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Legacy families, we are thrilled to welcome back all of Jets this year! Our focus this first week has been to reintroduce students on what it takes to be successful both socially and academically. We know, and the research confirms, that students will care about what we know when they know that we care about them. Legacy Middle School is a place where we care about our kids. Their success is our commitment. Our teachers are creating the conditions for a positive climate and culture that will support student learning throughout the whole school year. Parents, please assist us with keeping up with our students.
Take a moment each night and go over their school day with them. Assist them with setting goals each week. These two easy actions will have a positive impact on their academic and social development. The Jets in Action community brief is designed to keep you informed of all the wonderful things happening around campus, extra-curricular activities, events, and important dates. We hope that you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy putting it together for you.
Thank you for your partnership.
Jason Jiménez
Principal, Legacy Middle School
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11398 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 658-5330Legacy Community Member
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Aug. 16-18: Soccer tryouts (different days for each grade level, please see below)
Aug. 23: iReady testing
Sept. 6: Labor Day
Oct. 7: End of the 1st Nine Weeks
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Announcements & Reminders |
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YMCA Before and After School Program: |
The YMCA Before School Program is open from 7am-9am in the Legacy Middle School Cafeteria. Drop off is the side entrance to the cafeteria.
The YMCA After School Program is from 4pm-6pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The hours on Wednesday is 3pm-6pm.
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Soccer tryouts start next week! Students must go to the YMCA and wait to be picked up by their coaches. The Legacy Girls Team coach is Coach Jacoby and The Legacy Boys Team coach is Coach Nthara.
- August 16th- 8th grade tryouts
- August 17th- 7th grade tryouts
- August 18th- 6th grade tryouts
Tryouts will be from 4:10-5:30 and an OCPS Sports Physical must be on file. If you have any questions, please email our Athletic Director: Ja-Kera.Johnson@ocps.net
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Monday, August 23rd all Legacy students will be taking the iReady beginning of the year assessment. Students that day will be working on the assessment in all their class periods.
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Internet Access / Laptop Fines: |
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Spilling liquids on the computer is a common, but expensive mistake. Please do not set drinks near your laptop. |
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Legacy's Jets scrambled during Week #1!
Learning takes off with a fast, on time start . . .
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Ms. Archer, 6th grade Math & Algebra, reviews her student-friendly common board during common planning.
The "common board" is to the right in the picture and lets Ms. Archer's students know at a glance what the flight plan is for the day ahead. For instance, on this day she has mapped out the day's focus in math (operations with polynomials), the objective (students will be able to add, subtract, and multiply polynomials), the day's agenda, the assignment, and homework for that evening.
In addition to her "common board," Ms. Archer has clearly defined success of the material for her 6th grade Jets (pictured just to the left of the common board). Success is broken down into 4 levels for the students: 1) EMERGENT; 2) APPROACHING; 3) PROFICIENT; and 4) MASTERY. This scale will be used across a host of math subjects all along.
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Mr. Conner's "common board" shows a gradual increase for students to complete tasks with mathematical fluency. If you look closely, just like Ms. Archer, Mr. Conner also uses the 4 level success scale to help the students understand progress. And to the far right you can see that he has shared something about himself with the students . . . such as he is originally from New York, loves the both Yankees and the Giants, and when time allows, enjoys getting out on the electric scooter, riding his Harleys, or surfing! |
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Sheri Milliman, Reading Teacher |
My name is Sheri Milliman. This is my 12th year teaching. I have taught elementary and middle school and this is my 5th year at Legacy. I am married, I have 2 kids, and 2 dogs! Something that most people do not know about me is, I lived in Italy for 6 years and moved back to Orlando to attend UCF. I love to read and am a huge Back to the Future fan! (I cried when they took the ride out of Universal.) I can’t wait for this year and to meet all my new students! |
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My family and I at our favorite place. The beach. |
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Ms. Johnson, 7th & 8th Grade Math Teacher |
Hello! I'm Ms. Johnson. I have had the pleasure of teaching at Legacy for 10 years. Within those 10 years, I have taught all levels of math. This year I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade math. For the last 7 years I have been Legacy's Athletic Director as well. I love being able to see my students work hard in the classroom and on the court/field! |
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(Front of the elephant- Ms. Johnson) In the summer of 2019, one of my high school friends and I celebrated our 30th birthdays in Thailand. We spent a week in Phuket and a week in Bangkok. It was the most amazing experience! |
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Ms. Scurry, Media Specialist |
Ms. Scurry is from Orlando, Florida. She attended OCPS schools and then went to UCF to earn her bachelor's degree in social science education and her masters in teacher leadership. She has taught at multiple middle schools in OCPS during the past 10 years. She was a social studies teacher for four years before becoming a media specialist. This will be her first year as the Media Specialist for Legacy Middle School. She is excited to be a Jet! |
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Ms. Scurry enjoys traveling and this photo was taken pre pandemic in Budapest, Hungary. |
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Mrs. Espinoza, Social Studies Teacher |
Mrs. Espinoza is originally from New York, Attended the University of Maryland and CAL State Monterey Bay. Mrs. Espinoza spent 6 years in the United States Navy and has lived in over 18 different cities around the world. I love history and visiting historical places. My favorite things to do are traveling, cooking, and eating! I am married and I have 2 children and 2 fur babies. |
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Mr. Gabriel De Zayas, Art Teacher |
Graduate from the University of Phoenix and Miami Dade College. I majored in management and art education. I have been teaching at Legacy Middle School for four years. I love being a Jet and I love helping students. Art is life and I hope to help students understand that art is everywhere and it contributes to many aspects in life. |
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Mr. Gabriel De Zayas, Art teacher, painting Harry Potter |
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Ms. Hernandez, 8th Grade Math Teacher |
Hi I’m Mrs. Hernandez! This is my seventh year at Legacy. I’m married and have one baby girl and a baby boy on the way. I played basketball through college and coached at legacy a few years. I’m really looking forward to this year with my eighth graders! |
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First day of school for the 2019-2020 school year |
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REQUIRED Parent Technology Form |
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Form for student use of technology this school year. |
During the 2021-22 school year there are two technology forms that parents can complete using Skyward Family Access. The Skyward Family Access Portal has an Online Forms tab and forms that parents & guardians need to complete can be found here - paper forms or online forms (please click the link just below).
