do you have a Q-Reader App on your phone? If not, down-load one for free because we will be using more Q-codes this year for lists, news, homework, surveys, etc.
Stop by and check out Overdrive and Big Uni-verse at the OES Media Center. We are open 24/7 with ebooks filled with facts and information,
STEM ideas and activities, and fiction to delight your imagination…
Straight from the Beak Acceptance is the answer to all of our problems today. Page 6
BIG THANK YOU TO OUR
SPONSORS!
PLATINUM ($975):
Mathnasium
Winning Orthodontics
Coastal Pediatric Dentistry
GOLD ($525):
SVG Financial
Crossfit Port Royal Sound
Atlantic Seafoam
May River Builders
Oldfield
SILVER ($275):
Riverwalk Hospital
Palmetto Pediatrics
Sea Smiles
Tico
Charleston Wrap Fundraiser is going great and the kids are enjoying their hard earned prizes!
Chomper has made it to several classrooms and he will be making his rounds again this week.
Don’t forget that the last day of the fundraiser is September 20th but you can
submit the order forms at any point, as soon as you’re done
collecting all orders.
Checks should be made out to
Okatie Elementary PTO.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
PARTICIPATING!!
PTO Board Members Karina Mondelci, President [email protected]
Mary Bryce DuBose, President Elect [email protected]
Treasurer, vacant Rachel Anderson, Secretary [email protected]
Jennifer Parrott, Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]
Katherine Reeves, Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]
Michele Williams, Sponsorship Coordinator
Okatie Family Sponsors
We need your help!
If you would like to become a Family Sponsor and help support our school
and students, please let us know!
Platinum Family Sponsor $500
Gold Family Sponsor $250
Silver Family Sponsor $100
Straight from the Beak Acceptance leads to doing life differently. Page 7
I know you’re interested in what happens at your school!
I know you have ideas on how to improve the school!
I know you want to be ‘in the know’!
O ur year is off to another great start and hopeful-ly you are all settled in. SIC needs active participa-tion and we hope to see as many of you who can come to our meetings! We had our first meeting last
month and many topics were discussed, ranging from the lunch lines, Okie Dokie implementation, Backpack Buddies, buses, student monitoring sys-tem, Living History with Leaders – to name a few. Mrs. Pinckney gave a very detailed report on so many more topics – lots and lots of information!
O ur meeting schedule is 7:15-7:45AM - Septem-ber 20, October 18, November 15, January 17, Feb-ruary 21, March 21, April 18 and May 16 in the small media room.
Ashley Claffy, Chairman [email protected]
Kiley Wynne, Vice-Chairman [email protected]
Ellen Andreoletti, Secretary [email protected]
Here’s to an owlstanding year!
Ashley Claffy SIC-CHAIR 2016-2017
T he character word for September is ACCEPTANCE. Acceptance can take many forms. We can be accepting of those who are different from us, we can accept ourselves, mistakes and all, and we can accept consequences (good and bad) that come as a result of our actions. As with other character traits, children learn from watching us. Stu-dents at OES will be participating in lessons and activities this month in order that they may learn more about being accepting. You can have conversations about this at home as well.
M rs. Bauer visits every classroom about once per month to teach lessons in the three different school counseling domains: Personal/Social, Academic and Career. This month, we will be doing introductions to the counselor and counseling services, as well as learning about BULLYING.
B ULLYING—Be on the lookout for a new Facebook video segment about bullying. This is a word that we really want to teach students the meaning of. Bullying is not the word to describe when someone picks on you or does something to you one time. Bullying is defined as aggression or intimidation toward another which is repeated. It can cause significant fear, school refusal and changes in behavior. There is a power differential, meaning the per-son doing the bullying is more powerful than the victim in some way. The first step in getting behavior (which may or may not be bullying) to stop is to tell an adult, usually the classroom teacher or the adult present at the time. That adult should address the issue right away. If the bullying or behavior continues, please bring it to the attention of Mrs. Bauer, Counselor, the Assistant Principal, Mrs. Neal or Principal, Mrs. Pinckney as soon as possible. The “Say Something” app on the students’ ipads is a reporting tool that reports bullying to the district office. We ask that you give us an opportunity to deal with the issue at the school level before having the student use the app to report bully-ing.
