Dear Families and Students,

I hope everyone had another great week! This week's newsletter is filled with many important reminders and exciting announcements!

8th Grade Orcas, today is the last day to submit your slide show photos to Mrs. Braxton for the 8th Grade Graduation. You will have until Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 to fill out the 8th Grade Graduation Early Departure Form that can be found in this week's newsletter. The HS Course Preference Link may also be found in this week's newsletter, please be sure to submit both as soon as possible!

We are excited to announce that the 2018-2019 OSS MH Yearbook sales have been extended! You may still purchase your yearbook via SCHOOLPAY for $45 today!

We are days away from our 2018-2019 Teacher Appreciation Week! Help us show our teachers how much we appreciate them by signing up for donations found in the link below, there is also a link for monetary donations if you are able to donate. Thank you for your support!

4th Quarter Parent Teacher Conference Nights will take place on Tuesday, April 30th, Wednesday, May 1st, Wednesday, May 8th, and Thursday, May 9th! You may begin signing up for time slots tomorrow, April 20th, 2019 at 7 PM via the link found in this week's newsletter! Be sure to review all the information found in the link.

Orcas as we near the final Assesment Calendar dates please be sure to review all the dates found in this week's newsletter. We would also like to remind you that May 1st, 8th and 15th will be full school days and we will NOT be following the early release schedule.

We have many exciting events approaching as we reach the end of our 2018-2019 school year! Next week our OSHS SGA will host "Oscar's Eggstravaganza" at the Technology Drive Field, from 3:00-6:00 PM. More details can be found below, we hope to see you there! We will also be hosting our final OSS K-12 PVO Meeting following the event in the OSHS Cafeteria from 6:00-8:00 PM, RSVP using the link below, you will not want to miss this meeting!

Have a safe and wonderful weekend, and we will see you on Monday!

Respectfully,

Abdulaziz Yalcin, M.Ed

Principal

Orlando Science Schools-Middle/High

We will be holding our annual Teacher Appreciation Week during the week of April 29th, 2019- May 3rd, 2019. Below you will find the schedule for the week's events, along with the link of donations needed. If you are not able to donate but would like to contribute funds to purchase items please select the SCHOOL PAY link below. We greatly appreciate your help!

Monday-Panera Sponsored Breakfast, Tuesday-Pot Luck Lunch, Wednesday-Cookie Party

Thursday-Ice Cream Party and Friday-Teacher Grams

The Lynx Lane 4th and final Parent Teacher Conference Nights for the 2018-2019 School Year will be held on the dates and times listed above. Please review ALL of the information found in the link below before requesting more information.

You may begin signing up for a time slot beginning at 7 PM tomorrow Saturday, April 20th, 2019, using the link below.

Below you will find the 2018-2019 Lynx Lane Assesment Calendar, please keep these dates in mind when planning any upcoming appointments and vacations. It is also important to note that on the following days listed below we will not be holding our regular early release schedule, instead, we will follow our standard release schedule to allow more time for testing.

• May 1st 2019-7th Grade will be released at 2:48PM & 6th and 8th Grade will be released at 2:52PM
  
• May 8th 2019-7th Grade will be released at 2:48PM & 6th and 8th Grade will be released at 2:52PM
  
• May 15th 2019-7th Grade will be released at 2:48PM & 6th and 8th Grade will be released at 2:52PM
  

The Orlando Science 2019 8th Graduation will take place on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport(9300 Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando Fl 32827) from 6:30-8:00 PM.

Parking: $4 Self Park/$7 Valet Park

8th Grade Orcas must arrive at the Hyatt between 5:15-5: 30 PM. Caps, gowns, and tassels must be worn upon arrival.

Proper Dress Code is required for ALL 8th Grade Orcas, please refer to the dress code handout that was emailed home to all 8th Grade Parents/Guardians.

Guests may arrive between 5:15-6: 30 PM and may begin seating at 5:30 PM, we ask that you limit only four(4) guests per student due to limited seating.

We will be creating a slideshow for the 2019 8th grade graduation. If you would like your student’s picture to be included in the slideshow please follow the directions below:

STUDENT SLIDESHOW PICTURE

Email two pictures to Ms. Braxton by April 19th at 4pm to Mrs. Braxton.

1. One young/baby picture and
2. One current/recent picture

Please be advised slideshow participation is optional. Graduation attendance is not required to participate in the slideshow. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Graduation for your students will take place on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport. We understand that this is typically a busy day for our 8th-grade families as they prepare for graduation, so for May 24th only we will allow early departure from school. In order for ED to take place, you must have the form completed below by 3 PM Thursday, May 23rd, 2018. We will not be accepting any responses after this date. If a response is not submitted your student will be picked up during our regular dismissal time frame. Please keep in mind students must be picked up from the dismissal area beginning from 12:00PM-12: 30 PM. Please note by signing your student up you are agreeing to pick them up in the dismissal area between 12:00 and 12:30 pm if you do not pick your student up at this time you will have to wait until dismissal.No 8th grade student will be permitted to leave through the front office on this day. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Caggiano at Clarissa.Caggiano@orlandoscience.org.

