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Hello Mark,

When a young boy expressed to his father that his goal is to play basketball in the NBA, the father charged the son with, “You’re a dreamer!” The father, along with crushing his son’s spirits, said it as if having dreams is a bad thing! I think having dreams is a great thing and I hope that I am always a dreamer. Telling someone that he or she is a dreamer is a wonderful compliment. For when we lose our dreams, we have nothing to strive after in life, which causes us to lose hope and we all need hope.

I want our students at Corner Lake to be dreamers. I want them to be dreamers of big dreams and then for them to take the actions necessary to make their dreams come true because dreams do come true. Let me give you some examples of dreams that have come to fruition in my life. I dreamed of marrying a wonderful woman who is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. I have been married to my dream wife now for 14 years. I dreamed of being a father and having children. I now have two beautiful daughters that I love more than life itself. Finally, I dreamed of being a school principal. Now I am the principal of this wonderful school (the best school in OCPS) Corner Lake Middle School and I have the joy of serving this community each day. See, dreams do come true.

I read recently of a man who dreamed a big dream. Some might call it an impossible dream, but the man took the actions necessary to make his dream come true and now he is living his dream. The headline read, “Cleveland Auto Mechanic Becomes Doctor at Age 51, Inspires Others to Pursue Their Dreams.”  

Carl Allamby grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and as a child his dream was to be a physician. His dream never died even when he opened his own auto repair shop. Allamby’s dream from longtime auto mechanic in Cleveland to dedicated physician was not easy, but he never gave up on his dream. He said his parents “always taught us the value of working hard for what we wanted and never giving up on our dreams, no matter how improbable. Most importantly, they taught us to treat people fairly, with dignity and respect.” 

After a long period of time working as an auto mechanic, Allamby enrolled at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio at the age of 34 and began taking classes at night. While taking classes he took a biology class that reignited his childhood dream of being a physician. He began volunteering at a hospital in Cleveland. After many years of hard work and struggle, Allamby entered medical school in 2015 at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He graduated from medical school at the age of 47 in 2019. Dr. Allamby’s dream finally came true in 2022 when he started his first job in an emergency room as an attending physician. Thank goodness that Carl Allamby is a dreamer and a doer!

Dr. Carl Allamby as an auto mechanic on the left and as a physician on the right.

Let us always encourage our students at Corner Lake Middle School to be dreamers of big dreams and then let us encourage them to pursue those dreams. Additionally, let us always walk alongside our Eagles on their journey to their dreams. I have never dream that is yet to be realized, but I am confident will come true someday – that our Eagles will pursue and achieve their greatest dreams in life!

Paul E. Browning

Principal

Pictured very top: Open House '22 (additional pictures below)

7th Accelerated Math Tutoring: Mr. Curtis will be offering tutoring for 7th Grade Accelerated Math on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school from 4:10-5:10. This is a great way for students to get extra practice and support. Please see Mr. Curtis to sign up.

Geometry tutoring information will be coming soon!

Algebra I & Geometry Star (through Renaissance) 

Tests will be available on the same window as PMA’s (September 26th – October 6th). 

PMA 1 (Program Monitoring Assessments)

Assessments window is September 26th – October 6th.

ELL (ESOL Students)

We are receiving students that are new to our school and to OCPS. Please reach out to your teacher, if you have any questions or wish to inquire about assessments or support for your classes. 

Resources about the changes in testing:

CAS Parent and Community Resources 9.15.pdf

FAST and Accommodation Alternatives 9.15 RAG.pdf

Questions:

If you have any questions, please contact me at (407) 568-0510, extension 504-2232, or email thamara.capelli-santos@ocps.net

Hemos estado recibiendo nuevos estudiantes, tanto para nuestro plantel, como para Orange County. Favor dejarle saber a su maestro/a si tiene preguntas acerca de pruebas o materias en las que necesite apoyo. 

Si tiene dudas o preguntas, favor de comunicarse conmigo al (407) 568-0510, ext. 504-2232, o correo electrónico: thamara.capelli-santos@ocps.net

We are in need of reusable bags! If you have any laying around that you can donate, we can use them!

Thank you to Mrs. Maeso’s Latino’s in Action students and our East River student volunteers for donating their time to help organize the clothes closet donations! 

Chess club table at Open House

Mrs. Williams, our cafeteria manager, served up some wonder appetizers for the event!

Builders Club table at Open House. These students were holding up the posters they made highlighting two of Builder's Club annual community initiatives: PINK OUT DAY and the Thanksgiving Food Drive. 

Builders Club Eagles during Open House

Builders Club students holding posters that illustrate more of their community projects: UCF Relay for Life, "Valentines Event” (the students made cards and delivered flowers to all of the teachers and staff at the school), Clothes Drive, Road Side Clean Up, and the American Heart Association Heart Walk

Battle of the Books’ table at Open House

Mr. Curtis’s class during Open House

Mr. Nagy’s class during Open House

Ms. de Sousa’s class during Open House

Ms. Maeso’s class during Open House

Mr. Delice and Mr. Yopack unintentionally dressed like twins this week!

Vinh Vu

Congratulations to Vinh Vu who was nominated as a Soaring Eagle by Mr. Curtis. Mr. Curtis writes this about Vinh – Vinh has over a 100% average in my class. He is a very nice young man who is always willing to share his knowledge. After being out for two days, Vinh returned to class and made a 100% on a difficult test. He always keeps up with his assignments and makes 100s on all assignments. Vinh is definitely a Soaring Eagle!

