12/5 and 12/6- K-2 FAST assessment PM2

12/6- Domino's Spirit Night- coupons coming home 12/5

12/7- SAC Meeting

12/7- Winter Music Concert

12/11-12/15- PTO Hosting the Holiday Shop

12/14 and 12/15- Holiday Luncheon (Must Prepay)

12/18-12/22- Winter Spirit Week *See Flyer

12/20-12/22- Early Release Days

12/23-1/5- Winter Break

1/7- SAC Meeting

1/8- Teachers and students return to school

1/10- FAST ELA for grades 3-6

1/12- FAST Math for grades 3-6

1/15- No school, Holiday for All

1/17- 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony

1/22-1/26- Literacy Week and One School One Book

1/25- Literacy Night

**There will be no family lunch on December 15th or December 22nd

Recently there has been an uptick in the amount of items being dropped off in the front office. Anytime an item is dropped off this creates an interruption for the class, as well as the front office. Students either miss class time to come get the item, or the front office staff has to leave the office and take it down. Please only bring items to be dropped off in the front office if it is absolutely imperative. If your child is having a hard time remembering everything, try packing up the night before, creating a checklist and hanging it on the front door, or setting an alarm reminder.

Dear Audubon Families,

Happy December! It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of another calendar year, and the second semester will conclude at the end of the month!

Just a quick reminder of important progress monitoring dates that are coming up during the first week of December:

FAST Progress Monitoring Grades K-2nd

Dec. 5th – ELA

Dec. 6th - Math

iReady Progress Monitoring Grades 3rd-6th

Dec. 4th-8th

It is imperative on progress monitoring days that your child is at school on time, receives plenty of rest and eats a nutritious breakfast. Remember, it’s always important to encourage your child to do his/her best work; and when something is difficult, success is achieved by working hard. We will continue to use this information to drive our planning and instruction as we progress into the second half of the school year.

As we approach the end of 2023, it is with great pride that I look back at the accomplishments our students have achieved both socially and academically. They have worked hard, and I am so proud to be part of such an amazing school. We appreciate your partnership and continued support throughout the school year.

I would like to wish all our Audubon Families a safe and happy holiday season. Winter break begins after school on Friday, December 22nd with classes resuming on Monday, January 8th. Please note that December 20th, 21st and 22nd are all early release days with a 1:15pm dismissal time.

Even though the holidays can be busy, please take time to enjoy the family time, create new family memories, and embrace this treasured time. Your children grow up so fast, and this is a great time to just enjoy the time you have together. Make sure to read with your child every day – find a good book and enjoy it together as a family. Talk about the opportunities to continue to grow the remainder of the school year – maybe set a family goal for the new year. Have a wonderful winter break and we’ll see you in 2024!

Sincerely,

Candace Jones, Principal

See video for more information: https://videos.schoolstore.com/kick-off-video

All you have to do for your child to earn the first prize is go to www.schoolstore.net and register your child. Then send 6 emails, copy down your prize code, and return it to school! After that you can help continue to raise money for Audubon by shopping through the links provided in the emails. No collecting money or going door to door!

Our School ID is 143257

Brevard Public Schools (BPS) is inviting parents/community members to provide input for the selection of State Standards aligned instructional materials. There are four opportunities for parent/community input.

Brevard Public Schools (BPS) is committed to fostering the kinds of high-quality learning experiences we know students need to ensure they have a solid K-12 Social Studies education. The upcoming instructional materials adoption cycle for social studies is an opportunity to select high-quality instructional materials that support these

kinds of learning experiences beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. Participating in the instructional materials review process is a powerful opportunity for teachers, administrators, parents, and community members.

Please click the link for more information

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M2QWgBwAH_Vl928Q2PYK74ECN59xyXN7/view

Dear Parents,

We are excited to share the "BPS At-Home Resources" website with you. This website will be periodically updated with resources. Please click on the grade level(s) that your child (children) is(are) in.

You will find the following -

Math Curriculum: Reveal Resources/EdGEms

Please preview the "How to access Reveal/EdGems from Home" section to be able to preview all the curriculum resources. Additionally, you will also find a family letter and some videos/PowerPoints linked directly on this page.

Math i-Ready Resources:

Please preview the "How to access the i-Ready Learning Games from Home" and the "Learning Games Alignment" documents.

We hope you will find these resources helpful.

https://sites.google.com/share.brevardschools.org/bps-math-at-home-support/home

Early Release Days: Every Friday is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

Front Office: The front office will be locked at all times for the safety of staff and students. If you need to enter the front office, please ring the doorbell on the left side of the front door. Office hours are 7:30am-3:30pm.

School Hours and transportation: Audubon's campus opens for students at 7:30 am. Students must be in their classrooms by 8:00 am or they are considered late and will need to go to the front office for a tardy slip. All students are dismissed at 2:30. Please remember, that kindergarten and VPK students must be met at the bus stop by someone on their approved list. If no one is there to greet them, they will be brought back to Audubon. If your child is a car rider, please ensure that you have the car tag clearly displayed.

