Literacy Week at Sun Blaze was an event to remember! We had guest readers visit all of our classrooms throughout the week. The week started with “superheroes” reading their favorite story to multiple classrooms. Special guest readers for “Team Up with a Book” included the following: members of the US Tennis Association, University of Central Florida athletes, and Olympic Gold Medalist Mackenzie Soldan. During the week, our older Stingrays were able to “buddy read” with our younger Stingrays. We celebrated on Friday with a character and vocabulary word parade.
This year’s Modern Woodmen School Speech Contest asked contestants to give a speech addressing the topic, “Challenges Youth Face.” Speeches had to be between three and five minutes long and in the student’s words. Ten talented finalists represented more than 190 fifth-grade students that participated. We want to congratulate all of our finalists and our winner, Miles Adams. Sun Blaze would like to thank Mr. Kevin Cadogan, one of Central Florida’s top communicators, who made a special appearance to share with our students about the art of public speaking.
Hydroponics is one of the eight free STEAM clubs offered at Sun Blaze. Hydroponics is the science of growing plants in a pH and nutrient-rich water base instead of soil. There are no pesticides, germs or insects. The hydroponics club has built a contained growth structure of PVC pipes, lights and timers to allow for automation of the environment. This provides a clean growth environment for the plants that allows for the ability to control the humidity levels, temperature, CO2, nutrient levels in the water (ppm – parts per million), and pH of the water. The goal is to have a clean, fully functioning, and aesthetically pleasing grow “room.” The plants that our club grows are seed germinated, sprout, teen, and mature plants.
Every year, students from Sun Blaze take part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year, the top three spellers from each grade level competed to represent Sun Blaze at the next level. We are proud of all our students and thankful for the family members who came out to support them. We want to congratulate Alexa Garofalo, our Spelling Bee champion.
We would like to invite the Lake Nona community to follow our social media links to stay connected with all that is happening at Sun Blaze Elementary. The website address is https://sunblazees.ocps.net, and you can follow us on Facebook at Sun Blaze Elementary.
Go, Stingrays!
