ms. t. susin, principal - ms. j. shockley, assistant

The Generals’ Guide Andrew Jackson Middle School News

Ms. T. Susin, Principal - Ms. J. Shockley, Assistant Principal - Ms. C. Donohue, Dean/AP

The Principal’s Outlook: “Dive into Academics”

Dear Parents, I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. We’ve just a few short weeks before winter break and lots to do beforehand. We are gearing up for semester exams, and the end of first semester. The semester exam schedule is at-tached to this newsletter. Please familiarize yourself as the middle school exam experience may be new for our seventh-grade stu-dents. As always, please contact your students’ teachers if you have any questions. If your child is not already taking advantage of GAP sessions, now would be a good time to start in preparation for ex-ams. The grading period ends on January 10, students return to school on January 8th, and report cards will be issued on January 22nd.

Looking back, November was an exciting month. Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, students experienced Kids vs. Kops fund-raising event. Our amazing Jack-son Middle School basketball players took on the Titusville Po-lice Department. Though our stu-dents were in the lead at one point, TPD ultimately defeated us for the third year in a row, but only by two points this time. It is a won-derful community building event for students to meet and play with Titusville Officers. We appreciate that they took the time to spend with our youth and, we will get them next year! As part of our Parent Workshop series, we are offering two oppor-tunities for parents to participate in a workshop titled “Anxiety, Bully-ing, and Stress, Oh My!” on De-cember 9th at 10:00 am or Decem-ber 11th at 6:00 pm in the AJMS Media Center. These sessions are being led by our School Psycholo-gist, Lauren Taurasi, and Social Worker, Zuleyka Lopez.

Stress can stimulate some kids and paralyze others. However, today’s kids are actually the most stressed out on record. Whether its school relationships, peer relationships, or family matters, the stress can come from lots of different places. The trick is to find out how your child handles stress, and then help him learn to cope. Join us to hear more about ways to manage. We are looking forward to our first semester Starbuck Mania in which teachers and business partners cre-ate opportunities for students to earn passage to fun and exciting activi-ties including; Kelsey’s pizza mak-ing, Fluid Art, Tailgating games, Karaoke, Basketball, Drama, Craft-ing, TFD Obstacle Course, an Es-cape Room and the list goes on and on. This is part of our Positive Be-havior Support Program, and helps to encourage positive behavior in school. We continue to also reward students who are Here-on-Time at HOT Hangout. Students who arrive to school and classes on time all week are invited to enjoy time out-side during lunch on Fridays. They play games, use technology, or so-cialize. Also in December, don’t forget to mark your calendars for our music program events. Our Chorus, Or-chestra and Band students will per-form Winter Concerts at Titusville High School. They will also be per-forming at community events such as the Titusville Christmas Parade and Christmas on the Green—two events you won’t want to miss! We are looking forward to celebrat-ing the New Year with our students in 2020! Enjoy your holidays!

Ms. Tina Susin Principal

IMPORTANT DATES 12/1 Cambridge Informational

Meeting, 6pm in the Media Center 12/3 Breakfast Club, 8:30am 12/3 Orchestra All-County @

Satellite HS, 6pm 12/4 NJHS Meeting, 8:30am FPS Meeting, 8:45am Drone Club, 4:30pm 12/5 Sea World 8th Grade Field Trip, 8:45am 12/6 Marching Rehearsal, 8:15am 12/9 Parent Workshop: Anxie- ty, Bullying & Stress @ 10am, Media Center 12/10 Band Winter Concert, 7:00pm @ THS 12/11 Drone Club, 4:30pm 12/11 Parent Workshop: Anxie ty, Bullying & Stress - 6:00pm, Media Center 12/13 Marching Rehearsal, 8:15am 12/13 SAC Meeting - 8:15am 12/13 STARBUCK MANIA! 12/14 Titusville Christmas Parade - Starting at 9am 12/15 Christmas on the Green, La Cita, 2:30pm 12/16 Chorus & Orchestra Winter Concert 12/16 STEM Challenge Practice 4:15pm, Room 402 12/18 Drone Club, 4:30pm 12/18—12/20: EXAMS - Early Release 12/23/2019—1/7/202 WINTER BREAK – NO

SCHOOL FOR ALL

PTO Note: No December meeting - Enjoy your holidays!

1/8/2020 Students & Teachers Return to School 1/10 End of 1st Semester 1/13/ PTO Meeting @ 6pm 1/14 Cambridge Showcase

Evening, 5:30pm 1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Day - NO SCHOOL

December 2019 / January 2020 https://www.brevardschools.org/

December 2019 / January 2020

SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Sources of Strength has finished up their Cheesecake and Pasta Sales and did very well. Thanks to all who participated!

Also, we have finished our Oper-ation Christmas Child Shoebox collection and we will be send-ing these boxes to children all over the world. December we will be spreading Positive Post-It messages on school lunch trays!

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Thank you very much to Alt-man’s Cooling & Heating for their generous donation to our Sources of Strength progam!

We also thank Horace Mann and Nathan Steiner for providing our teachers with coffee, apple cider and snacks in our Teacher’s Lounge during lunch.

A big shout out to Durango’s Steakhouse in Titusville for host-ing our Media Center Spirit Night to contribute a portion of their sales for the purchase and replacement of library books!

