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BRUNER MIDDLE SCHOOL an A+ School
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Volume 5, number 4
In This Issue:
Mar and Apr 2015
FSA Testing Schedule
The testing season is here and your child will be administered the
new Florida Standards Assessment test. Below you will find the
schedule for the test. You may also check the schools website at
www.brunerspartans.com, click the guidance tab, then click testing.
As a reminder all students are to bring their headphones or earbuds.
Please make every effort to make sure your child is in school during
their test.
FSA Testing Date
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FSA Testing
1
Yearbook Sales
2
March 2
8th
ELA Writing
Talent Show
Winners
2
March 3
6th, 7th, & 8th
ELA Writing
8th Grade Trip
2
April 13– May 8
All Grades
ELA, Math, & Science
MLK Oratorical
Winner
Vision Board
3
Sports News
4
Chorus News
4
Band News
4
Science News
4
Club &
Technology News
5
Media Center
News
Shot Reminder
5
Thank you notes
5
back page
3/05
Early Release
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3/10
Spring Pictures
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3/23 - 27
Spring Break, School Closed
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4/2
Early Release
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Dates & Events to Remember
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With the new Florida standards in place to
help Florida students succeed, the Florida
Standards Assessments (FSA) in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and end-ofcourse (EOC) subjects (Algebra 1, Algebra 2,
and Geometry) will serve Florida students by
measuring education gains and progress. Students, parents/guardians, and educators are
encouraged to stay connected to the FSA Portal to receive important announcements and
access information and resources as they are
available. The web site address is: http://
www.fsassessments.org/ .
Parents can promote student success by staying involved in their child’s education, offering positive support and feedback and encouraging them to relax and do their very best. By
staying connected with their student’s school
and teachers and taking advantage of online
resources, such as school websites and portals,
parents can stay informed and be best
equipped to meet the needs of their students at
home. You may also visit the Okaloosa District web site at http://
www.okaloosaschools.com/content/
curriculum-florida-standards, to stay
abreast of the latest training materials for students.
Okaloosa
OkaloosaCounty
CountySchool
School District
District
Mrs.Marybeth
Marybeth Jackson
Jackson
Mrs.
Superintendent
Bruner Middle School
Mrs. Cynthia Hudson, Principal
322 Holmes Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Phone: (850) 833-3266 ° Fax (850) 833-3434
www.brunerspartans.com
MISSION
VISION
We prepare all students to achieve
We inspire a lifelong passion
excellence by providing the highest
for learning.
Quality education while empowering
each individual to positively impact
their families, communities, and the world..
Non-discrimination statement: in accor dance with
federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy,
this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the
basis of race, color, national origin, sex age or disability.
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GENERAL NEWS
Bruner Middle School
2015 Yearbook
It’s time to order your yearbook.
This yearbook is a history of your
child’s year at Bruner Middle
School. While the future may not
seem important to your child today, many of the names and faces
will be forgotten years from now.
They don’t have to be. Reserve
your child’s copy of the yearbook
for the price of $35.00 without a
name. This includes online orders
as well.
You may order your yearbook
online at
www.yearbookordercenter.com.
Order #10521. (Price includes a
$1.50 convenience fee)
Make checks payable to: Bruner
Middle School. Send payment to:
8th Grade Trip
Attention all 8th Graders!
A couple of slots recently became available for the 8th
grade trip in May to NYC and
Philadelphia!!! The cost is
$1125.00 for the 3 night, 4 day
ALL INCLUSIVE trip. The cost
covers air flight, tickets to
events and activities, food, and
hotel. Full payment must be
made by April 1st. If interested,
please contact either Mrs.
Jackson
at jacksonaa@mail.okaloosa.k1
2.fl.us or
Mrs. Soltis at soltish@mail.okal
oosa.k12.fl.us.
Congratulations Mahogany
Bacon for being the 2nd place
winner for the MLK Oratorical
Contest
Michelle Robinson Cook
c/o Bruner Middle School
322 Holmes Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Bruner Middle School Talent Show Winners
FBLA sponsored the first Annual Talent show at Max Bruner Jr. Middle School on February
23rd. The talent presented at the show was awesome.
Congratulations, to the winners, 1st Place—Lee Piliin, 2nd Place—Darby Ellis, and 3rd Place—
Abigail Kincaid. The winners will perform for a City of FWB event.
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EIGHTH GRADE NEWS
VISION BOARD
RECOGNIZING MICHAEL WATSON
An 8th Grade Web Design student
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SPORTS NEWS
Weightlifting Champions
The First Annual Beauty and
the Beast Weightlifting
Championships.
Congratulations to the Weight
team members for your hard
work. The following are medal
winners: Each student
represented a specific
weight division.
