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4130 Albemarle St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-282-0110
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February 3, Report Card Distribution
Early February, SIT Community Meeting, Time and Place TBA
February 20 & 21, Annie by Janney, Hearst Middle School
Editors
Gretchen Cheney
Jenny Kletzin DiBiase
Karen Mandel
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 Principal's Letter
Dear Janney Families,
I hope everyone had a great week. Although it was a short week, it was a busy one. The time seemed to go by so fast!
It is report card time again! The second advisory ended on January 16th. Our teachers will be working on completing report cards this week. We will distribute report cards to students in the take home Tuesday on February 3rd.
As we experience more cold weather, please continue to dress your child in warm clothing to wear outside for recess, field trips, fire drills, etc. We want to make sure our children are warm and comfortable for outdoor events.
Last
week, you received a survey regarding enrollment for next year. Please
be sure to complete the survey and return it to your child's teacher.
If you have more than one child at Janney, you only need to return one survey. This information will help us plan for next year. Thank you for your assistance.
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
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The SIT Corner:
Thanks to all who responded to the PPP survey which went home last Wednesday. We debated the survey within the SIT and it took a while to
finalize the langauge and prepare it for distribution. We apologize
for the short turn around time. The preliminary results are that of those repsonding, 61 support the SIT's position, 12 oppose, and 2 offered comments alone.
We did not expect unanimity of responses and we understand
that there are some within the community who may not agree with us. To
those of you who do not support the SIT's position, please stay engaged
and feel free to talk with us as events devlop. Please
remember that the SIT is committed to Janney's future, and while some
of us may disagree, we all share a common desire to help Janney be the
best school it can be.
We do not have a firm date for a community meeting yet but we
expect it to occur sometime in early February. We will certainly let
you know as soon as it is scheduled. In the meantime we will continue
to advocate for modernization and an addition to Janney as soon as
possible. Thanks again and, as always, we welcome your comments.
Kirk Rankin
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Soup Kitchen This Wednesday
Don't forget the soup kitchen is tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28. Parents please bring in lasagna, bread, green beans, ice cream, and lettuce before twelve. Teachers who are signed up for November, please remember to organize your class to bring cookies, salad fixings, and snacks. Thanks! Camille Martone, 362-7555.
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"Annie" by Janney
The Janney Players present "Annie Jr." February 20th & 21st
Join us as our own Janney Players present "Annie Jr.," the story of a plucky little orphan girl and her search for parents, love, and happiness. Hope abounds in this fabulous version of the long-running Broadway play, which has captivated folks big and small for over 30 years. Will Annie find her parents in the midst of the Great Depression? Will she find a home and happiness with Daddy Warbucks? Or will the conniving Miss Hannigan keep her in the "Hard-Knock Life" forever? To answer these questions and more, you'll have to come to the show!
The shows are Friday, February 20th at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, February 21st, at 2:00 p.m. at Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th Street NW, Washington, 20007. Tickets go on sale the week before the show (stay tuned for more information in next week's newsletter), and are $5 for general seating and $15 for reserved seating. There is free, but limited, parking at Hardy. Refreshments will be sold during intermission.
Bring the whole family and watch as our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders put on another terrific show. We bet your bottom dollar that you'll have a great evening!
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Notes from the Healthsuite
To help parents make informed decisions, the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and Triaminic® developed the national "Sick Day Guidelines: Making the Right Call When Your Child Has a Cold." The guidelines provide parents with the key signs that they should consider keeping their child home from school. This campaign is for educational purposes only; NASN does not endorse products.
Note: Children may not carry medication of any type to self medicate during the school day. A doctor's order is required and all medication must be administered by the school nurse or student's parent.
"Sick Day Guidelines: Making the Right Call When Your Child Has a Cold"
Should I keep my child home or send him or her to school?
Consider keeping your child home if he or she:
·Has a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
·Has been vomiting
·Has symptoms that prevent him or her from participating in school, such as:
−Excessive tiredness or lack of appetite
−Productive coughing, sneezing
−Headache, body aches, earache
−Sore throat
A minor sore throat is usually not a problem, but a severe sore throat could be strep throat even if there is no fever. Other symptoms of strep throat in children are headache and stomach upset. Contact your pediatrician as your child needs a special test to determine if it is strep throat.
Keep your child home until his or her fever has been gone for 24 hours without medication.
Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours. Returning to school too soon may slow the recovery process and expose others unnecessarily to illness.
Does my child have the flu?
·The flu is serious! Call your pediatrician at the first sign of flu symptoms, which typically come on suddenly, including:
−High fever
−Chills
−Head ache, body aches, ear ache
−Nausea, vomiting
−Dry cough
If you're unsure about the best way to treat your child's cold or flu, ask your school nurse, doctor, pharmacist, or other healthcare provider.
How do I make my child feel better?
·Make sure your child gets plenty of rest and put limits on TV watching
·Encourage fluids; like water, soup, juice and ice
·Help your child relax by reading him a story and giving him plenty of TLC
·Consider using a cool humidifier
The Sick Day Guidelines and more information on using children's cough and cold medications appropriately are available at www.nasn.org or by calling 1-800-KIDS-987. The Sick Day Guidelines are available in both English and Spanish. This campaign is for educational purposes only; NASN does not endorse products.
References
i National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. National Institutes of Health. "Common Cold: Overview" http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/commonCold/overview.htm.
ii Penn, Schoen & Berland, Triaminic Omnibus Study: Summary of Survey Findings. December 2008.
iii WebMD, "Your Child: Too Sick for School?", Jeanie Lerche Davis, Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD. December 8, 2008. http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/your-child-too-sick-for-school.
-- Ros Polk
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 Safety Patrol Tip of the Week
WALK across streets. Allow yourself plenty of time.
--Lena Ceccone, Safety Patroller
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In the Neighborhood
Making the Right Educational Choice for YOUR Child: A Public
Forum
On Wednesday, February 4, the St. Albans Early Childhood Center (SAECC)
will host Ward 3 DC Board of Education representative, Laura McGiffert
Slover, to discuss important developments in the DC Public School
System and Ward 3 schools in particular. Ms. Slover will also be joined by
a representative from an independent school who will address about how to
think about whether or not to apply to private school based on your individual
child's personality, skills, interest and needs. The event is free and open
to the public.
The forum will take place on February 4 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm in Saterlee
Hall (3100 Wisconsin Avenue). Saterlee Hall is located across from the St.
Albans parish on the Cathedral grounds. Please join us -- and spread the
word! For more information, please contact Carola McGiffert at cmcgiffert@hotmail.com.
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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.
If a notice should be run for more than one week, please indicate the dates the notice should be run, or resubmit the notice by the Thursday deadline for each week.
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.
We will run notices about community or other non-Janney events of interest to elementary school children as space permits. It is the PTA's policy not to carry for-profit advertisements or classifieds. Thank you for your cooperation.
The Editors
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