DPHS Community Member,
As this is our first Panther Post edition since spring break, I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable week. We began the 2023-2024 4th quarter this past Monday and now have only eight weeks remaining in the school year.
Please be advised that on Tuesday, April 2 there will be testing for most of our students. All freshmen and sophomores will be taking the FAST Writing exam, while all juniors and select seniors will be taking the SAT. Due to the testing schedule, we will not have most of our normal classes. ALL students will report to their 3rd period, and we will dismiss to testing at 8 AM. After testing and both lunches conclude, we will have 5th period from 12:34-1:24 and 7th period from 1:30-2:20. This is subject to change as of course there is always the possibility of delays. All non testing seniors will report to the PAC.
* If you are freshman or sophomore who arrives after 8:45, you will report to the media center.
* If you are a junior or senior who arrives after 8:45, you will report to the PAC.
Please talk to your student about the importance of going to bed on time the night before a test, eating a good breakfast and of course coming to school on time! All testing students will need their school laptops, their chargers, and should bring snacks and drinks with them.
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Nearby pictures and at the top of this issue:
From March 12th to 16th, 32 cadets from Air Force JROTC departed on a 5-day field trip to Washington DC and New York City. They visited the White House, got a private tour of The Pentagon, felt the emotion of the 9-11 Memorial Museum, enjoyed the entertainment that is Times Square, and finished it off at the Arlington National Cemetery and the Library of Congress. All of them had a great time in spite of the long bus rides and packed 12-hour days!
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Parents, if you have not yet completed our 2024 Family Survey, please take a few minutes to do so as we need at least a 20% response rate to help us with school improvement plans. Thank you for your support.
DP Panthers—Never Less Than The Best!
Jackie Ramsey
Principal
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Panther Spotlight!
Pragna Talluri and Adam Aqhash
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Please join us in congratulating the Class of 2024 Valedictorian Pragna Talluri and Salutatorian Adam Aqhash! |
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Apr. 1: Prom ticket price increase to $115 for students, $125 for guests
Apr. 2: Autism Awareness Day
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Apr. 2: SAT (All juniors and selected seniors)
Apr. 2: BEST Writing exam (freshmen and sophomores)
Apr. 3: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Apr. 4: Deadline to order Cap and Gown (info. below)
Apr. 4: School Librarian Appreciation Day
Apr. 5: Last day to support Sam Guilfoy as Student Visionary of the Year
Apr. 9: SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT
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Apr. 10: Meeting for Seniors interested in Prom Court (Ms. Diaz's room)
Apr. 16: ACT (juniors)
Apr. 27: Prom 2024 - 'A Night of Enchantment'
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Can you believe graduation is just a couple of months away?
On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Dr. Vazquez and Nancy Alvarez talk about when parents should start planning their child's path to college and a career and the important steps involved.
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Weekly Club Feature
STEM Club
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Steps to completing a family survey:
2) Select the language in which the family would like to take the survey in
3) Complete one survey for each school that the family has a child attending
4) Press submit once completed
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Prom
*** Updated Information ***
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Looking for help in one of your core classes? See below for a list of tutoring opportunities! |
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AP students! Looking for help in your classes? Please see below for a list of tutoring opportunities: |
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Seniors, Seniors, Seniors |
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Cap and Gown
Have you ordered your cap and gown yet? If not, you may wish to place your order soon as prices will continue to rise! You can even make a down payment, and pay it off in installments. Go to herfforlando.com or call 407-647-4373 to order yours. If you need brochures or have questions, see Ms. Golub in room 2-210 or Mrs. Wells in 2-205. |
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STUDENT VISIONARIES ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. |
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They look to the future—and see infinite possibilities.
They challenge the status quo—and make the impossible possible.
They boldly imagine a better world – and lead the charge to create it.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was built on that same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers. And with the help of high school students across the country, our impact is stronger than ever - and growing.
Please help Sam Guilfoy as he competes to be the Student Visionary of the Year for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, representing Dr. Phillips High School! Join his team and DONATE personally or ask about business sponsorship opportunities.
Grand finale is April 5th, so don’t delay! Let’s show the community how Panthers kick out Cancer!
Dr. Taylor Bousfield, DPHS Staffing Specialist, is this year's Student Visionary of the Year Campaign chair and can help direct questions to our DPHS candidate. Email [email protected] with any questions on how to get more involved!
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College and Career
From Mrs. Ewing, College and Career Specialist
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National Junior Honor Society Scholarship Recipient - Milani Ellis
Congratulations to senior Milani Ellis, who is the only OCPS student to be recognized in this year’s National Honor Society scholarship competition. Milani, who has accrued more than 400 community service hours, will receive a $3,200 scholarship. National Honor Society is the oldest student recognition organization in the United States. Members are selected based on the four NHS pillars of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character.
Congratulations to Milani!
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OCPS Scholarship Bulletin
Examples of recent March scholarships are shown just below. Please click here to view the complete list through year-end. |
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Valencia College - FREE Summer Math Academy: |
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Before the break dance spent five days in Norfolk, VA for the Regional High School Dance Festival. Students auditioned for Summer Intensives & Colleges receiving multiple offers, took Master Classes in all styles and performed 3 pieces selected by blind adjudication from over 250 works. Dancers performed ‘Caliente,’ ‘revv’ and ‘Chair de Lune’.
Congrats to the dancers!
