The Chief Chatter

Oct. 9 No School

Oct. 17-18 No School

Sept. 23-Oct. 11

PTO Fall Fundraiser! Please support your

Amazing Children and our awesome PTO!

Oct. 21-25 Book Fair

Open 9:00-2:30 daily coled from 12:00-12:30.

Oct. 23

Report Cards go home Oct. 25

Fall Picture Re-takes

Be an Osceola Chief...

Be respectful Be responsible

Be a problem-solver

Exciting Events in September!

Month ly News Fo r Osceo la S tuden t s and Fami l i e s

Oct. 2019

First graders love science! We’ve had a blast learning about the practice of science. Your kids have been

investigating in teams and explaining their observations. They are identifying and recording data. If

they are asking you at home, “how do you know?”, it’s all part of the science process!

Fabulous First Grade News!

OES Chiefs have GRIT!

These students scored a

perfect scale score on the

2019 Florida Standards As-

sessment (FSA) testing in

either Math, ELA or both

areas!

We are so proud of each of

you and the effort that

every OES

Chief puts

into their

school

work!

Important Music Dates for the

2019-2020 School Year:

-Elementary Choir Collaboration for 4th and 5th Grade

Concert: Saturday, October 5th, 11:00 am

-3rd Grade Field Trip to Artis-Naples “Young Person’s

Concert”: Friday, October 11th, 9:45 am

-5th Grade Concert: Tuesday, November 12th, 6:30 pm in the

OES cafeteria

What? 5th Grade Fall Concert show casing the 5 th grad-

ers singing, dancing and playing instruments!

Who? The entire 5 th grade

When? Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30 PM

(Students: please arrive at 6:00)

Where? OES Cafeter ia

What to wear? Solid red, white or blue colored shirts and

jeans

--1st Grade Concert: Tuesday, January 28th, 6:30 pm in the

OES cafeteria

-CCSP Elementary Honors Music Night: Friday, March 20th

-3rd Grade Concert : Tuesday, May 12th, 6:30 pm in the OES

cafeteria

-4th Grade Link Up! Performance/Field Trip: Wednesday,

May 13th, 9:45 am, at Artis-Naples

Thank you for your continued support of your child’s music

education!!

Mrs. Craig :)

Parents and Students,

We have had an amazing start to the 2019-20 school year. We will continue to focus on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and School Safe-

ty while still maintaining high academic standards. Our SEL programs include our Kindness Ambassadors, counselor check-in program

for new students, Buddy Benches, monthly SEL videos, and a continued focus on “Grit.” We continue to maintain safety features such as

exterior fencing around the perimeter of our student campus area, a full-time Youth Relations Bureau Deputy (Cpl. Vila), monthly safety

drills, and over 20 video cameras strategically placed around campus. All entrance gates are supervised before and after school to con-

tinue security throughout the operational day. Parents are always expected to enter the building through the front office and show

identification. I have been so impressed with the cooperative nature of our entire community to help make our school safe. Our office

staff members, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Arroyo, Mrs. Beebe, and Mrs. Yates, are to be commended for their commitment to school safety

and enforcing security procedures when visitors come to the front door. This process has been smooth due to their communication skills

and solid decision making. Our teachers have also done an incredible job in classrooms to start the year. Students are engaged and fo-

cused and this is evident during my regular classroom visits. I remain proud of our entire school family and know that this will be the

best year ever!

Dr. Castellani, Principal

A Note From Our Principal…

Dr. Castellani!

Mrs. Carpenter’s class is learning the

difference between real reading and

fake reading with a sorting activity.

Mrs. Gerace’s students are

experimenting with gummy

bears!

Mr. Hogue’s class is

designing ramps in a

STEAM lesson.

Mrs. DeLong’s class is hav-

ing fun learning and using

figurative language!

Marvelous Media Matters Ms. Cast leberry & Mrs . Cox, Your Friendly Media Team

The OES Book Fair is Coming...October 21-25

The media center will have a Book Fair! We will have books that will appeal to everyone! Sun-shine State Books will be for sale along with great books for everyone from early readers to adults! Help OES buy more terrific books for our OES Chiefs to check out at the media center!

We have a very child friendly media center at OES. Students visit the media center to select books on their independent read-ing level. During the first few weeks of school, students take an reading inventory assessment to learn their independent reading level which correlates to a color. Students select & read the books independently and take “Reading Counts” tests on the computer in their classroom. If they score 70% or higher, they earn points according to the level of the book. Dog tags are awarded begin-ning with 5, 10, 25, 50 and continue with increments of 25. The program encourages OES Chiefs to increase the amount of time they spend reading independently. As you can see, this program really motivates our Chiefs to READ!

Dog Tag Program Increases Amount of Independent Reading at OES!

The year before we started the dog tag program, our students read 765,000 words independently. That number has increased greatly over the past 10 years! Last year, OES chiefs read 198,000,000 words independently! We are confident, with parent’s encouragement, our students will continue to read more and increase their reading stamina!

