The Kingdom's Chronicle.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Number of the Week

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Lake Nona Middle's statewide ranking in the 2016 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge (story below).

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13700 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832
(407) 858-5522

Lake Nona Middle School

Thank you to everyone that invested the time to attend our Open House last week. We had a great turnout (pictures below) and I am certain all of our guests had an enjoyable evening. This is yet another example of the ongoing commitment our community makes to the school.

On Monday we enter the seventh week of the school year. We are also rolling out our tutoring program this week (below). If the first quarter progress report indicated that your student might need some additional support, please take advantage of this opportunity right away.

Please do not forget to cheer on our Knights as the soccer teams have two key matches this week; especially vs. arch rival Avalon Middle on Wednesday!

Best wishes for a successful week and thank you for your readership.

In Knight Pride,

Stephanie R. Jackson, M. Ed.
Principal, Lake Nona Middle School

Upcoming Events

September 26- LNMS Tutoring Program Begins
September 26 - Soccer - Home vs Arbor Ridge K-8
September 28 - Fall Picture Retakes
September 28 - Soccer - Home vs Avalon MS
September 29 - 8th Grade Field Trip to Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
September 30 - PTSA Hat Day
September 30 - PTMICF must be completed (below)
October 1 - Band Pancake Breakfast (8AM - 1PM)
October 3 - Round 1 Soccer Playoffs - TBA
October 5 - Round 2 Soccer Playoffs - TBA
October 7 - Volleyball Try-Outs

Knight Technology

VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR LNMS PARENTS

The Parent Technology Media and Information Consent Form (PTMICF) must be completed electronically by ALL parents/guardians annually in ALL schools. Students that do not have this consent form completed, will be in danger of losing computer access on the school's campus as of 9/30/16.

Please take a moment to complete the online forms for your student(s). These forms can be found on your home page when logging into parentaccess.ocps.net If you do not have log in information, please contact the front office at: 407-858-5522

Teach-In 2016

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE:

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Teach-In 2016 brought over 3,600 volunteers and 7,500 volunteer hours into 167 participating Orange County Public Schools. Teach-In is a great opportunity for schools to showcase their teachers and students to members of the community and introduce students to various careers and experiences.

The Foundation for Orange County Public Schools presents Teach-In 2016 in partnership with Publix Super Market Charities as part of American Education Week. This year's theme is "Great Public School: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility."

Lake Nona's school hours are from 9:30AM - 3:50PM and we're looking for speakers for any amount of time, whether it consist of speaking to one class period, multiple, or all day long.

Speakers must be ADDitions approved. Should anyone be interested in speaking, they can contact me, preferably by email: Krista.knappins@ocps.net

Attention 8th Grade Parents

As you already know, the PSAT 8/9 will be administered to 8th graders on October 19, 2016. The College Board has released an electronic PSAT 8/9 student guide. Please access the link below to take advantage of this helpful resource.

PSAT 8/9 STUDENT GUIDE LINK

Knight Stars

The LNMS faculty selected two teachers for their dedicated work with students during the month of September . . .

Teacher of the Month

Ms. Kashia Anderson, Support Facilitator with ESE (pictured with Principal Jackson)

Knew Knight

Ms. Colleen Moody, new LNMS teacher supporting ESOL students (also pictured with Principal Jackson)

Knight Tutoring

Knight Open House

Thank you so much for finding time in your busy schedules to attend our Open House. The support and involvement of families is greatly appreciated by the teachers and staff and it is the number one thing parents can do for their children's education.

Media Minutes

It's official! We are "The Best in the State"!!! Why? Lake Nona Middle School Knights logged more summer reading minutes than any other school in Florida.

For the third year in a row we are a winner in the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. This year the contest changed to award one (1) school per state the honor of being able to call itself the best in the state. And the Knights rose to the challenge. Congratulations to everyone who read during the summer and logged minutes for us!

SSYRA
The SSYRA Reward card Program is gaining speed as students start to see their names show up on the board outside the media center and start to pick their rewards for earning their card.

Congratulations to the newest Knight card holders:

Jayden Cruz
Sarah Perez
Sam Batlemento
Ezinne Okonkwo
Heesu Seo
Fiona Dininger

This wallboard tracks the # of SSYRA books read by student name and is updated weekly

Incentives used with the students as they complete their SSYRA books during the year.

There are a total of 15 SSYRA books released each school year. One of these is spotlighted below.

A few gentle reminders from us:
- Books are checked out for two (2) weeks at a time and it is the student's responsibility to turn in any books.
- We do charge fines of five cents per day, excluding school holidays and weekends.
- Student accounts can be checked by going through launch.ocps.net and accessing Follet Destiny from the Library Research Tools folder.

