Thursday, December 14, 2023 |
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Jets, we thank you for your support at our recent Dance Team and Band Winter performances. Each event had over 500 family/community members in attendance.
We have ELA and Math F.A.S.T. assessments as well as PMA and CFEs continuing Friday and into next week. Please scroll down to see the December dates. It is imperative that your Jet come to school DAILY with a fully charged laptop. If your student has lost their charger, please have them fill out a tech request form: http://studenttechrequest.ocps.net/. The first lost charger is $10.00, second $15.00 and the fine continues to increase with each occurrence. |
*** Students who score at proficiency level on these assessments will be treated to a pizza party! *** |
Lastly, Legacy has served as a platform for professional development and growth for a number of Jets who have refined their skillsets to serve in other roles and capacities. Our Media Specialist, Ms. Gonzalez, has accepted a position with a nonprofit outside of OCPS. We wish Ms. Gonzalez all the best in her new career path. We ask for your patience as we transition a few staff roles for our social media promotion and a few other roles she served. We appreciate your support.
As always, please check your Jet fines and pay them as soon as possible. Links may always be found within each of this issues. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Mr. Jiménez
Principal
Legacy Middle School
Pictured very top from left to right: Principal Jimenez, Support Person of the Year & TSR Mr. Gonzalez, and students along with Coach T on Pajama Dress Up Day.
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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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KG Literacy Consult, LLC (please see story below) |
11398 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 658-5330
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12/15: P.M.A. Testing
12/16: Annual Holiday Season Food Distribution at select school sites
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12/18: P.M.A. Testing
12/19: P.M.A. Testing
12/19: SAC Meeting, 5:30pm / PTSA Meeting, 6:00pm
12/22: Last day of school for 2023 and Quarter
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Please be sure to come to school DAILY with your laptop fully charged. Email [email protected], Legacy’s amazing Testing Coordinator, if you have questions about testing.
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Critical Thinking & Research with Ms. Fray: |
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Students in Ms. Fray’s class are proud to share with Mr. Jiménez how well they’re progressing using 'Learning Ally' in becoming better readers! |
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Ms. Fray’s Critical Thinking and Research students are investing their time and efforts to becoming better readers. Students are engaged in 'Learning Ally,' a digital platform that has built-in functionality enabling students to efficiently navigate through the material — they can easily find a certain chapter or page, set multiple bookmarks, and study effectively like any other student. |
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Students in Mrs. O’Brien’s 7th grade ELA class work in station rotations to practice identifying text structures, syntax and diction. |
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Ongoing Professional Development for Teachers continues into December: |
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Our colleagues from Florida Diagnostic Learning and Resources System (FDLRS) recently provided our Jets with a professional development on the FRAMing routine to support students with understanding of critical content. |
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First year teacher Mr. Moreno, 8th Grade Science, presenting an instructional strategy to the Legacy faculty. |
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Mr. Jimenez assists Mr. Feinberg as he presents how he adapted the FRAME graphic organizer for his students as they studied 'Frankenstein' text. |
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Holiday Dress Up Days continue all next week . . . |
Please join in the Holiday Dress Up Days during the month of December. All outfits should be School/OCPS Dress Code appropriate. |
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Sixth graders Anais and Jade dress up as the Coca-Cola Bears for our Holiday Dress Up Days. |
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Coach T and Media Specialist Ms. Gonzalez enjoy the hot cocoa bar Student Services sponsored for staff on Ugly Sweater Dress Up Day. |
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Sixth grader Paulina during Legacy’s Holiday Dress Up Days. |
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Coach T with 6th grader Kamiyah on Christmas Character Dress Up Day. |
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Ms. Fray, 6-8, Critical Thinking Instructor, dresses up as Mrs. Claus on Chistmas Character Dress Up Day. |
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Jets in the media center during Holiday Dress Up Days. |
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Please join Legacy Middle School in supporting Jets in need. Pick up an angel from the tree in our main office and drop your donation by December 20th. Please email [email protected] for additional information. |
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Legacy S.A.F.E. Department
Holiday Gift Wrapping Drive ends this Friday
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Legacy’s S.A.F.E. dept is hosting a holiday gift wrap drive. Please drop gift wrap, scotch tape, bows, ribbons, gift boxes and bags to the main office from 11/27-12/15. Thank you! |
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Teacher of the Month
Mr. Feinberg, 8th Grade ELA Teacher
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From the left: Media Specialist Ms. Gonzalez, Partner in Education Leo Garcia, 8th Grade ELA teacher Mr. Feinberg, API Dr. Torres, and AP Ms. Thomas presenting Mr. Feinberg with December’s Teacher of the Month certificate. |
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Fundraiser continues through December 26th. |
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We are seeking community support for Legacy Middle School’s phenomenal band program before the 2023 year ends. We have an overall goal of $10,000.00 to purchase new instruments, repair/restore current instruments, field trip expenses, and more. The fundraiser ends on December 26th. We appreciate your support. Anything you might do is appreciated.
