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Hello Mark,

A couple of weeks ago, my family had the arduous task of taking down all of our Christmas decorations. Taking down the decorations is not nearly as fun and exciting as putting them up! If I tried to take all of the decorations down by myself, or if my wife tried to complete the task all by herself, it would be overwhelming. Therefore, to avoid pushing my wife or me over the brink, we called in reinforcements, all hands on deck. My wife, my two daughters, and I worked together as a team taking down decorations inside and outside the house. Working as a team made all of the difference in the world. By working together as a team, our productivity and efficiency increased. We also felt a great sense of mutual accomplishment when we placed the last box in the attic.

Teamwork is a difference maker! I love seeing teamwork taking place at Corner Lake Middle School because it makes such a difference and produces greater and more positive outcomes. We are three games into the basketball season and I am very impressed by the way our girls’ and boys’ basketball teams play so well together. No player on either team is trying to outshine his or her teammates by being the solo star. Nobody is trying to take all of the shots. Players freely pass to other teammates when they have a better opportunity to make a shot. Working together and playing as a team is key to success. Growing up I played on athletic teams with big talent that did not have winning seasons. The reason for this is because the team also had big egos and players did not play together as a team.

When the Corner Lake Middle School community works together as a team, Corner Lake Middle School wins and the big winners are our students. I am thrilled when I walk into a classroom and I see students gathered around a table working together to think critically and to solve problems. Together the students create synergy. Synergy is defined as, “the interaction of two or more agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.” Or, you can think of the multiplying effect by using the acronym for TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More!  

This week our leadership team has been meeting with different groups of teachers to analyze student performance data and to discuss ways we can work together to help our students achieve more. The meetings have been wonderfully collaborative and tremendously productive. We committed to work together to help our students in a collaborative manner that will produce more positive outcomes for our students. Producing more positive outcomes for all students is our goal at Corner Lake and we only achieve this when we work together as a team.

If you have not already, I would like to invite you to join our Corner Lake team!* Just as a basketball team needs a center and football team needs a quarterback, the Corner Lake Middle School needs our parents to be part of the team. You play an integral role in the success of your student through your support and monitoring of your student’s progress. We cannot do it without you. I look forward to working with you and thank you in advance for your support because Together Eagles Achieve More (TEAM)! Welcome to the team!

Paul E. Browning

Principal

Pictured very top: Eagles during Monday's Literacy Day when we were all wearing blue as part of Literacy Week '23 (please see story below).

* One way you can be part of the Corner Lake team and support your school is to get a PTSA membership. They are only a few dollars, but each dollar is channeled towards student and teacher special events. Thank you!

Superintendent's Weekly Community Update (Monday, Jan. 23):

This week Dr. Vazquez talks to Nancy Alvarez about safety protocols at athletic events and extracurricular activities. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDoQud6F84

6th and 7th Grade electives for 2023-2024:

School Supplies:

Parents and Guardians, 

It’s that time of the year when our students’ supplies run low! Please check your student’s supplies and make sure they have the needed materials (paper, pencils, etc.).  

Thank you!

School Lunches and Household Budgets: 

It costs approximately $22 per week, per child, to prepare school lunches at home - that's $88 per month.

As a CEP* school, your student eats ALL meals at NO CHARGE. Let us help feed your kids and save you money during these inflationary times. @OCPS_FNS

What's for Lunch: Menus

* Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a non-pricing meal service option open to certain schools based upon location. We hope all of our Corner Lake families will take advantage of the opportunity. 

Scouting (Unit 617):

University High School Community Event (Jan. 31):

Corner Lake Speech Contest (Deadline to join Feb. 1):

Last week, some of our students were accidentally left off the Honor Roll list for report card 2. We apologize for the mistake. Congratulations to all of these students who made the Honor Roll for the 2nd marking period. We are so proud of your hard work and success!

