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Pictured very top:
LNMS' Latinos in Action students with their club sponsor and a special guest speaker this past week as part of Hispanic Heritage Month (story below).
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Number of the Week
100%
This past week was the third consecutive week that all of our afternoon buses were on time.
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13700 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
(407) 858-5522
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 End of the 1st Quarter
This is the last school week of the 1st quarter for 2017-2018. If your student is behind on any assignments or class projects, please have them turn these in as quickly as possible. Grades will be finalized at the end of this week.
Knight Responders
The club members are collecting pet food for animals affected by the hurricanes. Donations are accepted until Friday, October 13th on the stage in the cafeteria. Kindly donate whatever you are able to share. Please note that OCPS is also working hard as a district to assist the victims of our recent hurricanes -
items sincerely needed at this time (when this issue was released on Sunday afternoon only 11% of Puerto Rico's households were back up on their electric grid).
PTSA
We are sincerely blessed to have such a dedicated PTSA. Please take a moment to look at their latest newsletter as well as some of our sharp looking school spirit wear for 2017-2018!
Save the Date: Teach-In is November 15
Each November, in celebration of American Education Week, the OCPS Foundation brings business and civic leaders into the classrooms - in a fun and engaging way -- to talk with students about academics, careers and the future. This year's Teach-In theme is "Great Public Schools - A Basic Right and Our Responsibility." We encourage our parents and community members to speak with our students even if you can only invest time enough for one class.
Please remember Wednesday, October 13th is a full school day and good luck to both of our soccer teams in Monday's quarterfinal matches . . .
GO KNIGHTS!
In KNIGHTS Honor,
Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School
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October 9 - Knight Responders seeking pet food donations through Friday for storm-impacted animals
October 9 - Soccer Championships - Boys vs. Howard (home) and Girls vs. Piedmont Lakes (away)
October 10 - SAC & PTSA meeting - 5:30 PM & 7:00 PM
October 11 - Spirit Day (all day) at 407 Cafe
October 11 - PSAT - No Early Release
October 13 - End of First Marking Period
October 16 - Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
October 19 - National Junior French Honor Society Induction - 6:30 PM
October 20 - PTSA School Dance
October 21 - Band Pancake Breakfast - 8:15 Am - Cafeteria
October 25 - Volleyball vs. Innovation MS - Home
October 26 - Report Cards
October 26 - Orchestra Fall Concert - 5:30 - Cafeteria
October 30 - Volleyball vs. Hunter's Creek - Away
REMINDER!
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Instructional Staff Member of the Month - Elizabeth Carrellas
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Classified Staff Member of the Month - Tony Cordo
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ESE New Knight of the Month - Rachel Greene
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PE New Knight of the Month - Janell Schenker
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5 STAR Award for School Cleanliness
Custodial Team with their 5 Star Award certificates, Resource Team, and Administrative Team
Did you know that research shows that school cleanliness does affect students' academic performance and success? In fact, cleanliness is so important to productivity that it is considered one of the top 4 most important building elements for a school or learning environment. That being said, let's congratulate our custodians for winning the 5 Star Award for Cleanliness: Carlos Bermeo, Pablo Gomez Matias, Carlos Balverdy, Dahiana Guzman Valerio, Eric Ortiz Baez, Juanita Pena Plasencia, and Francisco Zorrilla Pichardo.
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Soccer teams advance to the quarterfinal playoffs on Monday . . .
Winner winner!
The KNIGHTS winning streak continues! Wednesday night both our girls and boys soccer teams dominated the competition, winning with a final score of 3-0 in the playoffs. They will now be advancing to the quarterfinals.
Girls' Highlights
Isabella Bonilla assisted the pass to
Valentina Mora for our first goal of the game. Mora went on to score another goal for a total of two goals and
Emily Torrez scored our third goal. Great job girls!
Boys' Highlights
Our boys like keeping the ball on one side of the field and that's the offensive side. Tremendous defensive play by
Dalton Morgan and the rest of the team.
