Our Safety Patrols arrived home safely last night after three very busy days in Washington DC. Welcome back everyone! We missed you!

After a month of cloudy skies spoiled our fun in December, Astronomy Nights are back and hoping for clear skies in January.  We have two nights scheduled: Friday January 13th and Friday, January 27th.  We will have telescopes set up on both nights from 6-8 in the courtyard.  Enter school through the SACC door on the North side of the school (where you pick up students from Aftercare).  Jupiter should look great, along with a variety of interesting stars, nebulas, and other deep sky objects.

If the sky is mostly covered with clouds, or it is raining, stay home!  For up to the minute updates on weather status, go to http://planetarium.poincianastem.org.

The deadline to submit applications for the 2012-2013 school year has passed.
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Look for Poinciana in the Boynton Beach Holiday Parade this Saturday! The parade begins at 5:00pm and travels north along US1 from SE 12th Avenue to Ocean Avenue.

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The application deadline for the 2012-2013 school year is December 16th. Our last “Talk and Tour” is Wednesday, December 14th. It begins at 6:00pm in the Media Center. Tours are also given every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30am. Please call the school if you are interested in any of these tours.

The Mars Science Laboratory launches from the Kennedy Space Center this Friday, and Mr. Swanson got one of the last standby spots to participate in the #nasatweetup. He’ll be in a tent at the press area meeting with the scientists and engineers behind the new Mars rover mission all day Wednesday. On Friday for the launch he’ll be less than 4 miles from the launch pad – as close as you can get! Be sure to follow him as he “tweets” from the launch site!

Poinciana welcomes to our staff Mr. Finnegan, our new Art teacher.  Mr. Finnegan is a graduate of The Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.  He currently works teaching art through the Armory Art Center, the Norton Museum’s P.A.C.E. program and the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center. Mr. Finnegan is an expert at painting and drawing as well as ceramics and computer art.

Each year we collect food to support families from our school and the surrounding community. Last year we collected food donations for over 70 families. With rising needs we hope to expand the program this year. Our goal is to collect 3,000 lbs of food. The class that brings in the greatest amount of items, by weight, will receive a pizza party along with a special surprise! We are currently collecting non-perishable and canned food items. We will begin accepting fresh or frozen turkeys the week of November 7th.

Food packages will be distributed on Friday, November 18th, Monday, November 21st and Tuesday, November 22nd. The food drive will conclude on Tuesday, November 22nd after all the packages have been distributed.