JFK PTO Update – March 30, 2018
Important Dates:
April 3 - PTO Meeting in the JFK
Library
April 3-6 - MCAS Testing
April 16-20 - School Closed
(Spring Break)
In Thanks! And… Let’s Dance
Some More!
Thank you to everyone who donated
time, snacks and beverages to make last week’s Sixth Grade Dance a success.
Students had a wonderful time and we couldn’t have done it without your help.
The Seventh Grade Dance will be
held on Friday, April 6 from 6:30 to 8pm. The students have been organizing and
planning the event and they need our help in a couple of key areas: chaperones,
setup, break down, and lunch time ticket sales. If you can assist in any of
these areas, we would really, really appreciate your help. Click on the link below to sign up. Also, please remember students love it
when parents from the other grades chaperone their dance.
Sign up to volunteer for the
Seventh Grade Dance:
Tickets are $2 and will be
available for purchase at lunch time next Wednesday to Friday. No tickets will
be sold at the door. For more information and to see the flyer for the dance,
click here.
JFK Yearbook On Sale
Last chance for the reduced price.
Yearbooks are $26 if ordered before March 31. Yearbook prices increase to $28
on April 1 (next week). Send in cash or check made out to JFK in an
envelope with student name and homeroom number. Order online at www.coffeepond.com
Triple AmazonSmile Donation
Promotion through March 31
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Join Us at Our Next PTO Meeting
on Tuesday, April 3 from 6-7:30pm
Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday,
April 6 from 6-7:30pm in the JFK Library. Future dates are May 1 and June 5 and
then it’s summer!
MCAS Testing April 3-6
Please refer to the letter sent
home from school. The testing will begin promptly each day at 7:55am. Please
encourage your child to get a good night’s sleep, to have breakfast, and to do
his or her very best each day. It is also particularly important that your
student arrive at school on time. Students are asked to bring a book to read
(e-readers are not permitted) in the event they complete their testing before
the end of the scheduled time. Here is the schedule as sent home from school:
- April 3: English Session 1 (grades 6, 7)
- April 4: English Session 2 (grades 6, 7)
- April 5: English Session 1 (grade 8)
- April 6: English Session 2 (grade 8)
- Make up testing will be ongoing until May 4.
Upcoming Community Events:
UMass Symposium, Marijuana
Legalized: Research, Practice & Policy Considerations - Monday, April 2
from 9-11:30am
Location: Amherst Room, Campus
Center. The UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences presents
the next event in the Dean's Symposia Series: "Marijuana Legalized:
Research, Practice & Policy Considerations." The symposium will
examine the potential public health impact of marijuana legalization in
Massachusetts. For more information, see: http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/news-events/events-calendar/marijuana-legalized-research-practice-policy-considerations
Enough As She Is: An Evening
with Rachel Simmons on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30pm
In a benefit for the Northampton
Education Foundation, best-selling author and girl expert Rachel Simmons will
share strategies to help girls move beyond impossible standards of success to
live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives. Books will be available from Odyssey
Bookshop and Rachel will sign them at the event. Northampton High School
Auditorium, 380 Elm Street, Northampton. Tickets: Suggested donation - $8/students, $15/adults,
$25/supporters.
Rachel Simmons is the author of
Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of
Success to Live Healthy, Happy and Fulfilling Lives, and the New York
Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in
Girls and The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls With
Courage and Confidence. She is the cofounder of national nonprofit Girls
Leadership, and the leadership development specialist at the Wurtele Center for
Leadership at Smith College. www.rachelsimmons.com/tour
Free Suicide Prevention
Training on Thursday, April 5 at 6pm
PVCSP is hosting a free suicide prevention training next week on Thursday, April 5th at the Northampton Police
Department. The training starts promptly at 6 pm. Doors open at 5:30 for
registration. Sarah Gaer, a suicide prevention specialist with Riverside
Trauma, will lead the 1.5 hour training. For details and to register,
visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qpr-gatekeeper-trainingsuicide-prevention-tickets-43935144199
Save the Date! Eat for
Education is Tuesday, April 10
On April 10, a number of
Northampton restaurants will be donating 10% of their profits made that day to
Northampton High School. It’s at any point during the day and evening, so
breakfast and lunch count too. Stay tuned for more delicious details!
Active Bystander Training at
Cooley Dickinson on Tuesday, April 24
Cooley Dickinson is sponsoring an
active bystander training on Tuesday, April 24, from 6:30-8:30pm for people age
12 and up at JFK Middle School. Northampton Prevention Coalition and Cooley
Dickinson Hospital are co-sponsors. Space is limited to 50 participants, so if
you do wish to attend please RSVP here at your earliest convenience: http://evite.me/TtHpaJe1Q2.
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