The Kingdom's Chronicle. 

Monday, Sept. 10, 2018

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Pictured very top:
Boys soccer in action vs. Meadow Woods on Thursday, Sept. 6. (story below).

Number of the Week

834

Number of ProgressBook log-ins by LNMS this past week. With Progress Reports and Report Cards issued only eight times per year on a combined basis, this is an excellent resource for our parents. Thank you for checking ProgressBook regularly.


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Our Knights opened the month of September with momentum and as the calendar below illustrates, we now have a number of important events and student activities getting underway this week and next. Please make especially sure to mark the two dates we have set for our annual Open House: September 18th (6th grade) and September 20th (7th & 8th grades). The students and teachers are greatly looking forward to showcasing their work, classrooms, and the campus.

In this week's issue we have expanded our sports section. I want to thank our community members for turning out for the soccer games and supporting our Knights. More than ever at home games, it means so much to our student-athletes and the coaches to see a solid showing on the home side of the field!

Thank you for looking over this update and kindly take note of our PTSA and SAC meetings this week (below). All members of our school community are invited to attend and encouraged to participate.

Make it a great week!

In Knights Honor,

Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School

   

Dates To Watch For

September 10 - Soccer vs. Cornerstone Charter - 5:00-7:00 PM
September 11 - Patriot Day in the United States (anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks)
September 11 - SAC meeting - Media Center - 5:30-7:00 PM
September 12-13 - Challenge Day - GYM
September 12 - Soccer vs. Walker - Home - 5:00-7:00 PM
September 12 - PTSA meeting - Media Center - 5:00-6:00 PM
September 12 - Domino's Spirit Day



September 13 - DC Parent Meeting - 8th graders only - Cafeteria - 6:00-7:00 PM
September 14 - 21 - Book Fair - Media Center
September 15 - OCPS Parent Academy - "A Balanced Beginning"
September 17 - Soccer vs. South Creek - Away - 5:00-7:00 PM
September 18 - After School Tutoring begins (see below)
September 18 - Open House - 6th grade - 6:00-7:30 PM



September 18 - 407 Cafe Spirit Day
September 19 - Soccer vs. Freedom - Away - 5:00-7:00 PM
September 20 - Open House - 7th & 8th Grade - 6:00-7:30 PM
September 20 - Rubio's Spirit Night
September 21 - Progress Reports distributed
September 26 - Chili's Spirit Day
September 27 - Rise Pies Spirit day



PTSA

Please save your clipped Box Tops For Education and bring them to school. There is a box for each grade located in the front office and the media center. The next Box Top drawing will be September 27, 2018. The student from each grade level that turned in the most box tops will receive a $10 gift card from Rise Pies Pizza.







Media Minutes
By Sharon Powers, Media Specialist

Heavy Student Activity During Month #1
The media center has been open for business since the second week of school and business is BOOMING! To say it has been the busiest opening since I have been there is an understatement. Every morning it is PACKED in our space and I LOVE IT! It's wonderful to see so many students checking out books and taking advantage of all we have to offer.




SSYRA
The SSYRA Reward Card Program is in full effect as well. Students can earn a reward card when they read three (3) of the SSYRA (Sunshine State Young Readers Award) books and pass the multiple choice tests on the books. We already have 26 students who have earned their cards (listed below)! For it being just the first month of school, that is AMAZING! 

* SSYRA = Sunshine State Young Readers Award Program


The brag board above shows the number of the SSYRA books read by our Knights as of last week. There are a total of 15 SSYRA books for 2018-2019 - List of SSYRA books

Students are able to add their name to our brag board outside the media center (above) once they earn their card. I cannot wait to see this board at the end of the year! Congratulations to the following students who are rocking their reading:

Mauro Di Francesco (6)
Adrienne Gage (6)
Aubrianna Rose (6)
Dhillon Salh (6)
Alexandra Drauer (6)
Emma Boudreau (6)


 Steven Mejia (7)
Marcus Abreu (7)
Safi Ali (7)
Cintron Niayla (7)
Iliana Cordero (7)
Ashley Ding (7)
Allison Gage (7)
Arya Kalidindi (7)
Vandana Manchikanti (7)
Kayla Mondesir (7)
Gabriella Ramos (7)
Lucas Romero (7)
Lily Torres (7)
Elietta Said (7)
Delaney Richgels (7)
Maya Venkatramen (7)
Kyra Haywood (7)
 Arnav Chhabra (8)
Raad Shaikh (8)
Grace Wieckowski (8)
* Grade level in parentheses
 
Scholastic Book Fair 
To add to all the bustling activity, we are getting ready to welcome the Scholastic Book Fair to the LNMS Media Center. The book fair will be here beginning Friday, September 14th. Students will be visiting through their language arts classes and will be able to come back and shop before school, at lunch, and after school. A link will be on the school website beginning September 9th for parents to check out the Scholastic website for our fair.  
 
