Fernandina Beach Middle School

December 2017/January 2018 Newsletter

Students

of the Month

Pirate’s Log

Fernandina Beach Middle School Mission Statement

Our mission is to be committed to the goal of continu-ous self-improvement, while striving to be responsive

to the needs of students, parents, community, and staff.

Take Note 2

It’s Academic! 3

Guidance News 4

Wellness Info 5

Reading Rewards 6

Pirate Athletics 7

Event Calendars 8

Yearbook Info 9

Inside this issue:

Dr. John Mazzella, Principal

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6th Grade

Micaela Juan Mateo

Aleeya lashley Coen Arndt

Aspen Moeller

7th Grade

James Corbett Lee Mercado-Perez

Carolyn Tyson Guess Nevaeh Morris

8th Grade

Nicholas Millett Landon Robinson

Alina Qiu Zoe Gilsenan

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Lynkoln Martinez Chase Landtroop

Joey Durr Raul Flores-Caro

Georgie Camacho

Austin Field Lucas Dijon Jenna Swift

Mckenzie Morris Melanie Cueto Joshua Barber

Ty Boston

Thank you to all of you who have

supported the PTO events so far! We

have had a wonderful Homecoming

Dance, sold candygrams, and put on a

fun fall BBQ. Additionally, we have

been able to recognize students by

celebrating those that made all As and

made the A/B honor roll.

The PTO is also preparing for our

largest fundraiser of the year: Desserts

of Amelia. All the money raised from

this event goes directly to the teachers

and their classrooms. If you are able

to help with this event please attend

the next PTO meeting, or email Jaime

Conner, the Desserts of Amelia chair,

at dessertsofamelia@gmail.com.

We have several committee leadership

positions still open. We are seeking

volunteers to serve as co-chairs for:

● Spring Fling ( a fun carnival

for students held at the end

of the school day in May)

● Dance Committee (to plan

at least one more dance in

the spring)

Please reach out to the PTO if you are

interested in volunteering for these

positions.

There are several ways to stay in-

formed about upcoming PTO events:

● If you are not receiving peri-

odic emails from the PTO,

please send a message to

ptofbms@gmail.com to be

added to our distribution list.

● Remind app for smartphones

(contact front office for in-

structions to sign up)

● Parent-run Facebook page

(visit Facebook and search

for Fernandina Beach Middle

School Network, ask for per-

mission to join)

Thanks again for your support!

A Message from Our P.T.O.

Go Pirates!

Happy holidays to all Fernandina Beach Mid-

dle School students and parents! Thanksgiving

vacation seemed to sneak up on us all this year

and before we know it, it will soon be time for

Christmas break! December is typically a very

busy month for FBMS students, teachers, and

parents so get ready! There will be several

festive events this season including the

Yuletide Evening with the Arts on December

14th. The end of the first semester and second

grading period will be Friday, December 22nd.

The first day of Christmas vacation will be

Monday, December 25th, which means that

Friday, December 22nd, will be a half day with

early dismissal for students at 12:30 p.m.

There will be a teacher planning day on Mon-

day, January 8th which means there will be no

school for students. Students will return to

school on Tuesday, January 9th. From our

FBMS Faculty and Staff, we wish you and

your family a happy holiday and New Year.

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The FBMS Student Council will be sponsoring a Toys for Tots drive during December.

Please bring a new, unwrapped toy to place in the box in the cafeteria and make the holi-

days brighter for a child in need.

Our Student Council Members Maddox Bryant, Cadie Gillette, Teal Lilly, Nadia White, Philip Balyeat, Maddie Millar, Emma Kate

Beard, Dalton Cruz, Libby Alvarez, Duncan Bell

Student council Toys for Tots Drive

Joshua Barber Ryan Maurer

Kailey Forell Adrian Duncan

Mitchell Aarons Cooper Thompson

Jack Romack Garrett Vitori

Finnegan O’Malley

Christmas Concert December 18th @ 6:00 PM

Auditorium

Chorus performance at 6 pm. Beginning Band, Concert Band & Sym-

phonic Band perform at 7 pm.

Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy a night of holiday music.

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Mission Statement

Our mission is to develop each student as an inspired life-long learner and problem solver with the strength of character to serve as a productive

member of society.

Nassau County Schools

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

5th— Damian Murray

4th— Olivia Rogers & Carolyn

Pierce

3rd— Jimmie Broughton

2nd— Tyler Ayscue

1st— Bradley Rogers

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

5th— Nolan Wilbur

4th— Conor Spillane

3rd— Cailin Comer

2nd— Sarah Ann Smith

1st— Savannah Readdick

CHEMISTRY

5th— Chania Holcey

4th— Gretchen Allgood

3rd— Logan Tribou

2nd— Kaite Brumfiel

1st— Loveah Martinez

BOTANY

5th— Julian Rankosky

4th— Caden McNabb

3rd— Max Pattillo

2nd— Natalie Futch

1st— Malia Appleby

ZOOLOGY

5th— Gabrielle Grinde

4th— Maddox Jenkins

3rd— Ashlyn Harris

2nd— Riley Sage

1st— Teal Lilly

EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE

5th— Reese Matulich

4th— Ilyssa Mendelson

3rd— Ayden Owens

2nd—Breanna Crum

1st—Amelia Thompson

ENVIRONMENTAL

5th— Amber Brooks

4th— Jackson Leipau

3rd— Sydney Tremaroli

2nd— Matthew Scruggs

1st— Lucas Dijon

BEST IN FAIR 1st— Savannah Readdick

2nd— Sarah Smith

3rd— Cailin Comer

The Symphonic Band performs at Emma Love on

December 11th.

The Symphonic Band, Chorus, and Advanced Drama will be

presenting Yuletide with the Arts.

Performances in the FBMS Auditorium on

December 14th during school

and at 7pm

The FBMS Science Department would like to congratulate this year’s win-

ners and thank all our science teachers, sponsors, parent volunteers, custodi-

ans, and the administration for making this event a huge success!

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We will be mailing home Notice of Possible Retention letters for all year courses in January of 2018. If your child

receives one of these notices we suggest you sit down and discuss topics such as homework completion, nightly

review of each day’s assignments/class work, and preparing better for tests. Most students experience academic

difficulty due to missed assignments, incomplete work, omitting homework, and not preparing well for tests. We

encourage all students to use their agenda books to record homework and assignments. If a conference is needed

with a teacher, please call the Guidance Office (491-7938) to schedule a conference.

We would like to welcome all our new students and their families that have enrolled with us since school has be-

gun. In the first nine weeks grading period, we had 303 students make the “A” and the “A/B” Honor Roll. We are

very proud of their achievements! We look for continued success of our students. Remember to continue to check

FOCUS for assignments and grades. Assignments are posted weekly and grades are posted at least every two

weeks. Our next report card will be sent home Tuesday, January 16th, 2018. All teacher conferences are scheduled

through the Guidance Office (491-7938) and are available on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings begin-

ning at 8:10 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Each conference is scheduled for 20 minutes. We try to have the entire team of

teachers meet when a conference is scheduled so everyone has knowledge of a student’s progress and any concerns

expressed by parent or another teacher. We strive to work as a team to support the progress and success of all our

students.

Students in seventh grade Civics this semester will have a state level EOC which will

count for 30% of their final grade in Civics. This test is computer based and the length

of the test is two 80 minute sessions. Students are allowed to leave after a ten minute

break after the first 80 minutes if they have completed the exam. Each student will also

have a worksheet in which to make notes, etc. Our Civics EOC will be administered on

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 with make-ups on December 13, 2017. This exam will

be administered again during May of 2018 for students that take this course second

semester.

The registration for high school courses will take

place during the second semester usually in Febru-

ary. There will be an opportunity for parents to

meet with high school personnel one evening be-

fore registration begins. Students will take home

registration forms to be filled out with parent input.

Parents are asked to sign registration forms so you

are aware of courses that your student has chosen.

Many courses are dependent upon the 8th grade

standardized test scores. We will be sending more

information home when plans with the high school

are finalized. Questions about high school registra-

tion and courses should always be directed to the

Fernandina Beach High School counselors.

