Clay Springs Elementary- OCPS

Let’s join together and Start with Hello next week!

See you there, Black Bears!

Mark your calendars for our first Spirit Night of the year!

We have some exciting news! Kona Ice has partnered with our school to offer sweet treats to your children on the first Friday of the month during recess. Kona will donate a portion of each sale back to our school. If you would like more information or details on how to pay, please swipe the pics.
**All payments must be made online in advance. Details on the last picture.**

Thank you, Wawa for showing our teachers some love today!

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year Mrs. Winterrowd and our Support Person of the Year Mrs. Muchow! Our school is better with you both in it! 💚🖤

We had a very exciting first day of school as we had a visit from our OCPS Superintendent Dr. Vazquez, board member Melissa Byrd, Scott Howat, and OCPS Police. They all saw our Black Bear students and teachers shine! 💚🖤

Please see our Pre-K supply lists below. One is for Mrs. Orton and one is for Mrs. Huther (Pre-K VE).

We had an adventurous first day of pre-planning at Congo River! Our teachers are the best - just check out those costumes! 🖤💚

Midnight is getting everything ready for our Black Bears! We are excited to see you!

Meet the teacher is coming! Check out the supply list for your child’s grade-level here.

Black Bear Families - please complete this year’s ADDitions volunteer sign up. We can’t wait to see you at CSE. All visitors on campus must be ADDitions approved before entry. It only takes a few minutes to be approved 💚🖤

Volunteer Portal Volunteer Portal

Hello, Clay Springs families!

The new school year is quickly approaching and we would love to hang out with you and get to know our new families a little more and catch up with our returning ones!

Join us at the Kit Land Splash Pad in Apopka from 5pm-7pm for popsicles and water fun.

Bring swimwear and towels, but most of all, bring those smiling Black Bear faces!

Blacks Bears are the BEST 💚🖤 Let’s show everyone!

Who's got spirit? Black Bears do!

We are excited to share our new clothing options to choose from to show your school spirit 💚

Everyone will need to REGISTER and then LOGIN before you are able to place items into your shopping cart.

**Please put Clay Springs Elementary for "Company Name" and PTA where it asks for teachers name if you order before meet the teacher.**

The eStore closes on August 18th and all orders will be processed after that date.

They will ship directly to the school for distribution.

We would like to get a jumpstart on pre-orders and will have another opportunity to order at another date.

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Congratulations to our new AP- Mrs. Jessica Starrett! I am so excited to welcome Jessica to the Black Bear family! ⁦⁦

Happy Summer! School supply lists are ready for the 23-24 school year. You can find them by visiting our website and choosing the grade level you need!

https://clayspringses.ocps.net/academics

We had an amazing end of the year party! Thank you to all of our parents and our Clay Springs Elementary PTA for donating all of the wonderful prizes that our teachers could win.

Wow! Our Clay Springs Seniors are pretty amazing! We are so proud of you 🖤💚

In just two days we will welcome our former students who are now SENIORS! We can't wait to celebrate all of you. If you feel comfortable, our students would love to see you in your cap and gown!

We can’t wait to see and celebrate our Clay Springs Alumni! If you know one of our seniors, please share this with them 💚🖤

https://signup.com/go/bJOmVAy

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/EI0QRZXMUNN8?ref_=wl_share

Wow! Our school dance was out of this world! Thank you to Clay Springs Elementary PTA for putting together such a fun event for our Black Bears.

Happy Principal’s Day, Mrs. McDaid! 💚🖤

Today is National School Principal’s Day! The PTA wants to say thank you Mrs. McDaid for your leadership and for going above and beyond to make sure our students succeed! Thank you for all that you do to support our school community. You are greatly appreciated!

Special thanks to Alexander Hay Greenhouses - Apopka for the super cute plant!

Let’s spoil our teachers! These are just suggestions and our teachers love when you think of them in any way ☺️

We love Ms. Pastor!

This week the PTA celebrates Ms. Pastor! Ms. Pastor teaches 4th grade math and science. This is her 27th year teaching! Ms. Pastor, your creative and engaging approach to teaching makes a significant impact on your students. We appreciate your dedication and the outstanding work that you do every day. Thank you!

Ms. Pastor is currently in need of black Expo Dry Erase Markers. If you are able to donate, you or your student can drop them at the front office and indicate they are for Ms. Pastor. Thank you for your help!

We couldn’t do what we do each day without these amazing ladies!

We can’t wait to see and celebrate our Clay Springs Alumni! If you know one of our seniors, please share this with them 💚🖤

Inflation-proof your child’s college tuition! Start a Prepaid Plan by 4/30 to lock in future tuition at today’s prices! Plus, our partner will give you up to $500 toward additional college savings as a bonus. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/3kwSv6B

We are so happy to celebrate our outstanding volunteer, Mrs. Milburn! She is always looking for ways to help and going above and beyond. Thank you, Mrs. Milburn!

Congratulations to Gato bus! They are our first Bus of the Week winners! They demonstrated amazing Black Bear manners and safety while riding to and from school all week! We are proud of you!

Coach Neeson and Coach Gibson would like volunteers to help for Field Day! You must be ADDitions approved to volunteer. Please use the link below to sign up.

https://signup.com/go/JmMFdTX

Our awesome Chess Club students rocked it at the NLC tournament this weekend! We are proud to be Black Bears!

Congratulations to our 4H Speech Contest winners! 1st Place - Leah and 2nd Place - Elissa!

Help our school by taking our school survey at bit.ly/ocpsfamily

We had an amazing BINGO night for literacy week! Thank you to all who helped and participated.

Check out our parent academies! You can register here: https://parentacademy.ocps.net/