Villa Park Council PTA 5K Fun Run October 19
The Villa Park/Lombard Council PTA will hold its 17th Annual “5k and 1-mile Fun Run" on Saturday, October 19, in memory of Bonnie Scahill, a former PE teacher in District 45. Students, teachers, and families are invited to lace up their shoes and hit the Prairie Path for a fun community event.
7:00-7:45 a.m. Race day registration and packet pick-up
8:30 a.m. 5K Start Time
9:15 a.m. Group pictures by school
9:30 a.m. 1-Mile Kids Fun Run (Kindergarten-5th Grade only)
Sign-ups after September 30 will be taken, but a T-shirt cannot be guaranteed after that date. Register here: Member Hub link for race sign-up. Race bags will be delivered to the school and sent home with each child. Please add your child's teacher to any registration so it can go home with your child.
Sponsorship: If you would like your company logo on the T-shirts and are interested in donating, please contact Courtney Navarro at d45FunRun@gmail.com
Messages from Jackson PTA
DINE & DONATE
October Dine & Donate: 10/23 - Head on over to Brook’s Kitchen & Tap (1919 S Westmore-Meyers Rd, Oakbrook Terrace, 11am-9pm) where they are giving back 20% of all Jackson family food and drink sales all day long!
November Dine & Donate: 11/26 & 11/27 - Dominick’s Pizza (139 W. St. Charles Road, 10:30am-9pm). Who wants to cook before Thanksgiving?! NO ONE! Don’t worry, Dominick’s has you covered! They are giving back 20% of all Jackson delivery and take out orders on both the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving! Pizza and pasta before the turkey and stuffing!
December Dine & Donate: 12/19 - Made in Italy (476 Forest Avenue, Glen Ellyn, 3pm-9pm). 20% given back to Jackson on all dine-in restaurant orders and pre ordered Take-and-Bake Italian cuisine trays. More details to come!
Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA Meeting is Thursday, October 17th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Jackson LRC.
We are still looking for parents to help with:
Fundraising
Student Events
Social Media
Teacher Appreciation
Please consider helping out! If you can’t make it to our meeting, but would like to help with any committees or events, please reach out to us at jacksonpta45@gmail.com.
WE NEED YOU!
We have lots of amazing things planned for our students and would love your support! Membership is $6 per individual or $10 per family. You can register using this link.
DON'T WAIT! BUY YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY!
Go to: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter our yearbook code - 14927625. Or, you can search for Jackson Middle School by city and state.
PICTURES ARE NEEDED! Upload your pictures to our online portal.
Go to: https://community.lifetouch.com/invite?code=JACKSONJAGUARS-25
PLEASE tag photos as you upload them!
All photos uploaded will be considered but are not guaranteed to be included in the yearbook.
Spirit Wear Update
If you placed an order, expect it to come home in your students' backpacks by Thursday or Friday this week (10/17 or 10/18)! There were shipping delays due to the hurricanes in the south. Can't wait to see all our new Jaguar swag walking the halls!
Jackson Class of 2025 Information from Willowbrook High School
Attention 8th grade families! Please click here (Spanish) to access key dates information regarding your child's transition to Willowbrook. In addition, check out the Class of 2029 website. Go, Willowbrook Class of 2029!
Extracurricular Opportunities
We have a “Ways to Get Involved” clubs & activities link posted on the Jackson website. This link will bring you to a document that lists all the activities, clubs, and sports offered at Jackson. For each offering listed, the following information is included:
Activity, club, or sport name
Grade levels eligible for the activity, club, or sport
Meeting times
General description of the activity, club, or sport
Supervisor/coach contact information
Information about tryouts for interscholastic sports, specifics regarding intramurals, or other important information regarding extracurriculars will be communicated via the Jackson Happenings document which is also available on the Jackson website.
Jackson Daily Happenings
PowerSchool Parent Portal
PowerSchool is a proactive communication tool parents/guardians can use to stay informed about their child’s academic and work habits progress in school. Please click on this PowerSchool Parent/Guardian Quick Guide link for more information about how to navigate the PowerSchool portal. There is a mobile app version of the PowerSchool Portal for families. The interface of the mobile app is slightly different from the web version. If you experience any difficulties accessing PowerSchool, please email Mrs. Aparicio, the Jackson secretary who oversees PowerSchool. Her email address is vaparicio@d45.org.
Attendance
A friendly reminder that it is the responsibility of a parent/guardian to contact Jackson in the event his/her child will be absent from school. Please plan to report your child’s absence, prior to 9:00 a.m., by calling our attendance line at (630) 516-7368. Parents/guardians will leave a voicemail reporting their child’s absence. In the voicemail, please include the following information:
Child’s name and grade level
Date of absence
Reason for absence
Student absenteeism should be kept to the minimum; however, the School Board recognizes that some absences are unavoidable. The following are valid causes for a student's absence and will be considered “excused,” as specified in Section 26-2a of the Illinois School Code:
Illness
Observation of a religious holiday
Death in the immediate family
Family emergency
Other situations approved by the school principal