SSYRA Book of the Week: Frenzy by Robert Lettrick

Camp Harmony. A place to relax, swim in the river, and stage epic water fights. A time to escape and admire the outdoors. That was how Heath Lambert wanted to spend his summer. But nobody told him that he would spend it running for his life. Almost every animal in the surrounding forest - thousands of them, from squirrels to wolves - has gone on the attack. Even the camp's horses! If Heath and his friends are to stay alive, they have only one place to go. But getting there is just half the battle.

PTSA

Thank you for all who came to OPEN HOUSE and stopping by the PTSA table. It was great to see so many of you and also meet new families.

PTSA is doing great things for teachers and staff. Have you heard about Hat Day? It is this Friday, September 30. For just $1.00 students get to wear a hat at school all day. Baseball caps, University caps, silly hats give students a chance to express themselves. The wrist-bands can be purchased at lunch on Thursday, September 29 or Friday morning when entering school. So remind your son and daughter to break into their stash and bring a buck to school!

Art department NEEDS your help. Please drop off wire hangers and empty paper towel rolls at the front office in a bag marked "Art department." It is so easy and yet meaningful to help give our teachers what they need.

Platinum Royalty is here! This is the old concept discount book fundraiser taken to a whole new level. Local and national discounts, simple apps to locate "deals around me" to restaurants, shopping, hotels and more. Cards are $20 each and when used you will reap financial rewards far greater. Simply go to our PTSA website or Facebook page for the on-line purchase link. Oh , 1 more great detail . . . the card, once activated, is effective until December 2017. You will be thrilled you did!

Sporting Knights

Both of our soccer teams will be going into the division championship games undefeated after beating Corner Lake Middle last Wednesday night. The boys' score was 2-1 and the girls' score was 2-0.

We could not have asked for a better opponent in Corner Lake to test our strength and how well we are able to play under pressure. We played two great games Wednesday night during a crucial time of the season for both of our teams. It was great to see our goalies finally get some action. Tito Cabrera and Sophia Nichols are two goalies that define and own their positions. They are fun to watch. Both teams played well in our victories. It was truly a team effort and a job well done by everyone out on the field.

Please come out and support our number 1 seeded teams at home on Wednesday! Games start at 5PM! Both Avalon and Lake Nona will be going into these games undefeated and tied for 1st place.

We will also be hosting a home game Monday against Arbor Ridge!

Go Knights!

Weekly Success Indicators

Direct and indirect indicators that impact student achievement . . . .

	Weekly Goal	Aug. 19	Aug. 26	Sept. 2	Sept. 9 *	Sept. 16	Sep. 23
Classroom walk-throughs by the LNMS Admin. Team	100	NA - 1st week	83	76	79	115	116
ProgressBook logins by LNMS families	800	569	789	810	900	898	878
Teacher attendance	96%	95%	98%	98%	98%	99%	NA
Attendance - 6th	95%	98%	98%	97%	98%	98%	97%
Attendance - 7th	95%	97%	97%	96%	96%	98%	95%
Attendance - 8th	95%	95%	96%	97%	95%	95%	98%
Tardies to school - 6th	Pending	13	10	12	18	15	18
Tardies to school - 7th	Pending	15	17	18	14	18	17
Tardies to school - 8th	Pending	20	17	20	21	24	15
Tardies to class - 6th	Pending	15	26	28	25	24	20
Tardies to class - 7th	Pending	21	20	26	24	28	24
Tardies to class - 8th	Pending	35	40	37	23	34	29
On time bus arrivals - mornings	95% or better	60%	90%	95%	90%	95%	95%
On time bus arrivals - afternoons	95% or better	50%	50%	45%	65%	75%	75%
Media Center book checkouts - 6th	Pending	55	479	---	59	86	71
Media Center book checkouts - 7th	Pending	203	44	---	38	53	61
Media Center book checkouts - 8th	Pending	15	15	---	56	19	37

* Four-day school week (Labor Day).

** Credit: Mrs. Cheryl Wood, Asst. Principal

Leadership Team

Principal: Stephanie Jackson stephanie.jackson3@ocps.net

Assistant Principal: Vaughnsha Thompson vaughnsha.thompson@ocps.net

Assistant Principal: Cheryl Wood cheryl.wood@ocps.net
Assistant Principal: Michael Cush michael.cush@ocps.net

Administrative Dean: Wanda Perkins wanda.perkins@ocps.net
Administrative Dean: Damian Rosado damian.rosado@ocps.net

Administrative Dean: Tangala Butler-Wilson Tangala.Butler-Wilson@ocps.net

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