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HAWK HERALD - Randall Middle School PTSA
THE         Randall Middle School PTSA

           HAWK HERALD
March 2015 | Volume 15 Issue 8

• PTSA President Takes Note
• photos and Food trucks
• Counselor’s Corner
• student of the month
• history fair winners
• kick butts day, Blood Drive, Patti’s House,
  belk service learning challenge
• pics from photos and food trucks
• With Gratitude
HAWK HERALD - Randall Middle School PTSA
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
                                                                                                                                                                          PTSA BOARD 2014-2015

                                                                                  and organizations, and of course the food! A great day and a big thank                             Jill Rintoul
                            PTSA PRESIDENT                                        you to Terri and Anne for all their hard work!!
                                                                                                                                                                                   RMS PTSA President
                                                                                                                                                                                   Michelle Whitt

                            TAKES NOTE
                                                                                                                                                                              Vice President of Ways & Means
                                                                                                                                                                                    Sheila Green
                                                                                  We had our General Assembly meeting on February 19 where we voted
                                                                                                                                        th                                    Vice President of Membership
                                                                                                                                                                          Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
                                                                                  in an amended budget, approved a nominating committee, and let it be                          Vice President of Activities
                                                                                                                                                                                    Doris Rainey
                            Jill Rintoul                                          known that we were redoing our bylaws and standing rules to be voted                                  Treasurer
                                                                                                                                                                                     Liza Grimm
                                                                                  on at the next general meeting in May. A huge thank you to Jen                                 Corresponding Secretary

Dear Randall Families:                                                            Abdoney and her wonderful volunteers for the delicious dinner they                            CHAIR POSITIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                 Jennifer Heidt
                                                                                  provided our staff!                                                                                     Awards
What a busy month the Randall PTSA has had! We started the month                                                                                                                      Jen Hurst
                                                                                                                                                                                         Book Fair
with a County PTA training on meeting management and the new rules                LAST CALL for memberships for this year. We are a few short so please                            Beth Gardner
                                                                                                                                                                                         Box Tops
and regulations for the County PTA Awards Program. Also learned                   consider joining for $6.                                                                          Kelly Gagain
about guidelines from SERVE and a few tidbits for us all to remember
                                                                                                                                                                                        Volunteers

                                                                                  If you are interested in being involved in the PTSA next year, now is the                        Maria Mendez
include:
                                                                                                                                                                                     County Council

                                                                                  time to let us know as we will be working on securing positions on our                  Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
                                                                                                                                                                                    Cultural Arts Night
*You must sign in and out of the school not just because it is a rule, but it     board in the next two months. We have positions open so please                         Alison Dominic & Silvia Walsh
                                                                                                                                                                                        Hawk Store
covers you for liability.                                                         consider being part of this awesome group!                                                        Lucy Sankey
                                                                                                                                                                                        Newsletter
*Always use a teacher/staff bathroom even if student bathrooms are                                                                                                      Michelle Clor & Allison Livermore
                                                                                  As always, if you have any questions or need to get in touch with us                                  Reflections
empty                                                                                                                                                                            Melissa Canfield
                                                                                  please email us at randallptsa@gmail.com.                                                         Restaurant Nights
*Volunteering is a privilege not a right….it is your principal’s final decision                                                                                                 Jennifer Abdoney
                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff Appreciation
                                                                                  Sincerely,                                                                                       Kelly Hoobler
                                                                                                                                                                                   Student Recognition
On February 21st, the PTSA under the direction of Co-Chairmen Anne                                                                                                          Amy Ball & Emily Carson
                                                                                                                                                                                         T-Shirts
Fischer and Anne Morris, held our first Photography Contest and Food                                                                                                             Melissa Canfield
                                                                                  Jill Carey Rintoul                                                                                     Website
Truck Rally at Randall but open to the public. We had over 75 photo                                                                                                                   Kelli West
                                                                                  Randall PTSA President                                                                                 Hawking
entries from our students, craft vendors, booths set up by student clubs                                                                                                          Marcia Hollman
                                                                                                                                                                                         Magnets
                                                                                                                                                                                  Sarah McKenna
                                                                                                                                                                                       Faculty Rep

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HAWK HERALD - Randall Middle School PTSA
2014-2015 PTSA OFFICERS

