Newsletter Dec. 19 - Bright Futures Academy

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Holiday
show
We began the evening with a presentation
of our giving chain and then enjoyed an
evening of songs, poetry, dance, musical
performances, art and raffles.
Don’t forget to visit SmugMug for more
Holiday Show pictures.
Volume 13, Issue 17
Dress Code Reminder
Tops: BFA logo collared shirts (polo style or Oxford
style dress shirts).
Bottoms: Khaki, navy, or black shorts, skorts, or
pants. Shorts and skorts must be at least fingertip
length. No skirts, cargo shorts, tight pants or jeans.
Shoes: Closed-toe. Sneakers for recess/PE.
Jackets: Button down or zippered jackets and
sweaters. No writing or graphics other than BFA logo.
Fridays: Blue jeans may be worn on Fridays for $1.
Shirts should either be a BFA logo shirt, a BFA t-shirt,
or a team room shirt.
Jewelry: One bracelet per arm, necklaces tucked
inside shirts and earrings smaller than a quarter.
Badges: All students must wear their badge either on a
lanyard around their neck or on a clip on their shirt.
Replacement badges are $5.
DECEMBER 19, 2014
12/19
2nd 9 Weeks Ends
12/22 - 1/5 Winter Break
1/6
3rd 9 Weeks Begins
1/9
Movie Night at Riverside
1/15
Duffy’s Night (PGA & US1)
1/15
School-wide Spelling Bee Finals
1/19
Holiday - No School
1/29
Early Dismissal - 11:15
2/16
No School
CHARACTER
COUNTS
SPORTS
SPORTS CALENDAR
December is
Patience and Self Control
Month
5
6
No School
12
JANUARY 2015
TUE
MON
WED
7
THU
FRI
8
9
15
16
22
23
29
30
BBall at
Benjamin
4PM
13
14
BBall at All
Saints
Jupiter 4PM
Box Tops Points Leaders
K-4
521: David
394: Bayer
298: Etienne
5-8
260: Hanson
247: O’Rourke
240: Tucker
19
20
No School
26
21
BBall at
Benjamin
4PM
27
28
Ball at
Rosarian 4PM
Early
Dismissal
12/18/14 Basketball Game vs. RJ Hendley
15-31 Loss
Leading Scorer: Quest M.
EDU - Garden News
™
What started out as a normal EDU-Garden class turned into the Great Radish Caper for
our 5th Grade class on Thursday. Few students, and even Ms Schurr, had ever truly
seen a radish bursting its round red head out of the ground. It was an exciting few
minutes after the first red radish discovery. "Wow! Here is another one! Can I pick it?
Can I eat it?" Now ensued a feeding frenzy. "Are there more?" Students were fairly
toppling over one another in their search for more red radishes. A student noticed that
Ms. Charity had moved to another container and several other students were in hot
pursuit because they know that she knows where
all the "good stuff" is planted. Sure enough they
were not disappointed because a white radish of
gigantic proportions was slowly pulled out of the
ground amid cries of "Oh, my gosh,” and “Can
you believe it?"
Discovery and wonder is the EDU-Garden, where
the most simple experience can be remembered
for a lifetime!
Happy holidays to all and take time to enjoy some
simple experiences with your kids!
-- Ms.Pat
T
R
A
Middle school art students looked back at the beginnings of
art by exploring the Lascaux caves in Southern France. The
Lascaux caves provide a glimpse into the past with
pictographs dating back between 17,000 and 30,000 years.
Scenes of bison, horses and other animal forms were drawn
in beautifully simple shapes. Students recreated a stone slab
from torn paper and then utilized sticks, leaves and their
hands as mark-making tools for limited natural pigments and
paints.
Students were also introduced to working with charcoal and
practiced drawing and shading shapes. They did an exercise
in observational drawing and drew an image of their shoe.
