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BRUNER MIDDLE SCHOOL an A+ School
“ We
Are The Spartans”
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Volume 5, number 3
In This Issue:
New Principal
1
FSA Testing
1
Yearbook Sales
2
Science Fair
Winner
2
8th Grade Trip
3
Yearbook Ads
3
Spelling Bee
Winner
3
Sports News
4
Testing News
4
Band News
4
Media News
4
Club News
5
Guidance News
5
Vision Board
6
A, B Honor Roll
Students
7
Schools
Information
7
Dates & Events to Remember

1/16
Student Holiday

1/19
MLK Holiday, School Closed

2/5
Early Release

2/16
Washington Birthday Holiday

3/5
Early Release

3/23 - 27
Spring Break
Volume 5, Issue 3
Jan and Feb 2015
Mr. John Spolski, Bruner’s principal for the last eight years, has
passed his sword to the new
principal of Bruner Middle
School, Ms. Cynthia Hudson.
Mr. Spolski is now the new
principal of Fort Walton
Beach High School.
Ms.
Hudson comes to Bruner
from Crestview High School
as one of the assistant principals. Welcome, Ms. Hudson,
to the land of the Spartans.
Pictured from left to right: Mr. Spolski, Principal FWBHS, Mrs.
Jackson, Superintendent, Mrs. Hudson, Principal of Bruner, and
Mr. Hudson.
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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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 and they must
include a phone number.
Send payments directly to:
Michelle Robinson Cook
c/o Bruner Middle School
322 Holmes Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Phone: 850-833-3266
Fax: 850-833-3434
Website: brunerspartans.com
Alayna Spolski—Science Fair Best In Show
Alayna Spolski, an 8th grader,
placed first in Biochemistry
with her project named “Fat
Daddy Humongous Mud
Bug!”, and also received the
Best in Show award at the
Science Fair. Alayna is qualified to attend the regional science fair.
Congratulations, Alayna!!!!!
and represent Bruner Middle
School well at regionals.
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EIGHTH GRADE NEWS
win a FREE, allinclusive trip to New
York & Philly
M r s .
Soltis
& Mrs.
Jacks o n
a r e
selling
$10 chances to win a FREE,
all-inclusive trip to New York
& Philly in May. You may
purchase a $10 ticket to
have your name drawn in
February for a chance to win
a spot on this once in a lifetime trip! Your free ticket will
include all transportation including your airfare, hotel
stay, food, admission to Hershey Park and all other museums/attractions we visit. It
will only cost you $10 if your
name is drawn. Collect donations from friends & relatives. You can enter as many
times as you’d like. Just $10
an entry!
BUY AN AD
A RECOGNITION AD WILL MAKE THE YEAR
UNFORGETTABLE AT BRUNER MIDDLE
SCHOOL
Recognition Ads are a great way to congratulate and praise
your student or recognize your business. Purchase a Recognition Ad in the Max Bruner Jr. Middle School yearbook to show
your student how much they mean to you, or promote your
business. Hurry — ads will only be on sale until February 3,
2015, and only limited quantities are left! You may mail your
ad directly to: Mrs. Robinson Cook, c/o Bruner Middle School,
322 Holmes Blvd., FWB, FL 32548. Full Payment must accompany ad.
AD PRICES
Don’t forget — these
1/8 Page—Business
are the days you will
$35.00
Card Size
want your Spartan to
remember forever. Buy $60.00
1/4 page
their Recognition Ad
$120.00
1/2 page
and yearbook today! If
1 full page
you have questions, $200.00
please contact
Mrs.
Robinson Cook at email: cookm@mail.okaloosa.12.fl.us.
Quinterra Nichols placed 5th at the district wide spelling bee. Congratulations!
Look for us at sporting
events to buy tickets or come
to room 134 or room 811
during the school day to purchase your chance!
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SPORTS NEWS
SWIM TEAM
For this season, Swimming
has been moved from a Winter sport to a Spring sport.
Try-outs will be the end of
February/beginning
of
March. Students interested
