Monday, 1/30
Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Tuesday, 1/31
FCAT/SAT10 Parent Night @ 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Parents, find out what you can do to help prepare
your child for testing.
Thursday, 2/2
Groundhog Day
Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Friday, 2/3
Spirit Days are every Friday! Remember to wear your Canopy Oaks colors!!!
Saturday, 2/4
The 8th annual ESE Family Conference will be held at Belle Vue Middle School (8:30 am - 3:30 pm).
There will be 20 different workshop topics from which parents can choose. This is a free
conference for families of children receiving ESE services. Please contact FDLRS(487-2630) for
further info.
Upcoming School Events:
2/6 Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
2/6 School Advisory Council Meeting @ 5:30 pm in the media center
2/6 PTO Meeting @ 7 pm in the media center
2/7 FCAT Writing
2/8 FCAT Writing Plus
2/9 Progress Reports Go Home
2/9 Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
2/12 - 2/18 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week
2/13 Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
2/14 Valentine's Day
2/16 Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
2/20 No Media at Night
2/20 Presidents' Day (Student's and Teachers Out)
2/23 Media At Night - Media Center open from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
2/25 Tallahassee Democrat Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee - WFSU-TV Studio
(Tentative)
2/27 - 3/10 No Media at Night during testing
2/27 - 3/10 FCAT SSS/NRT READING, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE
Yearbook News
Time is running out if you are interested in ordering a yearbook. The cost of yearbooks are $15.00
per book. If you have any questions, please contact Leigh Ann Clark at 514-3762 or 224-9403.
Don't forget to send in your box tops! Canopy Oaks receives 10 cents for each box top turned in.
There are a variety of products that box tops are on, so check out the products you buy. Just clip
them out and send them in with your child.
Mark your calendar - Feb. 4th, the 8th annual ESE Family Conference will be held at Belle Vue
Middle School (8:30-3:30). There will be 20 different workshop topics from which parents can
choose. This is a free conference for families of children receiving ESE services. Please contact
FDLRS (487-2630) for further info.
Reassignment Forms
If your child qualifies under the grandfathering or sibling support rule and needs a reassignment
form, you may pick one up in the front office. Please remember that grandfathering only applies if
your child is going in to the 4th or 5th grade. These forms are due to the Reassignment Office by
March 1.
Test-Taking Tips
* Remind your child to listen and follow directions. Before giving a test, teachers tell students
things they need to know and that can make the difference between a good or bad score. Should
students try to guess if they're not sure of an answer? Should the essay question be written on
every other line? Make sure your child listens to what the teacher has to say.
* Give your child practice in following directions. Make a game of it. Give him/her a recipe and
ask him/her to follow it. Or, ask him/her to look through a newspaper article and circle all the
nouns. Try timing your children as they complete these tasks-tests often have a time limit.
* Make sure your child is physically ready to take the test. Aside from studying, the next best
preparation is a good night's sleep before the test. Make sure he/she eats a good breakfast.
Encourage him/her to wear a sweater that he/she can remove-there's nothing worse than being
too hot or too cold.
* These tips are from QuickTips - The Parent Institute.
Nutrition Tip of the Week
A winter alternative to fresh fruit:
Eating fruits and vegetables is easy in the summer when everything is fresh and readily available.
What do you do in the winter? Try dried fruit. It's always available. Like fresh fruit, dried fruit
provides fiber, vitamins A and C, potassium and folate. Each serving of dried fruit may contain
more calories than fresh, but in the dead of winter, it's still a good choice. Dried fruit is easy to
carry. It can be added to salads, pancake batter, bread recipes or even your daily bowl of cereal.
Physical Activity Tip of the Week
Exercise and Energy:
Just 20 minutes of light exercise a day will dramatically increase your energy levels. Stretching
decreases stress-induced fatigue. Use it or lose it: energy sticks around only as long as you keep
exercising.
Canopy Oaks activity calendar is available on our website at:
<http://www.canopyoaks.leon.k12.fl.us/calendar.html>
Please forward this on to other Canopy Oaks parents who might be interested in joining our
listserv. You may join or leave the listserv at: <http://listserv.leon.k12.fl.us/archives/
coesparents.html>
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