Imagine School at Land O Lakes  
         Developing Character, Enriching Minds   
                  
                                                                                                                November 25, 2012

                              

In This Issue
Box Tops
Bus Schedule Update
FCAT Writing
Recorders
Imagine Dancers
Holiday Walk
Veterans Day
Winter Clothing
Application Period
Great American Teach In
BrainPop
Save the Date
 
November 27- Health Screening

November 28- Progress Reports Distributed

November 30- Holiday Craft/Vendor Walk 5-8pm

December 4- FCAT Writing Simulation

December 11- Governing Board Mtg 6:45pm

December 13- McDonald's Spirit night 5-7pm

December 20- Holiday Program

December 21- End of Second Term

December 24-January 7- School Closed for Winter Break

January 8- School Reopens

January 8- Governing Board meeting 6:45pm

January 10- PTO General Meeting 9am

 1pm Early Release Days

9/19  Fall conferences
10/17
1/16
2/13
3/13 Spring conferences
4/10
5/15
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Dragon Happenings

Dear Imagine Families,   

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and well deserved family time.  It's hard to believe there are only 4 weeks before the Winter Break.

The highlight of our upcoming week is a visit by the founder of Imagine Schools-  Dennis Bakke.  Mr. Bakke will be at our campus on Wednesday, and we're anxious to show off our new building, and the wonderful activities occurring in our classrooms every day.
 
Box Tops Update
BoxTops
  • The winners of our first period of collecting box tops are in:
  • Primary: Brush with 858 box tops 
  • Intermediate: Pendleton for 1,007 box tops 
  • Middle School: Kordalski for 589 box tops 
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  • We collected over 10,400 regular box tops & 372 bonus box tops which means the school has already beat our first goal of 1,000 and the school's first check will be $1,077.20!! We are raising money towards upgrading our technology.
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  • Please continue to collect box tops over the holiday break and bring them in when we return to school.
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    Bus Schedule Update
    Bus

    Schedule for Week of November 26- We are short one driver this week, so a schedule for alternate schedule has been developed.   Schedule for this Week  

     

    Information on Bus Times- Our goal is to be on time, but we can not control traffic, lights, or minor hold ups in our bus routing caused by things along our bus route.  We also can arrive late or early at a bus stop because of how many students are on the bus. Especially in the instance of running an alternate route, we can have as little as 8 or 9 students on the bus. When we don't have to stop for all 65 students, it puts us way ahead of schedule.  The bus can not sit at stops that are on major public roads either and hold up traffic. We try and be there no earlier than 10 minutes before and no later than 10 minutes after the drop off/pick up times. That is why we ask for you to be there 10 minutes before a pick up or drop off time, to assure that a parent is there to get their child off the bus.

     

    We will send out an All Call when we have sufficient time, and will always notify you by an email.

    Back Up Driver-  We continue to advertise for a back up bus driver to cover situations when a driver is ill or not available to drive.  If you know someone with a CDL, please let us know!!

    Lisa Shorey
    Bus Coordinator
    FCAT Writing
    FloridaWritesThe Florida Department of Education has chosen Imagine to participate in a simulation of the FCAT 2.0 Writing assessment on December 4th.  It will give our students the opportunity to have a practice session before the actual assessment that's administered to all students in grades 4 and 8 on February 26th.   
    Recorders
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    Hello Gr 4 and 5 Parents,
    The holidays are now upon us and that means that once we return from break we are starting our recorders!  I am starting this week to collect the money so I can them order over our break, the cost is going to be $6 each.  Checks only please and they need to be made out to Imagine Schools.  I am very excited and I know the kids are too!

    Amera Nelken
    Music Teacher
     
     
    Imagine Dancers
    ImagineDancers112512 Session One of the Imagine Dancers after school enrichment program ended on Tuesday, November 13th.  I look forward to the start of Session 2 on January 15th.  A special shout out to Mrs. Lundy: 
    for her constant support and cooperation with homeroom activities. 

    Liska Garcia Rovi
    Middle School Spanish & Social Studies Teacher
    ESOL Resource Teacher
     
     
    Holiday Walk
    HolidayWalk
    Imagine is hosting its first Holiday Walk
    to help you get your holiday shopping started off right!  Over 30 vendors (including local community members, businesses, and even students!) will be set up in our festively decorated multi-purpose room ready with great sales to meet all of your shopping needs with everything from kitchen, beauty, fitness, and luxury.

    Name brand vendors include: Thirty-One, Mary Kay, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Premier Jewelry, Arbonne Skin Care,Beach Body, Silpada Designs, Tastefully Simple,and much more!

    Childcare ($5 per child/hr) will be provided by
    8th Grade Washington DC Students and Parents

    A Refreshment Booth will be provided by
    the Middle School Art Program

    **$5.00 parking fee** 

    Thanks for supporting this fun holiday event!

    Mrs. BreAnne Kilmer
    Middle School Team Leader 

    Holiday Walk Flyer

    Veterans Day
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    Veterans day was observed in classroom activities around the school.  Thank you to Mrs. Smith's class for their photograph. 

     

    Winter Clothing Reminder
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    As the weather turns cooler, please remember our uniform policy is still enforced. Students may wear khaki or navy bottoms, and girls may wear tights or leggings under skorts. All students may wear solid long sleeve t- shirts under their school polo shirts or a school jacket. If your child needs a heavier coat for the bus ride, or for outdoor PE/Recess, a heavy coat is approved. However, all students who want to wear a sweatshirt during the day in class must wear an ISLOL sweatshirt. If you need to purchase winter clothes, please visit www.inunisonkids.com  for a sweatshirt, sweater or jacket. 

     

    Application Period
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    It's the time of the school year when parents apply to have their child's name be included in the lottery that is held on February 1st.    

     

    The application for the 2013-14 school year is posted on the website.  All applications received between November 1st and January 31st are included in the lottery.    

     

    Current parents with siblings entering kindergarten next year should also complete an application form. A seat is guaranteed for your child, but we need to know how many siblings are planning to attend.

     

    The e-mail address of all applicants are added to the newsletter distribution list. We welcome our new potential families, and hope you use the weekly newsletter as a way to get to know Imagine School. 


    Great American Teach In
    HelpingChildrenLearnOur thanks to Mrs. Denson for coordinating this year's Great American Teach In.  A list of presenters will be included in next week's issue.
     

    Brain Pop
    BrainPop

    Did you know you have access to a fabulous interactive program that supports instruction in the classroom?

     

    Thanks to your fundraising efforts, we have a subscription to BrainPop and BrainPop Jr.  We learned recently that all families in Pasco County have access to BrainPop ESL that supports our learners of English.  Here are the usernames and passwords:

     

    BrainPop and BrainPop Jr

    • imaginelol is the username and 6measures is the password

    BrainPop ESL

    • pascoesl is the username and pasco is the password 
     ENJOY!
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    Please continue to contact me with any questions, or suggestions for other news bytes.

     

    Kathy Helean
    Imagine School at Land O Lakes