Wekiva Whispers
Wekiva Elementary School
Principal: Michael Pfeiffer
Dividend Vacation and FCAT
F CAT is just around the corner!
Please help us again this year by
rescheduling your volunteer work
during the Writing Test, scheduled
March 1, and our FCAT testing
window of April 11-19. We thank
you for your support. Dividends
volunteering before school for our
Cross Country program may continue
to volunteer; however, must sign out
at the beginning of the school day.
FCAT
Please mark your calendars
accordingly regarding the 3rd-5th grade
FCAT schedule. It is essential that
your children are in attendance and on
time on the days below:
Test Grade Test Type
Date
3/1 4 Writing
3/2- 4 Writing Make-
10 ups
4/11- 3, 4 Reading
12 5 Math
4/13- 3,4 Math
14 5 Reading
4/18- 5 Science
19
4/15- 3, 4, 5 Make-Ups
21
Science Expo
Your family is invited to come and see
all of the wonderful science
experiments created by Wekiva
students in all grades! This event is
planned to spark our students' interest
in science and to get them involved in
a beginning science fair project. The
PTA meeting will begin in the Media
Center at 7:00 pm! Please contact
Mrs. Gabrovic with any questions.
www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com
1450 East Wekiva Trail
Longwood, Florida 32779
Phone: 746-3150 Fax: 746-3163
February 2011
Assistant Principal: Michelle Baker
Cross Country News Mr. Pierre Receives Nomination
Congratulations to all Wekiva Cross Congratulations to Mr. Pierre, a
Wekiva 2nd grade teacher who
Country athletes who participated in
exemplifies excellence and has been
the Bear Lake and Wekiva meets.
nominated as Teacher of the Year for
Listed below are those who placed!
The Florida Fund for Minority
Bear Lake
Teachers. FFMT is an organization
8 Year Old Boys: Carson Crenshaw
that has been awarding scholarships to
13th
eligible minority students majoring in
9 Year Old Boys: Clay Ulmer 4th
teacher education. To date, more than
10 Year Old Girls: Kaley Oliver 10th,
3,500 scholars have completed their
Sarah Pfeiffer 11th
teacher education degrees at one of
Florida's 33 public or private
Wekiva:
6 and Under Boys: William Blades educational institutions. The FFMT
Teacher of the Year will receive a
11th
$1,000 cash award, as well as a
7 Year Old Boys: Justin Mangum 4th
beautiful commemorative trophy, and
7 Year Old Girls: Delaney Johnson
will be recognized at the 2011 Annual
7th
Conference to be held in Orlando,
9 Year Old Boys: Jonathan Depaolo
Florida. The runner-up will receive a
3rd
$500 cash award. Good luck Mr.
10 Year Old Girls: Kelsey Platt 15th
Pierre, and we hope you win this well-
deserved award!
Future Meets
Jan. 29 Partin AND Carillon @
TREK FOR TECH is Coming!
Hagerty High School
The date for our annual TREK FOR
Feb. 5 Keeth
TECH fund-raiser has been changed to
Feb. 12 Forest City
Friday, MARCH 4. This is the only
Feb. 19 Lawton
fundraiser where we keep 100% of the
Feb. 26 Crystal Lake @ Lake Mary
donations. All proceeds from this
High School
walk-a-thon will be used to renew our
Mar. 5 Hamilton
annual online site licenses, purchase
Mar. 12 Bentley
new software and other technology-
related equipment for our classrooms.
Student Council News
The funds we raise this year are even
Student Council is still collecting Pop
more necessary due to significant cut-
Tabs for the Ronald McDonald House.
backs in our school funding. Parents
The school which collects the most
are invited to come out and walk
Pop Tabs will be recognized by Local
during their child’s Special’s time.
6 News, win a cash prize, and a
More detailed information will be sent
trophy!
home soon. If your business can
donate prizes or gift certificates for
Wekiva Blood Drive
our student prize drawing or would
The next Wekiva “Blood Drive” is
like to make a monetary donation,
Thursday, February 17th, from 10:00
please contact Mrs. Cook at 407-746-
a.m.-4:00 p.m. Come on out and
3151. Thank you for supporting
support Wekiva and this special drive
technology at our school!
to help the community.
Final Notice: 2011 Yearbooks
Seminole County Public Schools
Memories for sale! All of the fantastic
events from this year at Wekiva will
be included in this yearbook.
February 17th will be the final date to
purchase your 2011 Wekiva yearbook
at the low price of $17.00! Beginning
February 22nd, yearbooks will cost
$20.00 each. Final date of the sale is
April 4th. After that date, any extras
will be available in the front office on
a first-come-first-served basis. New
order forms have been sent home, so
don’t delay, ORDER TODAY!
