https://sites.google.com/a/northampton-k12.us/nps/our-schools/jackson-street-schoolNewsletter https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northampton-Public-Schools-Massachusetts/179921372117715 https://www.facebook.com/jacksonstreetpto http://www.jsspto.org/ You may also connect with us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/#!/NPSDistrict JSS Office 587-1510 Volume 22 No. 12 November 17, 2017 If you wish to have a copy of this letter written in Spanish, French or Arabic, please contact the school department at 587-1315. Si le gustaria esta carta en Espanol, es possible. Llama 413-587-1315. Si vous voulez une copie de cette lettre en Français, veuillez contacter le Département de .1315-587 يف ةسردملا ةرادإب لاصتالا ىجري ،ةيبرعلا ةغللاب ةبوتكم ةلاسرلا هذه نم ةخسن ىلع لوصحلا يف بغرت تنك اذإ .l’École 587-1315 “WE ARE THANKFUL FOR” Edition! In Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Ms. Jenny Jen Reed and Ms. Lily’s KDG Room Morvidelli’s K-101 the children 105 is thankful for… are thankful for... God, Allah, science, family, siblings, books, nature, love, parents, grand- parents, mommies, dogs and cats and fish, friends, helping, our blankies and My mom stuffies and plushies, sewing and knitting, horses, animals, our houses, our My bunnies beds, the big Y, food, cousins, toys, school!!! Our teachers, art, outer-space, My dad people everywhere, more love, playing, reading, the world, everyone in the whole entire universe!!! The earth
The earth Ms. Maria and Ms. PJ’s KDG Room 107 is feeling thankful for What I do Moms, family, pets and holidays, Horseys For our homes, food, and camping, The sky For the moon and the stars, My family Trees, water, thunder and electricity. The trees
Beds Ms. Carlton’s 1st grade classroom 102
My family We are thankful for: My great grandma staying healthy For the song we were just singing (“The My teacher, family and friends My parents & sister Earth is Our Mother”) Being artistic Trees For presents The slide at JSS The trees so we can breathe Thanksgiving Ice-skating and hockey My big sister Christmas The whole world The worms Food My school My friends All of the children and families in K101 The earth My friends, family and Family and friends Trees, milk and flowers teacher K-101 My mom My family The big playground and art class
My teacher
Trees Ms. Brown’s 1st grade classroom • My birthday, which is on Thanksgiving 103 Thankful Fors • My family, my old house in Amsterdam, and my car
• I’m thankful for peace • Ms. Bates, Ms. Comeau, my friends, and Saudi Arabia
• The people helping in Puerto Rico • Love and the Statue of Liberty
• People helping me • My family, my friends, and my teacher
• When people are nice • Ms. Bates and Ms. Comeau and guinea pigs and doodling • Having a family and black people being able to vote
• Friends • My sister, my family, my puppy, my birthday, and the earth
• Nature • My family, Mother Nature, and my Great Grannie who is 100!
• My house and my family • My health and my friends, especially my friends in Room 104
• My friends • My family, the JSS community, our school garden, and the wonderful children in Room 104! • My mom and dad and brother and sister
• My house In Ms. Walmsley’s 2nd grade classroom 113 we are thankful for... • Having money I am thankful for nature and life. • My family I’m thankful for my eyes. • My ukulele I am thankful for my family, my property, my pets, my friends, • My friends my school and my health. • Grandpa Ted I am thankful for love and dogs. • Smiles I am thankful for reading and writing. • The world I am thankful for family, Eliza, and my pets. I am so very thankful for Ms. Jen, Ms. Brown, and the I am thankful for a roof and my family. entire Jackson Street School community for welcoming me with such generosity and kindness. I am thankful for food.
I feel so blessed to be doing my student teaching with I am thankful for reading class. so many amazing educators! I’m thankful for my friends and family.
With tremendous gratitude, Laura Battles (student I am thankful for Legos and wall ball. teacher) I am thankful for Lyla, my dog, my family, and animals.
Ms. Bates’ 1st grade classroom I am thankful for my family and cousin. 104 - We are thankful for . . . I am thankful for my family, and friends, and for our good food. • My family I am thankful for family, food, animals, life, water, doctors, • My family and the earth and friends.
• Me and my family I’m thankful for music, singing, piano, school, food, family, • My family, my home, and my Daddy’s Grampie love, reading, friends and holidays.
