Maitland Middle School, where we are soaring to new heights! |
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Maitland Middle School
Monday, August 22, 2022
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Maitland Middle Community Member |
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We have completed 8 days of 180 Days of #soaringtogether. We are beyond excited in how the school year is going. Our Golden Hawks are striving daily to be the best version of themselves. Our teachers are continuously pouring themselves out to meet the needs of their students. We are also excited about those of you that have been amazing supporters of our goals and vision here at MMS. We look forward to strengthening our partnership this year.
We have a couple of very important dates coming up on August 23rd and August 26th. These are the first dates for the new state assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. All students will take the ELA assessment on August 23rd and all students in 6th and 7th math, along with pre-algebra, will take the math assessment on August 26th. This is a progress monitoring assessment, which means that we will get the results shortly after students complete it in order to identify any areas of concern to focus on for the upcoming year, as well as areas to help enrich. It is very important for our scholars to do their best so our teachers can provide the proper support for our students. Algebra I Honors and Geometry Honors students will work with their math teachers in the designated holding areas during the math testing period since those are high school courses and will take the PMAs.
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Mr. Hancock’s Civics students discussing an obligation vs. a responsibility as a citizen. Please remember to vote on Tuesday if you have not already! |
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Also, this week, we have Picture Day on August 25th. We have sent home the information with your students for purchasing pictures. If you need the order form, we do have extras in our front office.
As we move into week 3, continue to encourage our students to maintain their focus on their academics, be kind to one another, “Walk with a Purpose,” and be GOLDEN!
Mr. Brown
Proud Principal
Maitland Middle School
Pictured above right: Face each day with a smile!
Pictured very top: Mrs. Michael sharing all the wonderful things about the Media Center with Mrs. Neff’s 6th grade ELA students. The students also went on a scavenger hunt in the Media Center.
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Dates to Watch For
FAST testing this week
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August 23rd – FAST Testing (ELA)
August 25th – Picture Day
August 26th – FAST Testing (Math)
August 29th – Soccer Game (Home vs ACE)
August 31st – Soccer Game (Home vs Audubon Park)
September 5th – Labor Day
September 7th – Soccer Game (Away vs Union Park)
September 8th – School Advisory Committee (SAC) 6pm Media Center
September 8th – PTA Meeting 7pm
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Golden Hawks Around Campus: Week #2 |
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Mr. Giles’ 8th ELA student classifying details from an image as they discuss perspectives. |
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Mr. Antoine’s 8th Grade Advance ELA students analyzing specific details in an image to understand perspectives. |
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Meet Tigger, our class pet. She is very much the popular one in class. |
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Mr. Montijo helping a small group of students with understanding the greatest and least common factors. |
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Principal Brown learning how to play 4 Squares during PE. |
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Mrs. Rivera-Crespo helping her Algebra 1 Honors students with functions, f(w). |
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Please remember to vote on Tuesday! |
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Orange County Voters: a referendum on the continuation of the One-Mill Ad Valorem Special Millage is on the August 23 primary election ballot. For more information visit http://youdecide.ocps.net. |
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Meet Our Instructional Support Team!
These incredible people work behind the scenes to meet the needs of our students and staff.
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Ms. Amy Orseno, Instructional Coach and Testing Coordinator |
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Greetings. My name is Amy Orseno. I am excited to begin my 7th year at Maitland Middle School. I graduated from The University of Central Florida with a BS in Elementary Education. Soon after, I also received my Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to working at MMS, I taught 2nd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade as well as being a Media Specialist. I am currently the Instructional Coach and Testing Coordinator for Maitland Middle School.
When not at school, I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I have a 6th grade son who loves baseball so we spend a lot of hours on the baseball field. We also love going to UCF football and baseball games. Charge On!!!
I look forward to an amazing year and I am excited to have the opportunity to work with teachers and students. Working together we will strive to be the best we can be.
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Ms. Chioudly Hytchins, Reading and Developmental Language Arts |
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My name is Chioudly Hytchins. I teach Reading and Developmental Language Arts through ESOL-Reading. I am also Maitland’s new ESOL Compliance Specialist.
I am a graduate of Dr. Phillips High School. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from the University of Central Florida as well as a Master of Science in Educational Leadership. Before joining Maitland Middle, I taught French 1 and 2 and Intensive Reading at Dr. Phillips High School and all levels of French at Maynard Evans High School. I have also held the positions of Testing Coordinator at DPHS and 5th Grade teacher at Eccleston Elementary.
I am excited to continue my career at the middle school level. On a personal note, I was born in Haiti. I grew up in Brussels, Belgium and I moved to the U.S in 2009. I am fluent in Haitian Creole and French. I like to travel, go theme parks, watch movies and spend time with my loved ones. I look forward to an amazing school year.
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Mrs. Michael, Media Specialist |
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Hi, I am Mrs. Michael your Media Specialist. I am excited to begin 15th year as a media specialist with OCPS and my first year at Maitland. I received my Master’s in Library Science from Florida State in 2005.
After being a public librarian for 2 years I found my true home in education. I love being a media specialist because I get to wear many hats and help not only students but the faculty and community as well.
Of all the hats I wear my favorite is getting students excited about reading.
I have been married to my husband John for 17 years and we have 2 daughters, my youngest will be in 2nd grade at Dommerich and my oldest will be in 6th grade at MMS.
We love to go to Disney, we enjoy family movie nights and traveling to new places. I look forward to a wonderful year!
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Ms. Tricia John, Staffing Specialist |
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Hello. My name is Tricia John. I am entering my second year as the Staffing Specialist here at MMS. I enjoy having the ability to build relationships with students/staff while keeping our school in compliance with everything Exceptional Special Education. I have been at Maitland for approximately 12 years.
I graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree/ K-12 Special Education and K-6 all subject areas. I have been married for 23 years and we have two daughters ages 18 and 13, both adopted from China. One is currently attending Auburn University and the other 8th grade in Seminole County. We love hitting the Disney parks and watching college football in our spare time! I was fortunate enough to be awarded OCPS Teacher of the Year on two separate occasions. I am looking forward to an incredible year.
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How to email teachers, coaches, and staff: |
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Annual Parent Consent Forms |
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Each year, families MUST complete the Parent Consent Form at the start of the school year or as soon as possible after you enroll your student in school.
The Parent Consent Form includes fields for:
- Acceptable and responsible uses of technology
- High school social media use
- District use of a student’s phone and/or video
- Release of student directory information
- Clinic services
- Health screenings
This year, parents/guardians must choose to opt in or out of each individual clinic service and health screening by law. In the case of an emergency, parent/guardian and appropriate emergency personnel will be contacted.
The Device Refusal Form is OPTIONAL and only needed for families planned to have their student use personal device, NOT a district device.
All online parent forms are through the OCPS Parent Portal in the Skyward Family Access app. For help completing the online forms, please view.
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Fire Hawk Teacher
When we began this year, we gave the charge to our teachers to have F.I.R.E. in their instruction.
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Fierce - heart felt intensity
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Intentional - deliberate and purposeful
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Relevant - connection, bridging, and current
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Experience - leaves an impression
This week we honor our first Fire Hawk Teacher, Ms. Kellie Fugate.
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I’ve been teaching middle school math for 15 years and this is my 6th year at Maitland MS. I graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Elementary Education and a Middle School Math Endorsement. I’ve always enjoyed helping others. I want to be a positive impact in my students lives the way my teachers were for me growing up. I love watching the kids learn and grow academically and socially.
When I’m not working I love spending time with my family. We have 3 kids and a dog.They are in 8th grade, 9th grade, a junior at UCF and a 13-year-old golden retriever. They keep us pretty busy. We spend many nights and weekends at sporting events watching the kids play. We love to travel and explore new places. This summer we went on a road trip up to Michigan and made many fun memories along the way. My favorite parts of the trip were the Louisville Slugger Factory Tour and whitewater rafting.
I will continue to meet the needs of every student in my class and be continue to be an academic resource for my colleagues.
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Weekly SOAR Award
The SOAR Award has been a tradition here at MMS since 2016. Staff members can recognize each other for their hard work and dedication to our school community.