**** A Honor Roll ****

6th Grade:

Jada Allan

Clay Calhoon

Asha Dewdat

Ansley Dickison

Christian Gutierrez

Ariana Hill

Jace Kennedy

James Legg

Matthew Lui

Holly Maher

Isabella Margaitis

Leah Mayo

Lily Medina

Elias Mercado Quiles

Lunah Nayfeh

Cole Ogle

Sanjana Panday

Collin Ribbeck

Joel Robles

Shea Smith

Loni Sullivan

Quyen Tran

Elwood Tucker

Izael Ventura-Rodriguez

Tara Vidal

7th Grade:

Marcus Anderson

Jason Belcher Jr

Bauer Berardi

Quinn Carlson

Aiden Colon

Rut Colon Rios

Nydia Cruz-Galindo

Jacob Daviero

Isaiah Deener

Bella DeFeo

Rosalie Denelsbeck

Yeilianys Diaz Vega

David Grundorf

Gabriella Grundorf

Carson Hall

Joseph Hess

Finn Hyser

Sanaa Itani

Michael Kalas

Kayla Letterio

Nolan Maher

Gavin Meyer

Ariel Mosquera

Ellie Nguyen

Mi Nguyen

Daniel Norman

Tea Petrovic

Moises Pimentel

Jannelys Ramos Hernandez

Xavier Rivera

Ruby Roberts

Ariel Scott

Joseph Shirley

Vinh Vu

8th Grade:

Karina Baradona

Nikhil Basant

Beauvoir Charlot

Anya Clark

Amelia Cook-Rodriguez

Jadiel Coriano

Riley Daelo

Brandon Davis

Nathan Desmond

Danielle Fernandez

Leila Holt

Eva Howard

Haniyah Iqbal

Brayden Kinkle

Angelina Laucirica

Berkley MacLellan

Naomi Markx

Jediael Mendez-Ortiz

Evelyn Menendez Perez

Morgan Mondul

N'kya Moses

Jessie Nunez Sosa

Justin Phan

Paola Ramirez Araque

Enzo Reyes

Julia Reyes

Isabella Russo

Angelina Santiago

Zuri Saunderson

Lucienne Simmons

Nicole Torrealba

Andrea Torres

Emma Torres

David Trovillion

Ashlyn Vang

Phuong Vo

Victoria Young

Eileen Zeqo

*** A/B Honor Roll ***

6th Grade:

Angelina Ayala Tirado

Tyler Becker

Joshua Board

Emily Browning

Brielle Butler

Aiden Campoamor

Carley Cooper

Alexis Cruz

Sophia Daelo

Dustin Davis

Pietra de Souza

Aiden DeJesus

Juliette DuBuc

Justin Garcia

Julianna Gutierrez

Sofia Hernandez Jaramillo

Ladaijah Johnson

Tinley Kinkle

Gianna Kiski

Mya Kusimo

Alejandro Liriano

Andrea Lopez

Yezek Martinez Maldonado

Cody O'Neal

Makaiya Ork

Jeremiah Parrilla

Lane Patterson

Dominic Poyser

Amelie Reyes

Sophie Riley

Kaden Ruhl

Taha Saleem

Kynilah Smiley

Ander Soriano

Linh Ton

Katelyn Torres

Ella Turner

Weylan Velez Rivera

Enoch Wu

7th Grade:

Lena Assiaidi

Aidan Basner

Mendel Beats

Kaleb Campbell

Aiden Carper

Adrian Cotilla

Evan Dawson

Connor Dickenson

Jayda Ellington

Noah Feliciano

Jocelyn Fernandez

Jaedin Fleur

Nicholas Galindo

Gianna Griffin

Kaylor Harmon

Judson Hildebrand

Stephen Hill

Daniel Hughes

Gabriela Hurtado

Billi Jackson

Brody Kalish

Christian Lapierre

Mark Leard Jr

Camryn Lee

Olivia Mayo

Trace Morse

Justin Navarro

Austin Nguyen

Lauren O'Sullivan

Cybill Ortiz

Easton Owens

Amaya Rivas

Joniel Roman Rivera

Olivia Sampson

Elaina Similien

Clare Torpey

Lily Touby

Sean Trumbach

Mya Vidal

Haedynn Wilson

Darvon Woodward Jr

8th Grade:

