Janney Elementary School

Janney Student Organizations and Activities

Art Club. The Art Club is open to 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th graders. Members help the art teacher with various tasks, including cleaning up, sorting, display, and doing art projects of their own. The Club meets weekly during a recess period. Interested students must write a two-paragraph essay on why art is important to the student and what skills he or she could bring to the art room. Students must also get parental permission in order to participate.

Book Buddies. Intermediate grade students are paired with primary grade students, meeting weekly to read books together. This program helps children improve reading skills and helps develop a sense of school community.

Boys and Girls Basketball Teams. Details?

Chess Club. Students in 4 th through 6 th grade are invited to join the chess club. Third graders with special permission also may participate.

Community Service Committee. This student-faculty group organizes various activities in support of greater community needs, including a mini-walk for the homeless and occasional food and clothing drives for the homeless. Chairman: Shana Zallman.

Field Days. Physical activity is celebrated in the spring with a variety of relays, races and other games.

Janney Assistant Cybrarians . JACs help the librarian check out materials on the computerized library system and work with technology, including using video and digital cameras to record classroom and school events. 4 th and 5 th grade students are invited to apply each spring.

Peer Mediation. Peer Mediation is offered in all DC public schools, with the aim of helping students solve their own problems without always having to go to an adult. Two students from each classroom in grades 4 through 6 are recommended by the teacher and approved by their parents and the principal. They attend three days of training early in the school year to learn how to mediate a problem without taking sides or making the situation worse. The mediators follow a script; mediation is done confidentially. No one else sees the papers or notes. The solution is a written agreement between the disputants. The mediator follows through to ensure the disputants keep the agreement. If they don't follow through or the situation worsens, it is handed over to the principal and the solution is decided by an adult.

Recorder Club. The Recorder Club is open to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders and other students with previous recorder experience. The club meets weekly after school, playing recorders of all sizes as well as Orff instruments. The repertoire ranges from Renaissance to rock.

Recycling Committee. Children volunteer to sort through the recycling bins of every room at Janney for an hour once a week after lunch. The kids gain a sense of accomplishment and the realization by the end of the year of how much their efforts have helped the environment. Parents are needed to help provide a little guidance each week. Chairman: xxx, (202)xxx.

Safety Patrol. Students in the 4th , 5th , and 6th grades can volunteer to be safety patrols. Patrols act as crossing guards at the intersection of Albemarle and 42nd Streets and assist students being dropped off by car in front of the school.

Sixth Grade Chorus. The chorus, composed of all 6 th graders, meets once a week during school. The group gets a varied repertoire, extra opportunity to perform on Orff instruments, and several performances (both at school and across the city). Select groups have performed at the White House.

Student Council. The Student Council consists of representatives from grades 1 through 6, plus officers elected by students in grades 2 through 6. The students also elect a student representative to the School Improvement Team. Elections are held in the spring for terms beginning the following fall. The Student Council provides leadership, represents Janney's students, and organizes a range of activities, including community service.

Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Janney students receive cardboard boxes before Halloween each year, which they can use to collect funds in support of the United Nations Children's Fund. Coordinator: Maureen Levanthal.