JFK PTO Update – February 9, 2018
Important Dates:
February 12-16 - JFK Store
Celebrates Friendship Week (10:45am-12:45pm)
February 19-23 - No School
- Winter Recess
March 1 - JFK Spotlight
Event (6:30-8pm)
March 6 - JFK MS PTO
Monthly Meeting in the JFK Library (6-7:30pm)
March 14 - JFK Band Concert
March 23- Sixth Grade Dance
Save the Date
Report Cards
Report cards went home on
Tuesday, February 8. Please remember to sign and return to school if you haven’t
already.
JFK Store Celebrates
Friendship Week (2/12-2/16)
The
JFK Store was a big success in December and a lot of fun for students. We’re
planning a 2-for-1 special Friendship Week at the store next week, with every
second item free as long as it’s bought for an upstander or a friend (clothing
items not included). We will also have JFK Sweatshirts ($30) and JFK T-Shirts
($15) on sale, so if your student missed the chance to stock up on JFK spirit
items in the fall, this may be the last chance to buy a JFK sweatshirt before
the warm weather arrives! Checks can be made out to JFK PTO.
Volunteer
to staff the store from 10:45am to 12:45pm, Monday to Friday, February 12-16.
It’s easy and training is provided. The kids will thank you. Sign up to help at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea9aa2aabff2-jfkschool
NOTE: If you plan to
volunteer, please remember you need to have a current CORI. Ask at the JFK front
office if you need to apply.
JFK School Nurse Asks for
Your Help with Snack Donations
The
Health Office is looking for snack donations. Many students come to the nurse
when they don’t eat breakfast or lunch. Between September and December 2017,
there were 188 students who visited the nurse for snacks. Please consider
sending in a healthy snack option such as: low-sugar cereal, saltines,
pretzels, granola bars, cheese sticks or GoGurt (yogurt in a tube). If thirty
families donate just one item, that will help us meet our snack needs. Items
can be dropped off in the main office and labeled for the Health Office. Your
child can drop them off in the office before school, too. Thank you!
JFK
Spotlight Event – Thursday, 3/1/18, 6:30-8pm at JFK
The
Spotlight Event is a great opportunity for all incoming students and families to
visit our building for an introduction to our school community. The event is
open to anyone who is interested in learning more about JFK. The evening
provides an informal introduction to many JFK faculty and staff, classrooms,
curriculum, samples of student work, and extracurricular activities. Visitors
will also be invited to enjoy performances by several JFK clubs and activities.
Amazon Smile Reminder:
Support JFK when you shop
Don’t
forget that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile
purchases to Parent-Teacher Organization of John F Kennedy Middle School
Inc. whenever you shop on Amazon Smile. The link is on our blog, or you can
sign in and sign up to support JFK here: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/54-2157090
Northampton Public Schools
Budget Survey
Parents and guardians are
encouraged to complete the Superintendent's Budget Survey on the district
website www.northamptonschools.org. It only takes a few
minutes, and NPS values your input.
Volunteers in Northampton
Schools Annual Dog Show March 3 at 12pm
Does
your dog sport the “best smile”? How about most “ear-resistable ears”? Whatever
it may be, please join us for our VINS 13th Annual Dog Show on Saturday, March
3 at 12pm noon 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. What a fun day in a
sometimes dreary March. What better way to have fun than a day full of dogs!
Hope to see you there! Read about last year’s event in the Gazette:
Join Us at Our Next PTO
Meeting on Tuesday, March 6 (6-7:30pm)
Attend our next JFK PTO
meeting on Tuesday, March 6 from 6-7:30pm in the JFK Library. Future dates are
April 3, May 1 and June 5. Help us plan spring fun!
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