Piper Allen, Bella Anderson, Olivia Anderson, Eva Baez, Aidan Branham, Maddie Brown, Noor El-helw, Kevin Franklin, Katie Free, KaYori Harris, Grace Marshall, Valeria Perez, Andre Roche, Reese Rutherford.
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Inside at the opening ceremony |
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2024 Music Performance Assessment |
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Congratulations to both our Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for achieving Straight SUPERIOR ratings AND all A's on all judges sheets - the highest ratings possible at the District Music Performance Assessment. |
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SUPERIOR – The rating is comparable to the grade of “A”. This rating reflects the finest conceivable performance for the event and class of participants being evaluated – worthy of the distinction of being recognized as among the very best.
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Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival |
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Four of our talented art students were honored with awards at the Student Exhibition at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival during the first weekend of Spring Break!!!
Congratulations to all DPHS art students who had their work on display!!!
Everyone at Dr. Phillips High School is so proud of you all!!!
● 2 Awards of Merit:
- Junior, Tyler S.
- Senior, Arden Y.
● 2 Awards of Honorable Mentions:
- Junior, Danielle N.
- Senior, Mike C.
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Danielle N, Honorable Mention |
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Mike C, Honorable Mention |
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While the Danish exchange students visited Universal, Kennedy Space Center and Crystal River, they also took the opportunity to share a part of their culture with students in Mr. Daye's ESE classroom. |
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Katrine, Villads and Oliver (from Denmark) hosted by 4-5 DP-CIS students sang songs, passed out Danish Licorice, shared photographs and maps, and even danced to Danish pop music. The Danish students said "everyone was so nice and excited to see us, it was a very warm welcome, and all the students in the class were so kind and sweet".
Thank you Mr. Daye for inviting us to visit and enriching our youth exchange experience for ALL students.
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Special Recognition
Demi Markland
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Demi Markland was awarded the Florida Theatrical Association Yost Scholarship for Technical Theatre. He was the only student in the state of Florida to win this $5,000 prize. In order to be considered, he had to pass a video pre-screen, and was then chosen from 57 in-person finalists who presented scholarship packages to a room of judges and college representatives. |
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Business Academy and DECA |
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Dr. Phillips DECA Members attend the Florida State Career Development Conference. |
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Members of the Dr. Phillips High School Chapter of Florida DECA joined 2700+ high school business, finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annual association career development conference held February 29-March 3 at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida. As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career-ready when they graduate from high school.
More than 250 business professionals evaluated the members’ performance in the format of role-plays, case studies and prepared presentations. All competing members of the Dr. Phillips High School Chapter placed in the top 10% of their categories!
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Special congratulations are in order for the following students that received the highest recognition of individual/team ability and achievement at the state association level:
* Evanthea Hainline and Shea Karesh, 1st Place, Business Solution Project Management
* A'mari Brown and Chloe Dewar, 4th Place, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
These students will advance to international level competition and compete against 16,000+ competitors from around the globe at the DECA International Career Development Conference held April 27-30, 2024, in Anaheim, CA.
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On February 13, 2024, SRE Marketing Students and DECA Members were invited to tour the Kia Arena and enjoy a Solar Bears hockey game. This experience enabled students to learn sports marketing firsthand. A tour of the arena, including meet and greets with the Director of Operations and Sales and Marketing, some concessions, and attendance at the game made for a great learning experience |
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This Week in Panther Athletics: |
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DP left-handed senior pitcher Taylor Harris stepped into his pitch during a game as part of the 2024 O-Town National Baseball Invitational over spring break.
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Panthers attend 2024 FBU Regional Football Camp: |
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Maurice Jones Jr., 2026, Dr. Phillips |
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Christopher Singleton, 2026, Dr. Phillips |
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Athletics Department Contacts:
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The Importance of Daily Attendance
A reminder at the start of Quarter 4 . . .
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Students, your job here at school is to attend class and succeed in your studies and extracurriculars. Please make sure you are arriving to ALL of your classes on time and are attending each of your classes throughout the day, every day. Poor attendance, skipping and tardiness can and will have a negative impact on your grade. If you are absent for a doctor's visit or anything else that warrants an excused absence, please make sure to submit a signed note to the front attendance office as soon as possible once you return to school. If you have 5 unexcused absences in a calendar month or 10 in 90 days you are considered truant and can lead to school and legal consequences (driver license revoked for example).
Panthers, please put forth your very best effort over these last eight weeks of 2023-2024. Take advantage of every instructional day possible.
"No matter how you feel, always get up, dress up, and show up,
but never give up."
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Growth in chronic absenteeism within US K-12 schools:
Students can’t learn if they aren’t in school. And a rotating cast of absent classmates can negatively affect the achievement of even students who do show up, because teachers must slow down and adjust their approach to keep everyone on track.
~ The New York Times
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DP Community footnote: Nationally, an estimated 26 percent of public school students were considered chronically absent last school year, up from 15 percent before the pandemic, according to the most recent data, from 40 states and Washington, D.C., compiled by the American Enterprise Institute. Chronic absence is typically defined as missing at least 10 percent of the school year, or about 18 days, for any reason.
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DPHS —Never Less Than The Best!
Ms. Ramsey, Principal
Dr. Phillips High School
Sunday, March 31, 2024
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Dr. Phillips High School
6500 Turkey Lake Road,
Orlando, FL 32819
Phone 407-355-3200
Fax 407-355-3288
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