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Pictured very top:
All the students that participated in our 4th Annual Knight at The Living Museum last week (please see story below).
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Number of the Week
180
Number of students participating in the Quarter 3 Honor Roll ceremony this past week.
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 April got underway with a lot of momentum and it will continue into this week with several exciting special events on the calendar. Please take particular note of our monthly PTSA and SAC meetings as well as next Saturday's Science Boot Camp.
Thank you again to all of our very creative and talented students, their dedicated teachers, and our supportive parents for another incredible production of
Knight at the Living Museum. For those community members that were able to attend, I know you will attest to what an educational and inspiring evening it was. We could not be more proud of these students (pictured very top).
I think you will enjoy this week's update as we have shared a sampling of the many positive academic and extracurricular activities our Knights have been engaged in. Thank you for your ongoing involvement and best wishes for a successful week ahead.
In Knights Honor,
Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School
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April 10 - Chorus to Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center - 1:00 - 7:00 PM
April 10 - SAC and PTSA meetings - 5:30 and 7:00 PM
April 11 - Track - Away vs. Walker and Freedom Middle Schools - 5:00 PM
April 12 - Student of the Month and Citizen of the Month Celebrations - Gym - 8:15 AM
April 12 - Piano Recital - Chorus room - 6:30 PM
April 14 - Science Boot Camp - 9:00 - 12:00 AM
April 14 - Multicultural Knight - 11:00 - 1:00 PM
April 16 - Grades 6 & 8 FSA ELA Reading, Session 1
April 17 - Grades 6 & 8 FSA ELA Reading, Session 2
April 18 - No Early Release Wednesday - Full Day
April 18 - Grade 7 FSA ELA Reading, Session 1
April 19 - Grade 7 FSA ELA Reading, Session 2
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NGSSS Science Assessment, Review, and Saturday Boot Camps
The Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Science (NGSSS) Assessment will be given to
ALL 8th grade students on April 30th. This assessment will test students' knowledge of Science Standards from 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The 8th Grade Science Team has administered an NGSSS Pre Test to each 8th grade student. The Pre Test results have allowed us to determine which standards to target for review.
In addition to the 3 week review for ALL students during the regular school day, the 8th Grade Team will be offering
Saturday Science Boot Camps on April, 14 and April, 21. Invitations will be sent to the parents of specifically targeted students. If your child did not receive an invitation and you would like them to attend have them contact their Science teacher and we would be glad to include any student.
Parents, if your child brought you an invitation, please attend to this invitation and sign your child up for the
Saturday Science Boot Camps!
We look forward to seeing each of our invitees at the Boot Camps and being able to offer them the extra help needed to do their very best on the NGSSS Science Assessment.
NGSSS = Florida Dept. of Education's "Next Generation Sunshine State Standards"
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Bhargav Vyas (8th Grade)
Bhargav Vyas, an 8th grade student at LNMS, recently earned the Outstanding Project special award in the Junior Division and 6th Place Recognition Award at the State Science Fair in Lakeland, Florida.
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And Still More Science . . .
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Mr. Gordon Bloom (Science Dept.)
Mr. Gordon Bloom is our science teacher HERO for the month - he has given over 1,000 tags to students being "Grade A" or "First Class" with kind and considerate behavior. Thank you Mr. Bloom for rewarding and celebrating your students' notable actions.
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Taylor Lapage (7th Grade)
Taylor LaPage's team of four OCPS 7th grade students placed 5th out of 28 teams at the State Future Problem Solving Competition last week. Their division consisted of 7th through 9th graders and the the topic was "Cloud Storage."
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Chess Club members from left to right:
Shaheer Ali, Shaheer, Samuel De La Espriella, Ivan Goponenko, Dylan Diaz with club sponsor Mr. Contreras (standing)
Chess club members participated in a chess tournament at Carver Middle School two Saturdays ago. Our members ranked 10th out of 212 other OCPS students. Congratulations to our Chessletes! A big thank you to the club sponsor
Mr. Eddiberto Contreras for taking our Knight chess members "to the center of the board."
Congratulations LNMS Chessletes!
