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March 2020

A Message from the principal

Dear Jefferson Families,

I am so proud of our JMS students. As you will see when you read this month’s newsletter, we have a lot to celebrate!

Testing season is fast approaching. Our teachers have been busy ensuring that our students utilize the FSA practice sites so there will be no surprises on the day of testing. Please encourage your child to do his or her very best on all state assessments. We will continue to send messages to re-mind you of testing dates. Below is a tentative schedule. If you have any questions concerning testing dates, please contact Ms. Yates at 453-5154.

March 13 is the end of the third grading period. Report cards will be is-sued on Tuesday, March 31. I recommend that you talk with your child about all that is going well with their academics and encourage them to attend morning school and/or tutoring sessions if they need additional support.

Please take 5 minutes to participate in our school’s parent survey! The survey is available now through March 13th. To access the survey, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Middle1920 .

Finally, please be reminded that Spring Break is March 16 - 20. It is my hope that you and your family will have a safe and restful break.

Educationally Yours,

Mrs. Meara Trine

Important Events

3/2 - 3/13 Parent Survey Open 3/3 Track Meet @ Space Coast, 5pm 3/6 Team Yale Field Trip to Seaworld 3/11 Championship Track Meet @ Satellite High 3/12 SAC Meeting, 8:15am 3/12 Cheer Parent Info Meeting, 6pm 3/13 Third Quarter Ends 3/16 - 3/20 Spring Break - Office Closed 3/23 Student Holiday / Teacher Work Day 3/25 Third Quarter Grades Posted to FOCUS 3/27 Band Rock-A-Thon, 6pm 3/30 - 4/2 Cheer Tryouts, 5:30pm 3/31 Third Quarter Report Cards Issued 4/2 - JPO Meeting, 9:30am 4/6 - 4/10 Book Fair 4/7 Capstone Night, 5pm

https://www.brevardschools.org/JeffersonMS

Grade Assessment Dates

7/8 FSA Writing April 1-2

7/8 FSA Math May 4-7

7/8 FSA ELA May 11-12

7 Civics EOC May 14

8 FCAT Science May 14

8 Algebra & Geometry EOCs May 19-20

7 Biology EOC May 21

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Middle1920


Advanced Art Students Participate in

Strawbridge Young Artist Exhibition

Brevard Cultural Alliance states the following about the League: "The Strawbridge Art League, Inc. was

founded over twelve years ago by a small dedicated group of artists intent on bringing to the Space Coast a

limited version of the “Torpedo Factory ” in Alexandria, Virginia. This means a facility in which artists can

practice their chosen field as a profession, exhibiting finished works for sale, creating their art, or both."

One of the programs this organization offers is the Strawbridge Young Artist Exhibition. They coordinate an

art contest and exhibit to showcase young artists as well as advocate for the Arts at the Foosaner Museum in

Melbourne in the Education building. Thomas Jefferson Middle School's Advanced Art Students participated

again this year in the wonderful exhibit. This year our very on Natalie Phan has earned an award and will

learn more about her award at the reception March 6th at 5pm. Her work and the rest of the class's work is

on display until then if you would like to see the talent Jefferson has.

Thank you to our

Business Partners

Affordable Pavers

Brilliant Smiles

Galactic Gymnastics

Koch’s Irrigation and Drainage

Kona Ice

The Tulip Restaurant

TSS Photography

Art community Service

First Semester Art 1 students created Valentine cards

for TRIAD VALENTINE’S FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. Jeffer-

son's art students spread the kindness for our com-

munity members living in nursing homes as a service

learning project. Cards were delivered to senior citi-

zens just in time for Valentine's Day!

PBIS Update

We are in need of volunteers to staff our school store. Students are collecting Sand

Dollars and are eager to spend them, but unfortunately our store is closed some-

times due to lack of staffing. Volunteers need to be fingerprinted and cleared as a

volunteer at the district. If you are interested, please contact the front office and

they can help you get started.

3D Printer is Open

If a student would like to print something, they need

to go to either Tinkercad.com to make their object or

to Thingiverse.com to find an object to print. Next.

they should go to the website bit.ly/JMS3D and com-

plete the survey. Before their object is printed, the

need to pay Ms. Mason 25 sand dollars.


Band News

Joining Band! Beginning Band registration is open to anyone who would like to learn a band instrument and be part of our band program at JMS. Summer Band camp is highly recommended (see below). Students who already play an instrument coming from elementary school may audition with Ms. Kinion if they wish to go into another band. Please call the school or email [email protected] to make an appointment. SUMMER BAND CAMP! June 1-11th Open to ALL students in current grades 6-8. There will be beginning and advanced levels of both concert and jazz band. Beginners must attend am instrument fitting either May 11 or 18 at 6pm. Students who are sched-uled for jazz band and symphonic band at JMS should plan on attending camp. Registration is open! Please see the site for more details: https://statesmenband.wordpress.com/summer-band-camp/ Thank you for letting me teach your wonderfully musical students, Ms. Kinion

From the Band Room: Congratulations to the Statesmen Jazz Band for their participation in the FBA District 10 Jazz Music Perfor-mance Assessments. The Jazz Band earned Straight Superior ratings! Congrats to all of our students who participated in this year’s FBA District 10 Solo and Ensemble Music Performance Assessment! Overall, the Statesmen band members earned 29 Superiors and 10 Excellents.

