Monday, December 11, 2023 |
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DPHS Community Member,
Congratulations to our dance students on what was a magnificent performance on Saturday, December 2. Their Winter Wonderland performance was incredible and reflected what was no doubt a tremendous amount of training and rehearsal time. If you could not make it to the Winter Wonderland performance, there is another excellent opportunity on Friday, January 12 with our "Celebration of Dance" - TICKETS. Please get your tickets soon and choose your seats!
With the exception of Wednesday which remains an "early release" day, on the other four school days this week we will be operating from modified bell schedules due to PM2 and CFE testing. Information on this week's assessments can be found in the Panther Post testing segment along with the four daily bell schedules. Please be sure to be at school, on time, each testing day. It also important that students bring to school their laptops fully charged along with their laptop chargers.
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Congrats to our Girls Basketball team for taking home the West Metro Championship vs. West Orange! The girls won 51-19! |
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Congratulations to the Pantherettes on their first performance of the basketball season. You ladies did a great job. |
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Panthers, as you prepare for exams this week keep in mind that you, and your teachers, have worked very hard for four months to reach this point. Here are two final reminders:
1) How you think is everything. Sometimes called "Crunch-Time Confidence," keep in mind that you have done the work this semester and are prepared. Don't let any anxiety eat away at your confidence. Defuse any negative thoughts this week which are useless.
2) Execute last minute winning moves. First, get your rest the night before a test and be sure to eat breakfast the day of the test. Also, before you turn out the lights the evening before an exam, double check to make sure your computer is charged up and your bookbag is good to go. Keep the faith in yourself and remember this: whether it is a state assessment or an CFE, what they both represent is opportunity. That is, a chance to show just how much you have learned this year, which is quite considerable.
Panthers, prepare to make this a very successful week!
DP Panthers—Never Less Than The Best!
Jackie Ramsey
Principal
Pictured at the top of this issue: Beta Club students downtown at Lake Eola during their community service event on December 3. Please see this Panther success story just below.
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Testing this Week
Daily Bell Schedules
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Panther families and students, please be advised that we will be following a modified block schedule this coming week to accommodate testing for semester classes (CFE’s) as well as PMA’s in many of our state-tested classes.
● Wednesday, December 13th will be a normal short Wednesday.
● Please remind students to check the bell schedule daily to ensure they are heading to the correct classes. On Thursday, they will be attending lunch based on their 6th period class, NOT 5th period. Buildings 100, 200 & 300 eat B lunch and every other building eats A lunch.
● Panther families, please remind your students to bring their school computers in every day, with their chargers, as these are computer-based tests.
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** Normal Wednesday bell schedule on December 13th ** |
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Panther Spotlight
Beta Club
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Cards and other items prepared to help the homeless at holidays by Beta Club |
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Beta Club students hosted a community service event on Friday December 1. At the event, students from Beta Club, Student Council, and other organizations came together to make sandwiches and cards that went to REACH of Central Florida to give out to homeless people around Lake Eola on Sunday, December 3. |
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Three students: Joann Ng (11th grade), Sumeera Goolie (11th grade), and Vivien Zheng (10th grade) are REACH members and attended the distribution on Sunday. |
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Junior Joann Ng had this to say about the event: “I volunteered our school to help make sandwiches for REACH (they needed 3 high schools to each make 100 sandwiches). I was in charge of the community service event and introduced it to others through Beta Club. Making the cards was an additional idea of mine. I believed it was a good opportunity to get people involved in community service and to show support to the homeless people in our community." |
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Holiday cards our Beta Club created for the homeless community. |
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DP Partner in Education
Holidays at Universal Orlando
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This is the final school week of our Shoe Drive: |
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Annual Holiday Food Drive this coming Saturday, December 16: |
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Stuffed animal donations for the Orlando Day Nursery children (ends Monday, December 18): |
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Celebration of Dance (Jan. 12, 2024): |
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Winter Ball 2024 is coming soon! |
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These are the requirements for attendance and keep an eye out for ticket pricing and more information coming soon! If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Corbin at mason.corbin@ocps.net
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Key Dates in this Issue
Sports found under 'Panther Athletics'
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Dec. 11: Manicure Monday (earn 1 hour of community service)
Dec. 11-15: Candy Cane Grams (During A & B lunches)
Dec. 12: HSA dance signup deadline
Dec. 12: Water Polo interest meeting after school in room 3-206
Dec. 12: ESports Spring Season interest meeting in room 23-201
Dec. 13: Hot Chocolate Packs for sale, A & B lunch
Dec. 14: FCA meeting during A & B lunch, media center
Dec. 15: Hot Chocolate Packs for sale, A & B lunch
Dec. 15: Last regular school day of the Business Academy/DECA Shoe Drive
Dec. 16: OCPS Holiday Food Distribution at select school sites
Dec. 18: Start of Winter Spirit Week
Dec. 18: Manicure Monday (earn 1 hour of community service)
Dec. 18: Last day of stuffed animal donations for children in the hospital
Dec. 18: NCAA & Athletics Night, media center, 5:30 pm
Dec. 20: Winter Flick on the Field, front practice field, 6:00-8:00pm (concessions will be sold)
Dec. 25-Jan. 5 : Winter Break
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Dec. 29: Deadline for Yearbook Senior Recognition Ads
Jan. 8: Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
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Jan. 9: Classes resume - Start of Quarter 3 and Semester 2
Jan. 12: Celebration of Dance performance, 7:00pm - TICKETS
Jan. 16: CIS Open House, media center, 6:00pm
Jan. 27: Frosty Nights Winter Ball
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A Mu Alpha Theta student helping another student during lunch . |
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Help with Math Homework
Do you need help with your math homework?” go to room 3-203 (Mrs. Dizeu’s room) on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 3:00 pm and Wednesdays during B lunch.
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Weekly Club Feature
FCA (meets Thursdays during A & B lunch)
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CIS Open House
DP Magnet - Center for International Studies
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Panther Happenings Around Campus . . . |
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Dance
The Dr. Phillips dance department held their Winter Wonderland performance on Saturday, December 2. A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our dance program after all the hard work the students put into their performances!
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Dancers after the show with our Marley Crew that help us put up and take down the heavy marley floor we lay in the theatre when we have a full dance concert. |
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DPHS Dance alumni, Ellexis Hatch and Brent Locquiao, who danced in our Nutcracker Grand Pas, with Ms. Follensbee. |
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Dancers warming up before the show. |
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Dance would also like to announce that they DPHS Dance was awarded a $5,000 SYTA Road Scholarship for our Dance Magnet to travel to the Regional High School Dance Festival in Norfolk, VA in March 2024!!! |
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Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica |
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Congratulations to the Dr. Phillips Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica for being featured on the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) website this month! The site featured photos and a write up from the induction ceremony held earlier this quarter.
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French National Honors Society |
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French National Honors Society students and Mme Manoni at Cafe de Paris for their annual Thanksgiving celebration. |
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The Black Student Union in partnership with The Minority Achievement Office has kicked off their mentorship program with Chain of Lakes Middle School. Members of BSU attended their first Meet and Greet this week to introduce themselves to their mentees and receive training. If you have a student who is interested in earning community service hours by becoming a mentor, please contact Mrs. Bynum at nicole.bynum@ocps.net
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College and Career
From Mrs. Loftus Ewing, College and Career Counselor
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Imani Bell, Jasmine Castor Milani Ellis and Kaliyah Jefferey enjoy their time at the FAMU Presidential Recruitment Tour
DP Super Scholar
Congratulations to DPHS senior Coral Gimbernard who was named a 2024 QuestBridge match to Brown University! This also makes Coral our first Super Scholar for the class of 2024! Congrats Coral! The QuestBridge Scholarship Match program is a nationally competitive scholarship that awards students with a full 4-year scholarship to some of the most competitive colleges in the country!
