21st Century Digital Learners
OCPS School of Innovation
Florida 'A' Rated School
5 Star School
13400 Town Loop Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 858-4620
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Community Brief Monday, April 1, 2024 | |
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Dear Mark,
Everyone came back from spring break with a renewed energy to start the fourth and last nine-weeks to finish the year strong. The third nine-week's report cards will be accessible on Skyward on Tuesday, April 2nd. Please continue to monitor your student's academic progress. Contact the teachers with any questions or concerns.
Eagle Parents! We are looking forward to seeing you at the HCMS LongHorn Steakhouse Spirit Night on Wednesday, April 3rd, from 5:00 pm to 9:00pm. Don’t forget to bring with you a copy of the Dinning for Dollars coupon!
The upcoming eight weeks are packed with many different events and activities such as performances, track meets, recognitions and celebrations. Don’t miss our HCMS Spring Book Fair which will take place from April 10th until April 19th. Also, mark your calendars for our annual Multicultural Night on Thursday April 11th at 6:00pm in the gym. Please see the details below.
Thank you for looking over this edition of our Eagles’ View. Enjoy the beautiful weather and have a great week!
Joumana Moukaddam
Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
** Pictured above: HCMS Math Teachers Ms. Lebron, Ms. Pratt, Ms. Davis, Ms. Murray, and Ms. Daniel celebrate Pi Day! **
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National Assistant Principals Week (April 1-5) | |
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Tuesday, April 2nd: BEST Writing Test
3rd nine weeks report cards available on Skyward
Wednesday, April 3rd: House Spirit Day!
Amnesty Wednesday
Away Track Meet vs. Lake Nona & Walker MS 5pm
LongHorn Steakhouse Spirit Night!!!! 5pm-9pm
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Thursday, April 4th:
A/B Honor Roll Lunch Recognition
Freedom High School Cheer Clinic
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Thursday, April 4th:
A/B Honor Roll Lunch Recognition
Freedom Cheer Clinic
Monday, April 8th:
SAC Meeting 5pm, Library
Wednesday, April 10th:
House Spirit Day!
Away Track Meet vs. South Creek MS & Meadow Woods Middle School 5pm
Wednesday, April 10th to Friday, April 19th:
HCMS Spring Book Fair!!!!! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/HCMSLibrary
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Thursday, April 11th: HCMS Annual Multicultural Night 6pm, Gym & Cafeteria | |
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Monday, April 15th:
Track Clust Championship 6pm, Freedom HS
Wednesday, April 17th:
House Spirit Day!
Latinos in Action Conference
Thursday, April 18th:
Orchestra Spring Concert 6:30pm, Cafeteria
Monday, April 22nd: Earth Day
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Tuesday, April 23rd:
Chorus Spring Concert 6:30pm, Cafeteria
Wednesday, April 24th: Administrative Professionals Day
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Wednesday, April 24th:
House Spirit Day
Amnesty Wednesday
Thursday, April 25th:
Guitar Spring Concert 6:30pm, Cafeteria
Tuesday, April 30th:
Spring Band Concert 6:30pm, Gym
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SAVE THE DATE!
Past Eagles Graduating from High School: You are invited to a middle school reunion on May 15th at 3:30pm in the HCMS Library! Come reconnect with your middle school teachers and other past Eagles!
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The reunion will feature cake, past yearbooks, and a slideshow from your middle school years!
(If you have any photos to share for the slideshow, please email them to Ms. Moye at kellee.moye@ocps.net or send them to her on IG at @mrsmoyereads)
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Seventh graders Omayma Hadiah and Tatiana Speights volunteered at John Young’s STEM night. Tatiana was instructing on Martian Soil and its pH, and Omayma was working with robotics. | |
7th Grade Students of the Week (announced 3/8) | |
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Congratulations to our 7th Grade Students of the Week!
