This week our students will take part in Common Final Exams (CFEs). These exams are for classes which are not state tested through the FSA or end of course exams. Students will have a longer testing block to accommodate these longer tests. Please see the schedule below for daily testing blocks and bell schedule adjustments.

Regular season play of basketball intramurals has concluded and playoffs were held last week. The championship games will be held on Tuesday, May 18th starting at 4:30 pm. The B-League will play first and then the A-League plays immediately after. Watch via livestream on our Lake Nona Athletics YouTube Page. Congratulations to all those students who participated!

Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, the amazing performing arts department had not been able to showcase their musical talents live and in person . . . until just recently. Finally ---- a live musical performance was held again in the Kingdom! Well, technically outside the Kingdom - at the track!

An “Evening of Motown” featured our chorus students singing, dancing, and enjoying performing for family and friends. Our own Mr. Rosado had been practicing just as regularly for his song contribution!

The LNMS chapter of the National Junior Honor Society recently held their virtual induction ceremony. Congratulations to all these wonderful young adults who have worked hard on their academics and service throughout this school year. The induction can be viewed by clicking on the link. https://youtu.be/RovVxjn9CWs

Officer O’Day has been an officer with the Orlando Police Department for 20 years, serving as our SRO for the past two years. Prior to joining OPD, Officer O’Day was in the U.S. Marines for almost ten years and is a product of OCPS schools having attended Dover Shores ES, Stonewall Jackson and Conway Junior High Schools, and graduating from Boone High School.

Thank you Officer O’Day for your years of service and being a valuable member of our Kingdom!

Mr. Lopez- Mr. Lopez is amazing at teaching and always believes in us. He cares about his students and always wants to see them do their best. He goes out of his way to make sure we're doing okay and I think that's amazing. His class may be a bit more challenging than other classes, but he teaches the content very well and always makes sure we understand everything. I look forward to going to his classes every day as he always finds a way to make his class interesting and fun while still teaching the content great.

Mrs. Morris- Even though I'm a new student to OCPS and LNMS, I still learned a lot from Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Morris, in math class, usually has a different number of students doing different things and different times and I can tell that must be really challenging, so that's why I'm sending a shout out for Mrs. Morris.

Ms. Haigler- She deserves recognition because she is a great teacher who cares about her students' education. She always makes sure we understand what she's talking about and explains things in great detail. She is also very caring and nice to her students. If anyone deserves a shout out it's her.

Mr. Kral- Mr. Kral is a very kind, caring, and helpful teacher. When you have a problem he has a solution for you and he always fixes your problems no matter what. He is a very successful teacher who loves his students and who is very liberal.

Top Titles checked out this year!

This past Wednesday, OCPS Superintendent Barbara Jenkins released another one of her short (4 min.) Community Updates with information helpful to our Lake Nona community. If you have not yet viewed one of these, please click on this latest edition as we prepare to head into the last regular school week of 2020-2021.

As we near the end of the 2020-2021 school year, we share this poem that underscores the importance of goal setting in our lives. Written by one of the world's most famous authors - "Anonymous" - it should particularly resonate with our 8th grade Knights bound for high school next August.

While this poem applies to all of us, we encourage our 8th grade students to reflect upon their true dreams and goals over the summer break. They should write down specific goals and develop a plan for next school year to reach them.

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