Last weekend 61 2D and 3D Art students had their work on display at the Lake Mary - Heathrow 39th Annual Festival of the Arts. Congratulations to these students!

Congratulations to our Pantherettes Dance Team who competed in the MA State Competition on Saturday.

They received:

The team also received awards for Technique & for Choreography as well as the Super Sweepstakes Award.

Way to go Dancers and a special shout out to Mrs. Mikell for her coordination of the team all year long! Congratulations Pantherettes!!

Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the Math Festival on Saturday at Millennium Middle School. The Chiles team did an outstanding job, with students placing in the top 10 in seven of the eight individual competition categories.

A special congratulations to the following students for winning their individual categories:

The Chiles team also proudly brought home the Team Spirit Award!

Thank you to our teacher sponsors, Mrs. Edwards and Ms. Pratt, for their hard work and dedication throughout the school year.

We are incredibly proud of all of you! 

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to our 85 Chorus 3 students who participated in their state Music Performance Assessment yesterday! Our talented vocalists earned a SUPERIOR rating for their concert stage performance and a SUPERIOR rating for their Sight Reading assessment as well.

They performed "Jubilate, Alleluia!", a mixed meter piece based on original Latin text. Their second piece was "How Can I Keep from Singing" with words written in 1860 and arranged in a modern gospel jazz style. This was a previous All-State Choir concert selection with a challenging A cappella multi-mixed meter section and a divisi ending. The sightreading assessment consists of the full choir singing a never-seen-before 16-measure rhythm exercise after a 60 second review; and a 16-measure, 2-part melodic exercise in the Key of F after a 2-minute review. Students demonstrated AMAZING focus and confidence in their sight singing!!!

All scoring is based on a rubric of state middle school vocal music standards.

Thank you to our extraordinary Chorus 3 students for their hard work in preparing their music and for their dedication to musical excellence! We are ALL very PROUD of your accomplishment - BRAVO!!! If you know a Chorus 3 students, please offer them CONGRATULATIONS on their wonderful MPA performances!

Don't miss our final concert of the year on May 4th at Winter Springs HS! We have a lot of first-ever musical surprises in store for our Spring Sing Concert and 8th Grade Superlatives Recognition!

Pictures of all of these events are attached.

Have a great week!

Dr. Laudani

Principal

3/23 & 3/24 - HHS Counselors in 8th ELA 

3/24 - National Ag Day - Job Fair in Think classes

3/25 - 4:45 pm - Bball vs. Milwee - Girls at home

3/30 - BEST Writing 6

3/31 - BEST Writing 7

4/3 - 8:30-9:15 am - LCMS 4-H Speech Contest

4/6 - BEST Writing 8

4/7 - Q3 All A Celebrations

4/8 - 4:45 pm - Bball vs. JHMS - Girls at home 

4/9 - 4:45 pm - SAC Meeting

4/9-4/11 - Yearbook Field Trip to FSPA

Students will take the BEST Writing Test on the following dates:

Please see the parent letters below for important information:

🎓 Every Bundtlet purchased helps support our 8th graders as they celebrate their final weeks at LCMS!

 

🗓 Order Window: March 2 – March 18

📍 Pickup: Fri March 27th | 5–6 PM | LCMS Carpool Line

 

🍫 Chocolate Chocolate Chip

🍓 White Chocolate Raspberry

🍋 Lemon

🎉 Confetti

🍪 Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie

Questions?

Email: 8thgrade@lcmsptsa.com

Here are a few highlights to keep on your radar:

And a quick reminder for our Panther families:

PTSA Board Nominations for 2026–2027 are due April 1st! Don’t wait until the night before like a middle school science project. 

 Stay in the loop all month long:

Please be sure to view the below links and have your child's registration completed before HHS counselors visit ELA classes on 3/23 & 3/24.

Registration Presentation: 8th Grade Registration Presentation

Curriculum Guide: Curriculum Guide 26-27

HHS website class registration page: https://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/214460_2

HHS Course Planning Sheet: HHS Course Planning Sheet

This will have links to all forms & presentations

Our teams are set and Basketball season starts the week after Spring Break.

All tickets must be purchased online. Concessions are cash only.

Buy your tickets here: https://www.msbtickets.com/ChilesMiddle/schoolevents

For 8th graders going to OHS next year

Download printable flyer here: Band Camp Flyer

Get ready for an unforgettable night, SCPS Families! Join us at the Kia Center as the Orlando Magic take on the Phoenix Suns for a special SCPS Community Night packed with school spirit, exciting moments, and fun surprises. Click below for discounted tickets and a portion of every ticket sold goes back to the school you select. Share with your friends and join us for this fun family event!

https://www.gofevo.com/event/Seminolecounty543

Let's Get Circulating - Library Challenge

The race is on! Which school will lead the district in reading and rise to the top of the challenge? Let’s Get Circulating!

