OZONA ELEMENTARY
HOME OF THE OSPREYS
Belinda Atkins - Principal
Jessica Downes - Assistant Principal
601 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor, Florida 34683
(727)724-1589
Volume 29 No. 5
December 2016
Principal’s Message:
Dear Parents,
Each year as I get older, the years seem to go by so much more quickly. It is
hard to believe that we are in the holiday season and the 2016 New Year is
just around the corner. As I reflect on the first half of the year, I am amazed
by how much we have accomplished for your child/children: We welcomed
780 students back on campus in August….it was flawless. Back to School
Nights were successful as well as: our annual Family Fun Night, All Pro Dads,
Osprey Celebrations, Veteran’s Day Salute, Fall Festival, Book Fair,
Principal’s List Breakfast, canned food drive, Jingle Jog/Movie Under the
Stars, direct giving campaign, and our Osprey Partners in Education
program. This continues to be a high functioning school due to the
faculty/staff, parent and community support. I am so fortunate to be in an
environment where education is so highly valued by all of you.
Our Extended Learning Program is also off to a fantastic start. We have
students participating in Robotics Club and STEM. The New Year will bring
learning activities in the areas of creative writing, reading, math and
science. Also, be on the look-out for a survey surrounding after-school
enrichment opportunities for your children! We want to provide the
educational experiences that you want most! I love the enthusiasm for
learning and engagement and we will continue to work together to meet the
needs of our students. There are great things coming our way here at Ozona!
I want to also thank those of you that have supported the direct giving
campaign sponsored by our PTA. This money is integral in providing those
after-school enrichment programs and will go directly to fund instruction and
materials in the areas that you most want to see! Please consider any
donation amount… It is greatly appreciated!
I will end by thanking you for entrusting your children to us each day. I have
the most dedicated staff that works hard to make sure your children are in a
nurturing environment with a strong academic focus. Working together in
partnership, we know we can make a difference in your child's life.
I wish each of you a peaceful holiday season full of family and friends.
See you in 2016
Belinda Atkins
Upcoming Events
December 21-January 1
Winter Holidays
January 4
Pro Ed Day- No School for Students
January 5
Classes Resume
January 11
3-5 Battle of the Books Club Begins
January 12
PTA Meeting
6:30pm
January 13
Report Cards Distributed
January 15
All Pro Dad’s
@ Astro Skate
6:00-8:00pm
January 18
MLK Day – No school
January 19
Student Council Clothes to Kids
socks/underwear Drive
January 19
SAC Meeting
5:00pm
January 22
We
wouldListlike
to wish you
and
Principal’s
Breakfast
7:30am
your family a Happy Healthy
Holiday Season.
Enjoy your Winter Break and
we will see you all in 2016!
Hello Ozona Families!
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season!
We have been busy bees in the art room creating beautiful artwork inspired from
art around the world. Check out our Artsonia site at:
http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=74439
Or you can go to Artsonia.com and search Ozona Elementary. We have had
almost 4,000 visitors to our page this school year! However only 60% of you are
connected!! Make sure you visit your child’s virtual gallery and leave them a
comment! Mrs. Garabelli and I upload student artwork almost every day! Tell your
other family members too!! Thank you for supporting our visual arts at Ozona!
Here is what we’ve been creating recently:
Kindergarten: Painting landscapes and then folding them to be Asian Fans and
next will be mixed media with Elmer the Elephant
First grade: We traveled to the ocean to study fish and created Stuffed Fish
Sculptures”
Second grade: We traveled to the Black Forest in Germany and are working on
“Mixed Media Cuckoo Clocks”
Third grade: We found the North West coast of the US and Canada to see where
Totem Poles come from and we are making our own “Totem Pole Sculptures”
Fourth grade: We looked at many types of lanterns found in Asian and are making
our very own “Chinese Lantern Sculptures”
Fifth grade: We are wrapping up our “Clay Miniature Houses” and going to begin
Sculpture Masks from Mexico
The art room is in need of a few donations: newspapers, CDs, toilet paper or
paper towel rolls! All these recyclables will help us create some amazing artwork!
Again, thank you so much for supporting the arts!
Most sincerely,
Lindsay Waguespack
waguespackl@pcsb.org
Homework Helpline
Pinellas County Homework
Helpline offers free homework
help for students in Grades 1
through 12. The Helpline is
staffed by Pinellas County
schools teachers who are
certified in math, science,
language arts and/or social
studies. The helpline has a
dedicated staff with access to
the same textbooks that are
used in our student’s
classroom. For example, if a
student needs help with #4 on
page 156, Homework Helpline
teachers can open the book to
the same problem and provide
assistance.
Homework Helpline is available
from 5pm to 8pm, Monday
through Thursday on all school
days except when there is no
school the following day. The
number to call is 547-7223.
From the Media Center
Do you need a good book
to read over the winter
break?