NJHS INFORMATION

We recognized our area veteri-narian hospitals and staff for all the hard work they provide to our animal companions with pie deliveries on November 15th! The office staff and doctors were surprised and honored that we took the time to remember them.

In December, we will be wrap-ping gifts for our Angel Tree gift items and celebrating the holi-days with a breakfast on Decem-ber 11th!

In January, we will be assisting in “Pennies for Patients” to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Save those pennies!!!

Upcoming Meetings: All members - Wed, December 4 @ 8:30am. Wed, December 11 @ 8:30am — HOLIDAY BREAKFAST!

Cambridge Applications and Renewals take place online

from January 6th to February 28th, 2020!!!

7th Graders: If you are planning to continue in the Cambridge

Program for the 2020-21 school year, you need to renew your

application online by February 28th via...

AJMS Web Page/Academics Tab/ Cambridge/Family Dashboard

8th Graders: The Annual Tallahassee Trip takes place

Thursday, Feb 20- Saturday, Feb 22nd , 2020! The final deposit of $150

is due BEFORE SCHOOL to Mrs. Drye by Friday, December 13th – Cash

or money order only.

*All signed and notarized forms are also due by 12/13*

NEW Cambridge Applicants:

Interested in joining the Cambridge team? Please attend the parent

information meeting on Thursday, December 2nd at 6:00pm in the cafe-

teria.

Online Applications begin January 6 through February 28, 2020

Any questions, please e-mail [email protected]

Cambridge Corner

Literacy Connection ...

Parents, during the month of December, students will take the second Reading Plus Bench Mark assessment. Please encourage your child to do well on the test.

We will send home a letter with your child’s score. In the letter, we will do our best to help you interpret your child’s performance.

As we approach the holidays, please encourage your child to con-tinue engaging activities that expand their academic knowledge. Remember, we make great progress when we approach students’ performance as a team.

We look forward to your support. Dr. Martha Watts, Literacy Coach

IMPORTANT YEARBOOK INFORMATION!

The sale of our 2020 yearbooks is currently available online at: www.jostens.com. The ordering process is very easy and the cost is $30, payable with a credit card.

After April 30th, the yearbooks will only be available at school at a cost of $35, and payable only with cash. Online sales will be given out before the other books go on sale, so if you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, this is the best way to go! We are only ordering a limited number of extra yearbooks this year, so please be sure to order yours right away so you and your child(ren) do not miss out!!


NJHS

mailto:[email protected]


Rayna Daniher, 8th grade cellist, has been accepted into the Florida

All-State Honors Orchestra!

Our 8th grade percussionist, Angelica Rosado, is accepted into the Florida Bandmasters 7th & 8th Grade Honor Band which will perform at the Florida Music Educators Conference in Tampa in January 2020! Only a handful of percussionists from across the state are selected for this group. This is a great honor, and a testament to Angelica’s hard work!!!


STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

November 4 - 8

Eleigha Hill Elena Ditterline

November 11 - 15

Mia Sparano Maximiliano Zambrano

November 18 - 22

Autumn Tolley Brighton Brown

November 25 - 29

Lily Bodo Hannah Williams

December 2 - 6 Maia Whitfield Elijah Caldwell

November Teacher of the Month Ms. Alexandria Mohrman, Science

November Employee of the Month Ms. Atlisa Moore, Cafeteria Worker

On November 21st, Principal Susin joined Ms. Blow and Ms. Bellflower

on the cafeteria serving line to continue our tradition of serving AJMS students a

delicious Thanksgiving feast!

Thermal Cup L3 Harris STEM Challenge



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Andrew Jackson Middle School

2019-2020 Fall Exam Schedule

Tuesday, Dec. 17th

09:30 – 09:55 1st Period Study (25 Minutes)

09:55 – 11:25 1st Period Exam (90 Minutes)

11:28 – 12:08 2nd Period Class (40 Minutes)

12:11 – 01:23 3rd Period Class & Lunch (72 Minutes)

01:26 – 02:06 4th Period Class (40 Minutes)




1st Lunch: 2nd Lunch:

12:11 – 12:41 12:53 – 1:23

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Dec. 18th _____ Dec. 19th ___ Dec. 20th _______

09:30 – 10:24 2nd Period Study 4th Period Study 6th Period Study (54 mins)

10:24 – 11:54 2nd Period Exam 4th Period Exam 6th Period Exam (90 mins)

11:57 – 01:27 3rd Period Study 5th Period Study 7th Period Study

(90 mins) & Lunch & Lunch & Lunch

01:30 – 03:00 3rd Period Exam 5th Period Exam 7th Period Exam (90 mins)

1st Lunch: 11:57 – 12:27

2nd Lunch: 12:57 – 1:27

STUDENT FEE REMINDER

If your child is in the class(es) be-low, please make sure they have paid their District-wide class fees:

Activity Fee: All - $2.00 p/year

Art: $10.00 p/semester

Band: $30.00 p/semester

Business: $5.00 p/semester

Culinary: 5.00 p/semester

PE Lock/Locker Rent: $2.00/yr

Technology: $5.00 p/semester

ms. t. susin, principal - ms. j. shockley, assistant

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