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P ATRIOT P RESS The
Dear Patriot Oaks Families,
What a wonderful time of year! There is a happy, positive
energy all throughout our building and it’s amazing!
The staff was able to participate in a yummy holiday
luncheon yesterday where many competed for the
“Ugliest Sweater!” Congratulations to Mr. Beverly and
Mrs. Homan for the win! We sure had some tacky sweat-
ers show up yesterday! Special thanks to our PTO who
helped fund our luncheon. We are so grateful for your
generosity.
As you may have noticed, our holiday tree in the front of-
fice is full of ornaments that staff members have given to
each other. At this time of year, your school staff are re-
membering those less fortunate and making donations to
Hugs Across the County in lieu of purchasing gifts for
each other. We are grateful for the opportunity that this or-
ganization gives us to serve our community. Thank you to
our staff for their giving spirit this season.
We wish you the best of holidays and thank you for your
consistent support of Patriot Oaks. Our school is a great
place to be! Go Chargers!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Olson
Patriot Oaks Academy Newsletter December 14, 2018
IN THIS EDITION:
Important Dates
Good Chargers
Vote for the POA Tree
Café News
Thank you for Gift Donations
Thank you for Food Donations
Extended Day Openings
Attendance Policy
Lost and Found
Moving or Withdrawing
Tdap for Rising 7th Graders
Candy Grams
K-5 Tech Resource News
Media Center News
Donors Choose
St. Johns County Juvenile Citation Information and Procedures
Character Counts 6K/3K Run/Walk
Parenting Class on Coping with Anxiety
Tech Attack
Vision: At Patriot Oaks Academy, we are a community that fosters character development, independence and a lifelong love of learning.
Principal’s Post
Mission: Committed to every student every day!
GO CHARGERS!
December 21: Early Release January 18: Report Cards Issued
December 24-Jan 4: Winter Break January 21: Student/Teacher Holiday
January 7: Classes Resume
IMPORTANT DATES
Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of
December 3rd: Canyon Alvarado, Grant Beyer, Piper Burns, Karolina
Czajkowski, Luke Dixon, Tommy Dow, Jackson Edell, Elinor
Erickson, Owen Fader, Emily Geller, Nash Giggy, Anna Jones, Will
Kane, Oliver Kilhoffer, Shruthika Kondabrolu, Elizabeth McGugan,
Lana Miller, Vanessa Minter, Ava Murphy, Rashil Patel, Alexis
Pinkney, Trent Porter, Jake Rodenbarger, Erik Santizo, Aditi Sarma,
Kristopher Smith, Ryley Sturm, Brighton Teschner, Addison Thompson, Evan Trotty,
and Ari Zetlan,
Congratulations to the following good Chargers for the week of December 10th:
Corbin Acra, Anthony Brown, Trevor Carter, Ford Causey, Caleb Cordero, Aubrey
Davis, Kenzie Davis, Nolan Davis, Isabella Decaria, Sebastian Denegri, Jonathan
Elliot, Nicola Espinoza, Francesca Fiano, Ethan Glocke, Faris Hakim, Henner Harvey,
Gabriella Hernandez, Lyla Huber, Evan Jones, Nihal Kondabrolu, Sid Mantha, Cooper
Maxwell, Lily Meyer, Adalena Novelli, Drew Porter, Lizzy Roggenbuch, Myrnnah
Santiago, Jett Simon, Tyler Sonne, Shane Sowcik, Whit Tripp, Kenley Vecchiola, and
Parker Vechiola,
GOOD CHARGERS
VOTE FOR OUR TREE
Vote for POA’s tree!!!
Our B6-Student Ambassadors and Character Captains
have entered into the St. Augustine Old Town Trolley/INK
Tree decorating contest!!! Mr. Chatterton (GM of Old
Town Trolley) is so moved and inspired by our school
district’s involvement in this competition that he has
opened up a second place and a third place prize! So the
school with the most votes gets $1,000, 2nd place
gets $500 and third will receive $250!!
To vote until December 20th,
go to trolleytours.com/holidaytreecontest
CAFÉ NEWS
THANK YOU
Thank you to all of our family’s that donated to our 5th annual gift drive benefiting the Family Integrity Program. All of these bags were filled to the tops!!!! The children in our county had a fabulous celebration on Sunday the 9th! You all helped to spread a lot of joy and put smiles on their faces for the holidays!
Thank you!!
POA’s B6/Student Ambassador Group
THANK YOU FOR FOOD DONATIONS
EXTENDED DAY OPENINGS
Extended day has a few openings in their program for
students in K, 1st, 3rd and 4th grades. Please contact Kathy
Brant, Extended Day Coordinator at
Registration forms and more information about the program can be found on
our website under the Extended Day Tab.
LOST AND FOUND
As we move towards the close of the first semester, any items remaining
unclaimed in our lost and found will be donated over Winter Break.
Items will be on display in the main hallway throughout the month of
December for students to check and will also be available to parents at all
evening activities throughout the month (winter concerts, band concerts, etc).
Anything remaining unclaimed will be donated over Winter Break.
If you are moving or changing your address, you must notify the school. If you are moving
out of the SJCSD zone, you must stop by Patriot Oaks and fill out official SJCSD withdrawal
forms.
Even if you are moving within the Patriot Oaks school zone, you must fill out new registration
forms and provide three (3) proofs of residence for your new address. Registration forms
can be found on our website.
If you are moving to another SJCSD school zone, you must register with them.
MOVING OR WITHDRAWING?
ATTENDANCE POLICY
CANDY GRAMS
ATTENTION 6TH GRADE STUDENTS/PARENTS
When you have your child’s 11 year old well visit/physical, please obtain a Florida
Form 680 Certification of Immunization from your doctor and turn it in to our front
office. All students attending a Florida school must have proof of receiving their
Tdap booster shot prior to starting 7th grade. This will make the summer
transition from 6th to 7th grade much smoother.
K-5 TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE NEWS
Dear Parents,
I was inspired by Mrs. Lawrence’s Instagram for art resource and decided to
create one for technology resource too. Be sure to follow Ms.Davis_Tech to see
what students are learning. Please note, that in an effort to keep the account
secure, only those who send a friend request can view the page. So if by
chance I “deny you” then just direct message me letting me
know you are a parent and I will accept.
Thank You,
Joan Davis, Tech Resource K-5
MEDIA CENTER NEWS
Battle of the Books tryouts are coming in January! The Battle of the Books is a county competition based on Florida’s Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) books. Patriot Oaks has two teams, one for grades 3-5 and one for middle school. Tryouts for the 3-5 grade Battle of the Books team will be Tues-day and Thursday, January 15 and 17, at 8am in the media center. This team is sponsored by fifth grade teacher, Ms.
Fletcher. 6-8 grade tryouts will be the following week, January 22 and 24, at 8am in the media center. The middle school team is sponsored by Mrs. Hudson, librarian. Students are expected to attend both days of tryouts. They must also have already read at least six of the Sunshine State books to try out for the team. After teams have been determined, practices will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8am. The tryouts are modeled after the actual competition. Students are given 20 quotes from the 15 elementary or middle school SSYRA books and have to determine which book they are from. Teams consist of seven students. Many of our SSYRA books are available on our digital library, MackinVia, which can be accessed from the school links webpage. All of the books are available at the public library. See our POA media center webpage for more details about the program. The county competitions will be in the Spring. Questions? Please email [email protected].
DONORS CHOOSE OPPORTUNITY
SJC JUVENILE TOBACCO
CHARACTER COUNTS 6K RUN/3K WALK
PARENT SEMINAR ON COPING WITH ANXIETY
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY
