The Chief Chatter

Oct. 15 No School

Teacher Planning Day

Oct. 16 Early Dismissal Day

11:50

Oct. 19 Report Cards go home

Enchanted Forest Book

Fair Oct. 19-26

Daily Shopping Hours: 9:00a.m. -3:00 p.m.

Closed for lunch daily 11:50-12:30

We close at 2:00 on

Oct. 26 so we can pack up and be ready to open the media center on Monday.

Online shopping is available 24/7 from

Oct. 11-26. All online purchases help our

school! Thank you for supporting

our students! Hopiing Ho urs Daily 9:00 -3:00

Exciting Events in September!

Month ly News Fo r Osceo la S tuden t s and Fami l i e s

Oct. 2018

First Grade is off to a Great Start!

Learning Adventures in

Our OES first graders have been busy get-

ting the school year off to a great start! We

have been reviewing numbers and begin-

ning addition, having fun with our names

and manipulatives, diving into books, and

Dr. Castellani even stopped by each 1st

grade room to read a story! We have a lot

to learn in 1st grade, so keep up the great

work, 1st grade Chiefs!

Third Grade has been very busy doing STEAM activities! They love being creative ,

working with their peers, and participating in hands on activities.

Mrs. Delong’s class is testing

their engineering skills.

They used their Growth Mind-

set and never gave up.

Mrs. Greer’s class is proud of their raft.

They successfully completed the Apple

Raft Buoyancy Challenge.

Mr. Hogue's class works well

together. They cooperatively

constructed a class web!.

Parents and Students,

I am so proud of everyone’s help making this the best start ever! First, we truly appreciate our district transportation department and their

hard work ensuring that all bus riders were safe the first weeks of school. Our teachers and non-instructional staff came back to a clean,

shiny school thanks to the hard work of our custodial staff and Plant Operator, Mr. Fernandez. This allowed staff to begin preparing for the

year early and make the opening so special and seamless. I also appreciated the hard work of our secretarial staff, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Wil-

liams, Mrs, Pita and Mrs. Beebe. Teachers had productive professional development prior to the start of school focused on Social and Emo-

tional Learning (SEL), data analysis, iReady, and safety measures. Our boys and girls came back eager to learn and did a fantastic job wel-

coming all new OES Chiefs. These new friendships will be lasting and by far the most rewarding part of my job!

We are excited about the opportunities provided to expand our Digital Learning opportunities this

year. Teachers will receive training throughout the year from our seven digital leaders!

Be sure to like us www.facebook.com/OESChiefs/ on Facebook and @OESCHIEFS on Twitter for

updates, videos, and good things happening at OES. Please also like our awesome PTO on Face-

book at www.facebook.com/OsceolaPTONaples. I also appreciate Mrs. Castleberry’s work to create

the Chief Chatter each month.

OES is the BEST!

Dr. Castellani, Principal

A Note From Our Principal…

Dr. Castellani!

5th graders studied Inferencing and created nonlinguistic repre-sentations of the evidence that

supported their inferences. "Gemma Forbis" from Ms.

Castor's class proudly presents her Egyptian pyramid and costume.

It’s Experiment Day in Ms. Smith’s Science Class! We are having so much fun learning about the Scientific Method. "Dylan Mccann, Charleigh Shanks-Valezquez, and Avery Algie" from Ms. Smith's class are nothing but smiles when it comes to flying paper airplanes.

It’s been an exciting start to the school year... Way to go Fifth Grade OES Chiefs!

Marvelous Media Matters Mrs . Cast leberry , Your Friendly Media Speciali s t

Enjoyable and Amazing Academic Accomplishment!

During the first 30 days of school this year, OES Chiefs read and passed the test (70%+) for 3,389 books! Our Chiefs have read 24,586,275 words in the 30 days of the school year! That means our Chiefs are reading nearly 1,000,000 words per day independently! We are so proud of this amazing accomplishment! OES Chiefs, READ!

OES Media Center is a Great Place to Volunteer, Learn & Achieve!

Enchanted Forest Book Fair Fun!

Join the Fun!

Check out

Book Fair

Information on

the OES Website.

Book Fair Volunteers

We need and appreciate

you! There is a sign up

link in the OES Website

for those who want to help

our students shop, take

photos in photo booth, run

games, helps students shop

at the Book Fair…

Thank you!

The Art Studio Mrs. Green

I am so excited to see the students once again at Osceola Elementary School. Throughout

the school year, students in ALL grade levels will work with various artistic mediums

which include; crayons, markers, various types of paints, paper sculpture, and clay. Stu-

dents will bring home a portfolio at the end of the year that they will build through

the months, which enables them to see their progression as well as give you an easy

way to save their work for many years.

We will do projects that bring in cross-curricular subjects such as Math, Reading, Writing, Science and Cultur-

al History. Students will gain experience with past and present artists and their artistic styles. Continuously

through the school year, students are learning the parts that go into a piece of art known as

the 7 Elements of Art and how to properly use them in a piece known as the 7 Principles of

Design.

