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This week we welcomed back our Jets to campus from Winter Break. This week student, faculty and staff attendance was also impacted by COVID. I wanted to remind everyone that if you test positive, are awaiting results, feel sick or have COVID symptoms, or have been exposed to someone who tests positive for the protection of our community please do not send your child to school. If a student is home with any of the above, students can still access and complete the work that their teachers are posting to Canvas. Please also communicate with your child’s teachers via email or Canvas Inbox if you have any questions regarding your child’s assignments. We are in this together and together we can stop the spread!
Information regarding COVID can be accessed at the district website:
Thank you for reading,
Mr. Jiménez
Principal
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11398 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 658-5330
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● January 9th- National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
● January 10th- Moana auditions after school until 5:50
● January 11th- SAC/PTSA meeting 5:30pm in the Media Center
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● January 12th- Report Cards for Quarter 2 available on Skyward
● January 13th- Spelling Bee
● January 17th- No School in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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● January 24th- 100th day of school |
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● January 24th-28th- Literacy Week
● January 28th from 7pm-9pm will be the PTSA Winter Dance. The dance will be held outdoors in the courtyard with lots of open space.**
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Upcoming Vaccination Event |
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Tuesday, January 11 at University High School |
University High School is going to host a vaccination clinic on Tuesday, January 11 from 4 pm - 8 pm. COVID-19 vaccinations are voluntary, but strongly encouraged. We hope you will seriously consider this opportunity to vaccinate your children, and consult your child’s medical provider if you have questions.
The walk-up event is open to our Jet families as well as anyone from the public who needs a vaccine or booster. The COVID-19 vaccine is available to anyone ages 5 and up. Parents or guardians must accompany children and sign the DOH Screening and Consent Form 9.27.21.pdf. Children will receive the two-dose Pfizer vaccine or booster, but all brands and boosters will also be available for others based on eligibility.
For more information about vaccines, go to ocps.net and click on the COVID-19 Vaccine Information graphic. |
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Report Cards for Quarter 2 |
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This Wednesday on Skyward |
Wednesday, January 12th report cards for Quarter 2 will be going home with students. You will also be able to access and view on Skyward. |
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Chick-fil-A at Water Ford Lakes this Wednesday evening |
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The Flight Hour is an intervention period that will take place every Tuesday and Thursday starting next week on January 11 and ending April 21. The goal is to help focus on some of our students who need small group or one-on-one instruction with their teacher to support the mastery of some of the standards they need support in. |
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High School Events for our 8th Graders - CANCELLED
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In our previous community brief we shared information for our 8th graders about Colonial High School and East River High School holding events on their campus in January. Due to the increase in COVID numbers, the events have been cancelled. We wanted to ensure that we communicated that information with you.
The high schools still plan to be on campus on the following dates below to register our 8th grade students for high school. More information about high school registration we be shared as we receive updated from the high schools
- University High School Registration- Friday, January 21st in the Legacy Media Center
- East River High School Registration- Monday, January 31st in the Legacy Media Center
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School Advisory Council (SAC) & PTSA Meeting |
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SAC/PTSA Meeting Agenda for Upcoming Meeting
Our next Legacy Middle School SAC/PTSA meeting is Tuesday, January 11 in the media center at 5:30pm.
Below is the January meeting agenda:
• PMA report
• Report on discrepancies in fund balances
• Proposal for planning days for teachers
• Proposal for student recognition for growth
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PTSA Winter Dance Information |
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Friday, January 28
The Winter Dance will be held in outside in our courtyard where there is lots of open space!
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Moana Auditions this Monday! |
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Latinos in Action Celebrate Three Kings Day |
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Latinos in Action students celebrated the Three Kings Day with a party. The three kings went to Mrs. Zayas-Vargas' house and brought family board games to the students to reinforce the family unit (unidad familiar). |
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Literacy Spirit Week Information |
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School Pictures are still Available for Purchase |
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This past week our Civics classes worked together to analyze the similarities and differences between the U.S. Constitution and Florida Constitution. |
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Continuing Reminder: Yearbooks |
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Enter School ID: 703293
Current price is $25 and will go up to$30 in January. Sales end March 2022 (buy before then).
