P ATRIOT P RESS The

We hope you are enjoying your spring break and making wonderful

memories with your families! This is certainly a beautiful time of year in

our state.

We are excited to announce that the cafeteria expansion construction

project has begun. As you return to school, you will see equipment and

construction folks working hard for our school. I have been assured

that this project will NOT impede the blue lot for drop off and pick up in

any way. We will continue as usual with our blue lot drop off and pick

up and we are grateful for that. If you use our before school care pro-

gram, however, be aware that the entrance will be to the right of the

cafeteria instead of through the exterior cafeteria doors. This new en-

trance will remain in place for the remainder of the school year for our

morning care. This construction project is scheduled to be completed

by August 1st.

A big thank you to everyone who came out to support our students in

their performance of Beauty and the Beast! What a success and what

a showing of support. We are grateful to the many hands that played a

part in this experience for children. We certainly have talented kids

here at Patriot Oaks!

Our 8th graders had an amazing trip to Washington DC this past week.

They got to experience the city, the capitol, the museums and snow!

Thank you to all the parents and teachers that helped chaperone. Our

students were outstanding and made this principal very proud!

We invite all of our volunteers to join us for a breakfast on Friday, April

6, in your honor! We are so grateful for your time and efforts each day.

Words do not seem adequate to express our appreciation but we will

try to show our thanks with a breakfast made by our staff for you. See

you all on Friday at 9am.

As always, we thank you for trusting us with your children. We love

them and we love what we do. Patriot Oaks is a wonderful place!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Olson

Patriot Oaks Academy Newsletter March 23, 2018

IN THIS EDITION:

Important Dates

Good Chargers

Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

Summer Marine Science Program

Extended Day Registration

PTO Board News

Media Center News

Yearbook Ordering

Moving or lease renewing?

Band News

K Registration

Football Tryouts

Hugs Across the County

April ESE Parent Advisory Meeting

Club News

-Coding

-Kickball

10 K at Nocatee

Summer Camps

-BeaTPAC

-JU Soccer

Building a Tradition of Excellence, Together! GO CHARGERS!

Principal’s Post

Mon., March 26 through Fri., March 30: Spring Break

Mon., April 2: Classes Resume

Wed.-Thurs, April 4-5: Spring Pictures

Fri., April 6: Volunteer Breakfast

Tues., April 24: 3rd Quarter Interims, SAC Meeting

IMPORTANT DATES

Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of March

12: Katie Anderson, Aiden Bascelli, Grant Beyer, Nadia Borhani,

Juliana Cameron, Makayla Davis, Braden Faber, Nathan Finnigan,

Michael Galeano, Jackson Galloway, Kassie Guerra, Kelsee Hayes, Max

Huning, Caleb Joshua, Maggie Kiley, Vanessa Minter, Juan Quintellia,

Scott Roseborough, Aditi Sarma, Ethan Sonne, Cameron Thistleton, and

Bradley Williams.

Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of March 19: Lucy

Beyer, Harper Brame-Helegda, Melania Carrigan, Charlotte Dashiell, Khush Ghandi,

Ryan Golding, Makinah Hayes, Anderson Jackson, Maggie Kiley, Aaron Kite, Lana

Miller, Mike Rajsic, Derek Rivers, Cody Smith(8th gr), Aliyah Sorensen, Michael

Spadora, Kalvin Tan, Kenji Tan, Savannah Trebony, Christa Wetjen, Leah Williby, and

Zoe Yates.

GOOD CHARGERS

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BREAKFAST

Applications for the summer Marine Science Program were passed out at all schools during the week of February 12th. Applications were due back to science teachers by February 28th . Applications can still be downloaded at any time from the website prior to April 15th at http://www-grms.stjohns.k12.fl.us/ and click on the Marine Science link. The link also will have a complete day by day curriculum for each grade level, parent information, and a video from last year’s program. This summer program is available to all students currently in grades five through seven and has been sponsored by the school district since 1982. Three eight day sessions are held at Gamble Rogers Middle School with bus transportation provided. The dates for the three sessions this summer will be May 29th through June 7th, June 11th through June 21st , and June 25th through July 6th. Small classes of 12-14 students are separated by grade level. All instructors in the program are St. Johns County School District teachers. The Marine Science Program is a carefully designed experience for responsible students who are interested in learning about our local marine environments. Learning is “hands on” in the field with students kayaking, canoeing, boating, hiking, snorkeling, sailing, windsurfing, surfing, SUP, (stand up paddleboarding), etc. Specific grade level activities and curriculum are attached to the applica-tions and are also available from the website.

More information about the program can be had by emailing marinescience@stjohns.k12.fl.us .

SUMMER MARINE SCIENCE PROGRAM

Extended Day Registration for the 2018-2019 school year began March 15th. Please find the new 2018/2019 Extended Day Registration Form online, or you may stop by the Front office for a copy. If you have any questions, please contact the Extended Day Coordinator for more information. Office phone (904)547-4059 or email Katherine.m.brant@stjohns.k12.fl.us

EXTENDED DAY FOR NEXT YEAR

The school year is quickly coming to a close in just a few months. That means

that your current PTO board is actively starting the planning process for the next

school year. We have several open positions for the 2018-2019 PTO Board and

we need parent volunteers to fill these positions. Parent volunteers are crucial

so the PTO can maintain the level of support that it has been providing to our

wonderful school. We do not want to loose any momentum in what we have

been able to do for our students, faculty and staff at Patriot Oaks Academy!

We are asking that any parent that is interested in being nominated for one of

the following open positions, to please contact our nominating committee chair,

Allison Ziff at patriotoaksvolunteers@gmail.com for further information and to

receive information on each specific positions duties and responsibilities. Nomi-

nees will be presented at the April general PTO meeting.

Vice President of Fund Raising Treasurer Recording Secretary On behalf of your PTO Board, thank you for your continued support.

PTO BOARD NEEDS YOUR HELP

Congratulations to this year’s Tropicana Public Speaking Contest winners. The following

sixth grade winners were chosen from their ELA classrooms: George Ayanleke, Mario Cela,

Adam Harvey, Giancarlo Horton, Anna Jones, Shruthika Kandabrolu, Madilyn Lewis, Keya

Patel, Miranda Shalters and Amelia Shepherd. Fourth and fifth grade classroom winners

were Addison Atherton, Harper Brame-Helegda, Nate Bryan, Hannah Campanero, Isabella

Decaria, Peyton Kenney, Kathryn McFarland, Haley Neuman, Mylah Nunez, Lauren Pickles,

Baylee Sletto, Ellie Sly, Savannah Trebony, Halle Williams, and Landry Wolfe. After present-

ing their speeches to a panel of judges the following were named as POA winners: 4th-5th

grade 1st place winner – Lauren Pickles, 2nd place – Kathryn McFarland, 3rd place – Landry

Wolfe, 6th grade 1st place winner – Mario Cela, 2nd place – Keya Patel, 3rd place – George

Ayanleke. Lauren and Mario will represent our school at the county contest in April. Wonder-

ful job done by all.

Our SSYRA readers keep reading! Here are more students who have read all fifteen third

through fifth grade Sunshine State books: Nihal Kondabralu, Samuel Chung and Tyler Cov-

ington. Students who have read all fifteen books will participate in an end-of-year celebration.

MEDIA CENTER NEWS

Moving?

Don’t forget – if you move out of our school zone, you must stop by

our front office and fill out a withdrawal form. We cannot drop your

student nor release records to the new school until we have this

form.

Also, if you will be moving out of our school zone over the Summer,

please let us know as soon as possible so that we can adequately plan and, again, have

proper withdrawal forms ready to go.

Lease Expiring/Renewing?

If you currently have a lease that will expire before the end of the

school year or during the Summer, you will need to provide us with

a copy of your lease renewal documents (plus current utility bills) in

order for your student(s) to remain enrolled at POA. If you move,

we will need to have copies of all your new residency documents.

PARENTS! MOVING OR LEASE EXPIRING?

YEARBOOK ORDER INFORMATION

EARLY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Wed. April 4: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Wed. April 11: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Information on how to enroll your child in school can be found at the SJCSD

website: http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/student/enrollment/. Registration packets

are also available there. Look for additional information on the SJCSD website

regarding ‘Early Registration’ as it becomes available.

Please note: Per SJCSD policy, we will be unable to take your registration if

any of the required documents are missing or incomplete. All registration

forms must be filled out; all proofs of residency must be provided; the

school-entry physical must be dated 8/11/17 or later; all shots must be on

a FL 680 form and must be complete for entry into school as of 8/10/18 (if

your child is not yet 5 yrs old and does not have all his/her shots, you

must wait to register until all shots are complete). Information regarding

Kindergarten immunization requirements can be found here: http://

www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/health/immunizations/. If you have further questions on

immunizations or physicals, please call the SJCSD Health Services Depart-

ment: 904-547-7693.

On the evening of March 7th,

the Patriot Oaks Academy

Band participated in the

Florida Bandmasters

Association’s Music

Performance Assessments.

The band earned an overall score of Excellent, the second highest rating at the

festival. A special rating of Superior was earned in the Sight-reading room

where they performed music they have never seen before at a very high level.

Mr. Rauh and the band would like to extend a very special congratulations and

thank you goes to all who made this night possible.

POA BAND AT MPA’S

CHARITABLE GIVING OPPORTUNITY

DISTRICT NEWS

CODING CLUB REGISTRATION

GRADES 4-8 KICKBALL CLUB REGISTRATION

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4faba72da5f94-poakickball

10 K AT NOCATEE

SUMMER CAMPS