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THE
Randall Middle School PTSA
HAWK HERALD
May 2015 | Volume 15 Issue 10
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PTSA President Takes Note
PTSA Membership
restaurant spirit night
Counselor’s Corner
student of the month
college palooza
Lupus awareness
relay for life
rays NYLC
memorial day
clothing drive
add’l pics
randall happenings
NEW PTSA OFFICERS 2015-2016
With Gratitude
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
PTSA BOARD 2014-2015
PTSA PRESIDENT
TAKES NOTE
Jill Rintoul
Dear Randall Families:
This will be the last PTSA newsletter of the school year! It is
hard to believe that May is already upon us and we will be
finished with the school year very soon. I want to take this time
to thank all of the people that have made this a great
year….First, I would like to thank my awesome board this year.
As President, I am only as good as the board that supports me
and I was so very fortunate to have a board that took the
initiative with their committees, projects, and events and got
their jobs done successfully. I also want to thank the Randall
Administration and Staff for their support of our PTSA
Our electronic marquee is up and we hope it will be on soon. We
RMS PTSA President
are waiting on training to make sure we input everything
Vice President of Ways & Means
Jen Abdoney and her Staff
Recognition Committee scooped over 18 gallons of ice cream
Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
Vice President of Activities
Doris Rainey
Treasurer
Liza Grimm
Corresponding Secretary
out to over 500 soon to be Randall hawks. Thanks to Jen and
CHAIR POSITIONS
Jennifer Heidt
her committee! We also greatly appreciate Dr. Michael Abdoney
Jen Hurst
from Abdoney Orthodontics for sponsoring the evening and all
Beth Gardner
the free goodies given out to all!
Kelly Gagain
Awards
Book Fair
Box Tops
Volunteers
Please join us Thursday, April 30
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at 4:30 for our last
General Meeting in the cafeteria before conference night. We will
be voting in the new slate of officers for the 2014-2015 PTSA
Maria Mendez
County Council
Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
Cultural Arts Night
Alison Dominic & Silvia Walsh
Hawk Store
Lucy Sankey
Newsletter
Executive Committee and updating our bylaws as well.
Michelle Clor & Allison Livermore
Reflections
For those of you that are leaving Randall with 8th graders with
Melissa Canfield
me, I wish you the best of luck. Have a great summer and be
Jennifer Abdoney
throughout the year. Finally, I would like to thank all of you who
have volunteered in any way for Randall this year. The PTSA
Sincerely,
students and staff without volunteers to help.
Vice President of Membership
We had our most successful Ice Cream Social for incoming 6th
safe!
and school would not be able to offer everything we do to our
Michelle Whitt
Sheila Green
correctly! It is so exciting!
graders on April 23rd.
Jill Rintoul
Restaurant Nights
Staff Appreciation
Kelly Hoobler
Student Recognition
Amy Ball & Emily Carson
T-Shirts
Melissa Canfield
Website
Kelli West
Jill Carey Rintoul
Hawking
Marcia Hollman
Randall PTSA President
Magnets
Sarah McKenna
Faculty Rep
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2014-2015 PTSA OFFICERS
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Thank you to all of those who
were members of the 2014-2015
Randall PTSA! With your support,
the PTSA has been able to
support the school through many
ways including conference night
dinners, teacher grants and
student recognition. Even though
we fell short of our goal of 100%
membership, we have 755
members including 16 business
members and 100% faculty
memberships! THANK YOU!!!
Jill Rintoul
President
Michelle Whitt
VP. Ways and Means
Sheila Green
VP. Membership and Volunteers
Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
VP. Activities
Doris Rainey
Treasurer
Kim Andrzejewski
Recording Secretary
Liza Grimm
Corresponding Secretary
Claire Mawhinney
Principal
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5622 Lithia Pinecrest Rd, Lithia
The Hawk Herald is a publication produced by Randall Middle School’sPTSA.
It is designed to keep our families informed on current events and happenings
at our school.
Wed May 13th from 4 to 8pm
donating 10% of the proceeds!
The Hawk Herald is published monthly throughout the school year and the
deadline for submission is the last Friday prior to the online publication date,
which is the first Wednesday of the month. Submissions for consideration
should be emailed to Lucy Sankey: [email protected]
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Mary Ellen Elia
Superintendent of Schools
Jeff Eakins
Acting Superintendent of Schools
Susan L. Valdez
Chair, County School Board
Dorothea W. Edgecomb
Vice Chair, County School Board
April Griffin
County School Board
Sally Harris
County School Board
Carol Kurdell
County School Board
Melissa Snively
County School Board
Cindy Stuart
County School Board
3474 Lithia Pinecrest Rd, Valrico
Tues May 26th, ALL DAY
donation is on a sliding
percentage based on sales (more sales = more money)
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PTSA Mission
A powerful voice for children
A relevant source for families and communities
A strong advocate for the education and well being of every child
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Counselor’s
Corner
Melissa Miller, 8th Grade Counselor
Here is the important information for you to be
aware of for the rest of this school year (Can you
believe it’s almost over?!):
1. There is a GAP Camp offered at Newsome
from August 3rd to 6th from 8:30 am to 12:30
pm. It introduces students to high school as
well as AVID and AP courses.
