EOC (End-of-Course Exam) Information 

Boot Camp will be available for students in three areas this summer: Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology.  The curricula will be computer-based.  Students are eligible to attend Boot Camp if they passed the course with a ‘C’ or better (‘B’ if taken in Middle School), but were not proficient in the End-of-Course Exam (EOC). 

This summer, Boot Camp will take place at Lake Brantley from June 24 – July 11 (Semester 2 of Summer School).  In order to allow students to participate in multiple Boot Camps, your child will be scheduled for one or two sessions of Boot Camp, each session about 3 hours long with time for lunch between the morning and afternoon sessions.  For example, a student could have Biology Boot Camp in the morning, lunch time, then Geometry Boot Camp in the afternoon.

Transportation will be available from predetermined depot stops.  Students using transportation and participating in only one Boot Camp will attend a supervised Open Lab for the unscheduled session.  For example, a student could have Algebra Boot Camp in the morning, lunch time, then Open Lab time in the afternoon.

Information will be provided to eligible students June 13 - 21.

EOC Retakes will also take place at Lake Brantley and is tentatively scheduled as listed below.  More information will be provided to eligible students.

7/22     U.S. History
7/23     Biology
7/24     Algebra I
7/25     Geometry

As more information becomes available about our EOC Boot Camp, we will post information on our website.  If you would like to be alerted via text message please text (786) 766-7432 with the message @bootcamp1.  At any point you can unsubscribe to text alerts by replying to (786) 766-7432 with the message unsubcribe@bootcamp1.

Please contact Mr. Jesse Walker, Dean of Students at 407-746-3502, or Jesse_Walker@scps.k12.fl.us if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the attention of: Mrs. Macaluso at the Front Desk, Building 1, before May 29^th so that we may mail your students report card home over the summer.  PLEASE be sure to write your child's name on the lower left corner of the envelope.
If your child will take the FCAT, please add an additional stamp.  Thank you.

The state of Florida is currently transitioning its educational standards from the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This transition began in the fall of 2011 with our Kindergarten students and continued this past fall with our First graders.  Starting in the fall of 2013, Second grade students will be fully immersed in these new standards with a blended curriculum of NGSSS and CCSS for our Third grade through seniors.  The Common Core State Standards are an educational initiative that seeks to bring individual state’s curriculum into alignment with each other by following the concept of standards-based education reform.  Currently 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted these new standards and educators and researchers from across the nation are working together to collaborate on the best instructional practices and curriculum to meet the new, rigorous standards.  

Below are links to some resources that can assist you in learning more about the Common Core State Standards and how to support your student(s):

Florida Department of Education CCSS Resources: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/ccc.asp

Resource Guide: http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Common_Core_Resources.pdf

Parent Newsletter: http://www.fldoe.org/newsletter/JustForParents/2012/JFP_September_Newsletter.pdf

Parent’s Guide to Success: http://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2910

PARCC

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a 22-state consortium working together to develop next-generation K-12 assessments in English and Mathematics for assessing the Common Core State Standards. In the spring of 2015, students in grades 3-11 will take the PARCC exams in English Language Arts as well as grades 3-8 Mathematics, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. These exams will replace the corresponding FCAT exams that students currently take in these grades/subjects. Students will continue to take FCAT exams in grades 5 & 8 Science, and End-of-Course exams in Civics, U.S. History, and Biology.

Below are links to some resources that can assist you in learning more about the PARCC exams:

PARCC Website: http://www.parcconline.org/

PARCC Florida Department of Education Q & A: http://www.fldoe.org/parcc/pdf/PARCCfaq.pdf