Important Dates:
November 2 - Picture Re-Take Day
November 5 - Bake Sale for After School at Pioneer Valley Antique Dealers Association (please volunteer to bake!)
November 7 - JFK PTO Meeting, 6-7:30 pm, JFK Library
December 7 - JFK Mall (Craft and Vendor Fair)
December 4-8 - Scholastic Book Fair at JFK
Upcoming School Closures in November:
November 7 - Election Day, No School
November 10 - Veterans Day Observed, No School
November 22 - Half Day
November 23 & 24 - No School, Thanksgiving Break
Fall Electronics Recycling Tomorrow 10/28 (9 am to 12 pm)
The JFK PTO’s annual Electronics Recycling Event takes place tomorrow, Saturday, October 28 from 9am to 12pm at JFK. Open to all members of the community. Proceeds benefit JFK Middle School PTO and the Northampton Public Schools. Recycling courtesy of Gold Circuit E-Cycling. Click HERE for all the details. What better way to get ready for the holiday season than by cleaning up and helping JFK at the same time?
Support After School at JFK
If you can bake, please RSVP now! We are having a bake sale Sunday, November 5 at the Antiques Show in conjunction with Pioneer Valley Antique Dealers Association to benefit the After School Program. Volunteers help with the bake sale, admissions, lunch and raffle. All money raised as well as dealer rent goes to support our After School Program. We need about 20 more bakers! Anything you can do is greatly appreciated. We are all in this for the kids. To sign up, email Peggy at pclapp@northampton-k12.us
On Thursday, December 7, we will be having our JFK Mall. This is craft and vendor shopping along with the book fair. Our bake sale that night is huge fundraiser for us and again we can use volunteers.
Smith Vocational at JFK
Smith Vocational will be presenting to all of our 8th graders on Monday, October 30 at JFK. The Smith Vocational Open House will be held on Sunday, November 5 from 11am-2pm. All families interested in learning more about Smith Vocational are welcome. For more information, contact 8th grade guidance.
Join our next PTO meeting on Election Day Eve
All are welcome to attend our next JFK PTO meeting on Tuesday, November 7 from 6-7:30pm in the JFK Library. Learn more about school events, special initiatives, and teacher grants. In general, JFK PTO Meetings are held the first Tuesday evening of every month. Upcoming dates are December 5 and January 9 (2nd Tuesday). Mark your calendars and help us plan!
November is National Novel Writing Month at JFK
The library is happy to announce that we will once again be running our National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) contest! Students who wish to participate will be tasked with writing a novella (10,000 word minimum) over the course of the month of November. Those students who meet or surpass the word count minimum will receive gift certificates to the Scholastic book fair (coming in December). Interested students should see Librarian Chelimsky. Parents and guardians with questions, feel free to contact the library at jfklibrary@northampton-k12.us
Upcoming Community Event
Counting down to the Liar's Contest, Nov. 9 at The Parlor Room. Another fun Pencil Bandits event for the Under 18 crowd! Sponsored by Awesome Foundation - Northampton, MA. It's a Thursday, but there's NO SCHOOL on Friday. More info here: https://www.pencilbandits.com/new-events/
Safe Homes Sign-Up
The Northampton Prevention Coalition invites families with students in 6th-12th grade to add themselves to the SAFE HOMES Program Directory. To sign up, click this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqy9xBK75SCXlXUcUchGo4oEDBMVVwYgZko3bUHM86ON2ZEQ/viewform
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