Counselor's Corner
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)- Grades 2-5:

Brochures concerning Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth are available from Mrs. Leventhal. Students who scored at or above the 97th percentile in the most recent nationally standardized aptitude or achievement test are eligible. Their percentile can be on one of the subtests for verbal or mathematics reasoning or on the total score. Registration for the talent search application can also be done online at www.cty.jhu.edu.

This is a fee based testing service to determine if your child qualifies for enrichment courses offered in suburban Washington or Baltimore locations. Financial aid is available. For parents who would like more information, contact Mrs. Leventhal.

Attendance and Tardiness:

Please review the following attendance and tardiness guidelines. School doors open at 8:35 a.m. Students are considered late for class when they are not in their classrooms by 8:45 a.m. Students are not to be in the building before 8:35 a.m. unless they are enrolled in a before school program such as band, safety patrol and JED or are having breakfast. Coming to school on time is crucial. Students that arrive late start their day behind and do not have a chance to settle in with their classmates before their learning day begins. It can leave them in a "catch up" mode for the rest of the day, not a good mode for learning. Please have your children arrive on time (at 8:35 a.m.) or arrive early and play on the playground before school with parental supervision.

When a student is absent, parent/s or guardian/s need to call the office to notify the school before 9 a.m with an explanation of the absence. If the school has not been notified, the parent/s will receive a phone call informing them of the student's absence. When a student returns to school, a written note explaining the absence is needed. Absences are excused for illness, family emergency, death in the family, and religious holidays. If a student is ill for three or more consecutive days, a note is needed from the child's doctor to clear the student to return to school Absences for special family events or holidays, need to be submitted in writing in advance and approved by the principal or else they are recorded as unexcused. Ten unexcused absences in a grading period requires a court referral. It is important to make every effort to help your child have good attendance and to arrive at school on time. Please call Mrs. Leventhal or the main office for any questions about attendance or tardiness at (202) 282-0110.

Parent Encouragement Program (PEP):

PEP offers classes on parenting throughout the year. Lectures and classes that are coming up include:

Hal Runkel who will give two talks in PEP's Noted Parenting Author Series: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7:30-9:00 pm, at Bullis School, and Wednesday, Nov. 9, 9:30-11:30 am, at the Women's Club of Chevy Chase.

Motivating Children to Do Their Best, Wednesday, 10/26/11, 7:30 - 9:30pm, Kensington

For more information about upcoming courses or classes, contact PEP at www.pepparent.org or (301) 929-8824

Nordic Food Day! Order Hot Lunch For Your Kids Tomorrow, Wednesday October 26th!

D.C. Public Schools is kicking off a new four-part initiative to expose students to international food and culture. Wednesday, Oct. 26, is Nordic Food Day. Janney (and all DCPS students) will be treated to authentic Nordic dishes, representing the countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The menu will include Swedish meatballs, Norwegian salmon, Finnish rye bread and Icelandic-inspired skyr, along with Danish-inspired open-faced sandwiches.

The purpose of Nordic Food Day is to expose students to new, nutritious and appetizing foods in school while encouraging them to recreate the recipes with their parents or guardians at home. A Nordic cookbook with easy recipes will be distributed to students on the day of the event.

Ask your kids about their experience on Wednesday! Ask if they can name a Nordic country! What was their favorite part of the meal?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Lucy Smiles
Janney Healthy Food Project Co-chairs

REMEMBER: Janney Politics and Prose Book Fair is This Weekend!

On October 29th and 30th, Politics and Prose will donate 20% of its sales to Janney. The event is an important fundraiser for Janney and a great opportunity to stock up for the holidays, fulfill teachers' classroom wish lists, and fill our new library's shelves. Those who donate to the library or a classroom will get to put a book plate in the front of the donated book - imagine your child's pride when they show their friends the books they donated!

Our principal, Norah Lycknell, will be reading at the store on Sunday at 1 pm.

Please spread the word to your friends and families, especially those outside the Janney community who might not otherwise hear of the event.

Also, if you are interested in volunteering at the book fair, please email

Lauren Case.

Fannie Mae Mini-walk for the Homeless Update

Our Mini-walk for the Homeless is coming up on Friday, November 4th. Thank you for signing and returning the registration forms. Every student will participate in this event. Students whose forms were turned in by the October 18th deadline will receive a t-shirt (if that was the preference expressed on the form) to wear on the day of our walk. Parents are welcome to walk with us.

