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4130 Albemarle St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-282-0110
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Tues, Mar 16, 6:00 pm: LSRT Meeting
Fri, Mar 26, 9:00 am: Students in Concert, Multipurpose Room
Fri, Mar 26, 12:15 pm:
Early Dismissal
March 29-April 5:
NO SCHOOL: Spring Break
Tues, Apr 13, 7:30 pm:
PTA Meeting, Multipurpose Room
Fri, Apr 16:
Janney's Wild!, House of Sweden
Editors
Gretchen Cheney
Karen Mandel
Amanda Orr
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Principal's
Letter
Dear Janney Families,
I am endlessly grateful for the support, input and
dedication of our parent community, but your tireless work really stood out
last week. Parent volunteer
proctors helped us to successfully administer the DC-BAS, the SIT team
continued planning for construction, families joined us for a PTA meeting
discussing the modernization, Julie Hamlin and Karen Garman (along with several
other fabulous tour guides) led our spring Open House for prospective and
current families, and Jenny Craig, countless volunteers and shoppers provided
us with a great rainy weekend activity with the Used Book Sale on
Saturday. In case I do not say it
enough, thank you!
This week we will have an LSRT meeting on Tuesday (March 16th
at 6:00pm), will act as hosts to the ANC3a meeting on Thursday night, and
Stefan Fatsis will host a Janney Scrabble Tournament on Saturday. At Jamboree
on Tuesday and Friday, our safety patrol team will poll the student body about
the types of transportation they use to get to school. This effort will help to inform our
team's transition to a more effective drop-off (and ultimately pick-up)
procedure. For more information on the current plan and an opportunity to
provide feedback, please see the printed description that I will send home in
the Take Home Tuesday folder. Also in that folder will be a Frequently Asked
Questions packet around the modernization. Because of the importance of both of these documents, I have
chosen to provide paper copies; however, updated versions will be regularly posted
to the Janney website. Over the
next five days we will even witness the first steps of construction, as
foundations will be poured for moving the JED and Music demoutables to the
field over spring break. The schedule and drawings for this work are on the front
doors, in the main office, and posted to the website.
One last reminder: we do have school on Friday - the
scheduled professional development day will be a regular school day for
students as we take the first step in making up February's snow days.
Have a phenomenal week Jaguars!
Sincerely,
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A Note from the PTA Co-Presidents
Well, we are entering the final stretch of the school year,
with Spring Break almost upon us. There are still quite a few events
coming up, including Janney's Wild! on April 16th, Spring Picnic on May 21st,
the Spring Plant Sale, and much more.
We owe an enormous thank you to Jenny Craig, Marjie Thompson-Longshore, Mary O'Lone, Tracy Scarrow, Theresa Wiegmann, Karen Martin, Stacey Marien, and Amanda Barlow who planned
and ran the Used Book Sale this past weekend. Not only did the event raise
$1,600 (through sale of books and baked goods), but we also identified hundred
of books for the Janney Library, and will be donating hundreds of books to the
Webb-Wheatley school library and the MLK main DC library downtown. Thank you too to Anne Prince and Kim Curtis who led the bake sale effort.
We also had a very successful open house last Friday, and we appreciate
everyone's support and assistance.
Tickets will be available for Janney's Wild! soon, so please make sure you have
your babysitters lined up. This year's Janney's Wild! will be on the Potomac
River in Georgetown at the architecturally stunning House of Sweden. Make
sure you join us for a great night of casino gaming, silent and live auctions,
music and dancing, and drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
Thanks very much to everyone for making Janney a great community.
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Thanks for Making the Used Book
and Bake Sale A Success!
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Many thanks to all of you for your donations of books and baked goods. With your help, we:
- Raised more than $1,600 for the PTA.
- Provided more than 600 books to the Janney library (value of $3,000+). By sorting donations before the sale, we tripled the size of the pre-reader collection and doubled the Star Wars collection.
- Provided more than 100 books to Deal Middle School (value of $1,000+).
- Donated approximately 400 children's books to Webb-Wheatley Elementary school .
- Donated two minivans-full of leftover books to the DC Public Library.
- Cleared out your bookshelves and helped restock them with "new" books!
There are many people who made this event happen. A special thanks for those who helped to organize and run the sale: Marjie Thompson-Longshore, Mary O'Lone, Tracy Scarrow, Theresa Wiegmann, Stacey Marien, Karen Martin, Kim Curtis, and Amanda Barlow. Thanks
also go out to Anne Prince and Kim Curtis who, with the help of Brownie
Troop 2625 and Daisy Troop 949, made the bake sale a delicious addition
to the day. We are also grateful for the many volunteers who helped set up and work at the sale: Nicky Goren, Samine Irigoien, Dianne Bock, Valerie Alten, Angela Johnson, Samar Burney, Lisa Wackler, Julie Slattery, Melissa
Fossberg, Pippa Trench, Michelle Brotzman, Mike Lee, David Easler, Monica Sarmiento, and Allison Scuriatti. And thanks to Mr. Adams, Ms. Sell, Ms. Kerwin and Glen Sitney and others at JED for helping out, too!