Yousif Abdulwahhab Alhawani

Sofia Aguilar Campos

Mustafa Al Kinoon

Alejandra Alonso

Eyad Assiaidi

Jordan Bennett

Kevin Cantarero

Remy Chambless

Kaleb Colon

Austin Denmark

Joshua Everett

Emma Funk

Sydney Ginchereau

Isaac Gonzalez

Jonathan Goodman

Samantha Hildebrand

Andrew Husain

Ja'Karra Ivy

Nathaniel Lapolla

Xiomyra Lara

Dexter Lee

Layla Millar

Imani Morris

Jolynn Quach

Yaneiliz Ramirez-Crespo

Anthony Reyes

Kylan Rogers

Jesus Rosario Valdez

Jonathan Sanchez

Keira Thompson

Aryanna Williams

Heaven Wright

Sadie Yarnall

Boys are 2-0 and girls are 1-2! Next game will be home against our rivals Timber Springs, Monday 1/30/23. The girls will be starting the tipoff time at 5:30pm. Please come out and support both our teams by wearing our school colors. Come watch as our boys try to improve 3-0 and stay undefeated and our girls try to get back on the winning track. 

Literacy Week is Jan. 23-27th. Here are some pictures of this week so far!

On Monday, students and staff wore BLUE. We are all taking a “Dive” into reading:

Tuesday was “Catch the Reading Wave” and we wore sports attire:

Wednesday was “Wild About Reading!" Students and staff wore camouflage or animal print:

More pictures to come next week!

Held on the fourth Wednesday of January since 2014, Library Shelfie Day was created by the New York Public Library. On the day, book lovers share selfies of themselves in front of library shelves and in front of shelves of their personal book collections. These photos are known as “shelfies."

Congratulations to the following students who scored a level 5 on their mid-year assessments. They are working really hard to reach this high achievement level at the halfway point in the school year. We are very proud of them and want to recognize and celebrate their great accomplishment!

FAST ELA PM 2 Level 5s:

Jada Allan

Carson Barber

Mendel Beats

Bauer Berardi

Kaleb Campbell

Quinn Carlson

Ava Carrier

Remy Chambless

Beauvoir Charlot

Jadiel Coriano

Alexis Cruz

Riley Daelo

Brandon Davis

Rosalie Denelsbeck

Nathan Desmond

Asha Dewdat

Connor Dickenson

Justin Do

Griffin Edenfield

Danielle Fernandez

Ruben Garcia

Sydney Ginchereau

Adnaloy Gonzalez Diaz

Dannikah Griffin-Westman

Joseph Hess

Ariana Hill

Haniyah Iqbal

Sanaa Itani

Liza Kozyreva

James Legg

Madelynn Leonce

Leah Mayo

Mi Nguyen

Jessie Nunez Sosa

Josiah Ortiz

Tea Petrovic

Justin Phan

Dominic Poyser

Amaya Rivas

Ruby Roberts

Jazmine Rosa

Isabella Russo

Olivia Sampson

Elaina Similien

Lucienne Simmons

Corry Smith

Linh Ton

Nicole Torrealba

Emma Torres

Quyen Tran

Sean Trumbach

Genivive Vega

Vinh Vu

Victoria Young

FAST Math PM 2 Level 5s:

Mendel Beats

Bauer Berardi

Kaleb Campbell

Joseph Hess

James Legg

Ellie Nguyen

Justin Phan

Kyoniel Rivera

JoJo Sherwood

Vinh Vu

Algebra 1 Honors STAR Level 5s:

Madelyn Chambers

Beauvoir Charlot

Danielle Fernandez

Sydney Ginchereau

Trace Johnson

Brayden Kinkle

Evelyn Menendez Perez

Mi Nguyen

Anthony Reyes

Geometry Honors STAR Level 5s:

