P ATRIOT P RESS The

Dear families,

Thank you to our wonderful PTO for a yummy breakfast for all of our

staff this past Friday! We are so grateful for your kindness and certain-

ly feel appreciated and blessed.

We are excited to have our district maintenance team on site this week

to help us with some of our bigger projects. You will soon see that we

are having more concrete poured near the marquee so we can bring in

additional bike racks for our students. We love that so many of our stu-

dents can bike to school but we need more areas to park them safely.

We thank our district for help with this project.

Inside POA, you will see that our middle school art students have been

busy creating mosaic signage for the media center, band room, art

room, office, cafeteria and gym. The signs are amazing and our stu-

dent artists should be proud. Thank you to our district folks for help in

hanging these large art pieces.

You will also notice a new mural in our main hallway– CHARGERS–

with caricatures in each letter depicting what it looks like to be a Good

Charger in our school. Our student artists have done a great job teach-

ing each of us what good character looks like. We are thrilled with this

addition in our hallway.

Thank you to all who donated $1 on Friday to support Douglas High

School. We were able to raise over $800 dollars to send to the families

there. Your outpouring of kindness is an example to all communities

that a little can go a long way.

I shared a quote with my staff last week that I wanted to share with

you. When I read it, it helped me to keep all that is happening around

the world in perspective. “Ships don’t sink because of the water around

them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let

what’s happening around you get inside and weigh you down.”

Something to think about…

Sincerely,

Mrs. Olson

Patriot Oaks Academy Newsletter February 23, 2018

IN THIS EDITION:

Important Dates

Good Chargers

Yearbook Order Info

Summer Marine Science Program

2018-2019 Extended Day Registration

8th Grade Gradventure

BTHS 8th Grade Night

Early K Registration

Shoe Drive Thank You

Lost and Found to be Dontated

MS Swag Awards

Moving? Lease Expiring or Renewing? IMPORTANT Information for you!

Absentee Notes

Dr Seuss Week!

MS Parent Night

District News

FCMS PTO News

pARTos NEWS

2nd Quarter Honor Roll

Building a Tradition of Excellence, Together! GO CHARGERS!

Principal’s Post

Fri., March 9: Spirit Stick Sale

Tues., March 13: MS Performance of Beauty and the Beast Jr, 6 pm

Thurs., March 15: MS Performance of Beauty and the Beast Jr, 6 pm

Thurs. and Fri., March 15-16: Spring Pictures

Fri., March 23: Report Cards

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

Mon., April 2: Classes Resume

IMPORTANT DATES

Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of

February 12: Samantha Bessman, Connor Boothe, Alice Bowman,

Alyssa Buckingham, Ella Cady, Ben Champion, Tyler Covington, Leah

Crenshaw, Ava DeStefano, Kaden Dolan, McKay England, Asher

Gammache, Chris Huber, Christian Kenney, Ben Kenny, Sohan Lolla,

Miley Mattey, Aubrey Moore, Alanis Perez, Roderick Reyes, Brooks

Rogers, Kylie Simpson, Bradley Williams, and Halle Williams.

Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of February 19: Canyon

Alvarado, Gavin Barron, Gabriella Camero, Alexis Clark, Caroline Cottrill, Eduard

Dodan, Sean Griswold, Tyler Hall, Camryn Hansen, Shyla Holmes, Jules Levy,

Thanmayi Lolla, Dylan McNear, Sanjana Mohan-Raj, Landon Pabon, Ruby Patel,

Sawyer Piunno, Evelyn Proctor, Gavin Schultheis, Josie Skorstad, Jacob Stover,

Madeline Wente, Christian Wiand, and Nick Zinn.

GOOD CHARGERS

YEARBOOK ORDER INFORMATION

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

8th GRADE GRADVENTURE

8th grade GradVenture bus money is due

to Mrs. Vaughn by March 15th.

Extended Day Registration for the upcoming 2018/2019 School Year will start on March 15th. You will be able to find the new Registration Form on the website after March 15

th.

EXTENDED DAY FOR NEXT YEAR

SAVE THE DATE

Plans are underway to welcome your 8th grade students

who will attend Bartram Trail High School next year.

Save the Date: 8th Grade Night on Monday, March 5 from

6:30 to 8:00 PM. THIS IS A CHANGE IN THE DATE.

We will send you more detailed information as the date

gets closer but please note it on your calendars. BTHS

can’t wait to welcome their future Bears and are eager to

help them all make a smooth and exciting transition to high school!

EARLY KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Tues. March 13: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tues. March 20: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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.

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 cur-

rent 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?

THANK YOU POA!

A huge THANK YOU to the parents and staff of POA!

We collected over 1750 pair of shoes during our

“Shoe Drive” to donate to areas affected by natural

disasters.

LOST AND FOUND WILL BE DONATED

We have spread our lost and found out in the main hallway on tables. We have

many, many jackets! Please come and look through if you are missing items as

we will be donating whatever is left this weekend. Thank you.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SWAG STUDENTS

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE….

Just a reminder that a note needs to be turned in to your child’s teacher within 24 hours

of your child returning after an absence. The note must have the child’s name, the dates

of absence, the reason for the absence, your signature and the date. For your

convenience, we have placed a “form letter” below that you can print and use by simply

filling in the blanks and sending it to school with your student upon their return to class.

FUN AT POA

MS PARENT NIGHT

DISTRICT NEWS

RISING 6TH GRADE PARENTS GOING TO FRUIT COVE MIDDLE

ART

SECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLL