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4130 Albemarle St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-282-0110
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Friday, Nov 30:
Sign up forParent Teacher conferences
Saturday Dec 1: Winter Fair
Friday, Dec 7: PT conferences
NO SCHOOL
Editors
Jenny Kletzin DiBiase
Allie Hajian
Elizabeth Levenson
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A Note from Your PTA Co-Presidents:
Hope everyone had a wonderful
Thanksgiving holiday!
We will be selling sportswear this
Friday, November 30th, at pick-up!! We have youth
sizes that just arrived and adult sizes are on sale so get a t-shirt
to wear on spirit days.
Just a few things to mention about the
auction. It's right around the corner so get those donation forms
turned in! Also, this year the auction and raffle will take place
on different dates. The raffle is going to be held at the Spring
Picnic, so look for more information about that later.
Don't forget that school is closed for
parent-teacher conferences next Friday, December 7th. Have a great
week!
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Auction News
The Time is
Now!
Do you
have a lonely, blank donor form staring at you daily from your "To
Do" pile? Now is the time to check this item off your list! With
only a week to go before the deadline, we need those forms now! Pick
up a copy of the donor form in the Janney office, go to the Janney
website at www.janneyschool.org and download it off website, or use
the one that's already taking up space on your desk. Still looking
for ideas? Here are our Top Five for the Week:
1. Something you (or your kids) love
2. A certificate to your favorite restaurant
3. Tickets to the
Redskins, Nationals, Wizards, Mystics, DC United, theater, opera,
concert, or other venue
4. Salon and spa treatments
5. Anything
you choose from the Auction's amazon.com wishlist that you can also
access from the Janney website or by clicking here.
Questions? Email Rennie Anderson at
rennie.anderson@stanfordalumni.org
Coffee and Doughnuts Next Tuesday!
Need a little extra motivation to get
that donor form in? Join us next Wednesday, December 5th (the
deadline for donation forms to be turned in!) at morning drop off to
turn in your completed forms, ask questions of auction committee
members, or get some last minute ideas. We'll have coffee and
munchies to warm and inspire you!
- The Auction Committee
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Christmas Cards for Soldiers
When you are making out your Christmas
card list this year,
please include the following:
A
Recovering American soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Me dical
Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001
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In the Neighborhood
Maryland Madness is seeking boys ages 8
- 14 for the 2007/08 Basketball Season
9 and under Tryouts:
Boys ages 9 & Under (Age as of
9/1/2007)
Date: Every Monday through December 17,
2007
Location: Westland Middle School -5511
Massachusetts
Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20816
Time: 6-8pm
Contact: Coach Kevin Jackson
202.498.3456
Tryout dates/times for the 8u, 12u, 13u
and 14u teams are posted under each team page on the Maryland Madness
Website: http://www.marylandmadness.org/.
Maryland Madness is one of the
Washington, D.C. metro area's premier boys youth basketball
organizations, regularly placing teams at all ages in the AAU
National Championships. We are a not-for profit IRS designated
501(c)(3) organization.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO FEES
CHARGED BY MARYLAND MADNESS FOR TRYOUTS.
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 Safety Patrol Tip of the Week
Remember to follow the instructions of
the Safety Patrol. We are here to help you.
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 Principal's Letter
Dear Janney Community,
I hope that everyone had a pleasant and safe holiday break. My
turkey ended up a little dry (happy to hear suggestions on how to
avoid this in the future) but I had good time with family and friends
so I can't complain. On my list of things to be thankful for
is to be working in a school community with such wonderfully creative
and intelligent children, supportive parents, and an incredibly
caring teaching staff. Thanks for being part of such an
incredible school.
Our third annual "Winter Fair" will be this Saturday from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Janney auditorium. This is a
great chance to do some shopping for yourself or others, as there are
many bargains to be had and hand-made items for sale. Proceeds
from renting the booths will go to the student council to support
their ongoing activities.
There will be some excellent staff development happening in the
school this week. Once again we will be graced with a visit by
Katherine Bomer, a leading literacy consultant in the US. She
will be working with our intermediate teachers (grades 3-6) on
Wednesday, focusing on making student writing journals more rigorous
and productive and on pulling small strategy groups during the
reading workshop. Ms. Bomer has been working with our staff for
the past five years and it has been incredible to have her as a
guiding presence over a sustained period of time. One of the
exciting developments over the years is that Ms. Bomer used to model
all of the techniques and strategies that we were covering. Now
Janney staff members take the lead in modeling the work and Ms. Bomer
simply guides the conversation and reflection around it. It's
a clear sign of how far our staff has come in adopting a rigorous and
rich literacy program. Ms. Bomer is also working at Hyde ES and
Mann ES on Thursday and Friday covering other topics and we will be
sending a few teachers to visit those schools to see their practice
and share strategies. Also on Wednesday, our primary teachers
will be attending half-day workshops downtown hosted by Teachers
Institute to plan for the next writing units. All of these
opportunities are time-consuming but very worthwhile and I'm proud
of how engaged our staff is in high-level professional development.
The second round of parent-teacher conferences will be held on
Friday, December 7th. As a reminder, there will be no
school for students on that day. Sign-up sheets for conferences
will be made available in the main hall of the school this Friday
(one week prior as is customary). Please stop by and sign up.
Have a great week!
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Contributing to the E-Newsletter
Submissions to the PTA newsletter may be emailed to Janneynewsletter@yahoo.com.
The
deadline for submissions is Thursday at 3:15 pm. Because the newsletter
is reviewed by several individuals before distribution, we must adhere
to this deadline in order to get the newsletter to you every week on
time.
Please make every effort to submit your notices by email
for the electronic newsletter. Include all text in the body of your
email (rather than as an attachment). Small jpeg thumbnails may be
attached and can be included in the newsletter. All links or email
addresses will be made active (clickable).
Prepared fliers should be turned into the school office by COB Monday for inclusion in the regular Take Home Tuesday envelope.
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