Starkey Bear Necessities

Dear Starkey Families,

Thank you for choosing Starkey Elementary for your child's education! We are off to a great start and look forward to continuing the positive momentum throughout this school year.

There were so many families who braved the torrential downpours on Open House Night! Thank you so much. Your dedication to your students and Starkey is noticed and appreciated.

As they do each year, arrival and dismissal processes are getting better each day. It is no small feat to safely and efficiently welcome and dismiss nearly 600 students each day, but we are getting it done!

Please remember to follow all of the arrival and dismissal procedures explained in our welcome back newsletter. Here is the link for your convenience and reference. https://secure.smore.com/n/tpg40

Your child's safety is our TOP priority, as I am sure that it is yours. Please take note that there is NO supervision for students prior to 8:15am unless they are enrolled in the YMCA. Students who are waiting at the "S" or elsewhere, prior to that time, are being left unattended. Please make sure that you are not dropping off early and leaving your children in a potentially dangerous situation with no adult supervision.

Here is the link to the Starkey web page that has a list of providers and phone numbers for aftercare (quite a few also offer before care!): After School Care Providers / After School Providers (pcsb.org)

Please read on for details on events that are happening at Starkey and highlights of the month!

Thank you again for your support and dedication.

Sincerely,

Ms. Kranzel

Dental Services on campus until 9/11/2024 (flyers were sent home)

September 2:

No School for Students

September 10:

Publix Family Math Night

(see PTA section below for details)

September 16-20:

Start with Hello Week

Goodies with Grandparents and High Five Fundraiser

(see PTA section below for details)

September 20:

Kindergarten Apple Day

September 22:

Rays Game

(see flyer below for details)

September 23:

No School for Students

September 25:

3rd Grade Portfolio Parent Night 6-7pm in the Starkey Media Center

October:

2nd - Walk 2 School Day

4th - Student Council Elections

9th - Picture Retakes

11th - First Grade Field Trip and 1st Grading Period Ends

14th - No School for Students

18th - Fall Festival 5:30-7:30pm

24th - Report Cards Go Home

30th - Third Grade Field Trip

November:

11th - Veterans Day Parade 9:30am

13th - Great American Teach In

22nd - Salvation Army Pick Up 10:30am

25th-29th - No School for Students

December:

6th - Holiday Movie Night 6pm

9th-13th - Book Fair

16th - Tumbling Shows at PE

20th - Sallie House Assembly and 2nd Grading Period Ends

23rd-January 6th - No School for Students

January 7th - Student Return to School for Semester 2

4th grade is creating 3D creature portraits from repurposed egg cartons!

5th graders are designing vanity plates for Kids Tag Art!

Students in Gifted have started their journey learning about transformations and arguments. All students indicated their specific gifted goals of focus, set personal goals for the year, and are already working on their first mini research project. We love exploring, learning, and discovering and are looking forward to a great year ahead.

Our library is about to open! Mrs. Ferstl and the Library Pages (PTA volunteers) have been getting ready for a SUPER new year with reading. Last year, our students nearly doubled their reading. The goal was 4,459 books. By the end of the school year, they’d checked out 7,823 books! Way to go, Starkey Bears! This year, we are going for the SUPER goal of 10,000 books read. Parents, you can help us with this goal by reading your child’s library books with them and to them. We will keep you posted each month with our latest reading numbers. Are you ready? Up, up and AWAY!

Coming soon...

The PE department is starting their fitness testing this week and then we will go into a jump rope unit.

I am Mr. Salyers, Starkey’s School Counselor. I am enjoying getting to know all of the students and getting ready to start our classroom lessons soon. We have Start with Hello Week coming up September 16-20, which is a way for everyone to identify social isolation and help address it. Lastly, please reach out to me if you need help with any resources. We have several at Starkey that can help support our families. Here is my contact information 727-547-7841 ext 2060, salyersj@pcsb.org

Thank you,

Jeremy Salyers

It’s has been a great start to our school year. Pre-k has been busy getting to know each other, learning our safety rules, building social skills and exploring our new environment. Some of our fun activities involve name games, social skills with our second step curriculum, painting, and shared reading. Can’t wait to see what this next month brings.

In Math, games are being used to reinforce previous taught skills.

In science, scholars used hand lenses to explore seeing things close up.

• Students engaged in a hands-on activity using toothpaste to discover the power of our words. Just like you can’t put toothpaste back in the tube, we can’t take back the words we say to others and ourselves.
• In Science, students designed, built, and tested balloon rockets to show that gravity can be overcome.
• In Reading, we have be learning How to Be Cool in Third Grade from Robbie York. After each chapter, students take time to summarize what they have read using the Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy.

In Reading and Writing we are studying Realistic Fiction and writing Personal Narratives. We are focusing on elements of a story (characters, setting, events, and theme) while reading Save Me a Seat and while crafting our own memorable stories.

In Math we had a great start learning place value structures and strategies. We are now jumping into multiplication facts to 144 and related division facts.

For Science we are diving in Earth in Space and Time.

Check out the contract form below for the mutual benefits!

• Vision: 100% Student Success

  
  

• Mission: We will partner with families to inspire a love for learning as students achieve personal goals.

Email: kranzell@pcsb.org
Website: https://www.pcsb.org/starkey-es
Location: 9300 86th Ave. Seminole, FL 33777
Phone: (727)547-7841
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarkeyBears