THE EAGLE EYE EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

April/May/June 2019 http://eaglepoint.browardschools.com

Christine de Zayas Kizzy Dailey Willowphine Rosado Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

I can’t believe how fast this school year is flying by! Since our return from the break, we have begun the final quarter of the school year. I hope all of our families were able to enjoy some much needed rest and relaxation during Spring Break. We began the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) testing season on April 2nd. I am confident that our students are well prepared and ready to demonstrate what they know. Our students and teachers have worked especially hard this year! Thank you for your continued support and partnerships. Sincerely, Christy de Zayas Principal _______________________________________________________

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The first day of school for the 2019/20 school year

is Wednesday, August 14, 2019. The new school

year will begin earlier than usual, and starts midweek

– a change in Broward County Public Schools

traditional Monday start day. Mark your calendar and

plan now for the first day of school, Wednesday,

August 14th.

For more information on the 2019/20 school year

calendar, including winter break, spring break, early

release days and more, visit

browardschools.com/calendars.

April 15-18 NEHS/Service Activity Hurricane Michael Victims

April 16 Report cards Issued- 3rd Quarter Spring Performance PK – 2 8:30am – 9:30 am (Cafeteria)

April 17 Spring Performance 3 – 5 8:30am – 9:30 am (Cafeteria) Spring Program/Parents 6:30pm – 8:00pm ( Cafeteria)

April 18 Leader of the Month 8:20am (Cafeteria)

April 19 Holiday - No School

April 24 Multiculture Performance PK – 2 8:20 (Cafeteria)

April 25 Multiculture Performance 3-5 8:20am (Cafeteria)

April 26 Multiculture Performance Parents 8:20am (Cafeteria)

May 1 PK - Graduation Pictures 8:00am -11:00am FSA ELA 4th & 5th Grades (Session 1) Interims Go Home

May 2 FSA ELA 4th & 5th Grades (Session 2)

May 3 FCAT Science 5th Grade (Session 1)

May 6 FCAT Science 5th Grade (Session 2)

May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

May 7 FSA Math 3rd, 4th,5th Grades (Session 1)

May 8 FSA Math 3rd, 4th,5th Grades (Session 2)

May 9 Early Release – Noon Dismissal

May 10 Leadership Day

May 13 Reading Primary End of Year Test 1st & 2nd Grade (Session 1) Ice Cream Party-Sunshine State Young Readers 3-5

May 14 Reading Primary End of Year Test 1st & 2nd Grade (Session 2)

May 17 Museum of Science 3rd Grade 9:30am - 1:30pm

May 20 Bowling ( Sawgrass Bowling) 5th Grade 10:00 -12:00pm

May 23 JA World (Coconut creek) 5th Grade 8:00am – 2:00pm

May 23-24 St. Augustine Field Trip Grade 4

May 27 No School – Memorial Day

May 28 Brick Ceremony ( Time square) 5th Grade 8:20am - 9:00am

May 29 & 30 Awards Ceremony (Cafeteria) 5th Grade 8:20am - 9:40am

May 31 Hoe Down (Cafeteria)5th Grade 8:20am -11:50 am EOY Celebrations PK-4 (Classrooms)

June 3 Movie Day 8:30am - 1:30pm (Classrooms) PK – Graduation 8:30am - 9:30am (Cafeteria)

June 4 Last Day of School - Early Release at 12:00 Noon Report Cards Issued

CLASSROOM HAPPENINGS

Fourth Grade Spring has arrived at Eagle Point and our 4th grade students have become more self-sufficient learners and leaders of their own success. With the start of the FSA , our students have worked towards mastery of our ELA & Mathematics’ standards in order to “show what they can do” when the day arrives! Some excellent resources to follow through at home with your child’s success are: •iReady Reading and Mathematics •fsassessment.org •Personal Math Trainer on Think Central As we come to the 4th quarter, our upcoming project, Famous Florida Explorers, will certainly give our 4th graders the necessary background information to better appreciate our exciting end of the year field trip to St. Augustine. We’d like to wish our Eagle Point Families a fabulous end of the school year! The Fantastic 4th Grade Teachers.

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Fifth Grade

Our Fabulous Fifth Graders had a sneak peek into what awaits them next year during a field trip to Tequesta Trace Middle School, We are working hard to prepare our students for the rigors of 6th Grade and beyond. You will be seeing practice and review materials going home as we get ready to tackle the FSA and FCAT exams beginning in May. We ask that you continue to monitor your child's use of the i-Ready program in both reading and mathematics as we are certain this will help with standards mastery. Wishing you all a Happy Spring! ______________________________________________

Krupin's Korner

FSA Testing Dates: 3RD GRADE FSA ELA - April 2 & 3 FSA Math – May 7 & 8

4TH GRADE FSA ELA – May 1 & 2 FSA Math - May 7 & 8 5th GRADE FSA Math – May 7 & 8 FSA ELA – May 1 & 2 FCAT Science - May 3 & 6 Primary End of the Year Reading Test (Grade 1 & 2): May 13 & 14, 2019

SCHOOL PSYCH SPOTLIGHT By Griselda Camino

TEST ANXIETY ~ “Psyched out”!

