Hello Phoenix Family,
As always, there is a lot happening here at the nest! Our open house is this week and is separated by grade level. 6th grade families are scheduled to come on Tuesday, September 26th from 6-7:30pm. 7th and 8th grade families are scheduled for Thursday, September 28th from 6-7:30pm. Please remember that parking is always difficult with events such as these, so plan to arrive a little early in order to make it to your student's first period class on time. 1st period will start promptly at 6:00pm. From there you will follow your child's schedule and travel from class to class as your student does. A brochure will be sent home on the day of the event that will include a spot on the back that your student is to fill out with their schedule for you to follow. Unfortunately, our scheduled book fair is cancelled due to an unforeseen issue with the vendor.
If you were unable to attend last week’s Multilingual Parent Leadership event, and would like more information regarding information about the ESOL program at Innovation Middle School, please join Mrs. Knappins before your child’s open house, this week, for a brief recap. This meeting will be held in Building 2, room 110 on both nights at 5:40pm.
This past Wednesday our Speech and Debate Team competed in their first competition of the year at Olympia HS. We brought home six medals! Congratulations to Bryce Highton, who won best middle school and second place overall in original oratory, Evie Esther, who won best middle school and third place overall at her first tournament competing in declamation, and Anissa Marroquin and Kyara Licona who won best middle school duo team. And a shout out to Isabella Mendez and Emma Vargas for making amazing gains at this tournament! Every single student who competed made us proud!
We would like to invite you to come out to see our Fall Play The Frogs: A Modern Adaptation by Don Zolidis on October 10th, 11th, and 12th at 7:00pm with an additional matinee on October 12th at 2:00pm. Tickets are reserved seating and can be purchased at www.teachtix.com/ims
Since the start of the school year, our Chorus Director Ms. Jimenez has been tutoring 10 students who wanted to audition for and participate in the Florida All-State honor chorus. Before students can be selected, they must participate in two rounds of auditions. Our students had their first round of auditions last week and every one of our ten students that participated passed their exams with flying colors and will be moving on to the second round of auditions, which take place Saturday October 12th. It is very rare to have every student pass the first round of auditions, so I am very proud of these students. We even had a student get a perfect score on BOTH parts of the audition, which is incredible.
Congratulations to:
Trejinn Adams (7th grade)
Alex Battaglia (7th grade)
Nicholas Becerra (8th grade)
Trinity Ellison (7th grade)
Elijah Esther (7th grade)
Miah Hassell (7th grade)
Bellina Lopez (7th grade)
Bryce Macon (8th grade) * received the perfect score
Sydney Rodriguez (7th grade)
Gloriana Valladares Lima (8th grade)
It is truly great to be an Innovation Middle School Phoenix!
Sincerely,
Andrew Nelson
Proud Phoenix Principal
