In 8th Grade Middle School Basketball action Pine View MS built up a
sizable lead over their crosstown rivals Chuck Rushe MS but could
not put them away as Rushe widdled away at the lead till they tied
the score and sent the game into overtime. Pine View came back to
take the lead and win the game on their home court and finish their
season with a 500. average. It was a great game by both teams and a
fitting end to a great season of Middle School Basketball
In
a hard fought battle between 7th Grade Middle School arch rivals
Chuck Rushe and Pine View finished their season with a great
showdown. Pine View completed their perfect season with a win at
home.
Pine View Middle School students from the Social Studies Department
collected almost $1800 during a 10 day celebration of goodwill for
the people of Haiti who are still suffering from the earthquake on
January 12. Students from The Cheetahs raised almost half of the
total. When asked about why raising money was an important
endeavor, one student responded, “It was a chance for us to exercise
our civic duty and responsibility in a situation that was bigger
than ourselves and bigger than our community. We were regular
people, helping other regular people.” They gave a check to the
American Red Cross to help with relief efforts. ....Pine View Middle
School Social Studies instructor Mark Jarke stands with students
from The Cheetahs who raised almost half of the $1800 raised for
relief efforts in Haiti. Way to go Panthers! Photo by Faith
Jordan-Masella of www.OurTownFLA.com.
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MOSI at Pine View Middle School
… Pine View
Middle School students Landon Johnson (on right) and Aaron O' Brien look
over the rocket that Johnson had just built before they launched it as
part of MOSI Night on February 24. … Elizabeth Stowers, of Pine View
Middle School (on left), works on building her rocket for launching at
MOSI Night. Photos of this and other events by Faith Jordan-Masella can
be found on www.LandOLakesFLA.com.
The event began with dinner followed by
activities which culminate the reading of our One
Book, One School novel titled “Schooled” by author
Gordon Korman. Mr. Korman was a guest speaker in
addition to the many activities including the Pine
View Jazz Band playing in gym and a Poetry Coffee
house, Making beaded bracelets, Art Dept – coloring
“BIG” peace sign, decorate w/icing “peace” cookies,
Cupcakes – made into “schooled” bus, Art displays
(in Media) of tie-dyed backpacks and op art ,
Unveiling of art mural (on outside Media hallway
wall) November
10, 2008
Kyle O’Dea, Student Council President at Pine View Middle School, led
the Pledge of Allegiance while standing next to Principal Kim Anderson
at the Veterans Day Ceremony on November 10. Also pictured are
Assistant Principal’s Brandon Bracciale (second from right) and Ben
Pabst-Veteran (on right). Several Veterans spoke and guests from the
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital attended.
Pine View
Middle School Principal Kim Anderson (front, fourth from right) was
pleased that her students did so well in gathering food items for
the second annual Harvest for Humanity food drive and fundraiser
that benefited Christian Social Services and the Habitat for
Humanity of Central Pasco. Members of the Habitat including Jerry
McCarthy, of State Farm Insurance, and Charlie Reese, of JC
Audiology, (on left) were on there to transport the goods to
Christian Social Services. Pine View also raised $800 for the
Habitat for future houses. Since Habitat for Humanity of Central
Pasco is an all-volunteer affiliate, no monies are used for salaries
or marketing or overhead.
On Saturday,
November 15th, around noon, bring non-perishable food items
to Holy Trinity Church, 20735 Leonard Road, Lutz, and any pledged amount
of money for Habitat for Humanity of Central Pasco. The Habitat can be
reached at PO Box 2107, Land O' Lakes, FL 34639 or (813) 929-0171.
Visit their website at
The staff at Pine
View Middle School planned the 30th Anniversary of the school
for one year. They wanted to make sure that everything turned out
perfect. A good crowd showed up for some great food and a chance to see
former teachers and administrators-many that started out their careers
at the school. When Principal Kim Anderson started out the evening she
greeted everyone and said that it was like a Homecoming and that all
Homecoming’s needed a Queen so she presented Spanish Teacher Bertha
Juanpere a crown and cape since she is the only one who has been at the
school the entire thirty years. If the average is 300 children in each
eighth grade graduating class, approximately 9,000 children have passed
through the halls of Pine View Middle School.
Superintendent
Heather Fiorentino spoke, as did former Principal Dave Estabrook who is
currently the Principal at Chuck Rushe Middle School. Outside the
gymnasium there are now Panther paw prints in the sidewalk around the
oak tree with names of the teachers who have retired from the school.
