Imagine School at Land O Lakes  
         Developing Character, Enriching Minds
                      
                                                                     May 5, 2013          
                        
In This Issue
Region Science Fair
Imaginings
Sumdog Math Contest
Student Council News
Parent Requests
Save the Date
May 6-8- SAT10 administered to Grades K-8

May 9- Gr 1 Music Performance at 2:45

May 9- McDonald's Spirit Night

May 10- After School Social/Coffeehouse for  middle school  4-5:15pm

May 13-14- Benchmark Testing Grades 2-8 (Math and Science)

May 14- Gr 3 Music Performance at 2:30

May 14- Governing Board Meeting at 6:45pm

May 15- Early Release Day 1pm

May 16- Incoming Kindergarten Orientation 1:30-2:30

May 16- Gr 2 Music Performance at 2:30

May 16- Gr 6 Parent Orientation at 6pm

May 17- Middle School Spring Dance 6-9pm

May 18- State Science Fair

MAY 22- Grade 6 Student Orientation

 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,    

This week we administer the SAT10                                                      to all studenCincoDeMayots in Kindergarten through Grade 8. Testing is scheduled for Monday - Wednesday morning.  This achievement test is nationally normed and is not timed.  It will be a quiet campus on these three days with no parent volunteers allowed on campus until after 11 each day.

  

Middle School Spanish class students will explore the Mexican Holiday Cinco de Mayo by making posters, sampling churros, chips con queso y salsa & agua de limon (limonade) as well as learning about Piņatas. Did you know that in addition to candies Hispanic countries add things like small oranges, money, or small top toys to their pinatas? 

Kindergarten Orientation- We're planning an afternoon for our current kindergarten students to host a welcome to the new kindergarten students that are registered for Imagine School.  The date is May 16th from 1:30-2:30.  Students will spend the first 30 minutes with their kindergarten buddies in a classroom, while the parents spend time with the principal learning more about Imagine School.  The second half hour the students will join their parents in the cafeteria for a snack.   
 
Grade 6 Parent Orientation- We've scheduled an evening parent information session on May 16th at 6pm.  If you would like to attend an orientation,  please click here to complete a survey that provides questions you'd like answered on the 16th.

Grade 6 Orientation- An orientation for our fifth grade students moving to Middle School, and for all our newly registered sixth graders for next year is scheduled for May 22nd from 1:30-3.  The students will hear an overview of sixth grade from the sixth grade team, participate in some team-building activities so the students get to know each other,  question and answer session with current grade 6 students, and a snack.

This week's newsletter issue includes the region science fair results, the latest issue of Imaginings, information on a math contest, and some repeated items. 
Region Science Fair
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Our students that earned a first or second place in the school science fair participated in the West Florida Imagine School Science Fair on May 2nd.  They traveled to Bradenton to compete with other Imagine Schools from Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties.  We're so proud that so many of our students and their projects were eligible to go onto the Imagine State Science Fair in Orlando on May 18th.  The results are below and the students highlighted in yellow will move onto the State Science Fair.

CATEGORY

GR

PLACE

STUDENT NAME

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Gr4

1st

Sadie Chomka

HM

Devyne Davis

Gr5

1st

Alexandra Patrascoiu

2nd

Jacob Schwarz

MS

2nd

Dewey Slay

HM

Laura Koscielniak

Biochemistry

Gr4

2nd

Grace Ann Spurza

HM

Annie Le

MS

HM

Toni Frasquillo

Botany

Gr4

HM

Catie Cordova and Faithlynn Smith

Gr5

2nd

Aksheta Kanuganti

HM

Bianca Torres

MS

1st

Nicholas Wynacht

HM

Yeidemes Rivera

Chemistry

Gr4

HM

Raina Leet and Leah Mixon

Gr5

1st

Urmi Thorat

2nd

Cameron Schmid

MS

HM

Milani Patel and Iris Vidal

Earth and Space

Gr 4

2nd

Madison Burnstein

Engineering

Gr4

1st

Jacob Houichi

HM

Nicholas Gaffigan

Gr5

1st

Tyler Pittman

2nd

Andrew Quijano

MS

2nd

Cade Williams

3rd

Ray Cordova

Environmental

Gr5

1st

Chris Reiss

Medicine and Health

MS

HM

Ian Spurza and Molly Selover

Microbiology

Gr5

1st

Sara Robertson

HM

Jace Parilla

Physics

Gr4

1st

Ronin Patel

HM

Max Barile

Gr5

1st

Ava Chandler

3rd

Renee Bailey

MS

2nd

Alexa Scalcunes

3rd

Hayley McManus


Imaginings
CommonCoreThis month's Imagine Newsletter includes lots of information on the Common Core.  Parents may find the information very informative.  We're proud to point out that one of the articles is about the West Florida's Instructional Coaches process for helping our teachers transition to the Common Core.

Imaginings May 2013
Sumdog Math Contest
SumDogImagine has signed up for the Pasco County Math Contest that will begin on May 10th and run through Mary 16th.  Classroom teachers will set up each student with a free account so they can practice math skills on any computer.  Students earn points for correct answers, and we'll compete against other schools in Pasco County.  You can check out the site at www.sumdog.com . 
Student Council News
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Afterschool Social - "Coffee House"
On Friday, May 10th Imagine Middle School Student Council will sponsor an afterschool social - "Coffee House." The Coffee House theme is Imagine that Talent.

The Student Council's goal of the Coffee House Social is to foster community life on campus while having fun as we share and celebrate our interests, talents, and gifts. Refreshments are based on the coffee house theme and include hot chocolate, yoo-hoo, hot apple cider and desserts. 
Pre-sale Coffee House Tickets will go on sale for $1.00 on Monday May 6th in Ms. Gold's room during Academic advising. Each Ticket includes one beverage. If purchased at the door the ticket price is $3.00.

While this is a student centered event families and parents are invited to attend. The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. in the multipurpose room and end at 5:15. 
 
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Moonlight Masquerade Dance
On Friday, May 17 Imagine Middle School will sponsor the Spring Dance from 6 - 9 PM! The theme is Moonlight Masquerade. While there is no dress code and jeans are allowed, students are encouraged to wear black and white and wear a mask! Simple masks will be provided to students who do not want to purchase a special one.
 
Jose' Nix of Sound Waves Pro DJs will act as deejay and emcee of the event.  Pre-sale tickets will be sold for $5.00 during Academic Advising starting May 6th in Ms. Gold's room. If purchased at the door the ticket cost will increase to $7.00 Middle School students may pre-register to bring a guest and purchase a ticket for them.    
 
All teachers and parents interested in assisting - including event set up and chaperoning - please email anne.gold@imagineschools.com 
Parent Request Letters
Letter This is the time of year that parents ask whether they can request a specific teacher.  Here is my belief about the role of parent request letters:
  1. Parents know their child better than anyone else.
  2. Parents know what they'd like to see for their child
  3. Parents do not know a teacher unless one of your other children had the same teacher. ( And remember, what's good for one sibling isn't necessarily what's best for the next one.)
  4. One parent's recommendation isn't necessarily what your experience would be.  All children are different. 

Parents may send a letter that talks about what you know best-  your child. Parents may request a specific teacher if a sibling had that teacher and you believe it would be beneficial for the next child also. Parents may request not to have a specific teacher if a sibling had that teacher and you don't think it would be a good fit. Parent request letters requesting a specific teacher based on recommendations will be returned to you. 

 

Please send any letters to the principal.  I hope this helps.  
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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