Latinos in Action went to the Old Cuban Cafe on Tuesday, Feb. 11th to eat Latin food and develop a greater understanding of Latino cultural heritage. Good food is a delicious gateway to understanding different cultures. Each dish tells a story about the geography, history, and traditions of a place.

February 10th – 20th

Scholastic Book Fair

February 20th

Rising 6th Graders Articulation Night

February 22nd

Saturday School (Session #1 of 6)

February 24th

Jazz Concert Field Trip for All 6th Graders

February 27th

Track Informational Meeting after School

March 14th

Teacher Workday / Student Holiday

March 17th – 21st

Spring Break – Schools Closed

March 25th

Legacy Middle School Business Fair

March 27th

6th Grade Author Visit – Alyson Gerber

Please update your child’s information in Skyward by filling out this Emergency Information Form. Return the completed form to the front office. Thank you.

** PRINTABLE COPY OF THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION FORM

The Scholastic Book Fair is here! Students may shop before school, during lunch after they eat and get permission, or with permission from their teacher. No cash? No problem! Try e-Wallet to easily pay online and allow your child to shop in person.

Visit Legacy's Book Fair homepage to get started:

www.scholastic.com/bf/legacymiddleschool1

This week's Book Fair hours:

E-Wallet:

"Fly like Bessie"

Bessie Coleman was the first African American and Native American woman to earn a pilot's license, overcoming racial and gender barriers in the early 20th century. Denied entry to U.S. flight schools, she traveled to France in 1921 to earn her aviation license. She became a famous stunt pilot, inspiring future generations with her daring aerial performances and advocacy for Black aviators. Coleman's legacy continues to motivate aspiring pilots and those fighting for equality in aviation.

Literacy Week Bookmarks Created in Mr. De Zayas’ Art Classes

Check out the bookmarks on display in the Media Center:

Ms. O’Brien’s Literacy Week Door:

Ms. Terry's 7th Grade ELA class working on Plot Structure:

Incorporating plot structure into language arts education not only enriches students' literary experiences but also equips them with tools for both consumption and creation of narrative art.

Joslyne Figueroa, Nellyeris Catala Diaz, Ivan Shrinkin, James Geddes

Leilany Valle

Joslyne Figueroa, Nellyeris Catala Diaz, Ivan Shrinkin, James Geddes

Maci Harris, Alana Perez

6th Grade Science with Mr. Moreno:

Jace Latham leading a literature investigation for the Linnaean Classification of Organisms and Binary Fission.

Legacy Jet ranked among Florida's top students with learning software program:

Oriana Rodriguez is ranked 4th in Florida with use of the Learning Ally audiobook program.

Congratulations to our Legacy MS "Afterburners" Jazz Band on their phenomenal performance Thursday at their 2025 Jazz Music Performance Assessment! They received SUPERIOR ratings* from all three judges, the highest rating a band can receive on these assessments. Mr. McGarvey could not be prouder of the work these students put in to earn this achievement! Congratulations to Mr. McGarvey for his instruction and guidance of this talented group of students!

* SUPERIOR – The rating is comparable to the grade of “A”. This rating reflects the finest conceivable performance for the event and class of participants being evaluated – worthy of the distinction of being recognized as among the very best. Source: Florida School Music Association

World's Finest Chocolate

The Dance Team is selling the World's Finest Chocolate to raise funds for our AAU Competition, costumes, and buses for our various field trips. Please help to support us! We'd like to introduce you to our sweet representative, Wendy Russell, who has been the most positive and supportive!

There will be a track informational meeting right after school February in the gym. See Coach Watson or Coach Martinez with any questions. 

Tickets are now on sale for this year's performance taking place at University High School March 13th at 6:15 pm! Be prepared to be amazed with the beautiful theater, lights, sound system, and dances!

Teach Tix Link: Legacy Middle School Spring Dance Showcase

GRATITUDE

One of the characteristics our Jets learned through celebrating our resiliency week is Gratitude. Gratitude means being thankful and sharing appreciation with others! Here are ways you can help your child learn, practice, and demonstrate gratitude.

Resiliency Week Highlights:

7th Grade Color War at the Wave

Mr. De Zayas' Art Activities - Spreading Positivity

Sixth Grade Color War Spirit Day

Students in Mr. De Zayas' Art class making cards for teachers and staff for Valentine's Day and Gratitude Day.

Mr. De Zayas shared the tree full of hearts to express his gratitude. The hearts represent the people at Legacy Middle.

BUYTHEYEARBOOK.COM

Parents, if you are interested in being a chaperone for Gradventure with our 8th graders, you must be approved as an ADDitions Volunteer for this school year. Approvals can take two to three weeks and should be completed as soon as possible. Please sign up on the OCPS ADDitions Website for #1 Become an 2024-25 ADDitions Volunteer with Legacy Middle School. Contact Ms. Fray at susan.fray@ocps.net if you are interested in being a chaperone and if you have any questions. Do not pay for your ticket until you have received a confirmation from Ms. Fray that you have been approved as a chaperone.

📚 Let's Read, OCPS! is in full swing!! 🍊

Need something to read and can’t get to the media center? You can read eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines on the Sora app! Sora is available 24/7 on LaunchPad! 📖💻 Log the minutes you read on Beanstack to support the district-wide reading challenge and log for our school! Tag us and show off your new digital book using #OCPSReads! @ocps_official

Sixth grade is in the lead for number of minutes read! Keep it up 6th grade!

1st Place: 6th grade (130 active readers) with 9,423 minutes read

2nd Place: 7th grade (120 active readers) with 3,750 minutes read

3rd Place: 8th grade (40 active readers) with 3,478 minutes read

Adults: 3 active readers with 286 minutes read

About the Challenge

All OCPS students, employees, families, and community members are encouraged to participate in the Let’s Read, OCPS! challenge by individually reading at least 500 minutes throughout the challenge. Participants are encouraged to read whatever they choose for enjoyment and to log their minutes in Beanstack, a LaunchPad application that motivates and rewards students for reading.

How to Participate

Students and employees are encouraged to log their minutes in Beanstack, which can be found on LaunchPad, in the Library Research Tools folder. Students and employees can earn badges and view their progress throughout the challenge by opening the Let's Read, OCPS! challenge on the Beanstack Challenges page.

More information about the Let's Read, OCPS! challenge and how to participate can be found here.

1) Did you know that Legacy is the first Florida middle school to offer personal finance? Here is an example of a personal finance topic related to household budgeting using Bank of America data—average monthly car payments:

Source: Bank of America Institute

Legacy Middle community footnote: The distribution of auto loan payments per month has shifted much higher in only a five years. Around 43% of households with Bank of America from November 2024-January 2025 had a monthly auto payment of $500 to $1,000 per month, up sharply from 32% in November 2019-January 2020 and up from 40% in November 2023-January 2024. Also, nearly a fifth of households had a payment of more than $1,000 a month, up 11% and 18% over the same periods in 2020 and 2024.

2) As this is Black History Month, we continue with additional success stories using the latest available data. The number of activity duty Black or African Americans serving in the armed forces numbers nearly 225,000 or 17.6% of total:

Source: Department of Defense Read full report

3) In-person social time by (minutes per day):

Source: BofA Global Research