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Hunter's Creek Middle School
21st Century Digital Learners
Florida 'A' Rated School
13400 Town Loop Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 858-4620
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Students taking part in Start with Hello Week’s Twin Tuesday! | |
Hunter's Creek Middle School Community Brief Monday, September 23, 2024 | |
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Dear Mark,
Thank you to all our parents/guardians who joined our Open House on Tuesday, September 17th. We hope you had a great visit with your student’s or students’ teachers and learned about the curriculum and rigorous academic activities that your student engages in. We love the support and involvement of our community!
Hunter's Creek Middle is excited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! I encourage everyone, including parents, to participate with us in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
Please remember to check your student’s progress report which has been available since Wednesday for you to view through the Parent Portal Access. The first quarter is ending in three weeks on Friday, October 11th. I ask parents to check grades and make sure that there are no missing assignments. Students need to adhere to due dates to turn in all assignments on time.
Lastly, our wonderful PTSA Board continues with the Papa John’s fundraiser until September 27th. HCMS PTSA has an online store to make it easier to join. It is a one stop shop! You can purchase your membership, beautifully custom-designed HCMS T-shirts for you and your student, and HCMS car magnets or other HCMS apparel. Support HCMS and join today! Here's the link for memberships and store: https://hunterscreekms.memberhub.com/store
Thank you for your continued support.
Joumana Moukaddam
Principal
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Wednesday, September 25th: House Spirit Day! | |
Monday, September 30th: 'Keeping Kids Safe Online' Special Event at HCMS (Please RSVP by Sept. 28th debra.vereen@ocps.net) | |
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Wednesday, October 2nd:
House Spirit Day!
School Custodian Appreciation Day
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October 1st to October 31st: Beanstack Reading Fundraiser! | |
Friday, October 4th: First House Meeting!! | |
Saturday, October 5th: World Teachers Day! | |
Tuesday, October 8: HCMS Prism Concert 6:30pm, Gym | |
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Wednesday, October 9th:
House Spirit Day!
Long Wednesday (dismissal at 4:04pm)
Volleyball Tryouts Begin
Spirit Night at Tacos My Guey 6-10pm
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Friday, October 11th: Last day of the 1st nine weeks | |
Saturday, October 12th: All State Chorus Audition #2 -- Good luck to our 4 students who made it to this round! | |
Monday, October 14th: No School (Teacher Workday) | |
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Congratulations to our 6th grade Students of the Week!
Saul De Los Angeles for Leadership: Saul is always on-task and is always eager to participate in class and he never gives less than 110% daily. Even though he is new to HCMS Chorus, he recently demonstrated leadership by showing a brand new student the ropes to our solfege hand signs and warm-up routines. -Mr. Brett
Zoe McMahon for Academic Integrity: Zoe is a pleasure to have in class. She is always respectful, kind and willing to learn. Zoe also shows excellence by working hard in learning Spanish despite that is not her first language. She always listen and pays attention to instructions and content. -Ms. Camacho
Madison West for Giving Respect: Madison is already off to a GREAT start. She is always on task, in a positive mood, willing to help, and super sweet! Thank you for being an awesome role model to your peers. -Ms. Rodriguez
Livie Stockdale for Leadership: Livie is my only 6th grade Student Literacy Leader, and she has taken on the responsibility so seamlessly and prides herself in the work she does. I am so glad to have her! -Ms. Moye
Keep up the amazing work!
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Congratulations to our 7th grade students of the week!
Ishani Majumdar for Exemplifying Perseverance: Ishani is nominated for student of the week for exemplifying perseverance! She always goes out of her way to make sure she understands the task and standard of the lesson/assignment. I appreciate her work ethic- I know she will continue to excel in her future academics. Way to go, Ishani! -Mrs. Lebron
Vitor Salles Garcia for Excellence: This student beyond demonstrating his amazing skills in Language Arts, he represents integrity, advocacy and team work. -Ms. DeJesus
Wilann Felix Schelmetty for Excellence: Wilann has been great in participating in class discussions. -Ms. Reed
Nalanis Narvaez Febus for Leadership: Nalanis is always ready to work! She's a very dedicated student. I love having her in my class! -Ms. Cozzo
Ishani Majumdar for Excellence: Ishani has been an incredible student these first few weeks, and she already has a 104% in my class! Ishani is kind, hardworking, respectful, and participates enthusiastically in every lesson. She is an absolute pleasure to have in my class, and she has a VERY bright future ahead of her. She makes me proud to teach her. -Mr. Onderick
Juliet DePriest for Excellence: Juliet is an amazing, diligent student!! -Ms. Garcia
Alondra Vélez Vega for Exemplifying Perseverance: Alondra joined our advanced chorus group (Eagle Singers) with no previous middle school chorus experience and used what she learned in Band to quickly catch up! She’s always on task and ready to learn, and is always trying her best even when things get difficult or move quickly. -Mr. Brett
Sami Batignani and Joel Torres for Leadership: I am so thankful for Sami and Joel for stepping up to help the library during 8th grade lunch to ensure that we have student helpers at all times. They are invaluable and have just jumped into being a library student assistant with ease! (Sami is also a Student Literacy Leader who is always ready and eager to help out!) -Ms. Moye
Keep up the amazing work!
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Student Government Election Results | |
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Congratulations to our SGA Elected Officials!
President: London Miles
Vice-President: Melanie Luzardo Diaz
PR Director: Gigi Duarte
Secretary: Sarah Cabeza
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Ms. Frontanez
Eighth grade Physical Science Honors conducted an experiment to test how different surfaces affect the bounce of a ping pong ball.
