JCS Journal

Sure, it's April Fool's Day. And sure, we could play a joke here. But, we bet you're expecting that... No joke, here's the news for the week!

As mentioned in the previous edition, we are hoping that parents/guardians who haven't served on the SPO Board to reach out and volunteer for next year. Without a solid Board, many of the wonderful activities our kids enjoy may not happen. Speaking of which, we are excited to begin this year's Booster activities on Tuesday this week! The Fun Run, the culmination of a week's long fundraising effort, will be on Thursday the next week, amidst a whole bunch of important events.

This week has its own share of big events from Paraprofessional's Day on Wednesday to a theater performance for 1st and 2nd grade on Thursday to our final Electives Day on Friday. Along the way, third graders will be practicing for next week's ELA MCAS, and all classes will be talking about the science behind (or in front of) the eclipse on Monday.

Have a great week everyone!

Dr. Marcus and Ms. Callanan

On Thursday, at 9:30am, for 10 minutes, every student at JCS dropped everything and got as many ST Math puzzles done as possible. The record they were trying to beat, 2473 puzzles, was literally shattered by JCS who completed 9,703 puzzles in that 10 minutes. That is an average of 18 puzzles per person, more than triple what we expected! We celebrated at lunch on Thursday with a dance party along with our honored guest, Jiji the Penguin!

Coming up in a couple weeks, the JCS Specialists are hosting a "Night of the Arts" on April 10th from 4:30-6:30. Please see the flyer below. We look forward to seeing you!

Boosterthon Kick Off Starts This Tuesday, 4/2!

This week students will experience our kickoff event to start raising funds for JCS. This program only lasts for ONE WEEK, so please register your student TODAY on MYBOOSTER.COM. Share your donation page with family and friends. Register your student for our all-inclusive event. Once registered, you will have access to all of the fun sharing & donation features to help raise funds to support many of the fun things the SPO makes possible for the JCS community! This year’s goal is to raise $30,000 for playground equipment add-ons, as well as to keep the SPO’s momentum going to continue to support in-school enrichment, field trips, and so much more. Thank you for your support!!

SPO Monthly Meeting

Our next meeting will be VIRTUAL, this Thursday, April 4th at 6:00 pm. Hope you can make it! meet.google.com/wpr-mako-whz

Join the SPO Board!

We have open board seats for the coming 2024-2025 school year that need to be filled! Please email us for more information at spo.jcs@gmail.com JSC-SPO Linktree

Mrs. Harvie's April Newsletter can be found HERE.

This month, we are celebrating the value of Honesty throughout the building!

April 1- Win a popcorn party for your class by being the first kid to say "It's April 1st and I ain't foolin" to Dr. M (AFTER announcements) 🥚

April 3- Happy Paraprofessionals Day!

April 4- Theater Program for Gr 1, 2, MCAS Trial for Gr. 3, SPO Virtual Mtg at 6

April 5- Last Electives

April 8- Eclipse Event at school

April 8- Dance "rehearsal" for staff/students

April 9, 10- MCAS ELA for Gr 3

April 10- Specialists Night of the Arts

April 11- Booster Fun Run

April 12- Early Release

This month's Newsletter from our partners at NEED.

NEED March Newsletter

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Location: 315 West Main Street, Norton, MA, USA
Phone: 508-285-0120
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