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Teachers will begin entering progress report grades this week. We encourage you to review your child’s academic progress and request parent teacher conferences should you believe there is a need for further conversations and interventions. We will be mailing out a comparison of PM1-PM2 assessment scores this week to students’ Gmail accounts. We had a productive week on the flight deck last week!
Lost & Found
Parents, have you recently asked your child if they’ve misplaced any of their personal belongs recently? Have you had to buy them a new water bottle or clothes? We currently have an office full of lost and found items that are waiting to be claimed. Please speak with your child about any missing items and have them report to 701.
** Moving forward, if these lost & found items aren’t spoken for at the end of each month, we will place these items in our donation pile. **
Student Dismissal / Safety
For those students who walk off campus, please remember that our Partner in Education’s parking lot, Mid Florida Credit Union, is not an authorized pickup/drop off location. Additionally, please remind your child that the only point of entry and egress from campus is at the traffic light and accompanying crosswalk. We have noticed that students are taking the liberty of jaywalking across Lake Underhill Road with little to no regard for their personal safety. We appreciate your attention to this matter.
Thank you for reading and have a wonderful week!
Mr. Jiménez
Principal
Legacy Middle School
Pictured very top: Legacy celebrated students at our Principal's Honor Roll Breakfast who earned a 4.0 GPA for Semester 1. District 1 School Board Member Angie Gallo (standing next to Principal Jimenez) came to support and celebrate our students on their academic achievements. Please see this Jet success story just 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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Principal's 4.0 Honor Roll Breakfast |
It is always an honor to recognize and celebrate our students. We had a wonderful turnout of students and parents who were delighted to a beautiful performance by our dance team. Thank you, families, for your support in assisting Legacy in leading our students to success!
Thank you also to our amazing school counselors, Mrs. Draggon & Dr. Study, Ms. Ladino, Ms. Olivo, Ms. Luna, Mr. Feinberg, Ms. Fray and AP Thomas for supporting this event.
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Feb. 5-9: School Counselors Week |
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Feb. 13: SAC Meeting – Media Center, 5:30pm (School Advisory Council)
Feb. 13: PTSA Meeting – Media Center, 6:30pm
Feb. 19: Presidents Day – No School
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Feb. 20: Rising 6th Grade Articulation Night |
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Jet Athletics
Basketball teams play at HOME this Wednesday!!
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Jet Spotlight of the Week
All-County Band
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Congratulations go out to the following Legacy students on their outstanding achievement of participating in the OCPS All-County MS Band! - Alexandria, Hilda, Megan, Joshua, Ethan, and Nicholas. Well deserved! |
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Teacher of the Year / Support Person of the Year
OCPS Annual Stellar Awards
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Congratulations to Ms. Yearby and Mr. Gonzalez! |
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Legacy’s Teacher of the Year, Francesca Yearby, and Support Person of the Year, Diego Gonzalez, were recognized at the Stellar Awards last Friday evening at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel. We salute Ms. Yearby’s and Mr. Gonzalez’s contributions to our Legacy community and thank them for all that they do for our students. |
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Mr. Gonzalez (Technology Support Representative and 2023-2024 Support Person of the Year), Legacy Principal Jimenez, and Ms. Yearby (Language Arts Teacher and 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year) on the evening of the OCPS Annual Stellar Awards. |
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Superintendent's Weekly Message
Mondays with Maria for Feb. 5th
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Dr. Maria Vazquez, OCPS Superintendent of Schools |
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What is the "Science of Reading" and why should you know about it? In this episode of "Mondays with Maria," Dr. Vazquez and Nancy Alvarez explain what it means and reveal effective strategies to help little ones become confident readers! |
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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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Legacy Middle School is now offering a Majorette and 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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Our 7th grade Civics and ELA team have meticulously planned out instructional experiences for our students. In ELA classes, students are provided with Civics-based texts, which are used to apply ELA based standards. In Civics classes, students read texts that support student understanding of ELA based standards. |
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Algebra I “Pull Ins’ – School Improvement Plan action item initiative |
Ms. Johnson provides additional support for students from her Algebra I classes one day a week during her planning period. This investment of time will yield positive dividends for students. |
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Cambridge Spotlight – Global Perspectives |
In its first year as a Cambridge school, Legacy has delved into the world of international education aimed at providing our students with the skillsets and abilities to navigate a complex and dynamic world. Mrs. Bierbrauer leads students through a class debate that has students persuading and defending their positions on, such a fun topic in middle school, dress code! Our students articulated and defended their points well. |
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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
Free Mobile Crisis Services
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If your child is having an emotional crisis and/or you feel like they are a threat to themselves or others, you can take immediate action by contacting the resources below:
Call 911 if you need immediate emergency assistance
Devereux Mobile Crisis Unit: The Mobile Crisis Unit is a 24/7 free community resource that will send a Mental Health professional to your home to evaluate and de-escalate a person that is experiencing an emotional crisis. You can contact them by dialing 2-1-1 on your cell phone or dialing 407-839-4357.
