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BITS & BYTES
Testing
Announcement
THANK YOU
to all of our Middle School students
who are now finished with FSA
testing and EOC exams!
You all did a great job! You worked
hard and you showed up!
Best wishes to our High School
students who are still in testing, and
are putting forth great effort to
finish successfully. We are proud of
your hard work!
We also want to thank Ms. Banks,
our Testing Coordinator, for making
the testing experience at OCVS a
pleasant one and for being so
helpful to our families!
Orange County
Virtual School
1600 Silver Star Road
Orlando, FL 32804
(407) 521-2330
www.ocvs.ocps.net
Greetings OCVS Families!
We have had a busy month and I would like to take this opportunity to say a very special thank you to all of the teachers, staff and adminis-trators. Everyone has worked hard during the testing season. Thank you for your participation and flexibility. It takes our commitment to excel-lence to ensure that our students succeed during this important time of year. Thank you to all of the parents and students that supported and helped us recognize all of our fabulous teachers during Teacher Appreci-ation Week.
OCVS has been awarded the BRONZE MEDAL by US News & World Report on its exclu-sive list of Best High Schools. OCVS earned the Bronze level of recognition for our placement
in the top third of the country. The honor was received based on our ability to serve all students, catapult students to postsecondary success and the demonstra-tion of high performance in measurable outcomes. This is an awesome achieve-ment and recognition. Congratulations to the parents, students, teachers and staff. Together we made this happen. See more on this topic on page 3.
Sincerely,
HAVE YOU PURCHASED YOUR YEARBOOK? Yearbooks are still available… buy yours today! The cost is $30 cash or check and can be purchased in the OCVS front office.
Orange County Virtual School Newsletter May 2016
BE HEALTHY BE FIT Healthy Teams & Fitness Club On April 7th we participat-ed in the IOA Corporate 5K and we had a blast! There were more than 17,000 participants running/walking in the race. This year our target goal was to have at least 15 OCVS members register with our team. We met our goal!!! This race is a great way to promote our wonderful school, all the while promot-ing health and fitness as well. We are happy to say that everyone who started the race successfully finished it thus we had a 100% com-pletion rate!!! Thank you to all who participated in this event! We look forward to having YOU join us next year!
NEVER ENOUGH PIZZA Partners in Ed. Who doesn’t love a good slice of pizza?! Especially when it’s FREE! Thanks to
Papa Johns Piz-za for partici-pating in our Partners in Ed. program and
supplying us with free pizza for our Pizza Party, hosted by PTSA, on May 20th from 4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. on OCVS’ campus. You may join us for pizza and pick up your pre-ordered yearbooks all at once! We hope to see you here!
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO DONATE! Do Something Club & NJHS The Ronald McDonald House community service project has been amazing!
Thank you to all of the fami-lies who have supported this project. Kudos to Mrs. Lyon and Ms. Harry for your efforts in coordinating this wonderful project. If you are interested in donating, the last day to participate will be May 13th. Supplies can be dropped off at our main office.
MINI-GULF MADNESS An OCVS Event for All! The time is nearly here! You do not want to miss this opportunity to put your putt-putt skills to the test as you compete with Orange County Virtual School class-mates, teachers and admin-istrators in Mini Golf Mad-ness! Purchase your $10
ticket by May 13th to attend, a portion of the pro-ceeds will benefit
OCVS. We will also be cele-brating the end of the 2015-16 school year! We look forward to celebrating with you on May 18th at 11:30a.m., in Altamonte Springs. Tickets may be purchased at our OCVS main office. For more infor-mation please contact Mrs. Lyon at [email protected]
Important Announcements &
Dates
May 20th Senior’s last day to turn in
all work
June 1st-10:00am OCVS Graduation Jones High School
Cap & Gowns: Ms. Sims will notify seniors once cap & gowns have arrived.
Community Service hours need to be completed and turned in by June 7th.
Bright Futures Scholar-ship: If you have not applied to Bright Futures please do so immediately.
CFE Scholarship: If you or your parent is a member of CFE Credit Union you may qualify for a scholar-ship. Application dead-line is May 31st. To apply go to mycfe.com/scholarship
ACT Test is June 11th: Reg-istration deadline is May 6th. You may complete a late registration between May 7th & May 20th, a late fee will apply. To register go to www.actstudent.org
SAT Test is June 4th: regis-tration deadline is May 5th. You may complete a late registration between May 20th & May 25th, a late fee will apply. To register go to www.collegeboard.org
Seniors please contact your School Counselor, Ms. Sims, for
more information at [email protected]
Dear All, You probably know that Theo (9th grade) is a keen chess player! You may not know that he writes for the world’s oldest chess magazine (and has done so since he was 12 years old – he is their youngest ever writer). This month he discusses the differences be-tween US & UK chess and OCVS even gets a mention! Theo’s article is on page 40/64 – I thought you might be interested to take a look. Theo played in Cocoa Beach [in April] and had his best tournament to date in the US, finishing joint first in his section, winning $352 - he was very happy! Regards, Andrew Slade
(Father of Theo Slade)
Mona Lisa
The bidders around me raise their hands in silent auction hoping the auctioneer accepts their bid Sometimes I bid and I win but I’ve bid on nothing but a lamp because unlike the other bidders I couldn’t afford the Mona Lisa
But still I take my lamp to the department store, I ask an employee to find me a light bulb and as I'm waiting I see the other bidders buying frames for their new paintings and they hang it on the bedroom walls and stare at it for hours not asking what it means but asking who painted it and they don’t care to wonder why they don’t already know that
And with my lamp I light my room, and my barren walls keep me from getting distracted and I use my light to read on ‘The Last Supper’, and I think that it reminds me of the Apostles Creed And I wonder why that’s something I’ll never get a chance to bid on.
