• September 12th- Elementary Back To School Night 7pm-8pm
  
• September 17th- Picture Day
• September 20th- SJG HSA Welcome Back Picnic 5:30pm-7:00pm

In the event that your child arrives at school late, please park your vehicle and come into the building to sign them in. It is essential for us to maintain accurate records of student attendance. Therefore, parents are no longer permitted to have students ring the bell and enter the building unaccompanied when they are late. Thank you for your cooperation.

We would like to kindly remind everyone that parking is not permitted on the Boulevard before our driveway entrance in the morning. Parking in this area obstructs our ability to manage traffic effectively. We appreciate your cooperation in refraining from parking on the Boulevard before our driveway entrance in the morning. Thank you for your understanding.

The school year is off to a fantastic start! The opening days were smooth and it’s been great to have the hallways filled again. We are pleased to invite all parents and guardians for Stephen J. Gerace’s Back-to-School Night on Thursday, September 12th at 7:00 P.M. Teachers will be conducting two informational sessions for your convenience. Each session will include the same information, therefore you may choose to attend the session that best fits your schedule and should help with visiting multiple classrooms. Feel free to visit special area teachers and interventionists during either session. The schedule is as follows:

6:50 - 7:00 P.M.: Doors open

The HSA will have information available for you in the APR, so be sure to stop by before or after visiting classrooms.

7:00 - 7:25 P.M.: Session 1 - visit your child’s teacher(s) in classrooms

7:30 - 7:55 P.M.: Session 2 - visit your child’s teacher(s) in classrooms

8:00 P.M.: Conclusion of the evening

Back-to-School Night is always a fun evening! Teachers will present their overall goals and expectations for the school year and highlight grade-level programs, materials, and curriculum. We kindly ask that you do not bring your children to this event. It’s really a night for adults to get to know the wonderful teachers here at SJG. If you have any questions specific to your children, please direct those to teachers privately at an alternate time and not during Back To School Night.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Gerace next week!

We have the following new staff members joining our SJG family!

• Marissa Mandelbaum: New Special Education Teacher

• Kathryn Franke: School Social Worker (Now Full Time!)

• Victoria Meier: New Special Education Teacher
• Emily Fransico: New Special Education Aide
  
• Maria Hernandez: New Special Education Aide
• Alexus McCurry: New Special Education Aide
• Christian Conklin: New Special Education Aide

Below are the forms that were attached to the email just in case you need them!! They need to be printed out and sent in.

Please see the handbook below for the upcoming school year.

The district is going to pilot a new schedule for elementary school conferences for the 2024 school year. In coordination with community input as well as planning with the principals and staff, we have generated a schedule that we believe will be more efficient and effective.

Conferences will be held on Wednesday 11/13 from 3:00-4:30, and then on Thursday 11/14 from 1:30-7:30. Following conferences we send a survey to gather feedback from families on their thoughts on the new schedule, which should help us determine if to move forward with the new times or continue to work towards finding a more effective plan.

Quick Reminders from the HSA! Visit our website for more information: www.sjghsa.com

- Don't forget to enroll in our HSA! Sign up here. Our first meeting is September 17th at 7:00 in the library of SJG. We will be raffling off a gift card at our first meeting!

- We can't wait to see you in the backyard of SJG for our Family Picnic on Friday, September 20th at 5:30. Order a pizza to your blanket here! We will also have a fundraiser snack stand at the picnic (cash only).

- Our apparel sale is off to an amazing start! Order here by September 22nd.

- Time to decorate for Fall! Get your beautiful Mum's from us by ordering here. Pickup is at SJG on 9/27 from 2-4.

- Our HSA Directory Cover Contest is starting next week. Have your child's artwork on our cover. Info here.

Mrs. Griffith, SJG School Nurse, will be keeping us up to date on ways to be more healthy all year.

When your child is ill, please call the school by 8:15am to report an absence. The attendance line is available 24/7. Please let the school know why your child is absent and be as specific as possible. If you take your child to the doctor, please bring documentation from the doctor so as to provide better care here at school. Extended absences or PE excuses require a doctor’s note.

If your child is ill please keep children home for 24hrs symptoms free. This includes temperature 100.4 or above, vomiting, diarrhea, consistent coughing, runny nose etc. This is part of our school doctor’s standing orders.

Students in many of our classes have serious food allergies. A child with a serious allergy can suffer a reaction merely by touching their particular allergen. Please review for yourselves and with your children the safety guidelines we are using throughout our district elementary schools. This letter was sent home and is also posted on my web page.

Students will have the following health screenings over the course of the year based on grade level state requirements: vision, hearing, height, weight, and blood pressure. Scoliosis screenings will be done in the spring in 5th grade only. Appropriate referrals will be sent to parents as needed.

NJ Family Care and NJ Kid Care Insurance - This insurance is for families or college students not covered by any insurance. For further information go to http://www.njfamilycare.org or call my office.

Email: Matthew.Reiner@pequannock.org
Website: sjg.pequannock.org
Location: 59 Boulevard, Pequannock Township, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 3055615
Twitter: @SJGPride

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