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Principal's Message

Welcome to Gotha Middle School!

Gotha Update 3/25/2024

Monica Emery

Hello Gotha Families!

I hope everyone enjoyed Spring Break.  I know I did!  It was exactly what was needed to gear up and get ready for the final quarter of the school year.    

The 2024 Annual Stakeholder Survey window is open until April 12, 2024.  I personally use the family survey data to gauge the community’s satisfaction with how we are serving you and your student.  We look for positive responses to see what we are doing well.  We need 20% of our families to respond, and prior to break we were at 2%.   Please take a moment to give us feedback by clicking THIS LINK.

All students will take the computer-based Grade 6-8 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Writing assessment on April 2, 2024. The B.E.S.T. Writing assessment is administered in one 120-minute session, and students may work up to half of a typical school day.  If you or your student would like to review the computer-based practice test at home, the practice tests and answer keys are available at https://fsassessments.org/families.html.  Please stay tuned for an email from me with B.E.S.T. Writing assessment specifics. 

LITERACY FOCUS OF THE WEEK
With the fourth quarter now upon us, many of us start thinking about end of the year testing.  Did you know that kids who read for pleasure tend to do better on these tests?   Reading provides background knowledge and comprehension skills necessary for student achievement in the sciences, mathematics, and history. In fact, a study by the Institute for Education found that pleasure readers had a 14.4% advantage in vocabulary and a 9.9% advantage in math.  Encourage your student to read at home!

CODE OF CONDUCT REMINDER
OCPS Code of Student Conduct 
Gotha School Wide Discipline Plan  
This quarter we will really be focusing on positive behavior support and ensuring kids are being rewarded for positive choices and displaying our Cambridge Learner Attributes.  Students will have the opportunity to use their earned Bear Bucks for a ticket to a Glow Party!  Our PBIS Team and PTO will be sponsoring this final incentive day of the year on May 22nd.  

THIS WEEK AT THE SCHOOL 
For those of you new to Gotha, every Friday between Spring Break and the end of the school year is ALOHA Friday as we countdown to Summer Break!  We encourage everyone to wear their best Hawaiian gear!

3/25 - Start of the 4th quarter
3/26 - 
3/27 - 
3/28 - Altered Bell Schedule - 4th Quarter Code of Conduct & Student Survey
3/29 - ALOHA Friday! Just NINE Fridays left in this school year!

Please contact the school if you have any questions at all.  If your student is late to school, remember that they must be signed in at the front desk after 9:40.  Please make sure your student is getting to school on time.  Have a great week.  Help your student make choices that are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged.  As always, IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A GRIZZLY!

Monica Emery
Principal
Gotha Middle School
407-521-2360
2023 “Another Gotha Day” Lipdub

 

A FEW REMINDERS 
You can purchase a Gotha Middle School yearbook online at www.BuyTheYearbook.com and our school code is 715596.  

Please follow the instructions HERE to fill out the OCPS forms for the 2023-2024 school year.

Questions about your student’s classes? Reach out to their school counselor:
6th Grade A-K & 7th Grade - [email protected] 
6th Grade L-Z & 8th Grade - [email protected]

Please click on the links below for more information!

YMCA Before and After School Programs

8th Grade Behavior Contract - PARENT FORM

http://www.ocps.net

  

 Office Hours
8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. Mon-Fri

School Hours
9:30a.m. - 4:04p.m. (MTRF)
9:30a.m. - 2:54p.m. (W)

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