• My grandfather I am thankful for the shelter and food that I have.
• My Pepe, my dad, my mom, my dog, and me! I am thankful for reading and drawing.
• Cats and guinea pigs I am thankful for animals and plants.
• My stuffed animals I am thankful for mom, dad, brother, dog, and cat.
• Myself and my rescue dog I am thankful for my wife, my children, and JSS.
• My dad and my mom and my brother
• My mom taking care of my baby sister, and for God
• My family and my friends and Ms. Comeau and Ms. Bates Ms. McCue’s 2nd grade class Room My cat Phoebe, my cat Nora, my pug Jasper, and my pug Linnea. 115 is thankful for: I am grateful for the beach.
Our families and wonderful friends, life, my treehouse, I am grateful for JSS. my dog, my cat Cas, having friends and being in this school, I am thankful for family. Ms. Agna, Ms. McCue, Ms. Lantz, my aunt, Jackson Street!, soccer, ice cream, all the animals that we learn about, how I am thankful for my house, my family, and gymnastics. much I have learned about dolphins, my house, games, food, I am thankful for Christmas. our fine fine JSS school community, kindness, and generosity. I am thankful for JSS and God.
Ms. Smith’s 2nd Grade classroom I am thankful for my family. 116. We are thankful for… I am thankful for family and friends. -Books, my family, my blanket, my cat, I am thankful for my cousin Nikki. -Star Wars I am grateful for my family and friends and pets. -Life, people, love, peace, everything I am grateful for my family, my school, and gymnastics. -Cousins, my mom, dad, and brother I am grateful for my family, friends, and teammates. -My life, family, friends, entertainment I am grateful for my two wonderful homes. -Family and my classroom I am thankful for the basketball tickets my grandpa gave me. -Family, my entertainment and my friends and Finley I am thankful for my family and my students! -My class, my teacher, my dog, my family, my house, health, my safety Ms. Cameron’s and Ms. Flinker’s 3rd grade -My bed, my house, my restaurant, my mom, my classroom 208 Cats friends, my food, my dad, my teacher We are thankful for... JSS -Family, my home, my friends, my dog, my Puppies Earth community, and for love Reading books Playing on the -Friends and family Family playground -Family, my school, and my friends Friends Food -Family, my friends, the I eat, my house, my bed, Sisters Brothers my cousin Dogs And life -My house, my school, my food, family and friends -My cat, my family, food, water, safety, my school The students and teachers in Ms. Gerould’s (teachers too), friends 3rd grade room 209 are thankful for... -Family, my friends, my gerbils, and the food I eat The world and love Mythology Being able to have really -My family good friends Rollercoasters
-Bees, clean water, kittens, farmers, teachers, Cheese Sports friends, love The school Erasers, graphite and ink
Mrs. Cora’s 3rd grade classroom Books Gravity
207 Thankful Fors Family and friends The lights going out! I am thankful for being alive. Human beings Being able to teach in Technology. Room 209 Gymnastics I am thankful for my brother, my cats, my dad, my So many wonderful students! My teacher mom, my cousins, my relatives, and my house. The teachers and Ms. Agna JSS. Being in class with Ms. Gerould and Ms. Schwarz I am grateful for my family and my pets. Ms. Schwarz being our student teacher I am grateful for having parents. Ms. Mokerzecki’s 4th grade Ms. Bredin’s 4th grade class- Thankful Fors classroom 202 is thankful for... from Room 204 Family -I am thankful for this school because it is a fine, fine school.
Teachers -I am thankful for my puppy and Mindcraft because they are my life.
School Home -I am thankful for my house, my family and baseball and every nice person on planet Earth! Dogs The Earth -I am thankful for my family and friends who give me everything Food Clothes I need! Nature Facilities -I am thankful for health because I could be sick and have a chance Friends Life of dying, and school because I would not know a thing and not go to college and have a job. Uncles and Aunts -I am thankful for my house and food and my whole family and a Parents safe community full of nice people. Grandmas and Grandpas -I am thankful for the sun because it provides heat to the world. Sushi It also helps seeds grow so we can have food.
