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Kagan Structure of the Month-

February

Quiz-Quiz-Trade

MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Pre-Engineering Magnet

Spartan Messenger

Week of Monday, February 20, 2017

Principal’s Message

Faculty and Staff,

Click on the picture to view message

Have a great week and “Teach Like a Pirate”!

J. Kubis

J. Kubis

Important Quick Links

NO EdInsight Weekly Update

MSDTL Weekly 2-21-2017

A&A Weekly Update 2-17-2017

LPW 2-17-2017

Seminole Open House

SmART Permission Form & SmART Guidelines

VPK Registration for SCPS Employees

Need to Know Seminar

7 Habits & EL Feedback Info for 2017

PLC Calendar Update Semester 2 (updated 1-27-2017)

Leadership Pathways Update

Touch Truck Flyer

Valentine Dance Permission Slip

World Plumbing Day 2017 & WPD Brochure

Idea 504 and Title II Reminder

MS Curriculum Representatives Form

Rise Club Procedures (Updated 2-6-2017)

2017 Keys to Success Application, 2017 Teacher Award Principal Memo, & 2017 Hagerty Scholarship Application

Title 1 Fair

SCPS Job Fair

Print Department New Website

GLMS

THIS WEEK AT MILWEE

Monday, 2/20

School System Closed

Tuesday, 2/21

8:40am Conference for Felisha Carrasquillo Ramirez (7-212

Maher), and Frandevious Williams (7-102 Turner)

Wednesday, 2/22

8am FCA (Gym)

12:00pm NAEP Testing (Media Center)

Thursday, 2/23

8:40am Conference for Alexander Torres Rivera (7-212

Maher), Dalezka De La Mata (10-002 Capuano), Max Gaouette

(7-110 Munoz), and Tristan Sankhar (7-104 Drake)

9:30am-2pm Lockheed Martin Field Trip click here to see

student list & Florida Turnpike Center Field Trip click here to

see student list

12:00pm Jazz MPA Performance at Oviedo HS

Friday, 2/24

8:40am Conference for Emily Guerrero (7-10 Munoz)

6pm-9pm Solo Ensemble Festival at Hagerty HS

Upcoming Events

Tue, 2/28 FSA Writing Wed, 3/1- Sat, 3/4 Technology Student Association Sun, 3/12 End of Daylight Savings Time Mon, 3/13 –Thu, 3/16 9 Week Exams Thu, 3/16 End of 3rd Quarter Fri, 3/17 Teacher Workday and Student Holiday Mon, 3/20-Fri, 3/24 Spring Break

Mon, 3/27 Beginning of 4th Quarter

Important Announcements

Click date for Middle School Update

2-17-2017

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Other Announcements

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News from Guidance

By: Deb, Susan, April, and Lillian

For Title 1 Information Click here (Updated 2-xx-2017)

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1) 8th Grade Teachers: Students are completing high school registration forms. All high school registration forms should be done no later than 2/24. 2) Student self-nominations for Dreamer and Doer with teacher endorsement due 2/23. Students forms are located in the front office and also online. 3) Rising 7th and 8th grade course selection sheets will be distributed to students through the math department within the next week. They should be returned to those teachers by the due date on the forms. Please assist students with levels of academic selections. Eighth grade has 3 full tiers for academic selection. See Susan or Debbie with questions for rising 7th and 8th graders. 4) Attendance: Reminder to make those parent contacts. 5) 8th Grade Teachers - eligible students may be asking for assistance with "Take Stock in Children" Scholarship packets. The packets require one teacher reference page. The deadline for the application packets is March 31st. They must go to Debbie for signature at completion.

Teachers: If any of you are interested in having a Milwee

Dividend in your classroom Please provide me with the dates

and times you would like the dividend to help you out. And if

there are any specifics that the dividend would need to have.

Thank you in advance. Either e-mail me or call me in the

clinic.

Thank you

Mrs. Michaels

Please support Pennies for Patients!

We will be taking part in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Pennies for Patients program from Monday, February 6 through Friday, February 24th, 2017.

