Corner Lake Middle School Community Brief
Friday, April 26, 2024
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Hello Mark,
With end-of the-year testing beginning next week, we have officially entered the final stretch of the school year. It’s time to gear up for the last leg of our academic race and to strive to finish strong. This is not the time to give up or let up. This time of year presents an opportunity for us to reinforce the value of perseverance and the importance of finishing strong.
Perseverance is not merely about enduring challenges; it’s about thriving in the face of adversity, staying committed to our goals, and maintaining resilience when the going gets tough. It’s about pushing through obstacles, setbacks, and distractions, no matter how daunting they may seem. Perseverance makes our dreams become reality. We do not have more dreams realized because there is a shortage of dreams. More dreams are not realized because there is a shortage of perseverance.
Our students have demonstrated remarkable resilience throughout this school year. They have adapted to varying circumstances and they have confronted academic challenges head-on. As they stand on the brink of completing another year of growth and learning, it’s crucial to remind them of the power of perseverance. This is particularly important as we move into end-of-the-year assessments next week. It would be a very strange thing if an athlete ran a great mile race and then yards before crossing the finish-line, the athlete just stopped and sat down on the track, never finishing the race. We want our students to continue running hard all the way through the finish-line so they might receive the prize that they so richly deserve.
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Finishing strong is not just about academic achievement; it’s about cultivating a mindset of determination, grit, and excellence in everything we do. Whether it’s completing a challenging assignment, preparing for end-of-the-year assessments, or pursuing extracurricular passions, let’s encourage our students to give their best effort and strive for excellence until the very end.
As parents and educators, we play a vital role in nurturing a culture of perseverance within our school community. Let’s celebrate the efforts and achievements of our students, while also providing them with the support, encouragement, and guidance they need to overcome obstacles and finish strong, striving to achieve their full potential.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to your student’s success. Let’s rally together at this pivotal time in the school year and help our students finish strong. Together, let’s encourage our students to persevere, overcome challenges, and finish this school year with pride and accomplishment. Please spend a few minutes this weekend talking to your student about perseverance, resiliency, and finishing strong. It’s game time! Have a great weekend.
Paul E. Browning
Principal
Pictured very top: Our LIA students getting ready to leave for their annual conference. Please see their Eagle success story below!
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Saturday, April 27th:
• Final Parent Academy Conference of 2023-2024
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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 2-117
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
• GradVenture Chaperone Meeting @6pm in Cafe
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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
Monday, May 6th:
• Day 1 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Teacher Appreciation Week May 6th-10th
• FFA Meeting @ 8:30am in 5-108
• All Chorus Student Rehearsal in Gym @ 4-6pm
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Tuesday, May 7th:
• Day 2 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Civics EOC and Statewide Science
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 8:30am in rm 3-218
Wednesday, May 8th:
• Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Robotics Club Meeting @ 8:00am in 5-101
• Art Club 8:30am in 4-109
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• FCA Prayers on the Patio, All Lunches
• Band & Orchestra Spring Concert in CLMS Gym @ 6pm
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Thursday, May 9th:
• Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week
• Builders Club Meeting @ 8:30am in the Media Center
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 4:15pm in rm 3-218
• 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
Monday, May 13th:
• FFA Meeting @ 8:30am in 5-108
• Builders Club Banquet in the Cafe @ 5:30pm
Tuesday, May 14th:
• CFEs Block Schedule
• 7th Grade Acceleration @ 8:30am in rm 3-218
• NJHS Meeting @ 8:50am in Media Center
• Archery Banquet in the Cafe @6:30pm
Wednesday, May 15th:
• CFEs Block Schedule
• Art Club 8:30am in 4-109
• Robotics Club Meeting @ 8:00am in 5-101
• Algebra 1 Honors Tutoring @ 8:25am rm 3-215
• FCA Prayers on the Patio, All Lunches
• East River Senior Class Falcon Flyout
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Thursday, May 16th:
• CFEs Block Schedule
• Builders Club Meeting @ 8:30am in the Media Center
• 7th Grade Acceleration @4:15pm in rm 3-218
• SAC Meeting @ 5:30 in Media Center
• Athletics Banquet @ 6pm in the Cafe
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Friday, May 17th:
• FCA Meeting @ 8:40am in the Media Center
• Chess Club Meeting @ 8:40am in rm 2-219
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Congratulations to Kevin Martinez who was nominated by Ms. Iadarola as a Soaring Eagle. Ms. Iadarola writes this about Kevin – Kevin stays focused on his success. He takes excellent notes, works hard each day, and volunteers to help other students.
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Congratulations to David Fernandez who was nominated by Ms. Iadarola as a Soaring Eagle. Ms. Iadarola writes this about David – David has maintained an A in math most of the school year. He is a positive role model for other students. David follows class routines without reminders, and he is a natural leader.
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Congratulations to Aiden Colon who was nominated by Ms. Becker as a Soaring Eagle. Ms. Becker writes this about Aiden – Aiden Colon is such a positive influence in the class. In the beginning of the year, he doubted his potential for success and committed himself to hard work and manifested his own success! Aiden is a student that teachers love to have, he works hard, completes his assignments in a timely manner, takes and USES his math notes daily, and comes into class during lunch to ask questions of me if he has any! Aiden is exceeding his classmates on our unit assessments and has maintained an A average all year! But that's not all - Aiden moved his seat to the back of the class, and usually we teachers take that as a negative, but he did so to sit and HELP a friend with their math work. That friend is also now making gains in class! I am so proud of Aiden and his commitment to Excellence!
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Congratulations to Denise Espana who was nominated by Ms. Maeso as a Soaring Eagle. Ms. Maeso writes this about Denise – Denisse Espana has been with the CLMS family for her entire middle school years. We have seen her grown as a student and leader. She has been our LIA Historian and represented our class in the Masterminds meetings. We were very proud when she received on stage the LIA Gold Award for our school. Do great in high school, we are proud of you!
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Eagle Athletics
Congratulations to the Boys' CLMS Track Team for placing 4th in the county overall!!!
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This is a huge accomplishment since last year we only had 1 individual qualify, and this year we had 12!!
*** See pics below of all of our eagles performing at Trackfest held at Evans High School. ***
Results:
Camryn Lee: 2nd place long jump with a PR of 19.10 and 2nd 100m with a PR of 11:50
Ava Winfield: 12th in the 100m with a PR of 13:32 and 8th in the 200m with a PR of 26:89
Tatiana Wilson: 26th in the 100m
Manny Salazar: 13th in the long jump
Skylar Riley: 20th in the 1600m with a PR of 6:11
Timothy Lanier: 18th in the 400m with a PR of 57:52
Boys 4 x 100m Relay: 11th place with a PR of 48:51
- Stephen Hill, Evan Dawson, Jamaru Lewis, Camryn Lee, Alejandro Liriano
Jay Camillo: 14th in the 800m
Boys 4 x 400m Relay: 16th place
- Vihn Vu, Christian Lapierre, Timothy Lanier, Jay Camillo, Manny Salazar
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LIA (Latinos in Action) Conference | |
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The Annual Latinos in Action (LIA) Conference took place on April 17 at the University of Central Florida. For the first year, the event happened in the main UCF arena with students from all over Central Florida. The speaker of the day was Richard Montanez. You might know him from the movie, “Flamin’ Hot," which tells his story from being the Frito-Lay custodian to becoming the VP at PepsciCo. He came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The students were able to learn from his experience in life. Also, they enjoyed the performances from the different schools.
Our school was honored with one of the Gold Awards, thanks to Denise Espana and Adrianna Garcia’s participation in LIA for three consecutive years. Their service will be missed!
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Students doing their assignments #33: 2023-2024
(Mr. Ho A Yun)
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Using Fusion 360 3D Modeling Software: | |
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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 8781 books (print and e-books) this school year for an average of 12.42 books per student.
Our TOP five students for book check out for the last 90 days are:
1) Carlie Knellinger
2) Devin Spencer
3) Naya Styles
4) Finnley McCurley
5) Isaias Ferrer Reyes
Keep up the reading, Eagles!
Our TOP five books for book check out for the last 30 days are:
1) Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
2) The Red Sun by Alane Adams
3) Invisible written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4) Tales from A Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All by Rachel Russell
5) 96 Miles by J.L Esplin
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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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Mrs. Thompson, our "ADDitions Volunteer Extraordinaire," came to CLMS this week to
help with book inventory.
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Mrs. Thompson is a wonderful volunteer, and Mrs. Roberts’s mom. 😆 | |
Celebrating Naya! She is one of our most frequent media center readers, and it was her birthday last week! | |
Superintendent's Weekly Message | |
Happy Earth Day, OCPS! On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Superintendent Maria Vazquez talks about the wide range of sustainability efforts happening in our schools. | |
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East River High School - Future Falcons!
Sports Physical May 17
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Mr. Yopack's video production class visited WFTV! Visiting the news station provided valuable insights into professional broadcasting and journalism practices. Observing real-world production processes and interacting with professionals in the field has undoubtedly inspired and enriched students' understanding of video production techniques and the media industry. | |
East River High School’s Color Guard came to visit the PE classes! The Color Guard taught students how to perform so that might join once they become Falcons! | |
Students in Mrs. LaVoie-Kory’s classes were writing and illustrating a story about an adventure through the digestive system. It is told form the point of view of whatever food they decided to be! | |
On Friday of last week, PTSA hosted a Glow Dance Party! Students had a great time! Thank you, PTSA and the volunteers that helped! | |
Band, Orchestra and Chorus students went to Fun Spot on April 12th to celebrate the success of all their performances this year and their hard work! | |
Students in Ms. McCoy’s classes worked together to complete a Venn Diagram comparing two texts about kudzu. | |
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Paul E. Browning, Principal
Corner Lake Middle School
Friday, April 26, 2024
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Corner Lake Middle School Leadership Team | |
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