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13700 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
(407) 858-5522
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 Welcome Back Knights!
I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful summer break. All signs point to another incredible and productive school year.
As you will see in this latest issue, our teachers and staff have been preparing for a successful start to the 2017-2018 school year. While the teachers worked in their classrooms and met many of our families last week (below) our enthusiastic office team has been registering new families, ordering needed materials and updating student files. Our hard working and conscientious custodians have spent the entire summer thoroughly cleaning the facility. And, our much-appreciated PTSA is gearing up to welcome families, provide volunteer opportunities, and offer other exciting events and programs (more on our dynamic PTSA and the value in family membership to LNMS further below).
Lake Nona Middle School is indeed a joyous and caring community with the common goals of nurturing responsible, motivated students and promoting high-level learning. Please know that we are all very excited to welcome our Knights back Monday morning. Thank you very much for sharing your child with us again this school year!
In KNIGHT Honor,
Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School
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August 14 - First day of school
August 16 - Athletic/Physical Night - gym - 5:30-7:00 pm
August 17 - Soccer Tryouts - soccer field - 4:15-5:30 pm **
August 22 - SAC meeting, 5:30 pm
 August 24 - Beginning Band Instrument Tryout Night - 6:00-8:00 pm
August 28 - School Pictures - gym
August 29 -
Chipotle Spirit Night
August 30 - Soccer vs. Innovation Middle School - 5:00-7:00 pm
September 4 - Labor Day Holiday
September 5 - Soccer vs. Hunter's Creek - Away
September 6 - Soccer vs. Meadow Woods - Away
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2017-2018 OCPS Middle School Sports Schedules - All Sports - All Schools
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Knight Club - Knight Writers
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Weekly spotlight on one of Lake Nona Middle's clubs and organizations . . .
Club: Knight Writers
When: Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month
Sept. 5th and 9th- Oct. 3rd, 17th, 31st, Nov. 14th, 28th, Dec. 12th
(spring schedule will follow the same pattern)
Time: 4:15pm to 5:15pm
Students must sign up for All-Stars
Club T-Shirt is $10.00
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Knight Spikeball - Summer Break Team Building
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Physical Education Department
The PE team attended a professional development event at Freedom High School earlier this month and learned to play Spikeball as part of the program. This is a winning team!
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Meet Mr. Berson!
Our new 8th grade dean, Mr. Steven Berson, comes to us from the Jersey City Public Schools. He was the Dean of Discipline with duties that included Crisis Intervention, Anti-Bullying Specialist, and Special Education Teacher. Mr. Berson was also the Assistant Head Varsity Football Coach at Ferris High School and Union City High School in Union City, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University where he was on the football team and was a recipient of an athletic scholarship.
Welcome to the Kingdom Mr. Berson!
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Attention 7th Grade Parents
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ALL 7th grade students for 2017-18 school year need the Tdap (Tetanus) shot prior to the first day of school in August. These shots must be recorded on the original Florida Certificate of Immunization (HRS 680) form.
The Tdap shot documentation is required by the state of Florida in order to attend 7th grade.
Students will NOT be able to attend classes on the first day of school without the proper documentation.
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Academic Integrity
Medieval knights' behavior was described in their Code of Chivalry and published in poems, ballads and literary works of medieval authors. LNMS is incorporating a social media tag to market our school with respect to our students developing an understanding of the importance of academic integrity.
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Lake Nona Middle School is now a HERO school!
HERO encourages positive student behavior choices. When students demonstrate HERO behaviors, they may earn points toward exciting incentives. We invite students and parents to register your own HERO account so we may keep the lines of communication between home and school open. Once you register online, you may download the HERO app to receive push notifications about your student's HERO behavior throughout the day. Students and guardians will each have a unique Hero login account.
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Attention Knight Kingdom,
The Lake Nona Middle School PTSA needs your help. We are looking for members to come join this great group. Being involved in PTSA could mean just reaping its benefits or it could mean volunteering, assisting, helping out, and being totally involved in your child's school.
For each member that signs up with a donation of $10.00, the Lake Nona Middle School PTSA is rewarding their members with this wonderful discount card. On this card, you can receive discounts in restaurants, activities, and more. The card is listed below.
Please visit:
http://lnmsptsa.ourschoolpages.com/Home and click join!
Thank you for supporting our Knights in 2017-2018!
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A special outing for our Knight teachers just prior to the start of the 2017-2018 . . .
Our PTSA sponsors many wonderful events throughout the school year for both students and teachers. However, leading up to the start of school they went that extra mile with a special teachers' bowling trip. As you can see here, the teachers had a great time together . . . thank you PTSA!
The teachers truly had a fun time together during their bowling outing. Tomorrow morning, August 14th, they are all extremely excited to welcome back our Knights to the first day of school!
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Ms. Perkins' Campaign to End Bullying
Our Ms. Perkins, 6th grade dean, was recently invited to Mayor Buddy Dyers' Appreciation Breakfast for promoting educational programs (please see the next panel) that are vigilant in ending bullying in our communities. Congratulation Ms. Perkins!
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Soul Shoppe and Challenge Day
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Please take a quick moment to visit the following links regarding these terrific anti-bullying programs for 2017-2018. Thank you.
The Soul Shoppe program will be implemented for our
6th grade students to create big-hearted kids and bully-proof schools -
Short YouTube video
The Challenge Day program will be implemented for
7th graders. Challenge Day is an award winning social and emotional learning workshop that has been around for 30 years, and has worked with 1.5 million people -
Short YouTube video
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This evening was a great opportunity for students to walk around the school to experience their new schedule and meet their new teachers. Thank you to all the parents, families and students that turned out for Meet the Teacher Night.
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 Reproduction of this material, either written or electronically, including the general layout, graphics, analyses, and content topics without the express approval of Target Performance Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, and OCPS-Lake Nona Middle School is forbidden without written consent. Thank you for your support of the Orange County Public Schools and especially Lake Nona Middle School. Please contact Ms. Cheryl Wood (assistant principal) at [email protected] with any questions.
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