Anya Clark

Brandon Davis

Nathan Desmond

Haniyah Iqbal

Jessie Nunez Sosa

Lucienne Simmons

Civics PMA 2 Level 5s:

Adrian Acevedo

Ivan Alvarez Mendoza

Jonathan Ball

Aidan Basner

Mendel Beats

Jason Belcher

Franklin Benitez

Bauer Berardi

Jaeden Bermudez

Joseph Bland

Kaleb Campbell

Quinn Carlson

Logan Clapper

Tyler Clark

Emmett Clifford

Aiden Colon

Cartar Crady

Aaden Datil

Evan Dawson

Bella DeFeo

Giancarlos Del Real

Jeanie DeLaRosa

Rosalie Denelsbeck

Liam Elliott

Nicholas Eppler

Yamilo Garcia Dilan

Adnaloy Gonzalez Diaz

Gianna Griffin

David Grundorf

Gabriella Grundorf

Alejandra Gutierrez

Kaylor Harmon

Joseph Hess

Judson Hildebrand

Stephen Hill

Leila Holt

Daniel Hughes

Finn Hyser

Sanaa Itani

Andrew Ivey

Billi Jackson

Brody Kalish

Preston Kimberly

Kathleen Knight

Mark Leard

Madelynn Leonce

Jose Lopez

Nolan Maher

Kaitlyn Mascarenhas

Olivia Mayo

Austin Nguyen

Ellie Nguyen

Mary Nguyen

Mi Nguyen

Ryan Nguyen

Bailey Nokham

Cybill Ortiz

Josiah Ortiz

Lauren OSullivan

Easton Owens

Tea Petrovic

Moises Pimentel

Katerin Puerto Duque

Jannelys Ramos Hernandez

Rebeca Rither

Amaya Rivas

Xavier Rivera

Ruby Roberts

Ivante Robinson

Victoria Rosario Alvarez

Emmanuel Salazar

Olivia Sampson

JoJo Sherwood

Elaina Similien

Ethan Suriel

Jovani Torres-Rosado

Sean Trumbach

Genivive Vega

Mya Vidal

Vinh Vu

Dresden Weese

Haedynn Wilson

Tatiana Wilson

Darvon Woodward

Maddox Zifferblatt Booker

8th Grade Science PMA 2 Level 5s:

Eyad Assiaidi

Karina Baradona

Carson Barber

Aubreyahna Barrera

Andrew Barth

Nikhil Basant

Jordan Bennett

Damian Blemke

Jycelia Cardinal

Ava Carrier

Madelyn Chambers

Remy Chambless

Beauvoir Charlot

Anya Clark

Amelia Cook-Rodriguez

Alexandria Cullen

Riley Daelo

Brandon Davis

Nathan Desmond

Griffin Edenfield

Rylee Encarnacion

Jaden Ewing

Danielle Fernandez

Emma Funk

Abigail Galindo

Sydney Ginchereau

Jonathan Goodman

Alrik Hoaglund

Leila Holt

Eva Howard

Haniyah Iqbal

JaKarra Ivy

Wyatt Johnson

Jayvimar Jurado Cotto

Shaye Kennedy

Peyton Kerr

Brayden Kinkle

Liza Kozyreva

Nathaniel Lapolla

Angelina Laucirica

Naomi Markx

Noah Mauldin

Evelyn Menendez Perez

Morgan Mondul

Imani Morris

Jessie Nunez Sosa

Joel Perez

Justin Phan

Jolynn Quach

Paola Ramirez Araque

Yaneiliz Ramirez-Crespo

Christopher Reimer

Anthony Reyes

Enzo Reyes

Julia Reyes

Valeria Roman

Jazmine Rosa

Isabella Russo

Lucienne Simmons

Anthony Smallwood

Nicole Torrealba

Andrea Torres

Emma Torres

David Trovillion

Claire Vargas

Caleb Wade

Aryanna Williams

Sadie Yarnall

Victoria Young

Landon Zagarella

Eileen Zeqo

7th Grade Science PMA 2 Level 5s:

Ivan Alvarez Mendoza

Mendel Beats

Jason Belcher

Bauer Berardi

Kaleb Campbell

Quinn Carlson

Tyler Clark

Emmett Clifford

Bella DeFeo

Rosalie Denelsbeck

Connor Dickenson

Ruben Garcia

Brennan Goodman

Gabriella Grundorf

Kaylor Harmon

Joseph Hess

Finn Hyser

Sanaa Itani

Jaylee Joy

Mark Leard

Madelynn Leonce

Kayla Letterio

Jamee Lopez

Jose Lopez

Deyanira Luzuriaga Ocampo

Nolan Maher

Ariel Mosquera

Easton Owens

Tea Petrovic

Jannelys Ramos Hernandez

Ruby Roberts

Ivante Robinson

JoJo Sherwood

Elaina Similien

Cambria Striby

Jovani Torres-Rosado

Sean Trumbach

Vinh Vu

Darvon Woodward

6th Grade Science PMA 2 Level 5s:

Angelina Ayala Tirado

Marcelo Baradona

Tyler Becker

Joshua Board

Donael Cestero

Joseph Chavarria

Emma Chen

Zachary Correll

Pietra de Souza

Asha Dewdat

Derek Galarza

Steven Holland

Carter Johnson

Leina Johnson

Madison Kirby

Andrew Latorre

James Legg

Alejandro Liriano

Matthew Lui

Matthew Mai

Mason Martin

Ashley Martinez

Leah Mayo

Lily Medina

Lunah Nayfeh

Cody ONeal

Sophie Riley

Taha Saleem

Lukas Scuderi

Hazel Serna

Shea Smith

Tanner Tischer

Linh Ton

Elwood Tucker

Yarielis Vega

Upcoming and Ongoing Assessments:

• ELL ACCESS WIDA – (ONLY ESOL STUDENTS)

• Reading & Listening January 24th
• Writing – January 26th
• Make Ups – Until March 7th 

• Infrastructure trial to test platform for CFE’s (Common Final Exams) 

• Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 [Long Wednesday] – with adjusted schedule

Please see the following schedule for Infrastructure Trial (February 1st)

ESOL Students / Comunicación 

Corner Lake Families,

In February, the North Orange Branch Library in Apopka will host “English for Families.” 

I have attached some flyers in both Spanish and English and included a brief description below. Please let me know if you have any questions and please feel free to share this information.

English for Families is a series of interactive classes for parents and children (ages 6-12) that focuses on developing English vocabulary and literacy skills through strategic and fun story reading. It is a five-week family literacy program that meets once a week and focuses on reading strategies and fundamental English vocabulary. A lite dinner will be provided at 5:30pm.

Ingles para la familia es una serie de clases interactivas para padres e hijos ( edad 6-12 ) que se concentrara en el desarollo de vocabulario en Ingles mediante el uso de lectura de cuentos estrategica y divertida. Una cena ligera sera servida a las 5:30 p.m.

To register (para registrarse): https://attend.ocls.info/event/7669007

Yered Colon Santiago

Congratulations to Yered Colon Santiago who was nominated as a Soaring Eagle by Mr. Judah. Mr. Judah writes this about Yered – Yered has distinguished himself in our math class as one of the student mentors. Yered is an active member of the class, always asking engaging questions for his and other's understanding, and is also quick to help those around him who are struggling. For this, I am nominating him for Soaring Eagle!

Giovanni Ramirez

Congratulations to Giovanni Ramirez who was nominated as a Soaring Eagle by Mrs. Gentry. Mrs. Gentry writes this about Giovanni – I am so proud to nominate Gio. Gio’s goal was to be able to play for our basketball team (Go EAGLES!) and knows that our student athletes need to keep up their grades. Therefore, he set a goal for himself to improve academically. Gio is now the most improved student in all of my 8th grade science classes and is a solid A science student!