Please use this link if you can help our band students with a donation:
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Featured Partner in Education |
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New Partner in Education is KG Literacy Consult, LLC. Kyle Gonzalez, our former Media Specialist, and her husband, Roberto, donated lights for the Legacy Winter Wonderland Ball. We thank you for “lighting up” our first Winter Wonderland Ball, Ms. Gonzalez.
Please contact [email protected] for ACT/SAT or AP tutoring, K-12 literacy support and editing, and freelance writing. |
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'Business Wins when Education Wins' |
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A message from Principal Jimenez to our business community: |
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.
Every week, we make thousands of 'impressions' when it comes to our school website, the weekly community brief, social media platforms, outdoor signage, and other venues. I share this because in 2024 we hope to both retain and attract new members of our business community.
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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Weekly Superintendent's Message (Week of Dec. 11): |
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Superintendent Dr. Vazquez gives us an update on how her Town Hall Community Meetings are going this year and which topics have been brought up the most. |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: |
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School Spirit Run (Feb. 17): |
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* After School Zone is funded by a grant from the Orange County Government. There is no charge for youth to attend. The program takes place from the last bell to 6:00 pm. |
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Legacy Economics Corner
An occasional look at economic indicators that might impact our Legacy families.
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What Cardboard Prices Tell Us About the State of the Economy
Cardboard producers are boosting prices for the first time since early 2022 as business around the country picks up.
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There are about 1,500 corrugated box plants nationwide. Corrugated material -- "cardboard" in lay terms -- is made of three pieces of thick paper: a wavy center sandwiched by two flat layers called "linerboard." This material can be found everywhere: here around campus at Legacy Middle, in your Amazon.com shipments, food in the grocery story, nearly anyplace you can think of.
Most products, or some element of them, have been shipped in a corrugated box. So, tracking corrugated is one way to track the whole economy. If the companies that are in the "box business" now feel it is safe to start their raising prices, historically this indicates the economy is improving as sales of US goods must be rising.
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The chart shows year-over-year gains/losses in cardboard box shipments. In 2022, they were down, but when the final 2023 figures come in, they will be positive. |
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This Week's Motivational Moment! |
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WISDOM TO LIVE BY
Read inspirational quotes about concentrating on what you're doing, welcoming change in life and controlling mental stress.
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Sandra Day O'Connor On Focus
Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.
~ Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice (first woman on the Supreme Court)
Willie Stargell On Adapting
Life is one big transition.
~ Willie Stargell, baseball player
Epictetus On Peace Of Mind
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
~ Epictetus, philosopher
Harper Lee On Principle
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
~ Harper Lee, author (To Kill A Mockingbird)
Stephen Hawking On Big Picture
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
~ Stephen Hawking, physicist
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Have a great weekend!
Mr. Jiménez, Principal
Legacy Middle School
Thursday, December 14, 2023
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Copyright Notice
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