Glenridge Middle Community Member
If you have stopped by the front office lately, you will see that we are getting into the holiday spirit. Thank you to Ms. Tyree for staying late last week to brighten up the place. While we celebrate the joys of our respective holidays this time of year, we also realize the importance of giving to those who are not as fortunate. Our PTSA will have a giving tree set up in the front office as well as in some locations in downtown Baldwin Park. If you have the means, we would love for extended support in our efforts in helping families in our community that need support.
This week is quite busy as we have our state testing scheduled for this week. The schedule is below. Please encourage your student to do his or her best on these assessments as we learn a lot from them. On the athletic front, we have two playoff volleyball games on Monday. Our boys will travel to Timber Springs to play and our girls will host their game against Arbor Ridge. Both games will start at 5:30.
I hope that everyone had an opportunity to share their thoughts with the district in regards to the school board cell phone policy. Our students are doing a very good job of adhering to the policy.
Daniel Kempinger
Principal
Pictured very top: STEM feature. Our Physical Science Honors students getting a friendly suggestion on the construction of their mouse trap car last week.
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"Catching the Winning Behaviors" |
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Congratulations to Nataly for receiving a positive referral from Ms. Johnson for helping out in the cafeteria without being asked. Nataly's signed certificate reads:
POSITIVE REFERRAL
Extra Terrific Student Acknowledgement
In addition to her certificate, Nataly received treats just as an additional way of saying, "Well done!" We love catching our Lions doing positive things for our community.
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Lions in the Spotlight!
Take a bow, Glenridge Theatre students. Bravo!
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News from The Stage by Mrs. Hodges, Theatre Teacher |
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First of all, we brought ninety-six (96) students to Jr. Thespians this past weekend. It is a theatre festival where we perform and present technical designs alongside middle school students from all across Orange County Public Schools. These 96 students not only performed and crushed their performance of our One Act Play, "10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse," but they also presented 35 performances and technical designs!
Our thespians were constantly brought up over the three days by other schools, troupe directors, judges, festival staff, workshop artists, and other students and chaperones as a super professional, talented and gracious group. I am so proud!!!
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One of the biggest deals is that out of 15 One Act Plays… we received 1ST PLACE!!!! Only two plays get to represent our District at States. We are going to State with our One Act!!!!!!
- Troupe Spirit Award – Ansleigh Ballenger
- All Star Cast Award – Jack Green
- All Star Tech Award – Kiran Irick
- One Act Special Recognition – Best Hair & Makeup Design
- Best in Show Thespys (best performance/design of that category out of all of the schools) –Publicity Design – Peter Pan Jr. – Olivia Rios & Small Group Musical – Biggest Blame Fool - Fernanda Carrillo, Wilfredo Diaz, Shae Fairchild, Jack Green, Jay Perreault, Alana Pham, Lexi Tong
- Top Honors (perfect score in the room!) –Makeup Design – Funny Face - Stella Gabriel
- Best Leading Performer - William McMillen
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Agriculture Science
Glenridge Good Farm
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First Fruits! Isabella P's homemade salsa, made from jalapenos grown on Glenridge Good Farm. The consensus was... delicious! |
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More first fruits! Wednesday was a day for tasting and enjoying our efforts. Pictured are Carlos V. and Han N. |
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Isabella P. with Vanilla Bean |
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Students being connected at school can make a big impact on how successful they are academically, socially, and mentally. On this week's "Mondays with Maria," Dr. Vazquez is joined by two Boone High School seniors to talk about the barriers some students face when it comes to participating in school events and how they are working to help more students get involved. |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: |
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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As we enter the holiday season, we felt this message was most fitting. And if you are able, please consider supporting our PTSA giving tree this year. Thank you.
NEEDED: PEOPLE!
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You cannot do it on your own. As you grow in life you will find you need the help of others—and you will need to give help to others—if you want to be successful. And that will require you to connect with others. To do that, follow these suggestions:
* Focus on people.
* Be likeable.
* Show others you care.
* Remember everyone's name.
* Walk slowly through the crowd.
* Be generous.
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Have a wonderful week and thank you for reading.
Daniel Kempinger, Principal
Glenridge Middle School
Sunday, December 3, 2023
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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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