JFK PTO Update – February 23, 2018
Important Dates:
February 26 - Back to School!
March 1 - JFK Spotlight
(6:30-8pm)
March 6 - JFK MS PTO Meeting in
the JFK Library (6-7:30pm)
March 11 - JFK Antique Show and
Sale to benefit JFK Afterschool Programs
March 14 - JFK Band Concert
March 23- Sixth Grade Dance Save
the Date
In Appreciation
February’s
JFK Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Black History Month Celebration has been
posted to the JFK website. We thank all who contributed to the Day of Diversity
success and will you posted about plans to continue this great initiative at
JFK.
Did you join BigY Education
Express over break?
With Education Express, you can earn free equipment for JFK from February 1 to April 25. Sign up at https://www.bigy.com/
With Education Express, you can earn free equipment for JFK from February 1 to April 25. Sign up at https://www.bigy.com/
Don’t Forget about Amazon Smile
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the
price of eligible Amazon Smile purchases to Parent-Teacher Organization of
John F Kennedy Middle School Inc whenever you shop on Amazon Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/54-2157090
Did you order your JFK
Yearbook? (On Sale through March 31)
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
JFK Spotlight Event – Thursday,
March 1, 6:30-8:00 pm at JFK
The Spotlight Event is open to anyone interested in learning more about JFK.
Stay tuned to the JFK website for a more detailed program of events.
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 spring...
Did you email to volunteer 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. This is always a big
fundraiser for our program which benefits everyone. We will again be able to
use bakers and volunteers. We need parents who are willing and able 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. We can also use volunteers to work
the bake sale and admissions table. To volunteer, email Peggy Clapp at pclapp@northampton-k12.us. Thanks for your continuing help and support!
Upcoming Community Events:
On Tuesday, February 27 from
5-7pm, Northampton Prevention Coalition and SPIFFY will have a presentation on the Cannabis Control Commission's Draft Regulations (or final
if available by then). Additionally, NETA has been invited to present on their
experience implementing the medicinal marijuana regulations and their thoughts
on the CCC draft regulations. After the brief presentations, there will
be a limited amount of time for public comment. The meeting will take place in
Council Chambers at 212 Main Street.
This forum is a general forum on
the implementation of the recreational marijuana regulations. It will not be
about zoning issues such as buffer zones or retail density, which have been
referred to the City
Council Committee on Legislative Matters. If
you have specific questions, suggestions or concerns regarding zoning, taxes,
please mark your calendars to include the following meetings and dates:
- Community Resources - February 27 at 5 pm (community forum)
- Legislative Matters - February 27 at 7 pm (public hearings on four zoning ordinances related to marijuana production/retail sales)
- Finance Committee - March 1- consideration of 18.028 An Order to Accept M.G.L. Ch. 64N, Section 3 (a) Local Option Sales Tax on Marijuana Sales
- City Council - March 1, 2018 - 1st reading on 18.028 Local Option Sales Tax
- City Council - March 1, 2018 - potential 1st reading on zoning ordinances
UMass's Mission: Improvable
and NHS's Funktionlust – March 2, 7-8:30pm
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. https://umasscomedyleague.com/missionimprovable/
VINS Volunteers in Northampton
Schools Annual Dog Show – 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
Summer Theater Workshops
Hampshire Shakespeare Company is
offering educational theatre workshop for children ages 9-13 in Easthampton
this summer. Scholarships available. Learn more and find a registration form at: https://hampshireshakespeare.com/education/workshops/.
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