Pictured are (from left): Ben Pabst and Brandon Bracciale, Pine View
Assistant Principals, Spanish Teacher Bertha Juanpere, Principal Kim
Anderson, Weightman Middle School Principal Shae Davis, who was an
Assistant Principal at Pine View, Chuck Rushe Middle School Principal
Dave Estabrook, and Tina Tiede, Assistant Superintendent of Middle
Schools, who started her career at Pine View.
Wesley Chapel- LEADING THE PACK! Jamal Roberts,
a student at Weightman Middle School, placed 1st in the 110
hurdles, 100m, and 2nd place in the long jump and 200m at the
Conference Championship held Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Wesley Chapel
High School. …Hanna Mitchell a student at Weightman Middle School,
placed 1st in discus at the Conference Championship held
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Wesley Chapel High School. … Wesley Chapel-
Devin Piper, a student at Weightman Middle School, placed 1st
in shot put at the Conference Championship held Tuesday, April 29, 2008
at Wesley Chapel High School. … Dade City- AMAZING AIR! Ales Garcia, a
student at Pasco Middle School, took first place in the high jump by
clearing 6‘ 2“ at the Conference Championship.… Dade City- AMAZING
AIR! Ales Garcia, a student at Pasco Middle School, took first place in
the high jump by clearing 6‘ 2“ at the Conference Championship held
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Wesley Chapel High School.
Pine View Middle School 8th grader,
Alexandra Pierovich rocked at Florida Swimming Junior Olympic
Championships (Feb 21 – 24) in Clearwater, Florida this past weekend!
She qualified to swim in 11 events as a 13-14 year old. In the meet,
you can only swim a maximum of 6 qualifying events. There were 513
females swimming. Alexandra made the finals (top 16 finishers/2
alternates) in all 6 of her 6 events. She finished 19thoverall
in the state and still has another year in this age group. In all of
her final events she swam personal best times and shaved off 36.07
seconds from her qualifying times! Since she finished 2 of her races in
the top 6, she qualified for the Florida All Star team. The Florida
Swimming team will compete against the southern Florida JO champions
(Gulf Coast Swimming) in a dual meet at the end of March. Florida
Swimming has the fastest Junior Olympic qualifying times in the nation!
She finished8thin
the 100 Breast, 6thin
the 200 Breast, 6thin
the 200IM, 13thin
the 400IM, 16thin
the 500 Free17thin
the 100 Free
(alternate). She rocked!! These are amazing finishes for a swimmer that
will compete again in this meet next year…All
of her swims were AAA and AAAA USA swimming times! 100 free is 54.71
AAA, 200IM is 2:11.17 AAAA, 400IM is 4:40.09; 4:39.6 is AAAA cut. 500
free is 5:12.98 AAA. 100 breast is 1:09.33 AAA and 200 breast is 2:29.77
AAA.
Taylor Adcock 6th grade, Rand Willette 6th grade
and Alex Fulford. The students won an essay contest sponsored by the
Land O’Lakes Moose Lodge about the dangers of taking drugs and how they
can ruin lives.
Why I Shouldn’t do Drugs
Hello, I’m here to tell you why you should not do
drugs. One of the best reasons never to do drugs, is it
may lead to an early death. One of the worst things to know about early
death from drugs, is that it could have been prevented. Another
excellent reason never to do drugs is if you die, you will never be able
to experience the rest of life! You won’t be able to enjoy the new
inventions that may come such as, hover cars, space travel, and time
machines. But, if you don’t die, you may harm other people!
There are so many ways to harm others. Sometimes, if you’re high, you
may shoot someone, and never notice you did it! But, you don’t have to
shoot to kill. If you’re high on crack, or any other drug, you may try
to kill someone with a knife, or your own hands! Sometimes, you may get a serious illness from
drugs. You may get cancer. Believe me, you don’t want to get cancer. You
will die a slow, painful death. Let’s say you don’t get cancer. You will start to
do poorly in school. Drugs kill brain cells! This is no joke. Another
slow, painful death is pneumonia. Pneumonia is when your lungs fill up
with water and you can’t breathe. That is something else that happens
from drugs. Since I don’t want to experience an early death, or
violence, I will never do drugs.
_ALEX
FULFORD
Standing behind the students in an effort to fight drugs are Larry
Adcock, Renee Adcock, John Asay, Moose Administrator, Eliza Willette,
CPL J. Peteck SRO of Pine View Middle School, Kim Anderson, Principal of
Pine View Middle School, Suzanne Fulford, Kevin Fulford, (sitting)
Virginia Torres 8540-p…
Virginia Torres, and Samantha Olivera danced to “Hollaback Girl,” at the
Pineview Middle School Talent Show held on May 23. Palmer
Wolfenden 8484-p Palmer Wolfenden sings an
original composition at the Pineview Middle School Talent Show held on
May 23. Victoria Gorneki 8517-p… Victoria
Gorneki, and Dawn McNabb sing their rendition of “ Black Roses Red” at
the Pineview Middle School Talent Show held on May 23. Erin
Furlong 8476-p… Erin Furlong, Kelli O’Shaunessy
and Megan McCarthy dance to the music from the Lion King at the Pineview
Middle School Talent Show held on May 23. Lauryn Lynch 8511-p…Lauryn
Lynch, Sahara Getz and Jade Valdalez perform a tumbling and dance
routine at the Pineview Middle School Talent Show held on May 23.