Eugene Weaver for Exemplifying Perseverance: Eugene is showing great effort to improve his grades. He is trying to complete the assignments, participating in class and getting better grades! -Ms. Calderon
Keerthivasan Praveen Kumar for Excellence: He is an amazing student, does his assignments on time, helps other students as well. He is very respectful and I am glad to have him in my class. -Ms. Gramiscelli
Zoe Avalos for Excellence: Zoe is an incredible student who is always eager to participate, learn, and help others. She constantly takes the lead in group work and her work is always impeccable. Zoe also has a very happy and helpful personality, which is always welcome. She is an absolute pleasure to have in class, and she has a very bright future. -Mr. Onderick
Jarri Andrade for Leadership: Jarri is nominated for student of the week for demonstrating leadership. During these difficult times at HCMS these past two weeks, Jarri has been a light of inspiration for the students and staff. He showed his leadership at our school's vigil for Maddie and had such courage and strength to share his emotions. Thank you for being a light to us all, Jarri! -Mrs. Lebron
Joao Do Carmo Lira for Giving Respect: Joao has been a wonderful student this year! I have especially seen positive changes this quarter and appreciate the effort he has been showing. He's trying hard to stay on top of all of his work, he's helped out in class, and he's always kind, caring, and respectful. Keep up the good work! -Ms. DeLuca
Isabella Queiroz for Soaring to Greatness: I have loved getting to teach Isabella this year! I especially appreciate all of the effort and improvement she has shown this quarter. She has been working hard on her assignment in class, shares great points during discussions, and has been friendly and respectful to her classmates and teachers. Keep being wonderful! -Ms. DeLuca
Erick Vispo for Giving Respect: Erick has been such a pleasure to get to teach all year! I appreciate how kind and respectful he is to all of his classmates and teachers and that he always has a smile on his face. He has also been showing improvement in classwork this quarter and I love seeing him put in that extra effort to be successful. Great job! -Ms. DeLuca
Keep up the amazing work!
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8th Grade Students of the Week (announced 3/15): | |
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Congratulations to our 8th Grade Students of the Week!
Kern Grimshaw for Exemplifying Perseverance: Kern is nominated for student of the week for exemplifying perseverance! He has made such great gains in Algebra this past semester and I am so proud of his hard work. He is always collaborating in class with her peers and loves to participate in whole group discussions! Way to go, Kern! -Mrs. Lebron
Santiago Baquero for Exemplifying Perseverance: Santiago has been working hard this quarter achieve greatness in his academics. -Ms. Ekblom
Anthony Riverra for Exemplifying Perseverance: Anthony has been participating in class every day! He has also completed all assignments. Great way to show your potential. -Ms. Jarque
James Moriarty for Excellence: James is consistently at the top of the class, performs outstanding on exams, and has a tremendous work ethic, plus he can put up with the goofy-goobers in my 7th period!! -Mr. True
Daniela Urrego for Excellence: Daniela is a joy to have in class. She always works hard and gives 100%. She is kind and respectful to her classmates and helps where needed. She is an all around excellent ELA student -Ms. Cecil
Deborah Soto-Martin for Exemplifying Perseverance: I am so proud to nominate Deborah for this award! She is the true definition of hard work and tenacity! She works so hard in class and asks for help when she needs it! She never gives up and it shows! She was my ONLY student to earn a perfect score on her Probability Quiz! Keep up the great work Deborah! I am so proud of you! -Ms. Pratt
Luis Sirias Morales for Exemplifying Perseverance: I would like to nominate Luis Sirias Morales as my student of the week because he worked hard this quarter to maintain a good grade. He turned in all of his assignments in on time, which was a big improvement from the last quarter. I appreciate his effort in my class, and I hope to see it continue in the fourth quarter. Keep it up, Luis! -Ms. Ennion
Maria Casas Gudino for Excellence: Maria is always on task, respectful, and demonstrating mastery of content in her honors science course. I have had the pleasure of teaching Maria for two years and it is exciting to watch her do so well. Continue the good work, Maria! -Ms. Bullock
Senuth Amarasekera & Cooper Terrell for Excellence: Congratulations on qualifying for the Future Problem Solvers International Competition! You all are rock stars, and I am so proud of you! -Ms. Moye
Noelani Music Hawkins for Leadership: Your jellyfish you made for the library was phenomenal, and your leadership in making sure it was successfully created was exceptional. I can always count on you to complete a project with amazing results! -Ms. Moye
Keep up the amazing work!
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HERO Students of the Month | |
Congratulations to our HERO Students of the Month! These students earned the most HERO points in February. | |
Raegan Begonia, 6th grade | |
Patrick Durham, 8th grade | |
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Thank you again to Papa Johns for providing the prizes for our highest earning HERO students! | |
Congratulations to our February Teacher of the Month: Ms. DeJesus, 7th grade language arts! | |
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Here are some of the comments students made in her nominations:
● Because she has helped me understand the language more and understand the text more in many different ways.
● She is supporting everybody in her class.
● Because she's the best teacher.
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Support Faculty/Staff of the Month | |
Congratulations to our February Support Faculty/Staff of the Month (tie!): Ms. Brady, 7th grade counselor, & Ms. Coogle, 7th grade dean and sports coach! | |
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Here are some of the comments students made about Ms. Brady in her nominations:
● She's very nice.
