DPHS Community Member,
I hope this week's edition finds you having enjoyed a safe and relaxing weekend! In only two weeks, our Panthers will be on Thanksgiving break (Nov. 20-24). Knowing that, and then looking over this issue prior to release, I notice how we have included several opportunities for our DP community to lend a hand during this special time of year. I am very aware that the US economic situation has been challenging for both our households and local businesses, but if you would, kindly invest a few moments to at least read through what has been included today. Inflation being what it is, you may not be able to do much, but please remember that event the smallest gift means so much whether it be channeled towards our chorus program, student council, PTSA, or even a student in Haiti needing a helping hand with school supplies. Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness.
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Dr. Phillips senior Kaitlyn Ellenback was recognized last week at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office by Bill Cowles for being the high school level sticker contest winner out of all contestants in Orange County. Kaitlyn is pictured at the very top of this issue with her family as well the winners (and their families) from the elementary and middle school levels. |
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Congrats Kaitlyn! Keep an eye out for her sticker (above) when you vote next November! |
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Panthers, remember to do your best making each of these next 10 instructional days leading up to Thanksgiving count, and thank you very much for reading.
DP Panthers—Never Less Than The Best!
Jackie Ramsey
Principal
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Panther Spotlight
Meet our Staff & Teachers of the Month!
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Join us in celebrating our September Teachers of the Month & Support Staff of the Month! Principal Ramsey awarded them with a certificate and "Kisses" from the admin team
We look forward to recognizing our October recipients on November 8th during our staff meeting.
Support Staff of September- Ms. Alexis Garrand!!
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The PreK autism unit runs much smoother thanks to our very own Ms. Gerrand. She assists with delivering all areas of instruction to our PreK students: all while juggling the many needs of this classroom of our smallest Panthers. She provides our PreK students with the greatest guidance and patience. Our young Panthers are very fortunate to have her caring and nurturing guidance throughout the day! |
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Teachers of September - Mr. Steve Schyck! |
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Steve Schyck is our ESE team utility player! He is open and prepared for any role on our ESE team. While he is very professional, his comedic relief throughout the day makes even the most challenging day enjoyable. Most importantly, he keeps a firm handle on his students and they appreciate his guidance, knowledge, and professionalism. |
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Teachers of September - Ms. Patricia DeNoon!! |
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Testing a school with over 3,000 students, on a campus as large as DPHS, is a huge task! Ms. DeNoon continues to strengthen testing systems and is receptive to feedback to better support staff, students, and families in regard to all things testing. On the first day of administering the FAST PM1 in August, she successfully tested 91% of our 9th and 10th graders! |
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1) Mindful Monday Nov. 6: |
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2) Chorus Fundraiser this Monday, Nov. 6: |
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3) Chorus Fundraiser this Monday, Nov. 6: |
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4) School Supplies Donation Drive for Haitian students (ends Nov. 10): |
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5) Shoe Drive to support DECA, DP Business Academy, and our community: |
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6) 2023 DP Family Survey
Dr. Phillips High School families, we ask for your participation in a voluntary survey. The survey question will ask if you would recommend our school to family or friends and why. We will be using the Thought Exchange platform. Your response will be anonymous and will not take more than three to five minutes to complete. The information will be used to support how we continue to positively promote our school. Please click on the link to participate. Thank you for your support.
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7) Support for our PTSA (sales end Nov. 6): |
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Key Dates in this Issue
Sports found under 'Panther Athletics'
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Nov. 1: DP Mindful Monday (First Monday of the Month), A & B lunch in the media center - "Enjoy a Brain Break & Bring a Friend"
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Nov. 6: National Week of the Family
Nov. 6: National Holocaust Education Week
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Nov. 6: Manicure Monday (earn 1 hour of community service)
Nov. 6: DP Chorus Fundraiser at Crumbl Cookies, 3pm-9pm (details & location below)
Nov. 6: DP Chorus Fundraiser at Chipotle (details & location below)
Nov. 6: Student Council Bundt Cake sale continues (please see StuCo below)
Nov. 6: Boys and Girls Tennis interest meeting after school, room 23-208
Nov. 6: DP Business Academy/DECA Schoe Drive continues this week
Nov. 6: School Supplies Donation Drive to support Haitian students continues through Nov. 10
Nov. 6: Last day for the Papa John's 'Nifty 50' card sales to support PTSA
Nov. 11: Veterans Day
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Nov. 13: Boys and Girls Tennis interest meeting after school, room 23-208
Nov. 16: Valencia HBCU College Night , 1800 S. Kirkman, 5:30-8:00pm
Nov. 20-24: Thanksgiving Break
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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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Club & Organization Feature
AFJROTC Color Guard
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Class Rings / Cap & Gowns |
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On Friday, November 3rd, juniors and seniors met with representatives from Herff-Jones to learn about ordering class rings and cap and gown packages (seniors only). Students received catalogs and ordering information along with ordering deadlines. Seniors are encouraged to order their cap and gown before the end of December to avoid the yearly price increase.
