Coleman ChronicleThe Official E-Newsletter of Coleman Middle School

1724 Manhattan Avenue Tampa, FL 33629 (813) 872-533

Home of the Cobras

ISSUE 121 - October 7, 2016

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Parents and Students,

The upcoming cooler air signals the arrival of fall and the approaching holiday season. I always find

this time of year to be very exciting at school. I am amazed at how fast the first nine weeks went and we are full steam ahead into the second nine weeks. It is always important to stay up to date on Edsby. There will be many events taking place in the next 45 days, so mark your calendars.

Thank you to our Dad's Club, who had a very successful Attendance Cookout (10/6) serving the homerooms with the highest attendance for September. See you again on November 3rd.

Congratulations to Ms. Anderson, who was chosen as Coleman's Teacher of the Year for 2016-2017 and also to Mrs. Caroline Fernandez, who was chosen as Coleman's Ida Baker recipient for 2016-2017. Well deserved!

Yours in Education,

Mike

Hoskinson

"Preparing Students for Life"

PTSA PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Congratulations to our 8th grade students who were inducted into the National Junior Beta Club on Thursday evening! All students in 8th grade who maintain a 3.8 GPA or higher and have no behavior referrals are invited to apply. The application process includes writing an essay on the

importance of community service and getting two teacher recommendations. We are very proud of the 119 8th graders who were accepted to the Beta Club this year!

Quick Links

Coleman Website

Coleman PTSA Website

Coleman Family Sponsorship Form

PTSA Membership Form

Other PTSA Forms

SERVE LINK

Administration

Mike HoskinsonPrincipal

Nannette HarveyAssistant Principal, Administration

Toby JohnsonAssistant Principal, Curriculum

PTSA Board

Teresa PotterPresident

Kim Kizirian1st VP of Mini-Grants

April Neil2nd VP of Volunteers

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Also this week, the Staff Appreciation Committee completed their first 'Germ-Out' program of the year. Volunteers cleaned classrooms and general areas to try to help reduce the number of germs in the school. Thank you to everyone who helped to in this effort to keep our children healthy.

It is not too late for 8th graders interested in Robinson I.B. to sign up for a Shadow Day (dates with space available as of now: 10/27, 11/2, 11/7 & 11/30). Click here to sign up: RHS

IB Shadow Days. The magnet application period for high schools will be from 11/1 - 12/9.

Teresa Potter, PTSA President

COLEMAN'S VILLAGE INN SPIRIT DAY/NIGHT

SAVE THE DATE

~~October 27th is Coleman's

Village Inn Spirit Day/Night~~Stop by the S. Tampa Village Inn for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner any time on Thursday, Oct. 27th, let the cashier know you are with Coleman Middle School, and Village Inn will give 50% of the day and night's profits back to Coleman. No cooking and visiting with your Coleman friends and faculty while eating a delicious meal makes this a very easy and very tasty way to support our school. Please pass this on to your extended family and friends.

COLEMAN SGA NEWS

Hello Folks

We have elected our SGA reps for the 2016-

2017 school year.

Senators: Noah Fishman, and Jasmine

Meredith

Treasurer: Garrett Hoss

Secretary: Emma Walker

Vice President: Shea Greenberg

President: Kerry Tankersley

This month has kicked off the SGA

"Turn Coleman Pink". The SGA will

decorate classroom doors of people who have

survived or have passed away from breast cancer. The SGA, along

with Mrs. Harvey, have set up a donation page called Coleman

Cathy Erhardt3rd VP of Fundraising

Michele MolinelliTreasurer

Emily HinsdaleRecording Secretary

Amy HarropCorresponding Secretary

Coleman Business Sponsors

King Cobra Sponsors $2,000

Gold&Black Sponsors$1,000

Jim Cornwell

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Middle School SGA Harvey/Pechacek. Students who donate five

dollars or more will receive a breast cancer awareness wristband.

The SGA will also be doing the Breast Cancer Walk on October

22nd, 2016.

In order to donate: CLICK HERE. Our team name is

Coleman Middle School SGA-Harvey/Mr. P. You will then

create a log in and make your donation to our Coleman Team!

If you have any questions, please contact Mr Pechacek.

FACULTY HONOR ROLL

Hello and welcome to the 2016/17 school year from the FACULTY HONOR ROLL Committee!

The Faculty Honor Roll Program allows Coleman families to recognize the dedicated teachers, administrators, staff members, coaches and counselors who work with our students on a daily basis. If your family has made a donation this year to the Coleman Family and/or Coleman Business Sponsorship Campaign in any amount, you can designate the faculty member(s) you would like to honor with this award. They will receive a handwritten note from the committee with your personal message, delivered with a special treat. The awards are distributed at least 3 times throughout the school year - you may send as many notes as you would like, as many times as you would like! Communication will be sent to those who are eligible to participate in this special benefit and will include information about submissions and deadlines to be included in selected delivery dates.

What a great way to let our faculty know they are making a difference in your child's success at Coleman this year!

Alison Sulker and Jennifer Thompson

Faculty Honor Roll Chairs

GREAT AMERICAN TEACH IN

TheGreatAmericanTeachInwillbeheldonThursday,

Spirit Sponsors$500

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November17th.

Ifyouwouldliketoparticipate,contactyourchild'steachersto

arrangeatime.Remember,youmayspeakonothertopics

besidesyourcareer.Manypeoplespeakabouttheirhobbyor

somethinginwhichtheyliketoparticipate.

