This Thursday, August 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Students, teachers, friends, and families are all welcome to join us at Galaxy Skateway at 1488 Aurora Rd, Melbourne, FL 32935.  $5 includes skating and rental. Galaxy Skateway donates $1 per admission to the PTO.  The snack bar will be open for purchase. 

Parents and community members are invited to be part of the School Advisory Council.  This team of teachers, parents community members and school administrators meets monthly on Friday afternoon from 1:45 – 3:00.  The focus of the team is to develop goals and strategies for systemic improvement in academics and school culture.  Meeting dates are 9/20; 10/18; 11/8; 1/17; 2/21; 3/28; 4/25; 5/16.  If you are interested in serving on the SAC, please complete the brief form at the link below by August 23rd.  Parents members must be voted/confirmed by their peers.  This will occur during the week of August 26th. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVslnTDxkymCgCqdFnhqZgwYSGdicU90THW6hhpaES-Yqrtg/viewform?usp=sf_link

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring system that is administered three times per year to track your student's progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) standards throughout this school year. Your student's results from the first test (Progress Monitoring 1) are for informational purposes only, and you will be provided with information about how to access the results after testing is completed. 

FAST assessments are computer-adaptive tests taken on a computer or tablet. The questions get easier or more difficult depending on how the student responds, and each student will see different questions from a common item bank. Each test attempt (PM1, PM2, and PM3) will present 35-40 questions. They have unlimited time to complete the test.

The best preparation is daily instruction and attendance. On testing days, make sure your student gets a good night of sleep, eats a healthy breakfast, starts the day on a positive note, and arrives on time. Kids should not be discouraged when they get an answer wrong. They should just take their time and do their best. 

For more information on the test design, please visit 

https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/best/. If you or your student would like to interact with the online testing platform or review FAST ELA Reading and Mathematics sample items at home, sample test materials are available at https://flfast.org/families.html.

If you have any questions related to this test administration, you may contact Stephanie White at white.stephanie@brevardschools.org or 321-723-2811. For more information about the FAST program, please visit the portal at FLFAST.org. 

If your student does not feel well on the day of testing, it may be best for him or her to wait and be tested on a make-up day. Please do not schedule appointments on testing days. Students with accommodations may be tested on an alternate date due to scheduling.

To volunteer and attend most events at Indialantic Elementary, you must be an approved BPS volunteer. Fill out a volunteer application at https://www.brevardschools.org/o/bps/page/volunteers and get fingerprinted at the school board office in Viera (renew yearly online). Volunteer opportunities will be in the school newsletter. You do not need to complete the volunteer registration process to attend PTO meetings.

Send a message to indialanticespto@gmail.com if you would like to sign up to receive messages from the PTO when volunteer opportunities are available.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to volunteer for the Campus Clean Up. We will be planning a movie night this fall, golf outing this spring, and another campus clean up later in the year. If you would like information on how to be involved with Dads Club email dads@indialanticpto.com. 

All donations go directly to support teachers, students, and beautify the school. You can see the Treasurer's Report with line by line details of the programs we have budgeted for and funded this year by clicking here. 

 If you're a teacher, and you need money for a special project, please fill out a Superfund Request to be considered for financial support from the PTO: https://www.indialanticpto.com/teachers

We will ask for donations to make our annual budget at our Jog-a-thon fundraiser February 13-March 7th, but we would be thrilled if you decide to donate any time. 

The school cafeteria offers free breakfast every morning starting at 7:30.

You can prepay for your student's lunch and treats by loading your student's account with money at https://www.brevardschools.org/o/bps/page/mypaymentsplus. 

Starting September 10th, you will be able to sign up to eat lunch on the patio with your student on Tuesdays and Fridays. A SignupGenius will come out for you to register ahead of time.

Applications for free and reduced-priced meals can be found here: https://www.brevardschools.org/o/bps/page/free-and-reduced-lunch-applications.