The Agriculture Council of America announced that March 24, 2026, will be National Agriculture Day with the theme of “Together We Grow.” Ag Day 2026 also celebrates 250 years of progress in agriculture. 

Cara Maiden, LCMS's Exploration of Agriscience Teacher,  will be hosting an event for her students to meet and interact with local professionals who work in or support agriculture-related fields. The goal is for students to learn about real-world agricultural careers, ask questions, and see how agriculture connects to their community and future opportunities. 

Participation would involve setting up a small table or station and speaking with students during the event. 

Where: LCMS 

When: Tuesday - 3/24/26

Time: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm 

More details to follow.

Thank you for your willingness to participate. 

Please email Ms. Maiden with questions : maidencz@scps.k12.fl.us

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLZVTXVeIg8CswVEcK6lkiViSXPzPbMURDhBa3plBZuvk0fg/viewform

Help support the LCMS Sports and Wellness programs by participating in the Oviedo Run Club's Spring Rising 5K! Kids pay only their age up until March 16th, and adults are only $25. All participants get a great shirt and finisher award. The middle school with the most registrations will win $500! 

Event information:

Join The Oviedo Run Club for our 4th Annual Spring Rising, benefiting underfunded educational gardens in our local schools. A portion of your registration will help provide the seeds, soil and supplies necessary to keep these learning grounds growing. 

Our post-race event will feature local gardening clubs, farms and nurseries to help guide and teach how to plan and care for the home garden. Walk through the vendor area for free gardening advice, cuttings and seeds.

Each finisher will receive an unforgettable and non-disposable finisher's award, sourced from local businesses.

The course is traditionally an out and back route that runs along the Cross Seminole Trail and past many important Oviedo landmarks. The trail was once the railroad that helped Oviedo become one of the country's largest supplier of watercress and celery.

Race packets will be full of practical items you'll be sure to use again, along with the best commemorative race shirt that ends up in everyone's regular running attire. 

DON'T FORGET

PLEASE BRING A FOOD ITEM ON RACE DAY - food collected at the event will be donated to HOPE Helps, Inc. and local public school food pantries. 

The Oviedo Run Club is committed to putting on a green event, which entails the use of compostable water cups, on site recycling and race packets that are full of useable items, not to be wasted.

Several of our clubs are up and running.

Parents MUST sign a Google permission slip for each club their child plans to attend.

Visit the Students page of the LCMS website for a list of clubs & their Google permission forms:

Visit the list to see all the new clubs!

Have an issue? Don't know who to contact? Follow this flowchart.

All staff emails can be found on the Staff page of the LCMS Website: https://www.lcms.scps.k12.fl.us/staff

Administrator content areas can be found on the Our School page of the LCMS Website: https://www.lcms.scps.k12.fl.us/187285_2

The Conference Request Form can be found on the Parents page of the LCMS Website and at the bottom of this newsletter:

president@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Courtney Witt⁩

vicepresident@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Yadi Soto⁩

treasurer@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Maura Ward⁩

secretary@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Lindsey Smallwood⁩

membership@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Sarah T⁩apia

grants@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kourtney Greenstein⁩

hospitality@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Felicia Prior⁩

8thgrade@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kellie Burzee⁩

reflections@lcmsptsa.com @Monica Hagan

SACRep@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kelly R⁩epstien

socialmedia@lcmsptsa.com Lisa Bartek

studentperks@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kelly R⁩epstien

spiritnights@lcmsptsa.com @⁨January Sambell⁩

If you are interested in volunteering in the Lorenzo Library before school or during lunches, email Kelly Repstien at either of the emails above.

For more information about LCMS PTSA, visit: https://www.lcmsptsa.com/

To sign up for LCMS PTSA, visit: https://lcmsptsa.givebacks.com/shop?category=17470

To register to be a Dividend, visit: https://dvd.scps.k12.fl.us/

PTSA Facebook: LCMS PTSA

PTSA Facebook Group: Lawton Chiles Middle School Families Oviedo, FL

PTSA Instagram: chilesptsa

We do not accept any food deliveries (Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc.) for students.

We do not accept any drop offs of any kind - PE Uniforms, lunch, homework, etc. If a student forgot their lunch, they will still be fed by Red Apple Dining.

We do not allow students to bring and share cupcakes or other treats. Please save the birthday celebrations for after school.

Please follow these links to important documents for a successful school year:

Support our sponsors!

These banners are hung on the PE field fence in the car line as well as on 419.

If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact: https://share.hsforms.com/1JG4T_qJIQq2TMHgRyay3dQ4amsl