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Valencia Horizon Scholars (8th Grade) |
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The Valencia Horizon Scholars – Take Stock in Children Program has extended their application deadline for eligible 8th grade students for the 2023-2024 school year to April 1, 2024! The Valencia Horizon Scholars – Take Stock in Children Program is a scholarship, mentoring, and college readiness program looking for economically disadvantaged students who are interested in continuing their education after high school with a scholarship and would benefit from personal, professional, and academic support throughout high school.
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Legacy Economics Corner
An occasional look at economic indicators that might impact our Legacy families.
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Companies are calling workers back to the office five days a week. |
The share of regular work days where many people are paid to work from home has dropped from over 60% to less than half that now (chart). This may impact some members of our Legacy families as the year wears on. |
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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LONG ON IDEAS
LIFE magazine named him the number one man of the millennium. The number of things he invented is astounding - 1,093. He held more patents than any other person in the world, having been granted at least one patent every year for sixty-five consecutive years. His name was Thomas Edison.
Most people credit Edison's ability to creative genius. He credited it to hard work. "Genius," he declared, "is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration." However, there was a third factor in play: his positive attitude.
Edison was an optimist who saw the best in everything. "If we did all the things we were capable of doing," he once said, "we would literally astound ourselves." When it took him ten thousand tries to find the right materials for the incandescent light bulb, he didn't see them as that many failures. With each attempt he gained information about what didn't work, bringing him closer to a solution. He never doubted that he would find a good one. His belief could be summarized by his statement: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
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Probably the most notable display of Edison's positive attitude can be seen in the way he approached a tragedy that occurred when he was in his late sixties. The lab he had built in West Orange, New Jersey, was world famous. He called the fourteen-building complex his invention factory (nearby picture). Its main building was massive - greater than three football fields in size. From that base of operations, he and his staff conceived of inventions, developed prototypes, manufactured products, and shipped them to customers. It became a model for modern research and manufacturing.
Edison loved the place . . . But on a December day in 1914, his beloved lab caught fire. As he stood outside and watched it burn, he is reported to have said, "Kids, go get your mother. She'll never see another fire like this one."
Most people would have been crushed. Not Edison. "I am sixty-seven," he said after the tragedy, "but not too old to make a fresh start. I've been through a lot of things like this." He rebuilt the lab, and he kept working for another seventeen years. "I am long on ideas, but short on time," he commented. "I expect to live to be only about a hundred." He died at age eighty-four.
The lesson for our Jets? If Edison hadn't been such a positive person, he never would have achieved such success as an inventor. If you look at the lives of people in any field who achieve lasting success, you will find that they almost always possess a positive outlook on life.
~ From The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
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Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful week!
Mr. Jiménez, Principal
Legacy Middle School
Monday, February 5, 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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