Possible Retention

High School Registration

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boys’ soccer

Jed Anderson (4)

Phillip Balyeat (16) Keegan Bille (19)

Maddox Bryant (6) Sean Benjamin (7)

Camden Boyd (3)

Charlie Deaton (18) Lucas Dijon (14)

Logan Duffy (13) Max Jones (20)

Dylan Keys (12)

Kamden Hayes (11) Andreas Juan-Mateo (1)

Sebastian Joinville (8) Lynkoln Martinez (5)

Max Patillo (10) Nate Romack (17)

William Ruiz-Coria (15)

Nick Saldana (2) Keaton Truesdale (21)

Adam Vanderhoff (9)

girls’ soccer

Charlee Allboher

Sukchit Bailey Presleigh Bayot

Lucy Brumfiel

Amelia Cutshaw Ansley Cutshaw

Betty Elliot Madison Funch

Olivia Hall

Teal Lilly Kennedy Rose

Riley Sage Jessica Tita

Sydney Tremaroli Julia Vultaggio

Manager:

Genna Paschall

DECEMBER

4 Yulee Home 5:00/6:30 5 Callahan @ WNHS Away 5:30/6:45 8 Lakeside Away 5:30/6:45

13 County Semi’s WNHS 5:00(Girls) 6:30(Boys) 14 County Champs YMS 5:00(Girls) 6:30(Boys)

8th Grade

Chandler Cavan

Willie Coleman

Dalton Cruz

Cam Miller

Nicholas Millet

Dane Puca

Josiah Rauls

Jaylen Register

Alex Rodriguez

Todd Rushing

Brett Steffen

Nic Stine

boys’ basketball

7th Grade

Jake Drummond

Deyvin Dutta

Josiah Evans

Tyler Gillette

Peyton Paulette

Bryce Rowland

Mason Townsend

Chris Turner

Lawrence Williams

Talon Calvert

6th Grade

Tyshawn Brown

Ryan Helper

Tanner Millar

Parker Greeson

girls’ basketball

DecEmber

5th

7th

12th

18th

21st

FBMS @ Bolles

Hilliard Boys @ FBMS

FBMS Boys @ Yulee

Callahan Boys @ FBMS

Callahan Varsity ONLY

boys’ basketball scHedule

FBMS Boys @ Hilliard

FBMS Boys Varsity @ Charlton

FBMS Boys @ Callahan

Bolles @ FBMS

Yulee Boys @ FBMS

JV Semi Boys @ Callahan

Boys Finals @ Yulee JV-V

JV

5:00

5:30

5:30

5:30

V

6:00

6:30

6:30

6:30

6:30

JV

5:30

5:30

5:00

5:30

5:30

5:30

V

6:30

6:30

6:30

6:00

6:30

6:30

6:30

January

11th

16th

17th

18th

19th

23rd

26th

JUNIOR VARSITY

Lena Andree Trinity Edwards

Brianna Floyd Jaiden Ross

Nevaeh Morris

Rihanna Ware Monet Johnson

Avery Richardson Chania Holcey

Coral Trotter

12/4 FBMS @ PROVIDENCE-5:30 V only

12/6 BOLLES @ FBMS– 5:00 6:00

12/7 FBMS @ HILLIARD– 5:30 6:30

12/12 YULEE@ FBMS—5:30 6:30

12/ 18 FBMS @ CALLAHAN— 5:30 6:30

12/21 CHARLTON @ FBMS B & G Varsity

1/9 PROVIDENCE @ FBMS -5:30 V only

1/11 HILLIARD @ FBMS– 5:00 6:00

1/16 FBMS @ CHARLTON B & G Varsity– 5:30 6:30

1/17 CALLAHAN @ FBMS—5:30 6:30

1/19 FBMS @ YULEE — 5:30 6:30

1/23 JV Semis @ HILLIARD—5:30 6:30

1/25 V Semis @ HILLIARD—5:30 6:30

1/26 Varsity Finals @ FBMS—5:30 6:30

VARSITY

Jalay Evans Maddie Millar

Riley Talbert Nadia White

Abria Richo

Emiyah Strange Angelina Daniel

Emily Gilbert Kammeryn London

Danielle LeBlanc Jenna Swift

DECEMBER

JANUARY

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January 2018 Su Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8Teacher Planning

