Dr. Phillips HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER
2014
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Principal’s Message Dear Panther Families:
ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPAL Suzanne Knight suzanne.knight@ocps.net ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Bridget Bresk (10th Grade) bridget.bresk@ocps.net Alisa Dorsett (11th & 12th Grade) alisa.dorsett@ocps.net Lenore Guastella (9th Grade) lenore.guastella@ocps.net Jackie Ramsey (Instruction) jackie.ramsey@ocps.net Doug Ralph (ESE) douglas.ralph@ocps.net
The Panther Nation continues to excel in the sports arena! Keep up to date with all our sports at dpathletics.ocps.net. Saturday, September 13, Dr. Phillips, participated in the second annual Expectation Graduation, an initiative of the Superintendent, Dr. Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins, administrators, counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists went in to our community to visit homes of students who had left school without graduating, some short only two credits. We are excited that three former students made a commitment to come back to school and finish! Additionally, the team visited homes to recognize students who made PERFECT scores on either FCAT Reading or the EOC
Rodney Wells rodney.wells@ocps.net John Magrino john.magrino@ocps.net Heather Rodriguez heather.rodriguez@ocps.net
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OCPS EEO Non-Discrimination Statement
DEANS Jason Jackson jason.jackson@ocps.net
Biology test! CONGRATULATIONS to all students visited on Saturday! We truly celebrated success across the board. If you would like to see video from the day’s activity you may click on the following link http://youtu.be/wp9NSTqvq8A OCPS was named co-winner of 2014 Broad Prize for Urban Education. CONGRATULATIONS for the great job of our teachers and students! For more information about Broad please visit the OCPS website at www.ocps.net In closing, this will be our last hard copy newsletter being sent home. We would like to thank “Academy Publishing” for their
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The School Board of Orange County, Florida, does not discriminate in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by law. The following individuals at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia Street, Orlando, Florida 32801, attend to compliance matters: ADA Coordinator & Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Supervisor: Carianne Reggio; Section 504 Coordinator: Latonia Green; Title IX Coordinator: Gary Preisser. (407.317.3200)
Dr. Phillips H.S. Newsletter October 2014 Published Four Times Per Year Dr. Phillips High School 6500 Turkey Lake Road Orlando, FL 32819 Issue # 4
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great support of our panther community. Moving forward, we will have a NEW ELECTRONIC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, to subscribe, please email heather.rodriguez@ocps.net to be placed on our mailing list. Have a great week! Yours in Education, Suzanne M. Knight Ed. D Principal
DPHS PTSA
Join your Dr. Phillips High School PTSA today. You may download a membership form at https://www.ocps.net/lc/southwest/hdp/parents/Pages/ptsa.aspx and send it back to Dr. Phillips in an envelope. Please mark envelope PTSA, ATTN: Dr. Knight or on North side ATTN: Dr. Gustella.
3 Testing Information
Check out the below website for information on the Florida Standards Assessments. This is a very informative site on the new testing procedures and information. http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-7085/dps-2014-98.pdf
ACT & SAT Testing Date
The following are the dates for ACT and SAT tests at Dr. Phillips High School: SAT test dates for 2014/2015 Oct. 11, 2014* SAT and Subject Tests Nov. 8, 2014 SAT and Subject Tests Dec. 6, 2014 SAT and Subject Tests Jan. 24, 2015 SAT and Subject Tests March 14, 2015 SAT only May 2, 2015 SAT and Subject Tests June 6, 2015 SAT and Subject Tests ACT test dates for 2014/2015 Sep. 13, 2014 Oct. 25, 2014 Dec. 13, 2014 Feb. 7, 2015 Apr. 18, 2015 Jun. 13, 2015
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Stay Connected With This year we are bringing our Panther Community many venues for communication. We have this AMAZING Panther Post, but now we are on SOCIAL MEDIA as well. Check out Dr. Phillips at the following social Media Outlets.
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6 National Honor Society
Congratulations to our newly appointed 20142015 officers! President: Abby G Vice President: Charlaine C Secretary: Emily G Treasurer: Akina N
National English Honor Society
Congratulations to the following newly appointed 2014-2015 officers of National English Honor Society: Amna Q, President Akina N, Vice President Anvit R, Secretary
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7 Public Arts Club Leadership Team
Congratulations to the following Public Arts Club Leadership Team: President - Rimma A Vice- President - Zena O Project Managers - Skye K and Mariah M Project Team Leaders: Justin W Adriana H Aubrey J Quinn R Arleen R Liza G Tamia D Jasmine G Amra Q
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Orange County Public School Calendar 2014-2015 Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Monday-Friday
October 22 October 23 October 24 October 27 November 24-28
Two Weeks Monday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Monday Thursday Friday Monday-Friday Monday Monday Wednesday Thursday-Friday
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 January 5 January 15 January 16 January 19 January 20 February 16 March 19 March 20 March 23-27 March 30 May 25 June 3 June 4-5
End of 1st marking period (47 days) Student holiday/teacher workday Student holiday/teacher professional day Begin 2nd marking period Thanksgiving Break · Students are out all week · District offices are open Nov. 24-26 · Nov. 24-26: Teacher non-workdays · Nov. 27-28: Teacher holidays Winter Break (Schools are closed. District offices are closed Dec. 24-Jan. 1.) Students return to school End of 2nd marking period (44 days) Student holiday/teacher workday Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (Schools and district offices are closed.) Begin 2nd semester/3rd marking period Presidents Day holiday (Schools are closed; district offices are open.) End of 3rd marking period (42 days) Student holiday/teacher workday Spring Break (Schools are closed; district offices are open.) Begin 4th marking period Memorial Day holiday (Schools and district offices are closed.) End of 4th marking period/last day of school for students (47 days) Post planning for teachers
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