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MESSAGE from MS. AGNA NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER DEADLINE Tuesday, December 19! Newsletter Will Be Published on Thursday, Dec 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. 15 December 15, 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 MESSAGE FROM MS. AGNA NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER DEADLINE Tuesday, December 19! Newsletter will be published on Thursday, Dec. 21, the last day of school before the holiday break. DISTRICT BUDGET SURVEY Next week the Superintendent, John Provost, will place a link to the District Budget Survey on the Northampton Public Schools website and asks that families complete it. As soon as there is a link to the survey, I will email it to all as well as do a “robo” call with the information. It is very important that families weigh in on the process of determining where funds are allocated and how we develop our priorities for next year’s budget – please consider filling it out! If you do not have Internet access or a computer, we will invite you to complete the survey at school – stay tuned for details! MILK FUND As some of you know, the sale of milk in the cafeteria is separate from the hot lunch service. ALL students have to pay for milk – whether or not they are eligible for free/reduced lunch. Students who want to purchase just milk need to use their lunch cards and can be denied a carton of milk if they do not have money in their School Bucks account. We, the schools’ principals, staff/faculty and families are concerned about this situation and have been offered a solution. The PTOs can donate to a common milk account and each school will have a special MILK CARD that can be swiped whenever a student wants milk and does not have the funds available on their card. At last night’s PTO meeting, our wonderful PTO approved a donation to this fund of $100 out of the PTO’s general funds. If you want to, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the JSS PTO, writing “MILK FUND” in the memo line. This way we can keep this fund “topped up”. THANK YOU, dear PTO and all who donate! MS. ALLESSI’S WEBSITE Thanks much to Ms. Allessi, our Tiered Support Specialist and yoga teacher, for teaching us all to be mindful and regulated and calm. She has added another resource to her work at JSS by the following website – check it out!! https://sites.google.com/northampton-k12.us/mindfulnessatjss ARTICLE I’ve included another article at the end of newsletter entitled that I think has great relevance to us all, for the children: 2x10 Strategy STATE REPORT CARD Included in the envelopes for grades 1-5 report cards that will be sent home with students next Thursday, Dec. 21, there will also be a “Right To Know” letter from me, accompanied by the MA. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Report Card. We will send copies home in backpacks for Kindergarten families since your report card does not go home until next month. Please check this out and if you have any questions, I am happy to (try to!) answer them! Here is a link to the DESE Report Card. It will also be on the NPS website next month. http://www.northamptonschools.org/2017/12/13/jackson-street-school-report-card-2017/ HOLIDAY GIVING/RECEIVING/GIVING TREE THE GIVING TREE EXPRESS WILL BE RUNNING NEXT WEEK! Classes are taking turns traveling around the school, picking up donations to the tree – please help your child, if possible, bring in donations! All go to the Northampton Survival Center. We need a volunteer – or volunteers to take the items to the Northampton Survival Center NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20!! Please email me if you can help! [email protected]. The Giving Tree will be up through January! Please continue to send/bring in hats, scarves, mittens, gloves and canned/boxed goods for under the tree! FLORENCE SAVINGS BANK COMMUNITY CHOICE AWARDS If you (or ANY of your family members) have a Florence Bank checking and/or savings account, please consider voting for the JSS PTO for the Community Choice Awards. Over the past few years, the JSS PTO has been granted over $2,000 each year and we have come to count on it! There are ballots in all the Florence Bank branches, in our school office and online at https://www.florencebank.com/vote. Willow Whispers In the CODE OF CONDUCT MEETINGS for Kindergarten and 1st grade last month, I read the picture book, “Willow Whispers” and facilitated a discussion amongst the students about how to be “heard”. Sometimes it has to do with low voice volume, sometimes it’s because of shyness and conversely, how to be heard if students use a LOUD voice and are sometimes “stepping on others’ words” because they have so much to say. I told a little Ms. Agna Story about how I was a very shy little girl in school and teachers often expressed concern to my parents about this. I shared that my parents were able to reassure my teachers that I did have a strong voice at home and did not let anyone “step” on my words or any other part of me! They and my teachers helped me get a “voice” at school, and then in life. I hoped that, by telling the story and reading the picture book about Willow, who had trouble being heard, we all would be careful to LISTEN to and respect one another for who they are and what they bring to our community. We, as the educators, are constantly reminding ourselves about recognizing the many dif- ferences in our classrooms and in our schools – cultural, socio-economically, linguistically and personalities/temperaments – making sure all voices are heard at our table. I will bring this topic to our Code of Conduct meetings for grades 2-5 in January. And I’m always happy to speak with families about this – and any other topic! WORDS OF PRAISE I share the following words, written by visiting administrators from Fort Hill/Smith Campus School, after they toured our school: The climate and warmth of the school, the beautiful and clean spaces, the playground and greenhouse, the displays of children’s work (the art teacher is amazing), the empowerment of and respect for children, the staffing ratios, the engagement of the children in the classroom, the clear and visible messages about the community, kindness, sharing, social emotion development, diversity, etc., the extra programs (we saw Mary Cowhey’s Tuesday morning Math Club, which was amazing), the professional development for teachers, the parent events, the volunteers and student teachers.......We literally walked away with an entirely new image of the local public schools. JSS may be an exception among the local public schools, but it is a powerful example. I thank you all so very much for your part in making our school the wonderful learning place that it is. And I know you join me in thank- ing all the staff and faculty here for their exceptional work for the children! With great respect, Gwen Agna FINAL FREE YOGA FOR JSS FAMILIES – TONIGHT, FRIDAY, DEC. 15 at 4:00 AT KARUNA Our own wonderful Rebeca Allessi is providing FREE yoga instruction for members of the JSS community! Classes are at Karuna Center for Yoga and the Healing Arts (25 Main St., 3rd floor, above Fitzwilly’s, in downtown Northampton). On Fridays, December 8 and 15 from 4:00 to 5:00, all families are welcome to come for NO CHARGE, thanks to the generosity of Ms. Allessi, Karuna and the JSS PTO. Classes are open to everyone. You do not need to bring anything. Just wear comfortable clothes and be ready to breathe, stretch and GO GREEN. PARENTS NIGHT OUT – HOLA REQUEST! TONIGHT! Empty gift-wrap tubes are needed for an HOLA class. If you have any could you please bring them to the office by Wednesday? Just a reminder that we are having Parents Night Out this Friday, Dec. 15 from 5:30 to 8:30 at JSS! Details are in Thank you the attached flyer. This is a night of fun for kids, while their parents get PTO NEWS some time out, and the proceeds go to scholarships for Nature’s SEASON OF GIVING BOOK DRIVE! Classroom for next fall. Fourth grade families are volunteering (thank you!) to provide this fun night and raise money for this We are so excited to see our library renovation finally coming to frui- wonderful 5th grade experience. tion starting in February with the addition of a new floor. Family members, teachers, and staff have been working for months and months on a plan We are planning to show The Emoji Movie. that will ensure the JSS library truly functions as the heart of our school. - Scholarships are available - Just like the physical space, our collection of books is old and in need Please let us know if your child is planning to come so of updating.
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