Sept. 12: OCPS News - "The Slice: Monday's with Maria"

Sept. 15: Student Progress Reports posted to Skyward

Sept. 15: Start of National Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 17: OCPS Parent Academy - "A Guide to a Successful School Year"

Sept. 19-23: Start with Hello Week 

Sept. 19-23: Book Fair open during school hours (extended hours on Sept. 22 during Open House)

Sept. 19: PTSO General Meeting to include guest speakers on student safety, 5:30pm

Sept. 19: Soccer vs. Water Spring - HOME

Sept. 20: School Advisory Council meeting, 4:30pm in the media center

Sept. 21: Wednesday School Spirit Day (wear your blue, yellow and black)

Sept. 21: Soccer vs. Bridgewater - HOME

Sept. 21: Windermere High School Homecoming Parade - Join the parade

Sept. 22: MPLC meeting prior to Open House, 5:00-5:30pm in the cafeteria

Sept. 22: Open House, 5:30pm-7:10pm (walk child's schedule); Pre-Open House, 5:00pm

Sept. 23: Good News Club, 8:30am in Mr. Fluke's room 3-108

Sept. 27: Soccer vs. Ocoee - HOME (Make-up)

Sept. 28: Good News Club - "See You a the Pole 2022"

Sept. 28: Soccer vs. SunRidge - Away (Make-up)

Oct. 10: Volleyball team try-outs begin

Start with Hello Week is a campaign launched by the Sandy Hook Promise nonprofit organization. The mission of Sandy Hook Promise is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes and communities.

Start with Hello Week activities raise awareness and educate students and the community on ways to reduce isolation and increase connectedness. Each day students will be asked to participate in different activities. Please encourage your students to participate by spreading kindness around our campus. If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Mrs. Bell at Kelley.Bell@ocps.net

You’re welcome to visit the book fair any time Monday, Sept. 19th - Friday, Sept 23rd during the school day. Late hour availability is on Thursday, September 22nd, with hours during the Open House event.

This year, say goodbye to cash and hello to eWallet—your child’s digital payment account. Before the Fair, set up eWallet for worry-free, cash-free purchases. Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hwmschool We look forward to seeing you at the book fair soon!

• Apply for meal benefits for SY 2022-23 at myschoolapps.com (note: application is required every year)

• Expiry date for prior year's meal benefits status is September 21, 2022. Without an approved application by this date, student's status will default to "PAID" status

• Free & reduced meal benefits include a breakfast combo and/or lunch combo every day at no charge (note: snacks & a la carte items are charged at regular price)

• For further information, contact FNS Meal Benefits Team at (407) 858-3110 ext. 329 3966

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Every Wednesday is our School Spirit Day! Wear your blue, yellow and black to show your Hornet spirit! And on Fridays our Hornet teachers and students wear college gear to show their support for their favorite collegiate teams or the college they attended!

We work on putting systems in place so families can choose to check their students out during delayed dismissal, however, we know this is a challenge as we are often checking out over a thousand students one by one during delayed dismissals. We want to remind our families that you can choose to check students out during these delayed dismissal days or you can wait until we lift this delay and send students home in normal fashion. We also ask that families update their emergency information that we have in our system if anything has changed. Additionally, it is difficult for the school to update emergency contacts the afternoon of delayed dismissal, therefore, please make sure you have this updated information in the Skyward system. If you need to make changes, please complete the Emergency Student Information Form and email the completed form to horizonwest_ms@ocps.net. We appreciate your patience and flexibility.

When given the opportunity to select a teacher to nominate, I asked myself to think about someone who loves what they do and who has a passion for teaching. After speaking with several students, I found that Mr. Spangler is astoundingly loved by all of his students! He is always striving to provide the best possible instruction for his students and puts together some of the most creative lessons to help them gain a love for and understanding of science. His students rave about how there is never a dull moment in class and how Mr. Spangler works hard to create a very comfortable learning environment for all of his students. Mr. Spangler is super fun and is constantly striving to improve his lessons to make them more relatable for students. He genuinely wants all his students to succeed and will often go the extra mile to ensure that they do just that!

** A current physical packet must be turned in prior to tryouts in order to participate.

Physical Forms are available on the school website under Athletics.

See You at the Pole is celebrated on September 28, 2022. See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of Christian students of all ages at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and hymn-singing, during the early morning before school starts. The American SYATP events occur on every fourth Wednesday of September. The events began in 1990, in the United States, where public schools cannot sponsor prayers and some Christians see public schools as hostile to Christian students. It has grown by word of mouth, announcements at youth rallies and churches, and the Internet and now occurs international (for more information please see Mr. Fluke- Good News Club Sponsor)

Mrs. Cameron, our school’s technology and math coach, is also the teacher of our school’s Tech Support class.

Tech Support is HWMS’ version of the Apple Genius Bar available during 2nd and 6th period. These tech students have been trained in customer service and technology troubleshooting during the first weeks of school. Now that they have the hang of the procedures, they have begun helping their peers troubleshoot their technology issues.

Digital art students have been learning about copyright and fair use. This week, they learned how to search for stock (royalty-free) photos, then edit them to create original artwork.

Dr. Pagan is our 6th grade Intensive Reading and ESOL Reading Teacher. This is her first year at HWMS and she is very excited to teach here. She previously taught at Sunset Park Elementary. She loves taking vacations with her family. One of her new favorite places to go is Universal Studios with her children.

Ms. Glorit teaches 7th grade science. She enjoys Marvel movies, jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with her pug, Deli. She is looking forward to bonding with her fellow hornets and adding a new grade and subject to the list of classes she has taught.

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