Technology -I am thankful that I saw my dog’s spirit and that he said it is OK Science that he is dead. It made me happy and sad. -I am thankful for my friends, family, food, money, Moms, sitter, Mr. Strouse and Ms. Anderson’s Otis dog, education, MY life! 4th grade room 203 is thankful for: -I am thankful for being able to have such a great life with wonderful family and friends and such a fabulous school. My family, animals, books -I am thankful for God giving me life and such a good life on My family, my friends, my dogs Winnie and Cooper this planet Earth.
The world and everything in it -I am thankful for the family that gives me love and how they hold Family pets and video games me when I’m sad, how they respect my decisions and the things I do and how I do them. I am thankful for the home My family my friends and my dog Rosie that gives me shelter and the food that gives me health. My family Even though I might be somewhat different than some people, I’ll still let me be me! Life -I am thankful for schools because they benefit all our needs, My 7-month-old chinchilla! video games because they give you entertainment, trees I’m thankful for my friends because they give you oxygen so we don’t die, books because I am thankful my family, friends and food. they are books, and TVs because they are fun!
I’m thankful for my family, video games, my friends, -I’m thankful for my health, healthy family, nice people to work toys, and many many more! with, awesome school, cool teacher and cool principal. I am glad I’m not majorly sick and I’m thankful that slavery has My grandpa, my friends, my family and my life not started again and that hopefully all of you are healthy!
Good books -I am thankful for clothes to keep me warm because many people My family and animals are left cold because they have no clothes.
I am thankful for my family, pets, friends and the -I am thankful for food because some people cannot afford food outdoors and you could starve to death. I am also thankful for health because there are some people that get very bad and School they can’t afford to treat them. My wonderful pet Banjo -I am thankful for my friends and family and food and water. I’m so thankful for my family and my home -I’m thankful for being alive and that I have money for food and to My mom get stuff when I want to get it and go where I want and that I have nice shoes. Why? Because I would be poor and would not be here otherwise.
-I am thankful that I have a house to sleep in at night, food to eat. When it is cold at night in winter -I get in my warm house and I am thankful for my family, my house, oxygen, water, food, I get food to eat and I don’t starve! And I am thankful for my feminism and diversity. family that loves me, respects my decisions, supports me and I am thankful for my new house, and my parents jobs that has fun with me! allowed us to buy this house, for this wonderful weather and -I am thankful for my friends and family that keep a great teacher who encourages me to work as hard as I can, me going when I fall down. for my dogs and my amazing family to keep me busy and enter- tained and I am thankful for the food on my plate and all -I am so thankful for my inspiring students, their my parents do for me and my siblings. supportive families, and my amazing colleagues! I’m thankful for having a lovely family, a roof over my head, a Room 210 (Mr. Ames 5th Grade) is nice class and a great teacher. thankful for the following: I am thankful for my family, life, home, pets, cheese, art, I am thankful for my Friends, Jesus Christ, My food, friends, dogs, hair, sloths, animals and cuteness. Teachers, Happiness, Buddy (my doggy,) Books, I’m thankful for my education, my family, a roof over my Mr. Ames, My family and Plants. head, friends, life, not having to worry about everything, I’m thankful for my friends and family, food and being safe, getting respected, myself, being a part of this water, shelter, life, world, my imagination, food, swimming, school and the golden rule. Where I live and for a great community. I am thankful for my family, the roof over my head, the food I am thankful for my home, my family, food, my dog, on my plate, my dog who protects me and my teachers, past my self, cheese, clothes, life, basketball and and present. pumpkin pie. I am thankful for Lauren, August, Eve, Peter, Oliver, Henley, I’m thankful for my house, my mom and dad, Puff, Mrs. Agna, Mr. Chang, Mr. Slattery, Mrs. Rivera, yummy