Welcome to Janney Elementary School
Janney School Calendar:
- February 8 & 9 - SCHOOL CANCELED
- February 9 - PTA meeting CANCELED
- February 12 & 15 - No School
- 19 & 20 - Janney 4&5th grade musical Jungle Book performed at Hardy Elementary School
- February 25 - REVERB A Cappella performs their show "Black History in Harmony." Read more here.
- March 9-11 - DC BAS testing for 3-5th grade
- March 12 - 9:15am - Spring Open House (see below)
- April 16 - 7-12 pm - Janney's Wild Spring Fundraiser at the House of Sweden
View the Janney 2009-2010 Calendar on Google Calendar. If you use Google for your own calendar, you can add the
Janney calendar to your personal calendar by clicking the "+ Google Calendar"
button in the lower right hand corner of the screen. For directions for iPhones and iCal, click here.
Janney Fundraising through Amazon
Janney will benefit with each and every order that is begun on the Janney site through the Amazon search window at the left of this screen. Just start your search here and you will be taken to the full Amazon webpage. When you place your order, Janney will earn a percentage of the total amount spent. Thank you for your support!
For general questions about fundraising contact PTA Presidents Jonathan McHugh and Scott Cheney.
The PTA Small Grants Program
The PTA has launched its new small grants program to fund projects that benefit Janney students and the community, fit within the mission of the school, and are otherwise unfunded by the PTA or DCPS. Grants are capped at $750. Parents, students or teachers may submit proposals, however all proposals must have a teacher sponsor. Small Grant Applications are available here. The deadline for the first round of funding is October 30th. Questions may be addressed to Pippa Trench.
Open Houses and School Tours for Prospective Parents
Janney will be hosting its annual Spring Open House on Friday, March 12th at 9:15 a.m. Prospective parents will have a chance to tour the school, talk to students and parents, and meet our principal and vice principal. The event, including introductions, tours, and a Q&A session, typically lasts about 2 hours.
During the months of January and February parents are invited to take a tour of Janney on Tuesday mornings from 9am – 10am. The tour will include a brief information session and a tour with the assistant principal and student representatives, and will conclude with a help session around applying for the Pre-K lottery and/or the out-of-bounds lottery. Additional tours will be scheduled as needed. For more information about Pre-K and out-of-boundary enrollment, click here.
Janney Addition & Modernization and Related Project News
A ceremonial ground breaking for the Janney addition project happened at Janney on January 6, 2010. See the video here.
The most recent design drafts presented to the SIT committee by the DC Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) and the project architects, Deveroux and Purnell are available for viewing by clicking here. Comments on the plans can be submitted to the SIT at this address JanneyDesignComments@yahoo.com. The builder in charge of the project will be Winmar-Dustin.
The most recent schedule for construction presented at the OPEFM meeting on December 15, 2009, includes a Commission of Fine Arts Review Hearing on January 21, 2010, a tentative date for the start of constuction on April 16, 2010 and a projected completion date for construction of the new addition on December 15, 2010. This phase will include limited modernization of the existing facility. Additional modernization of the existing Janney facility will take place during the summer of 2011.
To read the OPEFM Community Project brief distributed on December 15th, click here. Janney students are expected to remain in the building, in existing demountables, and on the grounds during construction with the undestanding that a significant proportion of the outdoor playspace will be unavailable during the construction phase. Alternative outdoor options are being explored by the Principal.
On November 19th, the Janney school was listed as a historic landmark by the Historic Preservation Review Board. As a landmark, Janney will be subject to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as
administered by the State Historic Preservation Office (District of Columbia office) and the DC Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) and designs will conform to these requirements.
Construction on the new Tenley-Friendship Library has begun. The first phase of this construction includes rebuilding the retaining wall between the library and Janney school grounds. A fence has been built 30 feet from the eastern and southern edges of the field to stage machinery for the construction. The sidewalk along Albemarle Street from 30 feet west of the library site down to Wisconsin Avenue will be closed but the curb lane will be transformed into a walkway to ensure pedestrian passage.
For more information on these issues see the SIT/Janney Addition webpage.
Email the Newsletter Editors at Janneynewsletter@yahoo.com to be included on the distribution list for the Janney PTA E-Newsletter
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Janney students in every grade celebrated a variety of winter holidays in their classrooms with special parties and guests.
Happy New Year!
Support your child's Janney experience and help your child achieve success in the new year. Sleep and good nutrition are essential. Goal setting is a valuable tool to learn at a young age. Read more about setting goals with your child here.
If your child is looking for extra practice in reading, writing, math or Spanish, see this new list of websites offering extra help lessons and worksheets, available here.
Getting Involved at Janney
There are many ways to get involved at Janney as a parent volunteer and active member of the PTA. At the dawn of 2010, consider volunteering to work on the Spring Casino Night (Janney's Wild), plant sale, used book swap, 4-5th grade musical. Click on the events above to contact the event Chairs.
It is not too late to make your annual contribution to the PTA. PTA funds pay for important Janney expenses including trips, performances, supplies, and some staff salaries. Full contributions are appreciated, but any amount is welcomed! please contribute at your own ability level. Please see the contribution form here.
Communication Among Parents
Please see this new page on the Janney website for information regarding survey results and Yahoo groups for Janney families.
Janney's Participation in the National MLK Day of Service
In honor of the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. day of service, Janney will collect items for 3 different organizations beginning Friday, January 8th and running through Friday, January 22nd. Students and family members can drop off donations in the labeled boxes that will be in the first floor hallway, to the right of Ms. Soribe's security desk. The three organizations are Thrive DC, The Washington Animal Rescue League and the Washington Humane Society and the Rainforest Action Network.
Thrive DC is in need of gently-used or new adult hats, gloves, scarves, and coats. The Washington Animal Rescue League and the Washington Humane Society need towels and blankets (no sheets please!), kongs, peanut butter, fake mice, and jingle balls. A digital camera would be greatly appreciated by the Humane Society to help them document cases of animal mistreatment and cruelty. (Please put in Shana Zallman's box in the office directly). Finally, Janney Jaguars can help live jaguars in South American forests by dropping coins and dollar bills into the labeled jug. The money collected will be sent to the Rainforest Action Network to help them in their efforts to curb deforestation and climate change. Thank you for your participation!
Child Development Screenings
Early Stage Child Development Screenings will begin at Janney as needed after the first of the year. These screenings will be administered by Early Stages - the program within DCPS' Office of Special Education focused on children 3 to 5 years old. The program seeks to provide early identification of any developmental delays that a child may have and appropriate evaluations and services to address those delays. Early Stages begins this identification process by administering the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to your child - a highly rated screening tool that offers a complete overview of your child's development, including the areas of gross and fine motor, communication, problem solving, and social/emotional development. For more information click here.
Janney Art
Janney Art Teachers have created their own blogs to capture and present art created throughout the year to Janney families. To view them click: Ms. Strulson's Art Blog or Ms. Morrison's Art Blog.
Updated DC Comprehensive School Plan for Janney
The most updated School Plan for Janney is available here. This document is required for all DCPS schools and was developed by members of the SIT, Janney staff and Principal Crews. The Plan includes important information about Janney's vision, mission and population.
To read the school plan, click here.
Karen Harris maintains the Janney website. To contact her, send email to
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