VOLUME 16 l NUMBER 4 february 2015
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE PARENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY OF JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Principal’s Message Hello JHMS Parents and Students, It is hard to believe that we are already half way through the 2014-2015 school year. Our staff and students continue to make us proud. Our cross country track season ended with JHMS students placing in all the Boys and Girls JV and Varsity Events. Our dance team performed at the UCF game and had lots of top 10 results in their competition at Disney. Our cheerleaders and colorgaurd performed at the Oviedo MLK parade and we had three band students perform at the All-State Band Concert in Tampa. These are only a few of the many accomplishments of our students have achieved over the last few months. We are also proud to say that Mrs. Byrony Krauss has been named the JHMS Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Krauss teaches AP US History and US History in 8th grade. She is also the curriculum leader for the history department. Mrs. Karen Rehrig has been named the JHMS Employee of the Year. She has been instrumental in our media center and recently moved to the position of Guidance Secretary. JHMS was recently approved for a Program of Exploration. We will be offering additional Bioscience, Robotics, Multimedia classes and
adding Geographic information Systems. Our staff is very excited about the opportunity to offer more STEM related electives that will better prepare our students for our changing global society. As you can probably see our construction project is moving along very well. At this point we are on schedule and will be moving into our new and existing facilities in August. On May 30, 2015 we will be moving out of every building on campus so that the new heading/ air, electrical, security, fire and lighting can be installed. After May 30, 2015 our front office will be located on the back side of campus in one of our existing portables. We will have signs to help direct you to the correct location however, I wanted to be sure to give you a heads up. As we approach the 4th quarter of our school year our students will be taking the new Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). Please know that it is our goal that all students are learning at JHMS. Our teachers are teaching the standards and doing what is right for our kids. This new assessment tool will simply assess student progress on the new Florida Standards. If you have any questions regarding continued on page 2...
Administration Mrs. Sarah Mansur-Blythe Principal
Kellie Cashion Assistant Principal
Brandon Hanshaw Assistant Principal
Cynthia Woods Assistant Principal
Siobhan Pitters Dean of Students
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