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

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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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A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRODUCT/SERVICE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT.