The Panther Pride Chaires Elementary School Newsletter

www.chaires.leon.k12.fl.us 850-488-5977

Michele Prescott Friday, January 9, 2014 Joanne McBrearty Principal Assistant Principal

Parents, mark your calendars with the following test schedule information for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Please schedule appointments for your student keeping these dates and times in mind.

Date Grade Test Approximate Time

Session Length

Tuesday, February 3rd

Fourth & Fifth

Field Test FSA Writing Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

90 minutes

Thursday, February 5th

Fourth & Fifth

Field Test FSA Writing Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

90 minutes

Tuesday, March 3rd

Fourth & Fifth

FSA ELA Writing Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

90 minutes

Monday March 30th

Third & Fourth

FSA ELA Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Tuesday March 31st

Third & Fourth

FSA ELA Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Wednesday, April 1st

Third & Fourth

FSA Math Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Thursday, April 2nd

Third & Fourth

FSA Math Paper/Pencil

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Monday, April 13th

Fifth FSA ELA Computer based

9:00–11:00

80 minutes

Tuesday, April 14th

Fifth FSA ELA Computer based

9:00–11:00

80 minutes

Wednesday, April 15th

Fifth FSA ELA Computer based

9:00–11:00

80 minutes

Thursday, April 16th

Fifth FSA ELA Computer based

9:00–11:00

80 minutes

Tuesday, April 21st

Fifth FCAT Science Paper/Pencil

9:00–11:00

80 minutes

Wednesday, April 22nd

Fifth FCAT Science Paper Pencil

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Monday, April 27th

Fifth FSA Math Computer based

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Tuesday April 28th

Fifth FSA Math Computer based

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Wednesday, April 29th

Fifth FSA Math Computer based

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

Thursday, April 30th

Fifth FSA Math Computer based

9:00-11:00

80 minutes

CHAMPIONS Champions will resume on Tuesday, January 13th from 3:00pm-3:45pm.

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. It’s so nice to see everyone back at school and working hard. There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 19th due to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. AWARD CEREMONY The Award Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in the cafeteria. 2nd & 4th Grade at 8:45am 3rd & 5th Grade at 9:30am You will receive a note in your child’s report card if he/she will be receiving an award. CHAIRES ANNUAL CHARACTER PARADE On January 30th, from about 9 to 10, It will be time to dress up again As your favorite character from a story or tale; A knight, a dog, or even a whale! So think really hard About the one you like best, Join with your classmates And parade with the rest! SPRING FLING BOOK FAIR The Book Fair will be back for the final time this year February 2nd-6th. Operating hours will be daily from 9am-2pm. There will be lots of great books ready for enthusiastic readers! Please remember to include 7.5% state tax with your purchasing money. Volunteers are needed, so if you would like to help, contact Mrs.Dietrich, dietrichk@leonschools.net. Thank you for supporting our book fair!

Happy New Year to all! Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, January 14th. The beginning of the New Year and new semester is a wonderful time for setting personal and academic goals. I encourage you to take the opportunity to talk with your students to discuss areas of strengths and weaknesses in academics and work/study habits. Brainstorming together is a great way to create strategies to help increase student progress and success.

Speaking of student success, we would like to wish our Chaires Elementary Fifth Grade student representatives success in the upcoming Tropicana 4-H Public Speaking District competition. Kaitlyn Reed will represent Chaires Elementary on Saturday, January 31st. D’Nai Acre is our alternate representative. Good luck to our stars!

Hats off to our Fifth Grade student, Alaina Massey! She did a great job representing Chaires Elementary in the Leon County Spelling Bee competition, which was held on Tuesday, January 6th at Leon High School.

Kathleen Rodgers, Equity Officer 2757 Pensacola St. Tallahassee, Florida 32304 (850) 487-7306 The Leon County School District does not discriminate against any person on the basis of gender, marital status,

sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, age, color or disability.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

JAN 13 PTO General Meeting @ 6PM in the Media Center 14 Report Cards go home 16 Blue Pops Day 19 MLK Holiday-No School 20 Awards Ceremony 27 1st Grade Winter Performance @ 6:30PM 30 Character Parade from 9AM-10AM 31 Tropicana Speech competition

CHAIRES CATS CARE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK– Weeks of Dec.12th and January 9th, 2015 Congratulations to the following students: Jonathan Phillip, Bode Beitler, Kristopher Smith, Bryleigh Schimek, Caleb Reed, Johntarius Morris, Jalissa Cunningham, Caden Laursen, Bryan Brazell, Olivia Boyette, Nina Bisch, Tavoha Murphy, Orlando Hills, Kacey Gardner, Obie Wood, Brianna Wilson, Jase Brown, Michael Plessinger, Sidnie Zimmer, Arianna McCarthy, Elizabeth Kessler, Saamya Roseberry, Anaiah Massey, Blake Vargo, Willa-Kate Raker, Nicole Beam, Justin Moody, Austin Weinman, Kaden Martin, Jonathan Gilmore, Ella Hyle, Victoria Mendoza, Michael Sobeski, Jahquisreiou Peters, D’Ari Gibson, Lydia Bates. Great Job! Keep up the good work.

BOX TOPS Keep those BoxTops and Labels 4 Education coming! $900.00 so far for the BoxTops and 12000 points for the Labels 4 Education.

GOOD NEWS SIGN 1/2 price SALE. $15 per side, Monday PM - Monday AM Share some good news about your child for everyone to see. E-mail- Fordhams@leonschools.net for details

MUSIC NOTES - MRS. BRAZELL Kindergarten, 1st and 3rd graders are busy preparing for performances. Check the dates below and plan on attending!

Upcoming  Dates  to  remember:  1st grade performance January 27, 2015 @ 6:30pm!! 3rd grade performance February 17, 2015 @ 6:30pm!! Kindergarten performance March 3, 2015 @ 6:30pm!! Mark your calendars, you won't want to miss it!

ART SCRIBBLES- January 2015 Art For The Sky is coming to Chaires! On February 2nd, 3rd and 4th, Daniel Dancer, visiting artist, will be creating “Art For The Sky” on our big playground. Everyone at Chaires will be part of the art. This year we will create a Painted Bunting. On Monday we will start with an introductory assembly at 9:00. Monday afternoon Mr. Dancer will be gridding out the field and painting the outline of the Bunting. We will need some volunteers to help on Monday afternoon and Tuesday to help Mr. Dancer prep the field. Tuesday from 1pm-2pm all students and teachers will go to the field to be a part of the art. We will have a crane onsite for Mr. Dancer to photograph and film the project. On Wednesday afternoon we will watch the video. Everyone in the school will receive a photo of the finished project. Thanks for all of your kind donations to the art room. We have enough cardboard tubes now, but we still need Egg Cartons. Also thanks for the denim jeans. The jeans will be used for the “Art For The Sky” project. We will need all of the jeans by Friday, January 23. After the project all of the jeans will be donated to Goodwill. Thank you and “Go Out and Create.” THE LOST AND FOUND IS FULL! Please have your child check The Lost and Found located in the cafeteria. Lost items include jackets, coats, lunch boxes, scarfs, sweatshirts and one pink mitten.

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