Principal’s Note

Dear Students and Parents,

Happy 2016 to you all! It is amazing that we are already half way through the

academic year. Last week, our teachers sent home the 2nd quarter report cards.

We certainly hope that all our students are performing ideally and will only get

better as we move closer to the end of the school year. I encourage you to

continue to have a ‘visible’ relationship with us so that your child will understand

that we are all in this together.

On Thursday, January 28, we started our Breakfast with the Principal series with

Kindergarten and 1st grade parents. It was phenomenal to see the parents and

discuss school life while enjoying delicious authentic breakfast. Please watch out

for upcoming announcements inviting you to come and have breakfast with us.

This new initiative is your opportunity to tell us what you would like to see

different next school year. Please, give us a bit of your time to listen to your voice.

In the upcoming months, NSS will also be hosting a number of open houses. We

have already kicked off the enrollment process by sending home re-enrollment

forms. Parents, if you have not already sent these forms back, please do so as soon

as possible.

We are working assiduously to incorporate additional programs next year. Please

recommend us to your community; your friends, and their friends too. You may

forward this link for them to easily apply:

http://newspringsschools.org/academics/enrollment/apply-online-elementary-

school for elementary, http://newspringsschools.org/academics/enrollment/apply-

online-middle-school for middle school. They may also enroll by calling Ms.

Christina at the front office 813-933-5025.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you (except our 8th graders) back here with

us in 2016-2017!

Oguz Tekin

Contents

Principal’s Note 1

Class News 2

In, Out, & About 6

Lunch Menu 16

January 2016

Kindergarten Report

After a long and rejuvenating winter

break, we are back at the grind with

reading, writing, and math in

Kindergarten! The students set their own

goals for the remaining 2016 year in

Kindergarten and we as a class agreed to

get fluent in reading and writing. We have

been having fun with our text-based

readings and writing down our thoughts in

our reading journals to gain comprehension and details. The more we have exposure

and practice in writing, the better we will become!

1st Grade Report

This month in first grade has flown by!

We have been very busy learning about

our place values and counting past 120!

The kids also have been learning a lot

to get ready for Black History Month.

We really enjoyed learning and

discussing about Martin Luther King

Jr. Soon, we will be diving into

learning about movement and force in

Science. Stay warm!

Class News

2nd Grade Report

Our 2nd graders returned to school with an even

greater drive to succeed! We have talked about

using our time more wisely, and we are committed to

being respectful and nice to each other. On the

academic side, we have been exploring the realm of

geometry; practicing our paragraphing skills,

investigating the concepts of weather; and

discussing how Earth’s features help us satisfy our

needs. We have had much fun interacting with the

elements and instruments of weather! Special

thanks to Mr. Memon for having us prove that water

is present in air, and for giving us the opportunity to

interat with actual weather tools.

3rd Grade Report

Our third graders are ready for a brand new year! Students wrote about their

resolutions and explained why they have

these goals. Some popular ones (to name

a few) were: read more books and take

AR tests, practice my multiplication and

division facts more, and get straight A's.

With hard work and dedication I know

these students will complete their goals.

Some topics we are focusing on...

Reading: poetry

Mathematics: fractions

Science: different types of energy

Social Studies: English explorers

Happy New Year from third grade!

4th Grade Report

The new year has started and the

students in 4th grade are haave been

working hard to sharpen their

languange and arithmetic skills. In

Science, they focused on the different

types of rocks that make up the

Earth’s structure. They enjoyed

investigating the properties of rocks

that were igneous, sedimentary, and

metamorphic. They used their inquiry

skills to observe, research, and make comparisons between the different types of

rocks. They also used candy to make models, and demonstrate their knowledge of

rocks.

5th Grade Report

Fifth grade students have

been busy this month in math

class learning about geometry

and finding the volume of 3-D

figures. We are wrapping up

the unit and will be jumping

into the fractions

unit. Students will be adding,

subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.

During this month's science unit on energy, students conducted a science

experiment on electric circuits. Students enjoyed checking if different objects

such as aluminum foil, a penny, a plastic spoon, an index card, and a paper clip

created a closed circuit to light up a bulb.

Some of the students were able to join the 6th graders on a trip to see the Street

Beat show for kids at the Straz Center. They certainly enjoyed the music as the

musicians played percussion using "repurposed" every day material.

Ms. Alexander’s Report

Our 8th graders are integrating technology and Language Arts!

Mr. Ates’s Turkish Class Report

Turkish Dinner Party!!!

Teaching language is not only about grammar,

reading, vocabulary but it is also about the

culture, and the food is a big part of a

culture. In order to show some samples of the

Turkish cuisine, 6th grade Turkish Class were

invited to the Turkish Dinner Party at Mr.

Ates’ house in the last week of the

1st semester. It was a huge event! In total, 19

students joined us to taste delicious Turkish

food. We also had some parents who got the same opportunity and they didn’t miss the

chance . It was very nice to hear some offers/advice from our guests. These included:

“Open a cooking class”; “Invite us again”; “Teach me how to cook like this”. Well, good news!

Your advice will be considered soon. Thanks to everyone who made this great event happen!

Mr. Ak’s MOSI Field Trip Report

This month, we went on an exciting field trip to

MOSI with 8th

graders. They all loved watching

‘the mystery of the unseen world’ on IMAX and

experiencing natural disasters like hurricanes,

earthquakes, and tornadoes.

They rode in the Meridian Shuttle, an autonomous

vehicle that is 100% driverless and electric. They

enjoyed MOSI's new Drone Zone where you can

fly, drive and dive commercial drones in the air, on

land and underwater!

NSS: In, Out, and About

Mr. Yakisma’s Mathcounts Competition Report

NSS School-Wide Mathcounts Competition (2015-2016)

NSS held School-Wide Mathcounts Competition on January 16, Saturday. NSS MathletEagles

performed Individual, Target, Team, and Countdown Rounds. The following awards were given

to the students.

I. Dress-Down Day

II. Participation Certificate & Mathcounts Pencils

III. Intramural Awards

a) Individual Awards

* Trophies: 1st thru 3

rd Places

* Medals: 4th

thru 10th

Places

b) Team Awards

* Mathcounts School Team Ribbons: First place team

* Mathcounts School Mathlete Ribbons: Second place team

* 3rd

Place Ribbons: Third place team

c) Grade Level first, second, third place ribbons

Trophy Winners

1st place winner:

Gabriela Enamorado

2nd

place winner:

Victor Campisi

3rd

place winner:

Dekalo Witfield

Thank you for reading our monthly newsletter. We hope that you found our school news useful and interesting.

Please email questions, comments, or concerns to info@newspringsschools.org

NEW SPRINGS SCHOOLS

JANUARY 2016

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