Tavares Middle

8th grade AVID students visited the University of Central Florida!

A big THANK YOU to our TMS families and staff for making STEAM Night such a success! ⚙️ 🧮 🎨 🧫

9 to 5 vibes 🎶 Ms. Coleman and Mrs. Lamoreaux helped our teachers pour a cup of ambition before stating their day! ☕️

Congratulations, Mrs. Harrison, on being selected from among 27 teachers to have your wish list fulfilled for your classroom, sponsored by the Lake County Sheriff's Office and A Touch Beyond Day Spa!

Winter Spirit Week is coming Dec 15–19! ❄️ Join us each day for fun themes and school spirit:

Merry Monday: Wear your favorite holiday headgear 🎩
Tacky Tuesday: Break out your ugliest sweater/shirt 🧥
Winter Wednesday: Show off warm holiday socks 🧦
Tree‑mendously Festive Colors Thursday: 6th Grade = White, 7th Grade = Green, 8th Grade = Red 🎄
Fleece & Festive Friday: Wear school‑appropriate PJs — No slippers! 💤

Way to represent! Our Little Red Band had some fun in the Tavares Christmas Parade last weekend!

SAVE THE DATE! 🍽️ Come to Culver's of Leesburg (9423 US HWY 441, Leesburg, FL 34788) on Wednesday, January 14th from 5:00–8:00 PM. A portion of sales during that time will be donated to the school. Bring family and friends!!

Big round of applause for our Little Red Band! 🎉🎶 The beginning, intermediate, advanced, and jazz bands all gave incredible performances at this week’s concerts. It was amazing to see so much talent, teamwork, and hard work on stage.

🌟 Your 25-26 SGA! SGA is currently running a food drive for cans and dry goods. It's going on now through December 19th. The homeroom with the most donations will get donuts!

NJHS Meeting: Tuesday, December 9th @ 8am

AVID Club: Thursday, December 11th @ 8am

Drop in to Tavares Middle School’s STEAM NIGHT on December 9th from 5:30pm–7:00pm! 🎉

Expect science fair projects, shark dissections, guest speakers from CSI, art projects, robotics demonstrations, and more. Perfect for curious minds of all ages. Come anytime during the event window. Bring the whole family and spark a love of STEAM! 🔬🤖🎨🦈

We will also have Travelin' Tom's Coffee Truck! ☕️

12/2: PM 2 Reading Test
12/9: PM 2 Math Test

Bring a charged Chromebook and be sure to do your best!

The TMS Drama Club (a.k.a. The Not-Ready-For-High-School Players) Presents: "An Evening of Improv” Join us for big unscripted laughs where anything can happen (and the points don’t matter!) Thursday, December 11 at 6:00 pm. Doors Open at 5:30. Tavares Middle School Cafeteria Tickets: $5.00 OR $4.00 + 1 can of food (or any non-perishable food item) *All food will be donated locally

What a beautiful reminder of the power of appreciation — our thank-you board is overflowing with appreciation! Over 200 notes from students and teachers to different t staff members! ❤️

We ended the week with a friendly competition of students v. teachers volleyball game! The students pulled the W!

🎉 Attention, families! Just a reminder: there’s NO SCHOOL from November 24th-28th! 🦃 We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break filled with family, friends, and delicious food! Classes will resume on December 1st.

Congrats to our Patriots of the Month! 🎉 Your leadership and spirit make Tavares Middle School proud.

Students hard at work and loving every minute of it! 📚✨

Congratulations to the Tavares Middle School Cross-Country team and runners who participated as Red Sea Running Club in the Milesplit Middle School National Cross-Country Championship on Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Just one week after winning the FLYRA boys and girls state championships, the Tavares Red Sea girls placed 2nd in the nation and are National Runners-Up and the Tavares Red Sea boys placed 3rd in the country in the school division.

Tavares Patriots Alice Ilea, Navid Lozano, and Emiliano Lozano were named All-Americans for their performances.

Red Sea Girls: National Runners-Up (2nd):
4th Alice Ilea (14:42 4K)
32nd Isabella Neal (15:35 4K)
64th Lindsey Mishler (16:00 4K)
117th Arieyahna Neal (16:46 4K)
127th Meadow Sadlemire (16:52 4K)
142nd Kayla Santos (17:01 4K)
204th Anaisa Salinas (18:06 4K)
244th Argellia Ascencio (19:09 4K)

Red Sea Boys: Nationals 3rd Place
12th Navid Lozano (13:26 4K)
20th Emiliano Lozano (13:40 4K)
95th Gabriel Garback (14:49 4K)
135th Dylan Leavitt (15:16 4K)
152nd Alejandro Hernandez (15:26 4K)
182nd Benjamin Rios (16:05 4K)
188th Emmitt Maldonado (16:10 4K)
238th Elijah Rivera (17:10 4K)
251st Joel Cordero (17:36 4K)
270th Kenneth Perez (18:26 4K)