We want to make it possible for people to attend a nearby 7:00 community meeting to discuss the draft request for proposals (RFP) for development of Tenley-Friendship Library/Janney School. The draft was released earlier this week, and the city is seeking community input on their draft RFP. You can read the city's draft RFP solicitation on the Janney's website, just click on http://www.janneyschool.org/PTASITPPP/PPP-info.html. The community meeting, sponsored by ANC 3E, will be held in the Great Hall of St. Columba's church (42nd and Albemarle, NW) from 7 pm to 9 pm. 

Our PTA agenda will be brief, but it includes a report from the  audit committee and  a report from the auction chairs. The PTA meeting will be followed by a brief informational meeting for room parents.  The PTA meeting will take place in the Janney multipurpose room.   

The Janney auction would not be the same with out all those fabulous prizes and packages to bid on! Solicitation for auction items kicks off this week. Look for folks outside the school after drop off on Thursday. We hope you spend a minute chatting with our super auction team.  Take a moment to pick up some auction donation forms, and think about people you know, places you go, and how they might contribute to another great auction!

Please note the changed time of the Janney PTA meeting on your calendar:  6:30!

Please try to attend the community meeting at St. Columba's Church:  7:00!

See you tonight!

Many thanks to Janney students and families for their Sally Foster orders. Pickup at school will be on Friday, Oct. 26th, so please mark your calendars. If your family's order was for $200 or more, we will arrange for delivery to your home. 

If you missed the order deadline, don't despair. You can still order at www.sallyfoster.com and designate Janney to receive 50% of your purchase. (Our code is 499219, but you can also just click "GIVE CREDIT" and look up Janney.) There is no delivery charge on orders of $60 or more, with UPS delivery straight to your door. Remind your out-of-town relatives that this is still an option. 

Also, if you can help (even for a little while) with unloading the boxes when they arrive on Thursday 10/25 after school, or with pickups on Friday 10/26, or with home delivery of the larger orders, please let us know. Thanks again for supporting Janney!

Think about committing an hour a week to read with a student or two in our upper grades. Volunteers in past years have enjoyed establishing relationships with the students while helping them with comprehension and fluency. This program has been an effective support for those students. If you are interested please e-mail Barbara Murphy at murphyreads@yahoo.com or put a note in her mail box.

Janney Directories Are Available

By now you should have received your 2007-2008 Janney Directory, featuring cover art work by Molly Charles, 6-H. Congratulations, Molly.

We apologize now for any errors in the directory. With so many pieces of information and elements to pull together, mistakes do occur. If you see an error in your printed information in the directory, please contact us by Thursday, Oct. 18. We will publish a list of corrections and updates in next week's newsletter. Please contact Dianne Torressen, torresen@comcast.net or Anita Seline, amseline@aol.com.

You can still buy an extra copy of this must-have publication for just $10, checks made payable to the Janney PTA. Extra directories will be sold before and after school this week. They're handy to keep in the office, the car, or any place there's a telephone in your house, so consider buying an extra copy. Thank you.

Janney's Annual Mini-Walk for the Homeless

It's that time again! Janney is once again participating in the Fannie Mae Walk for the Homeless program as we hold our own mini-walk on Friday, October 26th, at 9:30 am. Fannie Mae covers the registration cost for all DCPS students, so PLEASE sign the registration form that came home in last week's Take-Home-Tuesday envelope for each one of your children.  Every form counts and is very important. The Dinner Program for Homeless Women (aka "The Soup Kitchen") will receive $5,000 if between 250 and 499 registration forms are turned in. If 500 registration forms are turned in, the Dinner Program for Homeless Women will receive $10,000! That means we need every single student to have their form signed and returned, and we also need a bunch of parents to fill out and sign adult registration forms AND include the adult registration fee of $25 (which also gets donated to the Soup Kitchen). Extra student and adult registration forms are available in the office. Please stop by and fill them out if you have misplaced yours. Questions? Contact Shana Zallman at olmeg1@mac.com. Please reference "mini-walk" in the subject line.

Matching Gifts

Did you make a donation to Janney this year? If you work for a company like the Washington Post, Fannie Mae, Reuters, Microsoft, Verizon or others, your gift may be matched by your company. If you are not sure if your company matches, then I can help you figure it out.  In most instances, applying for a matching gift is really easy! Some companies will even double your contribution, so it is really worth that little bit of effort. If you indicated interest in matching gifts on your Student Support Fee form, then I have probably already been in touch with you by email. If you think your company might match, please email Julie Schapire at jschapire@yahoo.com

Authors' Week at JANNEY

As we hope you already know, this year's Janney Book Fair will be held the weekend of October 27-28 at Politics and Prose bookstore. During those two days, Politics and Prose will donate to Janney 20% of all purchases made by customers that present a Janney coupon (available at the Book Fair table in the store's children's department downstairs). There will be in-store events and opportunities to support Janney's wonderful teachers and librarians. We'll let you know more as the date gets closer. The Book Fair promises to be a great event, as it is every year. However, this year we decided to add something new. And so, it is with great enthusiasm that we announce:  AUTHORS' WEEK AT JANNEY!

During the week of October 22-26 (the week leading up to the Book Fair), several children's book authors, including Katy Kelly, Susan Shreve and (Janney's own) Erica Perl will come to the Janney Cybrary to read and discuss their books with Janney students. Students and teachers will be provided with a list of the authors and some of their books, so that they may seek out copies at libraries AND at the Janney Book Fair. Some of these authors will also be visiting the Janney Book Fair, so students may even be able to get their books personally signed.

If you'd like to help out with the Book Fair or Authors' Week, please contact Emily Bazelon (emily.bazelon@slate.com) or the Janney librarians.

AND REMEMBER, OCTOBER 27-28 IS THE JANNEY BOOK FAIR, SO . . .

DON'T BUY BOOKS YET!

Erica Perl, Emily Bazelon and Anjali Chen

Janney Book Fair Co-Chairs