May 19 - 23, 2014 Year 3: Volume 32 Remember to check Florence Middle School Website and Facebook Page. REMEMBER, STUDENTS, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ***SnapChat, and any app that provides disappearing pictures, messages, or text, is prohibited on Florence City School- owned iPads. Downloading SnapChat, or any similar app, will be a violation of use and will incur disciplinary action. Students may continue to utilize iMessage and similar apps that offer exchange of text and pictures, but any app that is designed for disappearing text or pictures is prohibited.*** NO SCHOOL MONDAY, MAY 26!! MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY!! EARLY DISMISSAL FOR STUDENTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 AND THURSDAY, MAY 29. BENCHMARK TESTING MAY 27-29. New Online Registration began March 31, 2014. Visit florencek12.org for information. If you have not already done so, please register your child for the 2014-2015 school year. This information is among the most important information that we collect each year. The information is used to determine teaching units and also for scheduling purposes. If the information is not in, we cannot complete a schedule for your child. If you have any issues, or trouble entering the information, please let us know, and we will do all we can to help. The link to infoSnap is on the main website florencek12.org. Congratulations to Mr. Crosslin, 8th grade accelerated science teacher, for being recognized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as having a profound influence on one of their outstanding students! Congratulations to Sara Holcombe!! She earned a Presidents Volunteer Service Award, granted by @PruSpirit, on behalf of the president. Florence Middle School is FOCUSED on attendance. For the month of April, we had an average attendance of 92.13%. The 7th grade averaged 25 absences per day, while the 8th grade averaged 29 absences per day. Please help us stress the importance of daily attendance. Thank you! Susan J. McGee FMS Attendance Clerk Emma Kate Griffin will be travelling to attend workshops at the Alabama State Thespian Festival. She was chosen from the middle school theatre class to attend the festival with the high school students. Please congratulate her! Please congratulate Ahbee Orton for winning the Lauderdale County a spelling Bee! The state spelling bee was held In March. She placed 8th in the state of Alabama! Congratulations, Ahbee!! This year, 60 FMS, FFC, and FHS students took the National Latin Exam. The majority of our students scored at or above the national average and 27 won awards. Gold Medal Summa Cum Laude Awards: FMS students-Johnathan Ridgeway, Abby Wesson. FFC students- William Letson. FHS students- Nick Crenshaw, Brandon Kirk, Amaryst Parks, Kaytlin Smith. Silver Medal Maxima Cum Laude Awards: FMS students- Hannah Richey. FHS students- Leah Smith, James Ridgeway, Connor Jamison, Elena Tumminello, Thomas Solomon, Allison Rieff. Magna Cum Laude Awards: FMS students- Nikhil Boorgu, Grant Brown. FFC students- Christopher Nuckels. FHS students- Shelby Niedergeses, Silas Spearman, Sarah Mathews, Emily Blackburn, Charlie Boggus. Cum Laude Awards: FHS Students-Ruth Roberts, Anthony Garrison, Catherine Ferzoco, Austin Pallerino, Paola Lopez. Rob Banks, Classics Teacher, Florence High School Please congratulate these students for their artistic achievements. In a recent edition of the Times Daily, a special section of student-designed ads was included. These ads were generated by the students for specific businesses. These businesses helped sponsor the newspapers in education endeavor. Ben Jones was the advertisers choice for NUCOR Steel. Destinee Smith was the advertisers choice for Shoals Animal Hospital. Sheridan Wingerter was the advertisers choice for Natchez Trace Harley Davidson. Sheridan also won 2nd place in the 7-9 grade division for her ad. Claire Williams won third place in the 7-9 grade division for her ad for Shoals Animal Hospital. CONGRATULATIONS to the new Freshman Cheer Squad for 2014-2015. Lexi Breazeale Maggie Clark MacKenzie Evert Brinley Elkins Darby Keith Laura Alice Hillhouse Bre’ Lipscomb Ila McCanless McKinley Morris Aleysia Pons Caroline Richey Sidney Southward Ann Simpson Trousdale Sydney White Lindsey Williams UPCOMING EVENTS Student Council began May 7th collecting donations for Muscular Dystrophy, to help get Mrs. Rainey out of Jail. She went “to jail”, although she