in trying out should
have their Physical/
Parent
Permission
Form turned in to
Mrs.
Vinson
(attendance-swim
folder)/Coach
Ver
Steeg (Guidance) by
Friday 6, 2015, have a
2.0 GPA, and attend a mandatory meeting on Wednes-
day, February 18 after school
until 3:30 p.m. Students
must attend mandatory
meetings to get try-out info!.
SWIM CLINIC INFO
There will be a swim clinic on
February 23 and 24, 2015.
This would be a great
time for swimmers to
get in the pool and
review the skills
needed for try-outs.
To participate in the
swim clinic, students
will need to purchase
a ticket and have their physical/parent permission forms
turned in. The tickets can be
purchased from Coach Ver
Steeg in the Guidance office
from Feb 9 to Feb 20 and the
cost is $20.00 (includes pool
fee, bus fee, light breakfast).
Call Coach Ver Steeg for
more info at 833-3266 ext
1408.
TRACK
Track tryouts are
scheduled
for February 17 –20. All
necessary paper work is
due by February 12.
NEWS FROM THE BAND ROOM
Tuesday, February 17th: - Solo & Ensemble “Showcase of Talent” Performance, Spartan Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 19th: - Beginning Bands Winter Performance, Bruner Gymnasium, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 21st: - Solo & Ensemble Music Performance
Assessment @ Gulf Breeze H.S.
TESTING NEWS
Parents the testing season is
upon your student. Please
remember to check the
schools website for testing
dates. Beginning March 213, 2015 your student will
be administered the FSA
ELA
writing
component
computer-based test.
“Join Bruner’s Beginning Band for the
Winter Performance in the Gym on
Thursday, February 19th at 6:30 p.m.”.
MEDIA CENTER NEWS
Parents and students, there are several overdue
library books from September through January
5th. Please check at home to see if your child
has an over due book. All borrowing privileges
are lost until the books have been returned or
paid for.
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CLUBS & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Builders Club
BETA
The builders club recently
had a can food drive, and
with the help of the students
and faculty, they were able to
donate 500 pounds of
canned goods to Sharing &
Caring of Fort Walton Beach.
Beta students recently traveled to Orlando for the
Beta Club Convention. They received many accolades. The awards presented was numerous.
Arts and Crafts—2nd place; Special Talent (Lily
Rigby, Lyndsey LaBorde, and Erin Winstead) 3rd
place; Tower of Power- (Esmeraldo Yumul, Daquis
Upshaw, Daria Williams, and Hijah Smith) 3rd
place; Science- (Morgan Chapman) 3rd; Wreath(Madison Carlstrom) 2nd place, Jewelry-(Amber
Lett) 1st place; Quilting -(Heather Metruck) 3rd
place; Tee Shirt Design-(Hailey Duke) 5th place;
Digital Photography (Samira Chaudhry) 2nd place;
Oils and Acrylics-(Hunter Dahlberg) 3rd place; Water Color—(Megan Schram) 2nd place; Cross Stitch
-(Brooke Sanders) 3rd place.
GUIDANCE NEWS VISION BOARDS
8th grade students were introduced to vision boards about
their future careers. Students were asked to create a vision
board. The 8th grade web design students were challenged
with creating a informational web page about vision boards.
Three of the web pages were selected to be featured in the
upcoming news letter.
Please save your printer
ink cartridges and send
them in to Mrs. Robinson
Cook for the Yearbook.
The first one featured is Jordan Bartley’s Web Page. He explained what is a vision board and used the pictures and information well. See page 6 for Jordan’s Vision Board.
Please save your Boxtops
and send them in to Mrs.
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Website created by Jordyn Bartley, an 8th Web Design Student at Max Bruner Jr. Middle School
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7th Grade
ALLEN, XAVIEN (06)
ANDREOZZI, CHLOE M (06)
ARNETTE, ERIK J (06)
BALLARD, MADISON N (06)
BAUDUIN, ERIN R (06)
BIRDSONG, BRYAN M (06)
BROWN, ZY'KEA L (06)
