An organizational meeting for “The Good News” club will take place on Wednesday August 24th at 8:30AM in Mr. Fluke’s room (3-108). “The Good News” club is for those of or interested in the Christian faith. See Mr. Fluke if you have questions.

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring tool that will be administered three times per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.).

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Reading assessment will be on August 23rd, 2022 and the Math will be on August 26th, 2022. FAST assessments are computer-adaptive tests taken on a computer and will contain 30-40 items. If you or your student would like to interact with the online testing platform or review FAST Reading sample items at home, sample test materials are available at https://flfast.org/families.html. For more information about the FAST program, please visit the portal at FLFAST.org.

Thank you for supporting your student and encouraging him or her to do his or her best during this test administration.

● SNACK & A LA CARTE ITEMS can be purchased at any serving line (not only line 4 as originally planned).

● LINE 4 run by our lunch staff wearing a yellow apron is also our designated special diets (allergies) line

● LUNCHROOM PAYMENTS can be made via schoolpay.com; we also accept cash or checks.

● Information on MEAL BENEFITS, SPECIAL DIETS & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES is available on ocps.net under "Food & Nutrition Services" department.

● WE HAVE SEVERAL CAFETERIA JOB OPENINGS AT HORIZON WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. For questions, please contact the Cafeteria Manager at anita.noto@ocps.net or (407) 554-1570 ext. 541 2226.

This year, free lunches are no longer being offered to all students. We are back to what it was like before the pandemic where parents need to apply every school year for meal benefits. Those students approved for free & reduced status eat breakfast & lunch at no charge and those who did not qualify pay full price ($1.75 for breakfast combo & $2.75 for lunch combo).

Attention all parents and community members, please join our SAC (School Advisory Committee) this year. The purpose of SAC is to assist the principal in developing and evaluating the School wide Improvement Plan and to assist in the preparation of the school budget.

It is critical that families support students by monitoring their progress each week. The best place to do this is in Skyward Family Access. This is the official gradebook in Orange County Public Schools. Once inside, pay attention to the number of missing assignments. If these are not submitted it can result in a lower overall grade.

• Set a digital reminder for you and your child to review grades each week.

• Login to the OCPS Parent Portal, enter Skyward Family Access and check the gradebook. Watch this short video to learn how.

• Identify missing assignments in the Skyward Gradebook. This quick video tip will show you how

• Don't wait for surprises! Set alerts in Canvas Parent to monitor day-to-day progress. This video will show you how on a mobile device. Use this video if using a laptop/desktop computer.

• If you cannot login to the OCPS Parent Portal and enter Skyward Family Access, please submit an OCPS Parent Portal Concerns Form

Screenshot of the OCPS Parent Portal Online Form Reference Guide prepared to help our Hornet parents complete important online forms: 

Great job to all who tried out for the soccer team! Come out and cheer on our boys and girls soccer teams in their upcoming games!

Monday, 8/29: At Lakeview Middle

Wednesday, 8/31: At Sun Ridge Middle

Wednesday, 9/7: Bye

Monday, 9/12: HOME vs. Ocoee Middle

Wednesday, 9/14: HOME vs. Hamlin Middle

Monday, 9/19: HOME vs. Water Spring

Wednesday, 9/21: HOME vs. Bridgewater Middle

Horizon West Middle School has partnered with Health Hero to offer no cost in school flu vaccinations to your child during the school day. Register your child today – complete the consent form we will be sending home and send it back to our school. The clinic date will be determined once the completed forms are received. Health Hero makes immunizations available to every child to stop diseases like the flu in their tracks and reduce absenteeism in schools. For more information about Health Hero, visit www.beahealthhero.com.

Be understanding to your enemies.

Be loyal to your friends.

Be strong enough to face the world each day.

Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.

Be generous to those who need your help.

Be frugal with what you need yourself.

Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.

Be foolish enough to believe in miracles.

Be willing to share your joys.

Be useful in times of challenge.

Be measured and meaningful in speech and action.

Be grateful as often as possible, no matter how minute.

Be willing to share the sorrows of others.

Be where your feet are.

Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.

Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.

Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.

Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.

Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.

Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.

Be loving to those who love you.

Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change.