Important Dates

8/22    4:15 pm 6/7 gr Boys Volleyball Tryouts – Marini Gym

8/23    8-9 am 8 gr Boys Volleyball Tryouts – Marini Gym

           4:15 pm 6 gr Girls Volleyball Tryouts – Marini Gym

8/24   9:35 am Code Red Drill 

           3:15 pm 6/7/8 gr Boys Volleyball Callbacks – Marini Gym

8/25    4:15 pm 7/8 gr Girls Volleyball Tryouts – Marini Gym

8/26    Picture Day – during Social Studies classes

            7 pm – Pantherettes Dance Team Parent Interest Meeting – Marini Gym

8/31    8:30 am BETA Club Meeting - Growl Grill (email Ms. Brady for info bradyvr@scps.k12.fl.us)

           3:15 pm PTSA Back to School Social

8/31 & 9/1  FAST Progress Monitoring or STAR Testing in Math Classes (see below)

9/7 & 9/8     FAST Progress Monitoring in ELA Classes (see below)

           9/22    6-8 pm – Open House

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring tool that will be administered three times

per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards

throughout this school year. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that your student will participate in the first

administration (PM1) of the Grade 6-8 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Reading and

Mathematics assessment[s] on Aug 31/Sept 1 and Sept 7 & 8. Your student’s results from PM1 are for informational

purposes only, and your student’s school will provide you with information about how to access the results after testing is

completed.

FAST assessments are computer-adaptive tests taken on a computer or tablet. The questions get easier or more difficult

depending on how the student responds, and each student will see different questions from a common item bank. Each test

attempt (PM1, PM2, and PM3) will present 35–40 items that will cover the entire test “blueprint,” meaning students will

encounter items representative of the standards within the subject or grade level. Students may bring a book to read if they

complete the assessment prior to the end of the session. For more information on the test design, please visit

https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/best/. If you or your student would like to

interact with the online testing platform or review FAST Reading [and Mathematics] sample items at home, sample test

materials are available at https://flfast.org/families.html.

If you have any questions related to this test administration, you may contact Dr. Pagnotti at 407-871-7013.

For more information about the FAST program, please visit the portal at FLFAST.org.

Thank you for supporting your student and encouraging him or her to do his or her best during this test administration.

Sincerely,

Dr. Melissa Laudani

PBIS – Positive Behavior Intervention System

Our school behavior expectations this year have been updated to PAWS:

Panthers Always:

Practice Safety

Accept Responsibility

Work Hard

Show Respect

Please view this video from our PBIS Coach, Mrs. Higley, with more information. #PawsUp

https://youtu.be/VzXUUG_tmRU

Campus Security and Visitors

To maintain a secure campus, we ask that all visitors enter campus through the entrance in the Sanctuary Subdivision. Our bus loop is for Buses only and not open to the public. Please refrain from walking, running, or walking your dog anywhere inside the perimeter of our campus, including the bus loop.