Must be used by all parents/guardians annually to acknowledge the acceptable and responsible uses of technology, providing consent for use of social media (HS only), for photo and video use and directory information release.
- Parents/guardians will complete the PTMICF within ten (10) days of the start of the school year and/or entry. Please ensure this is added to your enrollment process.
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Device Refusal Form- optional
Should be used by any parent/guardian who does not want to accept a district laptop or tablet for their student. In this form they will certify that they refuse a district device and indicate whether they prefer to register for the BYOD option where students bring a personally owned device from school or if they prefer traditional curriculum. These two options have always existed for families. The form now includes all the fields that were previously on the BYOD registration form.
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Pre-Planning Week Highlights |
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Our faculty & staff enjoyed some camaraderie moments in the days before our Jets began the new year. |
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The Legacy Jets went on a team building event at Boardwalk Bowling during pre-planning. |
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From left to right – Ms. Christiansen, Ms. Tripp, Ms. Larsen, and Ms. Milliman enjoying an evening at Boardwalk Bowling. |
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Mr. Barton, ELA, Ms. Tolentino, SAFE, Mr. De Zayas, Art, Ms. DiMura, AP, and Mr. Boeh, PASS having a great time at Boardwalk Bowling. |
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OCPS Catering served our wonderful faculty and staff breakfast! |
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Our amazing custodians enjoying breakfast together. Look at the shine on those floors! |
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Ms. Hatfield, Staffing Specialist, Ms. Johnson, Math, Ms. Yearby, ELA, and Ms. Scurry, Media Specialist enjoying themselves at Boardwalk Bowling. |
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Mr. Jay Valentine, head custodian, and Mr. Bunch, math teacher, enjoying breakfast together. |
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The OCPS Student Services Department has collaborated with Aunt Bertha to create a customized search engine to help staff, families and the community better navigate needed social services and resources. The information on the site can be translated into more than 100 languages.
This site has been created to link families with needed existing local resources. You can search for free or reduced cost programs such as food, housing, mental health, education programs, and other social services provided directly by Community Based Organizations.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launches new rent assistance search tool:
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, July 28 introduced its new Rental Assistance Finder, a search tool* anyone can use to quickly access more than 700 emergency rental assistance programs local, state and tribal governments have launched nationwide.
*The search tool allows users to filter assistance programs by location to find help near them.
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Friday's Motivational Moment! |
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THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RULE |
Don Shula, former coach of the Miami Dolphins, is the only coach to have led his NFL team to a perfect season and a Super Bowl victory. His secret? When he coached, he held to a twenty-four hour rule. After a football game, he allowed himself, his coaches, and his players only twenty-four hours to celebrate a victory or sulk after a defeat. During that time, they were encouraged to make the most of the experience. But once the twenty-four hours were over, they had to put it behind them.
You don't have to be a football player to benefit from that advice!
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Jason Jiménez
Principal, Legacy Middle School
Friday, August 13, 2021
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From the left: Assistant Principal Elizabeth Fuller, Principal Jason Jiménez, Assistant Principal Maria DiMura. |
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This communication may contain information that is legally privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure, and intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Anyone who receives this message in error should notify the sender immediately by telephone or by return e-mail, and delete the message from their computer and any printout thereof. Please note that OCPS utilizes spam and junk e-mail filtration applications in its e-mail systems. That filtering process may prevent or delay delivery of certain e-mail communications. If you do not receive a timely response to an e-mail communication, please contact the intended recipient by phone. |
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Copyright Notice
Reproduction of this material, either written or electronically, including the general layout, graphics, analyses, and content topics without the express approval of Target Performance Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Legacy Middle School is forbidden without written consent. Thank you for your support of the Orange County Public Schools and especially OCPS - Legacy Middle School. Please contact Mr. Jason Jiménez at jason.jimenez@ocps.net with any questions.
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