Happy Fall!

Every year schools around the state of Florida write a Student Performance Plan. Plew has written their SPP, a road map of the year with academic focuses defined for Reading, Writing, Science and Math. Our SPP can be found in the entirety on our web page starting in the middle of October.

A few goals addressed:

ELA Focus 1:

Keeping Balanced Literacy in mind, teachers will use the ELA Foundational Standards and data to create lessons. Grades 3-5 will use the ELA stand-ards, Item Specifications, Achievement Level Descriptors and data to create lessons.

ELA Focus 2:

Writing: Teaching how Analysis and Synthesis lead to Elaboration

Math Focus:

Use OCSD M3 Standards-based planning document to create student-centered lessons.

Science Focus:

Use Standards and Item Specifications to design interactive, engaging whole group, cooperative group and station learning opportunities that place a strong focus on student to student interaction.

Thanks for your support,

~Tammy Matz, Principal

We are so excited that our Plew students are participating in various service projects for the 2019-2020 school year. The projects are as follows:

K-Backpack Program - Classes will select a month and collect food, coats, and shoes.

1st grade - Twin Cities Pavilion - The grade level will send birthday cards to residents and sponsor a holiday activity.

2nd grade – Harvest Hands - Classes will collect food during November.

3rd grade - Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance - Classes will plant grasses and collect donations to help with erosion in the springtime.

4th grade - Twin Cities Pavilion - Classes will coordinate the collection of need-ed items and drop off to Twin Cities Pavilion each semester.

5th grade - Change for Children - Classes will coordinate the collection of change to benefit Children in Crisis.

We will be providing you with updates on Plew’s Facebook page.

~ Laura King, Assistant Principal

Reminders

Parent Lunch visits Every Monday & Thursday

BOX TOPS

Each one is worth 10 cents

Check the expiration date

Send them to your child’s teacher

Collected once a month on the 1st Thursday

Last year we raised over $2300.00

New Electronic scanning Available. Go to www.boxtops4education.com for the App. Please scan your receipt within 14 days.

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Coke product code collection is ongoing….each cap is worth 5 cents and helps provide our stu-dents with new library books. There is a black square on the bottom of Dasani water packages (on the shrink wrap). That square is worth 30 cents…please save those, too! Along with the cardboard tear out on cardboard packages. Your help in collect-ing is greatly appreciated!!

Pull tabs help our friends and families at the Ronald McDonald House. This is a great way to help those in need with no extra expense!

Visit our website at www.okaloosaschools.com/plew and Like Us On Facebook

MUSIC

Dear Plew Families,

I am honored to be a part of such a delightful school community! I have been having a lot of fun getting to know your students and seeing all of their cre-ativity and talents. We are having a wonderful start this year in music class and I look forward to sharing it with you all throughout the school year. Please be on the lookout for updates on our program. In addition, make sure to stop by and visit during Open House on Tuesday, October 1

st from 5-6:30pm!

Singing Joyfully,

Mrs. Dornbos

Important Dates/Info.

5th Grade- October 1

st Choir Forms

Due

3rd

Grade- Thursday, October 24th

Musical “It’s a Hit!”

Kindergarten- Thursday, October 31

st Fall Performance

"Caught Ya!" Photo for September in Music:

PE NEWS

MILE CLUB DAYS

October 22nd

, 23rd

, 24th

During the students’ PE time. Students only on Mile Club Days

FUN RUN

October 25th “SUPERHERO FUN RUN”

Let’s dress in our best Superhero attire.

Parents are invited to the Fun Run

*Don’t forget to check your Student’s PE time.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to volunteers from Twin Cities Hospital for the gift of their time and talents on the 18

th United

Way Day of Caring. We had the CFO, Head of Nursing, Controller and many others that worked tirelessly in 98 degree weather to improve our campus. We are so fortunate to live in a caring community!!

IN THE ART ROOM…

The deadline for returning order forms and payment for 5th Grade is Oct. 1st. A portion of the funds from the sales of the vanity car tags go to fund awesome art supplies in the art room.

~Mrs. Wilbourne

MEDIA CENTER

The book fair will continue through October 3

rd. This is how we raise the

majority of our library book money for the school year. Some of you that have had to pay for damaged library books know they are NOT cheap. Your support means SO much!! ~Mrs. Crist

Teacher Bake Sale to be held on Tuesday, October 1st during the Open House. Proceeds will benefit our Relay for Life team and go to the American Cancer Society.

FROM THE SLP

From the SLP: https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/Spoken-Language-Disorders/Language-In--Brief/

Anita DeVuyst, M.S.,CCC/SLP