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Save the Date
Movie Night
Friday, February 10, 2012 |
Enjoy a few hours out while your children are supervised by PTA Volunteers and Country Isles Staff.
Our feature presentation is "The Smurfs". The cost is $10.00 per child, cash or check made out to Country Isles PTA.
This event is only for Country Isles Students. Students can wear their PJ'z and bring pillows and blankets. Drinks and snack will be provided.
Author-In-Residence
 Thanks to our wonderful P.T.A. we had an awesome day on January 23rd with our Author-In-Residence. Harvey E. Oyer III was with us for the entire day! He is a children's’ author of historical fiction books and is a 5th generation native Floridian. Oyer draws from his family history to weave his stories together.
Mr. Oyer mesmerized our students as he spoke about early Florida history with which his family was involved. Every student at CIE got to hear Harvey Oyer speak at one of his large group presentations. He enthralled students with the stories of his family along with a power point presentation. The power point showed pictures from his book, The American Jungle. He has also written The Last Egret. Both books have won numerous awards. Every 4th grade classroom will get a set of The Last Egret books along with a curriculum to follow. This is being provided by the district through a grant.
Following the large group presentations we had two book signings where students got to individually meet Mr. Oyer. This was followed by a magnificent luncheon provided by P.T.A. Our media center was decorated with projects that won the students the opportunity to have lunch with our Author-In-Residence. K-2 students had to illustrate something about Florida history and 3-5 students had to write an expository essay on why they like living in Florida. The entries were fantastic and it was difficult to pick our winners. Winners were treated to a spectacular lunch along with a memento of this occasion.
A Writer’s Workshop was held for selected 4th grade students. Mr. Oyer spoke about the importance of writing about what you know. He spoke about author’s style and the fact that he does all of his own research. The students were excited and shared what they heard with their classes.
The day concluded with a staff reception where the staff was able to interact one to one with our guest author.
P.T.A. provided this terrific day for our students and for this we thank them. CIE’s P.T.A. works closely with our school to provide these worthwhile educational opportunities for our students. Thank you for making Country Isles the school it is today!!!!!! |
