We want your input! The JFK Middle School PTO is planning ahead for next year. Do you have ideas about how we should organize around fundraising next year? Do you just want to come see how you can help? If so, please join us for a planning meeting Tuesday May 26 at 6pm. Please contact Lia McLaughlin (Lia.mclaughlin@yahoo.com) or 413-727-8934 for more information or if you would like to participate. All are invited to come, share refreshments, and discuss strategies for making next year great for JFK teachers and students!
A member of the PTO is proposing an amendment to the PTO bylaws. Most of the changes focus on standardizing language and making the bylaws more reflective of the current PTO meetings and activities. One major proposed change it to term limits for Officers. The PTO bylaws, as they stand, require annual elections and do not allow any one parent to hold a position for more than 2 years. The proposed change would maintain the annual election provision, but would expand the term limit so that a parent can hold the same position for up to 3 consecutive years. And, after one year off, a parent would then be eligible to run for a position again, provided the parent still had one or more students in the school. The current by laws and the draft amendment are posted here and on the PTO Blog, and we will be discussing these at the next PTO meeting on Monday, June 1, at 5:30pm in the JFK Middle School Library. The Agenda is also posted on the blog. Please join us! All are welcome!
The PTO Blog is more than you might think. It has regular updates in between email updates, helpful links, easy, at home fundraisers, the JFK school calendar, and now a Google translate button!
District News
Bridge Street School Turns 100 Party!
All are invited to a fun-filled afternoon at the Bridge Street School to celebrate the school's 100 Years! Meet the oldest alumni, take a tour of the school and see what all the classrooms have been working on for this event. Have some cake and a visit to Historic Northampton just next door. Friday, May 29 from 3:00-5:00 pm at the school: 2 Parsons Street. On Facebook: "Bridge Street School 100"
The NHS PTO welcomes and encourages JFK 8th grade families to look at the NHS PTO website AND subscribe to our weekly electronic newsletter Hamp Highlights. I have included the link below for the website. Subscribing is very easy, the quick link is located on the PTO website in the right sided column. www.hamphigh-nhspto.org/
Annual auditions for the Northampton High School Improv Troupe Funktionlust will be on Wednesday June 10thbetween 5:30-7:00 in the Black Box Theater at NHS. Heidi Hass will have callbacks on Thursday the 11th but if you have a student who can not audition on Weds, he/she is welcome to come on Thursday. 8th graders are encouraged to try out for next year. The students do not need to prepare anything. I will be asking them to play theater improvisation games with current members of the troupe. Funktionlust is a performing troupe; we meet weekly on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 in the NHS Black Box theater and perform 6-8 times a year. The members of the troupe need to make a commitment to attending rehearsals otherwise they can not continue in the troupe. Heidi Hass is happy to answer any questions you or your student may have. Please free to email Heidi_Haas@comcast.netor call at 584-5562.
Each year the Jackson StreetPTO holds a used book fair for our students. We want our students to start their summer with books in hand, and we purposively hold a used book fair so that our entire student body can take at least one book home (regardless of a family's ability to pay). All of our families donate books that are suitable for K-5 reading, but we often do not have quite enough books for our 4th and 5th graders. If you would like to donate gently used books, particularly those geared towards more advanced readers, please drop them off in bags or boxes in the JSS lobby. We'll collect books through Tuesday, June 16th. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Hopkins at arobertshopkins@gmail.com. Thank you!
Attention 8th Grade Boy Soccer Players interested in playing at NHS:
Fall Soccer at NHS An informational meeting about Boys Soccer at Northampton High School will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, at NHS in the Little Theater. Players and parents are encouraged to attend. Any questions contact: Coach Mino Caulton at caulton.mino@gmail.com or 413.835.5029
Summer Soccer for High School Boys It is time to register for the Northampton Summer Soccer Team. The summer soccer season is a great way to get ready for the Fall season by keeping skills sharp, developing chemistry with teammates, and keeping (or getting back into) shape. For incoming Freshman its a great way to transition to the high school game which is much faster and physical than what most players are used to. John Rockett and Dave Doele will be running the summer program. If your son is interested in playing, registration is this Wednesday. Wednesday, May 27 and Thursday, May 28 from 6:00 and 7:30 pm at MacDonald Field (near Safety Village). Registration forms to fill out will be provided. In addition, please bring:
a passport-sized photo of your son (1in. x 1in),
a check for $50, and
your player's t-shirt size.
Any questions contact: Dave Doele (413-586-4993)
or John Rockett (413-519-4330)
JFK School council minutes are now on the school website:
http://www.northampton-k12.us/our-schools/jfk-middle-school/jfk-school-council-meeting-minutes
Also, the district calendar for 2015-2016 has been approved; first day of school is September 2. School Calendar
A presentation focusing on "Breaking the Cycle of Worry" is being held at the NHS auditorium on the evening of June 17th from 6:30 to 8:30. Sponsored by the Parent Advisory Council and Student Services of the Northampton Public Schools Everyone is welcome!
Lunch menus available at: Food Services
Diversity:
We are working on having the PTO updates translated into Spanish. If you would like to help, or would like a Spanish copy of the updates, please reply to this email.
Si le gustaria esta carta en Espanol, email jfkmspto@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday May 26 Progress Reports go home
Wednesday, May 27 6:30 pmScience Fair
Monday June 1 PTO Meeting 5:30 JFK Library
Wednesday June 10 6:30 Spring Band Concert
Thursday June 11 7 pm Choral Concert
Thursday June 18 5 pm School Council Meeting
Wednesday June 24 Half day, last day of school
Tuesday, August 25Transperformance!
Wednesday, September 2 First day of School
Monday, September 14 5:30 pmPTO Meeti
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