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Hunter's Creek Middle School
21st Century Digital Learners
Florida 'A' Rated School
13400 Town Loop Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 858-4620
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HCMS’s Teacher of the Year & Support Person of the Year: Ms. Laurietta McNealy, math teacher (right), and Ms. Diane LaRouche, guidance clerk (left). Congratulations to these two amazing women! | |
Hunter's Creek Middle School Community Brief Monday, September 9, 2024 | |
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Dear Mark,
Happy September, Eagle Families!
It is my pleasure to announce to you in this edition of The Eagles' View our 2024-2025 HCMS Teacher of the Year, Ms. Laurietta McNealy, Pre-Algebra and Algebra I Honors teacher, and our 2024-2025 Support Person of the Year, Ms. Diane LaRouche, School Clerk. Both are so well deserved—congratulations!
Please remember that our second School Advisory Committee meeting for the year is scheduled for this Monday, September 9 at 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the SAC is to assist us in the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of the school improvement plan. I hope you will be able to join us. If interested, please email Ms. Debra Vereen at debra.vereen@ocps.net.
Following the September SAC meeting will be our fall Multilingual Parent Leadership Council at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Information can be found below.
HCMS Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17th for all grade levels. Our teachers and students are eager to showcase the great teaching and learning activities taking place in our classes on a daily basis. More information can also be found below.
Progress reports will be available through Parent Access on Thursday, September 19. Please make sure that you check your student’s progress report. I highly encourage our parents to consistently log in to Canvas with your students to access any announcements, links or changes to assignments. Please address your concerns by emailing the teachers. If you would like to schedule a Parent/Teacher Conference, please contact your child’s teacher or email Ms. Diane LaRouche at Diane.LaRouche@ocps.net.
September also includes the majority of our soccer season (Go Eagles!), the fall Book Fair, Start with Hello week, the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and more! It is going to be a fantastic month!
In Eagle Pride!
Your Proud Principal,
Joumana Moukaddam, Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
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Sunday, September 8th to Saturday, September 14th: National Arts in Education Week! | |
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Monday, September 9th:
Future Problem Solvers Informational Meeting 4:05pm, Library
SAC Meeting 5pm, Library
MPLC Meeting 6pm, Library
Away Soccer Game @ Innovation 5:30pm
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Wednesday, September 11th:
Patriot Day
House Spirit Day!
Away Soccer Game @ Lake Nona MS 5pm
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Thursday, September 12th:
Battle of the Books Interest Meeting 8:45am, C201
Chess Club First Meeting 4:05pm, B225
| Friday, September 13th to Monday, September 23rd: Fall Book Fair! | Saturday, September 14th: All State Chorus Auditions 1 | Sunday, September 15th to Tuesday, October 15th: National Hispanic Heritage Month! | |
Monday, September 16th to Friday, September 20th: Start with Hello Week! | |
Monday, September 16th: Home Soccer Game vs. Walker 5:30pm | |
Tuesday, September 17th - Monday, September 23rd: Constitution and Citizenship Day followed by Celebrate Freedom Week | |
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Tuesday, September 17th:
First Resiliency Day
Open House (All Grade Levels) 5:30pm
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Wednesday, September 18th:
House Spirit Day!
Away Soccer Game @ Luminary 5pm
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Thursday, September 19th: Progress Report 1 Available on Skyward | |
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Saturday, September 21st:
All State Band Auditions
James Ponti & Jerry Craft event at Barnes and Noble - Colonial Plaza 1pm (information below)
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Sunday, September 22nd: All County Orchestra Auditions | |
Wednesday, September 25th: House Spirit Day! | |
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Wednesday, October 2nd:
House Spirit Day!
School Custodian Appreciation Day
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Friday, October 4th: First House Meeting!! | |
First Semester MPLC Meeting | |
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The Multilingual Parent Leadership Council, for parents of our TWDL, ELL, and LIA students, will meet on Monday, September 9th at 6pm in the HCMS Library.
Any questions or for more information, contact Mrs. Dominguez Lozada at 23375@ocps.net.