Lindsey Gricoski 8607-p… Lindsey Gricoski sings
the song, “Someone’s Watching Over me,” at the Pineview Middle School
Talent Show held on May 23.
Sophie Viera (on left), a
student at Kid’s Stuff Preschool, her brother Palmer Viera, a
second-grader at Pine View Elementary, ran into a cow at Pine View’s
Carnival on April 13. Pine View Elementary’s Dalton Gilliland enjoyed
the putt-putt at the School Carnival held on April 13. …Daniela
Rodriguez (on right) seemed to get the best of Haley Saulnier during
their ram-rod bout at the Pine View Elementary Carnival held at the
school on April 13. Both girls are in second grade. …
2123-p...Long
time Pine View Middle School Principal Dave Estabrook gets a clap-off
send off as he says goodbye to the students and faculty. He will be
leaving the school after twelve years as Principal to start up the new
Chuck Rusche Middle School. All the students gathered around the track
on March 9 to say farewell to him. Photos of this and other events by
Faith Jordan-Masella.
1550..Tori Grau (# 12), of
the Pine View Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team takes the
ball down court trying to fend off John Long Middle School’s Jennifer
Osterman while Pine View player Courtney Durbin (# 11) offers backup
during their last game of the season on February 27. The Longhorns won
the exciting match 35-30 in double overtime.
1414..John Long Middle School
7th grade basketball players Jasmine Boykin (# 13) and Lauren Medina (#
14) appear to be dancing during their game against the Pine View Middle
School Panthers on February 27. The Longhorns took the match in double
overtime 35-30. Pine View players (from left) Kendra Sheets Nicole
Bristol, and Jessi Johnson set up looking to get the ball. This looks to
be quite a rivalry already and the Longhorns are in their inaugural
season.
1524..John Long
Middle School 7th grade girl’s basketball players fought fiercely to
defeat the Pine View Middle School team during their game at the
beautiful new Longhorn Gym on February 27. In one of the most exciting
games this photographer has seen in middle school basketball (double
overtime and a brief power outage leaving everyone in the dark), the
Longhorns battled to victory in the final game of their Inaugural
Season. With a tie score of 27-27, the game went into overtime until
the score was 30-30 at the buzzer. More overtime and the battle of the
Panthers and the Longhorns continued until the final buzzer put the
Longhorns ahead 35-30. Players pictured are (from left) Longhorn player
Tori Quaglia, Pine View player Nicole Bristol, Longhorn Hema Gude, Pine
View player Teresa Della Penna, and Longhorn player Shantal Desvignes
(with ball). Great game girls! Looking forward to a brand new rivalry!
0888...Pasco Middle School’s Rojelio Padron runs
while balancing the ball on his head as his Pirates took on Pine View
Middle School on February 13. The game ended in a tie.
1195…Pine View Middle School guard Julia
Della Penna drives to the hoop in their 35 to 22 victory over the Lady
Longhorns on February 8th. 1189…Lady Panther Morgan Crescent makes her
way up to the lane but find her shot to the hoop a little obscured by
the Lady Longhorn defender in a game played on February 8th.
1219…Lady Longhorn Brianna Friedrich has the ball but Lady Panther
Gabrielle Brown has her as they wrestle for position in a game played on
February 8th. 1175… Lady Longhorn Ariel Grey drives by the line to
the lane to the hoop for two in a game played on February 8th. 1180…
Ashley Grates of John Long Middle School takes a set shot against a
stingy Panther defense Thursday in a tough intercity battle with Pine
View Middle School February 8th. 1166…Dr. John Long Middle School
8th grader Danielle Kluender takes a jump shot as the Panthers converge
on her in a game played on February 8th.
Pine View Middle
School Band Director Steve Herring has done a great job with his band
students earning Superiors ratings in 2005 and 2006 and the Concert Band
received Superiors in 2004 & 2005.
