📢 Attention, Legacy Middle School Families! 📢

We need your voice to make our school even better. Take a moment to complete our quick Fall Family Survey. 

Your feedback will help us enhance the overall experience at Legacy Middle School.

🗓️ Deadline: Tuesday, October 29th 💻 Link to Survey: 

bit.ly/ocps_families

Why Participate?



1. Shape future school activities and events.

2. Share your valuable insights on how we can improve.

3. Be a part of the positive changes at Legacy.

Thank you for your time and support! Together, we are making Legacy Middle School the best place for our students to learn and grow!

October 18th

Health Hero Flu Clinic at Legacy

October 23rd– October 31st

Red Ribbon Week

October 30th

Legacy @ Discovery Volleyball Game – 5pm

October 31st

Picture Day

November 7th & 8th

The Wizard of Oz Performances

November 8th

Paving the Way Assembly for Students

November 11th & 12th

BMI and Scoliosis Screening for 6th Graders

November 15th

Fall Dance Party

November 20th 

Teach-In (Looking for Volunteers!)

The debate competition is this Saturday at Florida Southern College (111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801) from 10 AM to 4 PM. We will load the bus at 8:45 AM at school to arrive by 10 AM. Students should wear business casual attire (dress pants/khakis, polos/button-ups, or appropriate-length skirts). Lunch is provided, but please pack snacks. We'll contact you if the competition ends earlier than scheduled.

Mr. Jimenez helped out at the Lake Buena Vista High School hurricane shelter.

Le Nguyen - Senior Administrator HS Office, Becky Watson – 2024 East River HS Principal of the Year 2024, Maricarmen Aponte – Principal Lake Buena Vista HS, Jason Jimenez – Principal Legacy Middle School

Maricarmen Aponte – Principal Lake Buena Vista High School, Penni Long – OCPS Emergency Management Administrator, Jason Jimenez – Principal Legacy Middle School

Dec. 3: PM2 - FAST ELA

Dec. 5: PM2 - FAST MATH

Dec. 5: B.E.S.T. - Algebra 1 EOC/Geometry EOC

Dec. 9 to Dec. 20: PMA's 2 Algebra/Geometry/Science/Civics

Jan. 21: Window of Jan. 21 to Mar. 12 - ACCESS for ELLs

Flu Vaccine Consent Form by Health Hero

On Friday, October 18th, in partnership with OCPS, Health Hero will offer on-site flu vaccinations at Legacy Middle during school hours. Health Hero Florida flu vaccination clinics are completely voluntary and are offered to all consented students, regardless of their insurance coverage. If you wish for your child to participate, please complete and sign a consent form. For further information, you can visit their website at www.beahealthhero.com

Threats and Information Course

There has been an increase in students making threats across OCPS. Because of this increase, the Canvas course, Threat and Weapon Information, has been created as an addition to the 2024-25 Code of Student Conduct, to help students understand the serious consequences of making threats to a person (Level 4C), threats to the school (Level 4E), and weapons possession (Level 4H) according to the OCPS Code of Student Conduct. Regardless of whether it is verbal or non-verbal, on social media, via text, or in person, making threats to schools or individuals by any means, comes with severe consequences. Level IV offenses are the most serious. If a student commits one of these offenses, they will be suspended from school and recommended for expulsion. 

The course is designed to inform students about the severity of these actions and emphasize the importance of maintaining a safe and secure school environment. The course will take approximately 15 minutes to complete, and all students in grades 6-12 must complete in full. 

To ensure everyone’s safety, we want to make sure students understand the consequences of making threats or possessing weapons. In addition, spreading rumors or reposting any information through social media that causes a disruption to the school environment will not be tolerated. If students see or hear anything that makes them feel uncomfortable or concerned, tell a trusted adult at school right away. If it is after school or on the weekend, contact FortifyFL from OCPS LaunchPad. 

We urge students to take this information seriously and make responsible choices.

Soccer Team vs. Odyssey – Sept. 22nd:

Volleyball Schedule:

Student Advisory Committee (SAC) and Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) in its mission of helping students collaborate, innovate, and accelerate our students to success.  

Our next SAC meeting of the year will take place on Tuesday, November 12th at 5:30pm in the media center. When parents are actively involved, it fosters a sense of community and collaboration among families, teachers, and administrators. This can create a more supportive and engaging environment for students. 

Being part of the SAC/PTSA helps parents stay informed about school events, policies, and needs. It also provides a platform for parents to voice their concerns and ideas directly to the school administration.

Please help our dance program reach its financial goals to provide bus transportation to our many field trips this year, costumes, and dance shoes for all, and the big one which is lighting for our stage!

To all who have donated, THANK YOU!!

Ms. Henry’s Dance class is sketching the bones in the human body.

OCPS stiffens punishments for threats

The school district’s change to its discipline policy was announced the same day a phone threat disrupted one of its schools.

Observer story by Michael Eng (October 17, 2024)

Effective immediately, any Orange County Public Schools student with a weapon making a threat against a school will face full exclusion and expulsion from the district. 

“The changes are in response to the increase in school disruptions caused by social-media posts and rumors about school threats over the last several weeks,” Superintendent Dr. Maria Vazquez said in an evening phone call to parents Thursday, Oct. 17. “The changes will ensure that the individuals involved in making threats, or participating and spreading the threats, face the appropriate discipline.”

Vazquez's announcement came just hours after threats disrupted both Edgewater and Timber Creek high schools. Orlando Police Department officers on Oct. 17 investigated a phone threat made to Edgewater and concluded it was not credible. On the same day at Timber Creek, students were evacuated after the school received a bomb threat. That threat is under investigation.

This week, the state also announced more severe consequences for making a spread or false report through the Fortify Florida app, Vazquez said.

“Making a threat is not a joke, nor should it be used as prank,” she said. “This week, our middle- and high-school students have been required to take a Canvas course explaining the consequences of making any type of threat against our schools. Our elementary students are having age-appropriate review of changes during the quarterly review, as well.”

Time required to break passwords:

Source: Hive Systems

* In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases until the correct one is found.

Password habits:

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