Trailblazers in Learning

Mill Creek Elementary 3750 International Golf Pkwy St. Augustine, FL 32092 Phone: (904) 547-3720

February Caring

February 2, 2017 Box Top begins February 3, 2017 Father/Daughter Dance February 7, 2017 PTA Meeting February 16, 2017 Box Top Ends

March Trustworthiness

March 3, 2017 Mustang Gallop March 7, 2017 PTA Meeting March 8, 2017 Teacher Luncheon

Friday, March 10, 2017 Third Quarter Ends Monday – Friday, March 13 – 17, 2017 Spring Break – Student/Teacher Holiday Monday, March 20, 2017 Teacher Planning Day – Student Holiday Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Classes Resume for Students March 28, 2017 SAC Meeting March 31, 2017 5K Ready Set Glow Run

IMPORTANT DATES

February 2, 2017

Valentine’s Day Candy Grams Are Now On Sale!

Student Council is selling candy grams from February 1-10, 2017. The cost of each candy gram is $0.50. Cash Only.

Complete the order form and return it in an envelope or baggie with your money

by February 10. No orders will be accepted after the 10th. Candy Grams

will be delivered on February 14th. Additional order forms can be found on

the Mill Creek website or by clicking here. All money collected will be used to

support the immediate needs of our Mill Creek families. Thank you for supporting

Student Council.

Please visit the site below and remember students must be free of

vomiting and diarrhea or fever for 24 hours without the aid of medication

before they can return to school. Thank you!

http://www-mce.stjohns.k12.fl.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ILLNESS-

GUIDELINES.pdf

PTA NEWS

Daddy Daughter Dance~ is coming up on February 3 from 6-8pm at Pacetti Bay Middle School. This years theme is Sock Hop, if you wish to dress up in the theme you can, but it is not mandatory. There will be lots of raffles, so don't forget to bring some cash. To prepay online go to http://mcepta.weebly.com, you can buy tickets at the door, but you can receive $5 off for prepaying. If you would like to volunteer, Daddy Daughter Volunteers

Cafeteria Help~ We are attaching the working link so if you would like to come in and help open lunches, help with drinks, getting napkins and silverware, etc. Click here http://www.signupgenius.com to see the all the available time slots. Please remember in order to Volunteer or come into the school you must be an approved volunteer. If you are not sure if you are approved please contact Tina Larson at Tina.Larson@stjohns.k12.fl.us Honor Roll~ Our honor roll celebration for those students who received A and A/B honor roll for 2nd quarter will be held on Friday, February 10. It will be held on the outside stage in front of Philly Plaza. Here are the times for each grade level; hope to see you there! 3rd--11:35-12:20 5th--12:30-1:00 4th--1:30-2:00

Ready.Set.Glow~On March 31, 2017, the PTA/PTO's of Mill Creek Elementary School, Wards Creek Elementary school and Pacetti Bay Middle school will be teaming up for the 2nd annual READY.SET.GLOW 5K and fun run. The purpose of this event is to increase the community involvement and support in student learning. to bring awareness to health and fitness and to raise

needed funds for technology and educational enhancements in the classrooms. Proceeds from this race will be split equally between the three schools. Click here to register Ready.Set.Glow Registration To receive up to date information regarding the race like their facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/readysetglowwgv/ Helping Hands is every Thursday morning on the cafe stage starting at 8:30, and as always siblings are welcome! No School Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th.

Stay Connected with facebook at mustang pta - go mustangs! or visit our websitehttp://

mcepta.weebly.com/

Congratulations to this

week’s Mustang Pride recipients:

Brandon J, Lily K, John C, Katie C, Joshua O, Logan C,

Ruby F, Sam W, Tyler A, Rhett H, Patrick D, Gabriela H,

Makena R, Aniera L, Sidney W

YEARBOOKS Yearbook Order Forms have been sent

home. Yearbooks are $20. You can also order online at

www.leonards.com/yearbooks and use access code C376386.

All yearbook orders are due February 15, 2017.

SUMMER MARINE SCIENCE PROGRAM

Parents, Applications for the summer Marine Science

Program will be passed out by science teachers at all

schools during the week of February 13th. Applications

will be due back to science teachers by February 28th.

