21st Century Digital Learners
OCPS School of Innovation
Florida 'A' Rated School
5 Star School
13400 Town Loop Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 858-4620
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Community Brief
Monday, October 10, 2022
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Dear Mark,
We hope that all of our Eagle families made it okay through Hurricane Ian.
Thank you to all our parents/guardians who joined our Open House on September 20 and 22. We hope you had a great visit with your student’s teachers and learned about the curriculum and rigorous academic activities that your student engages in. We love the support and involvement of our community!
We are already there! Yes, the first nine-weeks officially ended this past Thursday. Our teachers will be finalizing grades on Thursday, October 13th. Parents! Please remember to sign-in to Skyward and check your student’s progress on a daily basis.
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This is Hispanic/Latinx Heritage week at HCMS. Pictured above are topical books on display in the library selected by our wonderful media center staff. Additionally, many of our 6th-8th grade Eagles created some very impressive artwork for National Hispanic Heritage Month which concludes this Saturday, October 15. Set to music, please click on the following short video link to view some of the students' art pieces:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qXIPShuM4M5w9_ECgJmSjZ2DzO799Xbl/view?usp=sharing
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As we begin these next nine-weeks, please encourage your student to always get involved in school! In this issue of The Eagles' View!, we are featuring Hispanic Heritage Month Spirit Week, multiple academic classroom activities, fun events, amazing artwork, and sports. Enjoy!
Remember that Wednesday, October 12, is a long day. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week!
In Eagle Pride,
Joumana Moukaddam, Principal
** Picture above: Ms. Moye & Ms. Daniel represent their Antarctica House with their white penguin shirts. **
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Important Upcoming Events | |
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Monday, 10/10
- Quarter 2 begins
- Volleyball tryouts start
- Hispanic/Latinx Spirit Week!!!
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- Weekly Superintendent's Message for Monday, Oct. 10:
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Tuesday, 10/11
- First Cheer Club meeting 4-5pm
- Last day of the Fall Book Fair
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HCMS’s Scholastic Book Fair has been extended until Tuesday, 10/11. Tuesday morning, before school, will be the last day to purchase anything from the book fair.
More information on shopping online can be found at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hcmsonlinebookfair or you can email Ms. Moye at Kellee.Moye@ocps.net if you have any questions.
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- Start of National School Lunch Week:
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Join us on 10/11-10/14 for National School Lunch Week and celebrate Peace, Love & School Lunch. This week highlights the importance of healthy school lunches and the role school nutrition workers play in helping children succeed in the classroom. Tie-dye is optional. | |
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Wednesday, 10/12
- Long Wednesday (school lets out at 3:59pm)
- House Color Spirit Day!
- House Meeting 3-3:59pm
Thursday, 10/13
- Fine Arts Showcase 6:30pm
Monday, 10/17
- School Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting 5pm, Library
Wednesday, 10/19
- 6th Grade Hearing Screening
- Unity Day - Everyone Wears Orange!
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On Wednesday, October 19th, in place of our House Spirit Day, we’ll be supporting Unity Day to show that we at HCMS are united against bullying. | |
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Thursday, 10/20
Monday, 10/24
- Red Ribbon Week Begins
- Away Volleyball Game
Wednesday, 10/26
- House Spirit Day!