Almost everyone feels nervous or experiences some anxiety when faced with a test

or an exam. In fact, it is unusual to find a student who doesn’t approach a big test

without a degree of anxiety and this is perfectly normal. Test anxiety is very

common among students! However, stressful emotions can inhibit

a student’s ability to retain and recall information and they may have difficulty

demonstrating what they know during the test. Research has shown that providing

students with tools and strategies that build both emotional skills and healthy

physical habits when preparing for a test can help them overcome test anxiety.

Keep these tips in mind as you help your child prepare for the upcoming FSA tests.

TIPS FOR TEST SUCCESS!

Tip #1: POSITIVE SELF-STATEMENTS

Keep a positive attitude throughout the whole test

and try to stay relaxed. For example: Instead of

saying “I will fail.”, say something like …“I know I

can do this.” If you start to feel nervous take a few

deep breaths to relax.

Tip #2: GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

Go to sleep early the day before the test and show up

to class early so you won't have to worry about

feeling rushed.

Tip #3: READ THE DIRECTIONS AND QUESTIONS CAREFULLY

Focus on the question at hand; don't let your mind wander on other things. Look

out for questions that ask for more than answer.

Tip #4: USE ALL OF THE TIME ALOTTED FOR THE TEST

If you have extra time, cover up your answers and actually rework the question.

Double check your work and go back to those harder questions.

Tip #5: REMIND YOURSELF THAT THE TEST IS ONLY A TEST

Tell yourself that you will do your best on the test, and that will be enough! Be

proud of your hard work and go reward yourself for doing your best!

SPECIALS HAPPENINGS

K-1 grades. Students are

learnin reviewing animales de la granja (farm animals). They are also reviewing colors, shapes, numbers, and parts of the face. Students are getting familiar with the popular T.V. show jeopardy to practice these

concepts. 2-3 grades. Students are working with objects around the classroom

to identify nouns, adjectives and cognate words to help them make connections between Spanish-English. 4-5 grades. Students have been working on “Mi comunidad” and using

Nearpod. Nearpod is an application that allow students interact with new knowledge in a more engaging way. By using Nearpod students were able to visit Bolivia and their culture in three virtual field trips. Students are also working on cognate words, vocabulary words and geography of Latin American countries.

Greetings from Art! Greetings from Art! It has been an amazing

year! As we are into our last quarter, 4th and

5th grade students have been busy creating

animal collages, a multi-step and multi-

media project. Students used a variety of

visual and tactile textures putting a strong

emphasis on the eyes. Second and third grade students have just

completed colorful sea turtles using glue and pastels. Students are now

working with clay creating fun and unique pinch pots. Pre K,

Kindergarten and First Grade students have been focused on primary

and secondary colors while creating symmetrical butterflies. In our

next project, we will be using tissue paper to piece together colorful

caterpillars, inspired by Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”

Pre-K will be building structures with

different shapes, colors and sizes they

must sort out first.

Pre-K and Kindergarten have been

exploring with magnets by finding

out which objects are or are not attracted to them. First graders

have been studying objects in the sky and Second grade will be

participating in an experiment using 3 types of soil to

determine which is most absorbent. Third and Fourth are

studying animals and how they obtain their energy, while Fifth

grade learns about the organs and systems of the human body.

Music: In recent weeks, all students have been participating in a

variety of movement activities including folk dances from around

the world. Also, students have been and will continue to utilize

Orff Instruments (Xylophones, Metallophones, and

Glockenspiels) as

well as African drums

in the music classroom.

Media Center Hi all! Welcome back! I hope you had a great spring

break, relaxing and reading as a family! All of our

students, grades PK – 5 have been actively reading

their Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books

(junior for PK – 2nd grade and regular for grades 3

– 5) all year and taking their AR quizzes so they

can collect their backpack Brag Tags.

Important upcoming dates:

Announcement of 2019-2020 SSYRA Jr &

SSYRA books: April 18th

Battle of the Books: May 14 -17

SSYRA Young Readers Ice Cream Party: May 13th

Highlights in PE this year: This year we are happy to partner with Fitzness International, and Under Armour to bring our students the Morning Mile. Currently, we have over 500 students participating and at least 4 students have surpassed 100 miles! Students have enjoyed meeting their friends out on the Morning Mile course to walk, jog, and run their way to fun. The Morning Mile will continue each year to accelerate children's physical literacy along with the Physical Education curriculum at Eagle Point. Stay tuned for the addition of the bike safety program coming soon to Eagle Point Physical Education!

