october 2013 - st lucie county school sites
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staff and students by spon‐
soring a Faculty and Staff
Apprecia on Lunch, incen‐
ves for students, refresh‐
ments for the annual 8th
grade dance and much more!
As always, please feel free to
contact me if you have any
ques ons or concerns.
Sincerely,
Dear Parents,
We are well into our first nine
weeks and are pleased with the
progress of our students. Teachers
have been working in collabora ve
grade level departments to plan
quality lesson for your students.
Our Posi ve Behavior Focus for the
month of October is Responsibility.
Help support us by talking about
responsibility with your child.
During the first nine weeks,
students have been focusing on an
An ‐Bullying Thema c Unit in their
Literacy classes. As a culmina ng
event, I am pleased to announce
that October 17 will be our school‐
wide An ‐Bullying Day. All stu‐
dents and staff are encouraged to
wear their red Southport Middle
School T‐Shirt to symbolize that
they are against bullying. Stu‐
dents will be a ending an An ‐
Bullying Assembly with L.A.
Hardy a na onally recognized
comedian and mo va onal
speaker. That same evening,
from 5:30—7:30 PM, the Par‐
ent Academy of Saint Lucie
County will be presen ng a
workshop for parents and their
students about Bullying Preven‐
on and Interven on in our
Media Center. We hope that
you can join us for valuable
experience.
We need you to join our PTO!
Our next mee ng is on October
16 at 8:30am. We have a won‐
derful core group of parents
but would love to expand our
PTO. The PTO supports faculty,
From the Principal’s Desk
Scholastic Book Fair
An amazing selec on of books is
headed our way! Beginning
Monday, October 14th, South‐
port’s Media Center will partner
with Scholas c and transform
our library into an Reading
Oasis for a weeklong literacy
event. At the Book Fair you will
find the latest and finest tles
for kids, as well as books of in‐
terest to parents. Students will
come to the Media Center
throughout the week with their
science teachers to shop and
purchase the latest Scholas c
tles. To check out our Online
Bookfair follow the link h p://bookfairs.scholas c.com/
bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?
meth‐
od=homepage&url=southportmiddl
eschool
Or copy and past into your
browser’s address bar.
By the way, the fun will not
stop there! Mark your calen‐
dar for our Annual Family
Literacy Event on October
14th from 5:00pm ‐ 7:00pm
where the whole family can
join in the fun. Parents, stu‐
dents, and siblings are en‐
couraged to a end
The Hurricane Herald
Southport Middle School Parent Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 2
Inside this issue:
Algebra/Geometry
Night
2
National Junior Honor Society
2
September Student of
the Month
3
Business Partner
Spotlight
3
Business Partners
4
Visit us online @ h p://schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us/spm
Oct 4 PBS Sunglasses day
Oct 7 6th Grade Literacy Guest Speaker 10:00AM
Oct 10 Moe’s Spirit Night-8th grade writing prompt– FCAT practice
Oct 14-22 Scholastic Book Fair
Oct 14—25 PTO Fundrais-er
Oct 14 Literacy Night Book Fair 5:00-7:00 PM
Oct 16 Fall Picture Re-takes, Student of the Month 3:00PM SAC 4:15
Oct 17 Anti-Bullying Day—Wear Red SPM tee shirts
Oct 17 Bullying Interven-tion and Prevention Work-shop 5:30—7:30
Oct 18 Early Dismissal 2pm
Oct 25 PBS School wide event 2-4pm
Oct 29 Progress reports
Oct 30 Report Cards
this wonderful night of fun
and par cipate in cool liter‐
acy ac vi es for the whole
family. It promises to be a
cool night of hot books
(Scholas c Book Fair), fun
ac vi es and educa onal
games including: Playing
with Literary Devices, Fun
with E‐books , Free Rice
computer ac vi es, Word
Work Games, Reading
Rocks, Reader’s Theatres,
Free Popcorn, Drinks, and
Gi Raffles! Parents must
a end with their students.
We hope to see you there!
Literacy Night
members discussed the
business part of the society
and events for the new year.
Some of those ac vi es will
include: the annual food
drive to benefit our food
bank and ac vi es to
celebrate World Kindness
Day.
Secretary. (Not pictured) . Also
pictured is Advisor– Kris n Alva‐
rez, and members–Amanda
Badal, Megan Edmunds, Jade
Groth, Anastacia Kas s Gabrielle
White, Jaynell Pi man, Myrria
Roux, Quinn Tucker and Brianna
Wayne. This was the first
mee ng of the year where the
Algebra/Geometry Parent Night
National Junior Honor Society
Page 2 The Hurricane Herald
"If we have no
peace it is
because we
have forgotten
that we belong
to each other”.
—Teresa
Calcutta
Pictured above are Southport
Middle School’s 2013—2014
Na onal Junior Honor Society
members. Seated are the new‐
ly elected officers: Ryan
Downing‐ President, Alaura
McGonnell ‐Treasurer, and
Hannah Spurr‐ Vice President,
and Victoria “Eden” Varney‐
Southport Middle School held an Algebra and Geometry Parent Night on September 24th.