Mark Coakley, Clarinet Solo, Excellent Rex Lord, Trombone solo, Excellent Solomon Johnson, Euphonium Solo, Superior Reyvn Lacer, Flute Solo, Superior Elizabeth Draper, Tuba Solo, Superior Allie Mayfield, Flute Solo, Excellent Andy D'Entremont, Euphonium Solo, Superior Ambrea Fogle, Flute Solo, Excellent Evan Dougherty, Clarinet Solo, Excellent Jack Zulueta, Mallet Solo, Superior James Baran, Drum Set Solo, Superior James Baran, Snare Drum Solo, Superior Michael Murr, Trombone Solo, Excellent Bridgette Setters, Euphonium Solo, Superior Brock Talluto, Trombone Solo, Superior Zach Close, Trombone Solo, Superior Aurora Lorraine, Flute Solo, Superior Ava Hendricks, Clarinet Solo, Superior Ben Post, Trumpet Solo, Superior Brady Setters, Tuba Solo, Superior

Wes Glasser, Trumpet Solo, Superior Zach Close, Trombone Quartet, Superior Bridgette Setters, Trombone Quartet, Superior Brock Talluto, Trombone Quartet, Superior Michael Murr, Trombone Quartet, Superior Kameron Goff, Trumpet Solo, Superior Matthew Vanderwerken, Trumpet Solo, Excellent Ben White, Trumpet Solo, Excellent Evan West, French Horn, Solo Superior James Baran, Marimba, Solo Superior Isabella Blackburn, Bassoon Solo, Superior James Hatten, Clarinet Solo, Superior Bridgette Setters, Trombone Solo, Superior Alexis Irby, Clarinet Solo, Excellent Zach Close, Brass Trio, Superior Evan West, Brass Trio, Superior Bridgette Setters, Brass Trio, Superior Addison Braun, Clarinet Solo, Superior Yanis Ramirez, Clarinet Solo, Excellent


Science Fair

The Intracoastal Science Fair was held February 7th and 8th at Merritt Square Mall. Jefferson students rep-

resented us well. Our Science Research Class had 6 students place at the fair. Please congratulate...

Mason Proctor, 3rd place, Intelligent Machines, Robotics & System Software

Mia Trine, 3rd place, Chemistry

Kaia Allen, 4th place, Physics & Astronomy

Miles Mrdjenovich, 4th place, Animal Sciences

Isabella Blackburn, 4th place, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Collin Young, 4th place, Mathematics & Computational Sciences


Jefferson Students Visit Tropical

During Literacy Week, 30 of Jefferson’s reading students paid a visit to Tropical Elementary to act as reading

tutors. Students walked down in the morning and visited first and second grade classrooms in order to read

aloud to the Tropical students. Some read in front of the entire class while others read to small groups of

students. At least one student has the special experience of being able to read to his sibling’s class.

Drama Student Bring Home Honors from State

Jefferson’s Drama Club recently participated in the State Thespian Festival on Orlando, and they performed admirably. The group came home with four Excellents and four Superiors. This group meets solely before and after school to prepare for this event. Congratulations to the following students:

“Some Things Are Meant To Be” Emma Costanilla and Hannah Fulps - Superior Duet Musical

“Lost In The Brass” Mia Trine - Superior Solo Musical

“Beautiful Sound” - Excellent Large Group Musical (Kali Butler, Pierce Zeiler, Mia Trine, Emma Costanilla, Hannah Fulps, Niyah Miller, Mackenna Stevens, Paige Lamond, Brooke King, Aniya Stringer, Caitlin O’Conner, Madison Ellis)

“Six” - Superior Small Group Musical (Ashley Sorenson, Kali Butler, Mia Trine, Emma Costanilla, Hannah Fulps, Niyah Miller)

“Hair Dye” Brooke King - Excellent Monologue

“Text Girl” Paige Lamond - Superior Monologue

“Waiting For Life” Emma Costanilla - Excellent Solo Musical

“Secondary Characters” Niyah Miller and Aniya Stringer - Excellent Duet

Musical


Literacy Week

Literacy Week was the last week in January and Jefferson students celebrated all week long. There were

dress up days, trivia, a field trip and a campout in the library. Literacy is key to learning and the media center

in cooperation with teachers tries to provide as much access to reading and literacy instruction as possible.


Rockledge City Counsel Member Michael Cadore Speaks

On Thursday, February 20, Rockledge City Counsel Member and ex NFL player Michael Cadore gave an anti-bullying and suicide awareness presentation to students. He met with boys and girls separately. After speak-ing about the importance of respecting yourself and others, he shared stories from his life and took ques-tions from students. Student enjoyed the session greatly and many stayed after to continue to talk with him. Previously he was a volunteer at the Tied Together event and has spoken to teachers during a professional development day. We are grateful to Mr. Cadore for his support of our young Statesmen.

Purple Up Day

Did you know that Florida has the fifth highest number of school-age military children in the United States? April is designated the Month of the Military Child and is a time where military bases, cities, and school dis-tricts take time to honor our youth of military families with special events just for them. as part of this month-long celebration, schools and local communities are invited to take part in Purple Up Day! On this day, teachers students and staff will wear purple to show our support for military youth. This day is being recognized in Florida on Friday, April 17th, 2020.

This day allows us to recognize and honor Florida’s youngest heroes, over 50,000 military children, and their families. Purple Up! acts as a visible way to show support and thank military youth for their strength and sacrifices. Purple symbolizes all branches of the military, as it is the combination of Army green; Marine red; and Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force blue. This event is spon-sored by UF’s IFAS Extension. They invite all Florida residents to participate and share their activities and photos with the tags #fl4h and #purpleup .

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