Take time to carefully select possible courses in the order of your preference. Due to class size restrictions, prerequisites and your academic readiness, you may not be assigned the classes you requested. Sometimes, your last choice is the only option that will work when creating a schedule. Therefore, please complete all of the course categories including the contingency (back-up) course offerings. We will try our best to accommodate your requests. All final placement decisions will be made by the administration and guidance departments after reviewing students' end of year grades and test scores.

If you are not satisfied with your schedule or have different needs, please do not hesitate to email Mr. I until the end of the first two weeks of the new school year. Students should check their high school graduation requirements from the Florida Department of Education's website.

Please feel free to see Mr. I for further questions. FLDOE Graduation Requirement: http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7764/urlt/1415forwardflyer.pdf For detailed course description please visit http://www.cpalms.org/Public/search/Course . For information about the AP classes please visit https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse

Congratulations to the Lynx Lane Orcas listed and pictured below for being selected as our Lynx Lane April Students of the Month! These students were nominated by their teachers for going above and beyond and representing the Orca Way! Congratulations Orcas, keep up the great work!

Alika (6th Grade), Zikora (7th Grade) and Ricardo(8th Grade)

The Moving Across Literacy Challenge for the 2018-2019 School Year is officially underway! Each number listed below the grade level is the number of book slips grade level students have submitted that they read! For every 25th Book Slip submitted that student will win a small prize. Congratulations to our first sets of winners, if your name is listed below please see Mrs. Sturm in RM 124 for your prize!

Yusra L(8th Grade), Eman A(8th Grade), Siva D(7th Grade), Alika M(6th Grade), Preston S(8h Grade), Kyla P-B(8th Grade), Jayden H(8th Grade), Ishaan D(7th Grade), Aidan B(7th Grade), Hamza T(6th Grade), Leo B.(6th Grade), Ashuana K(7th Grade), Joshua O(6th Grade), Aaliyah A(6th Grade), Rushi P(6th Grade), Aleena (7th), Robert D(6th), Ethan R(6th), Ishaan D.(7th),

Hemi P(7th).

The OCLS has partnered with OSS Middle/High to provide free Virtual Library Cards (VLC) to all students. There are many wonderful online resources students can use from any computer with their credentials. Check out the website www.ocls.info and go to Research and Learning to explore all the learning opportunities the library offers. Use the credentials listed in the picture above to log in and enjoy!

Orcas this is just a reminder that students interested in dressing down for their birthday must submit a "Birthday Dress Down Day" form found below two days prior to their birthday dress down day request. If a form is submitted less than the two days or is not submitted they will be considered out of dress code and they will not be approved to dress down.

AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Orlando Science Schools via Discovery Education Services, Inc. whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-3366305

Office Depot provides the school with 5% back in credits for FREE supplies when you make a purchase of qualifying school supplies. Simply provide the school ID at checkout.

OSES School Code: 70228302

OSS School Code: 70218341

https://www.officedepot.com/cm/school-supplies/give-back

Hello OSS Families!

Please remember that BOX TOPS are a wonderful FREE way to raise funds for our school. Each Box Top is worth $.10 and they really add up. Please make sure to continuously send these in so that I can mail them before their expiration dates. The monies received go to supporting our academic and sport teams, the PLTW (Project Lead the Way) along with many other OSS programs and classroom needs. If you would like to learn more about the Box Tops program go to www.btfe.com.

Please register or login today. Make sure that you designate Orlando Science Schools as your school support.

To see a complete list of products go to: https://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/participating-products

Also, it is very important to check those expiration dates. We do not receive any credit for expired Box Tops.

Thank you so much for your support of Orlando Science Middle High School. For questions or thoughts please email me at jmallonee@cfl.rr.com.

Happy Clipping!

Denise Mallonee

Our School System has recently updated our accounts on LinkedIn would love for you to join our network! Please see below for links to the official LinkedIn Company Pages for each of our campuses and feel free to share with current families and alumni.

• Orlando Science Schools (K-12): https://www.linkedin.com/company/orlando-science-schools/
  
• Osceola Science Charter School (K-8): https://www.linkedin.com/company/osceola-science-charter-school/
  
• Seminole Science Charter School (K-8): https://www.linkedin.com/company/seminole-science-charter-school/

Astronomers: Observe and study stars, planets, and other astronomical phenomena.

Source: https://careerwise.minnstate.edu/careers/careerDetail?oc=192011&title=Astronomers

Brainstorming: A method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously and in an unrestrained discussion generate ideas.

http://mdk12.msde.maryland.gov/instruction/curriculum/stem/pdf/STEMEducationGlossary.pdf

Email: info@orlandoscience.org
Website: www.orlandoscience.org
Location: 2427 Lynx Lane, Orlando, FL, USA
Phone: (407)253-7304
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orlandoscience/
Twitter: @OrlandoSciMH