Janney School Calendar:
- August 15 - Class lists posted at Janney
- August 21 - PreK/Kindergarten Orientation (sign up for time
slots in the Janney office beginning Thursday 8/14)
- August 22 - 5-7pm - All School Playdate on the Janney Playground
- August 23 - 8am-1pm - Janney Spruce Up Day
- August 25 - First day of school (doors open at 8:40am; instructional day is 8:45am-3:15pm)
- September 5 - 6-8pm - Fall Picnic
- September 9 - 7:30pm - First PTA Meeting
- September 25 - 7pm - Back to School Night
- November 14 - 7pm - “Janney’s Wild” Fundraiser
2008-2009 PTA and School Improvement Team Members
2008-2009 PTA Executive Board:
Co-Presidents: Rennie Anderson
and Lucy Smiles
Co-Presidents Elect: Scott Cheney
and Jonathon McHugh
Co-Treasuers: Gerry Gretschel
and Dan Rosenthal
Co-Secretaries: Elizabeth Levenson
and Sharon Masling
2007-08 PTA Presidents: Karen Kalat
and Sczerina Perot
To read the NEW 2008 PTA By-laws, click here. To read the proposed 2008-2009 PTA budget (updated May 20), click here.
2008-2009 Parent Representatives on the SIT are: Kirk Rankin (chair), Allison Feeney, Karen Martin, Jane Varner Malhotra, Cheryl Ohlson and Andrew Smiles.
What is the Future of Fundraising at Janney?
Should the auction be retired? Are we ready for something other than wrapping paper? Was the item-driven raffle preferred over the cash prizes? These are questions that are being bantered across the benches at pickup time and on the playground, but what are the answers? If you have thoughts on these issues, please email Fundraising Chairs, Melissa Torgovitsky and Lisa Kennelly.
Email the Newsletter Editors at Janneynewsletter@yahoo.com to be included on the distribution list for the Janney PTA E-Newsletter
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New Principal Found!
Dr. Karen Crews will officially begin as Janney's new Principal on August 11. Principal Crews comes to Janney from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, MD where she served as Assistant Principal. To see Chancellor Rhee's official announcement or read more about Dr. Crews, click here.
Janney Elementary School
Janney's Comprehensive Assessment System Test Scores - The DC-CAS results are in and Janney went up in all areas and with all sub-groups. Reading scores went from 83.4% to 87.8%. Math scores went from 80.6% to 88.98%. Janney was the third highest school in the city in reading scores (behind Mann and Lafayette) and second in math (behind Key). Congratulations to students, teachers, parents and those involved in the tutoring program!
Janney School Improvement Team's response to the Mayor's Plans for Janney School/Tenley Library Development - At a press conference on July 10, 2008, Mayor Fenty announced the City's intention to move forward with a public-private partnership for the Janney Elementary/Tenley Library site. The Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) indicated that the proposed mixed-use development will include the Tenley library and the space above the Tenley library. Mayor Fenty promised that the new development would not result in a loss of net green space for Janney. Read more about the issue, the Mayor's plans, and the history of this issue by clicking here.
Read the newly elected 2008-2009 Janney SIT's July 2008 letter to the Mayor regarding this announcement by clicking here.
Karen Harris maintains the Janney website. To contact her, send email to
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