You may shop online where there are many more options and a great newer feature to take advantage of is the E-Wallet, You can add funds electronically to an e-wallet for students to shop at the fair - no need to send cash or a card to school with them! Stay tuned for more information coming your way! We will also be open during both Open Houses on the 18th (6th grade) and the 20th (7th and 8th grades). All purchases benefit the LNMS Media Center!


Knight Sports

This past week our soccer teams hosted their first two home games in the Kingdom. Wednesday evening our boys team had a nail-biter game against a very tough Hunter's Creek team. After an intense first half with a score of 0-0, we knew were going to have a challenging game ahead of us. The Eagles scored the first goal of the game at the start of the second half. However, our Knights did not give up and continued to fight. After a great defensive stop by our Knights defense, eighth grader Charles Gilmore (CJ) broke away and made a tremendous pass to Asael Sterwart who converted for our game tying goal. At the end of two halves and a five-minute overtime, we remained tied at 1-1. On to penalty shots we go! Making penalty shots for our Knights were J ackson Shiver, Javier Ortega, Elian Watley, and Adrien Danley. Goalie Sebastian Maldonado held Hunter's Creek to only two penalty shots, earning our Knights another victory. Our boys also won again Thursday against Meadow Woods. The final score was 3-0.



Boys soccer in competition vs. Meadow Woods Middle. They won the match 3-0. (Sept. 6)


2018 Boys Soccer Team


Soccer coaches Dennis Jones (left) and Luis Vazquez

Wednesday night our lady Knights also had a tough game against a very competitive Hunter's Creek girls team. After a scoreless first half by both teams, the Eagles scored the first goal to take the lead at 1-0. The Lady Knights came close to scoring a few times, but unfortunately ended up short suffering their first loss of the season.

On Thursday our ladies bounced back and played a spectacular game against Meadow Woods. Isabella Bonilla scored the first goal for our Lady Knights. Luanna German made the second goal with the assist from Bonilla.


2018 Girls Soccer Team

This week our Knights play two home games. Monday afternoon we face Cornerstone at 5:30pm and Wednesday afternoon versus Walker Middle School at 5:00pm. Please come out and support your Knights!

Thank you,

Irimar Hernandez
Athletic Director, Physical Education


Hero Program

Lake Nona Middle School is a HERO school!

HERO encourages positive student behavior choices, but tracks all behaviors. 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.
Tutoring




Weekly Success Indicators
Key indicators that directly or indirectly impact student achievement  
 
Success Indicator
Aug. 24
Aug. 31
 Sept. 7 (4 days)
Classroom visits by members of the LNMS administrative team (both formal & informal visits)
125 class visits
 164 class visits
 71 class visits
ProgressBook login-ins by LNMS families
 650 log-ins
 821 log-ins
 834 log-ins
Teacher attendance rate
99%
 98%
 99%
Attendance rate - 6th
 NA
 97.6%
 96.8%
Attendance rate - 7th
 NA
 97.3%
 96.5%
Attendance rate - 8th
 NA
 96.0%
 95.7%
Tardies to school - 6th
 NA
 22
 NA
Tardies to school - 7th
 NA
 23
 NA
Tardies to school - 8th
 NA
 23
 NA
Tardies to class - 6th
 NA
 31
 NA
Tardies to class - 7th
 NA
 15
 NA
Tardies to class - 8th
 NA
 8
 NA
School bus arrival rate - mornings
 100%
 90%
 NA
School bus arrival rate - afternoons
 85%
 85%
 NA
Library book circulation - 6th
634 books
 209 books
130 books
Library book circulation - 7th
63 books
 178 books
 128 books
Library book circulation - 8th
37 books
 30 books
24 books

Credit: Mrs. Wood, Assistant Principal
 

Leadership Team

Principal: Stephanie Jackson [email protected]
Assistant Principal: Damian Rosado [email protected]
Assistant Principal: Cheryl Wood [email protected]
Assistant Principal: Lindsey Herold [email protected]
8th Grade Administrative Dean: Steven Berson [email protected]
7th Grade Administrative Dean: Tangala Butler-Wilson  [email protected]
6th Grade Administrative Dean: Wanda Perkins [email protected]

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