● Miss Brady is such a good counselor she can help me with all my problems like when there were rumors and stuff she would help me with them.
● Ms. Brady is a very nice person and she always listens when you tell her something. Instead of telling you that you're wrong, she sees your side of the story.
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Here are some of the comments students made about Ms. Coogle in her nominations:
● Thank you for being our dean. you are nice to us.
● I'm nominating Dean Coogle because she is respectful while talking with us.
● She understands us and actually hears us out and helps us with our problems without getting unreasonably mad.
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** Some Hunter’s Creek FPS students missing from the photo as they had already left for the day. **
We are so proud of our FPS competitors for a successful Florida Affiliate/State Future Problem Solver Competition! No matter their place, they qualified for States and worked so hard to be there which shows the type of amazing students and people they are. 💓
We did have some AMAZING awards for additional celebration:
Presentation of Action Plan (skit)
2nd Place, Senior Division – Sharanya Chatterjee, 12th grade; Lisa Wojciechowski, 11th grade; Minaya Amarasekera, 11th grade; Kumar Chakraborty, 11th grade; Linuka Hewagama, 11th grade
Global Issues Problem Solving (booklet)
1st Place, Middle MAGIC – Ava Gutierrez, 9th grade
5th Place, Middle Individual – Amanda Suarez, 9th grade
2nd Place, Senior Individual, with an invitation to Internationals – Sharanya Chatterjee, 12th grade
7th Place, Junior Team - Judianna Becker, Ishani Majudmar, Nethuka Hewagama, all 6th graders
2nd Place, Middle Team, with an invitation to Internationals – Sakshi Tripathy & Derrick Tayler, 9th grade; Senuth Amarasekera & Cooper Terrell, 8th grade
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Now onto INTERNATIONALS for five of our students! | |
Chorus Music Performance Assessment | |
It was our Boys’ Chorus first time going since 2019, and they earned an Overall Excellent with a Superior in Sight reading! This means they earned a Superior on stage plus two Excellents and then a Superior in sight reading. | |
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Eagle Singers earned an Overall Superior with a Superior in Sight reading! This means they earned 2 Superiors, an Excellent and a Superior in sight reading!!! These are our first Superior ratings since 2018!
SUPERIOR – The rating is comparable to the grade of “A”. This rating reflects the finest conceivable performance for the event and class of participants being evaluated – worthy of the distinction of being recognized as among the very best.
Source: floridaschoolmusic.org
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Our Spelling Bee champion, Ishani Majumdar, attended the OCPS Regional Bee where she placed in the top 25! | |
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Congratulations to Ms. Rasmussen for being honored as an
OCPS Marvelous Mentor!
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Bravo to all of our thespians for their fantastic drama performance right before Spring Break! | |
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Geometry with Ms. Bevard
Ms. Bevard’s geometry class utilized their understanding of tangents and chords to create circles in the courtyard. They then decorated their circle however they wanted to.
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Student Literacy Leaders with Ms. Moye
Ms. Moye’s 5th period Student Literacy Leaders, led by Leticia Ribeiro, created a “HCMS Students' Favorite Books Destiny Collection and display in the library using the books that were nominated for HCMS Favorite Book of the Year during Literacy Week.
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Reading with Ms. DeLuca
Ms. DeLuca’s reading classes created Black Out Poetry as one of their assessments for their poetry unit; the exemplar poems are displayed in the library.
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Chorus with Mr. Brett
Members of the HCMS Chorus class performed at the Hunter’s Creek Farmers Market during the Spring Break.
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Monthly, we honor our students who took part in the Beanstack reading challenge by giving them a HERO point. Those who went above and beyond, reading over 600 minutes in the month!, are given 2 HERO points AND a prize from one of our Partners in Education. Thank you to Dezerland Park for the prizes given to our January and February top readers!
January 2024:
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Women’s HERstory Month Displays | |
Heads Up: Summer Schedule | |
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Summer Four-Day Work Weeks to Expand for Summer 2024
Four-day workweeks will return to the district this summer, but will be expanded to include three additional weeks. All district offices and schools will be closed Fridays beginning May 31, 2024 through July 26, 2024.
● 10-hour days will begin Thursday, May 30 and end Wednesday, July 31.
● Schools will be open 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily during this time.
As a reminder, all schools will be closed the entire week of July 1-5, 2024.
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Thank you for reading.
Mrs. Moukaddam, Principal
Hunter's Creek Middle School
Sunday, March 31, 2024
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Hunter's Creek Middle School Leadership Team | |
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