raised over $ for her “bail” for the effort! Florence Parks & Recreation Acoustic Music Night – Royal Avenue Recreation Center, 420 N. Royal Ave. Singers, Songwriters, Musicians and Acoustic Bands come show your talents! Grades 7-12, $5/person. Contact Scott Dorroh to book your spot. 256-760-6425 or email Scott at [email protected]. Performers need to be at the venue at 6:30pm. Last event date is May 23. CLASSROOM NEWS Congratulations Mrs. Christy and Florence Middle School for receiving the NAESP Sharing the Dream Grant in the amount of $5000.00!!! Mrs. Holliss English Language Arts classes – 8th Grade Accelerated English: Ms. M. White’s classes - The AR deadline for the 4th nine weeks is 8th period, Monday, May 19. Students are responsible for one (1) book. Be sure to follow requirements discussed in class. Mrs. B. White’s Classes- Mrs. Bragwells Science classes – 8th Grade Science - Science teachers would appreciate donations of glue sticks for the classroom. The FMS Science and Math departments are doing a joint fundraiser for Science Olympiad and Math Team. We are selling Florence Falcons stylus pens for $2 each. Please contact Melissa Waddell ([email protected]) or Melanie Harris ([email protected]) to purchase the pens. Mrs. Reaves Art classes - The annual juried exhibit of art work by 7 through 12th graders was judged. FMS was represented well. We entered 26 artworks and two were awarded Honorable Mention. The two artists are Alex Calvo and Chasady Vandiver. We also had a seventh grader, John Morton, enter artwork on his own and he was awarded Best of Show! The exhibit was open to the public March through mid-April at the Kennedy-Douglas Center. We had several students with artwork accepted into this exhibit: Alex Calvo, Sydney Petree, Claire Williams, Maggie Huang, John Morton, Garrett Dickinson, Haley Grissett, Kywn Garrett, Makaila Swinney, Mary Elizabeth Lane, Morgan Freebeck, Elizabeth Infanger, Stephen Money, Kortnee Nichols, Glenn Rogers, Karly Grace Holt, Abby Nipper, Alex Moses, Eve Pennington, Day Robertson. All of these students had artwork on display. Below are just three examples of the 386 artworks included in the exhibit. LABELS FOR EDUCATION - Labels for Education are being collected to add to the art room supplies. Please collect and bring to the Middle School office. The website for Labels for Education has a complete listing of participating products. BAND NEWS Please feel free to contact me with questions at [email protected] SPRING CONCERT – Our Spring HMS/FMS Band Concert will be held at HIBBETT Middle School on Tuesday, May 20th at 7pm (Big Gym). The FHS auditorium will be under renovations at the time of our concert, so the HMS administration has kindly allowed us to schedule our concert in their gym. We will operate just as we did for the Christmas Concert. All FMS students should arrive no later than 6:30pm, and will be seated in a marked section of the bleachers. Additional information was sent home with students on Tuesday, April 15th and also posted on Edmodo. The FMS Concert/Beginner Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Ensembles will be performing, AS WELL AS the HMS Beginner Band! This is a PIRATE-themed concert which will be fun for everyone! SOLO & ENSEMBLE – The following students participated in Solo & Ensemble on May 3rd at UNA. Students that received a SUPERIOR rating will receive a medal to wear on their uniforms, and will be awarded this medal at the spring concert. I am VERY PROUD of everyone who prepared and participated in this event! Congrats to each of you! Solos Katlyn B. - Superior Katherine P. - Superior Garrett D. - Superior Gary F. - Superior Cameron M. - Superior Rebecca B. - Superior Tonya S. - Superior Emma P. - Superior Melanie D. - Superior Cenitra L. - Superior Ensembles Kenzie & Rebecca - Superior Rebecca, Alycia, Cameron - Excellent Carter & Donovan - Superior Nathan & Sydney - Superior Cameron & Alycia - Excellent Chloe, Liz & Grayson - Superior ZZ, Joey & Tyrus - Superior Melanie & Kaitlyn - Excellent Emma & Katherine - Superior Nathan & Ben - Superior Katherine & Sydney - Superior Khalie & Gary - Superior Chloe, Liz & Khalia - Superior Khalia & Liz - Excellent Emma & Tonya - Superior Ben, Nathan & Grayson - Superior SCALE WARS – We are entering the final 2 weeks of our scale wars challenge. This event is a large portion of your student’s 4th 9 weeks grade in band, and they receive opportunities each week to complete the necessary