Eglin Elementary Chronicle
Mr. Dennis Samac, Principal
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Questions? Call 833-4320
EGLIN ELEMENTARY VISION STATEMENT:
Eglin Elementary School will be a community of learners where everyone is responsible and committed to preparing our students for
tomorrow’s challenges.
Greetings from the Media Center!
We are off to a great school year as students are
checking out lots of books and scoring lots of AR
points. If your student is in 1st-4th grade, they are
already reading Accelerated Reader books and
taking a short computerized quiz when they are
done. We do have some kindergarten students
reading AR books, and as the year progresses,
many of them will begin the AR program. At the
end of the first semester, the student with the most
AR points from each grade level will receive a $10
gift card to Books a Million. At the end of the
second semester, the prize is a $25 gift card, with
one student receiving an additional $25 gift card
for having the most AR points in the entire school
Sometimes there is only ½ point separating the top
2 students, so please encourage your student to
keep on reading!!! In addition, all students are
working hard to achieve their personal goals in AR.
Each child should be reading a minimum of 20
minutes per day at home.
Thanks to your support, we had a very successful
Book Fair! The funds earned will be used to
purchase new books for the Media Center. I
already have a long list of books that I want to get
for our students and will begin ordering them very
soon.
I would like to give a special thank you to our
wonderful Book Fair volunteers who helped to
keep the Book Fair running so smoothly! They
are: Mrs. Ballard, Mrs. Enloe, Mrs. Stamm, Ms.
Khweiss, Mrs. Hilland, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs.
Chastain, Mrs. Shanno, Mrs. Brunson, Mrs.
Munoz, Mrs. Morris, and Mrs. Valdez. Thanks also
to members of our staff, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Cruz,
and Mrs. Ferri who also helped.
The School Store is located in the Media Center
and is open daily except for the times that the Book
Fair is here. The store contains such items as
pencils, erasers, folders, notebook paper, and
crayons. We have begun selling poster board if
your student has a project that they are working on,
and we also have science project boards.
Students really enjoy shopping on their own and
are receiving a real world experience in counting
money and understanding concepts such as more
and less. Items range in price from 10 cents to $2.
For our younger students, it is recommended that
school store money be in an envelope marked
School Store to avoid any confusion. The funds
generated by the School Store are also used to
purchase new library books as well as the AR gift
cards.
Once again thanks for all of your support!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Terri Davis
Media Assistant
Character Trait Word for October
Kindness
Eglin Elementary
Home of the Eagles
Set your AR Goal!
Oct. 30, 2015
Important Dates/ Holidays
Lunch Menu
Lunch menus are online
@www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/
foodservices/index.htm
To create a payment account, please go to
schoolpaymentsolutions.com.
Reminder: If you have not already done so, you
may go to applyforlunch.com to fill out
free/reduced lunch applications.
If you have any questions about your child’s
account, please contact Ms. Judy Terry @ 8334322.
Parents:
For the safety of our students and to help
increase traffic flow, please observe the
following when picking up or dropping off
children on the car ramp:
1. Pull all the way to the end of the ramp before
dropping off or picking up students.
2. Children should exit from the right side of the
vehicle only.
3. Please do not block the car ramp crosswalk.
4. Please use the car ramp cross walk when
walking.
5. Please put the card with your child’s name on
it in the right side window of your car.
For the safety of our students, please
watch out for them as they walk to and
from the school age program each day.
Please be especially cautious as they walk
along Gaffney Road and cross the street at
May Ave..
Tutoring Dates:
Self-Respect & Respect for Others:
Our key to Success!
Remember the 3 B’s
Be Safe
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Third grade:
Nov. 2, 4, 9, 16, &18
Dec. 2, 7, &9
Fourth grade:
Nov. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, &19
Dec. 1, 3, 8, &10
School Office Hours:
7:15 am -3:15 pm
Nov.3, 2015 GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math
and Science) @ 3:00 pm
Nov. 3, 2015 Jr. Minority Council meeting @
3:00 pm
Nov. 6, 2015 4th grade Veterans Day program in
the cafeteria at 9:00 am
Nov. 9, 2015 2nd grade-Skippy Jon Jones play at
9:00 am
Nov. 9, 2015 3rd grade-Skippy Jon Jones play at
9:15 am
Nov. 10, 2015 1st grade Read-a-thon @ 8:25 am
Nov. 10, 2015 Jr. Minority Council meeting @
3:00 pm
Nov. 11, 2015 Veterans Day holiday
Nov. 17, 2015 Volunteer orientation @ 1:45 in
the Media Center
Nov. 17, 2015 Jr. Minority Council meeting @
3:00 pm
Nov. 18and 19, 2015 Turkey Trot during your
child’s P.E. time
Nov. 19, 2015 Thanksgiving meal
Nov. 23-27, 2015 Thanksgiving holidays
Dec. 1, 2015 Jr. Minority Council meeting @
3:00 pm
Dec. 8, 2015 GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math,
and Science @ 3:00 pm
Dec. 14, 2015 The Pro Kids show at 8:45 am and
5:30 pm
Dec. 15, 2015 Volunteer orientation @ 1:45 pm
in the Media Center
Dec. 15, 2015 Jr. Minority Council @ 3:00 pm
Dec. 16 and 17, 2015 Jingle Bell Jog during your
child’s P.E. time
Dec. 18, 2015-Jan. 1, 2016 Winter Break
Holidays
Attendance Reminder:
Students will have five school days,
including the day they return, to bring in
written verification for an excused
absence. The absence will be considered
unexcused if the school does not receive
written verification for the excused
absence in that time frame.
Safety First!