food that enters my belly and my friends. everyone who makes the JSS community so incredibly I’m thankful for my mom and dad and my friends unique and, most of all, my students (past, present and future). and family, the beautiful earth, that I feel supported no matter who I am or want to be, Mr. Chang and Ms. Raymer’s 5th grade that pandas are not extinct and for lights in the dark. classroom 211 Thankful Fors: I am thankful for food and water, my house and my I am thankful for my family. cat and for my friends. I am thankful for my life. I am thankful for dance, my family, my friends, my I am thankful for air. teachers, the roof over my head, the food on my plate, my health, the subjects I learn, the earth, I am thankful for my family, myself, my cat, and my plant. gymnastics, and being flexible in both ways. I am thankful for my turtle, myself, my dad (kind of), Netflix, I am thankful for my home, family, diversity, and my dog. courage, happiness and bravery. I am thankful for nature, turtles, family, myself, dance, I’m thankful for food and water, my houses and my soccer, friends, food, and diversity. family, my friends, my school and my teacher and I am thankful for being adopted, my dogs, food, and Christmas. for my health. I am thankful for my family, food, soccer, gymnastics, nature, I’m thankful for friends books, animals, and pets. I am thankful for my mom, dad, gramma, grandpa, I am thankful for my family, my life, school, and food. sisters, brother and books because the characters are sometimes understanding and similar to me. I am thankful for family, friends, TV, water, food, taxes, bananas, grannies, and fruit. I’m thankful for school, and family and everyone else. I’m thankful for food and water and a I am thankful for friends, time outside, the ability to stop and house above my head. I am thankful for family pause and be thankful and sweet moments with students. and all of the people in the world. I am thankful I am thankful for basketball and my pets. for life, freedom, and happiness. I am thankful for YouTube, wifi, Hulu, electronics, cats, not I’m thankful for my friends and family and the being dead, and most animals. yummy food that enters my throat parts. I am thankful for creativity, my brain, my muscles, my heart, I’m thankful for my family, cuteness, my ears, food, my family and my teachers. Cece (My cat), my home, music and LIFE! I am thankful for food and having a roof over my head. Ms. Allessi, our Mindfulness teacher, is I am thankful for things. thankful for:
I am thankful for my family, food, most of my family I am grateful to be healthy and strong. is healthy. I am grateful to be safe.
I am thankful for my pets and my family. I am grateful to be happy.
I am thankful for friends. I am grateful to be living in this world peacefully and joyfully.
I am thankful for JSS. I am grateful for all the kindness that lives in every corner of the JSS community! Mr. Slattery’s 5th grade classroom 212 GRATITUDE FROM MS. AGNA I am thankful for my teacher and my education, my I am grateful for: family who loves me, and my friends who care • My family, including two daughters who are upstanding about me. citizens and kind and strong women, as well as my husband, I’m thankful for my circus coaches! Tom, who has taken to retirement like a duck to water.
I am thankful for my love and support, my family, the • My granddaughter, Esme, who wore red cowgirl boots as a food and water I get, my cats, my teacher, and flower girl in our daughter, Kate’s wedding. Esme told hand turkeys. me, “Nama, you need to get red cowgirl boots too, so we can I’m grateful for all the people supporting others who be twins. “I am grateful that she thinks I’m young enough or are in crisis. old enough to wear red cowgirl boots.
I’m thankful for my family and my friends, and also • Being the principal of a school that wants to mix-it-up nature and peace. every day – whose families and staff and students think that it’s a good idea to be with people who are different from them. I am grateful for my family for taking care of me and putting a roof over my head, and for supporting me. • The kindergartner who painted a rock for me and put “PP” on it for “Perfect Principal” to remind me that I am NOT a I am thankful for my teacher (Mr. Slattery), my home, perfect principal and that I always have much to learn and my school, my family, my friends, and India. ways to grow.
