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Welcome back, and Happy New Year!
I hope this letter finds you rested, rejuvenated, and ready for the exciting opportunities that the upcoming semester holds. Our first semester saw us build a positive environment that fostered learning, growth, and collaboration. From academic achievements to extracurricular triumphs, our collective efforts have made a positive impact on the lives of our students. I want to extend a special thank you to Coach Tatro and Coach Martinez for planning out and providing our Jets with an amazing field day experience on our last Friday in December.
Each new year offers all of us the possibility to modify, adapt, and adjust our thinking, habits, and actions. I encourage each one of you to reflect on the accomplishments of the past semester. Celebrate the victories, both big and small, and let them fuel your enthusiasm for the challenges that lie ahead.
I’m a firm believer that we all need new experiences and challenges to continuously improve ourselves. This is the time of the year that most Americans focus on ‘resolutions’ and goal setting that addresses perceived deficits and imbalances. I started this new year with 75 Hard, a physical and mental fitness program that is already stretching me beyond my limits. I’ve taken up 75 Hard not for its physical fitness component, which requires two, 45-minute workouts per day, but for the systematic and rigid approach to completing tasks that I know will assist me in better executing my duties as a principal.
Once our testing window closes on Friday, January 19th, we will send out comparative assessment results and assist your child with creating actionable goals to support and carry them throughout the semester.
Thank you for being an integral part of our Legacy community. Together, let's make 2024 a year filled with growth, achievement, and countless moments of pride!
Mr. Jiménez
Principal
Legacy Middle School
Pictured at the top of this issue: The smiling faces of two winners - Coach Tatro and Coach Martinez - celebrate the fruits of their labor after a successful Winter Field Day experience. Please see highlights below.
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Please click on the image above to access a number of links helpful to our Legacy families. |
Please go to Linktr.ee/LegacyMS and scroll to "ADDitions Volunteer." This is a quick & easy step and we greatly appreciate our Legacy volunteers!
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11398 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 658-5330
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Tuesday, Jan. 9: SAC Meeting @ 5:30pm in the media center
Tuesday, Jan. 9: PTSA Meeting @ 6:30pm in the media center
Monday, Jan. 15: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (No School)
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Thursday, Jan. 18: Report Card 2 available on Skyward
Friday, Jan. 19: Principal Honor Roll 4.0 breakfast
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We are excited to announce that Legacy is starting its journey towards establishing a debate team. The proud American tradition of respect – in personal and political interactions – for free and unencumbered speech continues to be a gift left to us by our Founders and remains a uniquely American civic tradition. Any student that is interested in learning the art of debate, frame arguments, and compete in debate tournaments, contact Mr. Eschenbach ( john.eschenbach@ocps.net) for more details.
"If there be a time to expose through discussion, the falsehoods and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."
~ Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Associate Justice
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Why Young Debaters Make Good Leaders!
Competitive debate has given everyone from Supreme Court justices to CEOs a toolkit for disagreeing better.
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Legacy Middle School is now offering a Majorette & Drill Team! Practice is on Thursdays from 4:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. in Legacy’s courtyard. The program includes baton twirling, flag and rifle twirling lessons.
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Guest speaker in Mrs. Fray's class |
Prior to our winter break, students in Mrs. Fray’s class were visited by Mrs. Lirio Andrejcisk-Drayton of Career Technical Education to speak to our students about the different avenues and career paths that are available to them within OCPS. |
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PTSA members Ms. Rucktenwald and Ms. Kern stopped in to shower our staff with holiday treats! Contact legacymiddleschoolptsa@gmail.com if you’re interested in joining our PTSA.
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From potato sack races to tug-o-war, our Jets enjoyed a fun filled morning of outdoor physical activities that stretched them to their limits with our Winter Field Day! |
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Above and just below: Our students exerted and themselves during tug-o-war, a fan favorite of Field Day. |
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Mrs. Henry and her team of dancers work on their balance in long jump pit. |
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Mr. Feinberg takes flight at the long jump station. |
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Mrs. Ayala and her students complete one of the most challenging activities of Field Day – buddy walkers – a synchronized event where two students walk in unison, on skis. |
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Mr. Kamperveen’s and his students conquer the obstacle course. |
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Mr. Rivera and his students take a moment to catch their breath and enjoy their time with one another. |
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Students compete in our potato sack relay. |
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Taking a moment to celebrate and visit with our dedicated bus driver crew that ensures that our students are picked up and dropped off safely each and every day. |
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During our various holiday spirit days, our staff enjoyed some novel dress up days. Staff dressed up as candy canes. Mr. Boeh took the spirit day to heart and was painted as an actual candy cane! |
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Above and just below:
Thanks to our SAFE team, Principal Jimenez (above) and staff enjoyed hot cocoa throughout the month of December!
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Mr. Boeh, Paulina and Ms. Thomas showcase their holiday spirit as the Grinch. These Jets did a fantastic job of face painting for the holiday season! |
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Ms. Yearby, Ms. Johnson, and Mrs. Zayas-Vargas focused on their Gingerbread house. |
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Mr. De Zayas puts his artistic touches on his gingerbread house. |
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Mr. Freeman drafts plans for his gingerbread house. |
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Mrs. Henry and Ms. Nieves create their gingerbread dance theater. |
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Seeking Partners in Education |
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We are very happy to publicly support local businesses that in turn support our students and teachers. Business wins when education wins, so for existing and future Partners in Education, we are delighted to share your information with the community throughout the school year.
Ways in which local businesses can get involved:
- Guest speakers
- Guest judges
- School Advisory Council (SAC)
- Workplace tours
- In-kind donations
- Student recognition (Honor Roll, Student improvement)
- Teacher recognition
- Athletics
- Performing Arts
If you are general manager, own a business, or even know someone involved in business administration, please consider this opportunity and take a look at the short video below about the benefits of becoming a Partner in Education with Legacy Middle School.
Thank you again to all of our existing Partners in Education for your involvement and generous support this school year.
Mr. Jimenez, Principal
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School Spirit Run (Feb. 17): |
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Legacy Economics Corner
An occasional look at economic indicators that might impact our Legacy families.
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Top 20 fastest growing central Florida job categories to 2031: |
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Note: Top 20 list is based on fastest growth in the number of jobs here in central Florida, not the percentage change from 2023 to 2031. Please see the database for more information. Students should visit the database annually for updates.
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This Week's Motivational Moment! |
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WISDOM TO LIVE BY
Read inspirational quotes to help our Jets reach their 2024 goals and make this a very successful second semester.
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Rod Carew On Determination
No person should allow anyone else to tell them they can't do something or they're not capable of it. You've got to put your mind to it, burst into it and give it a 100% try. We're all dreamers, and dreams do come true.
~ Rod Carew, MLB baseball player
Karen Lamb On Taking Action
A year from now, you may wish you had started today.
~ Karen Lamb, author
Benjamin Mays On Ambition
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
~ Benjamin Mays, educator
T.S. Eliot On Striving
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
~ T.S. Eliot, poet
Vince Lombardi On Goals
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
~ Vince Lombardi, NFL football coach
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Welcome back Jets!
Mr. Jiménez, Principal
Legacy Middle School
Monday, January 8, 2024
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Copyright Notice
Reproduction of this material, either written or electronically, including the general layout, graphics, analyses, and content topics without the express approval of Target Performance Systems, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Legacy Middle School is forbidden without written consent. Thank you for your support of the Orange County Public Schools and especially OCPS - Legacy Middle School. Please contact Mr. Jason Jiménez at jason.jimenez@ocps.net with any questions.
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