                                                                                                                                             Jill Rintoul
                                                                                                                                              President
                                                                                                                                           Michelle Whitt
                                                                                                                                        VP. Ways and Means
                                                                                                                                            Sheila Green
                                                                                                                                   VP. Membership and Volunteers
                                  Terri Fischer and Anne Morris                                                                    Anne Morris & Terri Fischer
                                                                                                                                           VP. Activities
                                                                                                                                          Doris Rainey

Photos & Food Trucks
                                                                                                                                             Treasurer
                                                                                                                                        Kim Andrzejewski
                                                                                                                                       Recording Secretary
                                                                                                                                           Liza Grimm
                                                                                                                                     Corresponding Secretary
                                                                                                                                        Claire Mawhinney
                                                                                                                                             Principal
There was a tremendous turnout for the                second prize, and $20 for third prize. The                                             PTSA Mission
Photos and Food Trucks event that was                 winners for Selfie were 1st place Isabella            •
                                                                                                            •
                                                                                                                A powerful voice for children
                                                                                                                A relevant source for families and communities
held at Randall on Saturday February 21st,            Quinones, 2nd place Megan Huffman,                    •   A strong advocate for the education and well being of every child

with members of the community coming                  and 3rd place Elizabeth Miller. The                   The Hawk Herald is a publication produced by Randall Middle School’sPTSA.
out to support the children of Randall. The           winners for Group were 1st place Mikayla              It is designed to keep our families informed on current events and happenings
                                                                                                            at our school.
food trucks and craft venders were also               Corn, 2nd place Kristen Bassett, and 3rd              The Hawk Herald is published monthly throughout the school year and the
very popular. The Rays Council had a                  place Coby Grimm. The winners for                     deadline for submission is the 15th of each month prior to publication date.
                                                                                                            Online publication dates are the last Friday of the month. Submissions for
successful raffle/silent auction and The              Sports/Action were 1st place Connor                   consideration should be emailed to Lucy Sankey: mlksankey@gmail.com

Seeds of Hope Club sold their soup bowls              Pacheck, 2nd place Boris Gramajo, and
to raise money to purchase food for it's              3rd place Zach Devito. The winners for                                             Mary Ellen Elia
                                                                                                                                    Superintendent of Schools
backpack program. The PTSA is so proud                Nature were 1st place Boris Gramajo,                                              Susan L. Valdez
                                                                                                                                   Chair, County School Board
of all our aspiring photographers! With               2nd place Zac Whiteside, and 3rd place                                        Dorothea W. Edgecomb
                                                                                                                                 Vice Chair, County School Board
almost 100 photographs submitted the                  Caitlin Glazewski.        Community and                                              April Griffin
                                                                                                                                      County School Board
judges really had a hard time deciding the            families members came out to vote for the                                            Sally Harris
winners, and a third place was added to               "Peoples Choice" award, and the winners                                         County School Board
                                                                                                                                          Carol Kurdell
each category. The winners in each of the             are 1st place Coby Grimm, 2nd place                                             County School Board
                                                                                                                                        Melissa Snively
four categories, Selfie, Group, Nature, and           Drew Fischer, and 3rd place Kate Luke.                                          County School Board
                                                                                                                                          Cindy Stuart
Sports/Action, plus the "Peoples Choice"               Plans are already underway to make next                                        County School Board
will be given $100 for first prize, $50 for           years event even bigger. (pics below pg 8,9,10)
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HAWK HERALD - Randall Middle School PTSA
Counselor’s
Corner                                                                              NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Melissa Miller, 8th Grade Counselor

