SEM Newsletter

To ensure high levels of learning in a safe, respectful environment where all achieve personal and academic success. ALL means ALL.

Our Veterans Day Assembly is Monday at 9 am, and we invite our families and community members to join us in honoring those who have served our country! If you’re a veteran planning to attend, please email Mrs. VanderMolen at sonya.vandermolen@okeeschools.org and let her know which branch you served in. We want to ensure you receive the recognition you deserve during our assembly.

Mrs. VanderMolen, Principal

Mrs. Drazick, Assistant Principal

Friday night, Seminole was proudly represented at the District's Annual Employee Recognition Banquet! Mrs. Crosby was honored as Seminole’s Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Emily Gaucin as School-Related Employee of the Year, Mrs. Anover as Project ONE New Teacher of the Year, and Ms. Ferguson for her remarkable 30 years of service in the Okeechobee County Schools system. Seminole is incredibly proud of each of these outstanding women and the invaluable contributions they bring to our school!

The video from the evening is linked below if you’d like to watch it.

Our STAR Testing for grades K-2 and FAST Testing for grades 3-5 will begin the week of December 2nd. Please help us support your child’s success by ensuring they get a good night’s sleep, arrive to school on time, and feel encouraged to do their best! We’re excited to see how much our students have grown during this first semester!good night’s sleep, arrive to school on time, and feel encouraged to do their best! We’re excited to see how much our students have grown during this first semester!

Parents, take a look at our Parent Family Engagement Plan here! This plan provides an overview of the ways we aim to foster strong partnerships between families and our school.an overview of the ways we aim to foster strong partnerships between families and our school.

Parent Family Engagement Plan English

Parent Family Engagement Plan Spanish

AfterCare is being offered at Seminole!

Please use the QR codes to learn more information and register your child for AfterCare!

Below is a link to the District Policy on Bullying and Harassment. In order to be classified as bullying, the physical threat or emotion distress must be continuously inflicted towards the student. A one time occurrence of teasing would not fall under bullying.

SEM takes bullying seriously! If your child is being bullied, please have your child tell an adult at school or call the office to inform administration of the situation.

Link to District Bullying and Harassment Policy

Parents, please use the roundabout towards the back of the school when dropping off or picking up your student. This helps us avoid congestion and issues with traffic back up. Do not use the driveway before the roundabout to turn around. This creates a very dangerous situation for cars that are driving to the roundabout or turning into the school.

Also, please do not exit your vehicle during drop off or pick up times. We have staff that will assist the students exit or enter the vehicles as necessary. This limits pedestrian traffic in the road and near our opened gates.

Thank you!

At Seminole, we are committed to Read Aloud A Lot. Students spend time daily reading aloud in class. Students daily are required to read 20 minutes at home for homework. Students K-2 should be reading the fluency passages sent home by the teacher and grades 3-5 should be reading books at home.

Click here to access the November Breakfast and Lunch Menus on our District Website.

Breakfast and lunch is free to ALL students.

Parents, please check out this wonderful free resource! Even if your family is not eligible to receive books, there are still free resources available to help your child with reading!

Link to New Worlds Reading Website

Nov 18-22 APTT Qtr2

Nov 20th- Progress Reports

Nov 22nd- Early Release Day

Nov 25-29- Fall Break/No School

Dec- PM2 Testing

Dec 6th- Winterfest 5-7 pm

Dec 23-Jan 3- Winter Break