I f you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at [email protected] or Mrs. Bauer at
(843) 322-7716. Sincerely, Leslie Bauer, School Counselor
Straight from the Beak There is so much grace in acceptance. Page 8
We Remember...9/11 Commemorative Ceremony
Special thank yous to Pastor
Eric Clark of Creative Church,
Bluffton Fire Department
Honor Guard, Fire Fighter
Marcos Farr, Ms. Underhill,
OES Chorus, Emily Hender-
son, Hunter Darlak, Dakota
Bacon, Mrs. Bauer , OES Col-
or Guard and PTO.
Straight from the Beak Acceptance is a positive character trait. Page 9
Grandparents Luncheon
Beta Club starts today
SIC/Squirrel Club—7:15
4th grade field trip—Coastal Discovery
Five Guys—5:00-730 2nd grade
9/20
Kindergarten Field Trip
9/21
Literacy Night 6:00-7:30
9/22
Gentlemen’s F.I.R.S.T. starts to-day 7:15
Lady Owls first meeting 1:00
September Birthday Celebrations
Okatie’s Fun Run
9/23
TEK Club starts to-day
9/26
Chorus starts today 3:00-4:00
9/27
Young Astronauts Parent Meeting 5:30
9/28
2nd grade Field Trip
Band Starts today 300-4:00
Sunset Science Pinckney Island 6:00
9/29
E-News goes home 9/30
Straight from the Beak https://www.facebook.com/okatieokies page 10
What do school social workers do?
School social workers are a type of helper in the school. Ms. Lewis tries her best to help everyone!
A sampling of the ways school social workers help students, parents and school staff are listed below:
Work with students in small groups or in classrooms
Teach students to develop problem solving/ decision making skills
Assist students to improve self-esteem, social skills and self-control
Provide students ideas to be used as coping skills for challenges either at home or in school
Teach students to advocate for themselves
Work with students, staff and families to improve school concerns (attendance, grades, discipline, etc.)
Offer positive parenting strategies to parents
Advocate for student's needs
Serve as a link between home and school
Identify students in crisis and respond to the situation
Help coordinate efforts with other school programs
Here are some reasons a student might want to talk to the school social worker :
"I want to show you a special project I made for my class. I'm very proud of it.
"I'm new to this school, and I'm really nervous!"
"I'm getting picked on and I don't know what to do about it."
"My best friend won't talk to me and I feel sad."
"When am I going to get to be in one of your groups?"
"I just want to talk to someone who won't tell me that I am overreacting. Do you have time to see me today?"
"I feel like the other kids do not want to play with me."
"I did a great job on my assignment."
"My friends and I keep having problems. Can you help us work it out?
"I have been feeling really sad for the past 2 weeks."
"My cat died last night and I'm very sad. Can I talk to you?"
Here are some reasons parents might want to talk to the school social worker:
"Sarah doesn't want to go to school in the mornings."
"I'm concerned because Allen keeps telling me that he doesn't have any friends. Do you think a Friendship Group might help?"
"We recently had a death in the family, and I'm not sure how to tell my child."
"Kevin has difficulty going to sleep at night and often has nightmares."
"My husband and I have been divorced for two years, but we think our kids could really benefit from talking about it with other kids who are going through the same thing."
I’m available to help with outside resources such as food stamps, uniforms, school supplies, food boxes, glasses, counseling and completing school forms. I will contact you if there is a residency issue or attendance/tardy concern. I am at Okatie every Wednesday and Thursday and alternate Fridays.
How to Contact Me:
Ms. Susan Lewis
Okatie Elementary School
53 Cherry Point Road, Okatie, SC 29909
(843) 322-7700