Dear parents/guardians,
Happy Friday Patriots! I am sending this early again. Woo Hoo! Today, I get to go to Universal/Islands of Adventure with the eighth graders and will not be back until the wee hours of Saturday morning. I certainly did not want to have this hanging over my head this weekend. Next week is Teacher and staff Appreciation Week. If your cadet or you would like to share some gratitude with a teacher or staff member, feel free to do that this week. I have a Wicked Appreciation Week coming and I hope you can celebrate my awesome team! A note, a card, a gift card, some homemade cookies. Nothing is too small or too large to show gratitude.
Family Engagement’s Parent Academy program offers webinars in the areas of student achievement, parenting & advocacy, and personal and individual growth. These webinars are free and designed for you and the families you serve. To view the full spring 2025 catalog and register for webinars, visit duvalschools.org/ParentAcademy and select the digital catalog. If you have any questions, please email
FamilyEngagment@duvalschools.org.
The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring system that is administered three times per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards throughout this school year. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that your student will participate in the third administration (PM3) Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Reading and Mathematics assessments according to the schedule below. The results from PM3 will show how well your student has mastered the grade level content standards. All tests begin at 0830am and end at approximately 1100am. They cannot start late and once they start; they must finish. Please plan accordingly.
FAST Reading, grade 8: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
FAST Reading, grades 6 and 7: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
FAST Mathematics, grades 6 and 7: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
FAST Mathematics, grade 8: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Summer Camp Information - Attached is Communities in Schools Summer Camp locations, dates, times & other information for your cadets. These camps are open to all DCPS rising Middle & High School students and they are free. Use the QR code in the attachment to sign up. 8th graders use the high school one.
Highschool Summer camp HopeSuccess Summer Program Flyer 2025 Split Codes.docx
Middle School 2025 Summer Camp QR Code.pdf
Calendar Events this week:
Monday, May 5– (A Day) Baseball and Softball at home vs Baldwin
Tuesday, May 6 – (B Day) Grade 8 ELA state test (0830-1100)
Wednesday, May 7 – (A Day) Grade 6 and 7 ELA state test (0830-1100). Baseball and Softball
at Lakeshore.
Thursday, May 8 – (B Day) Last SAC meeting at 5:30.
Friday, May 9 – (A Day)
Saturday, May 10 – Math Boot Camp – Last one.
Coming Soon:
May 8 – Last SAC meeting of the year at 1730
May 22 – Memorial Day Ceremony at 1000am on the track.
May 23 – 8th grade Promotion Ceremony 1000am.
Tamara Roper
Proud Principal
JSMAL Vision: We exist to ensure that all cadets value and demonstrate leadership, character, citizenship, physical development, and academic excellence.