LAST FAMILY WALK NIGHT for this school year

May 9th @ 5:30 p.m.

Volume 17. Number 9 May 2013

News From The Nest

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Cypress Ridge Elementary www.cypressridge.org (352) 394-6633

Teacher Appreciation Week

is May 6th

-10th

PTO is planning a food extravaganza for the

CRES Staff to show how much we support them all! Please visit www.perfectpotluck.com to see

how you can still help out with this wonderful event. Enter “cres” as Coordinator Last Name.

The password is “osprey”. You may also contact Amanda Stebbins at 407-496-6478 or amandacarlson@yahoo.com for more

information.

Family Reading Night Family Reading Night will be on

May 14th

from 5-7:00PM in the Media

Center. Kindergarten students are welcome.

This will be the last Family Reading Night

this year. May 17th

is the last day for AR

points. Did you know that you earn

volunteer hours for attending?

Each year, CRES celebrates learning with an open house in May. Students have worked hard to showcase the many things they have done this year. This year’s “Big Event” focuses on the Earth and Space Sciences. Come explore the scientific process at the fifth grade Science Fair, get to know Florida with the fourth graders, and blast into space with the third graders. Continue your journey into our curriculum and learn about our planet and its people from our second graders. Finally, don’t miss the first grade polar regions and exploring color through the eyes of a kindergartener. In addition, many classes have created quilts which will be raffled to raise money for our “Quilts to Books” project. You can even plan to have dinner with the PTO. You don’t want to miss it. We look forward to seeing you there!

This month orders will be taken to

purchase the 17th edition of the Cypress Ridge

yearbook. As in previous years, it will be assembled and published during the summer and will be available to the children at the Open House/Meet the Teacher Night in August. Yearbooks not picked up for 5

th graders at the

Open House can be sent to the middle schools to be distributed there.

Be on the lookout for the yearbook order forms. They are $12.00 again this year, and you can also write a personal “congratulatory” ad to your child or children for $10.00 each, as in past years. A receipt will be sent home with your child (within a few days) when you order, so

please return your order by Tues., May 21st

. Additional order forms will be available in the office. Make checks payable to Cypress Ridge PTO. Please help us by turning in your orders and ads on time. Thank you very much!

Parents, if you have taken digital pictures (or will take pictures during upcoming events, especially Graduation), please email up to 10 of the best ones to Anne Harris at harrisa@lake.k12.fl.us, or you can send them to school on a CD. We may be able to use them in the yearbook! Thank you!

A lot of work goes into the creation of our yearbook. We want to recognize Anne Harris for her dedication and hard work in capturing the history of each school year.

Celebration of Learning May 16th 5:30-7:00

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NO SCHOOL ON

MAY 27th,

MEMORIAL DAY ELC closed

THANK YOU FROM LEUKEMIA

& LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

We received a letter from the Society’s Campaign Manager thanking all Cypress Ridge faculty, staff, student body and parents for our generous contribution. Our school raised a remarkable $6,845.44. They also wanted to recognize Liz Mathis for her initiative, hard work and thoughtfulness in coordinating the Pasta for Pennies program. Her desire to teach children about the importance of helping others has given our students the opportunity to learn how they can make a difference.

Dr. Cantwell’s

Outstanding Ospreys

Congratulations to the following students

who have demonstrated a significant

improvement in a specific academic and/or

behavioral area: Julian Cheese, Kennedy

Myers, Brett Badolato, Alice Flynn, Samantha

Poreda, Skylar Hutcherson, Kayla Hand, Alex

Oliden, Kyla Altmeyer, Sydney Bedingfield,

Lauren Becker, Jenna Bullard, Dylan Byfield,

Rhyse Fuller, Kris Ganesh, Maycee Lowe,

Cameron Miller, Megan Rini, Allison Taylor,

Amanda Torres, Jacob Bailey, Sienna Smy,

Gabrielle Marie Vuini, Bailey White,

Nicholas Gaspard, Sariah Espada, Carolyn

Garigliano, Christopher Cardwell, Tyler

Mattingly, Luke Terray, Kaito Powell and

Veronica Waters.

These students were awarded with a

personal meeting and lunch with Ms. Cantwell

and Mrs. Nappi.

School-wide Book Swap

May 23rd 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Start saving gently used books to bring in to your classroom May 13th to May 23rd. Each book a student brings in receives a coupon to swap for a different book the morning of May 23rd. Up to 4 coupons per student allowed, however extra donations are welcome. We'd like every child to be able to participate, so lots of books are needed, ESPECIALLY 5th grade and higher reading level books. Volunteers are needed for this in-school event. Volunteer sign-up sheets are in the front office. Contact Sherrie Smith with questions at: smiths2@lake.k12.fl.us.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE

TERRIFIC! Thanks, once again, to the many volunteers who

continue to support our school. We truly

appreciate your efforts.

Eileen Adams Courtnie Allender Julie Azcano Kevin & Helen Bailey Simon Bautista Jennifer Beckerman John Bormann Jeffery & Nipa Campbell Thomas Clem Martin & Alyson Collins Abigail Colque Paige Connolly Carmen Cruz Frank & Nicole Digennaro Jean Anne Diakite Jarrod & Tana Erdman Lori Gifford Michael & Kandi Firestone Eryn Glidewell Marcel & Christina Gaspard Catherine Hernandez Dwayne & Dana Graham Tara Laine Hoffman Todd & Kendra Johnson Melissa Joyner Patti-Jo Jungreis Michael Kempany Ida Kreider Richard Lindgren Nadia Lokhnauth Suzanne McClain Jennifer Moon Robert & Monica Moore Timothy & Nichole Moses Hina Patel Philippine Owusu-Ofori Jade Piper Michelle Quickel Chaitram Rambaran Adriana Shimeall Kristi Teske Christine Thomas Dana Vaughan Michael & Annette Visconti Kara Weldon

**If you haven’t met your required 10 volunteer

hours for this school year (or even if you have),

we need volunteers for Field Day on Tuesday,

June 4th. If you can help with Field Day, please

see Mrs. Parks. Thank you.

DON’T MISS THIS

MONTH’S SAC MEETING!

Tuesday, May 14th @ 6:00PM

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From the

Literacy

Coach

What Every Parent Needs to Know

Did you know that your child may be a

victim of summer reading loss? According to

an article from Just Read, Florida, students

can lose up to three months’ worth of reading

progress over one summer. If you take into

consideration all summers combined, students

could possibly lose 1.5 years’ worth of reading

progress. Summer reading loss can be

defeated through time spent reading with

your child, providing a variety of reading

material, using various internet resources, and

encouraging your child to just read for fun

and the pleasure of learning!

Please go to Mrs. Sherrie Smith’s website

for more information about Summer Reading

and booklists.

School Mall Do you shop by phone or online? If so, be sure to use School Mall so that our school earns money while you shop. Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Sears, The Children’s Place, and Kohl’s are School Mall merchants.

Are you sending flowers to your MOM for Mother’s Day? 1800Flowers.com is also a School Mall merchant.

Getting ready for that summer vacation? Hotwire and Travelocity are School Mall merchants too. School Mall has over 200 merchants. PLEASE use www.schoolmall.com when doing any online or phone shopping. You can earn money for our school WITHOUT spending extra.

TROPICANA SPEECH

CONTEST WINNERS

Congratulations to the following 4th & 5

th grade

students who won their classroom speech

contests:

AND THE WINNER IS… Congratulations to Molly Armstrong in

Mr. Hand’s class for coming in first place at

the annual Cypress Ridge Elementary School

Speech Contest which was held on Thursday,

April 4th

! Molly will compete in the County

Speech Contest on May 7th

.

Second place went to Hanna Swidler in

Mr. Locuson’s class, and our third place

winner is Joshua Ocasio in Mrs. Johnston’s

class. We are very proud of all of the students

who participated in this year’s contest. Keep

up the good work!

5th Grade

Mr. Hand:

1st Place: Molly Armstrong

2nd

Place: Hope Kress

Alternate: Nathalie Averill

Mrs. Johnston:

1stPlace: Josh Ocasio

2nd

Place: Alexis Miller

Alt: Will Grames

Mr. Locuson:

1stPlace: Hanna Swidler

2nd

Place: Kris Ganesh

Alt: Autumn Zaun

Mr. Sedgwick:

1st Place: Dominique Palka

2nd

Place: Michael Gonzalez

Alt: Brittany Dvoroznak

Mrs. Waterman:

1st Place: Corbin Helton

2nd

Place: A.J. Camolilla

Alt: Kiley Collins

4th Grade

Mr. Blackburn:

1st Place: Kendyl Cardwell

2nd

Place: Samantha Poreda

Alternate: Sofia Vasquez

Mrs. Carrithers:

1st Place: Shannon Ganley

2nd

Place: Lexi Helton

Alt: Carleigh Benedict

Mrs. Ligato:

1st Place: Ella Boronat

2nd

Place: Aaron Bluemke

Alt: Brianna Bennett

Ms. Olson:

1st Place: Zane Kempany

2nd

Place: Micah Grames

Alt: Jake Theison

Mrs. A. Smith: 1

st Place: Jenna Reichert

2nd

Place: Bryson Grabowski

Alt: Ellex Schmidt

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Climate Survey Time Parents, we value your input. Will you please take a few minutes to complete the parent survey online? The deadline is May 13th. Here is the link: PARENT SURVEY 2013. Students are also encouraged to participate. The student links are: STUDENT SURVEY (GRADES K, 1 AND 2) 2013 STUDENT SURVEY (GRADES 3, 4 AND 5) 2013

You will also find these links on our Cypress Ridge homepage and at www.lake.k12.fl.us. Thank you.

SOS - We Need Your Help

to Save Our Subscriptions! Our annual Family

Reading Magazine Drive, sponsored by Great American Fundraising, Inc. (formerly known as

QSP) will take place next year from Sept. 6 to

Sept. 20.

You really can help us a lot. If you are ready to purchase or renew magazines now and throughout the year, you can support us by shopping online! Visit www.gaschoolstore.com/onlineportal.

Register using our school code 2533271

and make your selections. It’s that simple! We are not asking you to spend additional money on your subscriptions. We are only asking that the money you would normally spend is redirected and spent on magazines through our school instead of going directly to the publishers. With this great program, 40% of the purchase price of every subscription sold comes back to us! Customer satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! The prices are very competitive too. Each year we are depending on this program to raise much needed funds for our school. Your participation really makes a difference for our school and EVERY ORDER COUNTS! A magazine packet will be sent home with each student in September.

Plan ahead and help even more! Consider giving magazine subscriptions as gifts

throughout the year! Purchase subscriptions for the school, or your

child’s teacher(s)!

Let friends & family know about our fundraiser & ask them to order through Great American Fundraising, Inc. for us!

Magazines offer a wonderful opportunity to promote reading in the home. Don’t forget to check out the great magazine selection for the students in your own home!

Thank you! We couldn’t do it without you!

Registration of Kindergarten Siblings

for 13-14 School Year Begins.

If you currently have a student enrolled at CRES and have an incoming kindergarten sibling, you should have received a registration packet this month in your older child’s backpack.

You may register your kindergarten student, at any time, in the front office. Items you will need to bring, including the packet you received:

Original Birth Certificate

A Current Water Bill or Electric Bill

Current Shot Record

Current Physical

If you have any questions, please call Lynda at 394-6633

ELC Summer Camp 2013

The theme for 2013 is Careers.

The dates for Summer Camp are June 10 – August 9 and camp hours are from 7 AM to 6PM daily.

Again this year, camp will be located at Grassy Lake Elementary.

There is a $20 registration fee for each student that attends summer camp. Students registered before May 17

th, 2013

will receive a free Summer Camp T-Shirt. The cost is as follows:

$70.00 per week per child

$50.00 Free or Reduced lunch (must provide proof for free or reduced lunch at same time of registration)

*Spaces will be limited, so please don’t delay in your registrations. First come, first served.

Summer campers will experience a different theme each week. Exciting activities both academic and enrichment will take place including on-campus field trips.

Please contact Tonya Martin by email at MartinT2@lake.k12.fl.us or by phone at 352-394-7651 for more information.

Registration Guidelines

You may register in CRES Cafeteria: 8:00am to 9:45am then 4:00pm to 6:00pm What you will need at time of registration: *Money order or Check in the amount of $20.00 for registration *Money order or Check in the amount of your first weekly fee. *The registration fee and weekly fee must be on two separate checks.

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CONGRATULATIONS,

KENDYL CARDWELL!

Kendyl is a finalist in a

national writing contest. Out of

over 500 entries, her expository

piece was chosen as one of only

36 finalists. Community voting

is currently going on at http://readinglabs.shycast.com/account/sign_in/.

The name of her piece is “Pencil, Paper and

Your Imagination”. We encourage everyone

to vote before May 2nd

.

Ice Cream Social is coming up

Tuesday, May 7th

5:30-7:00 PM

Join us for free ice cream compliments of Ritter’s as you browse the local organizations that will be at CRES to showcase their new and exciting summer camps for your children! You can sign your kids up this night and receive discounts or simply gather information from all the various organizations.

Plan to eat at Celebration of Learning,

Thursday, May 16th

Delicious Chicken Breast Dinner from

OakWood presented by PTO. We will begin serving at 5:30PM. PTO needs volunteers as early as 4PM. Contact Christine Pike nolesck@hotmail.com or 352-978-4511. The dinner includes chicken, roasted potatoes, macaroni & cheese, a drink and a cookie. Presale price $5.00 (only if ordered by Monday, May 13, 2013). Price $6.00 at the door.

Clermont Community Forum Tuesday, May 21st 6:30-9:00 p.m. At the New Clermont Community Center, 620 W. Montrose Street

The City of Clermont invites you to take part in shaping the future of Clermont.

Your opinion really does matter.

Mark your calendar…

Curriculum Awards – May 31 3

rd Grade 10:00 AM

1st Grade 12:00 PM

Curriculum Awards – June 3 4

th Grade 10:00 AM

2nd

Grade 12:00 PM

P.E. Field Day – June 4

5th

Gr. Awards and Promotion– June 5 Awards Ceremony – 10:00 AM

Reception – 11:30AM

Last Day of School – June 5

Report Cards mailed – June 17 On the morning of your child’s award ceremony, you

may park and go directly to the middle school auditorium for the assembly. It is not necessary for you to come into our office to sign in before entering

the Clermont Middle School auditorium. Please park ONLY in the far north auditorium parking

lot, NOT the teachers’ parking lot.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR P.E. Field Day

Tuesday, June 4th PLEASE CALL MRS. PARKS THANKS IN ADVANCE

Lunch Menu/Calendar May 2013Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 D Specials 2 Deli Sub E 3 4

Turkey & Rice Stuffed Crust

Rib-B-Que w/Bun Cheese Pizza

Nachos/Chili/Cheese Pepperoni Pizza

Fish Patty w/Bun

W.W. 3rd Grade

5 A Specials 6 B Specials 7 8 C Specials 9 Deli Sub D 10 11

Cheeseburger Quesadilla Popcorn Chicken Baked Rotini Cheese Pizza

Staff Max Stix w/Sauce Fish Sticks Sloppy Joes BBQ Pork w/Bun Veggie Pizza

Appreciation Gr. 2 & 4 to Gray Pool/Hand to Hard 4th Grade to Cracker Week Middle 9:30-12:15 Rock Café 10:30-2:30 Country 7:45 -2:30

PTO Ice Cream W.W. 4th Grade Family Walk Night Kdg Mothers' DaySocial 5:30-7 PM "Nest" PBS Store 5:30 @ Waterfront Park Event 8:30-9 AM

12 E 13 A 14 15 Spaghetti B 16 Deli Sub C 17 18

Meatball Sub Tacos Hot Dog Chicken Patty w/Bun Cheese Pizza

Philly Style Burger Burrito Fish Strips Celebration of Pepperoni Pizza

Learning Last Family Reading 5:30-7PM

Night 5-7PM W.W. 1st Grade and PTO Dinner Last Day forSAC @6PM PAPA JOHN'S from Oakwood AR Points

19 D 20 E 21 A 22 B 23 Deli Sub C 24 25

Chicken Nuggets Turkey or Ham & Cheeseburger Roast Pork w/Gravy Cheese Pizza

Lasagna Roll Cheese Sandwich Quesadilla Grilled Chicken Patty Veggie Pizza

Candy Store

1st Gr. To ERHS

10:30-12:45 "Nest" PBS Store BOOK SWAP

Candy Store Early Dismissal Candy Store

26 27 D 28 29 ERMS Parent Nt. 30 Deli Sub 31

Shrimp Poppers Cheese Ravioli Baked Chicken Cheese Pizza

w/Mac & Cheese Turkey Patty w/Bun Corn Dog Pepperoni Pizza

Max Sticks w/Sauce 2nd Gr." Kids inColonial Times" 1st Gr. To Sea

Memorial Day E Specials World 8:30-2:30

NO SCHOOL at Wed. Times

Progress Reports go home

2/3 MOVIE DAY 8:30-10:30 4/5 MOVIE DAY 8:30-10:30

Curriculum Awards

3rd/10:00-11:00 1st/12:00-1:00

Kdg to Gatorland 8:30-2:30

K-2 Choir

3-5 Choir Concert 10:00

“Biomes” by Harris/Dickson

CMS 10:00 & 12:15

OMEGA-MAN! PK-2 @ 8:45 Gr.3-5 @ 9:45