Space is
limited and the online sign-up at Newsome
goes live on April 24th. Contact Jennifer
Giannone
at
[email protected] if you
have any questions regarding GAP Camp or
AVID.
2. 8th grade parents please wait until summer
time to contact a Newsome counselor for
scheduling purposes as they are working
very hard with their current students right
now.
3. The final Conference Night was held on
April 30th from 5 to 7 pm so hopefully you
met with teachers if it was needed.
4. The testing schedule was already given out
in last month’s newsletter and it was sent
via parent link by Ms. Mawhinney.
The
semester final exams start on Friday 5/29
and last until 6/4, and they can’t be given
earlier than that.
5. Honors Night will be held on May 5th at 6:00
pm in the gym, and invitations will be sent
home by 4/29 for those students who are
getting an award.
6. The incoming 6th graders from our feeder
schools will be touring Randall and learning
what to expect. Bevis will come on 5/19
and Lithia Springs will come on 5/20 and
Fish Hawk Creek will come on 5/21. Ms.
Miller will be the 6th grade counselor next
school year.
7. There will be no school on 5/25 so enjoy
your day off with your family!
8. The 8th grade send-off is on the last day of
school June 5th, and the 8th graders will
have a blast celebrating their graduation
and accomplishments all day.
9. College Palooza will be held on 5/13 in the
cafeteria from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Ms. Hacker,
counselor at Newsome, will give out lots of
good information on getting the Bright
Futures scholarship and earning community
service hours and getting into college, etc.
10.Letters were mailed home to those
students who are in jeopardy of not passing
to the next grade level. It is extremely
important that they bring their grades up.
11.The Extended Learning Program is going on
for 7th and 8th grade students who haven’t
passed a class. They can not miss more
than two days and must complete the work
for these before-school tutoring sessions in
order to earn quality points or else they
may be in jeopardy of failing or having to
retake the classes on Florida Virtual School
at home or going to summer school.
12.Remember to “FISH” and participate in Fun
Fridays to show school spirit!
13.Please continue to check Edsby regularly to
help students keep up on their assignments
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and grades and to keep in contact with
teachers.
Whenever there’s an issue or
concern, the first step is to discuss it with
your student’s teacher. It’s important for
all students to work hard and do their best
until the last day of school!
14.The 8th grade math teachers continue to
offer Algebra tutoring, so please contact
them for more information.
15.There are a lot of students who are taking
one or more classes on Florida Virtual
School, so please make sure they are all
done with at least three-quarters of it since
we are in the fourth quarter now. It’s very
important that all of these classes are
completed by the last day of school so that
the students can be promoted to the next
grade level.
16.Ms. Roberts is the 6th grade counselor this
year and can be reached at
[email protected] or at
740-3900 x233. Ms. Richards is the 7th grade
counselor this year and can be reached at
[email protected] or at
740-3900 x231. Ms. Miller is the 8th grade
counselor this year and can be reached at
[email protected] or at
740-3900 x255. Each year the counselors
move up to the next grade level with their
students in order to build stronger
relationships.
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Student of the Month
Kelly Hoobler
Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Student of the Month for April:
6th Grade:
Enica Antoine, Jacob Balasko, Ryan Cloke, Taylor Dabney, Caylin Doty, Austin Eckels, Caroline Feldkirchner, Abbie Forrero, Kylie Hill, Spencer King,
Alexander Lipson, Bryan McHale, Bailey Porter, Isabella Quinones, Juliana Ryall, Jacob Tracy
7th Grade:
Merrick Bessell, Mia Cafaro, Zach Devito, Jaylon Falcon, Gabriel Ferguson, Caitlin Glazewski, Avery Lenoir, Talon Leonard, William Lucas, Paul-Cole Newman, Allison
Olsen, Susan Pacer, Abigail Paplin, Ethan Shamblin, Miles Swan, Allison Trezek
8th Grade:
Taylor Bevan, Jasmine Crosby, Emma Dittbenner, Kendall Farkas, Jessica Fleeter, Ariana Fobbs, Brayden Haldane, Austin Huffman, Mia Matos, Morgan Mielke, Colby
O’Dell, Ellen Oldham, Cody Peterson, Brie Sikes, Shelby Simpson, Regan Southerland, Brandon White, Joshua Zimmerman
Congratulations to the following students whose names were drawn for the 3rd quarter Student of the Month- Each one won a $25.00 Amazon.com Gift Card!!!