Applications can also 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 30th through

June 8th, June 12th through June 22nd, and June 26th through July 7th. 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 applications and

are also available from the website. More information about the program can be had by emailing

Kristina Bransford or John Gordon at marinescienceprogram@stjohns.k12.fl.us .

Kindergarten Registration Dates

Please visit our registration page (here) for

information on Kindergarten Registration.

Upcoming dates for Kindergarten Registration

for the 2017-2018 school year:

Wednesday, February 15, 1—5 pm

Friday, March 24, 9 am—1 pm

Tuesday, April 4, 1—5 pm

Monday, May 15, 9 am— 12 pm

Lost and Found items are donated at the

end of every month. If your

student is missing an item,

please have him/her stop by

and see if the item is here.

As a reminder, items that are

labeled are much easier to return to the

rightful owner.

Here are the winners for the Literacy Week reading challenge:

Pre K-together (18 gems)

K-Green (33 gems)

1st-Keiser (31 gems)

2nd—Rogers (20 gems)

3rd-Brumleve (62 gems)

4th- Nourse (40 gems)

5th- Eyerman-(53 gems)

“Once UpOn a Time– Fairy tales

and Fables”

Resource Classes

Your Tech 411 for January: In the past few weeks, turkeys were in danger (of you know

what). It was up to 3rd – 5th grade to help these turkeys out. They were given a turkey

and had to use a graphic arts program (Kid Pix 3D) to transform or disguise the turkey, so

it would not end up as dinner. Students have their work on display at http://

teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us/drinkuth-j/stellar-student-work/transforming-a-

turkey/ . Everyone’s work may not be complete, but they can work on it at a later time to

complete their turkey.

The Wonderful World of

There will be outstanding scientific learning happening in the month of February! Our kindergarten friends

will be learning about forces and changes in motion. Our 1st graders will explore living organisms and

heredity. Students in 2nd grade will investigate interdependence. This month, 3rd graders will learn about

matter and energy. Our 4th grade friends will participate in labs on motion. Students in 5th grade will explore

diversity, evolution, and interdependence of living organisms. I look forward to lots of fun and fabulous

Media Moment – This week is literacy week! Happy Reading. This month in media we are

doing… 5th grade continues connecting chapters of our Novel Seedfolks. In 4th grade we are

beginning to write our poems to publish. We are beginning to do Haiku’s. Watch for information

to come home regarding permission to publish. We continue with close reading in 3rd grade. We

are starting our novel study of White Fur Flying. 2nd grade is preparing for their living museum

on Feb. 15th by learning researching skills and note taking. We are even learning about copywrite

and citing our work. Kindergarten and 1st grade are learning all about the water cycle with

Water is Water by Miranda Paul. We are going to make it rain in the classroom!

Physical Education

The students just finished learning and playing Roll With It. The game allows them to use their

math skills and run together. The game combines academics with fitness. We use dice to

compete. Every round has different math problems. For example, they sometimes add, subtract

or multiply the dice. The ‘winner’ of the dice roll gets rewarded with popsicle sticks. The goal is to win the most

sticks in each round. The ‘’loser’ of the dice roll runs one lap around the basketball court. Students run the lap with

Art News—Creating a sense of movement, using value (light and dark) to create visual form was the focus for

the polar bear one day make and take drawing project sent home before winter break. Kindergarten through

5th participated. We were all inspired by the book Five Polar Bears by Wes Nehring with inspiring artwork by

Alek Eglinton. We discussed warm and cool colors and added the Northern Lights to our sky. The mood was

set by watching the book on u-tube being sung. “It’s going to be a good day, it’s going to be a good day!” was

the refrain. We had a wonderful time creating our art in the style of Alek Eglinton. It was a good day!

