Janney Elementary School
Janney School Calendar:
- June 9 - 7:30 pm - PTA meeting - Meet the new Principal, Norah Lycknell
- June 10 - 3 pm - 5th and 6th grade clap- outs
- June 10 - 7 pm - 6th grade Graduation
- June 10 - 6 pm - SIT meets in the Library to discuss final comments of the education specification for Janney (see below)
- June 11 - 7 pm - 5th grade Graduation
- June 15 - General enrollment deadline
- June 16 - 6 pm - Meeting in the multi-purpose room with the DC Gov't Office of Public Education and Facilities Modernization to discuss the Janney addition project and gather community feedback
- July 14 - 6 pm - SIT meets in the Library
- July 23 - 10-am - Historic Preservation Review Board meeting regarding the Janney building at 441 4th Street NW, Room 220 South.
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Janney Modernization News
Next Meeting, June 16th, 6 PM
The most recent Educational Specification that will guide Janney's Modernization and Addition planning is available for review. The SIT Facilities Committee met on Wednesday June 10th to review all submitted comments and submitted them to DCPS. To view the Educational Specification document, click here. Any questions or comments may be addressed to Andrew Smiles and Dr. Crews.
The DC Government's Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) will host a Community Meeting to discuss the status of the project and gather additional community input on Tuesday, June 16th in the Janney Multi-purpose Room. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The groundbreaking for Janney's addition is scheduled for January 2010. For more information on this issue, click here. Comments and suggestions can be emailed to the SIT Facilities Committee at Janneybuilding@gmail.com.
Janney's nomination as a historic landmark
Lastly, Janney has been nominated as a Historical Landmark and the application is scheduled to be reviewed on Thursday July 23rd at 10 AM at 441 4th Street NW, Room 220 South (this is One Judiciary Square). Again, submit any comments or concerns to Andrew Smiles.
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.
Welcome Next Year's PTA & SIT Members
Congratulations to the incoming Executive Board, and thanks again for giving your time to Janney:
Scott Cheney and Jonathan McHugh, Co-Presidents;
Karen Harris and Pippa Trench, Co-Vice Presidents;
Gerry Gretschel and Dan Rosenthal, Co-Treasurers;
Elizabeth Levenson and Diane Schiff, Co-Secretaries;
Maureen Leventhal, Fran McCrackin, and Heather Roy, Faculty Co-Presidents;
Rennie Anderson and Lucy Smiles, Past Presidents.
Congratualtions to next year's new LSRT members, Willa Day Morris, Andy Cohen and Tracy Scarrow. To read more about the LSRT and its responsibilities, click here.
2009-2010 Health Forms
Please download, complete and turn in the following forms to Janney by August 24, 2009: Child Helath Certificate & Oral Health Certificate. If needed, also submit: Medical Orders & HPV refusal document.
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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THANK YOU to this year's Safety Patrol for keeping our children safe on their way to school!
Graduation and Clapout Ceremonies
The 5th and 6th Grade classes will celebrate the completion of their Janney experience with clap-out ceremonies and promotion/graduation ceremonies. At 3 pm on June 10th, both grades will walk through the school as the the rest of the student applaud their accomplishments. Graduation ceremonies will occur at 7 pm on June 10th for 6th grade and June 11th for 5th grade.
Classrooms for 2009-2010
Teachers have received their tentative classroom assignments for next year. Janney will host 2 Pre-K classrooms and 3 classrooms for each grade from Kindergarten-5th grade. Please make sure your child is fully registered by the 15th of June. Enrollment numbers should be available in mid-late July.
Janney's new Principal
Dr. Crews has announced her decision to resign from her position as Principal of Janney. Please join the PTA in thanking her for her service to our children and to our school. Chancellor Rhee has named a new Principal for Janney who will officially begin her role on July 1st. See the announcement here. Janney's new Principal is Norah Lycknell and she comes to Janney from Eliot-Hine Middle School where she served as the
Assistant Principal/New Leaders for New Schools Resident Principal.
New Janney Art Exhibits
Ten art teachers from ten schools in the DC3 arts collaborative program organized an art exhibit at Sumner that reflects the visual arts program at their respective schools. Several Janney students were selected to participate in this show. Please take a view minutes to view their work and the artists from the collaborative schools here.
Janney is participating in an exhibit at the Airport . Please view the art work in the Terminal B baggage claim area when you travel. Both exhibits will be up until June.
Thanks to the efforts of art teachers, Emily Strulson & Polly Morrison, you can now view the art creations of Janney students on the web. Visit the 2 web photo albums: photo album (Strulson) and photo album (Morrison) and read about what the children are learning in art class.
New Environmental Science Mini-Session is a success
We ended our last Environmental Science session last Saturday. Students from George Washington University conducted two Saturday sessions with hands-on experiential science workshops. This was an fabulous experience for all of our students who participated in the sessions. We are hoping to continue this program and partnership with GW next school year. We greatly appreciate Mr. Caruso and his team of students from GW working with us.
Janney Fundraising
For general questions about fundraising and future events, contact Janney Fundraising Chairs, Melissa Torgovitsky and Lisa Kennelly.
Announcing Janney's NEW Fundraising Tools - Janney Shopping and Janney Travel
Shop, Shop, Shop, as you always do, where you always do -- for once we are asking you to do something REALLY easy!
The PTA is very excited to offer a new way to donate money to Janney School by merely clicking a few buttons and continuing to shop for items you normally would purchase. By using the Janney Shopping system when you shop at your favorite retailers such as Target, the Gap, Home Depot, Starbucks or Bluefly, Janney will earn a percentage of your order total. You will not have to register codes or credit card numbers or personally login before you shop. To read how to use this system click HERE!
Going on a trip? Janney Travel is just as easy! Click on the Janney Travel link to the left or bookmark your web browser to the site http://www.janneytravel.com and then buy your plane tickets, book your hotel, rent your car as you normally would. Janney will get a percentage of your travel purchase.
Karen Harris maintains the Janney website. To contact her, send email to
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