Parents,
Please use the car rider ramp and the parking
area in front of the school for dropping off
and picking up your students. We have staff
at these locations to supervise the safe dropoff/pick-up of ALL students. Cars are not
allowed to use the areas behind the school for
dropping off or picking up as this is a safety
concern! We do not have staff in these
locations to supervise and to ensure that your
students are safe. Please help us make this
part of our day as safe as possible.
Thank-you for your cooperation in this
matter. 
Mr. Dennis Samac
Principal
Ice Cream!!!
The cafeteria will be selling ice cream ala carte on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. The price is $1.00.
Students will need to bring additional money. If
you do not wish your child to be able to purchase
ice cream from his/her lunch account, please
contact Ms. Judy Terry @ 833-4322, or send a
letter saying that they may not use their lunch
account for ice cream.
Pro Kids Show!
Starring Scott Humston
Magic, Music, and Fun for Everyone!
There will be 2 different shows on
Monday, Dec. 14th. One is at 8:45 am,
and the other is at 5:30 pm.
Coming soon!!
Santa’s Secret Shop
Dec. 7-Dec. 11
Parent notification:
If you wish to view the School Public
Accountability Report (SPAR), it will be
available in the front office.
Out of Field Teachers:
In compliance with Section 101.42 Florida
Statues, the following teachers, Mrs. June
Whiting-Cobb, Ms. Vaneesa Harrington, Mrs.
Jones-Urena, Mrs. Heather Pinckard, and Mrs.
Carol Kotulan are out of field because they do not
have an ESOL endorsement, and they have an
ESOL child in their classroom. They all hold a valid
teaching certificate issued by the State of
Florida and are working on courses to satisfy the
requirements for an ESOL endorsement.
It’s Pumpkin Time!
Mrs. Fuller’s class brainstormed
descriptive words about pumpkins and
then transferred their words to an actual
pumpkin. Then they used a thesaurus to
add additional words. They also carved a
second pumpkin and observed the two of
them to see which would decompose
first.
Eglin Parents:
Please join us at
Coffee Talk!
Wednesday,
November 18th
at 8:15am
Eglin Elementary’s
Media Center
Refreshments
Provided
Music classes include experiences
with singing, playing instruments, moving,
listening and creating. The musical concepts
that are studied include rhythm, melody,
harmony, form, expressive qualities and
style. Children will experience traditional
American folk songs in addition to a variety
of world music, and pieces in many styles.
Lessons will lead toward note reading and
music literacy.
Music lessons are fast-paced and
fun, and students will need to wear
comfortable clothing in order to participate
fully. Primary students do a lot of moving in
order to internalize the steady beat and the
intermediate students will need to sit on the
floor to perform on the mallet percussion
instruments.
October:
Song of the Month: America the Beautiful
Unit: Rhythm/melody
Composer: John Williams
Link-up program for 3rd grade –Orchestra
Moves
Link-up program for 4th grade-Orchestra
Rocks
Glow Week Activities-Oct. 26 30 (Halloween)
Ask your student what they are doing in
Music Class!
Mrs. Day
Music Specialist
Our Thanksgiving meal will take
place in the cafeteria on Nov. 17. The
cost is $3.75 for parents, and
kids/students up to 12th grade pay
$2.55. Milk is $.65. Please let the
school know by Nov. 6 if you plan to
attend.
P.E. Notes
Tennis shoes are required each day for
P.E.. Some students are stilling wearing flip
flops to P.E. Flip flops are not safe for any
P.E. activities. Students will need to have
jackets during the cooler weather as P.E.
activities are held outside. Please remind
your child to wear the proper attire to P.E.
for both their safety and their comfort.
Parents are always welcomed and
encouraged to come out and participate
during your child’s designated P.E. time!
Turkey Trot on Nov. 18th and
19th
On your mark, get set, go!!!
All parents are welcome to come
out and join the fun!
Coaches will be selling Freeze Pops for 50
cents each on Fridays. Proceeds will go to
purchase fitness equipment for the gym.
P.E. Lap Leaders:
Kindergarten:
Phoenix Whitney-32 laps
Genesis Morales-30 laps
1st Grade:
Jordon Crider and Derryck Miller-49
laps
Mila English-42 laps
2nd Grade:
Justice Baldwin and Caleb Case-72 laps
Addy Darif-49 laps
Danielle Fick and Ovyel Payton-48 laps
3rd Grade:
Ryan Saffo-69 laps
Ava Rios-49 laps
4th Grade:
Zachary Kutz-80 laps
Charlee Gonzales-58 laps
Eleanor Mangan-57 lap
Character Parade
Fire Safety Week
Eglin students enjoyed Fire Safety Week
Oct. 5-9. Our younger students visited
the Fire Safety House while our older
students participated in Hazard House.
As you can tell by looking at the smiles
of Mrs. Buck’s kindergarteners, they
were thrilled to get a fire hat to take
home as well as a bag of goodies.
Eglin students and staff had a great time
during the character parade on Oct. 30!! The
staff dressed as 101 Dalmatians. As they
were taking a group photo, a fire truck came
by and then came back by later for another
group photo.
Pictured here: Some of Mrs. Buck’s students give
Sparky the fire dog a big hug.
Pictured here: Cruella Deville and her 2 henchmen
also known as Mrs. Laney, Mrs. Gilmer, and Mrs.
Graham.
Pictured here: Mrs. Buck’s kindergarten students
listen to instructions in the Fire Safety house.
Pictured here: Mrs. Buck’s class sports new fire
hats courtesy of the Eglin Air Force Base Fire
Dept.
A+ Books
Thank you once again for the $500 in A+
money that you voted to give to the library
for new books! They have come in and will
soon be shelf-ready.
Eglin students had some
wonderful costumes as you can
tell from the photos below.