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Your Weekly Community Brief from AMMS
Monday, August 12, 2019
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From the left: Theresa Hearn (Assistant Principal for Instruction), Dr. Kelly Pelletier (Principal), and Jeffrey Bartfield (Assistant Principal)
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I am very excited for the start of the new school year on Monday!
I know this will be the year for tremendous growth in your student both academically and personally. Our teachers and staff have been working tirelessly to get ready for this day and they are prepared to challenge our students to set high goals for themselves this year. We truly want to see EVERY student achieve higher levels of knowledge and skills.
I want to encourage all our parents to get involved and join a committee or volunteer.
Our PTSA will be meeting on Tuesday, August 13th at 6:00 pm in the Media Center for the first meeting of the year. Come out and see what opportunities there are for you to get involved. The School Advisory Committee (SAC) is also forming and will be meeting for the first time on Tuesday, September 10th at 5:30 in the Media Center. In addition to these committees, I will be holding Parent Roundtables at different times throughout the year to get feedback and suggestions from our parents, so look for those to be announced at a date in October.
We had an eventful pre-planning week with teachers. We had a few breakfasts, made trail mix and enjoyed an ice cream break. We also learned how to use the new Skyward gradebook and discussed our student achievement data from last school year. We welcomed our new staff members and celebrated with them as they were sorted into a "House" (see photos below). Our PTSA helped us on schedule pick up night by selling memberships, laptop covers and t-shirts.
The grass has been cut, the rooms are ready and there is excitement in the building.
Bring on the students!
Kelly Pelletier, Ed. D.
Proud Principal
Apopka Memorial Middle School
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Dates to Watch For
Our first PTSA meeting of 2019-2020 is Tuesday evening.
August 12: Welcome back Seahawks! First day of school.
August 12: Boys soccer tryouts (see below)
August 13: Girls soccer tryouts (see below)
August 13: PTSA meeting, 6:00 pm in the media center
September 23: Free and Reduced Lunch Program benefits expire without having completed a new application for 2019-2020.
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House Happenings!
Ms. Jolly is excited to find out which House she will belong to as she approaches the House wheel. Please click here to learn more about the House system at AMMS.
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Mr. Lopez will be joining House Vindar!
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Vital Signs
Key statistics that impact our school grade from the FLDOE
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Seahawk Athletics
Soccer tryouts begin with the boys on Monday, August 12th
Boys soccer try outs will start after school on
Monday, August 12. Girls soccer tryouts will be after school on
Tuesday, August 1
3. All interested student athletes will need to have an up-to-date physical on file, and 7th and 8th graders need a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 before they can try out. Physical packets can be picked up at the front office, or from PE teachers or
Coach Axon in room 168.
Please see
Coach Mac, Coach Asson, or
Coach Axon if you have any further questions.
- Physicals cost $15.00
- Seahawk Gold Pass will cost $50.00.
Here is the link to the physical packet:
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Drop off & Pick up Reminders
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Students may not be on campus before 8:45 am
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The school campus opens at 8:45 am. Students are NOT to be on campus prior to 8:45 am, so please do not drop them off before that time. Breakfast will be served starting at 8:45 and ends at the 9:25 bell. Students are released to go to classes at 9:25 am and first period starts at 9:30 am. Parents will not be allowed on campus with their students, we do need you to drop them off at the front of the school.
I promise we will make sure they do not get lost! We dismiss at 3:57 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and at 2:54 pm on Wednesday.
Walkers are to enter the campus through the front gate by the car loop. They will exit campus at the end of the day through this same gate or out the building doors that face the front of the campus. NO students will be allowed to exit through the back bus loop side.
Bicycle riders are to LOCK up the bike in the bike racks located near Park Ave. and the front office. Then enter through the walkers gate at the front of the school. They will exit the same way as the walkers.