Ifyouhaveanyquestions,contactKarenWilkins.

MUSIC BOOSTER CLUB

CALLING ALL PARENTS OF BAND AND ORCHESTRA

STUDENTS AT COLEMAN:

JOIN THE MUSIC BOOSTERS!!

Band and Orchestra Boosters has joined forces to create a new Music Boosters. Your membership and support will help in meeting the needs of the outstanding music programs at Coleman! For more information on the Boosters and becoming a member, please contact Sherri Greenberg for Band or Tisa Pritchard at for Orchestra.

Stetson Honors Festival

Congratulations to Shelby Davis, Ben Barber, Ben Berlowitz, Samuel Garside, Shea Greenberg, Kit Haselton, William Hubbard, Elizabeth Lucas, Tristan Metz, Ainsley Neil, Jaxson Tanski, and Ayden Weil who represented the Coleman 8th Grade Band (Wind Symphony) at the Stetson Honors Festival on Saturday, October 1st. They, along with 100 other middle school students from Florida, performed in various ensembles and sounded great!

Trumpet Festival - Monday, October 10th (Please check Edsby for more information)

Coleman Block Party Band Concert and Orchestra Chamber

Concert - Thursday, November 17th (volunteers needed for the Bake Sale, please contact the Coleman Music Boosters at CMSmusicband@gmail.comor CMSmusicorchestra@gmail.com)

Coleman Winter BAND Concert - Tuesday, December 6th at Robinson High School (Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, Jazz Band performances)

Coleman Winter ORCHESTRA Concert - Thursday, December 8th in CMS Gymnasium (All 7th and 8th grade students)

6TH Grade Orchestra Wheel is in full swing and concerts are the last day of each wheel. Be on the lookout for wheel invitations sent home with the students.

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Solo and Ensemble will be held on October 22nd at Barrington Middle School.

All County Auditions- will be held on November 16th at King High School for both Band and Orchestra.

Lighthouse For The Blind - December 9th Coleman Chamber Orchestra field trip (we will need chaperones for this event).

SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS

Coleman Middle School will be entering into the following competitions this year:

The Geography Bee is open to all students. Listen for announcements in November to enter the competition. It is a Jeopardy type competition with U.S. and world geography questions. Ms. Wilkins will host the school tournament during school hours. CLICK HEREfor more information.

WOW Tournament team consists of seven students from 6th,

7th and 8th

grade. The students practice before school for about a month and then compete against other schools in the areas of World History, Civics, U.S. History and current events. The sponsors are Mr. Breit and Ms. Speight.

National History Day 7th and 8th graders will create class projects and the best projects will compete at our school competition. The top two entries per category will compete at the Hillsborough County competition at HCC on February 24, 2017. CLICK HERE for additional information.

For questions or more information please contact Karen Wilkins or Belinda Speight.

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Thank you to all of our 2015 business sponsors. To be included as a business sponsor please

return theCorporate Sponsorship Form

Coleman Family Sponsors

2015-2016 Family Sponsors List

To be included as one of our Family Sponsors

please return the

Sponsorship Form

Hillsborough County School Board

County School BoardChair - April GriffinVice Chair -Cindy Stuart

MembersSusan L. ValdesSally A. HarrisCarol W. KurdellMelissa SnivelyDoretha W Edgecomb

Superintendent of SchoolsJeff Eakins

www.sdhc.k12.fl.us

Coleman Chronicle Submissions

Do you have an announcement you'd like posted in the Coleman Chronicle?

Click hereto email article to

Amy HarropPTSA Corresponding Secretary.

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REFLECTIONS

Have You Heard About Reflections?

Reflections is a national arts contest

sponsored by the PTA with prizes and

recognition to our participating Cobras!

Participants will use the contest theme to

express themselves through photography,

writing, music composition, dance

choreography, film production or other visual

arts like drawing and painting.

This years theme is called "What is Your

Story?" and we can't wait to see how our

Cobras use the arts to tell THEIR story!

Watch a video about Reflections HERE and be

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sure to visit the new PTA Reflections student

page for tips and more information.

The deadline for submissions is October 21st

and you can pick up an entry form in the

front office. 

Please contact Janet Dean if you have any

questions.  

COLEMAN BIRTHDAYS

Joshua Smith-Salgado October 2nd

Elisa Linn October 5th

Ava Zeisse October 29th

CLICK FOR BIRTHDAY FORM

COLEMAN CALENDAR 2016-2017

OCTOBER 7: End of 1st Quarter

OCTOBER 10: No School, Non-Student Day

OCTOBER 11: 8th Grade Panoramic

Picture

OCTOBER 13: Basketball vs Madison @ Coleman Gym 6pm

OCTOBER 22: Turn Coleman Pink - Breast Cancer Walk

OCTOBER 27: Village Inn Spirit Day/Night

NOVEMBER 1: Robinson I.B. Parent Meeting @ 12pm

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Coleman Media Center

NOVEMBER 17: Great American Teach-In

NOVEMBER 17: Coleman Block Party

JOIN COLEMAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY!

Coleman Middle School PTSA is on Facebook and Twitter! CLICK ON Icons to Follow CMS on Social Media. Remember to turn on your notifications to ensure you do not miss Principal Hoskinson's Tweets or PTSA's Facebook Posts.

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