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May 2014 | Volume 14 Issue 7

• PTSA PRESIDENT TAKES NOTE• STATE REFLECTIONS CONTEST RESULTS ARE IN• THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM• RANDALL PTSA ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM• STUDENT OF THE MONTH• THE R.A.Y.S. COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS• 2014 NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE• MEMORIAL DAY DISPLAY• THE R.A.Y.S. COUNCIL & AVID HOST COLLEGE PALOOZA• COUNSELOR’S CORNER• RANDALL HAPPENINGS• EARTH DAY ROCKS• AT RANDALL• WITH GRATITUDE

Jill RintoulRMS PTSA President

Michelle WhittVice President of Ways & Means

Kelly GagainVice President of Volunteers

Sheila GreenVice President of Membership

Helen BergerVice President of ActivitiesBonnie Dittbenner

TreasurerKim AndrzejewskiCorresponding Secretary

Buff BishopRecording Secretary

CHAIR POSITIONSLiz Brewer

AwardsKim Andrzejewski

Book FairBeth Gardner

Box TopsMaria Mendez

County CouncilChristina Brandt

Cultural Arts NightCynthia Atkins

Hawk StoreAlison Fiol

NewsletterKathy McAdam

ReflectionsAnn NicholsonRestaurant NightsLiza Grimm

Student DirectoryKelly Hoobler

Student RecognitionMonica Weaver/Amy Ball

T-ShirtsMelissa Canfield

Website

RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLPTSA BOARD 2013-2014

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PTSA PRESIDENT TAKES NOTEJill Rintoul

his 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 throughout the year. Finally, I would like to thank all of you who have volunteered in any way for Randall this year. The PTSA and school would not be able to offer everything we do to our students and staff without volunteers to help.

We had our most successful Ice Cream Social for incoming 6th graders on April 24th. Jen Abdoney and her Staff Recognition Committee scooped over 18 gallons of ice cream out to over 500 soon to be Randall Hawks. Thanks to Jen and her committee! We also greatly appreciate Michael Abdoney from Abdoney Orthodontics for sponsoring the evening and all the free good-ies given out to all!

Please join us Thursday, May 1st at 4:30PM 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 Execu-tive Committee.

For those of you that are leaving Randall with 8th graders, I wish you the best of luck. Hope to see some of you back next year! Have a great summer and be safe!

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STUDENT OF THE MONTHKelly Hoobler

Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Student of the Month for March:

6th Grade(Teamwork)- Edward Bonilla, Julia Bower, Joey Caligiuri, Jahaziel Cruz, Zac Ebert, Mark Grabau, Jake Grossman, Eva Guiterrez, Justin Haines, Matthew Harrity, Jessna John, Tyler Lee, John Provost, Kyle Sellers, Samantha Simpson, Noah Terrell, Taylor Thomas

7th Grade(Making A Difference)- Gordon Chapman, Bella Contreras, Lexi DeBoer, Will Dunham, Cam-eron Eaton, Katrina Fehrenbacher, Samantha Gagain, Morgan Gardner, Kyle Hoobler, Austin Huffman, Grace Hunter, Elise Kimbrough, Jack McElwain, Ariana Nieves, Ellen Oldham, Paige Smolen, Katie Tatka, Daniel Walbolt

8th Grade(Caring For Others)- Katharine Burnham, John Dominic, Reagan Enicks, Jadesola Fashoro, Morgan Finger, Alexis Gonzalez, Kristen Hodne, Jonathan Hurst, Assata Jasper, Sam Jennings, Hana Lee, Johanna Malonjao, Abigail O’ Brien, Kiley Parrish, Leah Ratcliff, Jasmine Thomas

P.E. Students of the Month: Williams - Zachary Benson | Young - Madelyn Eisenberg

THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAMKathy McAdam

The national PTA Reflections program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Re-flections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness of the importance of the arts in education.

The 2014 – 2015 theme for the PTA Reflections program will be, ‘The world would be a better place if…”

Start creating! We look forward to seeing your creative pieces next year!

STATE REFLECTIONS CONTEST RESULTS ARE INKathy McAdam

Alex Fullerton has received an award of Merit for Music Composition! His work will be on display at the Leadership Convention at the Inisbrook Resort in July 2014. Congratulations to Alex on his excellent show-ing at the State Reflections contest. He did a wonderful job representing Randall!

