Corner Lake Middle School Community Brief
Friday, April 19, 2024
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Hello Mark,
Teamwork is so important to accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals greater than ourselves. Together we can accomplish so much more than we could ever accomplish on our own. Author Chuck Swindoll observes that there is no better illustration for the power and effectiveness of teamwork than looking at the example of geese. Considering the teamwork of geese, Swindoll writes:
Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as well as their in-flight habits. Four come to mind:
1. Those in front rotate their leadership. When one lead goose gets tired, it changes places with one in the wing of the V-formation and another flies point.
2. By flying as they do, the members of the flock create an upward air current for one another. Each flap of the wings literally creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. One author states that by flying in a V-formation, the whole flock gets 71 percent greater flying range than if each goose flew on its own.
3. When one goose gets sick or wounded, two fall out of formation with it and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with the struggler until it's able to fly again.
4. The geese in the rear of the formation are the ones who do the honking. I suppose it's their way of announcing that they're following and that all is well. For sure, the repeated honks encourage those in front to stay at it. As I think about all this, one lesson stands out above all others: it is the natural instinct of geese to work together. Whether it's rotating, flapping, helping, or simply honking, the flock is in it together...which enables them to accomplish what they set out to do.
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I hope that it is the natural instinct of all those in the Corner Lake Middle School community to work together. I have noticed a reoccurring theme among the Soaring Eagles that the teachers submit each week. When a teacher nominates a student for Soaring Eagle, they will often note that the student works well others, or that the student is part of a strong group of students who help each other better understand the content and they encourage their team members when they are discouraged. Is it just a coincidence that teamwork and success are named together? I do not think so. Individuals can achieve a certain level of success to be sure, but when individuals are working together with other individuals who are equally committed to success (aka, teamwork), all of those individuals achieve more.
As we wrap up the 2023-2024 school year, let’s commit to work together as a team to help our students at Corner Lake achieve more. The job of helping all students achieve new levels of success is far too great for any one individual, but this lofty goal is attainable when we all work together. As the old saying goes, “many hands make light work.” I know from experience that the task of helping all students succeed will never be light work, no matter how many hands are on the plow, but I also know that when all hands work together as a team that we get much further along than when we labor alone. I am proud to be a part of the Corner Lake Middle School Eagles team and I hope that you are too!
Paul E. Browning
Principal
Pictured very top: PLC of the Week. Mr. Ho A Yun, Ms. Garcia and Mrs. Piper work together to help our 8th graders be successful in science class!
* PLC stands for Professional Learning Community. This team meets weekly to collaborate on lesson plans, analyze data, and share strategies with one another.
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Saturday, April 20th:
• Lakeside 25th Annual Jazz Festival 9am-4pm
Monday, April 22nd:
• FFA Meeting @ 8:30am in 5-108
• Chorus Treble Rehearsal @ 4-5:30pm
• 6th Grade Math Tutoring 4:15pm in rm 2-117
• Eagle Excellence Night 6:00pm @ ERHS
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Tuesday, April 23rd:
• School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 8:30am in rm 3-218
• Beginning Chorus Rehearsal @ 4-5:30pm
• 6th Grade Math Tutoring 4:15pm in rm 2-117
Wednesday, April 24th:
• Art Club 8:30am in 4-109
• Robotics Club Meeting @ 8:00am in 5-101
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• Chorus Solo Auditions 8:40-9:20am
• FCA Prayers on the Patio, All Lunches
• Chorus Solo Auditions 3-4:30pm
Thursday, April 25th:
• Builders Club Meeting @ 8:30am in the Media Center
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 4:15pm in rm 3-218
• NJHS Induction Ceremony in CLMS Cafe @6pm
• Administrative Professional’s Day
Friday, April 26th:
• FCA Meeting @ 8:40am in the Media Center
• Chess Club Meeting @ 8:40am in rm 2-219
• Honor Roll Celebration 7th period
Saturday, April 27th:
• OCPS Parent Academy - "Transitioning to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Adulting"
Monday, April 29th:
• FFA Meeting @ 8:30am in 5-108
• 6th Grade Math Tutoring 4:15pm in rm 2-115
• Chorus Treble Rehearsal @ 4-5:30pm
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Tuesday, April 30th:
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 8:30am in rm 3-218
• NJHS Meeting @ 8:50am in Media Center
• Beginning Chorus Rehearsal @ 4-5:30pm
• 6th Grade Math Tutoring 4:15pm in rm 2-115
Wednesday, May 1st:
• School Principal’s Day
• Art Club 8:30am in 4-109
• Robotics Club Meeting @ 8:00am in 5-101
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• FAST ELA TESTING
• FCA Prayers on the Patio, All Lunches
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Thursday, May 2nd:
• Builders Club Meeting @ 8:30am in the Media Center
• FAST Math, Algebra and Geometry
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 4:15pm in rm 3-218
Friday, May 3rd:
• 8th Grade GradVenture Trip
• FCA Meeting @ 8:40am in the Media Center
• Chess Club Meeting @ 8:40am in rm 2-219
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Monday, May 6th:
• Day 1 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• FFA Meeting @ 8:30am in 5-108
• All Chorus Student Rehearsal in Gym @ 4-6pm
• Teacher Appreciation Week May 6th-10th
Tuesday, May 7th:
• Day 2 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Civics EOC and Statewide Science
Wednesday, May 8th:
• Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Band & Orchestra Spring Concert in CLMS Gym @ 6pm
Thursday, May 9th:
• Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• All Chorus Student Rehearsal and Dinner After School
• Chorus Spring Concert @ ERHS PAC 7-8pm
Friday, May 10th:
• Day 5 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• FCA Meeting @ 8:40am in the Media Center
• Chess Club Meeting @ 8:40am in rm 2-219
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Congratulations to Ansley Dickinson who was nominated by Mr. Curtis as a Soaring Eagle. Mr. Curtis says this about Ansley – Ansley is an awesome student. It has been great having her in class. She always comes in with a smile and a great attitude. Most of the time she is ahead of me on every assignment. I saw her this week and was very proud of her in her after-school activities achievements. She received 13 medals/awards for archery this year! She keeps busy with other afterschool activities. She makes CLMS proud as well as she goes forward in her academy and professional endeavors. Definitely a SOARING Eagle!
