Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy

• September 2: Labor Day - No School
• September 11: Patriot Day- Students may wear patriotic clothing *If not in patriotic clothing, students must be in uniform as it is not a "free dress" day.
• September 12: PTSA Spirit Night @Healthy Spot, 8am-7pm
• September 12: Bucs Flag Football Camp for Grades 3-5 (run through York's PE department)
• September 15: "Day of Action around Tampa Bay" Service Opportunities
• September 17: Virtual PTSA Meeting
• September 16: "Start with Hello" Week
• September 19: PTSA Spirit Night @ Texas Roadhouse 4pm-9pm
• September 26: Student Online Safety Forum

🎉Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15-October 15 🎉

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Want to give back and make an impact on our local Tampa Bay community?! There are MANY service opportunities available on September 15 ranging from working with local artists to beautify community spaces, preserving the ecosystem by removing invasive vegetation, mangrove habitat restoration, beach clean-up, creating butterfly gardens, and more! All options offered can be logged for MYP service as action hours (Requirements for 2024-2025: 6th grade 5 hours, 7th grade 7 hours, 8th grade 10 hours.)

Service Option Details and (free) registration link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-day-of-action-tickets-942466672187?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

If your child is absent, please use our online attendance reporting form instead of calling the school.

The form is linked below and can also be found on our school website.

York K-8 Attendance (office.com)

If signing your child out prior to dismissal, please have their student number to help expediate the check-out process. Thanks!

• 9/3/24 at Shields
• 9/10/24 at Eisenhower
• 9/17/24 at Rogers
• 9/24/25 HOME against Collins
• 10/1/24 HOME against Barrington
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Girls play at 6:00pm followed by the Boys at 7:00pm.

Upcoming: Volleyball tryouts will be October 3rd-5th from 3pm-4:30pm.

As York Innovation Academy prepares for various athletic events on and off campus, please help us maintain safety for all students and spectators by following these guidelines for our athletic events:

• All student spectators must be accompanied by an adult.

• No spectator backpacks are allowed inside the gym.

• Please do not bring food into the gym.

• There will be no re-entry for any events.

• All event entries will end at half time.

• Athletes and spectators must be off campus 10 minutes after the last game has ended.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Interested in learning about sustainability in Germany & Switzerland!?

Scan the QR code for more details about Mr. Lopez's FCA club that meets Thursday mornings at 7:20am. Open to PYP and MYP students.

Support the FCA club and show your spirit! Shirts ordered may be worn on Fridays. The shirt sales help raise funds to send eligible students to summer camp at Southeastern University.

As members of York's IB community, we honor the following values to be:

Balanced, Reflective, Inquirers, Communicators, Knowledgeable, Caring, Principled, Open-Minded, Risk-Takers, & Thinkers

Our "Knowledgeable" Students of the Month were celebrated with doughnuts and certificates today! Each homeroom discussed how students demonstrated the "knowledgeable" attribute this month and picked a nominee who exemplified the trait to be recognized! (not all recipients pictured)

Thank you to our PTSA for funding the doughnuts/beverages for our students, along with the parent volunteers who helped serve them! You are appreciated!

Upcoming Spirit Nights!

* Healthy Spot - SEPT 12TH 8AM-7PM

* Texas Roadhouse - SEPT 19th 4-9PM

If you would like to become a Community Partner or join the PTSA please take a look at the opportunities we have:

https://flpta-dyia.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

PTSA Meeting Minutes from 8/20

https://dorothycyorkinnovationacademyptsa.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/august-20-2024-general-meeting.pdf

Check Out our PTSA Website!

https://dorothycyorkinnovationacademyptsa.wordpress.com/

Open Registration now with our partners at Apollo Beach Lacrosse Club & Drama Kids!!

Click the links below for information on the electronic platforms/apps that HCPS uses. Activation letters were sent home the week of 8/19/24.

