Month: October 2020

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

Hispanic Heritage Month Fact-  Born on December. 23, 1979, Scott Gomez, is an Alaska native and only Hispanic National Hockey League 1st-round draft pick.  (27th selection in 1998); Scott G scored 70 points in 2000 to win the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year; won Stanley Cup with New Jersey Devils in 2000.

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Wrestling practices will begin on Monday, October 19th. You must have all your information in Dragonfly. If you have not spoken with Coach Taylor about practice, please see him before Monday. 
• Girls soccer tryouts are tomorrow and Friday. Boys tryouts will be October 20 & 22. Please see Ms. Martinez if you have any questions.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!!

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

Hispanic Heritage Month Fact-David Barkley was an enlisted private in the U.S. Army, was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. During World War I he voluntarily swam the icy Meuse River in France to gather information behind German lines. He drowned on the way back from the Meuse mission and was honored posthumously with the Congressional Medal of Honor. His Hispanic heritage was not known until 1989.

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Wrestling practices will begin on Monday, October 19th. You must have all your information in Dragonfly. If you have not spoken with Coach Taylor about practice, please see him before Monday. 
• Girls tryouts are October 15 and 16. Boys tryouts are October 20 and 22. Please see Ms. Martinez if you have any questions.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.

• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th.
• Girls tryouts are October 15 and 16. Boys tryouts are October 20 and 22. Please see Ms. Martinez if you have any questions.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.

• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Congratulations to the following students for finding the Orange Paw Print: 8th Grade- Terri Maggi, 7th Grade- Bella Huckabaa, 6th Grade-Kensley Morgan.  Please come to the office to receive your prize.
• Girls tryouts are October 15 and 16. Boys tryouts are October 20 and 22. Please see Ms. Martinez if you have any questions.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

 Julián Castro has been a rising star in American politics. Castro is of Mexican descent and was born with his twin brother, Joaquin, in San Antonio, Texas in 1974. His roots in Texas trace back to 1920, when his grandmother immigrated as a child to live with extended family. Castro credits his mother, a Chicana political activist, for his life in public service. He counted her influence as the reason why he and his brother, a U.S. Representative for Texas, are politician

• Tomorrow is Game Day!!! Please support of Bulldog Team by wearing your favorite school spirit attire. 
• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.

• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• Please remember to turn in all fundraiser monies and forms today
• Coach Taylor will have a meeting about wrestling in the PAC at the MHS on Tuesday Oct 6th. See Coach Taylor for more info.  

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

Singer Gloria Estefan is often synonymous with Latin music in the United States.Born in Cuba in 1957, Estefan’s family fled to Miami during the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Her father enlisted in the military shortly after they immigrated and took part in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba, where he was captured by his own cousin and held prisoner for two years.While performing in a church ensemble in 1975, Estefan first met her future husband Emilio Estefan, who had recently formed a band in Miami. She and her cousin were invited to join his band and renamed it Miami Sound Machine, leading to hits like “Conga,” “Anything for You,” “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” and “Hot Summer Nights.

Students, we have another grade level Challenge the name of the game is 

• Tomorrow’s theme for Spirit Week is “Twin Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• Coach Taylor will have a meeting about wrestling in the PAC at the MHS on Tuesday Oct 6th. See Coach Taylor for more info.  

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

At 90 years old, Dolores Huerta still stands as a giant in the fight for Hispanic American labor rights. Born in 1930, the New Mexico native of Mexican descent grew up in a farm worker community in Stockton, California, with her mom and two brothers. She briefly worked as an elementary school teacher after attending college before setting off on the path of civil rights activism. She joined the Community Service Organization, where she later met fellow activist Chavez. She co-founded the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960 and collaborated with Chavez to found the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. Her activism continued in California, where she made a name for herself by supporting and leading various strikes for workers’ rights. 

• Tomorrow’s theme for Spirit Week is “Decades Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• Please remember to turn in all fundraiser monies and forms today
• Coach Taylor will have a meeting about wrestling in the PAC at the MHS on Tuesday Oct 6th. See Coach Taylor for more info.  

Teachers Please take lunch count: (Pause for a few seconds)

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Few Hispanic Americans have made a bigger impact in recent pop culture than Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda was born in 1980 in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City to Puerto Rican parents, who immigrated to New York to pursue academics.Miranda was raised around musicals and started writing his first title at Wesleyan University in 1999 during his sophomore year. In the Heights, loosely based on his own experiences growing up, would go on to open on Broadway in March 2008. Miranda won his first Tony Award that summer after the show received 13 nominations, earning four wins including Best Musical.

• Homecoming Week activities begin this coming Monday, the theme is “Camo Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• Please remember to turn in all fundraiser monies and forms by MONDAY.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

“Jenny from the Block” has always paid tribute to her Latin roots throughout her success.Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1969 to Puerto Rican parents who supported her ambitions to become a singer, taking singing and dancing lessons starting at 5 years old. This changed when Lopez dropped out of college to pursue acting, with her parents strongly opposing her aspirations. After touring the world with various productions, Lopez made her breakthrough performance in Selena. The 1997 movie, in which she played the beloved Mexican singer Selena Quintanilla, who had been killed just years prior, earned Lopez praise and put her on the fast track to superstardom.

• Don’t forget our Homecoming Week activities have been moved to next week, October 5th through 9th. Monday, October 5th’s dress up theme is “Camo Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• STUDENTS…..Don’t forget we still have Gourmet Lolipops for sale. Purchase for yourself, family or friends you would like to send a gram to. 
• The final deadline for our Schoolwide Fundraiser is this Friday, October 2nd. 

Teachers Please take lunch count: (Pause for a few seconds)

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Thrilling Thursday