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CAPTAIN’SB l o g

Grants:• 2  product  grants  valued  at  ~$1000  each  from  Brooks  

Running  (2010,  2012)

Athle+c  Scholarships:• 2010

✴ Anthony  Sullivan  (UWF)✴ Rashaun  Bosley  (Weber  InternaIonal)✴ Tyrique  Harper  (Ohio  Dominican)

• 2011✴ Chris  Bailey  (Emmanuel  College)✴ Phil  Whalen  (Emmanuel  College)✴ Chad  Jones  (Flagler  College)✴ Stefania  Bertone  (ChaSahoochee  Tech)✴ Julia  Rivera  (ChaSahoochee  Tech)

• 2012✴ David  Drumm  (UWF)

• 2013✴ Hannah  Loder  (USF)✴ Cameron  Allen  (Troy  University)

Awards:• Track  and  Field:  

✴ Boys  District  Champion  2009,  2010,  2011✴ Girls  District  Champion  2010

State  Finalists:• 2010:  

✴ ChrisIne  Marcano,  Hannah  Loder,  Rashaun  Bosley,  Anthony  Sullivan,  David  Drumm,  Chris  Lind

• 2011:  ✴ Perez  Pierre,  Hannah  Loder,  David  Drumm,  JusIn  

WaSs,  Nikko  Bembry,  Isaiah  Haines,  Stephen  Van  Buren,  Chris  Bailey,  Cameron  Allen,  Darren  Richardson,  Levi  Rosa

• 2012:  ✴ Nikko  Bembry,  ChrisIan  Sousa,  Eric  Laverne,  Isaiah  

Haines

Cross  Country:

• Boys  State  Qualifier  2008,  2009,  2010,  2011• Boys  District  Champion  2012• Girls  State  Qualifier  2009,  2010• Girls  District  Champion  2012

News-­‐Journal  Runner  of  the  Year:• 2009:  

✴ ChrisIne  Marcano• 2010:  

✴ Hannah  Loder• 2011:  

✴ Hannah  Loder,  David  Drumm

• 2012:✴ Hannah  Loder

THIS WEEK’S FEATURE: CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACKWhen  I  asked  for  teachers  to  send  me  informaIon  for  our  AdvancEd  AccreditaIon  narraIves,    James  Wolfe  sent  me  some  amazing  things.    Below  is  a  list  of  accomplishments  that  really  need  to  be  shared.    This  is  preSy  amazing  stuff!    

What  Coach  Wolfe  did  not  share  that  this  was  his  third  straight  year  being  named  Coach  of  the  Year  for  Cross  Country.  2010  –  Boys  X-­‐Country  Coach  of  the  Year.  2011  –  Boys  X-­‐Country  Coach  of  the  year.  2012  –  Girls  X-­‐Country  Coach  of  the  Year.  

CongratulaIons  Coach  Wolfe!  

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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

TOY and EOYLast Thursday our Teacher of the Year and Employee of the Year were celebrated at Flagler Auditorium. Congratulations to all of the districts TOYs and EOYs!

Thoughts and PrayersPlease  keep  the  following  people  in  your  thoughts  and  prayers:• Jackie  Henderson,  sister  of  Joann  

Nahirny.  Undergoing  treatment  for    a  benign  brain  tumor.    The  surgery  is  Friday.

• Mother  of  Angela  Reyes.    She  has  stage  3c  ovarian  cancer.  

Culinary NewsLast  week  Lisa  KiKrell  took  several  students  to  compeIIon  at  the  Daytona  State  Culinary  InsItuIon.    ParIcipants  included  Laura  Bryant,  Nicholas  Guillen,  Mattie  Vidor,  John  Brendel,  and  alternate,  Brandy  Knight.    Our  students  did  very  well  beating  FPC  by  one  point!    AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!

National Teacher FellowshipMella  Baxter  was  one  of  12  teachers  in  the  United  States  to  be  selected  to  receive  the  2013  Hope  Street  Group  Na+onal  Teacher  Fellowship.  They  will  meet  and  present  to  naIonal,  state  

and  local  policymakers,  as  well  as  to  their  peers  across  the  country.  Hope  Street  Group  is  a  nonprofit,  biparIsan  organizaIon  dedicated  to  promoIng  economic  opportunity  for  all  Americans  by  idenIfying  and  promoIng  raIonal  methods  of  incenIvizing  beSer  outcomes.    For  more  informaIon  click  on  the  link  below:hSp://hopestreetgroup.org/news/releases/twelve-­‐teacher-­‐leaders-­‐selected-­‐2013-­‐naIonal-­‐teacher-­‐fellows

Run Fran! Run!CongratulaIons  to  Fran  Lagocki  who  ran  in  and  completed  her  first  half  Marathon!    WOO  HOOO!