Bus Loop: The front area of the school is reserved for buses only. After the buses are gone, VPK parents may drop their VPK students and siblings off starting at 7:45 am and will be greeted by their VPK teachers. If you are not a VPK family and need to drop your child in the front, please park and walk your child up (using the crosswalk)

Bus Stops: Parents, please help supervise your children at the bus stop in the mornings and afternoons to ensure that they are making safe choices. Also, students must wear their bus tag daily.

Lunch Accounts: All students are eligible for a free breakfast and lunch daily. If you would like to see the menu or add money to your child's account so they may purchase "extras" please visit: https://www.brevardschools.org/Page/3479 You can add money to the account by clicking on the "my payments plus" button or downloading the app.

Focus: Please make sure that you have your Focus Pin number and have logged in/created an account. Focus allows you to access your child's assignments and grades, as well as view communication from the teacher.

Congratulations to the following students for being the PENDA Top Performers for their class in November! These students will get to participate in a STEM activity in the Science Lab on Friday, December 8th, from 8:30-9:30. Mrs. Saltsman will be getting the PENDA Panda trophies to the top class in each grade level!

November Top Performers

Kolten M.

Cameron M.

Ryan G.

Xavier W.

Chris D.

Raymond E.

Benicio B.

Walter S.

Dean K.

Liam E.

Jasper O.

Honorable Mention

Henry H.

Logan C.

Roland P.

Jayden D.

Tanner S.

Emma M.

Top Classes

3rd-Dickinson

4th-Brady

5th-Powers

6th-Zepp

We enjoy seeing so many families every Friday! However, we want everyone to stay safe, so here are just a few reminders about Friday lunch with your students.

-Students must stay at the picnic tables with their adult. No running around or playing in the courtyard.

-Students cannot bring a friend from class to sit with their parent/adult. Only parents/legal guardians on the child's information forms in FOCUS can eat with a student.

-Parents/Guardians must check in at the front office as a visitor and get a yellow badge. This badge must be worn at all times when on campus.

-Parents/Guardians MUST stay in the courtyard. You cannot walk your child to the restroom or to class.

*Teachers have been reminded that students need to use the restroom before lunch time, so this shouldn't be an issue. :-)

Parents and Families,

Here is what you need to do if you want to eat lunch with your child:

1. Make sure you notify your child’s teacher that you are eating lunch with them, so they can meet you at the tables. If you send an email, please do so in enough time for the teacher to see it before lunch.
2. Only Parents and Legal Guardians can eat lunch with their own child(ren).
3. Sign in as a Visitor in the Front Office and obtain a yellow name badge (you are not volunteering; you are visiting for lunch).
4. You will report to the courtyard and wait on your child. The teacher will release your child to this area when he/she is taking his/her students to lunch.
5. This area will be supervised during the entire lunch period.
6. If you are not a registered volunteer, you will need to be escorted on and off campus by a staff member.

Every Friday will be available for parent/child lunch. We have limited seating, so you need to sign up through sign-up genius. The link for that is below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4eaca623a3fe3-eatlunch1#/

Once again, I am happy to share this news with you. I look forward to seeing you and your child enjoy lunch together on Fridays!

Sincerely,

Candace Jones

Principal

Please keep in mind that if you sign in to Volunteer during the week, that does not include eating lunch with your child. If you are here to volunteer and are going to eat lunch with your student, you must go to the front office and switch your sign in to "visitor". Eating lunch with your student is only permitted on Friday Lunch Days. Thank you for your understanding.

Just Cupcakin' Around will now be carrying new flavors: blueberry jam, cherry jam, and apple butter. Stop by to see them!

We'd like to give an extra shout out to Mike and Laurie Yetman with ReMax Solutions. They graciously offered to sponsor our staff Tshirts! After an unfortunate miscommunication their phone numbers was printed incorrectly on the shirts. Luckily, they understood and were so nice about this mistake! If you have any realty questions, reach out to Mike or Laurie, using the correct phone number of course! 321-474-2732

A+ donates a check to every school on the island each 9 weeks. In return, they request that someone from the school volunteers 4 hours of their time each month. If this is something you are interested in doing, please reach out to our PTO and let them know you'd like to volunteer. They can give you more information and help you get set up to go volunteer! audubonpto@yahoo.com

Head Lice Brochure: https://www.brevardschools.org/cms/lib/FL02201431/Centricity/Domain/8230/Head-Lice_Brochure.pdf

Head Lice Form: https://www.brevardschools.org/cms/lib/FL02201431/Centricity/Domain/8230/Head-Lice_Release_Form.pdf

Email: audubonelementary@brevardschools.org
Website: https://www.brevardschools.org/AudubonES
Location: 1201 North Banana River Drive, Merritt Island, FL, USA
Phone: 321-452-2085
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Audubonesadmin