scales for a grade. Please help me encourage your band student to practice their scales and be prepared to pass off each day in class so they can earn their rewards!! SPORTS NEWS Congrats to the faculty and staff for a great effort during the faculty/staff/student kickball game, to raise funds for muscular dystrophy! THEY WON!!!!! FMS Football- 7th & 8th gr. – season over Join the Florence Falcon Quarterback Club Today!! Through your support, The Quarterback Club provides all our players, from Middle School through Varsity • the very best safety equipment • uniforms • meals • away-game buses • game-day management • and tons of encouragement We want you to be an active member of the Falcon Family • volunteer on game day • sell ticket packages • help make meals for the teams • join us in the Falcon Nest for Tailgates • travel to away games together • cheer on the teams in spirit lines • sell merchandise There are so many ways to be a part of the Falcon Family! You will be amazed at how much it means to EVERY PLAYER AND COACH! We need your help. Membership is $30. Membership forms will be available at the spring scrimmages, parent meetings, Quarterback Club Meetings, and by contacting Laura Beasley at lauragbeasley@gmail. Be sure to like us on Facebook - Florence Falcon Quarterback Club. Jeff Frederick- QBC President welcomed everyone to the quarterback club meeting. We are excited about Falcon Football. We are coming off a wonderful season and great Spring Training. Our success will keep rolling into the fall. TICKET PACKAGES: Last year we sold every available parking pass ticket package. We are expecting the demand for these packages to increase due to the excitement that the Falcon Football programs success has generated. We need a volunteer or volunteers to be the ticket package coordinator. Kin and Emily Taylor did a fabulous job, and increased the number of packages sold last year. They are stepping down because of other summer commitments. However they have extremely organized spreadsheets, and are more than willing to help whoever takes over. With their notes and help whoever takes over is sure to have success. If interested, please contact -jfrederick@farmersagent, kintaylor74@gmail, or lauragbeasley@gmail Jeff has spoken with Coach Graham, the athletic director, about reserved parking spaces, a perk in several of our ticket packages, Together they discussed several options that would increase reserve parking spaces, in turn increasing QBC funds. However, all options require more man power to work. So please volunteer to help on game day. Kin Taylor spoke out the excitement in the community over Falcon Football. A large portion of ticket packages sold last year went to members of our community who do not have a player on the field but who want to be a part of the Falcon Family. The continued success of the program will attract even more members of the community, driving up demand for the packages. He is more than willing to help whoever takes over. He also stated that all the ticket packages will remain the same for this year. However, some changes may be made if we are able to add parking spaces. PROGRAMS Karen McCool has volunteered to be in charge of the Program/Media Guide. This is a large undertaking and she will need volunteers to help. Some areas you can help with are ad sales, picture day volunteers, and proofing. If interested please contact her- [email protected] FALCON MOMS Falcon Moms are still in need of some volunteers to make PB&J sandwiches for next week. Please contact Kathryn Keith if you can help. allthekeiths@aol We have planned a Falcon Mom Get Together this Tuesday evening, May 13th, at 6:00PM, at Fiesta Mexicana, behind the bowling alley on Florence Blvd. All moms, grades 7-12, are invited. This is a time for the moms to fellowship and get to know each other. We will also highlight our big invite for moms to join in and volunteer to help make PB&J’s over the summer. Please remind our moms, the membership fee to participate as a Falcon Mom is free, but the honor and privilege to serve our coaches and players is priceless!!! GO FALCONS! JV – season over Freshman Center – season over Varsity Football – season over The FMS Falcon & Lady Falcons basketball teams – Here is the information about the dates and times, concerning those individuals who are interested in trying out for either the boys or girls basketball programs. The date(s) will be May 20-21 @ the FMS campus. Boys will be