-Curriculum Night: You are welcome to join us for our annual Curriculum Nights Wednesday,September 11th at 5:30pm for our 1st grade families and Wednesday, September 18th at 5:30pm forour Kindergarten families. During Curriculum Night your student’s teacher will be holding apresentation starting promptly at 5:30pm, demonstrating what your child will be learning this schoolyear. This is an adult-only event and there will not be childcare provided during these events.Aftercare will run as normal on both evenings.-Clubs: Clubs began Thursday, Sept. 5th. If your child is in a club they will go to their club from 2:30-3:15 on Tuesday and/or Thursday. If your child is not going to afterschool, please pick-up your childfrom clubs at 3:15pm. Club dismissal will work the same as our 2:30 dismissal. If your child is in LegoClub, please provide a one-time $25 payment. If you are writing a check please make it out to‘Discovery Academy of Science.’

-1st Grade Curriculum Night: Wednesday, Sept. 11th

-Kindergarten Curriculum Night- Wednesday,Sept. 18th

Mrs. Holland

Mrs. Heathscott’s Class: Ryder Anderson

Mrs. Tremblay’s Class: Kayla Attley

Ms. Cott’s Class: Mason Selezan

Ms. Carroll’s Class: Mateo Velasquez

Mrs. Cassidy’s Class: Kevser Akbaba

Ms. Davidson’s Class: Cole Hablutzel

Students of the Month-August Below are pictures of the Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students of the Month for August! These students have displayed exceptional student behavior each day and are shining role models for their peers! These students have received a Student of the Month certificate presented in their classroom, a student of the month pencil, and you will see their pictures displayed in the front office for the whole month of August! Great job K-1st Tigers!

COME JOIN US!

Let's play some FREE Bingo

Location: Cafeteria (NORTH CAMPUS)

LITE REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED

SUPERHERO BINGO NIGHT FREE BINGO & PRIZES

Family and Friends Welcome

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CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PARENT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION

COME TOGETHER Applebees Flapjack Fundraiser: LAST DAY TO ORDER!

Saturday, September 14, 8-10 am, $7 per person

Must pre-purchase tickets by Sept 6: at http://dasschool. corecommerce.com/DASPVO-Events/Family-Flapjack-Fundraiser.html

Superhero Bingo Night: September 26, 6:30-8:30 pm

Come out for some free family fun. Refreshments and

snacks will be served. North Campus Cafeteria

STAY CONNECTED

• Facebook – DAS PVO (closed group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/daspvo/

• DAS PVO Website: https://daspvo.org

• DAS School Site: http://discoveryacademy.info/

GET INVOLVED VOLUNTEERS WANTED! If you want to volunteer

in your child’s classroom, chaperone field trips, or helps with

school events, you will need to be a Level I or II screened

volunteer. Find out more at https://daspvo.org/volunteers, or

fill out the form sent home in the PVO folder at orientation.

If you’re already a volunteer, thank you! Sign up forthese events

at: https://www.trackitforward.com/site/67582/events

• Applebees Flapjack Fundraiser, 9/14

• Scholastic Book Fair 10/21-10/25

• Trunk or Treat, 10/24 6:00 pm

SPIRIT SHIRTS FOR SALE A few spirit shirts are still available in red cotton. Please

email if interested: Beba.sheehy@daspvo.org or order online:

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - ROOM

PARENT MEETING Pinehurst Campus

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – 6:30-

8:30 PM, SUPERHERO BINGO SPIRIT NIGHT at the

Curlew Campus, FREE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 6:30 – 8:30

CHICK-FIL-A SPIRIT

NIGHT, Countryside

Store, Clearwater.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21-25

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

“Snow Much to Read”

Pinehurst campus – volunteers needed!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 6:30 pm

TRUNK OR TREAT!!!

Volunteer trunks needed

“Education is the most powerful

weapon which you can use to

change the world.”

- Nelson Mandela

DATES TO

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Mrs. Ranze’s Gifted Class News:

September 6, 2019

This week in gifted class we read a story and

watched a video clip on our theme/topic for this

year…..Inventions!

Attached below are pictures of the students

reading about different inventions and inventors.

I look forward to seeing the children get

excited about inventions. More learning and

research to come! Please contact me with any

questions or concerns.

(727)330-2424

lrmccullough@discoveryacademy.info

This Week’s Focus (We meet Wednesdays 1:25-2:25PM)

Dear Parents,

Reminder:

Please send in a spiral bound one-

subject notebook and one black pocket

folder for your child if you have not done

so yet! Thank you to those who did send it

in already!

Regards,

Mrs. Ranze

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

20% of ALL sales will benefit

Thursday, October 3rd

4:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.

Chick~fil~A Countryside

2525 Countryside Blvd, Clearwater FL 33765

All students, teachers, parents, friends, family, and neighbors are encouraged to show their

“SPIRIT” by dining-in or going to the drive thru at the Chick~fil~A of Countryisde.

Please be sure to let them know you are with DAS!

Miss Carroll’s Classroom News

Notes

- Reading log and math sheet are

due by Friday at 8:30am. The new

sight words for this week are “we”

and “be.”

- If your child will be absent please

let Lynn know via email.

lynn@discoveryacademy.info

(727)-330-2424

September 9th – 13th

mcarroll@discoveryacademy.info

What are we learning?

Language Arts: We will be learning the letters “Ii” and Nn.” Our essential

question is “How do baby animals move?”

We will also be working with nouns.

Math: We will be starting a new unit this week. We will be talking about equal

quantities, triangles and comparing

shapes. Students will also continue to

practice numbers and counting.

Science: We will be reviewing and taking our first unit test (on Tuesday).

Social Studies: Lesson 4: Self Talk for Staying on Task.

Upcoming Events Curriculum Night: Wednesday, Sept.

18th at 5:30pm (adults only).

Progress Reports: Will be sent home

Friday, Sept. 13th.

mailto:lynn@discoveryacademy.info

Mrs. Cassidy’s

Classroom News

Sept. 9th

– Sept.13th

If your child will be

absent please let Lynn

or I know via email.

Contact Info:

lynn@discoveryacademy.info

(727)-330-2424

Reading log and math

sheet are due on Friday

by 8:30am! New sight

words are “we” and

“be.”

Language Arts: We will be learning the letters “Ii” and “Nn”. Our essential question is “How do baby animals move?” We will also be working with nouns.

Math: We will be starting a new unit this week. We will be talking about equal quantities, triangles and comparing shapes. Students will also continue to practice numbers and counting.

Science: We will be reviewing and taking our first unit test (on Tuesday).

Social Studies: Lesson 4: Self Talk for Staying on Task.

Curriculum Night- Wednesday, Sept 18th at 5:30pm (adult only event)

Progress Reports- Will be sent home Friday, Sept. 13th

scassidy@discoveryacademy.info

(727)-330-2424

Playing our math

game: Gotcha!

mailto:lynn@discoveryacademy.infomailto:scassidy@discoveryacademy.info

Progress reports will be sent home on Friday, the 13th.

Please notify Lynn if your child is absent - lynn@discoveryacademy.info.

NO CLUBS ON WEDNESDAYS OR FRIDAYS

PVO – Spirit Day – Flap Jack Day at Applebee’s – September 14th.

Curriculum night – September 18th @ 5:30

Please practice sight words, “we”, “ and “be”. Practice letters, “Ii” and “Nn”: writing and sounds.

Language Arts: We will be learning the letters “Ii” and “Nn”. Students will be learning sight words: “we” and “be”. We will also talk about nouns.

Math: We will be working on equal quantities, triangles, counting skills, and nonverbal addition and subtraction.

Science: We will be studying the Scientific Method and review the five senses for an assessment.

Social Studies: Lesson 4 of our Second Step curriculum is about self talk to help with staying on task and our Weekly Reader is about mapping my school.

Ms. Davidson’s Kindergarten Week 3

Mrs. Heathscott’s

1st Grade Class

Reading and Writing: We will be reading stories about different animal habitats. We will focus on blends and digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph) in phonics. We will explore possessive nouns and learn about contractions. In writing, we will be writing

a story that has a beginning, middle, and end. Math: We will be reviewing all chapter one skills (skip counting, using a number line, addition and subtraction number

stories, and tally marks) and taking the assessment. We will begin chapter 2 working on turn around facts when adding

and decomposing the number 10. We will begin exploring even and odd numbers.

