Pembroke Pines Charter School Charter Chat

Pembroke Pines Charter School
Charter Chat
www.pinescharter.net
Volume 9, Issue 8
April 11, 2014
General Information
Vision-Our vision, as a community, is to cultivate character, and foster life-long learning through a challenging
educational experience in a safe environment.
Mission– It is our mission to prepare students to succeed in a global society by providing a personalized and rigorous
curriculum through excellence in teaching.
Uniform Policy
All students must be in uniform each
day. Navy blue bottoms,
appropriate uniform shirt as well as
uniform sweater and/or jacket. Solid
navy blue jacket/sweater may be
used. Please remember to put
your child’s name on all
sweaters, jackets, sweatshirts
and lunchboxes.
Advisory Meeting
The next Advisory Board meeting
for East, West & Central will be on
May 6, 2014 at 6:00pm at the
Central Campus. You will receive
service hours for attending.
Arrival/Dismissal
PPCS is committed to providing
students an education in a safe and
secure learning environment. Please
know that for school safety, children
are not to arrive at school prior to
8:15 am or to remain on school
grounds after 3:45 pm. The school
has a supervised before and after
school child care program for
students who need to be dropped
off or picked up earlier or later than
the times listed above.
City Manager/
Superintendent of Schools
Mr. Charles Dodge
954-435-6500
Central Campus
Elem.-954-322-3330
Middle-954-322-3300
Principal - Kenneth Bass
A.P. Elem - Linda Montoto
A.P. Middle - Kimberly Pizzo
West Campus
Elem.-954-450-6990
Middle-954-443-4847
Principal - Devarn Flowers
A.P. Elem. - JoAnna DiGioia
A.P. Middle - Michael Castellano
FSU Campus
954-499-4244
Principal - Dr. Lisa Libidinsky
Assistant Prin. - Alan Pfau
Elementary News
FSU News
Pembroke Pines is a Tree City!
To celebrate Arbor Day, the
Landscape Advisory Board
sponsors an annual Arbor Day
Poster Contest. All our students
at PpCES-FSU participated in the
contest, but we are proud to
recognize the extremely talented
finalists! In addition, one winner
from each grade will be
recognized at a special ceremony
and a tree-planting dedication.
Congratulations to the finalists
from the FSU Campus:
Kinder
Halle Sutton
Ashlyn Shalet
Allyson Mendieta
Jerzie Rodriguez
Lucia Hernandez
1st Grade
Nyree McFarlane
Marina Conklin
Julianna Nelson
Leena Mourad
Important Phone
Numbers
Tailyn Johnson
2nd Grade
Ankitaa Sampath
Sarah Propst
Alejandro Aldana
Amogh Baranwal
Leanette Tur
3rd Grade
Isabelle Lake
Jeylah Valdes
Lola Adimula
Katherine Omole
Aubrey Terribile
4th Grade
Jena Legaspi
Aliya Khan
Zoe Granger
Ashley Feng
Caroline Glock
Eric Hobson
Stephany de la Mora
5th Grade
Alexis Appio
Sarah Varndoe
Megan Steets
Anjali Vadlamudi
Lily-Rose Sheedy
Ashley Feng
David Ricketts
East Campus
954-443-4800
Principal - Sean Chance
Assistant Prin. - Jenny Iznaga
Pembroke Pines Charter School
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Important Dates
April
15 Report Cards Issued
16 FSU PTA Board Meeting
16 Central Dress Down Day
17 East Dress Down Day
17 C. Middle AR Deadline
17 East Cold Stone Fmy. Nt.
18 SCHOOLS CLOSED
21-29 FCAT TESTING
23 Administrative Prof. Day
27 Pines 5K Pursuit
28 & 29 FSU 4th Gr. Field Trip
30 FSU 2nd Field Trip
May
1 Interim Reports Issued
2 FSU KAPOW Field Trip
2 East Honor Roll Breakfast
2 East 2nd Field Trip
2 C. Middle Honor Roll
3 Havana Nights
3 Last day to accept cash pymt.
5 & 6 FSU 1st In House Field Trip
6 PTA Joint Meeting
Central Campus
6 East, West, & Central
Advisory Mtg. at Central 6pm
7 C. Elem. Papa John’s Fmy. Nt.
8 C. Elem. Honor Roll
8 East Dress Down Day
8 East Kinder In house field trip
8 C. Middle NJHS Induction
FCAT Testing Schedule
Day 1 - 4/21
Reading Session 1*
Day 2 - 4/22
Gr. 3-5 Reading Session 1
Gr. 7 Reading Session 2*
Day 3 - 4/23
Gr. 3-5 Reading Session 2
Gr. 6 Reading Session 1*
Gr. 7-8 Math Sessions 1 & 2
Day 4 - 4/24
Gr. 3-4 Math Session 1
Gr. 5 Science Session 1
Gr. 6 Reading Session 2*
Gr. 8 Science Sessions 1 & 2
Day 5 - 4/25
Gr. 3-4 Math Session 2
Gr. 5 Science Session 2
Day 6 - 4/28
Gr. 5 Math Session 1*
Gr. 6 Math Sessions 1 & 2 *
Gr. 8 Reading Session 1*
Day 7 - 4/29
Gr. 5 Math Session 2*
Gr. 8 Reading Session 2*
Gr. 7
*Computer based test
Middle School News
West Middle School Student
Wins County Spelling Bee
On March 11th, Dylan Olster
was crowned champion of the
Scripps Broward County Spelling
Bee. Dylan spelled the word
“suffragette” to win and earn his
ticket to Washington DC in May
for the National Scripps Spelling
Bee.