- PTSA Dance, 3pm
Thursday, 10/27
Friday, 10/28
- Student Holiday (tentative, depending on hurricane make up days)
Tuesday, 11/1
- 6th Grade Vision Screening
Wednesday, 11/2
Thursday, 11/3
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Congratulations to our 6th Grade Students of the Week! | |
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Juliet DePriest for Leadership: Juliet is always quick to step up and help others, even when that "other" person is me! She truly exemplifies all six of our Eagle qualities and I am so proud of her! -Ms. Rokaw
Zoee Martinez for Soaring to Greatness: Zoee is a 1st year Drama student and in 3 short weeks is now the youngest student to ever be placed in the Advanced Junior Thespians Drama class. His excellence, previous acting experience and training has earned here this high praise and soar to greatness. -Mr. Larkin
Mason Cramer for Giving Respect: Mason Cramer is such a respectful, helpful, and polite student in the classroom. He exemplifies giving respect because he has been so helpful and kind to both his teacher and peers without asking for anything in return. -Ms. Roberts
Lina Belhadfa for Excellence: Lina is an excellent student. She works very hard in class and is always participating in class. Lina comes to class everyday with a big smile and a winning attitude. -Ms. Spilker
Sara Barrera for Academic Integrity: Sara is an amazing example of hard work and taking the time insure that she is understanding her work. She is a pleasure in class, always participating, always positive. -Ms. Drake (math)
Bibi Cozzo for Excellence: Bibi has gone above and beyond as a Student Literacy Leader! She is always willing to do work, volunteers to help out even outside of class, and is just a pleasure to have in class! -Ms. Moye
Congratulations to all! Keep up the great work!
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Congratulations to our 7th Grade Students of the Week! | |
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Olivia Costa for Excellence: Olivia is nominated for student of the week for demonstrating excellence! She is a role model for her peers; she's respectful, organized, participates in class, and kind to her peers. Keep up the great work, Olivia! -Ms. Lebron
Isabela De Oliveira for Leadership: I nominated Isabela as student of the week for her Leadership skills. She is always willing to help her friends in all situations. They often look for her guidance in many situations. She also helps me almost every morning greeting the students at the front gate. It's a pleasure to have her in our school! -Ms. Cozzo
Salvatore Nasca Nicotra for Excellence: I am nominating Salvatore Nasca Nicotra for the character trait, EXCELLENCE, because he strives for academic excellence every day! At the end of each class, he summarizes what he has learned and clears up any misconceptions. I always know that Salvatore leaves my classroom with a great understanding of the concept of the day. Keep striving for EXCELLENCE, Salvatore! -Ms. Daniel
Sarp Kusluk for Excellence: Sarp has earned a perfect score on both of his honors science assessments so far this year! He is always positive and participating in class. Great job! -Ms. Bullock
Luis Souza for Soaring to Greatness: Luis is a joy to have in the classroom and brightens my day each morning! He always has a smile on his face and greets me in the hallway. He goes above and beyond during class to get his work completed, shares during discussions, and asks questions when needed. I appreciate all of the effort he puts in and how helpful he is. Keep soaring to greatness -Ms. DeLuca
Trinity Putriment for Giving Respect: Trinity always adjusts to the mode of study in the classroom. She is willing to work in groups and will also remain focused when individual work is done. -Ms. Durgin
Anthony Morales for Soaring of Greatness: Anthony has soared to greatness this year. Since the start of school he has focused his attention on making good choices. I have witnessed him showing kindness to other students in addition to responding to adults with respect. I am proud of Anthony and his new attitude on campus. -Ms. Schrimscher
Anja Kosmerlj for Giving Respect: Anja says Good Morning each day that she enters the library. It is such a great way to start 3rd period! She is also a great assistant in the library and is always willing to help out in the library. Anja, just overall, is a pleasure. -Ms. Moye
Keep up the great work!