Parent Apps - Questions and Answers

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/Y0ouV3V6zXC5pKKN?ref=Link

Arrivals:

PYP (Primary Years Program) students arriving between 7:40-7:55am should report to the cafeteria to allow for teacher contracted planning time. The Student Services Team will be supervising students as they eat and assisting them as they move into classrooms. Arrivals after 7:55am can go to the cafeteria for breakfast OR go directly to class. MYP students can get breakfast from the carts located in the courtyard and will remain there until the 8:00am bell rings to enter the building.

Students are only to be dropped off in the lane closest to York's office sidewalk. For our students' safety, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXIT CAR FROM THE 2nd LANE or from parking spots in front of the school as those locations require them to cross moving traffic in lane 1.

Dismissal:

It is important for cars to stay in their designated lane and not switch as it disrupts the dismissal process. Students are called to designated cones based on the order of names taken. Please be sure to enter our line by 3:15pm while our staff is still out taking names. If you arrive after 3:15pm, please be prepared to park and proceed to the office with your driver's license.

Cell phones must be stored in bookbags at all times during class. Students should be not using phones during hallway transitions or in the restrooms. Students in the MYP (Middle Years Program) may use phones during the last 15 minutes of lunch as a privilege. If you need to contact your student during the school day, please call the front office and we will connect you with your child.

The following York policies can be found on York's website linked below:

Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy / Homepage (hillsboroughschools.org)

• Academic Integrity Policy
• Assessment Policy
• Inclusion Policy
• Language Policy
• Admissions Policy

*Please note: Jackets are not to be worn indoors during class. Sweaters and sweatshirts may be worn in class but must be solid color (school colors: red, navy, gray, or black.) Logos should be no longer than a pinky finger length.

At York, the Middle School IB "Service as Action" expectation is that students:

• Strive to become caring members of the community
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to service
• Act to make a positive difference in the lives of others
• Make connections between classroom learning and the local or global community

6th grade: 5 hours

7th grade: 7 hours

8th grade: 10 hours

*To find more information on the required hours, types of service, and the reporting form, please visit York's website and click on the "Learn More About IB at York" button, then view "Service as Action" documents.

Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy / Homepage (hillsboroughschools.org)

York is currently an International Baccalaureate Candidate School* working towards authorization to become an IB World School. To gain insight about the IB framework and expectations of students at York, please check out the linked Padlet. It can also be found by visiting our school website and clicking "Learn more about IB at York."

International Baccalaureate Candidate School (padlet.com)

Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy is a Candidate School* for the Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy believes is important for our students. Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org

Connect with Mrs. Littlejohn using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/r/ExCMAG5W0F

• Last week all our new physical educators, Coach J, Coach Lanier, and Coach Kelly spent the week introducing and reviewing jump rope skills to their classes while Coach B touched on locomotor skills and the art of the overhand throw. Next week we’ll be starting Fitnessgram pre-testing and more throwing and catching action.

• Don’t forget, families. I know it’s hot out there but try to be intentional about doing some physical activity with your kids to model the importance of overall health and wellness. Speaking of being hot out there, PLEASE send a water bottle with your student to have for PE since the water fountains out on the covered court are temporarily out of service.
• Click below to view the PYP PE sway. Introductions to our new physical educators coming soon 😀👍

https://sway.office.com/z99BsYJBMbrdUUSM?ref=Link

Mrs. Varnadoe's 2nd grade inquirers began to discover the weather systems around us by creating a rain cloud indoors.

Mrs. Cooper's 8th graders have spent time uncovering ways in which Artificial Intelligence can enhance our lives, while better understanding the dangers and inaccuracies that accompany it. Today they're creating Advertisements to promote the RESPONSIBLE use of this new reality!

Library Orientation was a success!!! Thanks to Mrs. Service for a wonderful lesson on how to be principled with our media resources and giving us a chance to check books out!

Mrs. Maxwell & Mrs. Melendez’s 2nd grade classes had a great time trying to save Fred the worm. Using our IB unit of Inquiry we learned that Systems create organization. We focused on the learner profiles of being knowledgeable, reflective, communicators, and thinkers by using 2 paper clips to get a gummy worm through a gummy ring using no hands.

