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Seminole High Students Prepare to "Rome" the Streets of Italy | |
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Directed by PL Malcolm and Kenneth Hargett, The Pride of the Tribe represents the collaborative bands and color guard program at Seminole High School. This year, just shy of 200 students are actively involved making it one of the largest in Seminole County.
At the end of December, approximately 100 students and accompanying chaperones from The Pride of the Tribe will embark on a journey to Italy, where they have the privilege to represent Seminole County and march in the New Year's Day Parade in historic Rome. Way to go, Noles!
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Heimlich Maneuver Introduced at Eastbrook Elementary School | |
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Students at Eastbrook Elementary learned about the Heimlich maneuver, a crucial technique for aiding individuals in choking emergencies. This session was led by registered nurses Suzanne Leibuchler RN-CPEN, and Kristi Boone RN, who not only demonstrated the correct procedures, but also explained the essential steps for administering the Heimlich Maneuver when someone is choking.
This educational initiative reflects our steadfast dedication to equipping SCPS students with life-saving skills, reinforcing our commitment to their safety and well-being.
Beyond the practicality of these skills, this lesson also instills a sense of community and responsibility to emphasize the importance of looking out for one another.
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Learning is Electric at Forest City Elementary
Students in Mrs. Acker’s class at Forest City Elementary School practiced building circuits. They were asked “What If” when using objects around the room to decide if they are conductors or insulators!
Hands-on learning sparks the creativity and fuels the love of learning. Way to go Owls!
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Casselberry Elementary Students are Serious About Cereal | |
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Casselberry Elementary's wellness committee came up with a challenge for the staff and students to donate cereal and give back to families in need.
What began as a modest idea has evolved into something far bigger than initially envisioned. Their goal was to collect 700 boxes, donate them back to families in need, and give to Second Harvest Food Bank.
They now have over 1,300 boxes of cereal and are anticipating up to 1,800 boxes. After the Thanksgiving break, the Pandas will conduct the domino run with the cereal boxes they have collected. This is now being talked about with other charitable organizations that they will be able to help other food pantries as well!
Way to go, Pandas!
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The Adventures of Flat Serita Continue
Altamonte Elementary hosted its annual Trunk-or-Treat Event on Thursday, October 26th. Among all the goblins, ghosts, superheroes, and princesses, they also had an appearance from “Flat Serita!"
Throughout the evening, Flat Serita was able to visit a variety of different worlds created by school volunteers. She strolled through Mario’s World, trekked through Jurassic Park, and even ended up in Candy Land. She took many photographs with our students along the way and even enjoyed a treat from Kona Ice!
A great time was had by all, and we are so glad Flat Serita got to be a part of it!
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Seminole High Teacher Lets Students Lead and Grow | |
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Seminole High School's TV Production Teacher, Catherine Perez, had her students assume full control of the morning announcements. We are happy to report that they stepped up to her challenge and excelled in their leadership skills.
Her approach offers students a unique and valuable opportunity to create their own broadcast Ms. Perez is committed to ensuring every student can fully engage and participate with morning announcements by providing accommodations for hearing-impaired students.
SCPS is genuinely looking forward to witnessing the future content that our students will produce! Go Noles!
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Milwee Pre-Engineering Magnet Students Sweep UCF's Water Tower Competition! | |
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Milwee Middle School Pre-Engineering Magnet Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering (SECME) students competed at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Tower Competition at University of Central Florida. SECME is an alliance of K-12 educators, universities, parents, and industry/government partners committed to engaging and preparing more minorities and girls for college and careers in STEM.
The Florida Section of AWWA sponsored the tenth annual Model Water Tower Competition which provides students with a fun-filled, science-oriented competition aimed at introducing middle and high school students to opportunities in the water profession.
The objective of the competition is to make participants aware of the importance of reliable drinking water and the rewarding opportunities available in the water profession. The competition meets this objective by having students develop an idea into a functioning water tower, just like what water professionals do in the real world. Prizes are awarded to the top three finishers in the middle school and high school categories. The models are judged based on 4 categories including: cost efficiency, hydraulic efficiency, structural efficiency, and design/materials ingenuity.
Congratulations to these outstanding teams!
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1st Place: Ansh Gandhi, Veer Shekhawat, Jackson Wallace
2nd Place: Carter Brillant, Adrian Perez, Ethan Salazar
3rd Place: Mary Fleming, Cheyenne Larson, Brooke Proulx
Best Design and Honorable Mention: Mustansir Dalal, Gavin McPherson, Parker Rodriguez
Honorable Mention: Natalie Rowen, Reagan Alday, Charley Parker
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Explore Our Middle and High School Magnet Options | |
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The 2024-2025 application period for Middle and High School magnet programs are currently open! The application window closes on December 1, 2023.
Come explore all of the options your child has for middle or high school magnet programs. If your child is passionate about pursuing healthcare, engineering, graphic design, IB programs, or a number of other career fields, this is their opportunity to meet the faculty and learn more about programs onsite!
As a champion for choice, Seminole County Public Schools is an open enrollment district, and we provide transportation at no cost to families for their children to participate in magnet programs.
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We Need Your Help!
Please consider helping us spread holiday joy in the community by donating to SCPS students and families in need.
If you're shopping online, please consider choosing an item from our SCPS Giving Tree Amazon Wishlist and have it shipped directly to SCPS!
For questions, please contact Misa Mills at misa_mills@scps.k12.fl.us.
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Pack the Patrol Car Events
On December 2, 2023 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., please join SCPS School Resource Deputies in support of our homeless and economically disadvantaged SCPS students. Please consider donating for a student in need of a little holiday magic. Gifts will be provided to SCPS Community Involvement to be matched to families on our annual Giving Tree.
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400 E. Lake Mary Blvd.
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Seminole County Public Schools
Educational Equity - Notice of Nondiscrimination
Any form of discrimination or harassment can be devastating to an individual's academic progress, social relationship and/or personal sense of self-worth. As such, the School Board will not discriminate nor tolerate harassment in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender status, or gender identity), disability (including HIV, AIDS, or sickle cell trait), pregnancy, marital status, age (except as authorized by law), religion, military status, ancestry, or genetic information, which are classes protected by State and/or Federal law (collectively, "protected classes").
The Board also does not discriminate on the basis of protected classes in its employment policies and practices as they relate to students.
Equal educational opportunities shall be available to all students, without regard to the protected classes, age (unless age is a factor necessary to the normal operation or the achievement of any legitimate objective of the program/activity), place of residence within the boundaries of the District, or social or economic background, to learn through the curriculum offered in this District. Educational programs shall be designed to meet the varying needs of all students.
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