-- Mrs. Fountain
Alyssa H., 7th Grade
Cave Paintings
Connor W., 8th Grade
Jacquelyn K., 6th Grade
Riverside Morning Car Line
I would like to extend
my sincere thanks to
Mrs. Brown (Aaliyah
T.’s mom) for her
unwavering aid in
signing in late students
everyday.
-- Mrs. Seidenstucker
Mrs. Brown
Winter Dance/Festival
Thank you to our wonderful parent and
staff volunteers who made our winter
dance and festival so much fun for the
kids. The students are very lucky to have
so many parents participating.
Mrs. Velez
We would especially like to thank Mrs.
Velez (Natalie V.’s mom)who donated the
food for the dance.
Dayton C., 7th Grade
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NOTES FROM THE CAMPUSES
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schedules, upcoming events,
volunteer opportunities and
more...
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Make it a Safe
Holiday Season
With the holidays coming
we all need to be diligent in
protecting ourselves and
our belongings. Do not
leave anything valuable in
your car that can be seen
from the outside and lock
your vehicle at all times.
Savannah D. plays the clarinet in
the Holiday Show
Kindergarten - Upon our return to school in
January, we will briefly review what we have
covered before moving on with digraphs and
sight words in Language Arts. We will
introduce our fourth continent of the year, Asia,
with a focus on Russia and China. In Math we
will study doubles, ordinal numbers, time,
counting on and back and much more.
4th Grade - In Language Arts and Writing we
are learning different types of poetry. In Math
we are moving onto beginning algebra
concepts and multi-digit multiplication. In
Science we are finishing up our unit about
gravity. In Social Studies we are concluding
our studies about the American Revolution and
continuing our historical studies.
1st Grade - Our travels around the world are
finished and we learned so much about
celebrations in other countries! We finished
Kwanzaa with a Kinara and created crafts
relating to Hanukkah. In January we will be
moving on to Asia and learning about this
amazing culture. In Math we reviewed previous
chapters and will move on to adding and
subtracting numbers to 20 in January.
5th Grade - As the first semester draws to a
close, the 5th Graders have been presenting
and playing their creative math board games.
In the new year we will focus our efforts on
test-taking skills to prepare for the Winter
Diagnostics and Florida Standards Assessment
in the spring. The students will also put on
their researcher hats to study the life of a
famous person. Have a safe and happy holiday!
2nd Grade - In Reading the students will
continue to use strategies such as making
connections, asking questions and determining
importance in order to improve their reading.
In Math we have been adding and subtracting
multi-digit numbers using regrouping and
borrowing. The students are also using
strategies based on place value to add and/or
subtract double- and triple-digit numbers.
Weather will be our next unit in Science. Our
continent of study will be Asia, our largest
continent.
6th Grade - The second quarter has come to
an end! The students have worked hard and are
ready for a well-deserved break! The 6th
Grade team wishes all of you a restful,
wonderful holiday season. Thank you for your
continued support. See you in 2015!
3rd Grade - We are applying our research of
holidays around the world to continue
improving our reading comprehension and
writing skills. In Math we are still studying
geometry while we continue to master our
multiplication skills. In Science we have
wrapped up our plants unit and will begin
learning about space when we return from
break. We are finishing up the regions in the
United States and will begin Asia in January.
7th Grade - The 7th Grade is looking back on
the past 18 weeks and wondering where the
time has gone! That said, the 7th Grade team
would like to wish all of its students a relaxing,
safe and restful break. We look forward to the
Spring Semester! See you next year!
8th Grade - In Ms. Jalm's Language Arts class
we worked on introductions to story elements
and read The Gift of the Magi. In Mrs. Nida's
Science class we discussed the space program.
In Mr. Pellegrino's Math class we reviewed
math concepts. In Mr. O'Rourke's Civics class
we learned about supply and demand. In Miss
Flores' Spanish class, we reviewed all the
Spanish we learned so far this year and finished
our weather and pen pal projects.

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