Enrollment 945

Absences 434

Tardies 93

Library Books

Circulated 3,292

AR Tests

Taken to Date 3,426

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Upcoming Dates: A Message from the Assistant Principal

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Our own principal, Mr. Lee Parker, was selected by the Southeast Learning Community as one of their two Principals of the Year (POY) nominees. As the SELC nominees, they will go on to the big OCPS POY. Please join me in congratulating him in the upcoming week. Although he is just starting his third year at NorthLake Park Communi-ty School, Mr. Parker has already made his mark on our school and community. Over these recent years, Mr. Parker has given us great leadership while always extending a friendly hand. At the same time, he is immensely proud of our hard-working teachers who continuously make a difference in our students’ lives every day. He also recognizes that the incredible Lake Nona community constantly rallies together to provide all of their support to their community school. As a result of

his unique personal touch, Mr. Parker has been able to combine school and community to help us propel us from 20th place last year, to 7th place this year among all elementary schools. This is just one of the reasons why all of us are honored to call Mr. Parker OUR principal!

10-2 - 10/6 Book Fair

10/3 Picture Day Book Fair Family Night 5-7

STEAM Night 5-8 YMCA Community Night Out

10/4 Book Fair open until 4:00 10/6 Kindergarten Field Trip Green Meadows Farm

Book Fair closes @ 12:00

10/9 PTA Meeting, 6PM

10/11 Extended Wednesday Dismissal @ 3:00

10/12 3rd, 4tth and 5th grades: Symphony Field Trip

10/13 First Marking Period Ends

10/16 Teacher Work Day - no school

10/26 Report Cards go home

10/27 Hurricane Make-up Day #1

10/30 2nd grade Ballet Field Trip

10/31 K—3rd grades,

book character dress-up day

11/3 Heritage Night, 6:30—8:30 PM

11/15 Teach In

11/16 PTA Meeting, 6PM

11/20 Hurricane Make-up Day #2

11/21—11/24 Thanksgiving Break

S C H O O L S T A T S

F O R S E P T E M B E R

Congratulations!

It is with great pride that we recognize NLP’s Teacher of the Year, Melissa Hanrahan and our Support Person of the Year, Julie Roman. Both outstanding staff members were nominated and voted on by their peers. Mrs. Hanrahan is our school’s MTSS Resource Teacher and Mrs. Roman is our front desk receptionist. Both individuals bring a lot of energy, are invaluable to NorthLake Park and are highly deserving of this honor. They will be cele-brated later this year at the district’s Teacher of the Year and Support Person of the Year Award Banquets accompanied by Mr. Parker, Mrs. Hamann and the hon-orees’ guests.

Helping Puerto Rico Third grade teacher, Mrs. Escabi,

would like to express her gratitude to all of NLP for their generous contributions to help Puerto Rico. Six full carloads of supplies were collected in just a few days. Everyone from teachers, admin-istrators, staff, custodians, cafeteria staff, parents, and students, all contributed or offered to help in small and large ways. She is proud and believes we are a family not only in word but also in deeds! She knows that these donations will help people so much on the island. She wishes everyone many blessings and is profoundly grateful.

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Teach-In is presented by the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools and sponsored by CFE Federal Credit Union. It is a perfect opportunity for parents, business leaders and community members to let students know we care about them. We invite you to present or teach a class at Northlake Park Community School during this community-

wide effort on Wednesday, November 15. You can volunteer during the time your schedule permits. If you are interested in participating, please save the date of Wednesday, November 15. More information on how to officially sign up will be com-ing home with students soon.

Save the date for Teach-In!

Accelerated Reader is now on Launch so the parent access has changed since last year. If you would like to get e-mail notifications on your child's AR quiz results, you will want to set that up by going

to the Renaissance Home Connect Website: https://Hosted350.renlearn.com/62945/HomeConnect

Sign in with your child's student ID number and their first name. User Name: 4804XXXXXX (10 digit student ID #) Password: (student’s first name)

Then click the Email Setup link in Renaissance Home Connect and follow the directions to set-up. Parents can also sign-in any time to see their child's AR history and progress towards AR goals.

A.R. Home Connect

Dot Day

2017

Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. White’s 4th grade class cele-brated "Dot Day" on Thurs-

day, September 21st by wearing dots - on their clothes, shoes, hair, wherever! The first week of school, they read The Dot and students created their own dot. "The Dot" is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting stu-dent to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to “make her mark”.

The class celebrated "Dot Day" on the day of Open House, and asked parents to "make their mark" aby also creating a dot. (International Dot Day is celebrated on Sep-tember 15, but due to Hurricane Irma, it was postponed)

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Upcoming NEHS Meetings:

Thursday, 2/23, 3:00-4:00PM

Thursday, 3/30, 3:00-4:00PM

Thursday, 4/27, 3:00-4:00PM

Thursday, 5/25, 3:00-4:00PM

Come on out to NLP this Tuesday, October 3rd from 5pm - 8pm for a hootin’, hollerin’ good time! Wild West Book Fair Family Night- come out and get some new books for all ages! There will be a pre-sale for Diary of a Wimpy Kid "The Getaway" that will be released on November 7th. Books that are preordered, will be delivered to students on that date. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Family Night- participate in hands on activities for all ages by Mathnasium, touch an alligator or get up close to a tarantula with Gatorland, make a video at Darden, paint a picture or draw BB8 at Super Awesome Cool Pottery, learn about coding and 3-D printing at Synapse Learning and Technology Center, play Xbox games at the Microsoft booth, build a marshmallow tower, build a rocket and more! Finally, help kick crime out of town by saying hi to your neighbors and the Orlando Police and Fire Department at the Lake Nona YMCA Community Block Party. The Police and Fire Department will showcase crime prevention and safety! Come hungry and get dinner at one of the food trucks that will be at the block party. All events are FREE!