-- Jenny Craig
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Do You Have Spring Fever? Are You
Ready for Spring Planting?
Support Janney
while sprucing up your garden by purchasing your flowers this year from
the Janney Flower Sale! You can choose from impatiens, begonias,
marigolds and petunias!
Tell your neighbors, friends, and
family members....anyone can place an order. Flats are $23. Extra
order forms can be picked up in the front office
in the bin marked "Flower Sale." Orders must be received and paid for
by April 12th. Flowers will be available for pick-up on the
green top on May 1 between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm. Contact Sam Corrigan, scorrigan4@gmail.com or Kelly Lee, kellyoblee@gmail.com with any questions or if you need an order form emailed to you! |
Save the Date: April 16 is Janney's Wild!
Janney's Wild is coming. What!! You haven't put it in your calendar yet? On April 16, please plan to join your fellow Janney parents at the House of Sweden
in Georgetown for a fun-filled night of good company, good food, great
music, fabulous Vegas style gaming, and "I must have it" auction items. All proceeds go to the Janney PTA and help pay for PTA-sponsored
expenses such as books, supplemental staff, field trips, guest
performers, musical programs, and school technical support.
Stay tuned for more information. To help plan the event contact Dainne Bock at dibock@starpower.net.
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Attendance and Tardiness
A reminder to all families: please call in before 9:00 am if your child
is ill. Send a note upon returning to school indicating the reason for
the absence. Absences are excused for illness, medical treatment or
emergency, death of a member of the family, court appearances if a
child is required to attend, and religious holidays. If a child is ill
for more than three (3) days, a physician's note is needed clearing
your child to return to school. Absences due to travel have to be
submitted to the principal, in writing, prior to the travel for
approval. Any unapproved absences will result in an unexcused absence. Ten (10) unexcused absences
can result in a referral to Child and Family Services. Fifteen (15)
absences can result in a referral to court for educational
neglect. We thank all of our families for their support as we work to
adhere to the DCPS attendance policy and to maximize our students'
learning time.
Also, please make sure to get your child to
school on time. School starts with the Jamboree at 8:40 am. Students
are late when they arrive after 8:50 am. Help your child develop the
good habit of arriving to school on time so they can settle in with
their class. It is an important for their academic life and it becomes
increasingly more important as they grow. Thank you again for your
support in making the effort to get your child to school on time.
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Notice: Construction on the Field
You will notice this week that the Albemarle side of the Janney field will
be fenced off. Construction crews will be building 2 concrete platforms
that will house 2 demountables during Phase I of the construction
project.
The music and JED/special education demountables will be moved onto
these platforms on the field over spring break. The construction crew will
also build pathways to and from these demountables to the eastern door of the Janney building.
To view a picture of the demountable moving plan, visit the home page of
the Janney website and scroll down to "Janney Addition and Modernization and Related Project News."
There you will also find a brief description of Phases I and II of the
project for those of you who could not attend the PTA meeting last week.
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Subscribe to the Janney Parents Listserv
The PTA Newsletter focuses on events and activities directly relating to Janney students and/or on Janney grounds. If you want to find out more about after-school options, summer camps, events in the neighborhood, or other items of interest to parents, please join the Janney Parents listserv. To subscribe, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janneyelementary/
and click on Join Group!
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 Safety Patrol Tip of the Week
Remember to check radiator hoses for cracks and leaks, and check
your fan belts for cracks.
--Tana Palomino, 2nd Lieutenant
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Do you shop through Amazon? Earn money for Janney by clicking on this link or starting your search in the Amazon Search box on the Janney Homepage. Janney will earn up to 6 percent of your order every time you begin your search on the Janney site. Just think, no additional
cost to you, lots of additional funds for Janney.
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Contributing to the E-Newsletter
All submissions to the PTA newsletter should be emailed to Janneynewsletter@yahoo.com.
The deadline for submissions is Friday at 3:15 pm. Because the
newsletter is reviewed by several individuals before distribution, we
must adhere to this deadline.
Material in the newsletter must be:
1) For the benefit of Janney students;
2)
Related to activities or programs that take place on Janney school
grounds, or for specific Janney-sponsored events or programs;
3) From and for not-for-profit organizations (unless #1 and #2 above are satisfied, and approved by both PTA presidents); and
4) Submitted by an official representative of the organization or program referenced.
Inclusion
in the newsletter is at the discretion of the newsletter editors, the
PTA presidents, and the principal. Please include all text in the body
of the 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).
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 Friday deadline for each week.
Please note there
is no longer a box in the Janney office where hard copy newsletter
submissions can be turned in. Prepared fliers to be included in the
Take Home Tuesday envelope should be turned into the school office by
COB Monday.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The Editors
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