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A Message from Ms. Claudia
Hessing
Dear Flamingo Elementary School’s Family,
On behalf of
the administrative team, we would like to take this opportunity
to extend an enthusiastic warm welcome as you return from a
well-deserved vacation. We are excited about the implementation
of unique programs and activities aimed at achieving yet a
higher degree of success during the 2009-2010 School Year.
We would
like to take this opportunity to reflect on our accomplishments
during the 2009-2010 School Year.
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Flamingo Elementary
School once again received an “A” earning 538 points.
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Flamingo Elementary
School met Adequate Yearly Progress (A.Y.P.) for the fourth
consecutive year, in keeping with the “No Child Left Behind
Act” (N.C.L.B.). The federal law, N.C.L.B., requires that every
public school and school district make Adequate Yearly Progress
towards state proficiency goals.
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Flamingo Elementary School’s
Saturday Academy was sponsored through a grant from the Citrus
Health Network in the amount of $15,000.00. We provided
intervention services for an average of one hundred thirty
students per session who enthusiastically participated in the
academy for thirteen sessions.
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Flamingo Elementary
School improved its school-wide attendance average attaining
number six in among all elementary schools in Region I (formerly
North Central Regional Center) for the 2008-2009 school year
with 96.78%. Our achievements in comparison to all elementary
schools in the district was as follows: number eleven in the
first quarter with 98.12%, number thirteen during the second
quarter with 97.35 %, and number nineteen during the fourth
quarter with 96.00%.
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Flamingo Elementary
School participated in the Health Connect Program funded by the
Children’s Trust for the third consecutive year. The Citrus
Health Network provided our students with services from a nurse,
nurse’s aide and social worker.
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Flamingo Elementary
School received the Florida Department of Education Golden
School Volunteer Award for the nineteenth consecutive year.
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Flamingo Elementary
School raised $7,238.00 during the Student and Employee United
Way Campaigns.
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Flamingo Elementary
School promoted critical thinking, originality and creativity
through innovative activities such as “Captain Conservation”,
“Perfect Smile!”, “Celebrity Reader”, “Mr. Electrifying”, “Bone
Zones” and “U.M. Reading Buddies”.
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Flamingo Elementary School promoted the importance of health
and nutrition through the physical fitness activities
such as the “Obesity Walk” and “City of Hialeah Turkey Trot”
which provided students with the knowledge and skills they
need to become successful learners and healthy and
productive adults.
The
implementation of our school’s mission has successfully been
accomplished by an “exemplary faculty/staff”. We would
like to take a moment to share a few accolades received by our
faculty.
1)
Ms. Susan S. Luck, instructor of art, has received
accolades from the City of Hialeah for organizing “Week of the
Arts”, which represented an impressive collection of original
pieces of student art work created during the 2008-2009 school
year. Of the 70 Youth Fair entries, there were 58 First Place
and 12 second place winners.
2)
Ms.
Isela Rodriguez, media specialist and National Board Certified
Teacher, applied and was selected to participate in the
Landmarks of America: Abraham Lincoln Summer Institute in
Edwardsville, Illinois. Ms. Rodriguez represented the students,
faculty, staff and community with pride, distinction and
integrity.
3)
Ms. Niurys Gonzalez, instructor of fourth grade students
has achieved National Board Certification.
4)
Ms. Linda Perez, instructor of kindergarten, successfully
completed the requirements for a Master of Arts Degree in
Teaching and Learning with Specialization in Elementary Reading
from Nova University.
5)
Ms. Astrid Arrojo, instructor of fourth grade and
National Board Certified Teacher, was featured in an article in
the Miami Herald. The article focused on the FCAT Writing +
Assessment, as well as, effective teaching strategies
implemented to prepare our students to produce a focused,
organized and well-supported draft in response to an assigned
topic.
6)
Dr. Gil Lopez, school psychologist, was selected as the
School Psychologist of the Year for the State of Florida.
In this
light, we would like to acknowledge our parents, community and
business partners for their continued contributions and
unwavering dedication to our students, faculty and staff.
1)
CarMax, R.M. & Son, and Sign One, Dade Partners, for
their extraordinary contributions.
2)
Flamingo Elementary School PTA for their commitment to
educational excellence.
We launch
our theme for the 2009-2010 School Year, Inspiration!
Imagination! Innovation!....“Explore the Possibilities”
With this in mind, our theme is best described by Wilfred A.
Peterson, “Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give
the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are
heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person.”
As an
educational family committed to excellence, we continue to move
forward fueled by our motivation full throttle towards a higher
plane of success and continued student achievement. We thank
you for your continued support and look forward to another
successful school year filled with new initiatives and programs
in an effort to prepare your child(ren) to compete in an
ever-changing, ever-growing, global society.
Sincerely,
Claudia
Hessing
Principal
“The
greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that
human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds,
can change the outer aspects of their lives.”- - - William James
“EXPLORE THE
POSSIBILITIES”
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