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Pictured very top:
LNMS Orchestra students perform at Laureate Park Elementary School as part of the Holiday Music Tour (below).
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PTSA
Thank you for supporting our PTSA through our Spirit Nights!
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13700 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
(407) 858-5522
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Happy Holidays!
This is our final issue for 2018 here on Christmas Eve with the main goal to wish you and your family a wonderful Holiday Season and Winter Break. The campus will be closed until Monday, January 7, 2019 when classes resume.
I think you will enjoying these parting success stories for 2018 as our Winter Break begins today. Please be careful when driving on the busy roadways this holiday season especially if you visit up north under icy conditions.
On behalf of the Lake Nona Middle School administration and the Jackson family, Season's Greetings!
Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School
"100% smiles at the Holidays"
Our chorus performed at the Cathedral Church of St. Lukes along with Lake Nona High School and Innovation Middle School (story below).
Always remember Knights, if you ever see or hear anything suspicious or unusual, please mention it to any teacher, coach, or staff member right away.
Thank you.
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December 21 to January 4 - Winter Break - School is Closed
December 25 - Knights Perform Holiday Music on WKMG-TV,
12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
January 1 - SAC Canceled
January 7 - Classes Resume - Start of Third Marking Period
January 9 - Wednesday Remediation Day
January 9 - PTSA Meeting - Media Center - 5:00-6:00 PM
January 12 - Saturday Tutoring - 9:00-12:30 PM
This holiday season, please remember our troops deployed overseas who will not be able
to be with their families. Thank you.
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Mrs. Carellas's class and Ms. McNear's class are out of this world! After everyone learned about the universe, galaxies, and our solar system and planets, each student was assigned a planet to study and report on to others. Then, everyone practiced rotating and revolving around the sun (above)! A great time making the standards and curriculum come to life was had by all!
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Orchestra, Jazz Band, and Chorus take to the road for holiday performances . . .
Advanced Orchestra and Jazz Band traveled this past week to nearby elementary schools and other Lake Nona community areas such as Eagle Creek Elementary, North Lake Park Elementary, Veterans Assisted Living Facility and Watercress Assisted Living. LNMS has been sharing their talents and seasonal spirit with our community neighbors. Our chorus participated in the "Let Our Hearts Be Filled With Gladness" performance with Innovation Middle School and Lake Nona High School at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke's.
Chorus at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke's
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Performing at Northpark Lake Elementary School
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A special bus ride for the musical tour
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Performing at the VA Community Center
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Knights of the Roundtable
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Months of November and December staff recognitions
The assistant principals,
Ms. Herold and
Ms. Wood, presented the following awards at the faculty breakfast:
Jose Rivera and Tracy Epstein - Support Persons of the Month for December and November
Theresa Smouse and Amanda Talham - Teachers of the Month for December and November
Chelsea Stoeckigt and Audrey Walker - Knew Knights for December and November
*** Lake Nona Middle School HERO Teachers ***
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3rd Place
Alma Guyton with Asst. Principal Rosado, Principal Jackson, and class
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2nd Place
Carson Summers with Asst. Principal Rosado, Principal Jackson, and students
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1st Place Donna Schroeder with Asst. Principal Rosado and Principal Jackson
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Intramural Basketball Champions!
With a record of 5-0, team "BDG" was crowned the intramural basketball champions for 2018.
Left to right: Zach Hopper, M'Lani Vitela, Richard Serrano, Alla Oskarsdottier.
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Basketball Tryouts & the OCPS Sports Activity Packet for Parents
Basketball Tryouts
* Girls basketball tryouts begin January 7th immediately after school.
Boys Basketball tryouts:
* 8th grade - Tuesday, January 8th and Wednesday, January 9th at 7am.
* 6th and 7th grades -Thursday, January 10th and Friday, January 11th at 7am.
Please click here for the entire package (part of page 1 below)
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Lake Nona Middle School Congratulates the OCPS High School Division!