(March 31, 2018 at Carver Middle School)
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2017-2018 Quarter 3
Approximately 180 students at LNMS participated in an Honor Roll celebration this past week. They were invited to the celebration in the cafeteria with cookies served after their certificate award ceremony.
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Sixth Grade Honor Roll
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Seventh Grade Honor Roll
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Eighth Grade Honor Roll
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2018 Track & Field Teams
Our defending County Champions opened up their first track meet with a big win going up against Meadow Woods and South Creek.
Zane Durant placed 1st in the shot put, throwing 45' 7" and
Malachi Perkins jumped a 15' 8" to get our boys team off to a good lead during field events.
Zachary Jones had a tremendous debut for the Knights placing 1st in the mile and the 800m.
Omar Lopez also had an outstanding evening placing in all 4 of his events. Our boys team showed a lot of depth in many areas. Keep up the great work gentlemen.
For our Ladies,
Anaya Brown placed 1st in all four of her events (Long jump, 100, 200, and 4x100 relay). She broke her own school record in the 100m, running it in 12.29 during Wednesday night's meet.
Gianna Celeste placed first in the mile and
Delaney Richgels was only two seconds behind her, claiming the second place spot for our Lady Knights.
Our track coaches have really been pushing our student athletes physically and mentally day in and day out. It was evident in our first meet. This track team has excellent work ethic and we are excited to see what the rest of the season has in store for our Knights!
A huge thanks to all of the volunteers that helped assure our first home track meet ran smoothly.
Our next meet is Wednesday, April 11th at Walker Middle School against Walker and Freedom!
Go Knights!
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Arianna Slater
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Anaya Brown
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Xavier Mora
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Delaney Richgels
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Aaron Presley (right in lane 2), Demario Tolan (left in lane 5)
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4h Annual Knight at The Living Museum
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Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who came out last week to see many of our students reenacting historical people and events.
It takes this entire staff to produce such amazing kids, and last week was positively overwhelming! Just wow. These kids rock! We are so proud of our Lake Nona students!!
LNMS Band entertained guests with music!
1st Place - Cleopatra
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Knight Success Indicators
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Direct and indirect measures that impact our Knight's student achievement . . .
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3/9
(5 days)
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3/15
(4 days)
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3/30
(5 days)
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4/6
(5 days)
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Class visits by administration (goal = 80 per 5-day week)
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89
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87
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83
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45
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ProgressBook logins by LNMS families
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635
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716
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437
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657
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Teacher attendance (goal = 96% vs. 95% for students)
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99%
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97%
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98%
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97%
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Attendance - 6th grade
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98%
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97%
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98%
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98%
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Attendance - 7th grade
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98%
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98%
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96%
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97%
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Attendance - 8th grade
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97%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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Tardies to school - 6th
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20
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15
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18
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17
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Tardies to school - 7th
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17
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13
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22
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15
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Tardies to school - 8th
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27
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23
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30
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20
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Tardies to class - 6th
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10
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8
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23
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9
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Tardies to class - 7th
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4
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7
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14
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11
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Tardies to class - 8th
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34
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30
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70
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40
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On-time buses - mornings
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92%
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90%
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92%
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NA
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On-time buses - afternoons
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95%
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93%
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95%
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NA
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Library books - 6th grade
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32
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15
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26
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20
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Library books - 7th grade
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56
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28
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33
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28
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Library books - 8th grade
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21
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16
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22
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10
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After-school tutoring - Math
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40
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38
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33
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20
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After-school tutoring - ELA
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25
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12
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26
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20
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After-school tutoring - S.S.
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NA
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NA
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38
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11
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After-school tutoring - Science
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NA
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NA
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6
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10
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Saturday Tutoring
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12
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NA
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10
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NA
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Credit: Asst. Principal Cheryl Wood and staff
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Student Health and Safety: Red Day
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Monday's Motivational Moment
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IF YOU WANT HAPPINESS
If you want happiness for an hour -
take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day -
go fishing.
If you happiness for a year -
inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime -
help others.
~ Chinese Proverb
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