There were over 150 students
representing all schools in the
county, and after a written test,
27 finalists took to the stage to
battle it out. After
approximately 25 rounds and
over 400 words spelled, only
three contestants remained.
Each student had a chance to
win the championship at least
once, but Dylan came out the
winner in the end.
Congratulations Dylan!!
West Campus Spanish
Academic Competition
The Broward County World
Languages Competition was held
on Saturday, March 15 and the
following students from West
Middle School placed. We
congratulate these students and
the leadership of their teacher
Ms. Milian!
Spanish 2 Team - 1st Place!!
Brianna Adan, Chelsea Frank,
Kyle Frank, Neshell Francois,
Caitlyn Limpioso, David
McDonald
Spanish 2 Declamation - 1st
Place!
Sofia Franco, Oriana Orihuela,
Brandon Regalado, Alexandra
Sabal
Spanish 2 - Declamation 4th Place!
Camila Swanson
Spanish 2 - Impromptu - 1st
Place!
Sofia Franco, Brandon Regalado,
Alexandra Sabal
Central Campus Spanish
Academic Competition
On Saturday, March 15, 2014
our Pembroke Pines Charter
Central Middle School students,
under the guidance and support
of Ms. Glenda Franco and Ms.
Maria Alfaro, participated in the
2014 World Languages District
Academic Competition at Nova
Middle School. Our students
competed against other Broward
County schools in original skit,
poster, project and declamation.
These students did an amazing
job! Their hard work and
dedication placed them as follows:
1st Place for Original Skit
Lindsey Adams, Arielle Hernandez,
Melanie McCleary, Gina Milito,
Sameera Vedantam, Victoria Orr,
Ian Teng
Maestu, these teams dominated at
the Regional Track Meet where
they took FIRST PLACE amoung
the other 11 schools. Way to go
JAGS!!
Individual Championships:
Taylor Dobles - 400m, 4x4 relay
Avery Nowak - 1600m, 4x4 relay
Ashlyn Correa - 800m, 4x4 relay
Jada Bell - 4x4 relay
Goodness Okwaraji - discus
Miles Jones - 4x2 relay
Alex Fonseca - 4x2 relay
Adetutu Daranijo - 4/2 relay, 400m
1st Place for Poster
Eric Cumberbatch - 4x2 relay
Arielle Hernandez
Joel Martinez - 800m
1st Place for Project
Sameera Vedantam, Victoria Orr,
Vanessa Ibarra, Alina Le
Rocky Shelton - hurdles
We look forward to the District
Championships on May 10, 2014.
Good luck Jaguars!!
2nd Place for Declamation
Saaketh Vadantam
4th Place for Declamation
Bhanuteja Madhu, Samantha
Barreto, Ian Lucas, Mohammad
Faizan.
Congratulations to all of the
honorees!
Central Band News
The Central Middle Advanced
band attended the Florida
Bandmaster’s Annual Evaluations
at Hollywood Hills High School.
Under the exceptional direction of
the 2014 Teacher of the Year,
Mrs. Edie Shendell-Frankel, the
band was awarded a Superior
rating for the 12th consecutive
year! This is the highest rating a
middle school band can earn. We
are so proud of the students’
dedication and work over the past
three years in the Central Campus
Band Program. The band parents
are to be commended for their
support and dedication to the
program, without which this
program’s success would not be
possible. Go JAGS!!!
2014 Regional Championships
Jaguar Track Teams
Congratulations to the boys and
girls track teams! Under the
direction of Head Coach
Masterpalo and Assistant Coach
“It Starts With You” Tour
Anti-Bully Project
The Central and West Middle
Schools were selected by Disney
Club Penguin, in partnership with
Free the Children, to participate in a
special anti-bullying project, It
Starts With You tour. Both
schools were invited to have their
students participate in a schoolwide multi-media presentation on
April 10, 2014. Additionally, 15
student ambassadors were selected
from each campus as
representatives to participate in a 3
hour interactive workshop and
action planning session towards
combatting bullying. In addition, the
teachers will receive bullying
prevention curriculum resources.
This is a wonderful opportunity for
our middle school students and
teachers. This program is a $2000
value being offered to the school
through a Club Penguin grant. We
are grateful and thrilled to have
been selected, as this program is
aligned to the school’s existing AntiBullying Initiative, operating via the
school’s Connection and Bullying
Academy programs; these
presentations and student trainings
will help to support the school’s
program goal to continue to ensure
a bully-free school!