Math teachers, Mrs. Mendoza, Miss. Woods, Principal Mrs. Mar n, and Math Coach Mrs.
Manchester helped students solve their math problem during the “Amazing Math Race”.
The parents and students were given important informa on and resources regarding the
honors classes their students are taking. The students then par cipated in an “Amazing
Math Race” contest! The students were given problems that went along with their course
and when answered correctly received a clue that would take them around the school to
get their next problem. It was so much fun!!! Thank you to all who came out to learn
about their courses and have some fun with Math!!!
September Student of the Month Volume 4 Issue 2 Page 3
US HWY 1 Port St . Luci1769 SW Saint Lucie
West Blvd. Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 (772) 344-3920
3900 N.W. Federal Highway Jensen
Beach, FL 34957 (772) 692-3008
SPMS Business Partner
Moe’s
Alyssa Stammer
Angel Lima‐Jimenez
Blake McCorkle
Catarina Jimenez
Cheyanne Alicea
Chris an Harrell
Chris an Oravec
David Reinosa
Dominique McGarrah
Donald Rutledge
Ellio Davidson
Fabiola Barco‐Garcia
Graciela Pardo
Guadalupe Quinonez Cardona
Hannah Angelo‐Walker
Hannah Torres
Hayden Fiske
Jamari Atkinson
James Spaulding
Jesus Lara‐Melendez
Joseph Corcione
Kate Cook
Kaylee Cady
Kaylynn Diaz
Kaytlin Beverly
Ken Louis
Kevin Huynh
Lexus Guthrie
Lila Andre
Maria Rodriguez
Marissa Gasparre
Marquea Smith
Milena Alvarez
Rocco Watson
Samiyah Jackson
Sara Gordon
Sebas an Rodriguez
Skye Semexant
Stephanie Brumlop
Summer Muscanera
Taylor Co on
Taylor Henry
Titus Sirin
Toni T. Remgi
Tristan Greene
Ursula Duran
A por on of Spirit Night Sales
are donated to Southport.
Join us on October 10th!
Please Support All Our Business Partners
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!
Please contact SPMS if your business would like more informa on on becoming a SPMS Business Partner
1080 Se Port St Lucie Blvd Port St Lucie, FL
SPM N E W S L E T T E R
October 1, 2013
Our teachers are continuously developing new teaching skills/strategies and acquiring increased levels of content area expertise. Section 1012.42 of Florida Statutes states when a teacher in a district school system is assigned teaching duties in a class dealing with subject matter that is outside the field in which the teacher is certified, outside the field that was the applicant's minor field of study, or outside the field in which the applicant has demonstrated sufficient subject area expertise, as determined by district school board policy in the subject area to be taught, the parents of all students in the class shall be notified in writing of such assignment. The following teacher(s) have been assigned one or more classes outside their areas of certification and are required to take the appropriate steps to comply with the statutory regulation.
Teacher Current Certification Out-of-field Assignment
Chris Cook Emotionally Handicapped K-12 MG Integrated Curriculum 5-9
ESOL Endorsement*
Tene Francis Guidance & Counseling PK-12 Elementary Ed. K-6 Reading Endorsement
ESOL Endorsement*
Wanda Galey Elementary Ed. K-6 English 6-12
ESOL Endorsement* Reading Endorsement
Ahmad Hussein Elementary Ed. K-6 ESOL Endorsement
Exceptional Student Education K-12 MG General Science 5-9
Dana Kaiser Elementary Ed. K-6 MG General Science 5-9
Andrea Levin Social Science 6-12 ESOL Endorsement* MG English 5-9
Kimberly Nicholas English 6-12 ESOL Endorsement* *Teachers responsible for Language Arts/English, Developmental Language Arts, Intensive Reading, or Reading classes to one or more students identified as ESOL
(English to Speakers of Other Languages) requires the ESOL endorsement.
Should the following teacher(s) be assigned an active ELL (English Language Learner) student, he/she will be considered out of field for ESOL:
Laurie Barnard
Maureen Dakin
Linda Doyle
Morgan Kellogg
Charles Oberlander
If you have any concerns regarding this information, please contact the school principal.
Our Goal Screen every student for
heart defects (Will offer EKG’s, blood pressure tests, and
echocardiograms)
When Saturday, October 5, 2013
Appointments from 8am to 5pm (Free to all students, ages 5 to 18)
Where
St. Lucie County Health Department 5150 NW Milner Drive - Port St. Lucie,
FL 34983
For additional information visit: www.jessicaclinton.org or call Cheryl Lalloo (772) 215-1912
About
Us…
On October 2, 2003, Jessica Clinton a seventeen year-old Senior, died at Centennial High School in Port Saint Lucie because of a undiagnosed heart condition. The foundation, created in her honor, is working to prevent such tragedies. Our first mission was provide access to Automated External Defibrillators (A.E.D’s) in schools and our local communities. We have had great success in our efforts throughout the State of Florida. For the past two years we have been offering FREE Heart Screenings for children and teens in an effort to prevent such a loss. Donations appreciated
Y Know Your Heart: 3rd Annual Student Screening with Martine
oga
Special thanks to our sponsors
Registration online @ www.jessicaclinton.eventbrite.com
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