Supporting Wekiva
Don’t forget to clip! Make sure to
keep clipping Box Tops, Tyson labels,
and Campbell Soup Labels. We also
participate in Coke Rewards. At our
last Chick-fil-A Night, we raised a
total of $113.85!
Lost and Found
As the winter comes to a close, we
remind all parents and students to
check the Lost and Found (located in
the cafeteria) for lost clothing, coats,
backpacks, and lunch boxes. All
unclaimed items will be donated to the
KOALA Student Council clothing
drive.
New SAC Member
Congratulations to Ron Beladi,
Wekiva’s new School Advisory
Committee member. Wekiva would
like to thank all the parents who
volunteered to support SAC.
Box Top News
Parent, Grandparents, Neighbors and
Friends, keep clipping those General
Mills Box Tops!! Our next submission
day is February 14th. This is a good
day and a good way to show Wekiva
how much it is loved. Simply send in
Box Tops from a variety of everyday
products and our school gets 10 cents
for each one. Our last check was for
almost $1500, and will be spent
directly on the students needs. So send
in those Box Tops NOW!
www.scps.k12.fl.us or www.wekivaelementary.com
Wake Up to “A” Nutritious Recycle Cell Phones and Digital
Breakfast Cameras
Seminole County Schools offer This is the best time of year to recycle
breakfast to every student every day your old cell phones and digital
and at every school. It is a real cameras that were replaced by new
bargain at $0.30 for reduced students models you received over the
and $1.50 for paid students. holidays. Please send these items to
With so much focus today on our school and we will help the
obesity epidemic, it may be a good environment and raise some funds for
time to take another look at our student services and supplies!
breakfast. Daily, we offer low-fat
milk, 100% fruit juice (or seasonal Important Dates
fruit) and an iron rich main item. 2/1 Tornado Drill
Research continues to support eating 2/2 SAC, 5:00 p.m.
breakfast as a way to improve PTA Board, 6:15 p.m.
achievement in school, feel more alert 2/8 Science Expo and PTA Gen.
and to lessen the temptation to snack Mtg, 7:00 p.m.
on unhealthful items. Take a new 2/9 Super Scientist Begins
look at our Spring menu which 2/16 3rd Grade Student/Parent
features old favorites like cheese grits Book Club Night, 6:30 p.m.
with cinnamon toast, as well as new 2/17 Spring Pictures
offerings like our egg, sausage and 1st Gr FT to Black Stallion
cheese bagel. Take the breakfast Blood Mobile, 10:00-4:00
challenge and have your child join us 2/18 Spring Pictures
for breakfast. Read all about our 2/21 No School
offerings at: 2/23 ABCS Lunch
http://foodservice.scps.k12.fl.us/ 2/25 4th Gr. Gifted FT to Project
Create
Stock Market Simulation/Challenge End of Trimester
All grade levels in the gifted resource 3/1 FCAT Writes 4th Grade
program at Wekiva have taken part in 3/2 SAC, 5:00 p.m.
the Florida Stock Market Challenge, PTA Board, 6:15 p.m.
sponsored by the Florida Council on 3rd Grade Student/Parent
Economic Education. Each individual Book Club Night, 6:30 p.m.
or group was given an imaginary 3/4 Last Day of AR Club
$100,000 to purchase stock and then 3/8-17 Book Fair
tracked its progress for 15 weeks. 3/15 2nd Gr. FT to Orlando Rep
Teams competed within the state and PTA Family Dinner Night
the region and found out their 3/17 Field Day
profit/loss on a weekly basis. Students 3/18 Teacher Work Day
did market research, buying, selling, 3/21-25 Spring Break
predicting, calculating, and analysis of 3/28 School Resumes
earnings and trends. We are proud to 2nd Grade Honor Roll
announce that Wekiva took 1st and 3rd Breakfast, 7:45 a.m
places in our division (K-6) for the 5th Gr. FT to Env. Center
state. This was out of more that 6000 3/29 3rd Grade Honor Roll
participants! Our 1st place winner was Breakfast, 7:45 a.m
4th grader Alex Bishop, while our 3rd 5th Gr. FT to Env. Center
place winner was Steven Manso, also 3/30 4th Grade Honor Roll
from 4th grade. These students each Breakfast, 7:45 a.m
won a $50 pizza party from Papa ABCS Lunch
Johns. Additionally, Alex won $100 3/31 5th Grade Honor Roll
to be spent on school related items. Breakfast, 7:45 a.m
Congratulations to these excellent Pre-K FT to Zoo
students. The new challenge begins 5th Gr. FT to Env. Center
again on January 24th and will run 4/1 5th Gr. FT to Env. Center
through the end of April. Best of luck 3rd Gr. Checker Day, 9:00-
Wekiva!!!! 10:20 a.m.
Seminole County Public Schools