The Official E-Newsletter of Coleman Middle School 1724 Manhattan Avenue Tampa, FL (813) Home of the Cobras

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1 Page 1 of 7 ISSUE September 9, 2016 Coleman Chronicle The Official E-Newsletter of Coleman Middle School 1724 Manhattan Avenue Tampa, FL (813) Home of the Cobras PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE Parents and Students, We are midway through the first nine weeks and there is a lot going on at Coleman! Student progress reports were sent home on Tuesday September 6th. Please continue to monitor your child's progress until the end of the first quarter, 10/7/16. Girls and Boys Basketball begins this Thursday, 9/15/16 and we are playing our big rival Wilson MS starting at 6 pm in the Coleman Gym. Cobra athletes are practicing hard to prepare for the battle and as always they appreciate fan support cheering them on to victory. On a safety note, I am seeing quite a few students that are bicycle riders and they are "Not" wearing their helmets per Florida Bicycle Safety Laws (individuals under 16 years of age must wear a helmet when operating a bicycle). We have given helmets and verbal warnings. Starting Monday, I am instructing Officer Lucas to start writing official citations to students who are not wearing helmets when operating their bicycles and these students will be fined. Please take this opportunity to keep your child safe and purchase them a bicycle helmet if they are riding their bicycles to school. If a voucher is needed for a bicycle helmet, please contact the front office or Officer Lucas. It takes only one fall or accident to change someone's life forever. In order to keep the campus secure and our students safe, everyone is required to report to the main office to obtain a visitor's pass and to sign the visitor's log. Photo identification is required. If you are signing out a student during the day, you must have photo identification and be listed on the emergency card before the child is called from class and released to you. I would also like to remind you that we have three SAC Community Member Positions open and we are taking Bios from those that are interested in joining the Coleman SAC. Please contact Karen Wilkins, Coleman's SAC Chair Quick Links Coleman Website Coleman PTSA Website Coleman Family Sponsorship Form PTSA Membership Form Other PTSA Forms SERVE LINK Administration Mike Hoskinson Principal Nannette Harvey Assistant Principal, Administration Toby Johnson Assistant Principal, Curriculum PTSA Board Teresa Potter President Kim Kizirian 1st VP of Mini-Grants April Neil 2nd VP of Volunteers Cathy Erhardt 3rd VP of Fundraising Michele Molinelli Treasurer Emily Hinsdale

2 Page 2 of 7 and send your Bios to karen.wilkins@sdhc.k12.fl.us We will take names from those interested in joining until Tuesday, Sept. 13th. Coleman's SAC meets monthly on the first Friday at 8 am. We welcome your input in helping us make Coleman an outstanding middle school for our students and community. As always, if you have any concerns please feel free to contact the school at Our goal is the success and safety of every child. We always encourage parental involvement. Recording Secretary Amy Harrop Corresponding Secretary Coleman Business Sponsors King Cobra Sponsors $2,000 Mike Hoskinson "Preparing Students for Life" PTSA PRESIDENT'S CORNER Coleman Families, Thank you to those who attended the PTSA General Membership Meeting and the Inside Scoop Presentations offered by the Guidance Department. As other informational sessions are scheduled, they will be highlighted here in the Chronicle. Please make sure to scroll to the bottom of each Chronicle to view the calendar of this month's upcoming events. The PTSA Website calendar is now up to date through January. This includes the dates for the Robinson I.B. Parent Meeting and the Plant High School College & Career Night, both in November. Jim Cornwell Gold&Black Sponsors $1,000 If you are still waiting for Spirit Gear, items that were backordered are expected next Friday, September 16th and will be sent home with students as soon as they arrive. The next Spirit Gear Campaign is starting on Monday, September 12th. See Spirit Gear section below for more information. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions. Teresa Potter, PTSA President VOLUNTEERS