RANDALL PTSA ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP TEAMJill Rintoul

I would like to welcome the new Randall PTSA Board.

Jill Rintoul, President

Michelle Whitt, Vice President Ways & Means

Sheila Green, Vice President Membership

Erica Monroy, Vice President Activities

Doris Rainey, Treasurer

Liza Grimm, Corresponding Secretary

Kim Andrzejewski, Recording Secretary

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THE R.A.Y.S. COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONSKristy Verdi

The R.A.Y.S. Council is collecting gently used and clean clothing, personal items, and books for A Kid's Place, a local foster facility. We are asking our students to look through their closets for those trendy items that they have outgrown! The demand for pre-teen and teen clothes is high. We are also

accepting infant and children's clothing, shoes (flip flops must be new), bath and shower items, and children's and young adult books. Items are being collected May 5th-May16th through homeroom. Mrs. Verdi is also seek-ing parents to assist with delivery of items on Monday, May 19th. For more information, please contact kristy.verdi@sdhc.k12.fl.us

2014 NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEKristy Verdi

Congratulations to Emily Groat, Kate Luke, Grace Morrissey, and Paige Smolen for a wonderful presentation at the 2014 National Youth Leader-ship Conference April 9-13, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The group present-ed to a room full of teachers and administrators about the R.A.Y.S. ser-vice-learning elective class.

Making new friends from around the world! Meeting Philip Cousteau, famed environmentalist and founder of Earth Echo, Exploring the nations capitol with Mrs. Verdi

THE R.A.Y.S. COUNCIL & AVID HOST COLLEGE PALOOZA

The R.A.Y.S. Council and AVID are hosting CollegePalooza on Wednesday, May 21st in the Randall cafeteria from 5:00-7:00 P.M.. All 8th grade students are encouraged to attend to learn about creating a college entrance portfolio, document-ing community service for the BrightFutures Scholarship, and learning from local non-profits about local service opportunities available for 13-14 year olds. From 5:00-6:00 P.M. students can talk to representatives from a number of organizations about doing community service. Rising Freshman can begin document-ing service hours on the first day of summer vacation! For more information, contact kristy.verdi@sdhc.k12.fl.us or kathy.webb@sdhc.k12.fl.us.

EARTH DAY ROCKSAimee Eftink

On April 22, Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Eftink's class observed Earth Day. One of the projects was to pick up trash around the school. They filled almost one large trash bag. Some items found were socks, disinte-grated jackets, water bottles, candy wrappers, pens and pencils, hair accessories, and plastic bags. Hunter Bennett was quoted saying "if we don't clean up the Earth, the plants and animals will die.” Austin Huffman stated that picking up trash was not only important, "it's a

fun way to spend time outside!" We did our part, now please do yours. As much fun as we had, it was also sad to see so much trash around our school! Please throw your trash away!

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COUNSELOR’S CORNERMelissa Miller, 7th Grade Counselor

H ere is the important information for you to be aware of in May and June:

1. It’s very important that all students real-ize that school doesn’t end until June 6th, so they need to keep up on their homework, classwork, attendance, tests, grades, behavior, etc. Everyone needs to earn at least two quality points this last semester for each class in order to pass. Letters were mailed home to those students who still haven’t earned the needed quality points.2. Conference night is Thursday 5/1/14 from 5:00-7:00PM, and it’s on a drop-in basis so please attend if your student needs help in any of his/her classes.3. FCAT testing will continue until 5/7/14 and then the Civics EOC (end of course exam) will be held during the week of 5/6/14. The 7th grade teachers have been holding a Boot Camp to help students prepare for this exam, and it will end on 5/3/14. The Algebra EOC will be held during the week of 5/12/14, and the Geometry EOC will be held on 5/20 and 5/21. Semester exams will be held during the week of 6/2/14, so it’s very important to attend school during all of these times. Everyone has worked very hard to prepare for these tests including students, teachers, staff, and parents, so think positively and come prepared to do your best!4. Teacher Appreciation Week is during the week of 5/5/14, and we certainly appreciate everything Randall’s hard-working teachers have done all year to help the students!