After students are finished with a piece of art, their piece will be pho-

tographed and shared on the OES online gallery through Art-

sonia.com. If your child had permission last year, it automatically

renews this year. Permission slips have been sent home in the

students’ Wednesday folders if an account has not been grant-

ed permission OR permission can be granted by the parent online. Check out the

website at Artsonia.com and search for Osceola Elementary to see our own art gal-

lery! The 4th and 5th graders at OES have taken part in an outreach program

through the Artis-Naples Museum of Art. Ms. Jessica Wozniak is the Education

Coordinator at Artis-Naples, and will assist me in bringing lessons to the students

that correlate to current exhibits at the museum. 4th graders will learn about an

artist named Steven Tobin, and use clay in a very exciting way. Our 5th graders

have experienced a collaborative project by making a mural that is themed around a

fun Prehistoric Era. Be sure to check out the bus pavilion once that is completed!

We Love Our Business

Partners! Thank you!

We all know that Osceola Elementary is an amazingly special and unique school! A large part of this is due to the strong business partner-ships we have established with local businesses in our community. At the start of this school year, we were once again amazed at the willingness, generosity, and support of our local business part-ners. In a time where educators are continuously asked to do more and more with less and less, the following business partners happily stepped up and helped us kick off the 2013-2014 with generous donations which came all sorts of shapes and siz-es! All of us at OES truly thank and appreciate you! OES wouldn't be the shining star that it is without your support!

IL Primo on Airport Rd.

Summit Church

Brio Tuscan Grill at Waterside

Target at Pine Ridge Rd

Lowes at Naples Blvd

Starbucks at Livingston and PR Rd.

California Pizza Kitchen at Waterside

Chick-fil-a at Airport Rd.

Moes at Naples Blvd.

Ihop at PR Rd.

Donation Station...

Sunshine State Reading Program

Shines at OES!

Students in Grades 3-5 can participate in the Sunshine State Reading

Program and earn rewards for this tremendous reading accomplishment!

Here is a list of the books for 2013-2014:

The Ark Plan Laura Martin

The Double Cross Jackson Pearce

Dragons & Marshmallows Asia Citro

The Great Treehouse War Lisa Graff

Home Sweet Motel Chris Grabenstein

I Love You, Michael Collins Lauren Barantz-Logsted

Lemons Melissa Savage

Lights ,Camera, Cook! Charise Mericle Harper

Overboard! Terry Lynn Johnson

Podkin One Ear Kieran Larwood

Spirit Week Showdown Crystal Allen

The Sweetest Sound Sherri Winston

A True Home Kallie George

Ugly Cat & Pablo Isabel Quintero

Wish Barbara O’Connor

Prize Levels:

Gator– Read 3 SSYR books & pass RC test - Rewards: Gator Dog Tag, student pic on media center bulletin board, dog tag for each 70%+ RC test-taken

for SSYR book, Students’ pics will be moved as they advance levels

Seminole –Read 6 SSYR books & pass RC tests– Rewards: Seminole Dog Tag and dog tag for each 70%+ RC test-taken for the SSYR books

Buccaneer -10 SSYR Books & pass RC tests– Buccaneer Dog Tag –Dog tags for each 70%+ RC test-taken for SSYR Books and Invitation to

Ice Cream Extravaganza in April!

Dolphin– Read 13+ SSYR Books & pass RC tests– Dolphin Dog Tag, Dog tags for each 70%+ RC test-taken on SSYR book & A Sunshine

Reading Celebration at Sun N Fun Lagoon in May!)

Total Number of Test Re-Takes Allowed for all SSYRA Books

Together (not for each book)

Grade 3 5 re-takes

Grade 4 4 re-takes

Grade 5 3 re-takes

2017-2018

Friendly Reminder:

For your safety, please wear sneakers to school on

the days you have P.E.

Important Music Dates for the 2018-2019 School

Year:

-Elementary Choir Collaboration for 4th and 5th

Grade– Concert: Saturday, October 6th, 12:00 pm

-3rd Grade Field Trip to Artis-Naples “Harmony

Games”: Friday, October 12th, 9:45 am

-5th Grade Concert: Tuesday, November 6th, 6:30 pm

in the OES cafeteria

What? 5th Grade Winter Concert show casing the 5th graders singing, dancing and playing instruments! Who? The entire 5 th grade When? Tuesday, November 6th at 6:30 PM (Students: please arrive at 6:00) Where? OES Cafeter ia What to wear? Solid red, white or blue colored shirts and jeans

--1st Grade Concert: Tuesday, January 29th, 6:30 pm in

the OES cafeteria

-CCSP Elementary Honors Music Night: Friday, March

22nd

-3rd Grade Concert : Tuesday, May 7th, 6:30 pm in the

OES cafeteria

-4th Grade Link Up! Performance/Field Trip: Wednes-

day, May 22nd, 9:45 am, at Artis-Naples

Thank you for your continued support of your child’s

music education!!

Mrs. Craig :)