During this time, students will be able to contribute any change they have to support LLS's mission: to find cures and ensure access to treatments for blood cancer patients.

Any and all contributions will be welcome.

Please see Lora Wentzel in Media Center with any questions.

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Instructional Staff (Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Paraprofessionals, Counselors)

Beginning January 24th, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Florida 5Essentials Survey. This opportunity allows you to share your views on important elements of school effectiveness. The results from the survey will provide a rich picture of the inner workings of our school from an organizational perspective. Last year all SCPS schools participated in the 5 Essentials Survey. The feedback received from the surveys plays a key role in shaping school improvement initiatives. This survey identifies how school performance on five factors or “Essentials” can lead to important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains. Prior research has shown that schools strong on three or more of the 5 Essentials were 10 times more likely to improve student learning gains than schools weak on three or more of the Essentials. Those 5 Essentials are:

Effective Leaders

Collaborative Teachers

Involved Families

Supportive Environment

Ambitious Instruction Survey administration begins Tuesday, January 24th. On that day, participants will receive an email from impact-surveys@uchicago.edu with a subject line of Invitation to take the 2017 Florida 5Essentials Teacher Survey. Please do not delete this email as it will contain a unique username and password to log-in to the survey and participate. All responses are completely confidential. No names or other unique identifiers are connected with individual responses or used in any report. If you do not receive this email, please check your Clutter file. If you are unable to find the email, please contact Dr. Wendy Cora – 407-746-3808. If you recall, last year 66% of Milwee’s teachers participated in the survey compared to a state average of 75% - this year we are looking for 100% participation! February 15th is Milwee’s deadline to complete the survey. For more information about the 5Essentials Survey visit http://uchicagoimpact.org/5essentials/

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Useful Links

All About Deliberate Practice

Arranging for a Substitute

ASD Accomodations

Changing your SCPS password

Copy Center Instructions

DQ1, DQ2, and DQ3 Placemats

Infusing a Technology Prezi

iObs Reflections/Updates

Milwee Campus Map 2016-17 (New)

Positive Behavior Referral

School Staff Directory 2016-17

(Updated 1-24-2017)

Sign In and Sign Out Log

Skyward Grade Comment Codes

Skyward Gradebook Setup

Voice Mail Instructions

BULLETIN ARCHIVES

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Student Astronaut Challenge

Tommy R., Vincent H., Izaac G., Katherine W., Ryan B.,

Timothy S. and Coaches Luci Coker and Carol Unterreiner

A team from Milwee Middle School Pre-Engineering Magnet competed for the first time at the Student Astronaut Challenge at the Kennedy Space Center February 13-15. Teams took the qualifier exam in November which consisted of a 100 multiple-choice questions based on the Student Astronaut Challenge Manual. 300 students participated and 60 students advanced to the finals. Twelve teams had the opportunity to show off their Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM) skills through experiments and challenges.

Students participated in the Engineering Challenge, Lab

Challenge, NASA Space Shuttle Flight Challenge and

Landing Challenge. Milwee Middle School placed 2nd in

the Engineering Challenge and 2nd in the Lab Challenge.

Thank you to Mrs. Aycrigg, Mrs. Geary, Mr. Moore

and Mrs. Gaughan for volunteering to chaperone the

regional science fair. The fair was a great success! We

cannot do it without people like you!!! Thanks

~Melissa Cole

Kudos to Ms. Cole for coordinating everything for

our students to participate in the regional science fair.

~Ken Moore

Please submit final nominations for

students of the month on the PBS

eCampus page as we would like to

award the January winners ASAP.

Thanks!

~PBS Coach (Mr. Sirianni)

Bragging Writes Cont’d…

Thanks to all of the teachers who helped with

Curriculum night. We have a great new group of

Spartans who will join us next year!

Thank you to Marilyn Downs and Marsha Geary. Your

classes made such beautiful hearts to decorate the

teacher’s cafeteria entry way.

~Luci Coker

PBS NEWS