Run Margot! Run!On  December  22nd,  Margot  Roemicher  got  engaged  to,  as  she  describes,  her  “soul  mate!”    AWWW!    CongratulaIons  Margot  and  Smit!    Remember  that  it’s  never  too  late...to  run!

Birthdays This Week

Dawn Kerstetter 1/20Jodi Mulvihill 1/20

Lori Macklin 1/23

Doreen Lazzano 1/24

Kim Saltmarsh 1/27

Lee Winfree 1/27

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EDUCATION NEWS

Florida Supreme Court Justices

Court Decision on 3% FRS ContributionIn  a  4-­‐3  vote,  the  Florida  Supreme  Court  has  ruled  that  legislaIve  changes  to  the  Florida  ReIrement  System,  including  the  requirement  that  employees  contribute  3%  of  their  salaries  toward  their  reIrement  plan,  DO  NOT  violate  the  Florida  ConsItuIon.    These  legislaIve  changes,  which  were  enacted  during  the  2011  legislaIve  session,  had  been  challenged  by  the  Florida  EducaIon  AssociaIon  and  others  who  argued,  in  part,  that  the  changes  violated  collecIve  bargaining  rights.  

Commissioner Tony Bennett listens to state educatorsIn his first day on the job, Florida's new education commissioner told school administrators from around the state that he wants to hear from them regularly, and that disagreement can be a good thing.Educators want more specifics from Gov. Rick Scott "Education changed my life," Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. His young life, yes. His political life? Not yet. Two years in junior college led Scott to the Navy, then a four- year degree on the GI Bill and a law degree led to success in business.New education commissioner faces skeptical crowd Florida's new education commissioner, Tony Bennett, sought to hold his own Monday before a skeptical crowd of public school officials attending their annual legislative conference in TallahasseeScott and Legislature to examine school securityLawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott are looking at ways to improve security at Florida public schools following the tragic school shooting in Connecticut, but the scope and cost of those improvements remain unclear.Schools take ABC approach to STDs, health High rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases have Lee County school officials looking to find more ways for students to take health courses. And expanding health education may just be the key to curbing those numbers.Senators: Cutting school safety money in Florida isn't a good idea The state budget includes $64.4 million for school safety, $11 million less than in 2008, according to figures presented Wednesday by the Department of Education. In Northeast Florida's five school districts, the money was reduced from $5.8 million to $4.9 million. There is $700,000 less in Duval County, down from $4.1 from $3.4 million.Florida's rule on ACT scoring frustrates potential graduatesAlan Sourk thought his son had finally passed his exit-level high school reading test. The Wiregrass Ranch High School junior scored a 20 on the ACT reading test in December. That was two points above the mark listed on state documents as an acceptable replacement score for the FCAT graduation requirement.

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MISC.

St. Ivo Reading the Instructions for the Electric Hair Clippers BEFOREhand This Time, 1450

CongratulaIons  Matanzas  AthleIc  Teams  named  to  the  FHSAA  All-­‐Academic  Team

 

Florida High School Athletic Association

Academic Team Champions - Fall 2012-13 

Boys Bowling—Coach Robert RoeMatanzas (Palm Coast) 3.163 GPA

Finished 18th out of 179 schools 

Boys Cross Country---Coach James WolfeMatanzas (Palm Coast) 3.291 GPA

Finished 21st out of 163 schools 

Girls Cross Country—Coach James WolfeMatanzas (Palm Coast) 3.409 GPA

Finished 22nd out of 163 schools 

Girls Golf—Coach Louise WolfeMatanzas (Palm Coast) 3.445 GPA

19th out of 254 schools 

Girls Volleyball—Coach Julie MenendezMatanzas (Palm Coast) 3.176 GPA

10th out of 78 schools    

For  addiIonal  informaIon  on  the  FHSAA  All-­‐Academic  Team  go  to:    hSp://www.msaa.org/news/2012/1218-­‐0

 

How to Find Your Passion and Change Your Lifeby Dan Rockwell

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