2. WELCOME BACK POINCIANA STEM PARENTS Hello Panda Parents! And Welcome to Poinciana STEM Open House!! After our broadcast tonight, teachers will present important curriculum updates to you, then you may visit: Our Fine Arts Electives and STEM Labs Our PTA Our cafeteria manager / apply for Free or Reduced Lunch Prices Tonight I'm going to cover with you: 1.Goals/Mission 2.Single School Culture - SWPBS 3.Florida Standards/Monitor Learning 4.Communication

3. SCHOOL CULTURE SCHOOL CULTURE IS POWERFUL: OUR Mission is the fundamental purpose of this school! THIS IS THE CHOICE OF OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS Mission: Poinciana Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Magnet School is committed to providing the highest quality education that allows ALL students the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential as confident, lifelong learners and productive, responsible citizens. WE ARE STEM LEARNERS!!!

4. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS 1.Track Student Mastery on Florida Standards in Literacy, Math, Science and Social Studies 2.Monitor students below grade level and offer successful interventions 3.Incorporate our STEM integration plan by using project based learning 4.INVITE students, teachers, parents, and community members to come together to participate and ‘scream the theme’ of our STEM school

5. ATTENDANCE GOALS SEPTEMBER IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH FLYER HOME WITH STUDENTS WE START AT 8:00 DON’T BE LATE! READING BLOCK IS IN THE MORNING – 90 minutes is required MATH IN THE AFTERNOON – 60 minutes is required EVERY DAY MATTERS TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT BEING HERE EVERYDAY TARDIES EQUAL TIME OFF TASK EARLY DISMISSALS EQUAL TIME OFF TASK SO IMPORTANT, WE PUT IT IN OUR MAGNET CONTRACT!

6. CULTURE AND SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT HOW DO WE PLAY TOGETHER? HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER? HOW DO WE KEEP OUR SCHOOL SPECIAL?

7. DO YOU HAVE YOUR PANDA EARS ON?

8. SAFETY WE HAVE RULES TO KEEP STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF HERE AT THE SCHOOL SAFE Parents only allowed to come on campus at the front office of the school and must sign in (exceptions for large events like this). DROP off in the AM and PICK up in the PM is ONLY allowed in the car parent pick up LINE – we will not dismiss students into the neighborhood, across the street, or at the community center unless students live in the neighborhood – it is a safety concern for parents or students to wait in these areas. FIRE AND SAFETY CODES – A code Red would lock down the school, no phones, no contact until it is safe to do so – parents will always be updated in the event of a real code red by the parent call out system BUS SAFETY – Riding the bus is a privilege NEW BUS ROUTES ARE IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW MORNING, PLEASE LOOK AT THE ROUTE TIMES AGAIN

12. DRESS CODE 95% OF STUDENTS IN DRESS CODE FIRST WEEK Polos, shorts, skorts, jumpers, Poinciana t-shirts PE – Athletic Shorts/Poinciana T-shirt NUTS DAYS LANYARDS FUNDRAISER 9 TUES/THURS - $15 fundraiser for student activities OTHER “THEME DAYS” – FREE DRESS DOWN DAYS

13. TEACHERS GIVE POSITIVE REWARDS YET STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OUTSTANDING CITIZENS ROLE MODEL READY TO LEARN CLASS REWARDS SOM/MOM MONTHLY “PAWS UP” STUDENT AGENDA WARNINGS (MOVING CLIP) AND TIME OUTS CONFERENCE WITH PARENTS (CBIR Form) REFERRAL TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

14. OUR MOTTO THIS YEAR: STEM Forward And Grow! Previous Mottos: Be More Awesome! SHOW ME THE WOW!

15. SCHOOL WIDE TRACKING OF LEARNING What? Florida Standards tell us what each child should know and be able to do in each grade level in every subject How? We teach the curriculum in a scope and sequence suggested by the District How do we know it’s working? We track students with formative assessments like: FLKRS / RRR District created mini assessments iReady Assessments Diagnostics How do YOU know your child “mastered” the standard, or not quite yet? Progress Reports/Report Cards/Parent conferences – with “evidence” from the work kids do in the classroom each day:  EX – Exceeding the grade level/standard  PR – Proficient  AP – Approaching  ND – Needs Development

16. How do we monitor for learning and for the Report Card? K-2 FLKRS iii interventions iReady (Read/Math) Fair RRR Unit math tests Unit Reading tests 3-5 Fair iii interventions iReady (Read/Math) RRR Unit math tests Unit Reading tests Performance Matters Benchmark/standards minis and Diags

17. Instructional Support Formative Assessments

18. FSA THIRD GRADE: READING FSAs (paper) MATH FSAs (paper) FOURTH GRADE: WRITING FSAs (paper) READING FSAs (computer) MATH FSAs (paper) FIFTH GRADE: WRITING FSAs (paper) READING FSAs (computer) MATH FSAs (computer) SCIENCE FCAT (paper) March and April (before and after spring break) Practice Tests In School Practice Tests on-line http://www.fsassessments.org/

19. SCHOOL-WIDE FALL FUNDRAISER STARTS FRIDAY 8/28 – 9/11 OUR ANNUAL WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL STEM INITIATIVES, TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIFIC TEACHER NEEDS – OUR GOAL IS $15,000 BOOKLET OF GIFTS, MAGAZINES, CANDY STUDENTS CAN WIN PRIZES STUDENTS WILL COME HOME WITH INFORMATION ON FRIDAY SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY – NEVER STRANGERS THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING

20. Communicate With Us! 1.Open House – THANKS FOR COMING! 2.PTA meetings – First Wednesday 3:00pm (classroom) 3.PTA 4’F Nights (First Friday Family Fun Nights) 4.SAC meetings – First Wednesday 5:30pm (media center) 5.Read the Newsletter (quarterly) 6.Websites: Poincianastem.org Edline FACEBOOK and TWITTER 7.TOOL TIMES (Reading and Math) and STEM EXPO 8.LOOK In the backpack (flyers, reminders)

21. THANK YOU