The Squawk!
Apopka Memorial Middle School Community Brief
Monday, February 19, 2024
AMMS Community Member,

There is no school this Monday, February 19 given the Presidents Day holiday. When classes resume Tuesday morning, we then have only 18 instructional days remaining in this third quarter. Please be sure you have reviewed your student's progress report with them which were made available last week via our online student information system—Skyward. 
Thursday, February 15 was National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. Thank you to SRO Friedline of the Apopka Police Department for his efforts every school day in keeping our campus safe and secure. If you happen to see Officer Friedline this week, kindly take a moment to thank him for his service here at Apopka. 
I hope this finds you enjoying the Presidents Day holiday and I look forward to seeing all of our Seahawks back on campus Tuesday morning!

Lisa James
Principal

Pictured very top of this issue: Our band students did a marvelous job performing during our boys and girls basketball games vs. Wolf Lake played at Apopka High School last week!
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This Week at Apopka
Feb. 19: Presidents Day - No School
Feb. 23: Deadline for 2023-2024 OCPS Top Talent audition applications
Black History Month Calendar
Please click on the calendar below to see each day's theme for Black History Month!
Seahawk Spotlight!
Carlos Acosta
Dr. Richbourg's student Carlos Acosta received $20.00 for completing 90% of his 6th grade Alex’s Pie (academic enrichment program offered at Apopka). Carlos has been switched over to 7th.
OCPS Annual School Spirit Run
SGA student support at this year's OCPS School Spirit Run held on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 17!
Our SGA Seahawks with Ms. Haas, Apopka teacher and School Spirit Run administrator on behalf of our team. 
Seahawk Athletics: Basketball Update
Highlights from both the Wolf Lake and Meadowbrook games . . .
Our Seahawks competed on Tuesday vs. Wolf Lake Middle playing on the Apopka High School homecourt. Unfortunately, both our boys and girls teams came up short in their games last week. Thank you to our awesome band for their performance and motivation! We also thank all of our community members who turned out to support the teams!
The nearby pictures show our Lady Seahawks in action vs. Meadowbrook's Mustangs. They won a close game with the final score 16-14.
Track Team Tryouts!
If you are interested in being a member of our Boys and Girls Track Teams, remember, your athletic physical MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR to tryouts/practice. Make sure you create your athletic account on Aktivate.com as well as this process is completely digital for submission to be cleared.
Weekly Classroom Highlights for our Apopka Community (Week of Feb. 12)
Algebra Pullout Group:
Ms. Solano's students have been recently working on the algebraic
 formulas for the point-slope form and the slope formula.
Math with Ms. Tillman:
Social Studies with Ms. Ali:
Ms. Santiago 1:1 with one of her students:
These Seahawks were heavily engaged in their Science studies last week!
Special Olympics Highlights
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Special Olympics at Gotha Middle School this past Saturday!
Monday's Motivational Moment!
Leaders and Success
Inspirational quotes for our Seahawks from successful African Americans across a variety of occupations:
Mae Jemison On Potential
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
~ Mae Jemison, astronaut

Oprah Winfrey On Integrity
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
~ Oprah Winfrey, media mogul

Maya Angelou On Purpose
Live as though life was created for you.
~ Maya Angelou, poet

Gail Devers On Achievement
To achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination and dedication.
~ Gail Devers, Olympic gold-medal sprinter

Kevin Hart On Work Ethic
A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.
~ Kevin Hart, actor
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Enjoy your Presidents Day holiday this Monday!
Mrs. James, Principal
Apopka Memorial Middle School
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Apopka Memorial Middle Leadership Team
Ms. Lisa James – Principal - lisa.james@ocps.net
Ms. Hollie Pearce – Assistant Principal of Instruction – hollie.pearce@ocps.net
Mr. Justin Yount – Assistant Principal – justin.yount@ocps.net
Ms. Daphne Lewis – Dean 6th Grade – daphne.lewis@ocps.net
Ms. Maryisabel Garcia – Dean 7th Grade – maryisable.garcia@ocps.net
Mr. Carl Kolling – Dean 8th Grade – carl.kolling@ocps.net
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