August 3- 6th Grade Meet the Teacher 4-6pm

August 4- New Student Laptop Checkout (see flyer)

August 5- 7th/8th Grade Meet the Teacher 4-6pm

August 10- First day of school

August 17- SAC Meeting

August 26- Fall Picture Day (see flyer)

September 9- General PTSA Meeting

* Schedules will not be final until the Meet the Teacher events. All students will be able to receive a paper copy of their schedule at the event.

* Parents/Guardians may submit a schedule change request starting Tuesday, August 10th and no later than Monday, August 16th at 4pm via the following google link: tinyurl.com/LNMS2122ScheduleChange

* Counselors will be addressing schedule change requests through the above Google link only. This request may take up to two weeks to be reviewed. We appreciate your continued support and patience.

* Schedule change requests for a different elective cannot be guaranteed due to course availability, class size and number of requests.

* Requests for specific periods and teachers will not qualify as a valid reason for a schedule change.

The Orlando After-School All-Stars school year registration opened on July 19th. The before and after-school program will begin on August 10th and continue throughout the year in accordance with the OCPS calendar. The program operates Monday through Friday in the morning from 7:30am to 9:30am and until 6pm after school.

Please visit orlandoasas.org to register or call 407-680-4253 for details.

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Soccer will be the first sport of the school year. The informational meeting and tryout dates will be announced soon. Contact Coach Hernandez at irimar.hernandez@ocps.net for more information. Students must have and maintain a 2.0 GPA (C average) or above, to be eligible to participate in athletic programs.

Students must also complete a satisfactory medical examination during each academic school year in which they plan to participate.

All Lake Nona Middle School students will check out a laptop to support their education. LNMS will utilize a blended classroom featuring a mix of digital resources and traditional educational supplies. Please refer to the supply list below to begin making purchases for the coming school year. Teachers may have an additional wish list which includes general classroom supplies specific to their course. While any wish list donation is greatly appreciated and recommended for optimal success, these additional requests are not required purchases. Please refer to individual teacher’s online Canvas course for specific wish lists requests.

The 2021 Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is happening again this year from July 31 – August 9, 2021. During the period, shoppers can avoid paying sales taxes on clothes costing $60 or less, school supplies costing $15 or less and the first $1,000 of the price of personal computers. Please click here for more information.

In light of CDC guidance and Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announcement urging all Orange County residents to wear face masks indoors, the district is also strongly urging everyone to wear a face mask when indoors including attendance during Meet the Teacher and other Back to School events.

OCPS knows that many of you still have back to school questions surrounding COVID and safety so the district has created a frequently asked questions webpage that addresses a lot of those and other concerns here - ocps.net. If any of your questions are not answered you can email questions@ocps.net.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, July 28 introduced its new Rental Assistance Finder, a search tool* anyone can use to quickly access more than 700 emergency rental assistance programs local, state and tribal governments have launched nationwide.

**Housing help: A list of Central Florida housing resources

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing."

Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb."

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

You cannot stay in one place: you either go forward or you go backward. If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

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