Monday, October 1, 2007
 
Teachers in Rooms E202 through E213.
 
Please make sure that all desks are facing the same direction for FCAT testing Monday Oct. 1 and Tuesday Oct. 2, 2007.  Also, remove or cover all visual aids in the room, such as posters showing mathematical concepts.  Students may not have access to any unauthorized aids, including word lists, spelling lists, lists of adjectives and adverbs, word definitions, punctuation charts, transitional devices, organizational patterns, etc.  FCAT posters distributed by the FDOE may be left uncovered during testing. 
 
Please contact Mrs. Ambas-Viada in Room E238 or at extension 2812 if you have any concerns.
 
Students, remember if you are absent you MUST bring a note to excuse your absence.  Do not be absent unnecessarily.  Absences may affect your progress in class, your ability to participate in activities, your ability to make-up work and not to mention, your privilege of being at our school.  We congratulate you on the wonderful job of being here everyday!
 
Sports & fitness club will have a meeting on Monday Oct 1 right after school in the gym.
 
Students who attend 2 consecutive tutoring sessions this week will also earn a MLEC credit card. Make sure you sign in for tutoring.
Points earned on the MLEC credit card can be use for detention passes, free lunch, and tickets to various MLEC school events!
 
Tutoring has begun and will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:40 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. 
Spanish Club will be having open auditions for those interested in participating in the Hispanic Heritage Show in Mr.Rodriquez’s classroom F207 on Wednesday and Thursday October 3rd and 4th starting at 2:40 please make sure to arrive on time. Any questions see Mr. Rodriguez or Jessica Cotayo.
There will be a meeting with all clubs interested in using a booth for the harvest festival in Room E227 after school at 2:40 Tuesday October 2nd 2007.
There will be an informational meeting for all Freshman on October 3, 2007 at 2:40PM in Room E228.
 
Attention all sophomores, juniors, and seniors who received invitations to join the National Honor Society: The meeting originally scheduled for this Thursday has been moved to Monday, October 1st at 2:45 in the auditorium.
 
Additionally, any student in grades 10-12 who has a 3.5 weighted GPA and did not receive an invitation needs to see Mrs. Mixco in E213.
 
Yearbooks are on sale in room E-207 before and after school or during lunch.  Yearbooks are $85 until October 11th!  Make sure to take advantage of the discount before prices go up!
   
ATTENTION ALL HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE CAMP KULAQUA  (KOO - LA - KOO - WA) WORKSHOP FOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN NORTHERN FLORIDA PLEASE SEE MS. L. EVANS IN ROOM E124 ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAY,  BY OCTOBER 1, 2007. 
 
Interact will meet in room E202 on Thursday, October 4th at 2:40 pm.
 
 
The Literary Magazine club will be sponsoring a book drive the months of September and October. Please bring in gently used paperbacks. You may drop them off in room E215 or to your English teacher to forward to Mrs. Krane. The books will be used to furnish the English teachers with personal libraries. Thank you.
 
The Math Club is offering tutoring for all students Mondays and Thursdays from 2:40 to 3:40 in room E119.
 
Oct. 19 is the Diabetes-Health Screening in our gym.  Students will receive 3 credits on the new MLEC credit card for participating in the health screening."  Please bring in your permission form tomorrow so our Health Academy Students can do the preliminary paperwork to be prepared for the one-day screening.
 
Students arriving tardy to school will be required to serve an Administrative Detention after the 2nd tardy. Administrative Detentions are served on Fridays, from 2:40-3:40 p.m. Students who do not go to the Tardy Center are still marked tardy to school by their homeroom teachers. Students with excessive tardies and absences will be referred to the Administration and face disciplinary action and suspension from participation in school activities. BE ON TIME!!! AND COME TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY!!!
 
Every nine weeks, students with perfect attendance, as well as NO TARDIES, will have the opportunity to win various prizes. 
 
Students with perfect attendance for the entire school year will have the opportunity to win a very special prize. Students will be required to have been in school on time throughout the school year.
 
SENIORS! Again remember to wear your class colors and dress appropriately.
 
The Principal’s Word of the Day is
PARSIMONIOUS (PHAR suh MOH nee us) adj. stingy
The old widow was so parsimonious that she hung used teabags out to dry on her clothesline so that she would be able to use them again.