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We hope you all enjoyed your President’s Day weekend!
Progress Reports are now available on Skyward Family access. All students received an email from me with their progress monitoring assessment scores from PM1 compared to PM2. Please take a moment and review your child’s scores with them. We finished last week by celebrating our students that improved 15 points or more on their Progress Monitoring assessment, or earned proficiency in ELA or Math with a pizza party! Our students were appreciative of this token of recognition and we look forward to celebrating success again after our end of year testing in May!
Track season is upon us. Tryouts will take place the week of the 26th. If your child is interested in Track, please ensure that a sports physical is on file with A thletic Director Rummel via Aktivate.
Enjoy this week’s brief. We have a wide variety of photos that showcase the amazing happenings taking place around the flight deck.
Have a wonderful week, Jets!
Mr. Jiménez
Principal
Legacy Middle School
Pictured very top of this edition:
Students who demonstrated growth on their mid-year assessments were treated to a pizza party.
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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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Feb. 20: Rising 6th Grade Articulation Night |
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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. |
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Mar. 6: Tdap Vaccinations – Clinic |
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The state of Florida requires students to have all of their required immunizations in order to attend school. This is a reminder, if you have an eleven-year-old they are eligible for the Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis immunization also known as Tdap. This is a required shot before entering 7th grade and required documentation is needed to be turned into the school.
If you would like additional information just visit ImmunizeFlorida.org. Those with private insurance or Medicaid can go directly to their medical care provider and obtain these same services. On
Once your child receives the immunization, you’ll need to submit the Florida 680 form that the doctor gives you to the school.
The following vaccines are required for children entering preschool and grades K-12: Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis(whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella (chickenpox) and hepatitis B.
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IMPORTANT PARENT LETTER
and Daily Attendance Reminder
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Average Daily Attendance
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Parents, please review our Average Daily Attendance (ADA) counts and percentages below:
Last 7 school days: 92.50%
Last 30 school days: 90.83%
School year-to-date: 91.25%
When students are absent, they miss nuanced instruction and the benefit of learning alongside their peers. While Canvas will always provide students with assignments and a record of work to be completed, our instructional superstar teachers aren’t able to reach students when they’re absent.
Please ensure that your child attends school every day.
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Local Business Support
Burlington Coat Factory
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Much needed support for our Legacy Dance Program! |
Mrs. Henry and her dance team would like to thank the Burlington Coat Factory who donated $1,000 to Legacy's dance program through the platform Adopt a Classroom. Mrs. Henry used the money for much needed classroom organization, supplies, and decor! She is so grateful to have received such support that benefits all of her dance community. |
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Jet Happenings Around the Campus |
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Mrs. De León, Mrs. Ayala, Coach Tatro and Ms. Nieves enjoy the company of their students during lunch. |
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Theater 1: Students in Ms. Nieves’ Technical Theater class are costuming building (apron making) Bunraku puppets are made of wood and are anywhere between one to four feet in height. The puppets don't actually have full bodies; only the head, hands, legs, and feet are crafted. These are connected with string while the torso is simulated using a kimono. |
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Students in Mr. Feinberg’s 8th Grade ELA took part in a Readers' Theater by performing the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. |
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Students in Mr. De Zayas’s Art class worked on awareness posters using persuasive art. |
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Putting theory into motion! 🚀 Research/Critical Thinking students dive into S.T.E.M. at Astro Skates, crunching numbers, analyzing data, and hypothesizing for a rollercoaster of learning. |
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Celebrating Black History Month |
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Coach Martinez dresses up for 'Decades Day' as a member of
Earth, Wind & Fire.
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Gradventure '24
8th Grade Students
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Permission slip and full payment is due by Thursday, March 14th.
This is a reminder that Gradventure is a celebration for 8th graders for completion of middle school. Students will be disqualified from attending if:
● They have more than one Level III Referral
● They have a Level IV Referral
● They have lower than a 2.0 GPA
After March 14th NO refund will be issued. This information is also listed on the Gradventure permission slip packet.
ALL device fines must be reconciled and payment received before tickets will be sold. If your child currently owes an obligation, please remit payment soon. Thank you.
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Parents, please take a moment and review student fines on our website or click on the link below. We have over $7,000 in outstanding fines!
To avoid device and charger shortages, take immediate action and support our supply chain efforts.
Payment - Device Fine:
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Top Talent Casting Call - Audition Applications are Open! |
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Top Talent LIVE 2024 is May 4, 2024!
Our casting call will run now – February 23.
What does that mean? It is time to submit auditions.
We are looking for singers, dancers, musicians, novelty acts and more!
Applications are open now through February 23:
Check out our tip sheet for recording:
Audition rules and regulations & waivers.
Proceeds from our Top Talent event will help support the Foundation and provide arts enrichment for students experiencing poverty and homelessness.
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Community Resources
Mental Health Support
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NAMI Greater Orlando is an organization of families, friends and individuals whose lives have been affected by mental illness. As a non-profit organization, we work in the community to make the stigma of mental health a relic of history. We are dedicated to helping improve the quality of life for individuals affected by these conditions through education, support, and advocacy.
~ NAMI Greater Orlando
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Legacy Economics Corner
An occasional look at economic indicators that might impact our Legacy families.
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Lifestyle changes that can improve your health: |
* Chronic disease can result in loss of independence, years of disability, or death, and impose a considerable economic burden on health services for any nation. |
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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WISDOM TO LIVE BY
Inspirational quotes for our Jets at Presidents Day '24:
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Abraham Lincoln On Resilience
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
~ Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
Barack Obama On Reading
Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible
~ Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President
Theodore Roosevelt On Relationships
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
~ Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President
John F. Kennedy On Vision
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
~ John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. President
Ronald Reagan On Progress
On my desk in the Oval Office, I have a little sign that says: There is no limit to what a person can do or where they can go if they doesn't mind who gets the credit.
~ Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President
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Thank you for reading. Enjoy your Presidents Day!
Mr. Jiménez, Principal
Legacy Middle School
Sunday, February 18, 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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