April 27-May1

Good Morning Middle School!

I am so excited about all the great things going on in middle school right now. 

Results for last week's poll showed that the majority of our faculty would like to wear PJs to work if they could. 

Here is what our week looks like:

Monday:

• COFT meeting 3:00pm

Tuesday:

• 5th grade patrols leave for DC at 3:00am-smile at a fifth grade teacher and Randy S. when you see them in the halls Monday.
• Middle school art show opens 4-6pm in the PKY gallery.

Wednesday:

• Department meetings 3:00pm

Thursday:

• Ragtime preview 9:30am (seating charts will be in your boxes)
• 7-9pm High school art show Rietz Union-UF campus

Friday:

• Ragtime opening night!

Announcements/Coming Soon:

• 5/4 team leaders meeting
• 5/4-5/8 teacher appreciation week
• 5/6 k-12 faculty meeting

Celebrations:

• Happy Birthday to: Fran 4/28!

"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come."

Dalai Lama 

See you in your rooms,

Amy

Snapshots of  our Middle School Day

4/20-4/24

Good Morning Middle School! 

Don't forget to vote on this week's new poll located to the left of this post.

Last week's results had Lean on Me as the song that best describes middle school by a pretty large margin (10 votes vs. 3 for the runner up song Where is the love).

Here is what is going on this week:

Monday:

• Rag time in school rehearsal
• 6th grade Earth day speaker Ms. Durbin (GRU/Pk parent) will speak about energy conservation in Science Class.
• team leaders meeting 3:00pm

Tuesday:

• Middle school lead team meets in Greg's room at lunch (Mayra, Greg, Teddi, Lisa, Christy, Carmen and Amy)-agenda is planning the division meeting and even if you are not on lead team you are welcome to attend.
• SAC 5:30pm get your team's info to Greg

Wednesday:

• 7th grade Earth day celebration: Florida's endangered species presentations followed by a song and seed festival with emphasis on planting native florida plants around the PKY campus.
• Division meeting 3:00pm place TBA

Coming Soon/Announcements:

• 4/27 COFT meeting
• 4/28 patrol trip to DC
• 4/29 department meetings
• 4/30 ragtime preview

Celebrations:

• Happy Birthday to: Carolyn Harrell 4/24 and Amy Murphy 4/25!!!

"What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you."

Oprah Winfrey

I am looking forward to another great week,

Amy

Week of 4/13

Monday:

• Report cards distributed in home room
• 3:00pm department chair meeting

Tuesday:

• 5:30pm PKYPTO meeting (elections)

Wednesday:

• 3:00pm Department meetings

Friday:

• Research in Action

Coming Soon/Announcements:

• 4/20 team leader meeting 3:00pm
• 4/21 Middle School lead team meets during lunch
• 4/21 SAC meeting-send Greg your team's info to share
• 4/22 MS division meeting
• 4/25 HS grad bash
• Yearly evaluations-Language Arts, Social Studies and MS technology, Art, Band, PA, Support, and PE-I will be meeting with you in the next week to do a pre observation meeting and then completing evaluations in the following weeks.

Celebrations:

• Happy Birthday to: Kim Brown (elementary TA) 4/12, Melanie Heflin (business office) and Neila Hutson 4/17, and Cindy King (HS Math) 4/18!!!

"Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them."

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