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Congratulations to our 8th Grade Students of the Week (announced 10/7)! | |
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Jonuel Efren King Torres for Academic Integrity: He does really well in academics! -Ms. Nunez
DeWight Cornelius for Giving Respect: I'm thankful for having DeWight helping me in the front of the school, greeting students and making sure they are obliging the dress code. -Ms. Cozzo
Fabian Padrino Aquino for Exemplifying Perseverance: Fabian has proven to me that he is a dedicated student who has a desire to learn and understand US History. He accomplishes all of his work with thoughtful answers and excels on tests. Also, Fabian is very kind towards me and others in my classroom. It is a pleasure to have him in class. -Ms. Ennion
Sophie Alvarado Oropeza for Academic Integrity: She takes her time on assignments, puts thought into them, makes connections and always strives to do her best work. She is amazing! -Ms. McGregor
Rihanna Bartlett for Soaring to Greatness: Rihanna demonstrates courage, integrity and a strong sense of right and wrong. She is a true leader! -Ms. LaRouche
Kevin Da Silva for Leadership: Kevin has started off the year with above 100% in Math! Not only does he keep up with assignments and participate, he is quick to offer help to those around him. Keep it up Kevin! -Ms. Pratt
Nour Beshara for Giving Respect: Nour is always a kind and respectful student; both to me as her teacher and her peers. She strives to do her best in class, while keeping other in mind. Keep up the good work, Nour! -Ms. Cecil
Sebastian Pulgar for Exemplifying Perseverance: Sebastian always tries not to have missing assignments. He takes advantage of the tutoring sessions offered by his teachers. Once, at dismissal time on a Friday, he was walking down the hall, with his laptop open, trying to finish his I-Ready lesson so he would have one less homework to do on the weekend. He is very committed with his progress. Keep it up! -Ms. Rivera
Daniela Then Castillo for Excellence: Daniela is an outstanding student; she's respectful, organized, participates in class, very kind and always greets everyone with a smile. She a is role model for her peers and well deserved to be student of the week. Keep up the great work Daniela! -Ms. Lemus
Tyce McNeal for Excellence: Tyce is doing so well in his honors science class! He is always engaged in discussion, excelling on assessments and helps in my classroom as a student assistance. I appreciate all of his hard work this first quarter! -Ms. Bullock
Ana Traspueto & Maria Laura Leon Romero for Leadership: Ana and Laura are amazing student literacy leaders during class time, but they have gone above and beyond by helping during 8th grade lunch also, when I do not have any student literacy leaders. This help, that they offered on their own, was so kind and just makes our life so much better in the library! -Ms. Moye
Keep up the amazing work!
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Custodian Appreciation Day | |
On Tuesday, October 4th, we honored our amazing custodial team to celebrate Custodian Appreciation Day. | |
Thank you to HCMS faculty & staff, Longhorn Steakhouse, Menchies, and Crumble Cookies for making this celebration as wonderful for our staff!!! | |
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Longhorn Steakhouse - Southchase
12901 S Orange Blossom Trail
(407) 854-5400
Website
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Menchie's Frozen Yogurt - The Loop West
2617 W Osceola Parkway
(407) 201-8948
Website
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Crumbl Cookies - Kissimmee
1180 W Osceola Parkway
(407) 794-0631
Website
| When the opportunity arises, thank you for supporting those local businesses that are involved with our school! | |
September Math Competition | |
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Pictured above from left: OVERALL WINNERS!
1st place: Jacob Gold – 8th grade – won an Echo Dot Device
2nd place: Senuth Amarasekera – 7th grade – won Airpods (donated by Diaz Orthodontics)
3rd place: Isabela Emmanuelli – 7th grade – won a board game
Also, please, congratulate their teachers: Ms. Davis, Ms. Lebron and Ms. Daniel.
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Congratulations also to all of the finalists for each grade level!
8th grade: Anabel Gomez Torres, Sai Saatvik Balakav, Justin Mai, Brianna Buchholz, Adeline Morrissiey
7th grade: Kimberly Boyd, Daniela Cintra, Adonna Negede, Diego Bird
6th grade: Noor McCrea, Bryson Denny, Zoey Overberger, Derrick Oliver, Aditya Anil Kunnukattil, Elijah Gano
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Eagle Athletics
Volleyball tryouts begin today, October 10
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6th Grade ELA with Ms. Rokaw
Ms. Rokaw’s 6th grade language arts students work on using vivid details to help develop a narrative. They practiced that skill by taking a general prompt then elaborating using their five senses and imaginations.
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Art with Mr. Gomez
Self portraits by some of our HCMS Art students:
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Extended until 10/10!!! Don’t miss out on cheap pizza and helping the HCMS PTSA!
HCMS is hosting a fundraiser with Papa John’s Pizza. We are selling Nifty Fifty fundraiser cards at https://hunterscreekms.memberhub.com/store for only $10! Your purchase gives you 50% OFF your entire online order and provides our PTSA with much needed funds (we receive $8 per card sold!). If you are a pizza lover, these cards are a steal! Thank you for supporting our school!