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Thank you from Student Services |
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Thank you, Mr. Pryor, for bringing breakfast to Student Services and admin to show his appreciation for the work that is done for our students. |
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Mr. Sapp's world history class learning about Islam's five pillars and
creating their own five pillars.
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Ms. Ratani’s Algebra 1 students practicing solving inequalities in collaborative groups. |
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Ms. Cockburn supporting students with solving inequalities. |
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Dr. Braxton’s AICE Psychology class recently held a Snow Ball Fight!
Students were intentionally grouped and then had 10 minutes to write down questions for review. Then they crumbled their paper and had a snowball fight. Each student then picked up a paper and had to answer the question in groups for points.
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French exchange students and teachers from Strasbourg, currently hosted by CIS families, spoke in Mme. Manoni’s French class about their life in the French region of Alsace. They also shared French candy with our students. |
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Mr. Peralta’s English I class completing a station activity to gauge students’ prior knowledge about “The Odyssey."
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VPA Magnet
Art Drawing / AP Art History
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We have had a spooky week in Studio 1-129! Drawing 1 kicked off the spooky season with their Monster Mash drawings, followed by a Mostly Ghostly Week. For the Monster Mash, students put their own spin on classic cryptids (picture with monsters) And our Mostly Ghostly week featured out classroom ghost who dressed in different outfits and moved around the room each day. Students were tasked with drawing our ghost in a different style each day. |
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The spookiness spread into AP Art History on Halloween when students worked on a study of Edvard Munch’s, The Scream, from 1893. The students enjoyed working with oil pastel on cardboard to create their studies, and now have their work displayed in the Art Studio 1-129 case! |
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Group photo of students with their work from left to right:
Ashira Dassie, Brennan Grandt, Leilani Little, Victoria Caceres Oliveira, Damiyah Marshall, Betsy Perez, Ryan Tannus, Juan Garcia Pinto, Biverly Paulemon, Reese Rutherford, Rachael Yim, Samuel Yang, Lucas Moscoso-Leon, Janeytsha Diaz Carrasco, and Vivien Zheng
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The students’ studies of The Scream |
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College and Career
From Mrs. Loftus Ewing, College and Career Counselor
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Class of 2024 Senior Acceptances:
Please join us in congratulating the following seniors who have been admitted into college or university already!
● Milani Ellis: Florida Atlantic University
● Jainya Paul: University of Central Florida
● Abigail Torres: Valencia University
● Eliana Cohn: Florida Atlantic University
● Hayden Denmark: University of Central Florida and Florida Atlantic University
● Sean Shipp: UCF, UF and FAU
● Jolie Jeffreys: St. Thomas University
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Immediate transition to college from high school = 62%
Question: How many high school seniors go straight to college after high school?
Answer: Of the 2.7 million US high school students who graduated in 2021 (latest year available), some 1.7 million (or 62 percent) were enrolled in college shortly after leaving high school. The percentage of high school graduates who are enrolled in 2- or 4-year college institutions within a few months are included in the "immediate college enrollment rate." The overall immediate college enrollment rate in 2021 was lower than the rate in 2010 (68 percent - see second column in table below).
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Student Visionary of the Year |
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Want to develop your leadership skills, boost your college applications, gain service hours, and FIGHT BLOOD CANCERS? Then consider running for the Student Visionary of the year with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Reach out to Dr. Taylor Bousfield, this year's Student Visionary of the Year Orlando Leadership Chair, for more information. Her email is taylor.bousfield@ocps.net You can make a BIG DIFFERENCE! |
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This Week in Panther Athletics: |
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Girls Basketball
Please join us in congratulating the 2023-2024 Girls Varsity Basketball team!
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SENIORS:
#42 Taylor Giguere
#12 Leah Bullard
#5 Trinity Turner
JUNIORS:
#10 Jayla Johnson
#20 Anilys Rolon
#21 Sariah Johnson
#23 Ronnice Berry
#25 Tynashia Pinkston
#00 Elise Horne
SOPHOMORES:
#1 Kendall Perry
#11 Jamila Ray
#33 Breyanna Blount
FRESHMAN:
#4 Peyton Giguere
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Boys and Girls Tennis
Boys and girls tennis interest meetings will be this Monday, November 6th, after school in room 23-208 and the Monday after this, November 13th, also after school in room 23-208.
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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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Per OCPS: Delivery of food or beverages from off campus to students is not allowed during the school day. This includes food delivery from services such as Uber Eats or DoorDash. All students are able to eat free lunch and breakfast in our cafeteria every single day. After school meals are also available for students who attend after school programs. Parents/Guardians are not to bring food or drop off to students, unless documented as a dietary restriction or medical condition.
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Weekly Superintendent's Message: |
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On this week's "Mondays with Maria," Dr. Vazquez and Chief Communications Officer Scott Howat discuss the highest rated topics on the teacher ThoughtExchange that was recently sent to instructional staff and how the district plans to address them.
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DPHS —Never Less Than The Best!
Ms. Ramsey, Principal
Dr. Phillips High School
Sunday, November 5, 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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