HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FL
Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts
March 2015
Important Dates
Arts Night at the
Aquarium
3/18
Night of Stars
3/20
End of Grading
Period
3/27
Theater and Dance
Trip to the
Renaissance Festi-
3/27
Non-Student Day
4/3
Congratulations
to Nick Villanueva, Maya
Bykuc, and Kathlyn Guffy
who had work accepted into
the 2015 Hillsborough County Student Surrealist Art Exhibition to be
held at the Dali
Museum.
School Board
Susan L. Valdes, Chair
Doretha W. Edgecomb,
Vice Chair
April Griffin
Sally A. Harris
Carol W. Kurdell
Melissa Snively
Cindy Stuart
Acting
Superintendent
Jeffrey Eakins
From the Principal’s Desk
Greetings,
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Spring Break.
As you know the FSA Writing assessment was conducted the
week of March 2nd and I am happy to report our computer
issues were minimal. All students received information on their
schedule for RTI tutorials prior to the break for our first session
on March 16th. We will have a total of four sessions (March 23,
March 30, and April 6) to assist in preparing our student for
district and state assessments.
As always, thank you fro partnering with us in educations.
Regards,
Dr. Butler
Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts PTSA
Presents
The 2nd Annual
NIGHT OF STARS
March 20, 2015
For one night only students AND teachers will take the stage to
showcase their amazing talents! See Mr. Finkelstein, Mr. Passo,
Mr. Martinez, Mr. Kieny, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Chandler and more!
Gates open at 5pm, Theater Doors open at 5:45
Show starts at 6pm
PTSA will have our 2nd Annual Silent Auction! Come Early and bid on
some wonderful baskets and support our PTSA mini grant program.
General Seating Tickets $8.00
VIP Seating (1st two rows) $15.00
Purchase tickets early as we do expect this event to sell out!
Tickets can be purchased online or look for the flyer that came home with your student!
http://og-ptsa.ticketleap.com
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Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts
Science News
The Tampa Bay Conservation Society
came to all seventh grade classrooms on
February 23rd, thanks to a PTSA grant that
CALLING ALL
BATTLE BOOK
READERS!!!!!
On Wednesday, March 18, all students in
all three grade levels are invited to take
the Battle of the Books Qualifying Test.
Mrs. Hartley and Ms. Castorino will be
administering this test in the Media Center during all three lunch periods. The
students with the top six scores on the
qualifying test will receive an invitation to
be on the 2015 Orange Grove Battle of the
Books Team. This year’s competition will
be held at the Tampa Convention Center
on Friday, May 22.
Math Tutoring/FSA Prep
Math tutoring for all sixth graders is held on Wednesday and
Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. in room 105 (Mrs. Washington). Be sure
you’re ready for the FSA!
March Reading Madness!!!
This March, students are invited to participate in “March Reading Madness” at the Orange Grove Media
Center. For every book a student checks out, their homeroom will receive one point, and the student will get
the chance to make a basket (in a Nerf basketball hoop). For every basket made, the student will get a milk
chocolate “basketball” candy. Homeroom points will be tallied on Tuesday, March 31st; the homeroom with
the most points will receive a breakfast party (i.e. donuts with milk and orange juice) on April 1st. So get into
your library and get reading Lions!
OG is participating in the Pasta for Pennies Program! Please send
in spare change with your student. Proceeds go to The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society! The homeroom with the largest donation will
win an Olive Garden catered Lunch!
Thank you for your support!
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2014-15 OG
Students of the Month
Jim Harbin Media Festival
Hillsborough Association of School Library Media
Specialists (HASLMS) is happy to announce the annual
HASLMS/Jim Harbin Media Festival. Any questions
may be directed to your Orange Grove Media
Specialist, and local festival co-chair, Christy Hartley.
You may find information for entries at
www.floridamedia.org, or by contacting Mrs. Hartley.
Entries are due no later than
Friday, April 10th.
Judging will be held on Thursday, April 16th.
Notification and awards/certificates will be mailed to
schools once the winners have been selected.
Categories for entries include:
Animation
Book Trailers
Documentary
Music Video
News Show
Instructional Video
Comedy
Drama
News Feature
PSA
[email protected]
(813) 276-5717 x. 240
The OG Choral Department went to King HS and
participated in the 2015 Florida Vocal Association
Solo and Ensemble Festival!
Superior Ratings
ShowStoppers Show Choir
Connor Bachman, Ainsley Basham, Makayla Brown, Aleyah Browne, Nigel Browne, Breana Carpena, Jordan Clark, Adriana Davis, Faith DeVault, Chloe Eaton, Asia Elbooz, Lily Falconer, Jack Geren, Raul Giovanne , Ethan Mosser, Patrick Oden, Zoey Philippus, Tyler Poll, Chris an Prui , David Rodriguez, Lydia Rodriguez, Ryan Romero, Emanuel Roque, Cole Saltzgaver, Antonio Walco , Chase Ure, Men's Ensemble Connor Bachman, Gavin Barrera, Nigel Browne, Jordan Clark, Zuriel Galey‐Ocasio, Jack Geren, Raul Giovanne , Kyle Mogg, Ethan Mosser, Patrick Oden, David Rodriguez, Ryan Romero, Emanuel Roque, Cole Saltzgaver, Antonio Walco , Chase Ure, Soloists Keegan Carnahan, Breana Carpena, Jordan Clark, Chloe Eaton, Raul Giovanne , Jacob Knight, Nya McNicholas, Excellent Ratings
Soloists
Gavin Barrera, Faith DeVault, Asia Elbooz, Lily Falconer, Paige
Michaud, Kyle Mogg, Hailey Roia, Antonio Walcott
At the beginning of this school year we started a monthly recognition
program for students who were excelling in the “STAR” attributes in
each subject area. This was not for the highest average, but rather for
students who showed the following behaviors on a daily basis:
SAFE, TEACHABLE, ACCOUNTABLE and RESPECTFUL.
October
September
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Tyler Poll
Jaya Myers
Ashley Hegwood
Kalena Slaton
Logan Franke
Vinh Hoang
November
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Lionel LeBlanc
Maya Bycuk
Mariyah Bell
Ruben Rosario
Raul Giovannetti
Chase Ure
December
Fiona Walsh Calton
Jameez Lawe
Corey Reynolds
Evan Gatscher
Lexie Giron
Melissa Ruiz
January
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Daniela Garcia
Lillie Shelor
Daniella Estevez
Tyjiri King
Hailey Roia
Michelle Cepeda
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Elizabeth Bado
Melissa Gerhart
Diamond Stone
Shayla Sullivan
Melissa Ruiz
Kaelyn Wood-
February
Arts
Lang Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Amanda Alvarez
Christina Miceli
Melanie Metzgar
Luna Chang
Faith Devault