in Coffee Gym, starting with 9th grade, from 3:30-4:30, and Varsity & JV from 4:30-5:30 on both days. Girls will be from 3:30-5:00 in Sanderson Gym for 9th-12th grade, on both days. Middle school tryouts will be on the FMS campus as well. They will be on May 22 & 23. Boys will be in Coffee Gym from 3:30-5:30 on both days. Girls will be in Sanderson Gym during the same time. Of note, softball will have tryouts on May 22. Coach Shollenberger and I have communicated with each other on this, so we will work that out amongst our middle school athletes. We will have some flyers that will go up around the campuses to promote, and we will have a sign-up sheet that we get to the campuses within the next couple of days. 9th/JV/V – season over FMS Volleyball – Any athletes that were injured, involved in another sport, or for any reason missed the volleyball tryouts, there is a make-up volleyball tryout date Thursday, June 12, 6:30-8:30AM. These players must bring a copy of a current AHSAA physical with them. JV Volleyball – Any athletes that were injured, involved in another sport, or for any reason missed the volleyball tryouts, there is a make-up volleyball tryout date Thursday, June 12, 6:30-8:30AM. These players must bring a copy of a current AHSAA physical with them. Wrestling Team – Softball - V, JV - LAUDERDALE COUNTY SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Thank You to all the teachers who were involved in Teacher Appreciation Night! I saw many smiles on players’ faces. I want to say thank you for those of you who stayed to watch the game. You cannot realize the importance of this night for the players. This event means so much to them. I personally want to thank each one of you who was asked to be a part of this event. Since we have started Teacher Appreciation Night, this is the first year where we did not have a teacher back out or not show up to the event. Thank You!!!!! 6A Area 16 CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to say Thank You! to everyone in the school system who has supported the team throughout the year. Softball try outs for next year’s team will be on May 22nd, 3:30- 5:30, at the Florence High School softball field. Thanks Coach Shollenberger MS – season over FMS Baseball – tryouts for next season are Saturday, May 31, 1pm, at FHS FMS Tennis team - Varsity Swim Team is comprised of 7th thru 12th grade students. Cross Country – season over Track - If anyone is interested in participating in the North Alabama Summer Track Club, please contact Coach Cook for details. FMS Girls Soccer – FMS Boys Soccer – Golf - Both teams participated in the sub-state tournament Tuesday, May 6, in Huntsville. Both played well, but only Barry Flannery made it to the state tournament. He played last week in Prattville. Please congratulate all members of our teams. We had a very successful and record-breaking year. Thanks, Coach Bayles CLUBS NEWS Spanish Club – Junior United Nations Assembly (JUNA) – National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) – The National Junior Honor Society held its induction ceremony on Tuesday, April 22. Officers Trevor Simpson, Madison Russell, Sydney White, Grant Brown, Jacob Gentle and Evan Taylor did an outstanding job! Newly inducted members are: 7th Graders Adith Reddy Bondugula Adison Taylor Burns Charles Baxter Champagne Kyndall May Crosslin Joseph Landon Dawson Skyler Nicole Eckl Selah Scott Fields Maggie Huang Elizabeth Jane Infanger Michael Andrew Kassels Erin Ruth Key Charlotte Olivia Koonce Katelyn Rahla Lovelace Cameron James McCance Justin Ray Melvin Gabriella Ligongbi Orton Chamblee Jacqueline Ozbirn Charnell Lewis Reynolds Hannah Patton Syed 8th Grade Alexis Hall Breazeale Mary Elizabeth Dixon Caitlyn Brooke Dunn Caleb Parker Green Maggie Caroline Hooie Blake Ashley Jackson Samantha Lynn Lee Olivia Nell Puryear Congratulations to ALL! We now have a total of 206 MEMBERS! Special thanks to Mrs. Poole for allowing us to use the library for our reception, and to Mrs. Powell for providing the music! **Special thanks to all the members and parents for providing refreshments for the reception, and Teacher Appreciation Day, and to the following moms who organized our reception: Kim Brown, Mary McDuffa, Brandi Allen, Holly Biddy, and Lorelle Branham. Thanks to all! Evon Farris Science Olympiad – MathCounts - Student Council is sponsoring a book drive. We started a book exchange, and we would LOVE for you all to help. We hope that students