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Save the Date: OPEN HOUSE | |
Doors will open at 5pm to allow you the opportunity to visit the Book Fair and information tables. | |
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The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! SAVE THE DATE for September 13th to September 23rd and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. The Book Fair will be open daily from 9am-4:30pm, including during lunches, and will be open during Open House for families to visit.
Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hunterscreekmiddleschool2
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PTSA Fundraiser
For the next couple of weeks, 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 $15! Your purchase gives you 50% OFF your entire online order If you are a pizza lover, these cards are a steal! Thank you for supporting our school!
Durante las próximas semanas, la asociación de padres y maestros de la escuela Hunter’s Creek Middle, estará organizando una recaudación de fondos con Papa John’s Pizza. Estamos vendiendo tarjetas de recaudación de fondos de Nifty Fifty en https://hunterscreekms.memberhub.com/store por solo $15! Su compra le da un 50% de descuento en todo su pedido en línea. Si le encanta la pizza, esta tarjeta es para usted! ¡Gracias por apoyar a nuestra escuela!
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Wonderful Library & Literacy News! | |
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There is much to celebrate in the HCMS Library and with literacy at HCMS!
Florida Power Library School
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HCMS is a FLORIDA POWER LIBRARY SCHOOL!
The Florida Association of Supervisors of Media (FASM) would like to congratulate Hunter's Creek Middle School on your designation as a 2024 Florida Power-Library School. The collaborative leadership of principal, library media specialist, and school community are crucial to student achievement, access to high-quality materials, and a successful library media program. The work you have done in the creation and implementation of a program of excellence continues to enable the staff and students of Hunter's Creek Middle School to excel in their academic lives through increased student achievement. This award designation recognizes your school’s commitment to supporting school, district, and state goals through the library program.
Ms. Moye adds: “It was a beast of a task to get surveys completed, make a portfolio, and complete an interview. I’m so thankful for the guidance I received from our team downtown, my teachers at HCMS who have made my vision of the HCMS library a reality, my library clerk for everything, and the support of my admin (especially Ms. Moukaddam). This is a school recognition that shows that the library program is part of the school, and I could never have done it alone!
We are a Beanstack Reading Culture Igniter and Pathfinder!
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Congratulations! HCMS has been awarded Beanstack’s inaugural Reading Culture Igniter badge for reaching 25% student participation AND HCMS has been awarded Beanstack’s inaugural Reading Culture Pathfinder badge for reaching 50% student participation AND HCMS has been awarded the Beanstack Reading Culture Trailblazer award (2nd year in a row) for reaching 75% student participation! Achieving this milestone means you are building a strong culture of reading in your school community.
Summer Reading Winners:
As students logged minutes over the summer during the OCPS Summer Reading Challenge, they received up to 10 entries in a prize drawing for a custom book box from White Rose Bookstore, and we have 4 winners! Congratulations!
● James Bench
● Dhivya Royam
● Madison Rodriguez (from Hunter’s Creek E.S.)
● Kern Grimshaw (now at Innovation H.S.)
1,000 Books Checked Out:
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On our 8th day of book checkout, Esteban Leon checked out our ONE THOUSANDTH book of the year already!
Beanstack First Place in August!
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In August, HCMS logged the most minutes in Beanstack of any school in the district! | |
September is Library Card Signup Month | |
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September is National Library Card Sign-up Month and the Orange County Library System’s School Partnership Program is hosting our School Library Card Drive again this year. Visit ocls.info/spp-library-cards to sign you or your child up for a library card.
Orange County Library System will also be at our Open House if you have any questions.
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Eighth grade science students take part in their first lab of the year by designing and testing their own lab.
Mr. Brett:
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Mr. Brett’s 1st Period 6th Grade Treble Choir got to work with Rebecca Hammac from the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. Mrs. Hammac is currently the director of the Bach Festival’s Youth Chorus and given Mr. Brett’s connection to the Bach Festival Society, we were excited to have her come and work with our singers! | |
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Mr. Gomez:
Art news! Students in Art classes 6th-8th grade participated and competed in creating artwork for the Global Peace Student Art Exhibit. The theme of the exhibit is “Building a Bridge to Peace.” See below the following six student artworks that Mr. Gomez selected to represent our school in the exhibit. Congratulations to these students and good luck!
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Congratulations to the HCMS boys soccer team, led by head coach Anthony D’orsa, on their first win of the young season! The Eagles traveled to Meadow Woods on August 28th for a weather-delayed game against the Stallions. The score remained tied at nil until two minutes left in regulation, when 8th grader Esteban Leon settled the ball 20 yards out in front of the Meadow Woods goal. Esteban calmly deposited the ball into the upper right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead that HCMS would not relinquish. Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles were not able to play because of the weather.
Congratulations to Coach Shatoya Coogle on her girls first soccer win of the season! The Lady Eagles beat South Creek 3-2 on a rainy, weather delayed Wednesday afternoon. Eighth grader Abrare Boulerhcha scored HCMS’ first two goals, but the Lady Wildcats tied the score at two soon after halftime. Eighth grader Zoe Avalos broke the tie with a goal late in the second half to propel HCMS to the victory. Coach Coogle’s girls play three games this week – Monday at Innovation; Tuesday at Meadow Woods; Wednesday at Lake Nona.
Coach Anthony D’orsa’s boys soccer team played to a 1-1 tie in the second half before the game was postponed due to lightning. Eighth grader Esteban Leon scored his second goal of the season for the Eagles. The boys have two games on the schedule for this week, both away games (Monday at Innovation; Wednesday at Lake Nona).
Go Eagles!
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Complete information about device/accessory fee updates can be found in our first August 2024 Eagles’ View: https://conta.cc/3SKe7us | |
Ms. Moye would like to thank Ms. Cozzo, her husband, and others who she found that donated books in Portuguese to the HCMS library. Books in Portuguese are so hard to find, and it is only with her help that we have this pile to put out for our students to check out! THANK YOU! | |
Ms. Moye, Ms. H, and their Food Rescue Student Assistants would like to send a huge thank you out to Sami Batignani’s parents for finding and delivering, and to Livianna Stockdale’s grandmother for donating a new-to-us refrigerator for Food Rescue! We could not have successfully continued our program without your help! | |
Our Donation Box has Moved | |
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Our donation box has moved! Please see above for the new location.
Did you know that you can help the environment and support your local school by donating items you no longer need? Charity recycling bins are located on many OCPS school campuses and accept a wide range of items including clothes, shoes, and linens. Visit the Foundation for OCPS website at https://bit.ly/3sJUiJB to learn more.
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Visit Barnes & Noble Colonial on September 21st at 1 PM for an author event you won't want to miss! Bestselling author James Ponti will be here in conversation with award-winning author Jerry Craft in celebration of the launch of the new middle-grade series The Sherlock Society!
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062171174-0
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HCMS Faculty & Staff Representing Their Houses | |
Hispanic Heritage Month: Scholarship Opportunity | |
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Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida announce 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month contests
The Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida are encouraging students to participate in the Hispanic Heritage Month student art and essay contests with the theme “Honoring Hispanic Contributions to Florida’s Success.” Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized and celebrated in the United States from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
About the Student Art Contest
The Hispanic Heritage Month art contest is open to all Kindergarten through third-grade students in Florida. Each student will submit original, two-dimensional artwork based on this year’s theme. Four statewide winners will be selected, and each winner will receive a $100 gift card for school supplies and a one-year pass to Florida State Parks.
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About the Student Essay Contest
The Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest is open to all students attending any Florida school in grades 4-12. Six winners will be selected: two elementary school students (grades 4-5), two middle school students (grades 6-8), and two high school students (grades 9 through 12). Each winner will receive a two-year Florida College Plan scholarship provided by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation and a $100 gift card for school supplies.
Contest entries and nominating forms and guidelines
Student contest forms and educator nomination forms must be mailed to Volunteer Florida or submitted at FloridaHispanicHeritage.com
All entries must be received by 5 p.m. (ET) on Friday, September 13, 2024.
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Thank you for reading. Have a great week, Eagles!
Mrs. Moukaddam, Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
Sunday, September 8, 2024
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Leadership Team | |
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