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Start with Hello Week: Think Green Tuesday | |
Thank you to all who participated in Think Green Tuesday during Start with Hello week! | |
Ms. Agnes Valle, ESE Clerk | |
Ms. Juliana Wellisch de Oliveira, Portuguese Bilingual Paraprofessional | |
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Mr. Anthony D’orsa, PE teacher
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Ms. Aziyade Palma, Spanish Bilingual Paraprofessional | |
Ms. Amelia Helin (Ms. H), Library Clerk | |
Mr. William Pavolvich (Mr. Pav), Civics Teacher | |
Don’t forget to visit the Canvas Dashboard to earn extra house points by completing an animal fact! And Spirit Days continue on Wednesdays! | |
Donate your used clothing and help HCMS! | |
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You probably have noticed that we have a white bin in our parking lot. The purpose of the white bin is to receive donations (clothes, shoes, small appliances - basically everything that fits in the bin). All donations will be collected, weighed, and turned into funds to our school. If you have something at home that you don't want anymore, put in your car, and bring to school! :)
We appreciate your donation!
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Hurricane Ian: How to Help | |
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Cash contributions are the most effective way to help, and are being accepted through the Foundation. Simply click on this link – The Foundation for OCPS - Hurricane Ian: How to Help – then complete the contribution form. Your gift will go to the area of greatest need in OCPS for hurricane relief. You can also specify that your gift is to be used for a particular school or for the OCPS Family Fund, which helps OCPS employees directly.
Warmly,
The Foundation for OCPS team
www.foundationforocps.org | www.ocps.net
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Parent Resources: Test Development and Measurement | |
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In order to keep families and community members informed of changes to the OCPS Comprehensive Assessment System, the Test Development and Measurement (TDM) department has added links to the TDM department page of the OCPS website. This site will be updated throughout the year as additional resources become available:
https://www.ocps.net/departments/test_development_and_measurement
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Just a friendly reminder that each student is responsible for the laptop device issued to them at the beginning of the year. Students are responsible for the protection of their devices. Students should not lend out their device, or any accessory that has been issued to them. Use of non-issued accessories like general chargers privately purchased and not issued at the time of device distribution will damage the computer’s functionality and result in a fee assessment. Please make sure you regularly discuss the importance of responsible care and use of the issued laptop device with your student.
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Also, a reminder that students can be dropped off at school no earlier than 8:30 am. The students are unsupervised at the car line covered area before 8:30 am.
The HCMS administration held grade level assemblies to go over dress code, tardy, and cell phone school policies.
Please help us keep a safe and orderly learning environment. Following the school cell phone policy, students must have their cell phones turned off and put away in their book bags while at school. If students need to communicate with their parents during the school day, they are allowed to use the front office phone.
Teachers and administrators will be confiscating the cell phones of students who break the rules. Confiscated student cell phones will not be given back to students. Parents or guardian must pick them up from the school's front office.
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Free online live tutoring daily through the OCLS! | |
Thank you, Partner in Education! | |
The Ripple Effect by Ms. Schrimsher | |
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I wanted to share a moment with you that I experienced one afternoon last week.
As I was returning to my office following bus dismissal, I approached Mrs. Toledo speaking to Ms. Carmen, one of our fabulous custodians. They were deep in conversation as I walked by. I said hello and Mrs. Toledo stopped me to share that she is helping Ms. Carmen learn English and what they were doing was working through some new words. Mrs. Toledo’s class made some incredible posters this week (see some of them below) and Ms. Carmen shared that she was snapping photos of them to help her in her pursuit of learning English. I was so extremely moved, I had goosebumps and tears.
You may NEVER know the ripple effect of things that you do. Mrs. Toledo was celebrating the bright minds of her classroom and their work while not knowing the impact she was having on Ms. Carmen. So incredible!
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Mrs. Toledo's student posters just outside her classroom door. | |
Nemours Mobile Health Clinic (Oct 22): | |
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Thank you very much for reading and have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Moukaddam, Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
Monday, October 10, 2022
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Leadership Team | |
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