Florosa Elementary School
Roadrunner Review
October 2012
Florosa Webpage
To access the Florosa Webpage go to
Or go to the okaloosaschools.com website, click on the schools tab, click on the elementary schools tab, and then on Florosa.
Military Tutoring Program
There is a military tutoring program for military families offered at Check it out!
Multicultural Club
There will be a parent informational meeting for the Multicultural Club on October 18 at 5:30 in the Multipurpose Room.
Picture Retakes
Picture retakes for absentees and new students only will be on Wednesday, October 24.
All State Chorus
Congratulations to these students for being nominated for the All State Chorus:
Noah Day, Thomas Howell, John Maldonado, Annie Hart, Celeste Green
First Grade News
First grade conferences will be held October 15 – 19. Parents will be notified of the time and date by the child’s teacher.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, Oct. 15th Mrs. Denney
Tuesday Oct. 16th Mrs. Leach
Wednesday Oct. 17thMrs. Appleton
Thursday Oct. 18th Mrs. Lam
Friday Oct. 19th Mrs. Rathmann
First Grade is getting excited about our field trip to the Zoo on Thursday, November 8, 2012. We will leave the school at 9:15 and return at 1:00. This is one of our favorite trips. We welcome all our parent chaperones on this trip. Please send all forms and monies to the school by Friday October 26, 2013.
Our curriculum focus for the second nine weeks in reading will be finding key ideas and details in literature and informational text. We will also identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. We will be comparing and contrasting the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. The students will identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic. (in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)
Second Grade News
Conferences will be coming up soon so check the newsletter or watch for information from your child’s teacher. Students have been busy learning about place value to the thousands, the Earth, maps and globes, and reading.
Student Council News
Florosa Student Council is sponsoring its first spirit day of this school year! We will celebrate sports of all kinds by having a “Sports Day” October 31. Students may wear T-Shirts of their favorite football team, high school, college, or professional team. We know it is football “season”, however, we don’t want to leave out other sports. Students may celebrate their “favorite sport” by wearing a jersey, softball uniform, workout suit, cheer outfit, etc.No football helmets, cleats, or pads please.Gymnastic suitswill be allowed as long as a cover-up top and shorts are worn, so team shirts, jackets, or hats might be best. We hope the students at Florosa enjoy the first spirit day. At the same time, we encourage all students to make good choices about what is worn so that learning is not disrupted and Florosa students are allowed to continue to have spirit days once a month.
In other Student Council news, representatives and alternates are eligible to run for the upcoming Student Council election. Candidates will be taping their speeches on October 30thin the media center and those speeches will then be aired following the RTV show October 31st. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students will vote for their favorite candidates on Friday, November 2. Representatives or alternates wishing to run for a student council office may pick up an application in room 519, Ms. Morgan’s room.
Student Council hopes to see all you “sports fans” October 31!
Conferences
October 15 / KingOctober 16 / Crump
October 17 / Morgan
October 26 / Minks, Johnson, Conant
October 29 / Huggins, Pacheco, Olson
October 30 / Harr, Boyd, McGlynn, Walker
Current Events
Florosa Book Fair
The Florosa Book Fair will be held the week of October 15-19. Family Night is October 15 from 5-7.
Student Holiday
October 22 will be a student holiday/teacher workday.
Fall Picture Makeups
October 24 will be Fall Picture Makeup day for students who were not at school when Fall pictures were taken.
Thank You Walmart in Fort Walton Beach
Let’s give a great big thanks to Walmart in Fort Walton Beach for becoming our business partner! Twenty teachers received a $50 gift certificate for school supplies and baskets full of goodies or a bag full of goodies to use in the classroom! This generosity is certainly appreciated and most of all our students have benefitted from it. Let the folks at Walmart in Fort Walton Beach know how thankful we are for their contributions the next time you shop there!
Florosa Staff thanks Walmart!
Target in Mary Esther
Let's give a big shout out to Target in Mary Esther for sending us 75 dollars in gift certificates for school supplies. This was from a campaign on Facebook during the summer where anyone could vote for Florosa and for every 25 people who voted we received a $25 gift certificate. Thanks to the people who voted for Florosa and thanks to Target our wonderful business partner!
Science Fair/Spaghetti Dinner
The annual Florosa Science Fair/Spaghetti Dinner is November 15. The Spaghetti Dinner will begin at 5:30 followed by presentation of awards. More information about tickets will be sent home.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Mr. Woody and the cafeteria staff will be serving Thanksgiving lunch to both students and parents on November 14.Parents who will be eating that day need to make reservations beginning ASAP so that he can plan appropriately. There will be a drawing for 2 parents to win a turkey and for 2 students from each grade level on that day that eat a cafeteria lunch.
Kids Vote, Too
Students will participate in the Kids Vote, Too Program in November. This program addresses the importance of voting and was first started by Pat Hollarn as a former teacher to involve students in the voter election program.