October 3rd, Three events, 1 Night

Have something news worthy that you would like to have considered for upcoming newsletters?

Submit info to amy.alday@ocps.net Subject Heading — “NLP Newsletter.”

Thank You—to the book fair decorating committee, Christine Emanuel, Iris

Metel, Kim Browning, Martha Drinan, and Sarah Caiazzo. They did an amazing job decorating the front of the library with a wild-west theme after school on Thursday, September 28th.

Attention 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders,

This is an optional STEM activity that students can participate in on their own time. This

first challenge is called "Float the Principal". Students are asked to design a boat out of

aluminum foil to see which one can hold the most weight in pennies. The winner will be

asked to replicate a full-size design of their boat that can float me in the pool. Other

schools will be here to see which design will float their principal. The rules, due dates and

design specifications are attached to the email version of this message. There will also

be copies in the front office if you don't receive the email. I'm looking forward (sort of) to

seeing how this challenge plays out.

NLP in partnership with Eagle Creek proudly presents 2017 STEM Challenge #1 – FLOAT THE PRINCIPAL Mr. Parker needs your help. He is experimenting with different types of materials he might use to build a boat. He is wondering if they could build a boat out of aluminum foil that would be able to float someone his size on water. When scientists embark on large pro-jects, they often build small versions (models) of the project to test before building the real version. Float the Principal is the first STEM Challenge of the 2017-18 school year. These annual challenges ask children to use science, technology, engineering and math to solve 3 dif-ferent real world problems throughout the year.

The due date for challenge participants is 10/9/2017. We will be testing student designs

over 2 days as NLP is a large school and it takes a while to test the number of partici-

pants. We look forward to seeing your awesome designs! The boat that holds the most

weight in the school will be scaled up to see if it can hold Mr. Parker on 10/19/2017! We

will be competing against other schools as well. Happy Building!

Go to http://teacherpress.ocps.net/kimberlyseaver/stem-challenges/ to see a foil boat float a person!

Name of Model Number Pennies

Trial 1

Number Pennies

Trial 2

Number Pennies

Trial 3

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NLP PTA

PTA Spirit Dates:

10/4 Kona Ice 10 /9 407 Café 10/11Papa John’s 10/17 Menchies

11/8 Kona Ice 11/14 Dominoes 11/28 Menchies

Folllow NLP on Twitter

@NorthLakeParkCS

Box Tops Keep saving and collecting box tops. There will be several collections throughout the year. The class that collects the most will earn a popsicle party!

Thank You! Thank you to OCPS and the Lake Nona YMCA for removing the shade canopy prior to Hurricane Irma. Thank you to Chad Wilkes and Jessie Cloud Wilkes from Kirby Electric Company for re-installing the shade canopy after the hurri-cane season ends for free. We appreciate their support!

Stay Connected

with the PTA

www.nothlakeparkpta.org

Facebook.com/nlppta

Health Room Needs:

Boys & Girls Socks

Boys & Girls underwear all sizes, new and in

original package

Boosterthon Rescheduled

for later ….

PTA Meeting

October 9 @ 6PM Media Center

PTA will be sponsoring a canned food drive in November. Non-perishable donations can be brought in the week before Thanksgiving.

Canned Food Drive

Look for more infor-mation on this PTA fund-raising opportunity, just in time for the holiday season! The Charleston Wrap will be starting the week of October 9th.

Look for more information about a holiday ornament fundraiser launch-ing on November 1st.

Holiday Ornament

Playground Update

OCPS has approved the play-ground expansion. Installa-tion should be completed by December 2017. Thank you to all who supported this effort. Special thanks to the Lake Nona YMCA for their support. The children will have some wonderful equip-ment to play on! See flyer on page 9 for more details.

Charleston Wrap

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Kiwanis Terrific Kids of the Month

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade

Ian A. Jenna K.

Mrs. Randich

Kindergarten Teacher

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Congratulations to the following students for being nominated by their

teacher for the Kiwanis Terrific Kid for the month of September.

Kindergarten’s Community Helpers On September 29th, Kindergarteners came to school dressed as community helpers and

shared with their class what they might like to be when they grow up and how their job

helps others in the community.

Harrison R.

August F.

Keira P.

Eleanor M.

Madelynn R.

Ava G.

Marcia G.

Amelia H.

Drake J.

Wilson C.

Elena S.

Paola G.

Aubrey K.

Brandon F.

Harlow V.

Madelyn M.

Jordan H.

Cole E.

Drew K.

Nollan V.

Chloe E.

Sydney F.

Kerieliz F.

Jack G.

Brianna D.

Jaiden N.

Ornella B.

Julianna A.

Samantha R.

Camila L.

Malikia H.

Alianis C.

Have something news worthy that you would like to have considered for upcoming newsletters?

Submit info to amy.alday@ocps.net Subject Heading — “NLP Newsletter.”

NorthLake Park’s

Annual Book Character Dress-Up Day

Dear Parents,

We will be having our eleventh annual Book Character Dress-Up Day on Tuesday, October

31st. Kindergarten, first, second and third grade students are allowed to dress up as their favorite story

book character. Participation is optional. However, uniforms are still required if you choose not to partici-

pate. Students will choose a character from their favorite book and come to school dressed as that charac-

ter. Students will need to bring the book and be prepared to share with their classmates about their

book and character.

Please make sure the costume will allow your child to participate in normal school activities such as PE, re-

cess, and using the stairs. Please, no accessories that resemble weapons and no gory costumes. Thank you

for your help in making this a fun, literacy related day!

Can you name the title of the book based on the characters pictured below?