5. The Perfect Attendance ice cream so-cial will be held in the afternoon of 5/12/14.6. The AVID Parent night will be on 5/21/14 at 5:00PM. It will be a College Palooza and the Rays Council will also participate. Please contact Ms. Webb for more information.7. The fifth graders from our feeder schools will be touring Randall during the week of 5/20/14.8. The Honors Night awards ceremony will be held on 5/19/14 at 6:30PM in the gym, and invitations will be sent out to those stu-dents who will be receiving awards. 9. The Principal’s Honor Roll party for 6th graders will be on 5/7 at 2:30PM in the cafeteria. 7th graders will be on 5/8 and 8th graders will be on 5/9 at the same time and place.10. There will be no school on Monday 5/26/14 for Memorial Day. Enjoy your day off!11. The 8th grade send-off will be on the last day of school Friday, 6/6/14.12. The Extended Learning Program ends Monday 6/2/14. It is for students who didn’t pass a class during one of the previous quarters, so it’s very important to come each and every day they’re scheduled to attend to make up those classes.13. The Character Ed qualities for the May 19th lesson will be diversity for 6th grade, equality for 7th grade, and integrity for 8th grade.14. Be sure to check Edsby regularly and

keep in touch with teachers via email in order to ensure your students are doing well. Grades will be uploaded on 5/8 and 5/22 and 6/9.15. Ms. Deschnow will be holding her last “Binder Busters” meeting on Friday May 2nd for students who need help getting organized. It will be in Room 209 at 8:30AM.16. Be sure to check the Randall Happenings Calendar to participate and wear Randall shirts and colors on Fridays for school spirit and to earn extra Hawk Bucks.17. Ms. Richards is the 6th grade counselor and can be reached at valerie.richards@sdhc.k12.fl.us or at 740-3900 x231. Ms. Miller is the 7th grade counselor and can be reached at melissa.miller@sdhc.k12.fl.us or at 740-3900 x255. Ms. Roberts is the 8th grade counselor and can be reached at brenda.roberts@sdhc.k12.fl.us or at 740-3900 x233.18. Tampa Bay Technical High School is holding a career exploration summer camp for exiting 7th graders. You will learn about the fields of commercial arts, culinary arts, early childhood education, medical, architecture, marching band, business and welding. It will be July 7th through 10th at 8AM to noon and it costs $85. For more information, call 744-8360 x365.

MAY 2 Spirit Shirt - RMS or NHS 7 FCA Meeting 9 Spirit Shirt - College 16 Spirit Shirt - RMS 21 FCA Meeting 23 Spirit Shirt - NHS - Celebrate Graduation 26 Memorial Day Holiday/Schools Closed 30 Spirit Shirt - Sports Team or RMS

JUNE 6 Last Day of School & End of 4th Grading Period - RMS Shirt

*Fellowship of Christian Athletes additional meeting dates: Apr 2, 16 & 30, May 7 & 21, and Jun 4. For more information, contact Mr. Gaddis: Anthony.gaddis@sdhc.k12.fl.us

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2013-2014 PTSA OFFICERS

Jill RintoulPresident

Michelle WhittVP, Ways & Means

Kelly Gagain & Sheila GreenVP, Membership & Volunteers

Helen BergerVP, Activities

Bonnie DittbennerTreasurer

Buff BishopRecording SecretaryKim Andrzejewski

Corresponding SecretaryClaire Mawhinney

Principal

PTSA Mission• A powerful voice for all children• A relevant source for families and communities• A strong advocate for the education and well being of every

child.

The Hawk Herald is a publication produced by Randall Middle School’sPTSA.Itisdesignedtokeepourfamiliesinformedoncur-rent events happening at our school.

The Hawk Herald is published monthly throughout the school year and the 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 consideration should be emailed to Alison Fiol, alifiol11@gmail.com

MaryEllen EliaSuperintendent of Schools

April GriffinChair, County School Board

Carol W. KurdellVice Chair, County School Board

Doretha W. EdgecombCounty School Board

Carol OlsonCounty School Board

Cindy StuartCounty School Board

Susan L. ValdesCounty School Board

Stacy R. White, Pharm. D.County School Board

RANDALL HAPPENINGS

MEMORIAL DAY DISPLAYKristy Verdi

The R.A.Y.S. Council will be creating a memorial to all of Florida’s soldiers who have given their lives in service since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The memorial will be on display in front of Randall Middle School from Friday, May 23 through Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Students from all social studies classes will have the opportunity to come down and post photographs of the men and women who died while in service to our nation. The community is invited to visit throughout the weekend and on Memorial Day to see the display and leave notes of thanks on our “Wall of Rememberance.”

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