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Jets in Action!
Legacy Community Brief
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Happy New Year, Legacy families! We hope you had an enjoyable Winter Break with your families.
Students have a fresh start this semester and should be encouraged to finish the second half of the year strong by completing assignments on time, taking tests seriously, and working to the best of their ability.
High School Counselor Visits
Later this month, University and East River High School Counselors will be visiting with our 8th grade students to provide information about the variety of classes offered next year.
Scripps School Spelling Bee
On January 21st, thirty of our top spellers will be competing in the Scripps School Spelling Bee. Let’s wish our talented spellers good luck!
Reading Challenge
Let’s Read, OCPS!, a district-wide reading challenge, is taking place from January 27th to April 30th, 2025. This challenge invites students and faculty to collectively read 20 million minutes. Students should individually aim to read at least 500 minutes. Research has shown that reading at least 20 minutes per day increases students’ exposure to vocabulary and improves comprehension. More information about the challenge can be found in this edition of JIA.
Personal Finance Education at Legacy
I am pleased to announce that Legacy Middle School is starting a new chapter in its course offerings, as well as enhancing our operations to provide students and families with a more robust experience.
Students in Teacher of the Year Ms. Fray’s first and second period class, are the first students in the entire state of Florida to have exposure to personal finance at the middle school level. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a game changer aimed at enhancing prosperity and changing the course of many in our community. When we all collectively ask why didn’t I learn finance in school, our 8th graders will be the first in Florida, the tip of the spear in changing the trajectory of their families financial future.
During these challenging economic times, we believe that it is imperative for students to begin learning the basics of finance, investing, and all things money. Students will eventually take a high school graduation requirement in financial literacy, but we believe that starting our Jets off on the right foot now will prepare them for success in their futures. Our vision is that when our eighth graders transition from middle school to high school, many of them will be of the age to find gainful part-time employment at locations such as Publix or Chick-fil-A. What a wonderful way to start there financial journey with the training, insights, and tutelage that we will provide them at Legacy Middle School!
Missing Student Work Communications
Additionally, thanks to the generosity of Orange County Public Schools’ office of Access and Opportunity, we are moving away from conventional method of communicating with families regarding missing work and automating the way in which we communicate when it comes to students having missing assignments. Ideally, this new program appropriately titled ‘ICU,’ will not be used frequently. Please encourage your children to review Canvas early and often.
I am looking forward to another great week on the flight deck!
Warm regards,
Jason Jiménez
Principal
Legacy Middle School
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Parental Consent Form for Upcoming Activities and Special Events | Please go to https://Linktr.ee/LegacyMS and scroll to ADDitions Volunteer. |
11398 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
(407) 658-5330
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Monday, January 13th:
6th Grade Hearing and Vision Screening
Tuesday, January 14th:
SAC Meeting, 5:30pm in the Media Center (School Advisory Council) - All Legacy Community Members Welcome!
Thursday, January 16th:
University HS Counselors Visit with 8th Graders
Monday, January 20th:
Dr. Martin Luther King Day, No School
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Tuesday, January 21st:
Scripps School Spelling Bee
Friday, January 22nd:
University HS Rising Freshman Open House
Friday, January 24th:
East River HS Counselors Visit with 8th Graders
Saturday, January 25th:
Saturday School Starts
January 27th – 31st:
Literacy Week
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Tuesday, January 28th:
4.0 Honor Roll Ceremony and Breakfast
Falcon Experience Night at East River HS for incoming 9th Graders
Thursday, January 30th
NJHS Induction Ceremony
Monday, Feb. 3:
Legacy Basketball at HOME - Fifth Grade Night - 5:00pm
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Monday, Feb. 10:
Legacy Basketball at HOME - First Responders Night- 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 11th:
Resiliency Day – Adjusted Bell Schedule
February 17th – 20th:
Scholastic Book Fair
Friday, February 24th:
Jazz Concert for All 6th Graders
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Yearbook sale continues through Jan. 30th: | | |
Legacy Middle School 2024-2025 Yearbooks are on sale now through January 30th for $35. Please use School ID: 1169972 when you log into buytheyearbook.com. If your child is in 8th grade, you have the option to purchase an ad celebrating them and their accomplishments throughout middle school.
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The Little Mermaid Auditions: | | |
Basketball season opens Jan. 27th! | | |
School fundraiser to recognize positive student behavior:
Coupon books are available for $25 with the proceeds going to our Positive Behavior Incentive System to recognize students. Families can pay using cash or the SchoolPay link, using the PBIS payment link.