Congratulations to our second quarter honor roll students: 3rd Grade All A Carter Cheal, Makaila Cobb , Adriana De Los Santos , Jordan Feagan , Alyssa Fisher , Laurel McEwen , Ava Keiser , Ivan Ma , Julia Mauldin , Evan Moore , Isla Stockdale , Mason Stone , Chase Wade, Abby Cottam, Michael Schneider, Ty Dunkin, Celeste Montgomery, Avery Southall, Beau Harris, Sahiti Reddy, Sophie Bonnar, Lucy Murr, Jackson Hughes, Ethan Tan, Madison Cooper, Willa Ambrosius, Morgan Cubbedge, Liam Dykeman, Gabby Hobbs, Marc Mitchell, Taylor Thomas, Makaela Hoffman, Cassidy Arnold, Addison Harpe, Tristan Keeperman, Katie Cooksey, Mitchell Doughtry, Alejandro Martinez, Trey Mills, O’Malley Puyau, Joseph Alcantara, Ryan Hood, Tyler Howard, Tristan Kube, Ariana Salliotte, Savannah Besch, Ayden Ramos, Jeremy Schroeder, Katarina Sexsion, Jayse Anderson, Anthony Fiorvanit, Celine Manayil, Kailyn Stein, Sophia Bennett, Carter Burrell, Zoe G. Carroll , Jessica Crocket, Sandra Suarez, Maria Miribilio, Zoe M. Lindberg, Ashton Kirkwood, Shawn Dooley 3rd Grade A/B Elizabeth Gilbert , Sam Brackett , Mackenzie Gray , Hannah Shaver, Jack Cason, Kyla Davis, Aiden Dosio, Anthony Furlani, Cameron McCoy, Alanna Mixson, Alivia Severt, Avery Sunner, Adam Chernitsky, Kessia Etinne, Kenny Folkenroth, Michael Lykam, Elena Manuate Barry, Kalia Seago, Kayla Shoemaker, Chris Smith, Zach Howard, Gavin Blackman, Coen Butler, Zack Pound , Aarmon Vatankhah, Ethan Chen, Ishikta Kumari, Mackenzie Linkletter, Trevor Manderson, Brooke Miles, Rochelle Peoples, Johnathan Wingo, Lily Herbert, Logan Foresman, Joshua Medina, Ella Slightom, Thomas Pollack, Logan Elliott, Hudson Mickey, Thomas Southerland, Emma Welden, Forrest White, Emma Wiggs, Kendall Anderson, Aiden Evola, Gunnar Higdon, Peyton Scott, Xipe Thorngate, Rylee Van Zante, Sean Wilkes, Luke Bryan, Cole Hammell, Emma Hisrich, Jadyn Lampugnano, Ashton Martin, Jacob Schwinghammer, Sean Sullivan, Brooke Van Hoose, Gaige Collins, Zachary Crosby, Noya Dillard, Alaina Gager, Maxwell Haddock, Drew Holmquist, Sophia Quinn, Sofia Rivera, Emily Tan, Caragh Kiefert, Marlee Crawford, Isabella (Bella) Fritz, Kassidy Grundy, aMya Roman, Ava Boniello, Mario Caycedo, Hunter Morton, Brianna Palmer, Jayden Martinez, Julia Delacruz, Olivia Dinkins, Laird Drown, Landon Farnham, Mathew Galer, Savannah Hartford, Anthony Hayden, Lillian Sandoval Beatty, Ethan White, Joy Wong, Bryce Allgood, Isla Atwood, Tyson Brown, Mason Gieselman, Caorline Hayes, Kasey Lipsey, Alessandro Rodriguez Bazan, William Roerink, Lynette Waldeck, Zahir Knight, Nick Tupone, Bradford Wiggs, Alyssa Heider, Julie Davis, Amanda Betterman 4th Grade All A Mya Oberholtzer, Angela Badjie, William Melton, Kiley Dulude, Alana Larson, Kailee Borgmeyer, Rylan Borgmeyer, Jolie Hodges, Meah Olsten , Joey Roggen, Mason Roden, Judson Tompkins, Lily Sanalila, Emily Wells, Noah Huey, Molly Koby, Claire Holt, Isabella Gockley, Katie Brown, Yumalai Maldonado, Caitlin Boyd 4th Grade A/B Kassidi Benson, Dylan Degnan, Avery Evans, Landon