Car riders are to be dropped off at the front of the school ONLY. Please enter the school off Votaw Rd. and follow the car line to the front of the school. We ask that you pull all the way to the flag pole and fill in all open spots before dropping your student. Students are NOT allowed to enter the parking lot at the end of the day. You MUST stay in your car in the line and pull all the way up to the front to pick up your student.
Bus riders will enter at the bus loop and go directly to the cafeteria or the patio until the bell. At the end of the day, they will be dismissed by zones and should go directly to the bus loop at the back of the school. We will hold the busses until about 4:10 to make sure all students are on the bus.
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Dean's Corner
Welcome back SEAHAWKS!
The Deans,
Dr. Sears (6th grade),
Ms. Kushner (7th grade), and
Mr. Kolling (8th grade), want to remind you of a few things upon your return.
- Remember to follow the OCPS Dress Code when choosing your outfits. All shoes need to have a back on them (No Slides). Undergarments should be concealed (NOT seen). Clothing should not have indecent holes showing skin (thighs and up).
- Get to class on time. We understand during the first few days, everyone is learning their schedule. We need you to make an effort to get to class on time.
- Leave items at home that are not needed for school.
- Come to class prepared to learn.
- Bring your ID to school every day and make sure it is visible to staff. Everyone on campus must have an ID or a visitor badge visible at all times for safety purposes.
- Cellphones are not to be visible in your classrooms.
This is going to be a great year, and we look forward to working with you to be successful!
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Faculty and Staff Spotlight
Meet our dedicated and very hardworking custodial team!
This team of professionals have worked tirelessly over the summer to make sure our school is ready for the return of the teachers, staff and students on Monday. The classrooms are clean and the hallways are shiny. They put love and dedication into their work every day and take pride in our campus and its cleanliness.
Pictured from left to right: Noe Linares, Ancel Romero, Fabian Ramoz, Abel Romero, and Barbara Marquez. Team members not pictured are Gustin Judcael and Jose Irazeix.
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Skyward Family Access
In order to access your students grades and other important information, you need to create a Launchpad account and then you can register for a Skyward account. Step-by-step instructions are located at the
OCPS website, under students and parents, Skyward, Documentation.
You need the document from July 31, 2019 titled,
Skyward Family Access thru LaunchPad. Then, once you have an account, you can download the application for your phone by using the document from August 5, 2019 titled,
Mobile Device: Skyward Family Access thru Launchpad.
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Campus Safety
Orange County Public Schools will be promoting two communication tools for reporting suspicious activity: SpeakOut Hotline and now the FortifyFL app.
As part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act, school districts are required to implement a student crime watch program to promote responsibility among students and improve school safety. FortifyFL allows students and adults to report school related suspicious activity through their online reporting tool or mobile application. The app is free and can be found in the App Store and on Google Play.
Remember Seahawks, if you ever see OR hear of something suspicious or unusual, please say something to any teacher, staff member, coach, our SRO or your parents. Thank you for keeping aware this school year!
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Apply for Free and Reduce Lunch NOW!
If you need help with this website or would prefer a paper copy of the application, just come into the office and we will help you apply. Your benefits from last school year will be good until September 23rd.
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Monday's Motivational Moment!
CHANGING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
To improve your results on anything, consider changing your perspective. For example, raise the stakes.
In a recent research study, one group was given a simple temptation and told to say in response to it, "I can't," while the other group was told to say, "I don't." Participants told to say, "I can't" gave in to the temptation 61% of the time, while participants told to say, "I don't" gave in only 36%.
When we say "I can't" we automatically give ourselves a way out. We have a choice. Actually, we could give in.
But when we say "I don't" we're powerful. We're determined. We're not making a choice.
The lesson for our Seahawks? What we do - or don't do - is based on something much stronger: our identity. We don't, because that's who we are.
WELCOME BACK SEAHAWKS!
Dr. Pelletier, Principal
Apopka Memorial Middle School
Sunday, August 11, 2019
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