CHAN, ETHAN K (06)
DORSET JR, KAREEM L (06)
EDWARDS, DYLAN S (06)
EFFATT, JAMEL O (06)
FINCH, KELLSIE E (06)
FLORES, ELAINA A (06)
FLORES, IZABEL L (06)
GENDRON, WILLIAM J (06)
GRIECO, CHRISTOPHER J (06)
HASTON, NATHAN D (06)
HOIE, RYLEIGH (06)
JACKSON, ELI (06)
JENDONG, MATTHEW N (06)
KORTUM, CHANDLER B (06)
LARACUENTE, JULISSA A (06)
LINDGREN, JOSEPH L (06)
LOGSDON, SASHA (06)
MARQUIS, ZACHARY D (06)
MCCABE, BRIANNA A 06) *
MCCARROLL, LOGAN F (06)
MENDEZ, ZACHARY (06)
MULCAHY, TARA K (06)
NGUYEN, CAMERON H (06)
ROBINSON, WALKER J (06) *
SADLER, MIA M (06)
SCHALLHORN, GAVIN C (06)
SCHIMMEL, DEVIN A (06)
SHANNON, SALMA C (06)
SHEFFIELD, SAMUEL F (06)
SNIPES, HALEY H (06)
SNOWDEN, MADISON A (06) *
STEELE, HAYDEN E (06)*
TAYLOR, JORDON K (06)
THOMAS, RAMAN S (06)
TYRE, ROBERT G (06)
VANDYNE, AUSTIN F (06)
VANDYNE, KELSIE J (06)
WALLACE, YAZMYN M (06)
WARDEN, RILEY J (06)
WILLIAMS, KADEN T (06)
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ASQUE, AJENE J (07)
BAILEY, ILENE D (07)
BEE, MATTHEW W (07)
BILTOFT, IZZABELLE F (07)
BUI, JENNY H (07)
BURNS, ERNEST S (07)
BYRON, CORINNE N (07)
CAMPBELL, BRAYDEN (07)
CANTU, HUNTER J (07)
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STEELE, GANNON E (07)
MCINNES, KYLA (08)
THORNTON, SHAWN A (07)
METRUCK, HEATHER E (08)
TOBIAS, MARINA I (07) *
MEWBORN, MADISON L (08)
VASS, BRENNA A (07)
MEYST, RUNE P (08)
VEITCH, NATHAN E (07)
MILLER, SAMUEL V (08)
WALKER, ELIJAH C (07)
MOBLEY, JESSICA A (08) *
WALLACE, AALIYAH N (07)
NELSON, SYDNEY L (08)
WEAVER, LILLIANNE D (07)
NGUYEN, ALAN D (08)
WHITFIELD, GABRIEL D (07)
PICHE-COTTERELL, VICTORIA L (08)
WINSLETTE, WYATT T (07)
PLUMMER, ISAAC H (08)
WINTER, EMMALINE G (07)
POE, ZACKARY A (08)
CARLSTROM, MADISON R (07)
CARTER, ALEXEE J (07)
CONAWAY, JENNIFER S (07)
CRUZ, BIANCA K (07)
CURTIS, JAMIR I (07)
DAVIS, ZANIYAH (07)
ENGEL, CAMRYN A (07)
GARZA, ALAN (07)
GILLEON, LESLIE A (07)
HARRIS, JESSICA A (07)
HART, ANISTYN S (07) *
HERNANDEZ, KAYLA A (07)
HOCHSTETLER, CELESTE L (07)
HOWELL, THOMAS N (07)
JACKSON, ALEXANDER J (07)
JACKSON, KAYTLIN M (07)
KIELAR, TY M (07)
LABORDE, LYNDSEY N (07) *
LANGE, BREANNA R (07)
LETT, AMBER R (07) *
LIN, CINDY (07)
LOVE, BRADLEY N (07)
LOVETT, JADEN R (07)
MORRIS, ETHAN J (07)
PAINTER, JASON E (07)
PALOCY, CASEY M (07)
PEREA MARTINEZ, CARLOS (07)
RIGBY, LILY F (07)
RIGSBEE, BRIANNA R (07)
RUSHFORD, ZACHARY D (07)
RUSSELL, CONNOR J (07)
RUTHERFORD, BRIANNA L (07)
SANDERS, CONNER (07)
SCHRAM, MEGAN A (07)
SHOURDS, CARLEIGH G (07)
SMITH, HIJAH S (07)
8th Grade
RASHEED, BILAL M (08)
REEVES, KOLE Z (08)
ANDERSON, BRANDON S (08)
ROBINSON, WHITLEY V (08)
BASSETT, CASSIDY K (08) *
RODKEY, CHRISTOPHER M (08)
BOULET, ERIN L (08)
RODRIGUEZ, JACOB J (08)
BUI, ALEX H (08)
RUSHFORD, ERIK A (08) *
CABRAL, CONNOR N (08)
RUVALCABA, ALEJANDRO S (08)
CADEMARTORI, JULIA R (08)
SANDERS, BROOKE E (08) *
CAMPBELL, LUCAS J (08)
SMITH, EMMA R (08)
CASTLEBERRY, NICHOLAS R (08)
SPOLSKI, ALAYNA E (08) *
CHAFFINS, PAIGE E (08)
STEIN, TALIA R (08)
CHAPMAN, MORGAN (08)
STRINGER, MADISON G (08)
CHAUDHRY, SAMIRA R (08)
TRISTAN, VALENTIN G (08)
DICKINSON, COLIN M (08)
UPSHAW, DAQUIS (08)
DUKE, HAILEY M (08)
VERSIE, NYAH M (08)
ELENBURG, ALEXIS A (08)
WAGNER, ASHLEY B (08)
ELLIS, GARRETT J (08) *
WILKE, IZABELLA L (08)
ENGEL, BRIANNA M (08)
WILLIAMS, DARIA M (08)
EVANS, LAKIJA C (08)
WILTZ, GAYLE A (08)
FABIAN, LOREN M (08)
WINSTEAD, ERIN C (08)
FARNSWORTH, TAYLOR S (08)
WOERNER, REECE R (08) *
FERNANDEZ, SELENA A (08)
YAKE, AMARA L (08)
FRANK, KEON A (08)
FULLER, MABLE R (08)
GRIECO, STANLEY C (08) *
GUDINEZ, AZIAH A (08) *
HOVERMAN, HALEIGH J (08)
JONES, BAILLIE M (08)
JONES, KAITLIN R (08)
KACZOR, ANDREW J (08)
* means the student made
an “A” for the semester in
all classes.
KEENUM, ANNALIESE B (08)
KOHLS, DALTON J (08)
LANCTOT, KAYLIN S (08)
LAWHORN, CONNOR A (08)
LEDFORD, RACHEL M (08)
LEWIS, LE'QUAL M (08)
SPRADLIN, KATIE M (07)
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