LEADER OF THE MONTH-JANUARY 2019

THINK WIN-WIN Pre-K Victoria Gomez Plata Sofia Osborne

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade Panagotis Hatzoudis Sebastian Ludert Brandon Barroso Chloe Perez Dylan Spivack Isabel Candelario Emma Mendez Adrian Colmenares Sophia Garcia Victoria Bermudez Diego Araujo Patrick Pearce Cailyn Perez Manuel Batlle

Jose Garnica Ballmer Emma Santos Matos

Leandro Villamizar Camila Torres

Pedro Carrillo Brayden Frederick Violetta Alzate Benjamin Holjes Gala Veredice Charlie Mark Joseph Martinez Bayoan Ortiz-Torres Yeshua Lopez Kamilo Villa Gabriela Villasenor Valentina Ferrer Dona Sara Ramirez Galileo Bauer Bianna Thomas Jovani Agudelo Mae Colllins

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Liliana Lorenzo Diana Cabre Matias Orfila Pragna Chitturi Tyler Smith Zarah Kalbakdijan Fernanda Matute Jan Michael Belliard Nicole Torres Daniella Lugo Madison Snow Somaya Shaheen

Andrew Cicalese Kevin Gutierrez Esteban Delgado Jillian Lacey Davide Perfetti Lupi Madison Korman Jose Zerpa Salma Amer Eric Fleishman Rodrigo Dommar

Christian Coleman Nicholas Zalikha Arantxa Gil Mariana La Fuente Gerardo Galvan Nash Lynch Emma Russell Rebecca Casey Donny Mediola Jalen Goins Daniela Vargas

LEADER OF THE MONTH-FEBRUARY 2019

SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Pre-K Thomas Gueli Alice Moraes

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade

Ana D’Milita Esteban Cabanas Carlota Fajardo Bhavesh Kukkala Lara Sayegh Lorea Mugarra Leonardo Zuluaga Luciana Sferrazza Gabriela Martinez Jose Linares Sofia Silva Angelina Infante Samntha cunliffe Cameron Soto Khiana Medellin Ignacio Gonzalez Samuel Posada Maria E. Ponce Valentina Caballero Alexander Yang Liam Nguyen Paula Cartajena Miguel Rodriguez Skyler Smith Alejandro Guerra Milena Monsalve Charlie Hayes Maya Latreche Alison Gomez Paula Gonzalez R. Laura Sarmiento Talia Khan Allegra Orellana Gabriella High Santiago Guio

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Joaquina Walas Maikel Marrero Jack Mateu Fischer Sophia Gordeau Gabriela Chica Joseph Bregman Luisana Aleta Sofia lozada Avelynn Cacace Valeria Bautista Reese kicklighter Joanna Chen Emily Ladeira Juan Cubillos Camila Lopez Nick Moreno Jean Aponte Sophia Ojeda Carmen Lafuente Gabriela Amador Landon Kernizan Camila Monsalve Avery Stetler Isabella Mariotto Nicolas Mondragon Nico Molina Samantha Villarroel Gabrielle Gardiner Valentina Silva Julia Bartolome Ethan Atramiz Jonathan Jarrin

Annalyn Fair

LEADER OF THE MONTH-MARCH 2019

SYNERGIZE Pre-K Maria Mendez Hadassah Voltaire

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade Matthew Krupin Shrihan Telavane Martina Olmos Lily Gonzalez Juan Pablo Borges Gianluca Coriat Sophia Serrano Amaya Serasinghe Jana Torres Isabella Jacobson Maia Ernst

Alejandro Salazar Emma Laurenceau Hana Hoo Natalia Lopez Isabella Frazzetta Arabella Jung Giogia Hernandez M. Lydia Yu Zaid Amer Alana Boyer Allyson Adrian Matilda Martin

Valeria Bolivar Santiago Granja Amogh Devdas Tiana Ryans Anthony Alvarenga Annelie Snyder Ireland Lenis Varon Tayla Bowdach Nicole Nunez Arianna Bustamante Sofia Barrera Bastian Bicerne

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Jailin Agudelo Henry Peter Shaan Ryan Aarya Mascara Valentina Carmona Marcela Quevedo Austin Murray Maria Guerra Isabella Morenza Khloe Areiza Andre Hicks Noah Sebag Victor Vazquez Valentina Sousa Cloe Bertin Myia Fernandez Tyler Russell Tran Nguyen Adrian diaz Sarah Garcia Giavanna Lombardo Parth Joshi Matias Marquez Mia Ochoa Aiza Tahir Maria Belen Guevara Anderson Zajicek Isabella Fuenmayor Samantha Lauro Christopher Hernandez Emily Shapiro Alex Cala Camila Servin