But it doesn’t matter because the rich tell me to bid on something better, because it’s not that hard to make more money if I just got a better job and the auctioneer is on a strict schedule and has no time to show me how to maximize my bidding And so I’m labeled indolent And I label them arrogant
But they’ll always bid the highest And they’ll always know the significance of the years 1503 to 1517 But I know the Mona Lisa’s real name and I wonder why they think she’s not smiling.
Yani Hernandez 10th Grade
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If you would like to contribute information in OCVS’ Virtual Bits &
Bytes Newsletter, please contact Ms. Nieves at
LEARN YOUR TEACHER’S STORY ON FACEBOOK!
OCVS has a fantastic Facebook page in which we feature events, student involvement,
volunteer work and OUR TEACHERS’ STORIES. These teachers have shared with you their fears, their dreams, their goals and their struggles all because they know that to get to
where they are going, they also have to work very hard. You may be surprised to find they are just like you!
There is so much happening in our school and staying connected has never been easier.
To learn more about your teachers and what is happening at OCVS please go to https://www.facebook.com/OrangeCountyVirtual/ and LIKE OUR PAGE! You can also follow us
on Twitter for exciting news and events. Maybe you will be our next featured story!
We want to extend our gratitude to Mrs. Lyon, Mr. & Mrs. Curran, Ms. Nieves, Mr. Merchant, Mr. Shelansky, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Harry and Mrs. McNeil for volunteering and joining us in our ‘Do Something’ events. We would also like to thank all students and their families who have serviced our community with their time and kind hearts. It was truly a pleasure working with you and gifting our time to those in need.
We had a successful year and we truly look forward to all that is to come next school year. 'Do Something' club is taking suggestions for activities for next school year. One new volunteer opportunity is the Give Kids the World Village which we will be attending in the fall. Any other suggestions, please email Mrs. Lyon at [email protected]
Top left to right: Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Cuomo-Yokel & family, Ms. Sujanani, Mrs. Parker & family, & Mr. Shelanski & President Wax-bama Bottom left to right: Mr. Curran, Mrs. Anderson & little Weston, Mrs. Ferguson, Ms. Nieves, Mrs. Martel, & Mrs. Silvers
OCVS received prestigious recognition from US News & World Report based on our ability to serve all students, help push stu-dents toward post-secondary suc-cess and demonstrate high perfor-mance in measurable academic outcomes. These outcomes include: 1. Higher than average perfor-mance on statewide assessments adjusting for the percentage of economically disadvantaged stu-dents. 2. Higher than average perfor-mance on statewide assessments for Black, Hispanic and low-income students when compared to similar students across the state. 3. Meeting a higher than expected benchmark for their graduation rate. 4. School performance on college-readiness as measured by Ad-vanced Placement and Interna-tional Baccalaureate assessments. They also received bronze level recognition for their place-ment in the top-third of the coun-try. Out of 28,651 public high schools in the United States, 19,908 were large enough to be eligible for inclusion in the rankings. Written by: Mrs. Silvers
May 2016 ORANGE COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL’S TESTING CALENDAR
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednes-
day Thursday Friday
Satur-day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
MAKEUP NGSSS SCIENCE GRADE 5 SESSION 1 PAPER
MAKEUP NGSSS SCIENCE GRADE
5 SESSION 2 PAPER
FSA ALGEBRA 2 EOC SESSION 1
CBT
FSA ALGEBRA 2 EOC SESSION 2
CBT
MAKEUP FSA ALGE-BRA 2 EOC SES-
SION 1 CBT
SAT Testing
MAKEUP FSA READING
GRADES 9-10 SESSION 1 CBT
MAKEUP FSA READING
GRADES 9-10 SESSION 2 CBT
FSA READING GRADES 9-10 SES-
SION 1 CBT
FSA READING GRADES 9-10
SESSION 2 CBT
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
SCIENCE PAPER TEST PICKUP
NGSSS BIOLOGY 1 EOC ONLY 1
SESSION
MAKEUP NGSSS BIOLOGY 1 EOC ONLY 1 SESSION MAKEUP NGSSS
US HISTORY EOC ONLY 1 SESSION
NGSSS US HIS-TORY EOC ONLY
1 SESSION
MAKEUP FSA ALGE-BRA 2 EOC SES-
SION 2 CBT
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
PERT COLLEGE PLACEMENT &
COMPARATIVE 2 EXAM
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
IREADY ASSESSMENT 2 READING & MATH
29 30 31
