Mandarin Middle School PTSA

 At the 74th Annual Leadership Conference for Florida PTA, on July 16, 2010, Mandarin Middle PTSA was among 53 schools across the state honored with a Volunteer Award.  Many thanks to everyone at MMS who volunteered in the 2009/10 school year and helped us earn this honor!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO TERRI BROWN, WHO FOR HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO PTA WAS AWARDED AN HONORARY BRICK IN THE FLORIDA PTA BUILDING'S HONOR AND MEMORY GARDEN!  THANK YOU, TERRI, FOR YOUR YEARS OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMEASURABLE TIME AND EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF ALL THE STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 

At the same ceremony on May 27, 2010, MMS PTSA was also honored with the following awards:
  • Largest Membership at the Middle School Level
  • Best PTA Website (Middle School Division) -- 2nd Year in a Row!
  • 1000+ Members
  • 100% Council Attendance Award
  • 100% Faculty Membership Award
  • Blood Drive Award
  • Community Membership Award
  • Grandparent Gold Membership Award
  • History Book Award
  • Local Unit Achievement Award
  • Our Founders Cared Award
  • Reflections Participation
  • Right Foot Award
  • Teacher Supply Depot Award
  • Vision Screening
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Congratulations, and thank you, to the following individuals for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to MMS and our students!
  • Catherine Fenner -- MMS Teacher of the Year!
  • Susan Blyar -- MMS Employee of the Year!
  • Terri Brown -- MMS Volunteer of the Year!


Congratulations to the 14 students from Mandarin Middle School who advanced to the district level in our PTA/PTSA Reflections Program in the areas of Photography, Visual Arts, & Literature! 

Congratulations to Mandarin Middle School for being named a 2008-2009 Five Star School by the Florida Department of Education!

At the recent State PTA Convention, our PTSA earned the following honors for the 2008-09 school year:

  • 1000 or More Members
  • 25 Percent Membership Increase
  • The President's Membership Award
  • Local Unit Achievement Award
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National PTA® is honoring advocacy efforts of the Florida PTA with its 2010 Outstanding Advocacy Awards!
Outstanding Advocacy Award recipients were chosen for their dedication, leadership and sustained efforts to positively affect child related policy, regulation and legislation.
Florida PTA is being honored for their efforts while facing proposed education budget cuts. The state PTA formed a coalition with major education groups during these efforts. Florida ranks near the bottom in the country in school funding. But Florida PTA’s initiatives created sustained advocacy and generated new-found enthusiasm for parents and local PTAs to work together for education funding for Florida children. Advocates sent more than 3,000 letters of protest to the Florida Governor and state legislators, held regular conference calls with regional and local PTA’s, developed an advocacy toolkit and held one of the largest rallies at the state Capitol steps.  As a result of Florida PTA’s efforts, Florida legislators did not reduce education funding as proposed.
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Last Year:

MMS PTSA won PTA/PTSA of the Year at the middle school level for Duval County!!! Congratulations to all our members, volunteers, board members, and everyone who worked so hard and earned this honor.

Other honors earned at the middle school level include: 

  • 1000 or More Members
  • Superintendent's Award
  • Most Membership
  • History Book Award
  • Best PTSA Website Award
  • 100% Attendance at DCC PTA Meetings

Mandarin Middle School has also earned an "A" on the FCAT!  This makes it the only comprehensive middle school in Duval to have earned eight A's on the FCAT in a row!  Thank you to all the students, teachers, and parents for all your hard work!