Emma Torres and Danielle Fernandez

Congratulations to Emma Torres (left) and Danielle Fernandez (right) who were nominated as Soaring Eagles by Mr. Curtis. Mr. Curtis writes this about Emma and Danielle – Emma and Danielle are awesome students! I had these two students last year and their scores were always very close together. It is like watching two competitors battling for the best grade. It is so great to see. Both have class averages over 100%. They are keeping up with their grades, their assignments and excelling in passing the assessments, which are not easy. In addition to being excellent students, they are both good people. They are definitely Soaring Eagles!

FCA invites you to the event, See You at the Pole! Meet us at the courtyard, on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 9:00 am. See you there!

Students at schools all across America annually gather at their school's flagpole

to pray for their schools, friends, teachers, government, and nation.

Above and just below:

Hello Monday!

Kindness Wall Tuesday: 

Thank you to Ms. Maeso’s Latino’s In Action students for assisting with creating and hanging our kindness wall! 

Grade level Kindness Walls from the left:

8th grade, 7th grade, and 6th grade

Meetings

Regular Builders Club meetings will resume on Thursday, September 29th at 8:30AM. Be sure you are signed up for REMIND alerts to get the most up-to-date information about the club. Remind Class code is @clmsbu.

PINK OUT Shirt Orders

Builders Club is taking pre-orders for the Pink Out shirts to be worn for the 6th annual Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness day on Friday, October 21st, 2022. All students, staff, parents, and community members are encouraged to wear as much PINK as possible on that day to show your support and spread awareness. The money made from our shirt sales will be going directly to the American Cancer Society via our Relay for Life team. Pre-orders end on October 5th and shirts will be distributed the week before the Pink Out event. Email Ms. Reul with any questions at alexis.reul@ocps.net. 

Important Note: Students who received a Level 3 or Level 4 Discipline Referral in the first quarter of school are not eligible to attend the dance. If a ticket is purchased a full refund will be issued. 

Monday, September 19, 2022 message

This week's topics:

1) Monkey Pox 

2) Student threats as a joke or a prank and the consequences from doing so

3) Forty FL app is being successfully used to report suspicious activity

Corner Lake footnote: Dr. Vazquez, our new superintendent of schools, carefully prepares these very short videos each Monday to quickly touch upon a few immediate topics of concern to the district or to our CLMS families. They are worth a look - please view when you get a moment. Thank you. 

Last week for the Library Card Drive

The 2022-2023 School Library Card Drive runs from September 6-30. The School Library Card Drive is a great way to tap into library resources with a full library card.

Encouraging all Corner Lake students to sign up for their own card is a vital step toward academic achievement and lifelong learning! ocls.info/cornerlakemiddlecard

The top three schools that have the most sign-ups will receive a gift card of their choice! Help schools reach the finish line on top by encouraging friends and family to sign up!

• 1st place will receive a $250 gift card
• 2nd place will receive a $150 gift card
• 3rd place will receive a $100 gift card

Reading Books from Devices:

There are THREE ways you can read books from your devices AT home, anytime. There are no losing books or fines, because they are automatically returned after two weeks! The three ways for e-books are SORA, DESTINY DISCOVER, and VIRTUAL LIBRARY CARD (which every student automatically has.) There are literally THOUSANDS of reading options from these amazing online sources.

1) CHECK OUT E-BOOKS and AUDIOBOOKS on THE SORA APP on Launchpad or this web link: https://soraapp.com/library/ocps

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

Latin and Greek Root Word(s) of the Week:  

Root words are also useful for creating new words, especially in technology and medicine, where new innovations occur frequently. This week’s Latin and Greek ROOT WORD of the week is HAL which means BREATH. Examples of words using the HAL root word are EXHALE and HALITOSIS. Which other HAL words do you know that also mean BREATH? 

CLMS Book Fines:

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

Tracking Student Reading Progress:

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!

Soccer games on Mondays have a 5:30pm start time and Wednesdays at 5:00pm.

Make-up games:

• September 26 CLMS vs. Discovery - Away game
• September 28th Corner Lake vs. Legacy - Home game (This will be our 8th Grade Night for boys and girls)
• September 29th Corner Lake vs. Avalon - Home game 

Girls’ Coach — Coach Jacas sarah.jacas@ocps.net

Boys’ Coach — Coach Recinos daniel.recinos@ocps.net    

Girls’ games will start at 5pm

Boys’ games will start immediately after the girls’ game.

Soccer Fest Tournament (Top 3 teams from each cluster advance to a single elimination 21 team playoff for girls and 21 team playoff for boys):

• Round 1 - Monday, Oct. 3
• Round 2 (16 teams) - Wednesday, Oct. 5
• Quarter Finals (8 teams) - Monday, Oct. 10
• Semi Final (4 teams) - Wednesday, Oct. 12
• Championship - Week of Oct. 17 (TBD)

Students doing their assignments #6 with Mr. Ho A Yun

IED: Using Fusion 360

Acceleration Due to Gravity Using a Pendulum

Simple Harmonic Motion 

Measuring:

The Results: Off by 5% (GREAT)

PLTW/STEM

The Chemistry of Ice Cream

The Results:

(Very Messy, but Delicious)

Delicious, Cold, but YUMMY. I WANT MORE.

Meals at Corner Lake

WANTED! Volunteers at Corner Lake

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Community Resources

Community Connect:

Nemours Mobile Clinic:

Have a wonderful weekend!

Paul E. Browning, Principal

Corner Lake Middle School

Friday, September 23, 2022

Corner Lake Middle School Leadership Team

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