I am thankful for my gymnastics coaches because I • Our students, our families, our teachers, our ESPs, our would literally stink at gymnastics if it wasn’t for them. custodians, our secretary and administrative assistant, our I am thankful for my friends, mom and dad, and school. cafeteria workers who also know that they are not perfect but keep on trying and growing and learning. I am thankful for my family, pet dog, education, house, and friends. • That the words of Henry James – “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind; the second is to I am thankful for my five years in JSS Public School, be kind. And the third is to be kind” - is one of the rules of and my family. our school and is on our mural, our t-shirt, and on the minds I’m thankful for my family and friends, my pets, my of us all as we continue to learn and grow together. education, and for books. • Loving to love an amazing school like Jackson St. I am thankful for my family and having enough money With great respect and affection and BEST WISHES for a safe and to have food, water, a house, and the stuff we need. happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate!), I am thankful for my existence on this world, my education, and my friends and family. Gwen Agna I am thankful for the street I live on, my cat, and my chickens. 1st GRADE FAMILY DINNER! I am thankful for people in Puerto Rico who are alive, for people in my life, and for shelter. We’re so sorry we had to postpone the dinner this past week. We have rescheduled it – for a different date than what Ms. Agna said in her I am thankful for living in a place with a very robo call! It will be on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 from 5:30-7PM!! She accepting community. will do another robo call on Sunday, Nov. 26 to remind everyone! I am thankful for my biological AND chosen families; students who challenge, teach, support, love, and forgive; and for all of the upstanders. GIRLS ON THE RUN might need. Please bring donations to the box right outside the front office. Second Graders will deliver all the donations collected in November and CELEBRATORY 5K ON THIS December to the survival center. Thank you for your help! SUNDAY, NOV. 19 AT SMITH -JSS Second Grade COLLEGE. COME RUN WITH Hour of Code at Morning US - OR CHEER US ON! Math Club On this Sunday, Nov. 19 at 10:30 am (come a bit earlier!), please join us for our exciting Girls on the Run Celebration 5K Morning Math Club will kick off the global Hour of Code initiative at Smith College. on Tuesday, November 28 at 8am with our own Hour of Code at Morning Math Club. We will especially need older students and adult volunteers Hundreds will be running in a great, festive community to help our younger students who are new to coding. No experience nec- event - come run or support us! (All are welcome to participate essary (just reading!). For more info, contact Ms. Cowhey at mcowhey@ - kids, adults, boys, girls, men, women…) northampton-k12.us Girls on the Run is an after school program that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience- How Children Learn to Add: based curriculum which creatively integrates running. A Workshop for Parents/Guardians and Volunteers Girls on the Run has an active program at JSS, with an Wednesday November 29 5:30-7:00pm amazing group of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls (and one of their incredible coaches is JSS mom Jess Saalfield). Library, Jackson St. School Free childcare and pizza!
Their ten-week program culminates with a celebratory Please join us for a workshop led by Mary Cowhey, Title 1 math 5K run that brings together girls from elementary and middle teacher. We will explore the topic of Addition from kindergarten to grade schools throughout Western Massachusetts, along with coaches, 3, including: parents, and anyone who wants to run and support our girls. • how counting relates to adding It is going to be a great community event - please consider • how children learn “addition facts” coming to support us! • How to use powerful mental math strategies For more information please visit http://www.girlson- therunwesternma.org This hands-on workshop will let you try out games and other materials and give you ideas for observing and playing with the young Giving Tuesday is mathematicians in your life. Please RSVP to Ms. Cowhey by Monday, November 27 ([email protected]) so we know how much November 28 and Jackson pizza and childcare to have. Street’s PTO is gearing up to raise funds for our PTO NEWS school! Help Easily Raise $1,600 for Jackson Street School with Grocery Gift Cards! Jackson Street families will receive a letter and email on November 27 and 28. Any contributed amount will be warmly The gift cards cost & are worth their face value and are very easy to welcome and 100% of your gift will go to work--right away--in use. Buy as many as you want in $25, $50, or $100 increments. our school. The JSS PTO is once again doing a grocery gift card fundraiser – this Remember, the JSS PTO is the unbeatable partnership year at River Valley Co-op and Big Y. This is free money for Jackson Street between Jackson Street’s faculty, staff, and families—all acting School. Yes, free money! The JSS PTO gets between 6-10% from the grocery together to make sure that our amazing school has the resources store to support the school. Buy some for yourself - preferably before you it needs to foster the growth and development of our kids’ hit the store for all those yummy Thanksgiving dinner ingredients! Buy hearts, minds, and healthy bodies! some as gifts. Ask your family and friends too. To purchase your gift cards Second Grade Survival Drop by the JSS PTO table by the Gwen Agna Playground
