Stacy Gotlib-Principal - Volusia County Schools

Stacy Gotlib-Principal - Volusia County Schools

Dear River Springs Middle School Community:
Happy New Year! I trust everyone had a restful and enjoyable winter break.
We are looking forward to a great 2013!
The school year is rapidly moving along. We are now in our second semester.
FCAT testing will begin on Tuesday, February 26 with FCAT Writes Testing.
Please be sure students are rested and eat a healthy breakfast before school.
The Volusia County High School Showcase will take place at the Volusia County
Fair Grounds on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. This is a great opportunity for our
8th graders to see what is offered in our high schools. The event is from 5:00 PM
until 7:30 PM.
Congratulations to RSMS Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Tamara Neusch.
Mrs. Neusch teaches 8th Grade math. Mrs. Neusch, along with other Volusia
County nominees will be recognized at a Teacher of the Year Banquet on Friday,
January 25, 2013.
Now that school is back in full session, it is imperative that we stay focused on
academics. We encourage parents to stay updated on your child’s progress via
the Pinnacle system.
As always, thank you for your continued support. Go Gators!
Sincerely,
Stacy Gotlib-Principal
[email protected]
River Springs Middle School
900 West Ohio Avenue
Orange City, FL 32763
Office (386) 968-0011
FAX (386) 968-0018
Principal, Mrs. S. Gotlib
Asst. Principal, Ms A. Wiles
Asst. Principal, Mr. S. Mallory
Asst. Principal, Mrs. J. Hinson
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7th Grade House X45948
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ESE Grade House X45958
6th Grade Guidance X45939
7th Grade Guidance X45968
8th Grade Guidance X45922
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Website:
www.myvolusiaschools.org
Click the Schools tab, then select
River Springs Middle School
2012-2013
SAC (School Advisory Councils)
Remaining Meeting Dates
01/24/13
02/28/13
04/25/13
05/23/13
DOING THE RIGHT
THINGS FOR THE
RIGHT REASONS!
You can move to the front of the
line in the cafeteria by bringing in
3 cans of non-perishable food!
Thank you to everyone who sent in food for
our RSMS Gator Grub Food Pantry!
Food from our pantry is used exclusively for
our RSMS families. Contact your Guidance
Counselor if you need assistance with food.
Donations of non-perishable foods are
accepted year round.
Donations of non-perishable food needs to be
dropped off in the front office and will be
exchanged for a front of line lunchroom pass.
Passes are one time use only. One pass per
student per day. PLEASE DO NOT BRING
YOUR DONATIONS TO THE CAFETERIA!
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR
YOUR CONTINUED DONATIONS!
Congratulations to
RSMS 2013-2014
Teacher of the Year
Ms. Tamara
Neusch
8th Grade Math
Teacher!
Would you like to win
breakfast with our Principal
on Valentine’s Day?
Here’s how …
We can earn free money for our
school through the Box Tops for
Education Program!
From October 1, 2012 through January
31, 2013 we are having a contest to see
which 1st period class can bring in the
most box tops! It’s that simple!
PTSA GO TAKE A HIKE
WALK-A-THON FUNDRAISER
Thank you to everyone who participated in the PTSA
Go Take A Hike Walk-a-thon Fundraiser on Thursday,
December 6, 2012 to raise money for our school!
A special thanks to the PTSA Board for all their work
and to the following school volunteers:
Heather Doucas, Bonnie Hartmann, Terri Hoag,
Serena Lapp, Dixie Larsen, Joanna Oostwouder,
Ken Parker, Becca Perdue, Hermia Guilliams-Reid
and Danielle Stafford.
The winning class earns
free breakfast on 2/14/13
with our very own
Mrs. Gotlib!
KEEP COLLECTING!
Congratulations to Mrs. Roberts on
winning an iPad from PD360! Pictured
with Principal, Mrs. S. Gotlib.
GOOD LUCK!
Congratulations
Christina Oostwouder
RSMS welcomes Mr. Weston to our
Gator Family. Mr. Weston is our
new 7th grade Guidance Counselor.
Congratulations to 8th grader
Christina Oostwouder, who won the
Award of Excellence for the Middle School
division at the Deland Fall Festival of the Arts.
WTG Christina!
RSMS would like to thank
Domino’s Pizza
386-775-7575
Four Townes Florist
386-775-8223
for partnering with our school again!
Student vs. Teacher
Dodgeball Game
Benefiting the American Heart Association
January 31
st
BE THERE !!
RSMS would like to thank Warm Heart
Sanctuary of Volusia Inc. for their
generous donation to the Gator Grub
Food Pantry! Your donations are very
much appreciated!
RSMS would like to thank Barnett
Memorial UMC, Community UMC and
Orange City UMC for the delicious
homemade cookies that they gave
to our staff!
See your Coach for details.
Thank you anonymous donor!
RSMS would like to thank the anonymous
donor for the generous monetary donation to our
Gator Grub Food Pantry. Your donation will allow us
to assist our RSMS families with assistance towards
perishable foods! Thank you so much!