The first week’s SOAR Award recipient went to Mr. David Olsen. Mr. Olsen is one of our newer members to the MMS family. He is our Maestro, (Band Teacher). Over the summer, Mr. Olsen came in on his own with his beautiful children, all under the age of 8, to organize and prepare the band room for the 2022-23 school year. Our summer staff always waited with expectation to hear the Olsens walking through the administrative hall and to be greeted by them. Mr. Olsen has been an amazing addition to MMS, and we can’t wait to see the heights he will take our young musicians to.
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The Olsen Family. Mr. Olsen, the 1st SOAR Award recipient for the 2022-2023 school year!
Thank you, Mr. Brown, for presenting me with the SOAR Award. It was a great pleasure to work in my classroom over the summer, and being able to meet and become acquainted with various staff members who were also working diligently to prepare for this school year. Moving to a new work location presents many different experiences. When you are well established in a location and then move somewhere new…you “know things”… but you do not always know where to find those things or how to execute those things in the new place.
The person I would like to pass the SOAR Award to is someone I have known for quite some time, but now working with them, I have come to a new appreciation for who they are and what they do. They are present, insightful, and extremely giving and helpful. Thank you, Ms. Cynthia Johnson, for your welcome to Maitland Middle School, for the help you have given myself and Ms. George, and for the amazing work you do for our students and community here at Maitland Middle School.
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Ms. Johnson, 2nd SOAR Award recipient for 2022-2023 school year. |
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MMS Contacts / OCPS Student Information Systems |
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Maitland Middle School main number – 407-623-1462
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Skyward Access
OCPS parents and guardians, Orange County Public Schools is excited to announce that we have moved to our new student information system. For parents and guardians, this means that you will no longer use Progress Book and or the former Parent Access to view your student’s information.
Starting now, you will use the Skyward Family Access system. Further details and set-up instructions can be found on the main OCPS website ocps.net and then click on Skyward under quick links. Click on documentation at the bottom of the skyward page and use the “Skyward Family Access through LaunchPad” instructions to register for a LaunchPad account. Launchpad will be your link to “Skyward Family Access.” Skyward will keep you informed on your student such as grades, attendance and much more. If you experience any issues while trying to register for a LaunchPad account or within Skyward Family Access please complete the form that is also included on the webpage. Then provide the form to your student’s school.
Canvas Observer
Parents have the ability to become an observer through Canvas to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in the classroom. To become an observer, please follow the directions below:
Students
2. Click on “account” in the upper left hand corner of your screen once you are in Canvas.
3. Click “settings.”
4. Once in settings, click “pair with observer” and write down the code that is generated.
Parents
2. Register for a canvas account, and then enter the “student pairing code” from step four from the student section above.
3. You should now have access to view your student’s courses
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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For years, Monterey, California, was a pelican's paradise. The town was the site of many fishing canneries. In fact, it was the home of the Cannery Row, a street popularized by Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck in his novel of that name.
Pelicans loved the town because fishermen cleaned their catch, discarding the offal, and the pelicans would feast on those scraps. In Monterey, any pelican could be well fed without having to work for a meal.
But as time went by, the fish along the California coast were depleted, and one by one, the canneries all shut down. That's when the pelicans got into trouble. You see, pelicans are naturally great fishers. They fly in groups over the waves of the sea, and when they find fish, they dive into the water and scoop up their catch. But these pelicans hadn't fished in years. They had grown fat and lazy. And now that their easy meals were gone, they were actually starving.
Environmentalists from the area wracked their brains to figure out a way to help the pelicans, and finally they came up with a solution. They imported pelicans from another area, ones that were used to foraging every day, and they mixed them in with the local birds. The newcomers immediately started fishing for their own food, and it wasn't long before the starving native birds joined them and started fishing for themselves again.
The lesson for our Golden Hawks? If you ever find yourself starving for success, one of the best ways to get things going in your life is to be around people who are achieving success. Spend time with them. Watch how they work. Learn how they think. You inevitably become like the people you are around.
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Thank you for reading and have a great week!
Mr. Brown, Principal
Maitland Middle School
Sunday, August 21, 2022
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Maitland Middle School Leadership Team |
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