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Principal's Corner

We had our school 1st Semester Award Ceremony on Monday, February 1, 2010 in cafeteria @2:30 pm.

 
2009 FCAT results

We reached another goal in our first year. Our school is an 'A' school based on 2009 FCAT results. This is a great achievement for a first year school in addition to medals that our students won in regional and statewide Science Olympiad competitions.

 
Future City Regional Tournament

Congratulations to Sweetwater Future City Team,Our school's Future City Team received the Engineering Excellence award in the Future City Tampa Bay Regional Finals on Saturday, January 23rd, at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, St. Petersburg, FL.

 
SWBA Science Fair Results
science_fair Our dear students and parents,
Here are the winners of SWBA school wide Science Fair.Thanks to all participants. They all did a wonderful job.

 

 

Name Placement/Award Grade
Hurst, Wyatt C Students' Choice 7
Clark, Weston Students' Choice 7
Hall, Jenise Young Scientist 7
Wilson, Kaitlyn Young Scientist 7
Liu, Natalie Young Scientist 7
Washington, Raquel Young Scientist 6
Thomas, Rhea Young Scientist 7
Baglier, Alexander Honorable Mention 6
Theriot, Christopher Honorable Mention 7
Berry, Jose Honorable Mention 7
Baumgartner, Leeanna Honorable Mention 6
Lawrence, Wesley Honorable Mention 6
Nattiel, Jalen Honorable Mention 6
Best Projects by Grade Levels
Kirkpatrick, Emily First 6
Cuevas, Jose Akil Second 6
Matthews, Brandon Third 6
Hennessy, Cullan First 7
Vance, Zachary First 7
El Basha, Daniel Second 7
Thomas, Rhea Third 7
Cruz, Natanya Third 7
Ewing, Quennon First 8
Huisden, Raoul Second 8
Levy, Michala Third 8

 

 
SWBA 2009-2010 Career Day

We had a very successful career day. We had special guest speakers in our school for this day. Nora C. Jones (GRU Community Relations Director) and Tony R. Jones (Gainesville Police Chief) were in our school to be with our students.

 
SWBA 1st Semester Field Trip

A good time was had by all on the SWBA St. Augustine field trip on November 20, 2009.

 
Newsletter 2009-2010

The Sweetwater News is the official publication of Sweetwater Branch Academy. It strives to reflect and communicate what is happening in the school and in our community

 
Home Visits

We are very happy with the degree of parent involvement we have in our school and we are very proud of our Parent Volunteer Organization. In order to make our student, parent and teacher connection even stronger SWBA teachers researched and came up with the idea of home visits.

 
Clubs/Activities

Sweetwater Branch Academy After School Clubs start at 3:45 pm and end at 4:40 pm. SWBA also provides weekend and morning studies.

 
SWBA Math Stars Competition

Our 1st Annual Math Stars Contest was held on Saturday, February 6, 2010 with great success. We had over 250 people in attendance, including parents and 80 contestants.

 

 
Enrollment

Application starts for enrollment for the 2009-2010 & 2010-2011 school year. Our purpose is to enable our students to reach their maximum potential in all subject areas with special emphasis on mathematics and science.

 
Lego League Qualifying Tournament
Our school would like to congratulate those who participated in SWBA's first Lego League competition. Not only was this an exciting experience for our students, but it is the first competing team in Alachua County! Our students are proudly participating in something that is a first for Alachua County students and we hope that it is the beginning of a great tradition. 
 
Science Olympiad Invitational

Dear Parents and Students,

We would like to congratulate our Science Olympiad Team for their great achievement in the Invitational Science Olympiad tournament held in Orlando on January 16th, 2010.

Our team won the 3rd place as a team and received 18 event placements as listed below. Actually, our team had a tie with the second team, but the other team broke the tie by winning one or two more first placements than us. Many thanks to our parent coaches and students because this accomplishment would not be possible without their effort and dedication for the SWBA Science Team and good luck in the upcoming regional competition on February 27th, 2010.

Team Placements:

We are still trying to get situated into a tournament for future references. We were late in signing up for a schedule during the preseason, so we are trying to work that in at some point.

 

Category Placement
JUNKYARD CHALLENGE 1st Place
ROAD SCHOLAR 1st Place
ROAD SCHOLAR 2nd Place
SOLAR SYSTEM 3rd Place
BATERRY BUGGY 3rd Place
ECOLOGY 3rd Place
FOSSILS 3rd Place
SHOCK VALUE 3rd Place
ANATOMY 4th Place
JUNKYARD CHALLENGE 4th Place
METEOROLOGY 4th Place
BATERRY BUGGY 5th Place
CAN'T JUDGE A POWDER 5th Place
DISEASE DETECTIVES 5th Place
ORNITOLOGY 5th Place
PICTURE THIS 5th Place
TRAJECTORY 5th Place

 
Why SWBA?

Why do Parents choose Sweetwater Branch Academy?
Because SWBA:

- Focuses on Math, Science and Reading
- Implements curricula identified as exemplary by the US Department of Education
- Achieved the highest FCAT scores in Math and Reading at 6th grade in the District
- Earned 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in 2009 state-wide Science Olympiads
- Offers a student -teacher ratio of less than 20:1
- Provides free after-school clubs-academic teams and tutoring
- Lets the Parents drop off their children as early as 7:45 am
offers free tuition
- Homevisit program

 
Atlanta Field Trip – October 17-18, 2009

We had a field trip to Atlanta over the weekend to visit the World of Coca Cola and to participate in the Annual Turkish Festival. We had a fantastic time together.

 
SWBA Connect

SWBA Connect is a tracking system in which you can view your student’s grades. You can also learn upcoming events in each of your child's classes.

 
SWBA Dress Code

Students are expected to wear the SWBA uniform at all times and to dress and groom themselves in such a way as to reflect neatness, cleanliness and safety. Please click on this link to visit our "school uniform" page...

 
Online Tutoring / Remediation at Home

 

Use Acuity to improve student progress

 
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Today at SWBA

Lunch Menu
Nacho Supreme,
Refried Beans
(lettuce, diced tomatoes, sour cream)
Choice of Fruit
Skim, 1% White or 1/2 % Choc. Milk
Peanut Butter & Jelly w/ Cheese Stick

School Calendar

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