Enjoyable and Amazing Academic Accomplishment!

During the first 16 days of school this year, OES Chiefs read and passed the test (70%+) for 1,953 books! Our Chiefs have read 16,203,383 words in the first 16 school days! That means our Chiefs are reading over 1,000,000 words per day independently! We are so proud of this amazing accomplishment! OES Chiefs, READ!

The Art Studio I am so excited to see the students once again at Osceola Elementary School. Throughout the

school year, students in ALL grade levels will work with various artistic mediums which include; crayons, markers, various

types of paints, paper sculpture, and clay. Students will bring home a portfolio at the end of the year that they will build through the

months, which enables them to see their progression as well as give you an easy way to save their work for many years.

We will do projects that bring in cross-curricular subjects such as Math, Reading, Writing, Science and Cultural History. Students

will gain experience with past and present artists and their artistic styles. Continuously through the school year, stu-

dents are learning the parts that go into a piece of art known as the 7 Elements of Art and how to properly use them in a

piece known as the 7 Principles of Design.. After students are finished with a piece of art, their piece will be photographed and shared on the

OES online gallery through Artsonia.com. If your child had permission last year, it automatically renews this year. Check out the website at

Artsonia.com and search for Osceola Elementary to see our own art gal-

lery! The 4th and 5th graders at OES have taken part in an outreach pro-

gram through the Artis-Naples Museum of Art. Ms. Jessica Wozniak &

Alyssa Hunter are the Education Coordinators at Artis-Naples, and will

assist me in bringing lessons to the students that correlate to current

exhibits at the museum. 4th graders will learn about an artist named Ste-

ven Tobin, and use clay in a very exciting way. Our 5th graders have expe-

rienced a collaborative project

by making a mural that is

themed around well-known

artist Romero Britto and is Titles

“OES LIFE”. When it is complete,

it will join the other murals in

our bus pavilion.

By: Mrs. Green

We Love Our Business Sponsors! Thank you!

We all know that Osceola Elementary is an amazingly special and unique school! A large part of this is due to the strong business partner-ships we have established with local businesses in our community. At the start of this school year, we were once again amazed at the willingness, generosity, and support of our local business part-ners. In a time where educators are continuously asked to do more and more with less and less, the following business partners happily stepped up and helped us kick off the 2019-2020 with generous donations which came all sorts of shapes and siz-es! All of us at OES truly thank and appreciate you! OES wouldn't be the shining star that it is without your support!

Frank & Mary Jane Semcer

Summit Church

Il Primo Pizza & Wings-Airport Rd.

Brio Tuscan Grill at Waterside

Target at Pine Ridge Rd

Lowes at Naples Blvd

Starbucks at Livingston and PR Rd.

California Pizza Kitchen at Waterside

Chick-fil-a at Airport Rd.

Moes at Naples Blvd.

Donation Station...

Sunshine State Reading Program

Shines at OES!

Students in Grades 3-5 can participate in the Sunshine State Reading

Program and earn rewards for this tremendous reading accomplishment!

Here is a list of the books for 2019-2020

Ambrose Deception Emily Ecton

Annie’s Life in LIsts Mahoney Kristin

Ben Franklin’s in My Bathroom Candace Fleming

The Bicycle Spy Yona Zeldis McDonough

Bob Wendy Mass

Cosmic Comandos Christopher Eliopoulos

Dragon with a Chocolate Heart Stephanie

Burgis

Enginerds Jarrett Lerner

Ghost Attack David Lubar

Sled Dog School Terry Lynn Johnson

Stella Diaz Hos Something to Say Angela Dominguez

Superstar Mandy Davis

Survival Tails: The Titanic Katrina CHarman

Tumble and Blue Cassie Beasley

Wedgie & Gizmo– Suzanne Selfors

Prize Levels:

Gator- 3 Reading Counts Tests- Pencil, bookmark & student pic on media center bulletin board-Students’ pics will be moved as they advance levels

Seminole -6 Reading Counts Tests– Free Book

Buccaneer -10 Reading Counts Tests– Invitation to Ice Cream Extravaganza in April

Dolphin- 13+ Reading Counts Tests– A Sunshine Reading Celebration at Sun N Fun Lagoon in May!) Passing Score = 70%

Total Number of Test Re-Takes Allowed for all SSYRA Books

Together (not for each book)

Grade 3 5 re-takes

Grade 4 4 re-takes

Grade 5 3 re-takes

2019-2020

4th & 5th Grade Happenings!

DARE and Jr. Deputies

Programs! Our 4th & 5th grade students were treated

to their first Jr. Deputies classes this

month! Our Youth Relations Deputy,

Corporal Vila, is teaching classes each

week. The students were introduced to

Corporal Vila and learned what it is like

to be in the police force and how to be a

terrific role model at school and in their

communities!

October will be a lesson on bike safety!

We appreciate our local Sheriff’s Depart-

ment and all they do for Collier County

School students!