Here is the important information for you to be aware        9. sdhc.guidmii.com is a great website that allows                students as well as others who may need help while
of in March:                                                    students to assess their GPA’s, view FCAT/FSA                  she is in the classrooms. She will also be assisting
                                                                performance, check promotion requirements, view                with the CELLA testing. We are very fortunate to
   1. The FSA Writing test will be a paper and pencil           grade history, see SAT and ACT scores, log                     have Mrs. Mendez with us.
      test for 6th and 7th graders, and it will be done on      community service hours, explore Bright Futures             12.From Ms. Hardy, 8th grade Language Arts teacher
      Monday 3/2/15 in the morning. Please be here on           and other scholarship information, track high school           and Edsby expert: “Do you want to keep an eye on
      time that day and stay for the whole morning.             graduation requirements and manage the college                 your child’s grades? Don’t wait until interim or
      The counselors have been preparing the testing            entrance process. The 8th grade students have                  report card time to get a grade update! Use Edsby!
      documents, and Ms. Roberts, 6th grade counselor,          developed a high school academic plan through                  Just log in and on the right hand side of the screen,
      is facilitating this.                                     Guidmii with the assistance of Ms. Miller, 8th grade           you will see the most up-to-date average. Click on
   2. The FSA Writing test will be a computer-based             counselor. This is just a planner and doesn’t mean             the grade if you want to see a detailed list of what
      test for 8th graders, and it will be done on Tuesday      the students will get those courses, but they now              assignments went into that grade. A great idea
      3/3/15 through Thursday 3/5/15. The test will be          know exactly what is expected of them in order to              would be to make this a Friday afternoon tradition.
      given in the morning and the afternoon each day           get a high school diploma. Those plans will be sent            At the end of the day, have your child sit down and
      depending on when the student’s teacher has               home the end of February to discuss with their                 pull up their Edsby account and discuss the grade
      been scheduled to give it. Please be sure to be           parents and get their signatures. The signed papers            together. Communication is key! You can also
      here when you’re scheduled for this exam. Mr.             are to be returned to Ms. Miller, so if you haven’t            email teachers from Edsby to get more information.

T     Gerding, assistant principal, is facilitating this.
     3.Spring Break is 3/9/15 through 3/13/15 so enjoy
      your time off, but also use this time to catch up
      with school work if necessary.
   4. The CELLA test will be given all day on 3/18/15
                                                                seen this paper, please ask your 8th grader about it
                                                                and send it in as soon as you can. Although this tool
                                                                is mostly used in high school, there is a section for
                                                                middle school information also that shows what
                                                                classes have been taken and what classes still need
                                                                                                                               Parents can sign up for Edsby by going to
                                                                                                                               www.sdhc.k12.fl.us and clicking on Families and
                                                                                                                               then clicking on MySpot login on the right-hand side
                                                                                                                               and then registering a new account. You will need
                                                                                                                               the student’s lunch number and their social security
      for the ELL (English Language Learners) students,         to be taken. The log-in information is the same as             number.” Whenever there’s an issue or concern,
      so please be sure to be here all day that day if          the student’s log-in for Edsby. If you have any                the first step is to discuss it with your student’s
      you’re in that program. Ms. Miller, 8th grade             questions, feel free to email Ms. Miller.                      teacher. It’s important for all students to work hard
      counselor and ELL Chair, will facilitate this.         10.Students who have failed any core class for the 1st            and do their best until the last day of school!
   5. The end of the 3rd grading period is Friday               semester have been notified. It’s important that            13.The 8th grade math teachers continue to offer
      3/27/15.                                                  they make up those courses on Florida Virtual                  Algebra tutoring, so please contact them for more
   6. Good Friday is 4/3/15 and students and staff have         School and finish it by the end of the school year so          information.
      that day off.                                             they can be promoted to the next grade level. To            14.Ms. Roberts is the 6th grade counselor this year and
   7. 7th grade Duke TIP and Hillsborough Talent                sign up, go to flvs.net and set up an account and              can be reached at brenda.roberts@sdhc.k12.fl.us or
      Recognition students received brochures for the           select the course you need to make up. An email                at 740-3900 x233. Ms. Richards is the 7th grade
      Hillsborough Scholars Summer Academy.                     will be sent automatically to the grade level                  counselor this year and can be reached at
      Registration in now open. These students will be          counselor for approval and then FLVS will contact              valerie.richards@sdhc.k12.fl.us or at 740-3900
      bringing home another flyer with registration             you as soon as a teacher is assigned so that you can           x231. Ms. Miller is the 8th grade counselor this year
      information on Tuesday 2/24/15. If you have any           get started on the course. However, if you don’t               and can be reached at
      questions, please email Ms. Richards, 7th grade           consistently turn in work, FLVS will drop you from             melissa.miller@sdhc.k12.fl.us or at 740-3900 x255.
      counselor, who is facilitating this.                      the course and you will have to start all over.                Each year the counselors move up to the next grade
   8. Remember to “FISH” and participate in Fun              11.Our new bilingual paraprofessional is Mrs. Mendez,             level with their students in order to build stronger
      Fridays to show school spirit!                            and she will be working closely with the ELL                   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 January:

6th Grade:
Esteban Aldana, Olivia Arozarena, Haven Bacon, Elizabeth Barrett, Max Blumenfeld, Tiffany Cheng, Jacob Daniel, Sophia Dench, Sierrah Diltz, Shaun Houk, Alyssa Jones,
Noah Jones, Isaac Lange, Nyrei Mendez, Sydney Palmer, Cameron Sadler, Evan Vangalder, Sean Ward, Caden Whitford

7th Grade:
Nolan Allaer, Sadie Bingham, Laura Bober, Lily Carter, Tim Coffey, Orlando Cosmo, Kaylee Dulysz, Peyton Johnson, Andy Morris, Sylvia Murphy, Kate Ohme, Athan Owens,
Madison Reed, Alana Roth, Katie Sieboldt, Caleb Sisco, Brooke Teacher, Nicholas Troche, Nick Ubillos, Madeline Whitt

8th Grade:
Chris Ball, Drew Bennett, Logan Cisneros, Nikolas Davis, Gage Hall, Peter Iorizzo, Katlyn Kerr, Noah Lewis, Kyle Merkle, Austin Merritt, Parker Mock, Joseph Muffoletto,
Destinee Ortiz, Melissa Price, Gabriella Searcy-Torres, Leannah Simblante, Madison Swift, Katelyn Wendling, Kyleigh Wilkie, Makena Winkler, Michael Zubatuk

       Congratulations to the following students who won a $25.00 Amazon.com gift card for second quarter student of the month!!!!
                     6th grade:      Elizabeth Barrett                 7th grade:      Ben Kachler                     8th grade:   Michael Bradford

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2015 Randall History Fair Winners
                           Congratulations to the following students who will be advancing
                                to the Hillsborough County History Fair competition on
                                    February 27th. We wish them the best of luck!                          Kristy Verdi and Nina Morales-Davis

                                                                           In the Individual Website Category:
   In the Individual Performance category:                                             1st place - Bethany Bradin
                1st Place - Danny Milani                                               2nd place-Cameron Kitchiner

  In the Individual Research Paper category:                                 In the Group Website category:
             1st Place – Rythvic Rau                                        1st Place - Cameron Kozlin and Gabriel Fiol,
                2nd Place - Ashley Ohall                                   2nd Place – Kristin Reagin and Kennedy Young

   In the Individual Documentary category:                                  In the Individual Exhibit category:
             1st Place - Brianna Sikes                                                 1st Place – Ashley Ullom
                2nd Place - Zoe Mithaug                                            2nd Place – Katrina Fehrenbacher

    In the Group Documentary category:                                        In the Group Exhibit category:
         1st Place - Daniel Lewis and Aden Fiol                         1st Place – Grace Hunter, Kate Luke, Rachel Rozet
                                                                          2nd Place – Kathryn Mowery and Avery Brauss

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Kristy Verdi

                                                                                                         We are hosting a Blood
                                                                                                               Drive on
                                  March 18th                                                          Thursday March 19th.
                           through PE classes
                                                                                                         To donate, go to online
                                                                                                              schedule at:

                                                                          https://www.oneblooddonor.org/index.cfm?
Patty's House Pals, a                                                           group=op&step=2&opid=682559
group of 20 student
volunteers, is making
their first visit to                                                The R.A.Y.S. Class is competing in the Belk
Patty's House to                                                    Service-Learning Challenge and the deadline is
interview residents.                                                March 6th. There are five teams of four
 They will go back three                                            students that are submitting 1-2 minute videos
more times this year as                                             about our projects in
they create a memory book for each resident                         hopes of winning the
to help stimulate memory and provide friendly                       grand prize ($2000
interaction to residents who do not receive                         scholarship and
many visitors.                                                      $2000 gift card PER
                                                                    student!)

        16510 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia, FL 33547 | randallptsa@gmail.com |   (813) 740-3900   |   http://randall.mysdhc.org/PTSA
16510 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia, FL 33547 | randallptsa@gmail.com |   (813) 740-3900   |   http://randall.mysdhc.org/PTSA
16510 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia, FL 33547 | randallptsa@gmail.com |   (813) 740-3900   |   http://randall.mysdhc.org/PTSA
16510 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia, FL 33547 | randallptsa@gmail.com |   (813) 740-3900   |   http://randall.mysdhc.org/PTSA
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