Monday, November 14, 2022
All schools reopen today
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Glenridge Middle Community Member
We have some exciting events occurring this week for our students at Glenridge, highlighted by one of my favorite events that we have not had the opportunity to hold for the past 2 years. Thursday evening, (7:00-9:00) our performing and visual arts students will highlight their talents at the Evening Under the Stars festival in our courtyard. Currently, over 90% of our students participate in one or more arts programs.
We also have a group of 8th-grade students going on a field trip to the University of Florida on Tuesday with our guidance team. * This will be the first of many trips to college campuses for our students to explore the amazing opportunities within the state of Florida to further their education after high school.
* The University of Florida is ranked #5 among all public universities according to the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings. This is the same ranking list OCPS uses to identify its "Super Scholars" for each year's graduating class.
This will be our final week to collect food donations for our food pantry. If you have any items to donate, please have your student drop off items in their first period class. This food will support families directly in the Glenridge community.
Finally, I want to remind you that progress report grades closed out last week, and you should be able to see progress reports inside of the “portfolio” tab in Skyward. However, it is far more important to focus on current grades inside of Skyward as those progress reports are snapshots and current grades are “live.” Students will receive a printed copy of their progress reports this week as well. |
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OCPS prepares very short "parent tech" videos on a variety of important topics to assist families and one of these specifically addresses the accessing of progress reports and report cards through our Skyward system - "Parent Tech Tip: Progress Reports & Report Cards" (< 2 min. video).***
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Thank you for working with the school to promote positive experiences on the campus and learning in the classroom. I have been so impressed with the teachers and students!
In Lion Pride,
Mr. Kempinger
Proud Principal
Glenridge Middle School
Pictured very top: That is our amazing chorus on the Amway Center basketball court standing behind the color guard just ahead of the Magic game last week! Please see their story below.
*** OCPS has also created an easy-to-follow "Monitoring Tips" webpage dedicated to helping families see how quick & easy it really is to use the system to monitor student progress all along. If you have a student at Glenridge, you certainly owe it to yourself to visit this webpage when you have moment this week. Thank you very much. ***
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11/14: Final week to collect food donations for food pantry
11/15: Group of 8th graders to visit UF in Gainesville
11/16: Making of Gratitude Cards in the media center, 9am
11/17: Student Progress Reports
11/17: Teach-In
11/17: Evening Under the Stars, in the courtyard from 7-9pm
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Gratitude Cards (Nov. 16): |
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Special Recognition
Glenridge Chorus
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Our chorus performed beautifully at the Orlando Magic vs. Houston Rockets game last week. How impressive that our school was invited by the Amway Center to sing at this event! Congratulations to Ms. Gonzalez (choral director) and our Lion chorus members on such an outstanding effort in front of all those basketball fans. You really shined and we are very proud of you. |
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The kids even got autographs from Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs! |
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Academics
FFA teams earn top honors!
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This past Tuesday, Glenridge FFA chapter scored 1st place and 2nd place overall in the district Forestry competition at Moss Park (at the middle school level)! How did we manage to earn both 1st place and 2nd place? The seven competing students were split into two teams and both teams won top overall honors in (while competing against over 150 Central Florida students.) |
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When you see the following students, please congratulate them:
Glenridge FFA teams:
- Team 1st place overall - David Koch, Sarah Ryan, Avery Erb, Barnes Herman
- Team 2nd place overall - Irelynn Diltz, Cooper Colvin, Zayn Azam
Individual awards:
- Compass & Pacing: 1st place - Avery Erb, 2nd place - David Koch, and 3rd place - Cooper Colvin
- Timber Cruising: 2nd place - Avery Erb
- Dendrology: 2nd place - Irelynn Diltz
- Forest Disorders: 2nd place - Zayn Azam and 3rd place - Avery Erb
- Equipment ID: 2nd place - Avery Erb
Our student foresters will now move on to compete at the State level in December. Go Lions!
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Superintendent's weekly video message: |
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* Latest message at the time of production. |
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November Chess Kids Challenge: |
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Are you ready for a puzzle challenge? November 1st marked the start of our fall ChessKid "Kings and Queens of Puzzles Contest". Students are challenged to complete 100 puzzles correctly during the month of November. Prizes will be awarded to any student that meets the challenge! Make sure to log into your ChessKid account via LaunchPad to participate.
Who will be the next "King or Queen" of chess?
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Closing Image of the Week . . . |
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Morning volleyball practice with Coach Officer Lay
(Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022)
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Monday's Motivational Moment |
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THE TOP TEN HIGH-VALUE USES OF YOUR TIME |
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Things that advance your overall life purpose.
Things you have always wanted to do.
Things that others say can't be done.
Things that help you grow to your maximum potential.
Things that develop other people's ability to achieve and lead.
Things that multiply — rather than merely add — value to yourself and others.
Things that harness your creativity.
Things that you can delegate to others.
Things that promote teamwork and synergy.
Things that are now or never opportunities.
~ Richard Koch, author of "The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less"
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Have a great week Lions and remember . . .
You don't have to be THE best, but always do YOUR best!
Daniel Kempinger, Principal
Glenridge Middle School
Sunday, November 13, 2022
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Glenridge Leadership Team |
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Glenridge Middle School
2900 Upper Park Road,
Orlando, FL 32814
Phone 407-623-1415
Fax 407-623-1417
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