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Congratulations to Emily Browning who was nominated by Mr. Curtis as a Soaring Eagle. Mr. Curtis says this about Emily – Emily is one of my silent SOARING Eagles. She doesn’t say much in class but her effect is wide spread. She is in a group of students that are SOARING Eagles themselves. They all work hard together to push one another. Emily has maintained an A all year. She completes her work at a high level. I never have to worry if Emily and her group are working, I have all the confidence they are making sure they all know the content. It has been great having Emily as a student this year. Looking forward to seeing her excel next year in Algebra and off to high school! Another SOARING Eagle for CORNER LAKE MS!!!
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Congratulations to Yakleisys (Jackie) Dones who was nominated by Mrs. Tran as a Soaring Eagle. Mrs. Tran says this about Jackie – Jackie is a very sweet and kind student who is always helpful and is eager to help whenever called upon. Recently, Jackie has been very helpful to me and to other students as she helps to translate important information to our Spanish-speaking students. This service helps our students feel welcome and accepted as well as ensuring that they fully understand needed information. Thank you, Jackie. You are a Soaring Eagle!
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Track Cluster Competition
Wednesday night was the County Cluster Championships at East River High School. There were several personal records set and even a 1st place won by our Eagles!!!
We are still waiting to hear if any of our athletes made it to the County Championships at Evans High School on Tuesday the 23rd. Thank you to everyone that came out and cheered on the team!!
Shot put
- Alondra Camacho 10th: 22.6
- Jamari Lewis 12th : 32.9 PR
- Jayde Lee 14th: 20.4 PR
Long Jump
- Camryn Lee 2nd: 18.2 PR
- Manny Salazar 7th: 17.2
- Elaina Similien 7th: 13.10 PR
- Ella Turner 11th: 13.01 PR
100m
- Ava Winfield 2nd: 13:39 PR
- Camryn Lee 2nd: 11:83 PR
- Tatiana Wilson 5th: 13: 22 PR
- Stephen Hill 9th: 12:70 PR
1600m
- Skylar Riley 5th: 6:18 PR
- Gavin Meyer 11th: 5:46
400m
- Timothy Lanier 4th: 57:67 PR
- Manny Salazar 11th: 1:02
- Yari Vega 14th: 1:17:71 PR
- Lena Assaidi 15th: 1:17:89 PR
4 x 100m Relay
- Stephen Hill, Jamari Lewis, Evan Dawson, & Camryn Lee
- 3rd place 48:80 PR
- Tatiana Wilson, Ava Winfield, Nariah Gross, Timmya Lanier
- 6th place 57:30 PR
800m
- Jay Camillo 4th: 2:24 PR
- Skylar Riley 8th: 2:55
- Ivante Robinson 14th: 2:36 PR
200m
- Ava Winfield 1st: 27:32 PR
- Evan Dawson 9th: 26:55 PR
- Tatiana Wilson 10th: 29:56 PR
- Jamari Lewis 11th: 26:63 PR
4 x 400m
- Vinh Vu, Christian Lapierre, Manny Salazar, Timothy Lanier
- 3rd place 4:09 PR
Final Overall Team Scores:
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Archery State Championship Competition
Last Saturday, Corner Lake archers participated in the State Championship. Many of our archers began the day early at 4:00am heading up to Newberry (near Gainesville) and then competed in 8 hours of competition.
Our first competition was with the ranking round. Archers had to shoot 36 arrows to determine their ranked placement and earn spots in the remaining competitions. Only the top 8 archers in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions would be invited to compete in the singles elimination rounds. The top 3 boys and 3 girls would make up our two triples teams and compete in triples elimination rounds. From there only the top 3 of each division win awards. Overall, our archers pushed through the physical exhaustion in this long competition posed on them, and we came in at 1st for overall school ranking.