No school for students

9 Basketball girls vs Prov-idence Home 5/6 pm

10 School Advisory

Council 3:30 PM

11 B-Ball Girls Home 5:30 B-Ball

boys @Hilliard

PTO Meeting

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14 15 No school MLK Holiday

16 Report cards issued , B-Ball

girls+Boys @Charlton

17B-Ball girls home B-ball boys

@Callahan

18 B-Ball Boys vs Bolles Home 5:00/6:00

19 B-Ball Girls @ Yulee B-Ball

Boys vs Yulee

Home

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21 22 23 B-Ball girls JV Sem-is @ Hilliard B-Ball boys JV

semis @ Callahan

24 25 B-Ball girls Var-sity Semis, District Hon-

or Band Rehearsal

26 B-Ball Girls Varsity Finals Home,

B-Ball Boys finals @ Yulee

27 District Hon-or Band Rehearsal at

Atlantic Coast High School

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December 2017

S M T W T F S

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Soccer Yulee Home

5:00/6:30

B-ball Girls @ Prov-

idence 5:00/6:00

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Soccer @ WNHS

5:00/6:00

B-Ball Boys vs

Bolles 5:00/6:00

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B-ball Girls vs

Bolles Home

5:00/6:00

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Cookie Delivery

B-ball girls @ Hilliard

5:30 Boys @ Home

5:30/6:30

PTO meeting.

8 Soccer @ Lakeside

5:30/6:45

Chorus @ Republican

Women’s Club 12:00

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10 11 Symphonic band @ Em-

ma Love

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B-ball girls vs Yulee

Home 5:30/6:30 Boys

@ Yulee 5:30/6:30

Civics EOC

PTO Desserts Mtg @

6:30

13 School Advisory Council

3:30 pm room 6-01

Soccer County Semi @

WNHS 5:00/6:30

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Soccer County Champs

@ YMS 5:00/6:30

Yuletide With Arts/

daytime & 7:00 pm

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Finals– language

arts

AVID Field Trip

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17 18 B-Ball Girls @ Callahan

5:30/6:30 B-ball Boys @ Home

5:30/6:30

Finals Math Holiday Concert (chorus–

6:00 All bands 7:00)

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Finals– Science/Social

Studies

Symphonic Band

performs 2nd & 3rd

period

20 Finals– Related arts/

Vocational

21 B-ball Girls Vs Charlton

Home Varsity 5:30

B-ball Boys Vs Charlton

Home Varsity 6:30 Student Council Volleyball

Game Vs staff

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Early Dismissaal-

12:30

End of Grading

period

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Winter Art Show @ Media Center 13th —20th

December 2017

Happy Holidays no school 12/23 thru 1/8

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Do You WANT

YOUR PHOTOS IN THE 2018 FBMS YEARBOOK?

We do!!!

Students, parents, and teachers may contribute to the yearbook by uploading photos directly to the

eShare website. We are especially interested in photos of school events such as sports, performances,

field trips, etc. We also would love to have your photos involving FBMS students engaging in their fa-

vorite non-school activities such as surfing, skateboarding, hiking, biking, dancing, hanging out with

friends...whatever it is that you do! Submit as many photos as you would like for the yearbook staff to

consider for publication in the FBMS Yearbook. It’s easy! Just go to www.hjeshare.com or click on the

link. Our school code is “treasure” and the deadline for eSharing photos is early March. Please contact

Ms. Hall, FBMS Art Teacher & Yearbook Advisor, if you have any questions (email: ju-

lie.hall@nassau.k12.fl.us or phone: 321-5867 ext 2457).

http://www.hjeshare.com/

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Fernandina Beach Middle School

Pirate’s Log December 2017 /

January 2018

315 Citrona Drive Fernandina Beach, FL

32034 Phone: 904-491-7938

Fax: 904-261-8919

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