3 Page 3 of 7 Volunteers Wanted! It's not too late to sign up to help out with a number of different areas at Coleman Middle School. Please make sure you have filled out the Hillsborough County Volunteer Online Application. It only takes a few minutes and is a requirement to volunteer or chaperone at or for our school. Here is the link: HCPS Volunteer Application Click on the "YES" icon to complete the process. If you submitted one of the yellow PTSA committee forms (from the first day of school packet) and you have not received a confirmation from your committee chairperson, VP of Volunteers at aprilneil@verizon.net. We want to make sure that all of our eager volunteers are hooked up! Spirit Sponsors $500 Thank you for your willingness to support our students and our schools! April Neil VP of Volunteers NEW MINI GRANTS APPROVED The following Mini Grant was approved by the PTSA Board this month: * Supplies for the 2016 Hispanic Heritage Fair that supports all the grades. Once again these are your PTSA dollars at work! Thank you to all of our business and family sponsors who help make these possible. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Kizirian. JOIN COLEMAN PTSA

4 Page 4 of 7 Joining PTSA is one of the smartest investments you can make in your student's education. Your membership not only helps fund important PTSA programs here at Coleman, it also supports students and education at the county, state and national level. Becoming a PTSA member is an excellent way to show that education is important to you and your family. Coleman has a PTSA. Please have your students join along with you! As an incentive, student PTSA members receive a reward each month during lunch to thank them for their participation. (Parent memberships do NOT qualify a student for the monthly reward incentive). In addition, student members share the same voting privileges as adults at general membership meetings and are welcome to participate during discussion. Membership is only $6 per person. Purchase a membership! Membership dollars truly go a long way. PTSA MEMBERSHIP FORM Please contact me with any questions, Bridgette Summers SPIRIT GEAR Spirit Gear Sales are going Online at Coleman! To kick it off, we will offer Special Edition merchandise for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in addition to our usual items. Orders will be taken from Monday, September 12th until Friday, September 23rd at 4:15pm and delivered on Friday, October 7th. In plenty of time for the Making Strides of Hillsborough on October 22nd! Thank you to all of our 2015 business sponsors. To be included as a business sponsor please return the Corporate Sponsorship Form Coleman Family Sponsors Family Sponsors List The Online Spirit Gear Store will go 'live' on Monday, September 12th. Go to the PTSA Website for the link to the store. REFLECTIONS To be included as one of our Family Sponsors please return the Sponsorship Form Hillsborough County School Board

5 Page 5 of 7 County School Board Chair - April Griffin Vice Chair -Cindy Stuart Reflections is an annual, national art contest sponsored by the PTA with prizes and recognition to our Cobra participants. This year's theme is: "What Is Your Story?" The categories are: Dance Choreography, Photography, Literature, Visual Arts, Music Composition, and Film Production. The deadline for projects is October 21, For more information refer to the Reflections Website. Members Susan L. Valdes Sally A. Harris Carol W. Kurdell Melissa Snively Doretha W Edgecomb Superintendent of Schools Jeff Eakins Coleman Chronicle Submissions Do you have an announcement you'd like posted in the Coleman Chronicle? Click here to article to Amy Harrop PTSA Corresponding Secretary. Contact Janet Dean, Reflections Committee Chair with any questions. BUY YOUR YEARBOOKS EARLY Yearbooks are on sale now for the year. Do not miss the opportunity! Prices increase throughout the year so save money by purchasing now. Dedications (Ads) are due February 28th. Don't wait until the last minute to purchase these as spots fill up quickly! Go to Use order number jennifer.mcmullian@sdhc.k12.fl.us for any questions.

6 Page 6 of 7 COLEMAN BIRTHDAYS Tyler Dennis September 5th Max Rothburd September 10 th Melena Stagliano September 15th Eden Stark September 23rd CLICK FOR BIRTHDAY FORM COLEMAN CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 15: Basketball vs Coleman Gym 6 pm SEPTEMBER 21: Basketball vs Monroe MS Gym 6 pm SEPTEMBER 23: Deadline to order Spirit Gear 4:15p SEPTEMBER 27: Basketball vs Roland Roland Park Gym 6 pm SEPTEMBER 30: Coleman Band at PHS Football Game 6 pm JOIN COLEMAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY! Coleman Middle School PTSA is on Facebook and Twitter! CLICK ON Icons to Follow CMS on Social Media. Remember to turn on your notifications to ensure you do not miss Principal Hoskinson's Tweets or PTSA's Facebook Posts. NATIONAL PTA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

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