January 2017
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School<br />
the Parklander<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL<br />
by Margaret Curtis, Westglades PTA<br />
Corresponding Secretary<br />
Happy New Year from Westglades<br />
Middle School. The SGA and PTA wants<br />
to begin <strong>2017</strong> by thanking all of those<br />
who have shared in our<br />
vision of the need to update<br />
our Media Center space by<br />
recognizing the importance of<br />
creating a flexible, innovative<br />
environment conducive to<br />
21st Century learning. Your<br />
donations are already hard at<br />
work. The walls have been<br />
painted and the poles have<br />
been wrapped with a contemporary<br />
mural of our mascot, the wolf. We also<br />
have new blinds hanging in the windows<br />
and the carpet has been professionally<br />
cleaned. Toward the end of <strong>January</strong><br />
or beginning of February, we expect<br />
to have our new tables and chairs, the<br />
new circulation desk, and Genius Bar.<br />
If you would like to find out how you<br />
and/or your business can help with this<br />
project, please contact Robin Lopatin<br />
at RobinLopatin@gmail.com or visit<br />
WestgladesPTA.com where you can<br />
adopt a piece of furniture on which your<br />
name will be permanently recognized.<br />
Our next PTA meeting is on <strong>January</strong> 20<br />
at 9:30am.<br />
Open House will be on <strong>January</strong> 24 from<br />
6:30 to 8:30pm; we invite all 4th and 5th<br />
grade parents and students to attend.<br />
You will have the opportunity to tour the<br />
campus, meet the 6th grade teachers<br />
and learn what to expect and about the<br />
many clubs, activities, and athletic teams<br />
available to your child. We will also<br />
have teachers from every grade level,<br />
coaches, Guidance Counselors, ESE<br />
specialists, Administration, and current<br />
parents and students on hand to answer<br />
questions and address concerns. Come<br />
68<br />
and see why Westglades Middle School<br />
should be your first choice in education<br />
for your middle school student.<br />
From <strong>January</strong> 23 to 27, Westglades<br />
will be celebrating literacy week with<br />
“Literacy Changes the World.” There<br />
will be a number of fun activities planned<br />
to<br />
stimulate<br />
students’<br />
interest<br />
in<br />
reading.<br />
There<br />
will be<br />
guest<br />
readers<br />
during first period classes throughout<br />
the week. Each day will have a different<br />
theme. Tuesday is Super Readers, so<br />
wear your Super Hero Gear. Wednesday<br />
is Literacy Dress Up Day, so dress like<br />
your favorite book or character. On<br />
Friday, we will celebrate the All American<br />
Reader so wear red, white, and blue.<br />
For more information, visit westglades.<br />
browardschools.com.<br />
Registration for the Eighth Annual<br />
Westglades Glow Run 5K on March<br />
4 at 7pm at Pine Trails Park continues.<br />
This is a family event sponsored by the<br />
SGA and all proceeds will go to support<br />
the Media Center renovations. Register<br />
on the PTA website. For information<br />
about the event and/or if you would like<br />
to be a sponsor, contact Margaret Curtis<br />
at westgladessecreatery@gmail.com.<br />
Our band is preparing for the upcoming<br />
competition season. The first fundraiser<br />
will be on <strong>January</strong> 27, at the Panther’s<br />
Ice Den, from 8:30 to 11pm. There will<br />
be a boys and girls flag football meeting<br />
on <strong>January</strong> 12, at 8:15am in the gym.<br />
Tryouts are after school from <strong>January</strong><br />
17 to 20. Visit the Westglades website<br />
for more information on all school<br />
sponsored programs and clubs.<br />
JANUARY <strong>2017</strong><br />
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE<br />
SCHOOL<br />
by Robyne Friedland<br />
We hope you had a wonderful holiday<br />
season and a restful winter break. We<br />
are near the end of the second quarter<br />
so stay tuned for more events and activities<br />
as the month rolls on.<br />
We are always proud of our students,<br />
but here is a very proud moment for our<br />
music program.<br />
On Thursday, November 10, 2016, 100<br />
of Forest Glen Middle Schools’s topachieving<br />
music students performed at<br />
Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida.<br />
FGMS was represented with both a<br />
choir, led by Dr. Anthony Zoeller, and a<br />
band, led by Ms. Kristen Lewis. Both<br />
groups were required to complete an<br />
audition for Walt Disney World before<br />
being selected to perform. Students<br />
from all different class periods prepared<br />
for this special performance with over<br />
a month of extra rehearsals outside of<br />
the school day. Their hard work paid<br />
off, when the choir and band brought<br />
an outstanding performance to the<br />
Waterside Stage at Disney Springs.<br />
Congratulations to the FGMS Wildcat<br />
Choir and Wildcat Band for not only<br />
representing Forest Glen Middle School<br />
well, but the entire Coral Springs<br />
Community.<br />
If you have any questions or concerns,<br />
call Forest Glen at 754-322-3400.
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