JFK PTO Update – March 2, 2018
Important Dates:
March 6 - JFK MS PTO Meeting in the JFK Library
March 6 - Eighth Grade Parent/Guardian Info Session at
Northampton High School
March 11 - JFK Antique Show and Sale to benefit JFK
Afterschool Programs
March 14 - JFK Band Concert
March 16 - Half Day of School
March 23 - Sixth Grade Dance Save the Date
Will you join us at our next PTO Meeting? Tuesday, March 6
from 6-7:30pm
Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday, March 6 from 6-7:30pm in
the JFK Library. Future dates are April 3, May 1 and June 5. Help us plan for a
successful spring.
Parent/Guardian Info Session at Northampton High
School--March 6, 6:30pm
The 8th Grade Parent/Guardian Information Session
at Northampton High School is scheduled for next Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30pm in
the NHS auditorium.
Help! We Need Volunteers for the JFK Antique Show and Sale!
Sunday, March 11
JFK Afterschool Programs will hold our annual Antique Show
and Sale on Sunday, March 11 from 10am to 3pm. This is always a big fundraiser
for our program. We need bakers to donate
baked good and volunteers to work the bake sale and admissions table. So far no
one has volunteered! Students
are welcome to help alongside their parents. We also need parents who are
willing to serve as porters. Porters help antique dealers bring in their
merchandise and are needed from 2pm until 6pm on Saturday, March 10 and on
Sunday, March 11 at 3pm when all the dealers are loading to head home. Please
volunteer by emailing Peggy Clapp at pclapp@northampton-k12.us. Thanks for your
continuing help and support!
Women’s March’s Youth EMPOWER group national school
walkout--March 14
The Women’s March’s Youth EMPOWER group is planning a
national school walkout on Wednesday, March 14. Students at JFK Middle School and
Northampton High School have approached their administrators to discuss
participation in this event, and it is possible that some students at the
elementary schools will want to participate as well. For more information,
please see the superintendent’s letter regarding this event on the NPS website:
http://www.northamptonschools.org/2018/02/27/safety-caregivers-letter-superintendent/
JFK Yearbook On Sale
Order early! Yearbooks are $26 if ordered before March 31.
Yearbook prices increase to $28 on April 1. Send in cash or check made out to JFK
in an envelope with student name and homeroom number. Order online at www.coffeepond.com
Upcoming Community Events:
UMass's Mission: Improvable and NHS's Funktionlust--Tonight,
March 2
This lively, spontaneous and hilarious show will begin at
7pm and go until 8:30pm in Northampton High School's Auditorium. The cost is
$5. http://hamphigh-nhspto.org/index.php/2018/02/14/funktionlust-performs-with-umasss-missionimprovable/
Volunteers in Northampton Schools Annual Dog Show--Tomorrow,
March 3, 12pm
Join VINS for the 13th Annual Dog Show at Northampton High
School. Only the dogs pay for admission. Everyone else is free! There is food,
face painting, a country raffle, vendors telling or selling their services, and
so much more. https://sites.google.com/site/northamptonvins/events/vins-dog-show
Strengthening Families Program starting March 13
A FREE 7-week program for parents/caregivers and their 5-8th
grader(s). Next session starts Tuesdays, March 13-May 1, 2018 (skip 4/17).
White Brook Middle School, 200 Park Street, Easthampton. 5:30 free dinner, 6-8
pm program (parents and youth meet separately for part of the time). Register
for free at www.EasthamptonCoalition.org.
REAL (Racial Equity And Learning) Northampton--March 18 at
JFK
REAL Northampton invites you to a story sharing event on
Sunday, March 18 from 3pm to 5pm in the JFK Community Room. Come and build
community through sharing something about your experience of race and racism in
the Northampton Public School Community. Trained facilitators will create the
space for everyone who wants to share. Everybody is welcome – students
(6th grade and up), staff, teachers, caregivers and all identities. There will
be food and childcare. REAL (Racial Equity And Learning) Northampton is funded
by the Northampton Education Foundation and is comprised of teachers, staff,
students, and family members across the district. The overall mission of REAL
is to support and strengthen our school community by developing an
intentionally anti-racist culture. RSVP’s encouraged but not necessary here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XeaMrdEe65nNSVbYKlB3QKyM20n6ugCTT8KoqvN3Ud8/edit
Northampton Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee--March
21, 6pm
On Wednesday, March 21, the Northampton Education Foundation
will hold its beloved annual event, the Adult Spelling Bee, for the 18th time.
Funds from the NEF Spelling Bee support the Small Grants for Teachers program,
started in 1991 and reaching virtually all grade levels, program areas and
disciplines. Last year, NEF was able to award an amazing 21 grants equaling
$49,317 to fund creative and innovative grants written by the teachers,
administrators, and parents of the Northampton Public Schools. To register a
team, visit: http://northamptoneducation.org/spelling-bee/
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