Next up is Nationals back up in Newberry on April 27th. Please continue to cheer on and encourage our archers as we prepare for our final match of the post-season.
In ranking our archers scored:
- JD Belcher - 2nd (344 points)
- Levi Belcher - 3rd (335 points)
- Vinh Vu - 6th (326 points)
- Mark Kilroy - 10th (318 points)
- Clay Calhoon - 11th (317 points)
- Cody O'Neal - 12th (312 points)
- Kaleb Campbell - 14th (308 points)
- Juliet Antle - 2nd (347 points)
- Ansley Dickison - 4th (344 points)
- Mia Dewdat - 5th (339 points)
- Loni Sullivan - 7th (334 points)
- Asha Dewdat - 11th (319 points)
Singles Rounds:
- JD Belcher - 2nd
- Levi Belcher - 4th
- Vinh Vu - 5th
- Ansley Dickison - 3rd
- Loni Sullivan - 4th
- Mia Dewdat - 5th
- Juliet Antle - 6th
Triples Rounds:
- JD Belcher, Levi Belcher, Vinh Vu - 1st
- Juliet Antle, Ansley Dickison, Mia Dewdat - 1st
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Students doing their assignments #32: 2023-2024
(Mr. Ho A Yun)
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Using Fusion 360 software to model mechanical motion. | |
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WE ARE THIRD PLACE IN ALL OF OCPS MIDDLE SCHOOLS for BOOK CIRCULATION SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR! WAY TO GO EAGLES! KEEP READING! We have circulated 8,480 books (print and e-books) this school year for an average of 12.1 books per student.
Our TOP five students for book check out for the last 90 days are:
1) Carlie Knellinger
2) Devin Spencer
3) Joshua Figueroa
4) Naya Styles
5) Isaias Ferrer Reyes
Keep up the reading, Eagles!
Our TOP five books for book check out for the last 30 days are:
1) Invisible written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
2) A Matter of Trust written by Anne E. Schraff
3) Float written by Laura Martin
4) Heartstopper Volume 2 written by Alice Oseman
5) The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan
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The LATIN and GREEK ROOT WORD OF THE WEEK IS BIO. BIO means LIFE. An example of a word utilizing the BIO root word is BIOLOGY/BIOLOGIST which means ‘the study of living things’ or ‘the person who studies living things’. What is another example of an BIO root word that you can come up with?
Make sure to return ALL overdue library books. Even if you have a book from ANOTHER OCPS school, you can return it to Corner Lake Middle. Mrs. Roberts will send it through the courier to the correct school. It is important to make sure all fines, missing book fees, and such are taken care of. Fine and fees must be settled WITH the school from which the fine or fee originated. Also, there are many fun activities and such in high school that require all fines and fees to be settled in order to participate.
We are NOW sending out more frequent DEVICE/TECHNOLOGY fine notifications to parents. If you ever have any questions regarding your device and accessory fines, please email Mrs. Roberts at Jessica.roberts@ocps.net
Here are the links you can utilize to pay your fines:
SchoolPay Links
Laptop Damage 1st: $25
https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Laptop-Damage-1st-Incident/ScoTFj1
Laptop Damage 2nd: $50
https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Laptop-Damage-2nd-Incident/SbNQ0ea
Charger/Case Accessory: $10
https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Laptop-Charger-1st-Replacement/SIsRX
There are TWO ways you can read books from your devices AT home, anytime. There are no losing books or fines, because they are automatically returned after two weeks! The three ways for e-books are SORA & DESTINY DISCOVER. There are literally THOUSANDS of reading options from these amazing online sources.
1) CHECK OUT E-BOOKS and AUDIOBOOKS on THE SORA APP on Launchpad or this web link: https://soraapp.com/library/ocps
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Superintendent's Weekly Message | |
Summer Enrichment Opportunities | |
Who's excited for summer? On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Superintendent Maria Vazquez talks about how summer enrichment impacts student success and the fun opportunities available. | |
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East River High School - Future Falcons!
Sports Physical May 17
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University High School - Future Cougars! | |
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Food pantries serves everyone from low income families, single parents, senior citizens, unemployed individuals, disabled veterans, working poor, and anyone else in need.
1. The Iglesia De Dios en Bithlo
Wednesdays: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
18606 Hollister Road, Orlando, FL 32820
2. Woodbury Presbyterian Church
Monday: 10:00 AM - 12:00
1501 Woodbury Road, Orlando, FL 32828
3. Family Ties Ministries
Call 407-592-5881
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Ms. Hatfield’s reading students have been reading, “Hatchet”. Mrs. Hatfield brought in a raccoon’s skin hat, bear claw, snake vertebrae, and rattle tail for her students. They had a blast! | |
Mrs. Kory’s classes are working on the human body systems in this skeletal system activity. Some also made other organisms with their macaroni. | |
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Have a great weekend!
Paul E. Browning, Principal
Corner Lake Middle School
Friday, April 19, 2024
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Corner Lake Middle School Leadership Team | |
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