upcoming holiday break and that you get to focus on that which is important – Family, Fun, Laughter and Love.

Enjoy!

Ms. Telese

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I would like to take this opportunity to say how proud I am of our students for all that they have accomplished so far this year. As we mentioned at the start of this year, our school-wide focus has been and will continue to be on helping our students develop a “Growth Mind-set”. With a “Growth Mindset”, we operate under the belief that we can learn to do anything that we put our minds to, regardless of talent or natural ability. We believe that success is a direct result of the amount of effort that we put into learning and overcom-

ing obstacles. We believe in the power of “yet”... Rather than saying “I can’t do that.”, we encourage one another to say “I can’t do that YET.” Please join us in our quest to cultivate a Growth Mindset in our students by reading the articles (links below) and finding opportunities to talk to them about it on a regular basis.

On another note, I truly hope that each and everyone of you get to en-joy some quality family time over the

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Volume 2 Issue 3 December 2015

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“Our Eye is on the Future”

Under the direction of Bandmaster Jim LeBon,

students of the Southport Middle School Band

put on an outstanding performance at their an-

nual Winter Concert. The Jazz Band, Beginning

Band, Intermediate Band, and Advanced Band

featured music for the holidays along with music

from classical, movie, popular, and jazz gen-

res as they celebrated this most exciting time of

the year. If you missed it, or just want to watch

the performance again, the video will be aired

on WLX-TV "The St. Lucie Education Channel"

during the winter break between December

19th and January 4th. In the meantime, photos

from the event are included on page 4.

Holiday Events

The Drama Department recently presented THE

MUSIC MAN JUNIOR , a part of THE BROADWAY

JUNIOR COLLECTION TM Music and lyrics by Mere-

dith Willson and Book by Meredith Willson and

Franklin Lacey. The amazing show, led by South-

port’s Outstanding First Year Teacher, A.J. Quinn,

featured a terrific cast and crew of students. The

drama students entertained adults and kids of all

ages in a total of four spectacular performances.

News of the performance was featured on the St.

Lucie County Public Schools web site and Lucie

Link. More photos are included on page 5.

Volume 2 Issue 3 Page 2 November Student of the Month Tabita Antoine

Hannah Delgado

Tierra Keller

Jasmine Lee

Hunter Lewis

Cody Matthews

Michael McLaughlin

Azaria McMurren

Devin Nikitenko

Kendall Norton

Lola Paez

Demorney Robinson

Theophilus Williams, Jr.

Shadi Abdel-Nabi

Ainsley Bent

Brandon Bent

Daniel Bouza

Randall Hamblin, Jr.

Trinity Hardy

Brooklyn Parks

Lily Sacchi

Gillian Stickles

Joseph Torres

Dawn Truong

Alysha William

Daeqwonn Williams

Jordan Baker

Sandra Brown

Ryan Case

Denise Cavanaugh

Kendall-Lee Cetin

Mario Chacin

Esbeydy Dumas

Karissa Gilmore

Michael Lovejoy

Kurtis Moore

Lisette Peralta

Isabella Quintero

Cesar Rodriguez-Guerrero

Emily Ross

Student

Council

The 2015-2016 Student Council, led by Ms. Morgan Kellogg, recently met to discuss upcoming projects that they plan to work on for the remainder of this school year. Among the students’ ideas included -holding a "Give Back" week in December. They have picked specific organizations and groups within the community and school to give back to. They dis-cussed establishing a student court on campus and a student-based counseling organization and leading a campus clean-up day. They decided on calling Habitat for Humanity of Port St. Lucie to gather information about service within the community.

There will be no Student of the Month Celebration in Decem-

ber. We will resume the celebrations in January, 2016.

Page 3 The Hurricane Herald

Thank you to everyone who

attended our Literacy Night

and supported our department

and Media Center!

AJ Quinn Outstanding First Year Teacher Jenna Woods Yasmine Schmidt Teacher of the Year School Related Employee Congratulations to our wonderful teachers and staff who have been recognized by their peers for their influence to our school and students they care so much about. Not shown, Ocella Davis, Distinguished Minority Educator.

Southport Middle Employee Recognition

Literacy Event & Book Fair Fun

There were so

many new and

exciting titles to

choose from at the Scholastic Book Fair

and everyone enjoyed the fun activities

that our teachers planned for the spook-

tacular event. The Port St. Lucie Police

Dept. was also here to present their

Stoplifting Program and drug

awareness information to

parents for the 21st Century

After School Program.

Saturday School

We are excited about the number of students who have been taking advantage of Saturday School at Southport Middle. Saturday School is designed for students who are missing assignments or those who may need additional tutoring in

their core subject areas or various projects. Tutoring runs from 9AM– 12 noon, when our teach-ers are here to provide sup-port, remediation, and in-struction for students who choose to attend.

Page 4

Drama Performance 2015

Winter Band Concert 2015

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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

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The PTO will be sponsoring a Holiday Store fundraiser where students can shop for holiday gifts for family and friends throughout the week of December 14th– 18th. There will be a nice assortment of inexpensive items to choose from for those who celebrate the Christmas holiday.

Also, please continue to save and send in those Boxtops for Education. Thank you for your continued support!

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