Janney PTA Newsletter
November 1, 2011
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Wed, Nov 2 JED Board Nominations Due
Fri, Nov 4, 9:30am Mini Walk for Homeless
Wed, Nov 9, 7:30 pm PTA Meeting
Thurs, Nov 10, 9-9:30am 1st Grade Coffee Social, Cafeteria
Fri, Nov 11 NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY
Tues-Wed, Nov 15-16 ANET Testing 3rd-5th Grades
Tues, Nov 15, 5 pm Potomac Pizza night
Thurs, Nov 17, 7:30 pm Parents Social at Guapos
Tues, Nov 22, 7:30 pm Notebusters Show (Deal Middle School)
Thurs-Fri, Nov 25-26 NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
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A Note from the PTA Presidents
Dear Janney Parents,
We hope everyone enjoyed the costume parade on the new turf field, especially the awesome Thriller rendition by the Janney teachers and staff. What talented dancers!!
Please join us next Wednesday night (the 9th) for our second PTA-Community meeting at 7:30 pm. Babysitting will be provided. We will hammer out PTA business off the top and then divide into groups to discuss the 4th and 5th grade reading and writing and math curriculum.
Special thanks to Alissa Lash, Jacquie Ehrlich, Lauren Case, Jen Del Guercio and their army of volunteers for another successful book fair at Politics and Prose. And a shout out to all teachers and staff who volunteered their time to read to the kids at the bookstore. A lot of fun on a rainy afternoon.
Lastly, thanks for the great turnout at the Book Fair! We are pleased to report the tremendous response. We surpassed our 2009 sales (last year's fair was competing with Jon Stewart's Rally) and bought over 700 titles, not counting any duplicates. Total Book Fair sales were $11, 575. All together we raised $2,295 for Janney, as well as added many new books to the library!
Thanks,
Kelly Lee and Julie Slattery
PTA Co-Presidents
kellyoblee@gmail.com
jslattery@bloomberg.net
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JED Board Nominations Still Open
The Janney Extended Day Board invites the Janney community to submit Board nominations by this Wednesday, November 2 and to vote in the November 15th election.
Elections for four Board vacancies (including Treasurer) will be held on November 15th. 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 http://janneyextendedday.com or contact Ross Brennan at brennan.ross@alum.colby.edu.
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Saturday Art Studio Starting This Week
Sign Up Now!
The Children's Art Studio will hold a class on Saturday mornings from 10 -12
November 5, 12, 19 and December 3, 10. (No class Thanksgving week).
The cost for all four classes, ten hours, is $270. Drop ins are welcome for $60 for each Saturday. This class is for children five years old and up. Our studio is located at 4723 Wisconsin Avenue.
We hope your child will join us!
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Share Your Passion
Calling Club Leaders!!
Do you have a skill or a hobby or a passion that you would love to share with kids? Please consider volunteering to lead a lunch-time club at Janney! Here is an opportunity to spend time doing your favorite hobby with a bunch of kids who share your interests, or to give kids a chance to experience something new!
The next session of clubs will start in January and club leaders are needed to make this program a success. Lunch time clubs meet once a week from 12-1 and include kids from a range of grades that you can specify. These clubs afford students the opportunity to participate in an activity that would otherwise not be part of the school day. Last year some of our most successful clubs were run or co-led by parents: robotics, art, romance languages, logic games and Rubik's cubes, and film making.
If you would like to run a club but are not sure on a theme, or would like to help out with an existing club, we would love to hear from you too! We have lots of ideas to inspire you!
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Book Fair for Deal Middle School
Support Deal - Shop at Politics & Prose Nov 5-6
Alice Deal Middle School will receive 20% of the price of all books purchased on those days by customers who present a book fair voucher at the register (vouchers will be available in the store).We will have lists of books requested by Deal teachers and staff that you can purchase and donate to the classrooms.Required reading lists will also be available.You can also purchase books to donate to the Alice Deal Media Center or get a head start on your holiday shopping.The fair runs Saturday, 9 am - 10 pm, and Sunday, 10 am - 8 pm.
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 Safety Patrol Tip of the Week
Slow down in or near school and residential areas.
Anna Katzive, Safety Patroller
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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! |
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
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