Brandon Nugent scored our first goal of the night.
Malachi Perkins finished it up with 2 goals!
Congratulations to both teams and the coaches! Best of luck in the quarterfinals! Our boys' team plays at home Monday against Howard Middle School and our girls play away against Piedmont Lake Middle School.
We are the KNIGHTS!
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Knight Music with Ms. Rudzik
In Beginning Orchestra class last Friday we held our "Position Fashion Show." Each student walked up to the front of the room while another student played one of our current class songs. At the front of the room, each student posed modeling the correct way to hold his or her instrument (below).
Knight Reading with Ms. Royer
Students in Ms. Royer's ELA class practiced their literary skills by having to properly place story events on the Plot Diagram Template. Groups competed to see who could correctly place the events on the Plot Diagram Template for all three short stories covered in this first quarter.
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September 15 to October 15
Jose Enriquez, founder of the Latinos in Action program, speaking with Mr. Riveras' Latinos in Action students here at LNMS last week.
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By Sharon Powers, LNMS Media Specialist
SSYRA Book Review of the Week: (Review provided by Goodreads.com)
 Shadows of Sherwood (A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure) by Kekla Magoon
The night her parents disappear, twelve-year-old Robyn Loxley must learn to fend for herself. Her home, Nott City, has been taken over by a harsh governor, Ignomus Crown. After fleeing for her life, Robyn has no choice but to join a band of strangers-misfit kids, each with their own special talent for mischief. Setting out to right the wrongs of Crown's merciless government, they take their outlaw status in stride. But Robyn can't rest until she finds her parents. As she pieces together clues from the night they disappeared, Robyn learns that her destiny is tied to the future of Nott City in ways she never expected.
Kicking off a new series with an unforgettable heroine, readers will be treated to feats of courage and daring deeds as Robyn and her band find their way in this cruel, new world.
* Shadows of Sherwood has been a favorite by many of our students who have read multiple SSYRA books. It is the first in a trilogy. We do currently have the second book and the third is on order.
Check Us Out...
Mornings in the LNMS Media Center find all types of activity happening!
Congratulations to our New SSYRA Cardholders:
- 6th graders: Ella Bingler, Claudia Maw, Heewon Seo
- 8th grader: Shaheer Ali
Upcoming Recognitions
The end of the marking period is approaching quickly! Stay tuned to see who will be our top readers for the first quarter...
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Weekly Success Indicators
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Direct and indirect measures that impact our Knight's student achievement . . .
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8/25
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9/1
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9/7 *
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9/22
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9/29
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10/6
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Class visits by
administration
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150
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101
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41
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107
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63
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127
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ProgressBook logins by LNMS families
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450
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500
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550
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600
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NA
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NA
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Teacher attendance
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99%
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98%
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99%
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99%
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98%
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97%
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Attendance - 6th grade
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99%
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98%
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97%
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97%
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97%
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96%
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Attendance - 7th grade
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99%
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98%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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Attendance - 8th grade
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99%
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98%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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97%
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Tardies to school - 6th
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10
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17
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18
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14
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Tardies to school - 7th
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12
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13
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15
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11
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Tardies to school - 8th
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15
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14
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14
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17
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Tardies to class - 6th
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14
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27
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26
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23
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Tardies to class - 7th
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18
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25
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24
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13
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Tardies to class - 8th
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20
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26
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25
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10
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On-time buses - mornings
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90%
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80%
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98%
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98%
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98%
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On-time buses - afternoons
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90%
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80%
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100%
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100%
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100%
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Library books - 6th grade
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149
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60
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213
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265
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43
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96
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Library books - 7th grade
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64
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22
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152
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66
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52
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66
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Library books -
8th grade
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16
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30
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9
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20
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11
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20
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* Three-day school week due to the Labor Day holiday and the Friday, Sept. 8 pending hurricane closure.
Credit: Asst. Principal Wood and staff
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