You are also able to purchase ads that will appear in the yearbook. All the information about ads is also available at the same website above.
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Special Event: Jan. 29th — OCPS Parent Academy
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OCPS Parent Academy Registration |
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The event, Together Towards Tomorrow: Chart Your Course will be launched on Webex, Saturday, January 29, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Parent Academy will focus on the many educational pathways as students navigate through their education. The event will offer parents and caregivers engaging and interactive sessions with experts to help students transition successfully to the next grade and/or post-secondary plans.
Registration
Registration is free for all families. Live sessions will allow for two-way communication between the facilitators and the audience. All sessions will be presented in English and families will be provided an option of Spanish, Haitian Creole or Portuguese translation, if needed, using ocps.prolingoapp.com. |
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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Legacy Middle School Remembers Roberto Clemente |
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Friday, December 31st was the 49th anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s tragic, New Year’s Eve death. For those of our Jets that may not know, Roberto Clemente was a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, four-time batting champion and two-time World Series winner. He was also someone who proudly represented the Latin community (he was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico) everywhere he went and when not playing professional baseball, he devoted himself to volunteerism.
Clemente's career numbers include a .317 batting average, 240 home runs and 1,305 RBIs. He also won 12 Gold Gloves for his fielding and arm in right field. And he stood atop all National League players in 1966 with the MVP trophy.
He never took his great talent for granted and kept working to improve. This continued effort is what made him the great player that he was. And off the field, Clemente loomed large as a humanitarian.
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That ultimately killed him when his December 31, 1972, plane crashed en route to earthquake-crushed Nicaragua. Clemente was chairman of Puerto Rico's relief effort, putting in 16-hours days, when he decided to go to Managua to ensure supplies reached the needy and not profiteers, as was being suspected. His was one of four supply planes, the only one that didn't make it.
In 1973, Major League Baseball renamed its annual community-service honor the Clemente Award. And in 2003, President George W. Bush presented Clemente posthumously with the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Roberto Clemente's life offers some examples of wisdom to live by. For example, early in his baseball career, Clemente set the bar high. He said, "I've dedicated myself to being the best right fielder in baseball." This standard for his baseball performance also mirrored his standards in life. He was unaccepting of mediocrity because he knew he was capable of more.
To improve himself Clemente studied great players and refused to be intimidated by pitchers. He became a good hitter his first six years in the big leagues, but wasn't satisfied. So in 1961 he turned to heavier bats. Bingo. Now he was hitting more to center and right field — on the way to a .351 average and his first batting title.
Clemente's son shared, "Dad was very dedicated, and he was always very focused on what he was doing. He always had a bat in his hand, working on his wrist action. He would also design drills — such as throwing the ball from right field into a trash can at third base — to boost the accuracy of his arm. Before road games, he'd have players hit balls against the outfield walls to see how the ball came off. That helped him be in the best position to throw."
Roberto Clemente also cared deeply about people, especially those from the Latin community where his baseball success could be helpful. For instance, he could be found mentoring young people — kids the age of our Legacy students — and once said this to a group that wanted to improve their baseball skills, "You should learn the fundamentals. Work on them. This is a great game, it can do a lot for you, but only if you give it all you can." He also advised them to keep out of trouble. "Don't do anything your dear ones will be ashamed of."
Clemente's lessons for our Jets at the start of 2022?
Roberto Clemente was fiercely dedicated to continuous self improvement and when not on the baseball field, always made time to volunteer in his community. The way Clemente put it, "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth."
As you reflect upon the start of this next 9 weeks, make sure you create some measurable, challenging personal goals for yourself and please try to carve out some time to help others. If you do, you will most assuredly set your New Year off to a terrific start. Go Jets!
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Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Jason Jiménez
Principal, Legacy Middle School
Sunday, January 9, 2022
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From the left: Assistant Principal Elizabeth Fuller, Principal Jason Jiménez, Assistant Principal Maria DiMura. |
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Reproduction of this material, either written or electronically, including the general layout, graphics, analyses, and content topics without the express approval of Target Performance Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Legacy Middle School is forbidden without written consent. Thank you for your support of the Orange County Public Schools and especially OCPS - Legacy Middle School. Please contact Mr. Jason Jiménez at jason.jimenez@ocps.net with any questions.
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