From: Lopez, Addys C.

Dr. Larry Feldman, School Board Member The School Board of Miami-Dade County

Monthly Electronic Newsletter

September 2016 Issue

** SAVE THESE DATES **

*TEACHER PLANNING DAY” (NO STUDENTS) OCTOBER 3RD

*SCHOOL BOARD MEETING*

OCTOBER 5TH

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @ WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER*

OCTOBER 7TH

9:00 AM

*TEACHER PLANNING DAY” (NO STUDENTS) OCTOBER 12TH

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @

FLORIDA CITY EL* OCTOBER 14TH

9:00 AM

*MILITARY CURRICULUM EXPO @ HOMESTEAD AFB*

OCTOBER 24TH 5:30 - 7:00 PM

*DISTRICT 9 STUDENT

LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL @ CORAL REEF SR*

OCTOBER 26TH 3:30 PM

*COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @

LAURA SAUNDERS EL* OCTOBER 27TH

9:00 AM

*SOUTH REGION CURRICULUM EXPO FAIR @ SOUTHLAND MALL*

FOR HOMESTEAD/ SOUTHRIDGE/SOUTHDADE

FEEDER PATTERNS OCTOBER 27TH

6:30 - 8:00 PM

I know by now all of us are intricately involved in our daily routines and settled into a nice pace; except for our seniors who are getting letters of recommendations, completing Common Applications, preparing sen-ior resumes, engaging in their community service, aligning companies with scholarships, completing the FAFSA, making final college visits, and doing everything else that is required of them from their teachers, sponsors, coaches, mentors, tutors, and parents…as they ask, “who signed me up for this”. when does senior freedom start? So, all of you 18 years or above, students, employees, parents, community members remember to VOTE early or on November 8th. Finally, M-DCPS is hosting the 60th Annual Council of Great City Schools Conference 10/19-22; great speakers and sessions … something for everyone. Larry Feldman

PROVIDING NEEDED BACKPACKS AND DIFFERENTIATED READING BOOKS @ COCONUT PALM K-8 CENTER

A TRIBUTE TO 9/11 VICTIMS BY SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH JROTC AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR OUR SERVICEMEN & WOMEN AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU COLONEL SANTANA AND ALL COBRAS.

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COFFEE ‘N CONVERSATION @ CUTLER RIDGE EL

DISTRICT 9 NEWS Palmetto Sr is a National

PTA School of Excellence for 2016-18 school years.

Coral Reef Sr IB stu-dents Arielle Cortina, Gabriela Gutierrez and Natalie Rodriguez at-tended the Congress of Future Science & Tech-nology Leaders in Bos-ton, MA.

Chanyra Johnson, South Dade Sr, received a 2016 South Florida Edu-cational Federal Credit Union Scholarship.

Coral Reef Sr students Ryan Alamo, Dario Ama-dor-Lage, Arlene Arevalo, Kyle Dickson, Jesselyn Dominguez, Ismary Guardarrama, Gianni Lavecchia, Sofia Padron, Daniella Rosello, Dimitri Shurik and Tyler Thomp-son are National Hispan-ic Recognition Scholar R e c i p i e n t s a n d Mahmoud Fahmy, Leila Halley-Wright, Gianni LaVecchia, Timothy Whiddon, Daniel Crair, Dario Amador-Lage and Kyle Dickson are Semifi-nalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholar-ship Competition.

Palmetto Sr is hosting a College Fair on October 18th at 7:00 p.m.

District 9 paid for buses to transport over 1,000 students to see the Nu Deco Ensemble perform at Seminole Theater. A big shout out to Ms. Cooper and the students from Richmond Heights Middle who were a great example to all.

Laura Saunders El re-ceived a $2,000 grant for musical instruments.

Cutler Ridge El receives a matching grant of $3,000 for LegoRobot-ics, Chess & Odyssey of the Mind.

SANDY HOOK START WITH HELLO KICK OFF EVENT @ JOHN A. FERGUSON SR

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DISTRICT 9 STUDENT LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING @ CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL AT ITS BEST: PALMETTO VS CORAL REEF

TV’S DESIGNING SPACES ENHANCES CLASSROOMS @ NEVA KING COOPER

TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN @ THE SOUTH DADE REGIONAL LIBRARY

PICNIC IN HONOR OF JAVIER PEREZ

34TH ANNUAL KFHA OPERATION TURNAROUND AWARDS LUNCHEON

Dr. Larry Feldman, School Board Member, District 9

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MAYS CONSERVATORY JAMS WITH NU DECO ENSEMBLE @ SEMINOLE THEATER

SAVING OUR SONS COMMUNITY PANEL DISCUSSION & FORUM

GOB ADVISORY COMMITTEE @ NORLAND SR

CITY YEAR MIAMI'S OPENING DAY CEREMONY

RUNNING INTO UTD FRIENDS AT THE AIRPORT

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ANNUAL SPONSOR AN ATHLETE 2016 AWARDS DINNER

M-DCPS ANNOUNCES MORE REDUCTION IN TESTING

Dr. Larry Feldman, School Board Member, District 9

Newsletter - Page 5 of 6

GENERAL PTSA MEETING @ CORAL REEF SR

HONORING DEPUTY CHIEF OF SCHOOL POLICE GERALD D. KITCHELL

J P MORGAN CHASE PRESENTS CHECK FOR $280,000 TO M-DCPS

CLASS OF 2017 SENIOR PARENT NIGHT @ MIAMI PALMETTO SR

RECOGNIZING THE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT STUDENTS

THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT 9 STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING AS THE 2016 SUMMER READING WINNERS: PRAGNASHRE CHITTURI, PINECREST EL; EVA NGUYEN AND TYNA NGUYEN, DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM EL; AND JESSICA GUTIERREZ, HOMESTEAD MIDDLE. EACH RECEIVED A GIFT CARD. TYNA NGUYEN WAS ALSO THE OVERALL WINNER FOR THE SOUTH REGION AND RECEIVED AN IPAD MINI 2.

GABRIELA LOPEZ-PEREZ, TIERNEY REED-GALLON AND LIONEL JEAN PIERRE FROM SOUTH DADE SR WERE READ-ING PLUS WINNERS AND ALL RECEIVED GIFT CARDS. 

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2ND ANNUAL YMCA OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S PINK TEA PARTY TO END CANCER

MDC COUNCIL PTA/PTSA 2016 FALL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND RESOURCE FAIR

FBI AGENTS MONTHLY PRESENTATION @ PALMETTO’S FORENSIC ANALYSIS MAGNET

CORAL REEF SR VS PALMETTO SR FOOTBALL GAME