Log into MackinVia.com
or download the
Mackinvia app for free
ebooks! There are
hundreds of books
available!
*Open the student’s school
(Ozona)
*User name is the student’s
R2D2 # (they should know this).
*The password is Pinellas.
In the Community
Winter Wonderland –Sunday,
December 20 from 2-7pm
33817 U.S.19 Palm Harbor
Dunedin Holiday Event – Drive-In
Movie: Polar Express Friday, Dec.
18. Highlander Park. For more info
visit www.DunedinGov.com or call
(727)812-4530.
Jack Frost Camp for ages 5-12.
Week 1 – 12/21-12/23. Week 2
12/28-12/31. Martin Luther King
Jr. Rec Center. 550 Laura Lane,
Dunedin. (727)728-2920.
North City Track Program- ages 515. For more info visit
www.DunedinGov.com or 1920
Pinehurst Rd. Dunedin. (727) 8124537.
Youth Flag Football- ages-7-15.
For more info visit
www.DunedinGov.com or 1920
Pinehurst Rd. Dunedin. (727) 8124537.
Math at the grocery store
Need to go food shopping? Why not turn it into an opportunity for
your child to practice what he’s learning in math. Here are some
ideas.
Weigh and multiply.
Fruits and vegetables are often sold by the pound Ask your youngster to
compute how much your produce will cost. For example, say you want 6
bananas and they cost 49 cents a pound. He would weigh them and multiply
their weight by the cost per pound (2lbs. x 49 cents = 98 cents) to get
the total cost.
Comparison shop.
Let your child help you save money and learn to be a better consumer. Ask
him to read unit-pricing labels on shelves to find the best value (8 cents
per ounce for one brand of pasta sauce vs. 13 cents per ounce for another
brand). Or he can look for the better deal: one box of cereal for $2.79 or
two boxes for $5? ($5 divided by 2 = $2.50 per box, so you’ll save money
buying two boxes and storing one for later).
Estimate the total.
Ask your youngster to predict your total bill by keeping track of what you
put in your cart. With each item, he should check the price and round up
or down to the nearest dollar. As you go, he can keep a running tally on
paper, in his head, or on a calculator. At checkout time, see how close he
came.
VOLUNTEERS
It is time to update your hours for the first semester. Please remember to put any and all hours that you have
Office Depot -5% Back to Schools
volunteered at Ozona, work at home for Ozona, field trips, meetings, etc. Below are the procedures to do this
Program. Anytime you make a
from your
homeDepot,
computer.
This will need to be done by January 20, 2016.
purchase
at Office
give them
Ozona’s ID # 70023301, and the
Thank
all that you do for Ozona and the staff here. You are much appreciated!
school
getyou
5% for
back!
How
HOURS”
in the Volunteer
System in Focus
The
schooltois “ADD
neither endorsing
nor sponsoring
these
events nor approving or endorsing the views of the
Step 1 sponsoring
Login inthem.
to Focus/SIS web address: https://portal.pcsb.org/focus
organizations
Step 2 Sign on to FOCUS using your v.account
(v.last name first initial – all lower case)
Username example – v.smithd
Password – last name (first letter capitalized) immediately followed by 4-digit birth year.
Password example – Smith1975
Step 3 Click on Volunteer (upper left hand button)
Step 4 Click “Add Hours” (will be in the drop box)
 Volunteer Date
School (there will be a drop box if associated with multiple schools
 Volunteer Hours (drop box)
 Volunteer Description (drop box)
 Students (will not need to do this – no students will be attached-for mentoring and tutoring)
 Location
 Comments – detail what you did (optional)
Step 5 Click “Enter these Hours” under the “location tab”
Step 6 LOG OUT bottom right hand corner
TO REACTIVATE YOUR VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Congratulations to Nov.
Citizen of the Month
Authier – Truen
Bertero -Gavin
Budd – Kellan
Day –Wesley
Magoulis – Angeliene
Ritchie –Andrew
Shea – Maronia
Flynt – Kaeden
Hering – Tyler
Hosman – Andrzej
Mohr – Bradley
Trame – Trace
Vollmer – Abigail
Brown – Ellie
Danneman – Garrett
Eva – Arabella
Gardner – Hannah
Gosche – Dante
Wood – Joseph
Eshelman – Matthew
R. Johnson – Madelyn
Knauff – Megan
Kucek – Bailey
Rutkoski – Brook
Swind - Leah
Weinberg –Hunter
Boychuk –Holly
Capille – Rebecca
DeVine – Ariana
Hollenbeck – Noah
V. Johnson–Kelsie
Evans – Angelica
D.Johnson – Alexandra
Koonce – Keira
Morgado – Makayla
Teig –Michael
Wright – Cole
Moritis - Gavin
Congratulations to Nov.