8th graders in Ms. Crane's classes reviewed the engineering design process by keying to build the tallest free-standing tower that could hold up a marshmallow! They were being amazing communicators and problem solvers!

Mrs. Hilliker and Mrs. Gangis’ grade 3 students have been working on learning self-management procedures and expectations for independent rotation time and they are nailing it!!!

Ms. Crane's MYP students put their creative and critical thinking skills to work as they were tasked with various Lego builds!

Making Thinking Visible: 8th grade ELA students made connections with each other through sharing perspectives in this Tug-of-War of the mind!

Knowledgeable Spanish 1 students competing against each other while reviewing vocabulary! (Picture 1) Students demonstrating communication skills with an assignment about “La fecha”. (Picture 2)

Inquiring Minds! Students in Mrs. Cajigas' Science classes enjoyed learning to use different scientific tools, observing microscopic organisms, exploring forces, and testing variables.

💕 We are impacted by relationships with family, friends, communities, and cultures. 💕
-Third Grade’s current IB Unit "Who We Are"

Mrs. Jinks’ kindergarten class learned how to draw using shapes and added creative details like hair, facial expressions, and clothing!

Mrs. Lankford’s Pre-K Class became “knowledgeable” in identifying our body parts and understanding the ways our bodies move!

Mrs. Clark’s class has had a busy couple of weeks developing positive interpersonal relationships and collaboration skills. Through labs and other activities students have exchanged information and critical thinking skills. Students recorded classmates' names on our class WOW board when peers were caught showing Knowledgeable trait. At the end of the month, students vote for our classroom IB Learner Profile winner based on experiences and evidence from our monthly WOW board log. Our voices matter 🗳️

Mrs. Cossum's students are advocates! They did an amazing job speaking up for the rights of animals!

Mrs. Kudia’s 4th grade class took pride in making a hallway display of their IB transdisciplinary projects for their “How We Organize Ourselves” unit.

Students in Mrs. Bello's 2nd grade class have been working very hard on their projects for their first IB Unit. Students wrote about different systems they use at school and at home to help keep them organized.

Students in Mrs. Gratt's Kindergarten class wrote and drew pictures of ways they are knowledgeable and then communicated with the class.

Students in Ms Fitzpatrick’s 7A math classes were Thinkers and used Form to create “Perfect” square art using the first ten perfect squares. Students also took on the challenge of building some perfect cubes!

PYP artists have been hard at work this week completing their monochromatic self-portraits. Students are also taking ownership in the art rooms by decorating their art portfolios for the year.

In Ms. Malden's class, we explored various science tools through a fun bubble experiment. The students used measuring spoons, a thermometer, goggles, and a ruler to measure and observe the size of bubbles. This hands-on activity allowed them to learn how each tool can be used to gather and analyze data in a scientific way.

Mrs Olekszak and Mrs Varnadoe’s classes were communicators and thinkers as they worked together to create a community as part of their IB unit on “How We Organize Ourselves.”

Students and teachers enjoyed showing off college team spirit today!

Many guardians of Admirals have reached out to see how they can support the campus. Below are some ideas:

• Volunteer in our Media Center. Fill out the required HCPS form here: Volunteer Services / Overview (hillsboroughschools.org) and email valerie.service@hcps.net to let her know you'd like to help out!
• Donate any new or used Lego or Duplo blocks
• Donate any new or gently used uniform clothing
• Visit DonorsChoose.org and search "Dorothy C. York" and support a classroom of your choice
• Apply to be a substitute at Hillsborough County Public Schools (kellyeducationalstaffing.us)
• Visit our PTSA page at Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy PTSA - Home | Facebook

A Hillsborough County Magnet School

Website: hillsboroughschools.org/york
Location: 5995 Covington Garden Drive, Apollo Beach, FL, USA
Phone: 813-533-2400
Twitter: @HCPS_YorkMagnet