Hall, Jacob Harris, Katelyn Harris, Sydney Moros, Joseph Paredez, Alissa Reddish, Summer Smith, Madison Warner, Kayla Watson, Bella Bass, Addisen Beardsley, Calli Carter, Zane Dick, Sarah Foote, Brady Ghazanfari, Brayden Harris, John Heacox, Nathaniel Judd, Abby Major, Larry McLean, Kalli Robinson, Marynel Roman-Guzman, Sophia Avetisova, Mikey Bergamao, Ruby Fulmer, Vincent Galella, Elizabeth Guice, Alanna McCarthy, Avalon Murdock, Tess Myroup, Sanyati Patel, Michael Pham, Sophie Starke, Sarah Thompson, Jeff Wholey, Ferdinand Zangerle, Rolando Castillo, Emma Cheshire, Kai Davis, Amelia Gonzalez, Alyssa Hopkins, Cameron Kube, Dimitri Mantione, Nicholas Orletski, Anushka Patel, Audrey Queener, Sarah Sands, Gatlin Vona, Aurora Bauer, Isabella Fitt, Varvara Kuznetsova, Hannah Gieselman, Yousef Shaban, Cooper Hall, Oz Robinson, Lindsay Hopkins, Blake Warner , Charleigh Wallace, Greta Schmanke, Angelee Price, A.J. O’Halloran, Austin Deason, Marie Batten , Jenna Donato, Nicholas Johnson, Madison Alvarez, Wyatt Dize, Devon Jones, Andrew Vorwaller, Maisie Tunnicliffe 5th Grade All A Joshua Affolder, Jackson Dosio, Lillian Dye, Hannah Dykeman, Logan Green, Kaitlyn Griggs, Tomas Kovacs, James Maran, atalina Martinez-Wittinghan, Adrian Beatty, Jack Sullivan, Ethan Barron, Landon Browning, Olivia Campbell, Abbey Eisen, Gio Gallela, Phoenix Gilstrap, Jackson Hartford, Rylan Higdon, Tazeen Naqvi, Kailey Billings, James Bonnar, Maci Cerasale, Cameron Coffey, Emma Davis, Hera Garcia, Andrew Hobbs, Johan McEwen, JB Mitchell, Marshall Sears, Addison Hendricks, Georgia Hernandez Victoria Lenoir, Dakota Moores, Bashir Ba, Connor Cheal, Patrick Dobbins, Kamel El-Hoss, Jordan Klucharich, Nia Knight, Mariajose Rodriguez, Alyssa Swanson, Cassidy Tanner 5th Grade A/B Mackenzie Horton,. Allie Leonard, Jake Reed, Jacob Schroeder, Marcus Wash, Addie Weithman, Anabella Wilson, Michael Zamuz, Emily Favorite, Jamie Kistner, Owen Long, Malik Lovett, Daniel Mahoney, Wyatt Pittman, Elona Velsh, Anthony Myntti, Vincent Snyder, Natalie Thompson, Mason Turpen, Will Brenneman, Abby Carbery, Taylor Carmicle, Taylan Chasen, Jonathan Dewar, Madison Grundy, Kaimeah Koike, Aiden Mills, Amaya Mobley, Victoria Serrano, Reed Smith , Carson Collins, Davilisse Guzman, Garrett Hoover, Tallan Akers, Maddie Badger, Olivia Bhanji, Emily Collins, Claudia Haar, Macy Hood, Aiden Horton, Kemp Howell, Amir Kosimov, Henry Maddox, Josiah Peoples Leyla Singsumalee, Mason Tuner, Natalie Velazquez, Watson Hawthorne, Kayla Kasch, Anaya Reisman, Anika Reisman, Madeleine Arnold, Ryan Chacon, Mason Cobb, Hannah Curry, Hannah Glackin, Jordan Graham, Jack Harpe, Kobe Keeperman, Brianna O’Neill, Samuel Rauch, Piper White, Lucas Carroll, Denton Buckley, Paul D’Agostino, Gage Dullard, Rylan Holmquist, Levi Hutchinson, Jill Ramesh, Christina Severt, Abbi Warren, Rylie Yokel , Tashawnna Beecher, Aiden Hodges, Landen Jenkins, Landen Kol, Jeriel Lopez-Bonilla, Jamie Marsh, Karen May, Zach Moore, Finn Murr, Cade Papineau, Bishop Rellah, Emerson Rodgers