Deerwood Elementary
Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day!
Challenger News
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Deerwood Elementary School Car Loop Procedures
Please take a look at the information to learn about how our car line will run, and join us in welcoming our friends at the Bezos Academy!
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Stop Bullying Now! ✋🛑
Take a Stand, Lend a Hand. Standing together with love, support, and attention, we can prevent bullying and protect our children’s well-being.
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Network Acceptable Use Policy
Users of the network system of the School District of Osceola County are responsible for their activity on the network. The School District has developed a network acceptable use policy.
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Code of Student Conduct
Principles, expectations, and rules that are given to students and parents to make sure that the expectations that our school has for behavior are clearly communicated to them.
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Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
The goal is for parents to know how your kids are using the internet, set careful controls, and educate them.
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Challengers School of Innovation
Where each Challengers' holistic needs are met so they can explore pathways, reaching their own most innovative potential.
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Adult Learning Center Osceola
Interested in learning English language skills or earning your high school diploma? Registration for fall classes at ALCO is open! ALCO is grant-funded, so the cost is low and affordable! Visit www.osceolaschools.net/alco today!
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Keep Osceola Safe
The Osceola School Board is committed to the safety and security of all students, staff, and visitors. The Osceola School District has detailed comprehensive safety and emergency plans for every site, and all schools regularly conduct various drills, such as fire drills, severe weather drills, and intruder drills, to prepare students for an emergency.
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Let's Talk with the Osceola School District
The Osceola School District is committed to engaging all stakeholders in the education of our children. Only when we build strong relationships with our staff, students, families and community members can we best meet the needs of each and every student.
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Share Your Great
Have you been inspired by someone in our schools? Is your school helping us build our legacy as we move from Good to Great? Do you have a teacher who has made a difference on your life or the life of your child? Share the good news with us!
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Learn More About Here Comes The Bus
Here Comes the Bus is easy-to-use school bus tracking software that gives parents and students the ability to track the location of their school buses.
School District News
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2024 Osceola School District Graduation Dates
Graduation caps will fly on the following days and times for Osceola County's 2024 high school graduates: May 20-24.
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SDOC School Library Access Levels
Parents can choose to limit their child's classroom and school library access within the Focus Parent Portal.
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Osceola School District's Transportation Services Back-To-School Parent Hotline Is Open
Osceola School District's Transportation Services Parent Hotline is now open for calls in both English and Spanish.
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Meet & Treat with Dr. Mark Shanoff
As part of his 100-day plan, Dr. Shanoff will be visiting our high schools at the listed dates for cookies and conversation. The schools will host district employees from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. followed by our parents, students, and community members from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
School Upcoming Events
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October 10, 2023
4:00 PM Board Workshop
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5:30 PM School Board Meeting
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October 24, 2023
5:30 PM School Board Meeting
Principal's Message
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Challengers Families,
I am excited, inspired, and honored to serve as your Deerwood Elementary school principal where our students RISE to meet our targeted goals, and our faculty and staff are committed to working collaboratively to meet the needs of each individual child. Challengers do hard things, and we will continue to work together to be 1% better each day.Sincerely,Dr. Millie TorresPrincipal
Familias Challengers,
Estoy emocionada, inspirada y honrada de servir como su directora de la escuela primaria Deerwood, donde nuestros estudiantes se ELEVAN para alcanzar nuestras metas específicas, y nuestra facultad y personal están comprometidos a trabajar en colaboración para satisfacer las necesidades de cada niño individual. Los Challengers hacen cosas difíciles y continuaremos trabajando juntos para ser un 1% mejor cada día.
Atentamente,
Dra. Millie TorresDirectora
Fanmi Challengers,
Mwen eksite, enspire, ak onore sèvi kòm direktè lekòl elemantè Deerwood ou kote elèv nou yo LEVE satisfè objektif vize nou yo, ak fakilte nou yo ak anplwaye nou yo angaje nan travay an kolaborasyon satisfè bezwen yo nan chak timoun endividyèl. Challengers fè bagay sa yo difisil, epi nou pral kontinye travay ansanm yo dwe 1% pi bon chak jou.
Sensèman,
Dr. Millie TorresDirektè
Welcome Challengers!
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Mission
It's our mission here at Deerwood Elementary School to prepare and empower our students to be life-long learners, and to be respectful to others. Our staff is committed to work collaboratively to meet the needs of each individual child in order to reach their highest academic potential.
Vision
Create a collaborative community that cultivates and empowers future leaders by delivering academic excellence by using Osceola School District curriculum and materials, celebrating diversity, and providing a positive, safe and caring community in which all learners are valued.
Philosophy
Our philosophy is very simple: We combine a learning-focused culture with outstanding customer service, in order to create a successful and supportive school community.
Announcements
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Welcome to the 2022-2023 School Year!!
For 2022-2023, our focus will be on closing the achievement and attitude gap by challenging our staff and students to reflect and challenge themselves to show why they believe in themselves and that every student can and will learn.
Our students will be working with our teachers to set their academic and personal goals that will be monitored and celebrated. We will be conducting student-led conferences this year where our students will share with their parents how they are meeting their goals and what support can be given at home and at school. Our theme this year is Believe: No excuses!
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