2nd Place: Kaleb Williams,
Damone Bryant, Kyla McInnis,
Antrell Porter, Josh Vivas
3rd Place: Lucas Campbell,
Megan Schram, Katie Spradlin, Cianna Barclay
4th Place: Micah Straham,
Fenny Carbanal, Riley Gilbert,
Alayna Spolski
5th Place: Zack Rushford,
Simon Spicknall, Jayden Bartley, Jaheem Culbert, Erin
Jones, Angelina Alvarado,
Leah Davis, Camryn Engel,
Heather Metruck, Owen Yancey, Ajani Berlin.
1st place: Ramyah
Jarboe-Alford, Terrion
Bates, Gabe Davis, Jacob Rodriguez, Malik
Womack
NEWS FROM THE BAND ROOM
Pre-Assessment Performance for Concert/Symphonic Bands:
- Tuesday, March 10th, 6:30 p.m. @ Fort Walton Beach High
School Auditorium
District Music Performance Assessment
Friday, March 13th @ Fort Walton Beach High School Auditorium
- Concert Band Performs @ 12:15 p.m.
- Symphonic Band Performs @ 6:30 p.m.
“Join Bruner’s Symphonic Band for the
district music assessment at FWBHS
auditorium on Friday, March 13 at
6:30 p.m.
CHORUS NEWS
SCIENCE NEWS
The Select Chorus will give
their Solo and Ensemble Performance at Bruner on Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30 pm in
Spartan Hall. Students will
perform songs for family and
friends. All are invited.
A reception will follow.
CONGRATULATIONS
Alayna Spolski for being awarded 1st
place in Biochemistry at the Robert Sheffield East Panhandle Regional Science
and Engineering Fair! Alayna's project
on Fat Daddy Humongous Mud Bugs also qualified to participate in the 60th
Annual State Science and Engineering
Fair of Florida to be held in Lakeland, Florida.
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CLUBS & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
FCA
FBLA
On Friday, February 13, 40 students
attended the Okaloosa Walton Buck
Smith FCA All Sports breakfast at the
Emerald Coast Convention Center.
They joined approximately 1000 middle and high school students for a delicious free breakfast buffet which
was followed by awards and inspirational Christian messages. Students
heard from national sport figures and
local students who have excelled in
the areas of academics, sports, community service and faith. Besides
hearing how Christ is playing the
central role in the lives of the speakers, the students also enjoyed plates
heaped with bacon, eggs and biscuits! Bruner’s FCA was one of the
largest middle school FCA groups
and meets in Ms. Anderson’s room
every Thursday morning before
school. There is no fee or application
for this Christ centered club.
FBLA students attended the District Leadership Conference at UWF. Congratulations FBLA students, everyone came back a winner. The winners are:
Alayna Spolski - 1st Place Keyboarding
Lyndsey LaBorde - 1st Place Parliamentary/leadership
Madison Carlstrom - 2nd Place Keyboarding
Amber Lett - 3rd Place Spreadsheet
Anna Keenum - 2nd Place Spreadsheet
Jalen Williams - 3rd Place Computer Slide
Sam Miller - 2nd Place Web Page
Amara Yake - 2nd Place Web Page
Issac Plummer - 1st Place Business Math
Alan Nguyen - 1st Place Introduction to Computers
Haleigh Hoverman - 1st Place Career Exploration
Lily Rigby - 3rd Place Desktop Publishing
Daria Williams—1st Place Spreadsheet
Jordan Wiggins - 4th Place Computer Slide
MEDIA CENTER NEWS
The media center would like to
recognize Taylor Farnsworth,
8th grade, for recently breaking the Bruner record for most
RC points. RC stands for
Reading Counts, a reading
program similar to AR in elementary school.
Students
read books and take a computer test and earn points for
passing the test. The previous
Bruner record was 1,016
points for the school year, and Taylor has already broken that
record with 1,345 points and is on his way to even more with
several weeks of reading-time left in the school year.
Congratulations to Taylor! Keep on reading and succeeding!
Reminder...all
6th graders
need their 7th
grade shots
before the
beginning of
school next
year.
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Thank You To Our Sponsors & Volunteers
Thank you to the wonderful students, teacher, parents, and community that have welcomed me to the Bruner Spartan
Family. I am honored to serve you.
Your Principal, Mrs. Hudson
Cross County
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Harris Insurance
Olive Garden
Merkle, Merkle & Associates
Bayer & Curtis Orthodontics
Future Business Leaders
of America
Mrs. Bridgete Spolski
Mrs. Emily Rigby
Mrs. Erika Williams
Mrs. Ivin Lett
Ms. Lauren Abel
Mr. Perez
Mrs. Wiltz
Mrs. Annie Gratton
Mr. Browning
Mrs. Sara LaBorde
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Thank you S3 tutoring
Program
Boys Basketball
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Thank you Mr. McPhail
for your technology help
and being the SAC chair
for several years.
Swim Team
Erin Shulfer
Amanda Tavares
Colin Backert
Ngon Nguyen
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John Barnes
Delvonte Dixon
Academic Team
Minority Council
Kasey Rigby
Jordan Dollente
Racheal Metruck
Austin Roth
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Robert Sorrells
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Emily Rigby
Bridget Spolski
Mrs. Leeth
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