SEM Newsletter
2024-2025
Welcome to Week 12!
A huge thank you to our Seminole families for joining us at last week’s Spooktacular event and for celebrating the grand opening of our Scholastic Book Fair! We loved seeing our students dressed up and full of festive spirit. This week, we’re keeping the excitement going with Red Ribbon Spirit Week, and we can’t wait to see our students dress up each day to show their commitment to staying drug-free!
Mrs. VanderMolen, Principal
Mrs. Drazick, Assistant Principal
Okeechobee County School District has partnered with Varsity Tutors for Schools! All students now have access to the Varsity Tutors learning resources like live classes, chat tutoring, and more. Some students may have been assigned tutoring by your school, ask your teacher or school office if this has been provided to you. All Okeechobee County School District families can sign up for paid supplemental private tutoring for their students at a discounted rate!
Click here to learn more information about what it is, how to login, and so much more!
Both of our scheduled Title 1 Annual Meetings were impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. To ensure all parents have access to this important information, we’ve created a video you can watch at your convenience. Please take a moment to view the video to learn more about Seminole as a Title 1 School. After watching, we kindly ask that you complete the short survey linked below. Thank you for your time and support!
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.
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.
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!
Breakfast and lunch is free to ALL students.