Commitment to Character
Edwards – Rory
Bertero – Brayden
Budd – Aleah
Day –Cecilia
Magoulis – Berlin
Ritchie – Carter
Shea – Tyler
Flynt – Olivia
Hering – Marie
Hosman – Anna
Mohr – Jordin
Trame – Izzabella
Vollmer – Tyler
Brown – Logan
Danneman – Cash
Eva – Cory
Gardner – Jack
Gosche – Trae
Wood – Austin
Eshelman – Grace
R. Johnson –Kaden
Knauff – Aristia
Kucek – Eva
Rutkoski – Storm
Swind - Mia
Weinberg – Daniel
Boychuk – Lorenzo
Capille– Briana
DeVine – Valerie
Hollenbeck – Justine
V. Johnson – Avery
Evans – Matthew
D. Johnson – Devyn
Koonce – Nisha
Morgado – Jenna
Teig – Addison
Wright – Devan
Moritis - Diego
Congratulations to Nov.
Osprey Award
Bertero – Victoia
Budd – Jonah
Day – Jaxen
Magoulis – Jett
Ritchie – Kaylah
Shea – Natalie
Flynt – Margaret
Hering – Alexandra
Hosman – Douglas
Mohr – Mila
Trame –Aubriana
Vollmer – Cain
Brown – Austin
Danneman – Tyler
Eva – Cameron
Gardner – Ty
Gosche – Ava
Wood – Imari
Eshelman –Sirius
R. Johnson – Gwenyth
Knauff- Madison
Kucek – Tyler
Rutkoski – Olivia
Swind - Silas
Weinberg –Kyle
Boychuk – Connor
Capille –Nico
DeVine – Sam
Hollenbeck – Molly
V. Johnson –Tyler
Evans –McKenna
D. Johnson -Niko
Koonce – Mia
Morgado– Michael
Teig – Moriah
Wright - Cloud
Congratulations to Dec.
Citizen of the Month
Authier – Cole
Bertero -Annabel
Budd – Maliyah
Day –Kaylee
Magoulis – Iogan
Ritchie –Zoe
Shea – Tristan
Flynt – Christopher
Hering – Ryan
Hosman – Nathan
Mohr – Kate
Trame – Jaxon
Vollmer –Nevaeh
Brown – Sadie
Danneman – Duvan
Eva – Brianna
Gardner – Ashley
Gosche – Kasey
Wood – Landen
Eshelman – Jake
R. Johnson – Deanna
Knauff – Scarlet
Kucek – Collin
Rutkoski – William
Swind - Lucca
Weinberg –James
Boychuk –Reece
Capille – Britney
Cesarini – Lauren
DeVine – Grace
Hollenbeck – Maria
V. Johnson–Mia
Evans – Shawn
D. Johnson – Brady
Koonce – Anthony
Morgado – Hunter
Teig –Sasha
Wright – Katherine
Congratulations to Dec.
Commitment to Character
Edwards – Landon
Bertero – Jonathan
Budd – Emilia
Day – Rosalea
Magoulis – Abigail
Ritchie – Rylee
Shea – Kaitlyn
Flynt – Marie
Hering – Angela
Hosman – Teagan
Mohr – Lukas
Trame – Chloe
Vollmer – Logan
Brown – Vincent
Danneman – Jonah
Eva – Neiccolo
Gardner – Garrett
Gosche – Kelton
Wood – Juliet
Eshelman – Drustin
R. Johnson –Michael
Knauff – Paul
Kucek – Eleana
Rutkoski – Kaitlyn
Swind - Tessia
Weinberg – Cassidy
Boychuk – Ty
Capille– Alyssa
Cesarini – Karhys
DeVine – Gunner
Hollenbeck – Oscar
V. Johnson – Gabriel
Evans – Caiden
D. Johnson – Grace
Koonce – Jayden
Morgado – Evan
Teig – Nisear
Wright – Aysia
Congratulations to Dec.
Osprey Award
Authier – Jonathan
Bertero – Oscar
Budd – Stella
Day – Nolan
Magoulis – Nathyn
Ritchie – Robert
Shea – Kolby
Flynt – Aaliyah
Hering – Sienna
Hosman – Olivia
Mohr – Isaias
Trame –Gretchen
Vollmer – Siena
Brown – Joshua
Danneman – Ryan
Eva – Neil
Gardner – Riley
Gosche – Julianne
Wood – Gage
Eshelman –Makena
R. Johnson – Rodger
Knauff- Keely
Kucek – Jessica
Rutkoski – Sean
Swind - Jacob
Weinberg –James
Boychuk – Isabella
Capille –Santana
Cesarini – Reagan
DeVine – Avery
Hollenbeck – Walker
V. Johnson –Brooke
Evans –Camden
D. Johnson -Haylee
Koonce – Ryan
Morgado – Gavin
Teig – Connor
Wright - Angelina