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13700 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
(407) 858-5522
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We are releasing this issue over the Presidents' Day weekend, so I hope this finds you enjoying the holiday period. Classes will resume as normal Tuesday morning.
We have several special events scheduled for the week ahead including The Scholastic Book Fair and Friday's Knight at the Carnival and Dance. Books always make great gifts throughout the year, so please consider visiting the Book Fair (details and the online option below). The Book Fair will run through next Friday. As for Friday's Knight Carnival and Dance, this is another quality PTSA led production which the students are looking forward to. They are seeking a hand with a few donations (list below), so if you might be able to contribute in some way, the help would be most appreciated!
Finally, good luck to our Knight basketball teams as they have key games coming up Wednesday away at Walker Middle School -
season record. They are very well coached and have been playing great basketball. This is their final regular season game of the year.
Thank you for looking over this latest edition.
Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal
Lake Nona Middle School
If you should ever see or hear of something suspicious or unusual, please say something right away to any teacher, administrator, coach or our SRO. Thank you.
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February 14-21 - Book Fair - Media Center
February 17 - Presidents' Day - School Closed
February 19 - Basketball vs Walker - Away - 5:00 PM
February 20 - Oration Contest - Media Center - 9:30 AM
February 21 - Spring Dance - Cafeteria - 6:00 PM
February 22 - AP Spanish Mock Test
February 25 - Fitness and Wellness Club Parent Knight - 6:00 PM
February 28 - Poetry Slam - Cafeteria - 6:00 PM
March 3 - SAC Meeting - Media Center 5:30 PM
March 6 - NJHS Hat Day
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Track
Track try-outs begin on March 2nd and there will be an informational meeting next week on
Thursday, February 20th for anyone interested in trying out. The meeting will be held in the gymnasium immediately after school.
Basketball
Our Knight basketball teams were victorious this week after defeating Freedom and South Creek! We are extremely proud of our teams as they are one game away from finishing out the regular season with winning records.
The girls are currently undefeated with a record of 6-0 and our gentlemen are 5-1. Thank you to all of the fans that came out and supported our teams on 8th Grade Night to make it a memorable one for all involved.
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Our Lady Knights during 8th Grade Night
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This week's games are going to be crucial for our Knights. This will determine the division champion for the girls side and if our gentlemen win, it will place them in 2nd place for the division. Both teams will travel to Walker Middle School on Wednesday. First game starts at 5pm.
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2019-2020 Girls Basketball Team
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2019-2020 Boys Basketball Team
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Attention 8th grade families:
Please review the
PowerPoint with important information about the 8th grade trip to Gradventure.
Permission slips and money are due February 28th. This information was reviewed with all 8th grade students during lunch this past week.
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The Scholastic Book Fair is here!
Students have begun visiting the fair though their language arts classes and that will continue this upcoming week. The fair will be open through Friday the 21st and students can come before school, during lunch, and after school as well. Scholastic has added a cashless EWallet option where parents can go online and fund a student's account.
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Book Fair in the media center continues this week
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Any purchases made at the fair do help out the LNMS Media Center and its programs. Here is the link to the fair homepage where you can set up an EWallet, shop online for many more selections and view other fair information:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lakenonamiddleschool
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Post Literacy Week Reminders
Florida Literacy Week ended January 31, 2020 but reading habits should still continue for a lifetime. The love of reading begins at home; create a "home library" for your family to access. Parents can also create a "reading nook" in the home where a child can read in different kinds of books such as novels, biographies and informational content. Our students enjoyed the week with door decorating contests, bookmark content and reading the most minutes.
Door Decorating Contest:
1st place - Mrs. MacDougall
2nd place - Mrs. Hazen
3rd place - Mrs. Ostrow
Congratulations to these first period classes for bringing literacy to life!
Bookmark Contest Winners:(Based on student voting in the media center)
We have some amazing artists here at LNMS!