RSMS and RSMS SGA would like to thank student
Jessica Gentry and her family for the VERY
GENEROUS donation of toys for the SGA Toy Drive!
The toys will be donated to the Arnold Palmer
Children’s Hospital! We can’t thank you enough!
A special thanks goes out to everyone who
participated in the SGA Toy Drive.
Thank you Business Partners for your
generous donations of prizes to support
our student incentive programs.
McDonald’s—Enterprise Road—
Orange City and Howland Blvd. Deltona
Woody’s Bar-B-Q—Enterprise Road—
Orange City
RSMS would like to thank volunteer, Jessica Herbold
for organizing our Gator Grub Food Pantry every day
after school! What a difference you have made!
Thank you Mr.
Lee, grandfather
of 6th grade
student, Harrison
Ryll for your
monetary
donation.
It was very much
appreciated!
Because of each and every one of you our school had a very successful
Magazine Fundraiser. We can’t thank you enough!
100 students earned the Extreme Games party!
22 students earned the VIP pass to the Extreme Games party!
14 students earned the Limo Ride!
9 students earned 25 seconds in the Giant Money Machine!
A great time
was had by all!
Thank you
once again for
your support!
A special thanks to the following volunteers who helped with our magazine
fundraiser: Hamp Arendale, Sharon Brown, Phyllis Butlien, Heather Doucas,
Dixie Larsen, Joanna Oostwoulder, Ken Parker and Elise Ross.
RSMS and SGA (Student Government Association),
under the direction of teacher, Ms. Gluz would like to
thank everyone who came out to support our spirit
night at Texas Roadhouse on Tuesday, 10/23/12.
The SGA students escorted customers to their tables
and served yummy yeast rolls all night. A special
thanks to volunteer, Dixie Larsen for your help as well.
Great job SGA students!!.
Red Ribbon Week was celebrated
the week of October 22nd.
The theme was,
” The Best Me is Drug Free! “
Each day students and faculty dressed up.
“Drugs Turn You Inside Out”
Wear clothing inside out.
“Wear Red Day”
Wear red clothing.
“Sock & Stomp it to Drugs”
Wear crazy socks and mismatched shoes.
“Double Up to Fight Drugs”
Wear twin clothing.
“I’m building my FUTURE Drug Free”
Wear college clothing.
Jessica Stancil
and Delayney
Larsen dressed
up for twin day.
In addition there was a door decorating
contest!
Congratulations to our top three winners:
Ms. French
Ms. Sullivan
Ms. Hernandez
Photo of
Ms. French’s door.
River Springs Middle school students have talent!
Our 3rd annual Gator Talent Showcase took place on Friday, 11/09/12
with an encore performance on Wednesday, 11/15/12.
We had a great turn out for both shows.
Emily Osborne—guitarist
Emily Oostwouder and Jessica Forst—singers
Sam Hilderbrandt—singer
Kiera Garcia—singer
Amanda Rodriguez—singer
Johnathan Sivits—pianist
Shawna Riera—singer
Ashlyn Weidmiller—singer
Bianca Victoria—guitarist
Bianca Victoria—guitarist
Caleb Lodge—pianist
Brooke Adams—singer w/guitarist
Abby Smith and Jordan Kelly—dancers
Kymber Sivits—violinst
Jeffrey Smith—dancer
Victoria Agustin—singer w/ukulele
Jaimy Ramos—singer
SVW ( Jay Umlauf, Daniel; Connor & Jeffrey Hunt) - band
A special thanks goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Figueroa for organizing the event.
We also thank the following Talent show judges: Sharon Brown, Julie Miller,
and Joanna Oostwouder.
Field Studies in American History
We are fortunate at River Springs to have a companion course in American
History that takes students on five field studies during the school year. Some of
our brightest and most talented students are able to experience history by visiting
the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, or later in the year a slave
plantation and a Civil War fort. The first of those five field studies was to New
Smyrna Beach, a town with a rich colonial history. Victoria Favorit is one of 26
Humanities students and in the article below she describes her experience on the
field study.
New Smyrna Humanities Field Trip
By: Victoria Favorit
During our humanities field trip (this fall) we traveled to New Smyrna Old Fort Park,
New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins, Mosquito Lagoon, and The New Smyrna Museum of History.
New Smyrna is believed to be the second oldest city in North America. The Timucuan Native
Americans were the first inhabitants of New Smyrna. Visitors continue to visit the cities’ more
than thirty historical sites. New Smyrna captures the attention of tourists making them want to
come back year after year.
At the New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins I learned that
it was built in 1830 by Henry Cruger, and William
Depeyster. The mill was run by slaves. The area
around the sugar mill was once a beautiful field of
sugar cane. The fields were destroyed by Seminole
Indians. Some of the mills architecture includes its
beautiful arches. The New Smyrna Sugar Mill sits on
600 acres of land.
