MAY  DATES

Please take a moment to mark your calendars. The following are important dates that you don’t want to miss for April and May.

May 11                MS Chapel- 9:30am Faith Hall- Guest Speaker- Pete Wehry
May 18               MS 8th Grade Celebration Chapel- 9:30am Faith Hall
May 19               4th Quarter AR Deadline
May 23               2nd Semester Celebration of Student Achievement 1:30pm SC
May 24               Make-up Quizzes and Tests, Last Day of School, Early Dismissal 12:15
May 25               Summer Break for MS Scholars!!!!!!

RECOGNITION

The Middle School is so proud of 4 7th grade students who were recognized for their outstanding achievement on the SAT as part of the Duke TiP program.   The following students received state recognition for their outstanding scores.

Sophia Borrero
Sophia Dziekan
Johnson Laguerre
Sarah Hosein ( pictured below is Sarah who attended the state recognition hosted program at USF)

REMINDERS

8th Grade Celebration Chapel

Please make sure to mark your calendars for this very important date.

Box Tops for Education

We are actively collecting Box Tops at the Middle School front desk.    This program will help our school earn money, but more importantly help teach our students how joining forces with each other can accomplish great things.  This project allows our children to choose service before self and participation as a way of life.  No need to trim anything neatly, just tear them off and turn them into the collection bucket located at the middle school front desk.

Attendance

All attendance notifications and questions should be communicated directly to Ms. Lyn Maxime, the attendance clerk for both the Upper and Middle School divisions. All Middle School students who are tardy to campus must check in with Ms. Maxime when they arrive at school.  You may contact Ms. Maxime concerning your student being tardy or absent at (407)206-8630 or email her at msattendance@thefirstacademy.org.

E.C.H.O.…..E.C.H.O.!

E.C.H.O. stands for Every Child Has an Opportunity! It’s your student’s opportunity to grow and provides a home base for communicating here in the Magnificent Middle School! E.C.H.O. is your key (Did you hear that E.C.H.O.?) to communicating with your Magnificent Middle School Scholar. Let me E.C.H.O. that! It is your key (E.C.H.O) to communicating with your Middle School Scholar!

Here are the ABC’s of how E.C.H.O. can serve you and your student:

1. Ask your student WHO their E.C.H.O. teacher is. That is vital information; let me encourage you to let that name E.C.H.O. in your mind. It will serve you well all year!
2. Make-up work or testing can easily be arranged and completed during your student’s E.C.H.O. class.
3. Inclement weather dismissal is always done through E.C.H.O. class.

7^th Grade E.C.H.O. teachers:

• Dana Menz Room 156
• Jeff Rossemiessl Room 160
• Bette Gordon Room 153
• Becky Render Room 158
• Joe Donaldson- Room 162

8^th Grade E.C.H.O. teachers:

• Lindsey Hurlebaus Room 246
• James Grosshans Room 248
• Christy Requejo Room 259
• Yvonne England Room 250
• Shannon Rymer Room 252

Severe Weather Inside Dismissal

-Students are dismissed from 7th period to ECHO classrooms
-Students without signed parent permission slips are dismissed when a parent visits the lobby to pick them up. MS Office will contact ECHO classroom teacher.
–Students with signed parent permission slips are dismissed
–Student shows text from parent stating location of parent on TFA campus
–Parent emails ECHO teacher stating their arrival and location on TFA campus

Start and Dismissal Times

 New Uniform Item Available

Want to stand out from the crowd? Dress blazers are now available for all 6th-12th-grade students (male & female). Step up your wardrobe game and come to school dressed to impress! Blazers can be purchased in person at the Dennis Uniform Store (1101 N. Keller Road, Suite G-3 , Orlando, FL 32810) or online here: http://www.dennisuniform.com/ONLStore/d-store-home.asp?pageitem=12&pagenumber=1&gn=2&sc=ETF&dis=20851816