8461...Alex
Twitmeyer, of the Pine View Middle School Symphonic Band, performed a
solo on Saxophone during the Annual Winter Concert held at the
Performing Arts Center at Wesley Chapel on December 20. 8421...The Pine
View Middle School Symphonic Band sounded great during their Annual
Winter Concert that was held on December 20at the Performing Arts Center
at Wesley Chapel. Musicians pictured are front row (from left): Ryan
Fiegel, Sean Liebler, Brandon Salziedo, and Trevor Mort. Middle row
(from left): Curtis Okalovitch, Megan Sfraga, and Sean Gibbons. Top row
(from left): Greg Noland, Morgan Crescent, and Brad Herring. 8452...The
Drum Line for Pine View Middle School performed during the Annual Winter
Concert that was held on December 20at the Performing Arts Center at
Wesley Chapel. Drummers pictured include (from left): Janvier Bussatti,
Kris Allen, and Tyler Dusek. 8409...Pine View Middle School Band
Director Steve Herring (second from right) has done a great job with his
band students earning Superiors ratings in 2005 and 2006 and the Concert
Band received Superiors in 2004 and 2005. The Panther Marching Band has
taken 1st Place at the Flapjack Festival for the last 4 years and have
also won 1st Place at the Dade City Christmas Parade for 2003, 2005, and
2006. They achieved 1st Place at the Pasco County Fair in 2004.
Students pictured here performing at the Annual Winter Concert on
December 20 at the Performing Arts Center at Wesley Chapel include
(from left): Josh Urban, Catherine Cole, Joey Bell, Ryan Wall, Brian
Brock, Shane Mathews, and Anthony Abrego. 8454...Pine View Middle
School’s (from left):Rachel McCallister, Taylor Grybek, Catherine Cole,
and Zach Remilard make up half of the Drum Line that performed at the
Annual Winter Concert held on December 20 at the Performing Arts Center
at Wesley Chapel.
8157…On Tuesday
December 19th at 9am a member of the Royal family from the Hashamite
Kingdom of Jordan was the guest speaker at Pine View Middle school.
Sharifa (title) Noor Al- Assam a student at Dickinson University and a
representative of the Embassy of Jordan in DC as part of the seeds of
Peace project, goes around the country to lecture American students to a
better understanding of her country. She was wearing a traditional
outfit from one of the villages of Jordan and discussed with the
students of Mrs. Anderson's 8th history class all about the Kingdom and
its people.
8166...Enjoying the presentation at Pine View Middle School on December
19 are Mrs Anderson with Pine View students Shelby Arnold, Megan Brower,
Devin Sequiera, Cathy Clark, Hunter Howard, Devin Sequeira, Miriam
Mubaidin, , Hunter Howard, Mrs. Elaine Mubaidin and in the middle was
the guest speaker, Alshrifeh Noor Bint Ali.
8178-p...The
Pine View Middle School Drama Club put on “Don’t Touch That Dial” on
December 13 and 14. Some of the characters pictured are: (front row,
from left): Anthony Sinoyiannis (Sound/Lighting), Brandon Nero, Sara van
Spronsen (student director), and Sky Hanson. Back row (from left):
Natalie Meusling, Nicholas Haley, Meggan Maggi, Samantha Copeland,
Sydney Knowlton (Stage Manager), Kimberly Knowlton, and Jessica Taylor.
8150-p...Some of the characters who participated in Pine View Middle
School’s “Don’t Touch That Dial”, put on by the Drama Club are (from
left): Jessica Howell, Gabi Delvalle, Jon Calmbacker, Hunter Howard,
Ryan Guy, and Wendy Gu. The show was directed by teacher Amber Chase
and was on December 13 and 14. 8153-p...Krista Callahan (from
left), Ian McKenzie, Lucy Perkins-Wagel, and Shane Matthews were some of
the cast who put on Pine View Middle School’s “Don’t Touch That Dial”,
on December 13 and 14. 8162-p...The
Drama Club at Pine View Middle School put on the play “Don’t Touch That
Dial” on December 13 and 14. Some of the cast pictured are (front row,
from left): Miriam Mubaidin, Ami Dal Sasso, and Hayden Baker. Back row
(from left): Taylor Smith, Delaney Suarez, Grace Carapezza, Christina
Carroll, and Katie Fitzsimmons.
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View Middle School joins other Florida schools and Gov. Bush for a new
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Emily Austin, of the
Pine View Middle School’s 8th grade Volleyball team prepare to serve the
ball during action against Weightman Middle School. Pine View Middle
School’s Kierra Potts serves the ball to the Weightman Middle School
team.
Morgan Crescent was one of the high scorers for the Pine View
Middle School 8th grade team when they took on Weightman Middle School
on August 30. Weightman won the best of three games.
8404
Dave Estabrook, Principal at Pine View Middle School was recognized at
the School Board Meeting on July 26 for his recent award of Citizen of
the Year from the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Faith
Jordan-Masella of www.LandOLakesFLA.com.