July 24: Florida Sales Tax Holiday begins

July 27: Reminder to sign up for the FREE Before and After School All Stars as soon as possible

August 1: Bus route assignments may be viewed online

August 2: Teachers return for their annual Pre Planning Week

August 5: Due date for 7th grade Tdap immunization forms in order to attend school

August 7: Schedule Pick Up Day

August 10: First day of school

August 11: First Friday of the 2023-2024 school year - Wear your college shirts!

August 18: Last day for the OCPS Summer Reading Challenge

During the summer is the best time to find great deals on school supplies plus the Florida sales tax holiday began on Monday.

Check out the listing of items students will need for the new school year. Also, our teachers always appreciate donated supplies. Thank you for your help!

The 2023 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday began Monday, July 24 and runs through Sunday, August 6! You can find a list of which items will be tax-free here: https://bit.ly/43r7m3q

The State of Florida requires all incoming 7th graders to have the Tdap Immunization on the Florida 680 Health Form prior to the start of school. (floridahealth.gov)

Please email the updated 680 Health Form to memorial_ms@ocps.net by August 5th to ensure your child starts school on time.

Visit the OCPS LaunchPad to access the Beanstack app for your students to keep track of how many minutes they read each day. Students can record how much time they spend reading this summer.

Here are a few easy ways to include reading as part of your every day during the summer, even when you are on the go! Sora is a new option for students and teachers to access free eBooks and audiobooks and includes over 100 titles in Spanish. The Sora app is available for free on iTunes and the app store. You can also find it in the Library Research Tools folder on LaunchPad.

As some of our families may have noticed, students are able to view their schedule in Skyward. If your schedule is not showing, please be patient as schedules come out on a rolling timeline.

Currently, we are still making changes to schedules and leveling classes. You may notice changes to your schedule, so continue to check Skyward for the most up-to-date version.

In the coming weeks, we will post a link to request an ADD/DROP from courses. Please remember that requests are NOT guaranteed but will be based upon availability.

Also, certain classes are placed on students schedules due to FAST Test Scores, GPA, IEP, 504, ESOL, iReady, etc. (Some classes include, but are not limited to Learning Strategies, Developmental Language Arts, Intensive Reading, Intensive Math, and DLAR).

* Schedules will NOT be changed based upon teacher preferences and/or sequential order of classes.

It’s time to sign up for before and after school ALL STARS for the 23-24 school year! All Stars is a FREE program for all our families. Go to OrlandoASAS.org now to sign up and join us for the new school year!! Remember, even if you were signed up last year, you will need to sign up this year.

Bus route assignments for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year will be available to view on August 1, 2023.

Please confirm your assigned school through the district Student Enrollment office before using this application to find your school bus information. Once school enrollment and/or address changes have been made with the school registrar, your child's transportation services may take up to 48 hours to begin.

In the Grade field, enter your student's grade.

Enter the house number and in the Street field, enter the complete street name including St, Rd, Ave, Drive, Circle, and others, i.e. Hanging Moss Road.

Enter the 5-digit zip code.

Click on "Find School/Transportation Information"

The easiest way to keep track of school operations during the school year is to opt-in to our text messages. OCPS utilizes the Connect Orange system to deliver closing information through text messages straight to your mobile phone. Just send a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to our school code, 68453.

Memorial Middle School had a great 2022-2023 school year and we are looking forward to even more opportunities with our students, families and community to connect and display why we are THE GREAT MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL!

December brought one of our most successful and awaited events—our Winter Concert! The gym was PACKED with students, families and community members to enjoy the sounds of the season. And our DRUM LINE brought down the HOUSE!

Here at Memorial Middle School we want our students to realize their GREATNESS. Greatness takes time, and sometimes we encounter failures on our way to achieving greatness. But for every failure or step back, is a comeback. Read about these famous folks who overcame obstacles before achieving unstoppable successes.

Before becoming one of the best players in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan was a 5’11” aspiring high school sophomore rejected by his varsity team for being too short.

But according to Jordan, failure is just part of eventual success — take it from the man who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships, won the Most Valuable Player award five times and starred in Space Jam (one of the best movies of all time, if you ask many people!).

Five years before publishing one of the most influential books of the 21st century, J.K. Rowling was living on welfare and struggling as a single mother.

Rowling wrote the first book in the Harry Potter series while working during the night as a teacher, but the manuscript was rejected 12 times by publishers.

When Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone eventually did get published, Rowling was advised not to quit her day job since her chance of success was slim. And, of course, with over 450 million Harry Potter books sold worldwide, we all know how that really turned out!

Before launching an empire that includes resorts, theme parks, film and television studios, retail and so much more, Walt Disney launched his first animation company in 1921.

He had relative success but was forced to go bankrupt after acquiring too much debt. It took Disney several other failures to finally become successful, including losing the rights to one of his most popular cartoon characters, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.