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House Lanyards are on sale on SchoolPay!
https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/House-Lanyards-/S04fBZ
House lanyards are a great way to make sure you know where your ID or transportation badge are while also showing house spirit! These lanyards will count for Wednesdays' House Spirit day.
Every order will include a clear ID badge holder to keep your ID safe all year long!
Lanyards will be on pre-sale until 9/27. Order yours today!
OPTIONS:
Red – North America
Orange – Africa
Yellow – South America
Green – Asia
Blue – Oceania
Purple – Europe
White - Antarctica
Info needed:
Student First Name
Student Last Name
Student Grade
** Proceeds go to Future Problem Solvers Registration **
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Through next week, HCMS PTSA is hosting a fundraiser with Papa John’s Pizza. Fundraiser packets will go home next week! We are selling Nifty Fifty fundraiser cards at https://hunterscreekms.memberhub.com/store for only $15! OR students may collect orders using the order form envelope they received. The 3 classes of the 1st period that raised the most money will win a pizza party! The funds help the PTSA put on memorable events. We were also able to get well-deserved gifts throughout the year for our teachers and staff.
The Nifty Fifty Fundraiser Card gives the owner 50% off the entire (regular menu-priced) ONLINE or APP order! For only $15, the card can be used 18 times for online or app-only orders through July 31, 2025. The Fundraiser Card can be used at participating locations in Central Florida, Greater Tampa Bay, South Florida, and Fort Myers. If you are a pizza lover, these cards are a steal! Thank you for supporting our school!
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Thank you for supporting HCMS! | |
Thank you to all of our Partners in Ed and other supporters for joining us at Open House! | |
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Longhorn
(and an extra special thank you to Longhorn for providing dinner for our educators on this long night of the year!)
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Yearbook
(Yearbooks can be preordered HERE!)
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
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Beanstack Reading Fundraiser | |
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Hunter’s Creek Middle School readathon coming October 1st!
We are so excited to announce our upcoming readathon, Read to Raise, to help raise money for literacy events and incentives! We're challenging our community to read and raise $5,000 from October 1st to October 31st. The more you and your student read and raise, the closer we'll get to our goal!
Participating is simple. When you and your student log into Beanstack starting October 1st, you'll be able to see and share their donation page with your family and friends and log all the reading you do at home. Any donations contributed through their individual page will help your student earn badges and rewards. (There will be a school donation page as well–that link will be shared once the fundraiser is live!) And donors can leave messages and notes to encourage your student's reading and raising!
If each student is able to find 3 donors to give $10, we'll hit our goal in no time! We'll be sending reminder messages and progress updates during Read to Raise, and we hope to see lots of sharing and reading starting on October 1st.
Happy reading!
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Soccer Match Recaps through Sept. 18th | |
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August 28th
Congratulations to the HCMS boys soccer team, led by head coach Anthony D’orsa, on their first win of the young season! The Eagles traveled to Meadow Woods for a weather-delayed game against the Stallions. The score remained tied at nil until two minutes left in regulation, when 8th grader Esteban Leon settled the ball 20 yards out in front of the Meadow Woods goal. Esteban calmly deposited the ball into the upper right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead that HCMS would not relinquish.
September 11th
The HCMS soccer teams had a tough afternoon at Lake Nona MS, dropping both games to the Knights, 4-0 (boys) and 8-0 (girls).
September 12th
The HCMS soccer teams lost both games at Innovation MS on Thursday afternoon, 2-0 (boys) and 8-0 (girls).
September 16th
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Coach Anthony D’orsa’s boys soccer team went on a scoring spree on Monday afternoon, beating the Walker Vikings 6-0. The HCMS boys evened their record at 2-2 on the season with three games to play. Three goals were scored in the first half by the Eagles, two by 8th grader Juan Melendez, and the other by 6th grader Samuel Jimenez. In the second half, the Eagles erupted for three more goals. 8th graders Joao De Almeida and Rejan Namani scored their first goals of the season, and Esteban Leon scored his third. Esteban’s goal was a thing of beauty, booting a corner kick directly inside the far post from the corner flag to finish off the scoring for HCMS.
Coach Shatoya Coogle’s girls soccer team was credited with a win due to Walker not fielding a team. The Lady Eagles also now stand at 2-2 on the season as of this date.
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THANK YOU!!
Thank you to the PTSA and Latinos in Action for selling concessions at the home soccer game!
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September 18th
Coach Coogle’s girls soccer team beat the new Luminary MS on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon to raise their record to 3-2. Eighth grader Abrare Boulerhcha scored the game’s only goal in the first half, and the Lady Eagles hung on to win, 1-0. Coach Coogle’s girls now have a big game on Monday against Freedom MS that will make or break their playoff hopes.
Coach Anthony D’orsa’s boys soccer also raised their record to 3-2 on the season with a 2-1 victory over the Wolves. 8th graders Jacob Hance and Juan Melendez scored the HCMS goals; Jacob in the first half, Juan in the second. The Eagles almost recorded a shutout was it not for a Luminary free kick goal in the waning seconds of regulation.
Go Eagles!
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Family Tip: TalkingPoints | |
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Family Tip: HERO Positive Behavior System | |
HERO is up and running, as is the HERO store! | |
Mondays with Maria for Monday, Sept. 23 | |
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Sept. 23, 2024
Progress reports were released last week. On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Dr. Vazquez discusses how to effectively review progress reports and how to work together to ensure your child's success.
You can also listen to this episode on the Mondays with Maria Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Thank you to all who took part in Start with Hello Week!
Wear Green Wednesday:
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Thank you for reading. Have a great week, Eagles!
Mrs. Moukaddam, Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
Monday, September 23, 2024
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Leadership Team | |
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