Important
Dates:
February 18-22
- No School - Winter Recess
February 28 -
Spotlight
March 1 - 6th
Grade Dance 6:30-8PM
March 15 -
Half Day
March 22 - 7th
Grade Dance 6:30-8PM
The 80’s
are Calling! Sign Up is OPEN for 6th & 7th Grade Dances
This year the
6th & 7th grade dances will be held March 1 and March 22 and the theme
chosen by the Student Council is “The 80’s”! Flyers will be going home soon and
tickets to each dance will be sold at lunchtime on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday during the week of the dances.
In order to
host these dances we will need parent/guardian volunteers as chaperones, to
donate snacks, and help decorate and clean up after the dances.
If your tween
does NOT want to see you volunteering at their dance, please consider
volunteering at the dance your child is not attending. We need 10 chaperones at
each dance. It’s the rules! It’s really fun, our DJ rocks and it’s a mere 90
minutes of much needed volunteer help. Our students have a great time and
really appreciate these events.
This week our
students have a special treat brought to us by the Allen Davis Jazz in the
Schools Program in coordination with the Jazz Workshop and the Northampton Jazz
Festival. Not only will the great Don Braden, saxophonist, flutist, composer and
educator be leading the band but NYC master drummer Steve Johns will be filling in on drums. The
quartet will teach a two hour long workshop at JFK Middle School in Northampton
to our 8th grade jazz band and then give a school wide assembly for all
students the next day. We are excited to share this news about this great
opportunity for our students.
For more
information about the Jazz In The Schools Program you can go to:
To learn about
jazz events in our community visit the Northampton Jazz Workshop with the green
street trio on facebook at the link below.
NEF
Endowment Fund Grants open until March 1st
Got a great
idea for our schools? Learn about the Northampton
Education Foundation, which provides grants for teacher-initiated projects and
programs that expand educational opportunities, foster creativity, and enhance
academic experiences in Northampton’s public schools. The NEF’s 13th annual
Request for Proposals for NEF Endowment Fund Grants is now open. Please click
on the link below to learn more. https://northamptoneducation.org/endowment-grants/
Time to
Gather Your Boxtops
Be sure to share
your Boxtops for
Education with
JFK by having your student drop them off in the JFK office. Our next Boxtops
deadline is March 1. You can also support JFK at Stop and Shop by using the
link here. Big Y Express can be found at this
link: https://www.bigy.com/rs/educationexpress. And you can link to JFK MS PTO
through Amazon Smile and donate to Parent-Teacher
Organization of John F Kennedy Middle School Inc.
JFK
Yearbook Orders
The 2019 JFK
Yearbook is available to order now for $27. 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. Price increases to
$29 on April 1.
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
The
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
This is a
7-session program open to all families raising 10-14 year olds (5-8th grade).
The current session began Thursday Feb. 14-March 28 (skip 2/21) at White Brook
Middle School in Easthampton. It's free, with a healthy dinner and childcare
for younger siblings also provided. Part of the time, families meet separately,
giving caregivers a chance to talk to each other and watch video skits of other
families that is both entertaining and contains useful information about how to
show love and set limits. Students are learning about empathy, friendship,
communication as well as peer resistance skills as they may begin to face more
negative social pressures in middle and high school. When families are all
together, the focus is on family bonding time, with fun games, family projects
that highlight family values and connection. SFP10-14 is the number one rated
drug prevention program by the World Health Organization, but mostly it's just
fun! Each week there are giveaways and raffles including a 2019 pass to Look
Park this session!
NHS Improv Funktionlust
Shows
(Friday, February 8 at
7pm)
The NHS Improv
troupe, Funktionlust, will next perform their unpredictable show
combining family-friendly hilarity and spontaneous story-making on Friday,
February 8 in the NHS Black Box theater. Showtime is 7-8:30p,; doors open at
6:45pm. Please arrive early since space is limited. The cost will be $5.
Refreshments will be available at nominal prices. Funktionlust has also
been invited to perform at Northampton’s Sunday Afternoon Live, part of
the Four Sunday in February Series on Sunday, February 24 at the Academy of
Music. For more information: https://aomtheatre.ticketfly.com/event/1806543-sunday-afternoon-live-arts-northampton/
14th Annual
VINS Dog Show (March 2, 12-3pm)
Northampton High
School Gym. Snow date is Sunday, March 3. FREE ENTRY! Only Dogs Pay!
Registration is required for dogs: $8 if received by February 28 and $12 at the
door (donations accepted). $5 Non-competing dogs. For more info, see the flyer here. Hosted by Volunteers in Northampton
Schools, Inc.
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