Another stop we made on the field trip was New
Smyrna Old Fort Park. Most people believe the ruins are an
old Spanish fort but the true purpose of the structure is still
unknown. The ruins are rumored to be the Turnball Mansion;
the residency of Andrew Turnball, a physician from Scotland.
It was interesting to see the beautiful architecture, and the
intricate design of the ruins. The New Smyrna Old Fort Park
was my favorite part of the field trip because we got to climb
on and explore the ruins hands on.
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chemistry
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Physics
Physics
Physics
Student Name
Kaitlin Danzig
Anna Weston
Allyson Murdock
Taylor Langworthy
Landen Richards
Connor Darby
Bianca Victoria
Abby Smith
Brandon Boies
Abby Thompson
Bryce Parry
Kade Mahoney
Matthew Brislenn
Kaleb Blair
Jamie Partlow
Tyler Grabowiecki
Caleb Lodge
Kaley Urban
Jackie Messoure
Physics
Physics
Physics
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Botany
Botany
Botany
Botany
Botany
Botany
Chistrina Oosterwowder
Darren Peeples
Ethan Werblo
Victoria Favorit
Gavin Arnold
Delayney Larsen
Cameron Riddle
Madison Soladky
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Grade
Naeyma Ahmed
Haaniya Ahmed
Autumn Smith
Jennifer Castelli
David Duong
Biochemistry/Behorioral/Medicine/Zoology/Space
Ethan Spinner
Sydney Maybaum
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A special thanks goes out to Science Teacher, Mrs. Laura French for all her hard work and school
volunteers and teachers who helped with set up and judging — Hamp Arendale, Fred Birnie,
John Darby, Julie Miller, Cris Mitchell, Stan Mitchell, Ken Parker, Hermia Guilliams-Reid,
David Rivera and Jessica Vergara. Also thanks to PTSA for providing snacks for our volunteers and
Business Partner, Dileo's Italian Deli for the discount and free delivery on their lunch.
The District Science Fair Event will take place on Saturday, January 19th. Good luck to our students
as they move on in the competition.
FREE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL
There are MANY ways YOU can contribute $ to River Springs Middle School and it won’t cost you a cent!
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION— The Box Tops has helped America's schools earn over $250 million in the
past 12 years. Our school can earn up to $60,000 every year – $20,000 from each of these three easy ways
to earn!
1) Clip Box Tops from hundreds of your favorite products and bring them in to our school.
2) At the Box Tops Marketplace, you can shop at over 70 online stores. A percentage of your
purchase goes back to your school! Visit http://www.boxtops4education.com to learn more.
3) You can earn cash for your school just by buying the books that you love! Begin your shopping at the
Box Tops Reading Room to earn up to 6% on qualified purchases made at Barnes & Noble.
CAMPBELL’S SOUP LABELS—Campbell’s Soup has been funding schools for more than 30 years, Labels
for Education has been awarding free educational equipment to schools in exchange for proofs of purchase
from the Campbell family of brands. It’s a fun, easy program where students, families and members of the
community work together for a common goal. All you need to do is bring the labels to our school.
OFFICE DEPOT—When you make a purchase at Office Depot, simply let the cashier know you want to
designate your purchase to River Springs Middle School. Our school will receive 5% of your qualifying
purchases to use for free supplies! This is a year-round nationwide program. Qualifying phone purchases
and on-line purchases are included. Ask your work-place to also designate our school.
TARGET Debit Card— Take charge of education—$1 Billion for reading & education. Another way of
helping our school is to enroll at Target and use your Target Debit Card. Simply designate River Springs Middle School as your designated school by calling 1-800-316-6142. Our school can begin receiving 1% of your
Target purchases.
TYSON A+ PROJECT— Clip and save Tyson A+ Project labels (entire top strip of bag is needed) and bring
them to our school.
Together, we CAN make a difference! Remember our children are our future. Thank you for your support!
Life and special accident insurance
Consider running a personal ad in one
of our school newsletters.
We offer affordable advertising rates:
1/8 page $10.00 per issue, 1/4 page
$15.00 per issue, 1/2 page $25.00 per
issue or full page $30.00 per issue.
Please contact Lyn Parker (386) 968-0011
X45917 or [email protected] if
interested in placing an ad in our newsletter.
We have gone green! Newsletters are now
posted on our school website. We will also
place some hard copies on the brochure rack
in the front office. Contact the school if you
would like one emailed to you.
The ads appearing on this page are paid advertisements to help offset the cost of printing our school
flyers. The Volusia County School Board is not affiliated with these events/programs in any manner, nor
does it endorse or assume responsibility for any activities which may occur in connection with them.
River Springs Middle School does not endorse any business or products advertised in our newsletter.
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flyers. The Volusia County School Board is not affiliated with these events/programs in any manner, nor
does it endorse or assume responsibility for any activities which may occur in connection with them.
River Springs Middle School does not endorse any business or products advertised in our newsletter.