Each student will have the opportunity to create a "Snack Pack" to be donated to Thrive DC (aka our "Soup Kitchen) immediately following the walk. Thrive DC will distribute the snack packs to their homeless clients. The following items are needed and can be sent to your child's classroom:

    Pre-k Meshberger: single-serve sized pretzel packs
    Pre-k Sherman: cereal bars
    Pre-k Varner: pre-packaged cheese filled sandwiches
    K-Gero: pre-packaged cheese filled sandwiches
    K-Hill: cereal bars
    K-Morgan-Williams: cereal bars
    K-Rockwell: pre-packaged cheese filled sandwiches
    1-Klane: single serve-sized pretzel packs
    1-Klein:single serve-sized pretzel packs
    1-McCrackin: granola bars
    1-Rutledge: granola bars
    All 2nd grade classes: single-serve sized pretzel packs
    All 3rd grade classes: cereal bars
    All 4th grade classes: granola bars
    All 5th grade classes: single-serve sized pretzel packs

Please contact Shana Zallman if you have any questions.

Five for the Janney Auction

Can you make 5 calls for the Janney Auction?

Can you spare just a few minutes of time to make 5 calls to local businesses to solicit donations for the Janney Auction? This is a small time commitment that would be a huge help! I will provide you with the names and contact information of the businesses, as well as a script you can use to make the pitch -- all you need to do is make the call.

If you can help, please contact Carola McGiffert.

Thank you!

Parent Coffee Socials are Underway

These gatherings are something new this year and the intent is purely social, a time for parents to connect with one another. We will hold a fall and a spring "coffee" for each grade. Grab a cup of joe, in the cafeteria, after morning drop off and say hello to your fellow class parents or arrange that playdate your child has been asking for!

The first will be held this week, Thursday, Oct. 27th for PreK parents and next week, Tuesday, Nov. 1st for K. The first grade coffee social is scheduled for Thursday, November 10th. We will publish the rest of the calendar when it is finalized.

Alisa Gogarty
Room Parent Coordinator

Attention Janney Parents
We Need Your Prom Pictures!

Janney Parents:

Time to rumage through that old trunk and dig out your high school prom pictures! As you may know, the theme of Janney Auction 2012 is 1980s prom -- and that means we need to know what you wore to that special dance (in whatever decade it took place). Scan your favorite prom pic and email it to me as soon as possible. Pictures will make a collage in the program. AND whoever can identify the most Janney parents in their prom dress/duds wins a prize!

Email pics to cmcgiffert@hotmail.com. And please, pick the cheesiest ones you can find!

Carola McGiffert and Katherine Martin

Auction 2012 Co-Chairs

JED Board Invites Janney Community to Submit Board Nominations by November 2 and Vote in November 15 Election.

Janney Extended Day will hold elections for four Board vacancies (including Treasurer) on November 15. Anyone in the Janney community is eligible to volunteer for the JED Board and vote in the election. The Board oversees JED's policy and financial functions and has eight members who serve two-year terms. Members meet once per month and spend 3-6 hours per month on Board activities. Please consider nominating yourself or a fellow Janney community member by November 2.

For more information visit click here or contact Ross Brennan

NoteBUSTER Fall Performance

A Rockin' Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 22, @ 7:30

Deal Middle School

Bring family and friends to start your holiday spirit!

JANNEY MUSICAL
Attention 4th and 5th Graders

This year our 4th and 5th graders will be telling the tale of the Princess and the Pea in the show Once Upon a Mattress. So save the dates - February 24-25, 2012 - and save your Halloween costumes for kings, queens, knights, princesses, wizards and jesters! Auditions will be on November 28th and 29th after school. In a few weeks, students will come home with information sheets about the show and parent volunteer forms to help with the production. Looking forward to another fun show!
Ginny Curtin

Janney Directories are Here!

The Janney Directory is hot off the presses and ready to go to work for booking playdates, recruiting volunteers, and otherwise being generally useful in your lives. You should have received your copy (plus any extra(s) you ordered) in last week's Take Home Tuesday packet of your oldest/only Janney child. Please check your listing carefully and send us any changes/corrections as soon as possible so we can print a correction sheet in the next few weeks. Also, extra copies of the directory -- which come in very handy for the car, office, etc. -- are available for purchase for $10 each. We'll be setting up at pick up/drop off as often as we can (weather permitting) this week. Please bring exact change or a check to "Janney PTA."
Finally, congratulations to Bruno Mila, whose drawing of the new Janney atrium is on the cover of this year's directory, as well as all of the student artists who submitted the pieces you will enjoy throughout the book.

Contact Rennie Anderson with questions.

Safety Patrol Tip of the Week

Parents, please do not double park a vehicle in a school zone.

Jeremy Rubin-Thomas, Lieutenant

Janney Shopping at Amazon!

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, for publication the following Tuesday. 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 you wish to run a notice for more than one week, please indicate the dates when the notice should 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!

The Editors:

Alisa Gogarty
Kristi Gunster
Vivienne Azarcon
Jenn Reid