6th grade:
Andrew Proscia
7th grade:
8th grade:
Alana Blumfeld
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Kristy Verdi
CollegePalooza is an event held annually at Randall Middle School to help our rising 9th grade students better
understand how they can prepare for college admission NOW. Mrs. Hacker, Newsome High School Guidance Counselor, will
be present to talk about BrightFutures Scholarship requirements and other scholarship opportunities. AVID instructors
will share the importance of building a College Admission Portfolio. R.A.Y.S. Council members, along with Mrs. Verdi, will
talk about creating your own service opportunities during high school. This event will take place on May 13th from
6-7:30 PM. For more information please contact Kristy Verdi at [email protected]!
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May is Lupus Awareness Month. Here at Randall we
will have a full week, May 4-8, honoring those that
suffer from this painful and sometimes deadly
disease. Lupus is an auto-immune disease that can
spread to the kidney, lungs, & heart. There are 3
types of Lupus and it is classified in the cancer
family. Many of the symptoms are invisible so we
seek to make others aware of this cruel disease.
We will also raise money by offering students the
opportunity to pie a teacher in the face!
Fishhawk Relay For Life is an annual event at Newsome High School to raise money for The American
Cancer Society. Over 40 teams participated this year. The event is about
raising money and awareness, and it is it an opportunity for people in the
community to get together and have a fun night. This year the theme was
“Around the World” and each team “adopted” a different country. The
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Kristy Verdi
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This year 11 of our R.A.Y.S.
Council Students, visited
Wa s h i n g t o n D C f o r t h e
a n n u a l N a t i o n a l Yo u t h
Leadership Conference.
Here people from all around
the world visited to share our
views on service learning.
This trip was a big
opportunity and success for
all of our students including
those who couldn’t
participate. Paige Smolen,
a n d 8th g r a d e R a n d a l l
student attended the Youth
Leadership conference also
held by NYLC. We know that
our students will bring these
ideas and knowledge back
to our school to help all of
our students.
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The R.A.Y.S. put
up a wall of
names of the
Florida soldiers
who have died
in the fight
against terror
(since 9/11). The wall will go up on the
windows on the front of our school on
Friday, May 22 and will remainn up over
Memorial Day weekend. All Social Studies
classes will have the opportunity to learn
about a war and research some Floridians
who died in that war, and we will create
additional memorials for them along the
fence this year. We encourage families to
drive by Randall on Memorial Day to pay
their respects to Florida's Fallen.
C L O T H I N G
M E M O R I A L
D R I V E
Kristy Verdi
Now through May 18th the R.A.Y.S.
Council will be collecting any gently
used or new items to be donated to our
local foster home, A Kids Place.
New RMS Electronic Marquee
Please send in ONLY clean, gently
used or new items, folded and in a
plastic bag with the student’s name,
homeroom teacher, and # of items
included. Homeroom teachers will
The R.A.Y.S. Council is collecting the
following items for A Kid’s Place. Items
should be GENTLY USED. We accept
NEWBORN through TEEN items.
Clothes
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Infants, children and Teen sizes
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Socks
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Underwear
Shoes
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Running shoes
Flip flops (only new can be
accepted)
Casual shoes
Infants
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Clothing
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Diapers
Hair accessories
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Brushes
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Combs
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Barrettes
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Ponytail holders
Toiletries
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Shampoo
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Conditioner
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Deodorant
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Ms. Miller and Olivia Hunt,
Randall’s turnaround student
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Welcome New
PTSA OFFICERS
MAY ___________________________________________________________
1………………NJHS End of Year Party 4:15pm
4-8………….. Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
5…………….. Honors Night 6 pm
8…………….. Band/Orchestra Field Trip to Disney
12…………… SAC Meeting 5 pm
13…………… Spirit Night at Anthony’s Pizza 4-8pm
13…………… College Palooza 6:00-7:30pm
14…………… FFA Banquet 6pm
15…………… 6th grade Dance 2:30 pm
18…………… FBLA End of Year Meeting @3:15
18…………… STEM Club End of Year Celebration 3:15
19…………… Band Spring Concert
19…………… Incoming 6th Graders visit from Bevis
20…………… Incoming 6th Graders visit from Lithia
Springs
21…………… Incoming 6th Graders visit from FHC
20…………… Chorus Spring Concert
25 ………..… No School (Memorial Day)
26..……….… 7th grade Field Trip to SeaWorld
26…………… Spirit Night at Little Greek @all day
28…………… Orchestra Spring Concert
29…………… Orchestra 8th grade Banquet 4:30
2015-2016
Testing Dates
MAY________________________
1……..… 7th ELA
5-6 ……. 8th ELA
7-8…….. Geometry EOC
11-15….. Algebra EOC
18-22… Civics EOC
29………Semester Exams
JUNE ______________________
1-5……Semester Exams
Ashley Basquill
Vice President of Ways &
Means
Terri Fischer
Vice President of Membership
Anne Morris and
Danielle Triplett
Vice President of Activities
Liza Grimm
Vice President of
Communications
Doris Rainey
Treasurer
JUNE ________________________________________________
Sheila Green
Recording Secretary
5th………… 8th Grade Send Off
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Kathi Hayes
RMS PTSA President
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Many thanks
to our
business
sponsors for
supporting
our children,
the school,
and our
community!
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