1st place - Annika Pyreddy
2nd place - Natalie Kern
3rd place - Catherine Hansen
Beanstack Winter Reading Challenge Winners:
Thanks to all students who logged their reading minutes during the month of January!
- 8th grade: Liliana Torres, Blaise Peck, Delaney Richgels
- 7th grade: Salome Cabrera, Abril Herrera Calderon, Juan Morales
- 6th grade: Natalie Kern, Jamiya Knight, Jatniel Cruz
- Overall Winner- Salome Cabrera with 4,740 logged minutes in January
Book Checkout During Celebrate Literacy Week - Random Drawings
These students checked out books during the week and win a $10 gift card!
- 6th grade - Isaac Mathew, Juan Arias Arena, Julia Carniero
- 7th grade - MaryJo Caban, Luke Heidelman, Anabel Kirkland, Jacob Mathew
- 8th grade - Dylan DIaz, Ivan Goponenko, Gabriel Reyes
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Donated items needed for the Knight Carnival and Dance:
- Frozen Hamburgers
- Hamburger Buns
- Frozen Corn Dogs
- Nacho Cheese
- Nacho Chips
- Napkins
- Cases Coke
- Cases Diet Coke
- Cases Sprite
- Cases Mountain Dew
- Cases of Water Bottles
- Cases of assorted individual chips
- Ketchup
- Mayo
- Mustard
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Black History Poetry Slam
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February 8, 2020 (Part II: Continued from last week)
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Student projects profiling nations from their family histories were on display and were very well researched (above and right).
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Miguel - Our Mexico Junior Talent Show Winner
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Food was available for all sorts of countries prepared by our LNMS families
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LNMS depends on feedback from the annual survey for our school improvement planning and need at least a 20% response rate to make the combined results meaningful. The survey is anonymous and your views would be greatly appreciated.
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Knight Family Access (Student Information System)
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Last week 5.1% of our parents/guardians logged in to check student progress . . .
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. . . compared with 93.0% of the students over the same time period.
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Weekly Success Indicators
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Indicators that directly or indirectly impact student achievement.
Weekly Indicator
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Jan. 17
(5 days)
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Jan. 24
(4 days)
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Jan. 31
(5 days)
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Feb. 7
(5 days)
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Feb. 14
(5 days)
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Classroom visits by members of the administrative team
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104
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92
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91
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109
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108
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Total parent logins into the new Skyward Family Access system (includes multiple logins by the same parent/guardian)
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302
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192
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287
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349
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NA
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Teacher attendance rate
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97%
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98%
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97%
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98%
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97%
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Attendance - 6th
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Attendance - 7th
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Attendance - 8th
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Tardies to School - 6th
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NA
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10
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12
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18
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NA
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Tardies to School - 7th
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NA
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8
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14
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15
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NA
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Tardies to School - 8th
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NA
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4
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11
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22
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NA
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Tardies to Class - 6th
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10
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12
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15
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16
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NA
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Tardies to Class - 7th
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9
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11
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8
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9
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NA
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Tardies to Class - 8th
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19
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21
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14
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18
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NA
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On-time buses - mornings
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100%
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100%
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95%
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95%
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NA
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On-time buses - afternoons
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98%
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97%
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98%
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98%
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NA
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Library books circulated - 6th
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33
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25
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22
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22
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NA
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Library books circulated - 7th
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84
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61
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98
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75
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NA
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Library books circulated - 8th
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16
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24
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76
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35
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NA
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Tutoring - Wed. 2nd/4th in the PM
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NA
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126
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NA
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NA
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164
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Tutoring - Tues.
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NA
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84
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68
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64
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85
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Tutoring - Thurs.
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NA
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78
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99
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72
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NA
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Tutoring - Sat. Lab
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NA
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NA
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10
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21
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NA
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Lan School Tracking
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10
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10
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15
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15
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NA
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Restorative Justice
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NA
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NA
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9
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NA
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NA
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** Prepared courtesy of Mrs. Cheryl Wood, Assistant Principal.
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