Congratulations to Ms. Engle from Piedmont Lakes M.S. on being awarded a full-ride scholarship from OCPS Jobs to pursue a degree in Special Education! 🎓 Your passion for making a difference in students' lives is inspiring. #growwithus Rob Bixler Bonnie Toffoli Michael Coleman

National College Colors Day is Friday, August 30th!! What school are you representing?? #CollegeColorsDay #highereducation #whatsinyourfuture James Montgomery

Hope everyone enjoys the 3 day weekend! Testing days are Tuesday and Thursday this week. Students will report directly to their testing rooms on those days. Soccer games on Wednesday and Thursday! Short week, but not short on happenings this week! #simplythebest James Montgomery

Drumroll please…. Piedmont Lakes Middle School is proud to announce their 24-25 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Vanessa Maxwell!! Congratulations Vanessa Maxwell!! The ducks and chickens celebrated you too!!! #plmstoy24 #plmsffa #SimplytheBest James Montgomery

Sound the trumpets… or just beat the drums as we announce Piedmont Lakes Middle School’s Support Person of the Year, Gail Shephard!!You make a wonderful first impression for PLMS!! Thank you for bringing your smile and joy EVERYDAY!!! #plmsspoy24 #simplythebest James Montgomery

Congratulations to the PLMS boys soccer team on their 1st win of the season! Today, September 5th will be the makeup game against Kelly Park beginning at 5:30pm. Good luck to both teams!! #plmssoccer #inittowinit #simplythebest James Montgomery

Save the date!! Open House will be on Tuesday, September 17th. There will be a general meeting in the gym from 5:30- 5:55pm and then 1st period will begin at 6pm. Each class will be about 8 minutes long. The book fair will be open until 8pm! James Montgomery

Wekiva High School FFA Officer team sharing their knowledge with the Piedmont Lakes Middle School FFA Officers! Great to see our students giving back and helping the new leaders prepare for the year!! #ForeverBlue #plmsffa #wekivaffa James Montgomery

Week 5! Lots of club activity this week! Soccer game at home on Monday… hopefully the weather holds up!! Support Patriots Day on September 11th by wearing your red, white, and blue!Open house, book fair, and picture day coming soon! #PatriotsDay James Montgomery

Picture Day is coming! Make sure your smiles are ready on Thursday, September 19th! Picture packets will be coming home with students soon, but if you want to purchase pictures online go to strawbridge.net and enter FM446222 for the code! #saycheese James Montgomery

Parent Portal Account? How can I see grades? Where can I find my student's FAST scores? All great questions and hopefully can be answered by following the instructions below. Please reach out if you are not able to create an account to [email protected] James Montgomery

Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31. This year's theme is "Life is a Movie, Film Drug Fee". YFC United is sponsoring a Red Ribbon Week Contest. Please review the contest rules below. All entries must be received by September 30th. #redribbonweek2024 James Montgomery yfcunitedinc

Open House is September 17th. You begin in the gym at 5:30pm with a welcome from admin team and a Title I presentation. 1st period is at 6pm. Periods will be 8 minutes long with 4 minutes for transitions. The book fair will be open until 8pm. See you there!! James Montgomery

Piedmont Lakes Middle School students and staff honoring Patriots Day by wearing red, white, and blue. #neverforget #September11 James Montgomery ocpsnews

Ms Windy Collins World History classes got to experience some “cave paintings” today. Students have been learning about this ancient storytelling art. Fun way to reinforce what they have been learning in class!! #cavepaintings #worldhistory James Montgomery

Hold on tight...next week's going to be a busy one!! Open House on Tuesday 5:30-7:30pm. Picture day is on Thursday, the 19th. Scholastic book Fair, Start with Hello spirit week, 3 soccer games, the start of Hispanic Heritage month, and MORE!! Whew!!!! James Montgomery

Start with Hello week began today with student/ teacher swap! How do you say hello?? #StartWithHello #inclusionmatters James Montgomery

Day 2 of Start with Hello week! PLMS wearing red for “Resiliency Day”! #StartWithHello #nevergiveup Start With Hello James Montgomery

Open House was a success!! Great seeing so many students with their families, especially with all the activities going on this week!! Loved seeing all the folks being the “I” in KIND!!!! James Montgomery

Start with HELLO week, day 3! Lots of students and staff got into the spirit! Fun to see the student’s interpretation of BBQ Dads and Soccer Moms!! #inclusionmatters #StartWithHello James Montgomery