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Students on their way to University Hall on the campus of Brown University during the fall season. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and is ranked #9 among all national universities by U.S. News & World Report in their 2024 rankings. Congratulations Coral!
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Parents! We need your help!
The College and Career Center is looking for local volunteers to come to campus and share their unique career experiences! Ms. Ewing with be hosting career lunches, where students are invited to hear from YOU regarding your experience in your career! Different career backgrounds are welcomed but high priority is needed from nurses, lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, accountants, entrepreneurs, and others! If you are interested, please reach out to Ms. Ewing via email Emily.Loftus@ocps.net
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Community Support Request:
Quarter 2 Academic Celebration
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This Week in Panther Athletics: |
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NCAA & Athletics Night (Dec. 18): |
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We will be hosting NCAA/Athletic Night on Monday, December 18th at 5:30 pm in the Media Center. This presentation will be covering the basics of NCAA eligibility along with important information on college recruiting, NIL Q and A, and other info relating to our students wanting to be college athletes!!
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Water Polo Interest Meeting (Dec. 12): |
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ESports Interest Meeting (Dec. 12): |
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Coach Loftus was nominated as a member of the AVCA Thirty Under 30! |
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The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Awards Program honors up-and-coming coaching talent. This year’s 30 high school recipients are a diverse group, representing 21 different states. They serve in a variety of roles, ranging from head and assistant coaches to varsity and JV coaches to girls and boys coaches. Congratulations Coach Loftus!
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Varsity Football
Our Panthers earned a position in the Orlando Sentinel's Super 16 rankings for the season. In fact, they finished in the top 10 of all varsity football programs in the central Florida area. Sentinel Super 16 rankings consist of schools in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and southwest Volusia counties. Team win-loss records are included in parentheses.
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* DP boys and girls tennis tryouts will start Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at the tennis courts behind Building 23.
* Girls tryouts will be on Tuesday (1/16/24) and Thursday (1/18/24) from 2:30 to 4 pm.
* Boys tryouts will be on Wednesday (1/17/24) from 1:30-3 pm and Friday (1/19/24) from 2:30 to 4pm.
* Players should bring their own racquets and gear to compete in short format matches (best of 2 or 3 games).
* To participate in tryouts you must submit online your Physical and ECG by January 5th, 2024.
* Top 5 players on each team (8-10 players) will be Varsity starters.
* Practices will be Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30-4 pm and Wednesdays 1:30-3 pm at the tennis courts behind Building 23 except on match days.
* Matches against other schools start February 7th, 2024. So, far we have 10 matches scheduled. The full schedule will be posted within the next few weeks.
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2023-24 Dr. Phillips HS Winter Sports Tryout Dates, Contacts, and Eligibility Requirements:
1. YOU are required to have a physical and ECG certification on file before you can try out for ANY sport.
2. Please make sure that your physical packet is submitted online 48 hours prior to tryouts.
3. Forms and instructions are listed on our website, under the more tab and on our Instagram @panterzonedphs in the link tree in the bio. 6. All students must have at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA or higher to participate.
7. Contact your Head Coach to confirm all tryout dates, times, location and/or requirements.
8. For all future updates concerning DP Athletics, please monitor our twitter, Instagram and our athletic website for all updates.
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Top Talent LIVE 2024 is May 4, 2024!
Our casting call will run January 22 – February 23.
What does that mean? It is time to start preparing auditions.
Proceeds from our Top Talent event will help support the Foundation and provide arts enrichment for students experiencing poverty and homelessness.
Top Talent LIVE finalists will be announced on March 29.
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Superintendent's Weekly Message: |
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The first "Ask Maria" episode was so popular we're doing it again! This week on "Mondays with Maria," Dr. Vazquez is answering questions sent in by OCPS students, teachers, and staff.
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DPHS —Never Less Than The Best!
Ms. Ramsey, Principal
Dr. Phillips High School
Sunday, December 10, 2023
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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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