Gotha Update - Week of October 6, 2025

Posted Date: 10/04/25 (6:30 PM)

2025-2026 be the ONE.

Gotha Update - Week of October 6, 2025

We have almost completed the 1st nine weeks! This is the last week for student work and for Q1 grades. Please work with student's teachers on due dates and final grades.

Congratulations to this week's Cambridge Learner Attributes Students of the Week. Dean Hinshaw was nominated for being REFLECTIVE, Harrison Bolin for being INNOVATIVE and Sophia Vejar Colmenares for being RESPONSIBLE!

CONFIDENT

RESPONSIBLE

REFLECTIVE

INNOVATIVE

ENGAGED

Volleyball Tryouts

All physical forms need to be uploaded to Aktivate but tonight, Sunday October 5th, by 11:59PM. Please contact Coach Davis if you have any questions.

No Food Deliveries

This is just a reminder that we do not allow food to be delivered to the students. If you are ordering lunch for your student, you will need to pick it up and bring it in for the student. No delivery drivers are allowed to leave food items.

Gotha PTO Silent Disco Fundraiser

Our Fall Fundraiser is underway and as of Friday, we were almost 50% of the way to our goal. Register your student now at mybooster.com. It's FREE to register and all who students who are registered get a FREE PRIZE and are invited to participate in our SILENT DISCO on October 10th.

https://mybooster.com/v3

A sparkling disco ball hangs from the ceiling, reflecting light.

Fall Family Survey

We invite you to participate in the 2025 Fall Stakeholder Survey. We are asking you to answer a couple of questions about your satisfaction with our school. The survey is anonymous, so no one will know how you answered, and is available in English, Spanish (Español), Portuguese (Português), Haitian Creole (Kreyòl), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), and Arabic (ب عر(.

WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK! To participate, you can click on this LINK.

Spirit Night October 8th @ Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Join us at Tropical Smoothie Cafe on October 8th from 4 - 8pm. A percentage of the takeout and pickup sales will go right back to our school!

11050 West Colonial Drive

Suite 50

Ocoee, FL 34761

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - ORDER NOW

Literacy News

This week's roots are below. Make it a habit to use the roots in words at home!

mis/mit - send: Transmit, missile, permit

morph - Form, shape: Morpheme, metamorphosis

narc - sleep: Narcolepsy

nym - name: Synonym, antonym

OCPS Code of Student Conduct Updates

As always, the OCPS Code of Student Conduct can be found HERE.

As we get closer to the start of the 2nd quarter, we will review the Code of Conduct again. Please let your student know that for each quarterly incentive day, students must have no referrals in that quarter. Each quarter can be a fresh start!

This Week at the School

Monday -

Tuesday -

Wednesday - Gotha Spirit Day!

Thursday -

Friday - College and Kindness Day, Last day of Quarter 1

Have a GREAT Week!

Follow us on social media, as we post frequently to Facebook and Instagram. Encourage your student to make choices that are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged, and as always, it’s a GREAT day to be a Grizzly!

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Instagram - gotha_middle_school

Monica L. Emery, M.Ed.

Gotha Middle School

9155 Gotha Rd.

Windermere, FL 34768

407-521-2360

It’s a GREAT Day to be a Grizzly

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