Coupon books are available now. They may be picked up in room 801 with confirmation of payment. Thank you for supporting our Jets!
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Dog Man Fans! Dav Pilkey is Coming to Kissimmee!
Dav Pilkey, author of the popular Dog Man series with middle schoolers, is coming to Kissimmee on February 28th. General Admission is $5 and General Admission plus a book is $15.
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Jets in the Spotlight!
Legacy's top readers for December 2024
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Top 10 Readers for the December 2024 Beanstack Reading Challenge:
#1. Presley McNichol, 6th grade - Read 1,894 minutes
#2. Hannah Tran, 6th grade - Read 759 minutes
#3. Marbella Rodriguez, 6th grade - Read 709 minutes
#4. Pablo Rojas, 8th grade - Read 436 minutes
#5. Dominic Vasquez, 6th grade - Read 341 minutes
#6. Alicia Johnson, 7th grade - Read 328 minutes
#7. Susie Young, 6th grade - Read 317 minutes
#8. Ashley Plummer, 6th grade - Read 248 minutes
#9. Kevin Grillo, 6th grade - Read 120 minutes
#10. Khuong Au, 6th grade - Read 110 minutes
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8th Grade Gradventure 2025 | | |
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. | | |
University High School
This message is for our rising freshman assigned to University High School. University High School is hosting a Rising Freshman Open House on Wednesday, January 22 from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.
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East River High School
This message is for our 8th grade students assigned to East River High School. East River is hosting a Falcon Experience Night on Wednesday, January 29, from 5:30PM - 7:00 PM in the ERHS cafeteria.
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During Literacy Week, January 27th – 31st, students and staff will be participating in various literacy-based activities:
• Building and Literacy Activities in the Media Center
• Mystery Reader
• Door Decorating Contest – winning class receives a doughnut party
• Expository Writing Challenge – check out a nonfiction book from the library or in Sora, and write an expository essay to receive a prize
• D.E.A.R. - Drop Everything and Read
• Spirit Week – Dress up Days
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Let’s Read OCPS!, a district-wide reading challenge, will run from January 27 to April 30, 2025, and aims to encourage students to read for enjoyment and develop a lifelong love of reading by contributing to the district-wide goal of reading 20 million minutes.
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.
Check out our new collection of ebooks and audiobooks in Sora just for Legacy Middle School!
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Remember to enter your reading minutes into Beanstack. This month is “Be a Reading Machine” Challenge. | | |
Digital Reading Resources with the Sora App: | | |
How to use the Beanstack app: | | |
Celebrate Your Child's Birthday! | | |
Superintendent's 1st message of 2025: | | |
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Jan. 6, 2025
Can you believe we are halfway through the school year already?!
On this week's Mondays with Maria presented by Addition Financial, Dr. Vazquez and Nancy Alvarez talk about all the exciting things happening this semester, including graduation, special events and much more!
And don't forget to catch the extended conversation on the Mondays with Maria Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts!
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Monthly U.S. unemployment rates by educational attainment over the past 10 years: | | |
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Latest unemployment figures released this past Friday for December 2024
- Less than a high school diploma = 5.6% (black line in the chart)
- High school graduates, no college = 4.3% (purple line in the chart)
- Some college or associate degree = 3.5% (green line in the chart)
- Bachelor's degree and higher = 2.4% (red line in the chart)
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Source: FRED Database (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report from Jan. 10, 2025 - Table A-4 Read full report
Note: Lower unemployment percentages are generally viewed as more favorable. The grey bar and spike in the chart was the last US economic recession tied into Covid-19. Please notice how the basic unemployment pattern does not change in the long-run. Those with greater education in the U.S. typically experience less chance of joblessness.
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Inspirational quotes for our Jets for the week of Jan. 13, 2025: | | |
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Mandela On Challenges
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
~ Nelson Mandela, South African leader
Peale On Feedback
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
~ Norman Vincent Peale, author
Welch On Taking Charge
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
~ Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO
Ford On Listening
If there is any one secret to success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that angle as well as your own.
~ Henry Ford, car executive
Lincoln On Urgency
Things may come to those who wait ... but only the things left by those who hustle.
~ Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president
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Happy New Year!
Mr. Jiménez, Principal
Legacy Middle School
Sunday, January 12, 2025
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2024-2025 Leadership Team | | |
Mr. Jiménez, Ms. Torres, and Ms. Thomas | |
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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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