Center Toiletries Drive this Friday, Nov 17, 2017 from 8:00-9:00am & 2:45-3:00pm The second grade classes are leading a drive to collect In addition we will be taking orders by email: Julie Harvey Park, toiletries for the Northampton Survival Center. Please consider [email protected] sending in toiletries such as shampoo/conditioner, lotion, toi- let paper, toothpaste/toothbrushes, soap, deodorant, q-tips, Payments can be made by cash or check (preferably) or credit card: mouthwash, dental floss, and other bathroom items that people • Checks should be made out to the “Jackson Street grocery store gift cards! The JSS PTO is working with River Valley Co-op, School PTO” with Grocery Card Fundraiser in the memo line Big Y, and Stop & Shop to sell gift cards. The JSS PTO buys bulk cards at a and placed in the PTO mailbox in the office or handed off to discounted price and sells them at face value in our community. Make sure Julie Harvey Park. to come prepared to school events where cards will be available. You can buy them in increments of $25, $50, and $100 for your family or as a gift and • Credit card payments can be made by clicking the ask friends and neighbors to buy them too. Also, you can help out by selling “Donate” button at the bottom of the PTO webpage (www. the cards at a JSS event, like a family dinner or assembly. Last year, buying jsspto.org). Forward your PayPal receipt to jacksonstreetpto@ groceries, alone, made $2,000 for JSS. These are the photos taken at Open House in October. If (Kids need to use a ballot, unless they have an email) your family did not get their photo taken that evening, please bring in a family photo to put up on the board - we would love #4 to have ALL JSS families represented! Join the JSS grant writing squad! Do you have a background in grant Copies of the photos are also coming home for your to writing or want to learn grant writing? The PTO would love to form a small keep. If your child does not bring theirs home in the next few working group of people interested in exploring grant opportunities for days, please come check the box of photos on the counter in JSS. Email Jo if you want to get involved ([email protected]) the office. Thanks! #5 NEEDED: JSS website wranglers! Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchases to Jackson Street School when you use this link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/04- 3062374. Our JSS website needs two people to help maintain it and ensure that it’s an abiding resource for the entire JSS #6 community!! Use your Target Card at https://rcam.target.com/ to donate 1% of Do you have some tech muscles you can flex? (Folks just your purchases to Jackson Street School, School ID # 59794. need some basic familiarity with computers.) #7 Can you help make sure the JSS website stays up to date? Use your Stop & Shop Card to donate to Jackson Street School, School This is a perfect and contained job for folks who have ID # 05379. Ask neighbors, co workers, friends & family to sign up at http:// a couple of hours each month to give and want to volunteer www.stopandshop.com/apl us/register-card/. from home! #8 We need you! Please email Pallavi ([email protected]) Collect Box Tops off many items you already buy! Ask neighbors, co or Jo ([email protected] to get involved. workers, friends and family to collect theirs too. Bring them to the office or your teacher. Visit www.boxtopsforeducation.com for more info. 9 AMAZING ways to help POWER Jackson Street School #9 Buy organic, fair trade and locally roasted coffee--every delicious cup #1 supports Jackson Street School (order form attached for your convenience) Help raise $10,000 on Giving Tuesday! We’re gearing up for an audacious fundraising push! Can we raise $10,000 on or before Nov. 28? Let’s say, “YES!” Email Jo or Alana if you want to help drive this forward (jo.comerford186@gmail. com / [email protected]). #2 Buy grocery store gift cards and/or volunteer to sell IN THE NEWS $ In the DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE – Mataya and Michael Bass-Byrne and their mom, Margaret Byrne were captured by a photographer examining a specimen in the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College. $ The front page of the Gazette had a photo of Nurse Rebecca, Ms. Agna and 4th grader Harleigh, travelling through the darkened hallways at JSS during our 2nd power outage this past week! MARK YOUR CALENDAR – We’re always adding new dates so keep checking. PLEASE check the Northampton Public Schools website for district calendar updates. Parents Hour in the Family Center every other Wed. from 9-10AM, beginning Wed. Sept. 6. Walking School Bus (Fall & Spring) – Ms. Agna alternates on Fridays around 8:10AM between the bike path (starting behind Stop and Shop) and Hampshire Heights, starting at the bottom of the hill near the CVS plaza. Wed. Nov. 22 Thanksgiving Break begins at 12:20PM Thurs. and Fri., Nov. 23 & 24 NO SCHOOL Tues. Nov. 28 Morning Math Club – HOUR OF CODE (see article above) 8AM RESCHEDULED 1st grade Family Dinner 5:30-7PM Wed. Nov. 29 WORKSHOP: How Children Learn to Add Thurs. Nov. 30 Kindergarten 2018-2019 Information Meeting 6:30PM at JSS Tues. Dec. 5 HOLA sessions begin Wed. Dec. 6 Teacher Work (Half) Day – dismissal at 12:20PM Fri. Dec. 22-Tues. Jan. 2 (first day back) NO SCHOOL – December Holiday Break Jan 18 Session 2 HOLA ends Thurs. Feb. 15 Kindergarten 2018-2019 Information Meeting 6:30PM at JFK Middle School Fri. Mar. 23 SWING INTO SPRING AUCTION!