* The Florida Department of Education released high school graduation rates this past week - FLDOE website (all Florida high schools and school districts). The 96.1% rate is the average for OCPS' 19 traditional high schools.
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By Sharon Powers, Media Specialist
Happy Winter Break to All Our Knights!
Project Lead The Way
Things have been hopping up in the LNMS Media Center in the last couple months. Along with our normal "goings on," our media center has begun a partnership with the Project Lead the Way classes. Each Friday the students in the classes come to the media center and use our Makerspace items such as a 3D Pen, Ozobots, Spheros, and other items (please see the student photos just below). Students will spend three weeks per item and then rotate to the next, therefore increasing their exposure to different STEM activities. We also brought out some of the items for out STEAM Knight in the cafeteria. The 3D pen and Sphero Bolts were the big hits!
Sunshine State Young Readers Award Reward Card Program
The SSYRA Reward Card program is also thriving as we have more and more students reading the SSYRA books.
Congratulations to the following students who have earned their cards recently:
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6th Grade
- Laila Solomon
- Abril Herrera-Calderon
- Krit Dass
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7th Grade
- Chandani Sahadeo
- Mariana Cabrera
- Kamyla Vega
- Paula Chung
- Darius Landry
- Royce Teague
- Ivan Goponenko
- Lore Moino
- Bradley Donnell
- Chris Okorie
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8th Grade
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Speaking of SSYRA books ... my favorite so far has been Ghost by Jason Reynolds.
 Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team - a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Running. That's all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons - it all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems - and running away from them-until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city.
Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him?
E Books
This year we have quite a few of the books available in electronic format. Students just need to be signed in to their launchpad. Then open the Library Research Tools - Follett
Destiny. They can then search for any of the following titles and read them electronically.
- Short
- Ghost
- Frogkisser
- Restart
- Epic Fail
- Crack in the Sea
- First Rule of Punk
- Girl Who Could Not Dream
- Van Gogh Deception
- Forest of Wonders
- Surrender the Key (Curse of the Boggin)
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Weekly Success Indicators
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Key indicators that directly or indirectly impact student achievement
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Success Indicator
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Nov. 16
(5 days)
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Nov. 30
(5 days)
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Dec. 7
(5 days)
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Dec. 14
(5 days)
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Dec. 20
(4 days)
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Classroom visits by members of the LNMS administrative team (both formal & informal visits)
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62
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76
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84
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64
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49
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ProgressBook login-ins by LNMS families
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837
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783
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698
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842
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879
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Teacher attendance rate
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99%
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99%
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99%
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99%
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98%
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Attendance rate - 6th
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96%
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96%
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95%
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97%
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95%
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Attendance rate - 7th
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96%
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97%
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96%
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96%
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95%
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Attendance rate - 8th
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95%
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95%
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95%
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96%
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94%
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Tardies to school - 6th
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20
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15
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23
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20
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NA
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Tardies to school - 7th
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25
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36
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22
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24
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NA
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Tardies to school - 8th
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24
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31
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31
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15
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NA
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Tardies to class - 6th
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18
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10
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9
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15
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NA
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Tardies to class - 7th
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20
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20
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20
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20
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NA
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Tardies to class - 8th
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24
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31
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24
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24
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NA
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School bus arrival rate - mornings
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95%
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96%
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95%
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95%
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100%
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School bus arrival rate - afternoons
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94%
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90%
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90%
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95%
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95%
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Library book circulation - 6th
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38
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28
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59
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14
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29
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Library book circulation - 7th
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65
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102
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115
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120
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49
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Library book circulation - 8th
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13
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15
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14
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16
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23
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Restorative Justice
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3
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6
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4
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4
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2
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Tutoring - Tues.
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69
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45
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69
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63
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NA
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Tutoring - Thurs.
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57
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74
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67
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73
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NA
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LAN School Tracking
(goal = 15)
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15
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15
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15
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15
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10
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Credit: Mrs. Wood, Assistant Principal
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