The Top Talent LIVE 2023 event will be held, Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 2 p.m.

Winning students AND their schools receive cash prizes – over $5,000 will be given away!

Please watch our site for details: www.FoundationforOCPS.org or follow us on our Social Media platforms @foundationforocps.org or @Fnd4OCPS for event updates. 

If you have any questions, please contact The Foundation for OCPS office at 407-317-3261

2) READ BOOKS ONLINE USING DESTINY! Destiny link is: https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/66561

3) OCLS VIRTUAL LIBRARY CARD: https://ocls.info/using-library/virtual-library-card

- Log in with student number and PIN is student birthdate (YYYYMMDD)

CLMS Book Fines:

https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Book-Fines--Media-Center/Scbc4En

Track your reading progress by logging it all on Beanstack. (access via LaunchPad - for teachers & students) Schools compete against each other for logged minutes, so make sure to log ALL of your reading minutes every day – both teachers AND students!

ONLINE TUTORING IS NOW OFFERED IN SPANISH!

Hotspots for families through the Orange County Library System:

Orange County Library System (OCLS) has secured funds from the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) to establish a Wi-Fi hotspot device (“Hotspot”) lending program to provide wireless broadband internet to customers who do not have access to the internet and need this service to meet their educational needs.

As per the ECF requirements, customers must certify that they have an educational need for internet service and do not have this service where they reside.

Learn more here.

Stakeholder Surveys

We want to hear from you! The purpose of these surveys is, with the support of families and the community, to create enriching and diverse pathways to lead our students to success. 

Family Survey – Please submit your survey by Friday, March 10th

Staff Survey – Please submit your survey by Friday, February 3rd 

• Your staff access code is your employee id number hyphen (-) numeric birthday (8 digits) 

• For example, if employee ID number is 12345 and was born March 31, 1927, the access code is 12345-03311927 

Clothes Closet

Huge thank you to those in the community who have already donated this school year! Because of your generosity and the influx in donations we have received, we are not accepting any clothing items at this time. Thank you to our East River High School students who volunteer weekly to keep our boutique looking fantastic! 

CLMS 8th Grade Gradventure Trip

This is a unique opportunity for our 8th grade students to enjoy Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure as a group before they embark on their journey to high school. The field trip is open to 8th grade students and chaperones only. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Coach Bohl, Mrs. Reul, or Coach Y.

When: May 12th, 2023

Time: Departing CLMS - 3:00 PM – Arrival to CLMS - 12:30 AM

Cost: $160.00 – Students $160 – Chaperones 

(Pay on schoolpay.com)

(Price includes park admission, a meal voucher, transportation, and field trip shirt)

**Annual Passes do not work for Gradventure as it is a special event**

School Pay Receipts and permission forms are to be turned in to Coach Y, Coach Bohl, or Mrs. Reul  

Students will receive the permission forms on Monday, February 27th and may turn in forms + receipts on the following dates:

March 3rd, 10th, 24th, & 29th 

There will be no refunds after March 29th, 2023

********All money and permission forms are due no later than March 29th ********

Students MUST adhere to the following criteria in order to attend the trip:

As of Thursday, December 1st thru May 12th 

● No Referrals 

● Grades: Absolutely no “D” or “F” in ANY class

● No visits to PASS (Positive Alternative to Student Suspension)

● No Dress Code violations that result in being sent to PASS

● No Detentions (No afterschool, no more than 3 lunch)

● No computer fines due

● Permission Slip and payment must be received by the due date – 3/29/23

Students doing their assignments #21 with

Mr. Ho A Yun

Using Fusion 360

Flight and Space: Bernoulli's Principle

Using Fusion 360 to create their own designs:

Rose

Have a wonderful weekend!

Paul E. Browning, Principal

Corner Lake Middle School

Friday, January 27, 2023

Corner Lake Middle School Leadership Team

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