Sikes Elementary
Newsletter
June 2015
Principal’s Message
School Safety:
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Please make
sure to have
your picture
ID with you
each time
you come on
campus.
Emergency contacts can be
updated by the enrolling parent
through the online Parent
Portal.
Students are released only to
those people listed on the parent portal and with a picture ID.
Any person eating lunch with
your student must be on the
parent portal and have a picture
ID.
It’s hard to believe the 2014– 2015 school year is
officially over!
We are very proud of the
accomplishments of our students this year and the
growth they have made. Thank you to our parents
for your support this year helping your students with
homework, bringing them to school events and
making sure they give their schoolwork 100% effort
each day. Thank you to our teachers and staff who
are always willing to go above and beyond for our
students. Good luck to our fifth grade students as
you start your new adventure in middle school.
I wish you all a wonderful, relaxing summer
vacation. Please encourage your children to read
each day and keep a journal of their summer
activities. We look forward to seeing everyone on
August 20th for Orientation!
From the Art Studio:
Car Rider Information:
Please remember the following when
dropping off or picking up your students:
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Please do not drop students off
before 7:30 A.M. There is no
adult supervision before 7:30
A.M.
Please pull forward to keep the
line moving
Children will load and unload
from the passenger side of the
car
Dear Parents,
It is that time of year again to say goodbye to the kids for the
summer. It has been a great year here in the Sikes Art Studio. The students have created some of the best artwork to date. I look forward to
working with them again next year. Please encourage your student to
pick up a pencil and some paper and draw or color. Thank you for all
the support this year and have a great summer.
Upcoming Events:
June 4
Last Day for Students
June 5
Last Day for Teachers
August 20
Orientation 4-7PM
August 24
First Day of School 8:00AM
September 7
Labor Day Holiday
September 28
Staff Development Day
No School for Students
October 19
Teacher Work Day
PTA
Thank you to our wonderful
PTA board for their continued
support this year. The PTA
purchased a new laminator for
the school as well as provided
student agendas for the 2015–
2016 school year. They sponsored many fun events such as
Spirit Nights at local restaurants,
the Spring Luau and the annual
Fun Day held last Friday. Thank
you to the following Board
Members:
Elisa Buffington
Amy Cobb
Joan Eby
Sing! Move! Play! Create! PerNotes from Music
form! The music room has been a
beehive of activity during our 4th
nine weeks. Primary classes have enjoyed playing the Orff instruments
to improvise their own melodies or accompany songs and stories. Our
intermediate classes made great strides in using and understanding
their music vocabulary, music symbols and note reading. On April
28th the Second Grade students gave an outstanding performance of
“Gonna Have an Earth Day”. Third grade classes began to read music
from the staff and earn their first three Recorder Karate belts. The
fourth and fifth grade students continued to work toward achieving the
Recorder Karate Black Belt. Noah Shinn was chose to perform in the
Orff Ensemble All County Elementary Music Showcase on May 8th at
Florida Southern College. And closing out the school year, the Kindergarten classes presented an amazing performance “Tikki Tikki Tembo” and a variety of songs at their End of the Year program at MHS.
Mrs. Malone and I have enjoyed the privilege of making music with
all our Sikes students this year.
Nicole Moody
Melissa Shelley
We appreciate your dedication
to our students and staff!
Please contact the office if you
would be willing to serve on the
PTA Board for next year.
Positive Attitude
Respectful Behavior
Independent Thinking
Dedication to Safety
Engaged in Learning
CLASSROOM NEWS
KINDERGARTEN :
Wow, what a year! To better state that-what a GREAT year! We
have covered a lot of material and participated in many fun and
exciting projects. We have started to develop skills needed for
first grade. In Social Studies, we learned how money is made and
how we earn and spend it. We’ve been on great adventures
through the ocean learning about the layers of the ocean and
many animals that live within those layers. We made it all the
way through kindergarten from the first day that was filled with
tears and fears to the end of the year learning to read and write!
Your students have grown so much this year and it has been such
a privilege to have been able to work with them!
FIRST GRADE : WOW!!! It’s hard to believe that this year is already
over. What a wonderful year we had! We learned about our community, animal habitats, inventors, maps, community helpers and many more science and
social studies topics. Our students have worked so hard and are now fluent first
grade readers that are able to find text evidence to answer questions and write
fantastic paragraphs. They also worked so hard learning all of their math facts.
Our trip to the Fire Station was a TON of fun and very educational too! We
would like to thank all the parents for their help and support throughout the
year. We could not have done it without you! We hope you all have a wonderful summer. Please don’t forget to read over the summer. It’s very important
that your child continues to practice the skills that they have learned throughout the year. Also, make sure you continue to practice math facts as well. We
wish each and every student the best of luck in second grade!
THIRD GRADE :
SECOND GRADE :
We have had a great 4th nine weeks in second grade. It is hard to
believe the school year is over! We have been working on reading skills such as finding the theme, point of view, sequence,
visualize, compare/contrast, cause/effect, in our stories. We are
still working to find text evidence to support our answers about
the text that we are reading. Also, we are working on being able
to write about the text evidence we find.
In Math, we have been working on: geometry, partitioning and
fractions. We have included story problems with these concepts
and writing in math. Please practice basic addition and subtraction facts at home because after second grade they are expected
to be memorized. Your child will be moving on to multiplication
and division in 3rd grade which is a 3rd grade standard.
In Science , we have been learning about basic needs and the
scientific method. In Social Studies, we have been learning
about: maps, cultures, communities and economics. We have
enjoyed learning about immigration and Ellis Island.
Thank you for a terrific school year!
We have come to the end of another busy but productive 3rd grade year! The
children were administered the Florida Standards Assessment test (FSA) in
both reading and math. We will receive the results during the summer. The
Titanic themed lessons were a great success and the children’s passenger research projects looked fantastic! Our classrooms were busy working on their
Science Fair projects for Science Night as well as completing their AR reading
goals for the 4th nine weeks. The third grade teachers would like to take this
time to remind parents to please continue to practice multiplication and division facts over the summer with their children. As always, utilize the public
library for the children’s summer reading lists. Again parents, thank you for
your continued support and we hope you have a restful and relaxing summer!
FOURTH GRADE :
This year has been terrific! Our fourth graders have reached for the stars this
year with the new standards! We had loads of fun on our field trip to AgriFest,
learning about Polk County agriculture. We are so proud of the great work
they have done this year. From windmills to Science Fair projects, students
showed their knowledge! This summer as you prepare for fifth grade, it is
important to continue to practice reading and writing skills and keep practicing
math facts. A great tip for the summer is to keep a journal of all the great
things you do this summer!
FIFTH GRADE :
Well that’s all folks! The 2014-2015 school year has come to an end. We
have worked diligently to prepare our students for success in middle school.
We encourage you to keep your child reading and studying those math facts
over the summer. There are many online tools, and summer enrichment programs the focus on preventing the “summer slide”.
Are you planning a trip this summer? Consider having your child research the
area, attractions, and history of the place. Not only will this keep their study
skills sharp, but it will also make the event more meaningful. Even a trip to
the local park can be explored in an academic way! Thank you for all the
support you have shown throughout the year. We wish you all well in the
future.
Check out our new website!!!
Visit us on the Web: http://schools.polk-fl.net/sikes
A big Thank You to Mrs. Bailey for organizing this
project!