and families will donate required books to the media center. Then, students will be allowed to take a book that they need, free of charge, and return it to the shelf after they are finished with the reading. We hope that you LOVE reading and will LOVE bringing in books to help support this project. FBLA - Our FBLA student organization is new to FMS. Last year was our first year, with 7 members. This year, it has grown to 21 members, and our first group ever went to state competition. Please congratulate the first ever WINNERS for FBLA Middle Level for Florence Middle School at a state competition! These two girls won after competing with students in the entire state in the Career Exploration test! This event focused on career plans and goals, job applications, cover letters, resumes, interviews and other employment skills. These girls were the top two in the state!!!! Rachel Armstrong, Allison Carter Thanks to Mr. Morgan for proctoring the test for me! I’m so proud of all the girls who attended! The FMS Robotics Team – TSA – The Technology Student Association students attended the state conference at the University of Alabama in April. It was a fabulous trip, filled with memories that will last a life time!!! Im so proud of our students, respectful, classy, well-behaved competitors. This was a great group! And lots of fun! Results from the STATE competitions involving our students are as follows: Creed Prepared Speech 1st place - Jourdain Johnson 3rd place - Mollie Murphy 3rd place - Alycia Hawkins 6th place - Julia Reidel Digital Photography Safety Illustration 5th place - Khloe Hendrix 6th place - Brinley Elkins 8th place - Maggie Hooie 10th place - Lindsey Williams Essays in Technology State T- Shirt 3rd place - Valerie Chobot 1st place - Caroline Richey 4th place - Laura Alice Hillhouse Promotional Design 7th place - Darby Keith 4th place - Madison Russell 5th place - Morgan Freebeck VEX Robotics 6th place - Adith Bondugula, Joey Egee, Andrew Walker, Vinny Cho, Ben Jones More important than the medals won, is the fact that I headed back to Florence with the assurance that this bus load of students will be successful in whatever they choose to do in life. I couldnt be more proud. Please help me in congratulating these students. T S A Family and Consumer Science (FCCLA) - Math Team - The FMS math team meets on Thursdays from 3:05 until 4 pm. 7th grade meets in Ms. Harris room 215, and 8th grade meets in Mrs. Barnetts room 212. Please help me congratulate the 7th grade math team (Kyndall Crosslin, Maggie Huang, Erin Cody, Alycia Hawkins, Cameron McCance, and Rebecca Branham - picture below) for placing 5th at the Grissom Math tournament. Special congratulations to Maggie Huang for scoring perfect on the Pre-Algebra math test and receiving 2nd place as an individual. This year’s school-wide Geography Bee Winner is Adith Bondugula of the 7th grade. For those who know him, please congratulate him on a job well done. Yearbook 2014 – Yearbooks were distributed Friday, May 16, during advisory. Direct sales were made 5th and 6th periods on Friday, the 16th only. Beginning Monday, May 19th, direct sales will be made at any time during the day. The cost of a yearbook is $35. PTO – Come to the PTO meetings, join ($20) and be an informed parent. Officers: President-Cynthia Southward; Vice President- Debbie Williams; Secretary-Sandy Holcombe; Treasurer-Rhonda Blackburn Chorus – Scholars Bowl Team – In April, members of the Florence Middle School Scholars Bowl Team competed in the 2014 District Tri-County Scholars Bowl Competition at Northwest Shoals Community College, Phil Campbell, Alabama. These students, Nikhil Boorgu, Grant Brown, Allison Carter, Emma Kate Griffin, Haley Grissett, and Samuel James, advanced to the finals, after competing against other middle school scholars bowl teams. Of the eleven teams participating, the Florence Middle School Scholars Bowl Team was the SECOND PLACE WINNER OF THE TRI-COUNTY SCHOLARS BOWL TOURNAMENT. In this tournament, recognition is given to the outstanding teams and outstanding individuals. Nikhil Boorgu, an eighth grader, ranked over sixty-three middle school students. Please congratulate Nikhil for being the third highest individual scorer on the TRI-COUNTY SCHOLARS BOWL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM. The 2013-2014 Florence Middle School Scholars Bowl Team has performed outstandingly this entire season.
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