JFK PTO Update – December 14, 2018
Important
Dates:
MONDAY:
December 17 - Dessert Buffet for Faculty and Staff
December 24 -
January 1 - Winter Break
December 31 -
Deadline to vote for JFK PTO
January 2 -
Back to School
January 8 -
JFK PTO Meeting in JFK Library (6-7:30pm)
We Need
Desserts for the Annual Open House for Faculty and Staff on Monday, December 17
It’s a great
time to say thank you to the staff and teachers of JFK who make a difference in
our students’ lives. We need lots of desserts (just desserts!) to be served at
the annual open house for around 100 faculty and staff on Monday, December 17.
Just drop your dessert item in the office before lunchtime on Monday 12/17.
Turns out donuts, sweet rolls and yummy stuff for the morning is good, too. If
refrigeration is needed, that’s not a problem. But, no desserts with nuts or
peanut butter, thanks!
Vote for
JFK PTO in Florence Savings Bank Customer Choice Awards by December 31
If you are a
Florence Bank customer, vote for the JFK Middle School PTO as your favorite
non-profit organization. Last year Florence Savings Bank donated $880 to JFK
PTO, and we are grateful. Be sure to vote here before December 31st to make your vote
count: https://www.florencebank.com/vote
Our annual Make it Count fundraiser, where 100% of every dollar
donated by JFK families and friends directly benefits our JFK students,
continues online through the end of the year. If you want to make a
tax-deductible donation for 2018, click on our link to donate or send in a check to school made out to JFK
PTO. Many thanks to all our JFK families! We truly appreciate your support.
Every dollar helps create unique programs at JFK. https://tinyurl.com/JFK-Make-It-Count-2018
The 2019 JFK
Yearbook is available now for $27. Price increases to $29 on April 1. Order
online at www.coffeepond.com or send in cash or check payable to JFK
in an envelope with your student’s name and homeroom number.
Calendar
Updates for School Council, Health Advisory Council, After School and January’s
Teacher Work Day
The Health
Advisory Council will meet on Wednesday, December 19 at 3:30pm. The School
Council meets the third school day Thursday of each month at 5pm in the JFK
Library. The next School Council meeting is December 20. The next After School
session starts January 15. Registration forms will be sent home after the first
of the year. And don’t forget to mark Friday, January 25 as a teacher work day
(no school). We’ll be sending out information soon about the teacher
appreciation lunch the PTO will host on this day and how to volunteer.
Our next
PTO Meeting is Tuesday, January 8 (6-7:30pm)
The JFK PTO
meets the first Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30pm in the JFK Library. Join us
to help plan for the new year, including upcoming 6th and 7th grade school
dances, teacher grants, and teacher appreciation events. Happy 2019!
You can
Shop and Support JFK!
You can
support JFK at Stop and Shop by clicking here. Big Y Express can be found at this
link: https://www.bigy.com/rs/educationexpress. Be sure to share your Boxtops for
Education with
us by having your student drop them off in the JFK office. And be sure to link
to JFK MS PTO through Amazon Smile. We appreciate your support.
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
Fund our Future
Forum at Eastworks (January 9 at 6pm)
Massachusetts
loves its public schools and colleges, but too many students are being left
behind by inadequate state support. The MTA and its coalition partners are
launching an ambitious campaign to win the funding that our students,
educators, and communities deserve by May 1, 2019. Come to a Community Forum on
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 from 6 to 7:30pm in the Community Room at Eastworks
in Easthampton (116 Pleasant Street). We will discuss what it would mean to
fully fund our school districts and colleges and how much is owed to YOUR city,
town and/or campus. You will learn when and how this funding crisis began, and
most importantly, what we can do about it now to invest in the schools and colleges
our communities deserve. Free childcare and pizza dinner is available; bring
your whole family. Meet your neighbors, your local educators and leaders, and
your elected officials. Together, we can align public funding so our schools
can continue to do work we are all proud of. To learn more,
contact Brett Costello at bcostello@massteacher.org
Or visit:
On Monday,
December 31, the Northampton Arts Council and PeoplesBank welcome you to the
34th edition of our city-wide New Year’s Eve party. Since 1985, First Night
Northampton has filled the Paradise City with a 12-hour, family-friendly
festival of the arts culminating in a traditional ball-raising from the roof of
the Hotel Northampton. The NHS Improv Troupe Funktionlust has been
performing at First Night for over 12 years. This year they hit the big time,
with two afternoon slots! 2 shows: 2:00-2:45pm and 3:00-3:45pm in Smith College
Hallie Flanagan Theater in Mendenhall, 122 Green Street, Northampton. The
Northamptones will be performing at the Academy of Music at 7pm and 8pm.
Thank a
Teacher with a Donation to NEF
Established in
1991, the Northampton Education Foundation is a non-profit organization created
to fund projects and programs that expand educational opportunities, foster
creativity, and enhance academic experiences in Northampton’s public schools.
The NEF awards small grants twice a year to encourage the
development of creative and innovative teaching and learning initiatives for
the Northampton Public Schools consistent with the district’s goals. To learn
more how your gift can help the NEF Small Grants Program, click here.
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