A Note from the PTA Presidents

Dear Janney Families,

We hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend. First off, thanks to all of you for shopping at Whole Foods last week. Your generosity paid off - Whole Foods is donating $6,800 to Janney!

And a special thank-you to Anne Prince & Kate Laguarda for making this day
such a whopping success. Also a huge thank-you to the many volunteers who
handed out fliers, sold cookbooks and shopped. These proceeds will support
Janney's new garden and outdoor play space.

Join us tonight for our first Community/PTA meeting at 7:30 pm in the
cafeteria. Babysitting is provided and the agenda is below:

1) Opening by PTA Presidents and Principal - goals for the year and
explaining the new meeting format;

2) Split into two groups (parents choose which group they will attend):

- Creative Curriculum Overview by Christopher/Overview of What Parents Should Look For in a PreK program by Cheryl Ohlson/Q&A with the PreK team

- ANET Overview by Amrutha/Why We Assess Students by Linda Sell/Q&A with the Third Grade team

3) Return to Whole Group for Overview

4) PTA Business

Don't forget the Room Parent Orientation at 6:45pm (babysitting will be available for this meeting as well).

Thanks - look forward to seeing you!

Kelly Lee and Julie Slattery

Calling All Room Parents!

Room Parent Orientation

If you are a room parent for your child's class, please come to the Room Parent Orientation tonight at 6:45pm in the cafeteria. There are several new things we will be discussing! Please contact me if you have any questions, or if you cannot make the meeting but are still interested.

Alisa Gogarty
Room Parent Coordinator

Thank you for Supporting Janney at the Whole Foods 5% Day

Many, many thanks to everyone who turned out to shop at Whole Foods on Janney's 5% Day. Thanks to the constant stream of Janney families, friends, and neighbors arriving at the store, and the full shopping carts leaving the store, the day raised $6,800 for Janney's new gardens and outdoor play areas. Thank you for everything you did to get the word out and to work a special shopping trip into your own busy schedules.

Many thanks as well to the volunteers who turned out in force to promote the 5% Day and sell cookbooks at the store:

Jennie Bonney, Fran Brennan, Sally Buzbee, Kim Curtis, Emily Gustafsson, Marie Koczela, Katharine Landfield, Carola McGiffert, Zoryana Morhun, Amanda Orr, Roslyn Polk, Elizabeth Rankin, Diane Schiff, Lucy Smiles, Amy Thompson, and Lorette Voglmayr. And finally, thanks to the Janney students and alumni who did a fabulous job handing out flyers and wearing those sandwich boards: Emma Buzbee, Meg Buzbee, Pablo Laguarda, Brendan Landy, Jamie Landy, Charlie Price, Bennie Thompson, Charlie Thompson, and Alexander Voglmayr (our apologies if we've missed anyone else). You guys were great!

Kate Laguarda & Anne Prince

Join the Healthy Food Project Committee

Happy New School Year Janney Jaguars!

This year we on the Janney Healthy Food Project hope to continue to encourage, inspire and educate Janney students, their families, and staff about healthy food choices. If you are interested in participating in the committee this year, parents and staff please join us for the first meeting:

Monday, Sept. 12th at 8:30 pm

4811 Butterworth Place

RSVP: lucysmiles99@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Lucy Roberts Smiles and Emily Gustafsson-Wright
Co-Chairs of the Healthy Food Project

What's on Display?
New Display Cases Now Available

Thanks to our wonderful renovation the display case has a new look! We now have a built-in display area behind glass shelves near the front entrance to the multipurpose room. For those new to Janney, the Janney Display Case is a long-standing tradition that allows students to showcase their various collections. We have had great displays of rocks, baseball cards, snow globes, Lego creations, stuffed animals and whatever else creative imaginations collect! Students must include a short explanation as to why their collection is significant to them. Hopefully this explanation will help others better appreciate the display. Please note, the display contents in no way carry any official endorsement from DCPS.

If your child would like to put a special collection or item on display, please complete the form near the case or email janneydisplay@aol.com with your child's name, class, and a short statement as to why the collection is special to your child. Thanks for sharing.

Soup Kitchen News

Janney will once again be delivering food to the soup kitchen (Thrive DC) once a month for the school year. There will be a sign-up poster in the main hallway starting this week. If you can bring food please sign up for as much as you are able to do. The sign-up poster will be up until some time after the back-to-school night. If you are new to Janney and want to know more about the soup kitchen feel free to call Camille Martone at 362-7555. More information will follow in an upcoming newsletter. Thanks for your generosity.

Camille Martone and Jennie Bonney

A Rockin' Thanksgiving
Notebusters Fall Session Begins

The fall noteBUSTER session begins Tuesday, September 13, after school in the music room with a final performance on Tuesday, November 22, at Deal Middle School, 7:00 pm. Family and friends are invited.

Visit www.notebusters.org to see the line up of songs for the fall session.

Run the Janney 5K

Get your running shoes on and start training for the Janney 5K and Fun Run on Saturday, October 15th (5K at 9am; Fun Run immediately after 5K finish, approximately 10am).

The course is located within AU Park with start and finish on the school grounds. T-shirt and goodie bag guaranteed to all pre-registered 5K and fun run participants- so sign up early! Race day applications will be available in "take home Tuesday" packets. Please drop off the form in the office or simply sign up online through our website at: Janney5k.com . If you are interested in helping out with the race, please email Jeff Davis. If you are interested in being a race sponsor or know of anyone interested in supporting the race, click here .

The PTA (Still) Needs You!!!

We continue to look for additional volunteers to co-chair or chair the following committees:

1. Parent Chair for International Night (will coordinate with club organizer Sheri Williams)
2. Co-Chair Staff Appreciation
3. Parent Chair to work with Lost & Found Club
4. Parent Liaison for 4th & 5th Grade Musical (work with Musical Director Ginny Curtin)
5. Parent Chair to work with Staff Reading Specialist for Read Across America
6. Chair- Sell remaining copies of Let's Eat In, the Janney cookbook

If interested please contact Julie Slattery or Kelly Lee

Help Janney by Saving Box Tops for Education

Ever notice those pink "Box Tops for Education" labels on groceries like Cheerios, Ziploc, Hefty, Pillsbury and other brands? Please cut them out and save for Janney. Each label is worth 10 cents PLUS contributions are matched by Susan Jaquet, a local realtor. Last year all those little pink labels earned Janney almost $1,000! When you get a stack, put them in a bag or envelope and drop them in the pink "Box Tops for Education" bin near the Janney front door.

A few tips:
- Trim the Box Tops before you submit them (your kids can help!).
- Be sure each Box Top shows a valid expiration date.

Safety Patrol Tip of the Week
School's Open - Drive Safely
Crossing cartoon

Slow down in or near school and residential areas.

-Anna Katzive, Safety Patroller

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 additionalcost to you, lots of additional funds for Janney.

Quick Links

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Alice Deal JHS PTA

Contributing to the E-Newsletter

All submissions to the PTA newsletter should be emailed to us at:

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 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

Vivienne Azarcon
Alisa Gogarty

Kristi Gunster

Jennifer Reid