Science: We will begin chapter two in our interactive science curriculum. We will learn about the sun, stars, constellations,

and begin learning about the solar system. Social Studies: We will be reading our social studies weekly magazine called “Are we there yet?” and discussing different activities that kids participate in.

This Week’s Focus

Spelling Words for the “spelling check” on Fridays

Focus: st, nd, nk, nt, and mp

List A: drink, bank, almost,

twist, blend, grand, invent, plant, jump, thump

List B: chipmunk, shrunk,

honest, worst, expand, friend, faint, agent, shrimp, headlamp

Reminders • If your child misses a day of school, please

let Ms. Lynn and I know via email. Lynn@discoveryacademy.info

• September 11th-First grade curriculum night at 5:30 p.m.

• September 13th-Scholastic Book Order Due

• September 16th-First quarter progress reports sent home

• SPELLING CHECKS: I will give each child a pre-check the week before to determine

which list they will be on for the following week. They will only take one spelling check each week. They will bring home either list A or list B on Monday. That is the list they will be tested on Friday.

Contact: lheathscott@discoveryacademy.info

727-330-2424 ext. 114

We learned how to use a hand lens to observe objects!

mailto:Lynn@discoveryacademy.infomailto:lheathscott@discoveryacademy.info

Cott Club The

September 9, 2019

Reading- Due to our short week last week,

we will continue with the learning we

began last week. Students will again be

working with the short “i” sound for

phonics and will be identifying main idea

for comprehension.

Writing- Students will edit and finalize

about describing places.

Math- We will continue working on the

standard of reading, writing and

representing numbers to 120.

Social Studies- Students will read “Are

We There Yet?”

Science- Students will be recording data.

Recording data!

This Week’s Focus

Student Of The Week

Congratulations to Lily! Lily is

always kind to others and

arrives at school to do her best

learning!

Be sure to email Lynn if your child

is going to be late or tardy at

lynn@discoveryacademy.info.

If you need to reach me, please

email me at

mcott@discoveryacademy.info.

Up Coming Events NWEA testing is this week. We

will have our Curriculum Night

Sept. 11 (please note this is an

adult event).

Reminders

mailto:lynn@discoveryacademy.info

Mrs. Tremblay’sFirst Grade Newsletter

September 9, 2019

Reminders

9/11- Curriculum Night at 5:30 PM

9/16- First Quarter Progress Reports

*If your child is absent, please make sure to email Lynn in the front office:Lynn@discoveryacademy.info

This Week’s FocusELA: Reading Wonders-We will continue with Week 2: Students are learning about key details for comprehension. We will continue with the short “i" sound for spelling and phonics. (Spelling Check on Thursday)

Math: Everyday Math Ch.1: Students will continue our math unit by solving number stories, counting up and counting back. (Unit 1 Assessment on Friday)

Science: Interactive Science Chapter 1: When do you ask questions and how do scientists answer questions? (Chapter 1 Assessment Friday)

Social Studies: Florida Studies Weekly- Are We There Yet? Students will learn about maps to locate places in Florida.

Spelling List A: pin, win, hit, sit, miss, kiss, down, out, up, very

Spelling List B: little, live, give, things, think, America, down, out, up, very

ptremblay@discoveryacademy.info(727)330-2424 ext. 102

Comparing and Ordering Numbers

Discovery Academy of Science 9/2-9/6 Mr. Henrie: Physical Education

This Week

I hope everyone had a nice little break, and I’m glade we are all safe from the Hurricane!

In our shortened time this week we have continued our Physical Fitness unit. We have con-

tinued to talk about the Components of Fitness. This week we reviewed previous compo-

nents, as well as further talked about the terms “Flexibility” and “Body Composition”. Stu-

dents also this week were assessed on their locomotor movements skills. I used the TGMD-2

checklist rubric to assess their performance. Popular activities this week included “Across

the River”, “Sharks and Minnows”, and “4 Corners”.

Next Week

*Please remember to always have sneakers for PE. If your son/daughter wears

dress shoes or boots, please pack their sneakers to change into! Thank you

Email: mhenrie@discoveryacademy.info

Next week we will finish up our Physical Fitness unit. We will also have a Health lesson

talking about maintaining a Healthy weight.

Relay Races in Mrs. Cassidy’s class Mrs. Heathscott’s class playing Base Tag

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