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Check our class website often for lots of important information, resources, and updates on our daily activity! Essential emails and website links are located at the bottom of each page.

Teacher Transition

Ms. Harrington's last day Is on 12/12/25.

Mrs. Shaikh will be covering as the lead teacher In our class from 12/15/25 until 1/9/26.

Then Miss Marra will begin as the lead teacher on 1/12/26.

Ms. Harrington will return in mid-May.

Please be patient during this transtion. The website may not be as up to date as usual, and there may be differences in style and communication. We appreciate your support!

December Events

December is a very busy month at FJS! Here is some Information about upcoming events:

12/4 - Winter Photos: This is a fundraiser put on by EHMS students. A notice was sent home via email. You can pay to have your child take pictures with various holidays characters and then the EHMS students print out the photos in a frame to take home on another day. This is an optional fundraiser. All kids get to take a picture, but they'll only be printed and sent home if you fill out the form sent via email and pay for the fundraiser.
12/5 - Assembly: The Pushcart Players will be putting on a performance for us at school!
12/12 - Holiday Boutique: Our class will be shopping for holiday gifts at the boutique in the very LAST time slot on Friday, 12/12 at 10:00-10:40. Keep this in mind because items may be sold out or very limited. A notice was sent home that has an envelope attached. Include any money you'd like your child to spend In the envelope and write down who they are shopping for.
12/12 - Ms. Harrington's Last Day! I will be beginning my maternity leave on Monday, 12/15, at which point Mrs. Shaikh will be teaching the class for the remainder of December and the first week of January. Then we will be joined by Ms. Marra, who will be starting in our class on January 12th. Before I leave, we will have a fun week full of gingerbread man themed activities! A note was sent via email to all parents with the information about my leave. Contact Mr. Tuorto with any questions.
12/15 - Report Cards available on Power School: Please see information sent home about logging in to view your child's report card online.
12/16 - Winter Concert: At 9:45 in the FJS Gym. All parents invited! Please see information sent home via email about registering ahead of time online as a visitor so you can attend.
12/19 - Winter Wonderland Event: Parents are invited to attend the outdoor portion of this event where kids will be participating in various fitness winter themed activities with a DJ! Kindergarten kids go outside at 9:30, and then the rest of the day will include other fun activities with older kids volunteering, and even hot cocoa! Please sign the permission slip sent home for the hot cocoa. Kids can wear pajamas or other cozy winter clothes!
12/22 - Class Party: Organized by our class parents! Thank you Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. Lambiase!
12/23 - Sing Along: On our early dismissal day, the whole school gathers for a holiday sing along! Wear holidays clothes, hats, and colors!
12/24 - 1/4 - Winter Break: Enjoy time off celebrating with loved ones! School will resume on Monday, 1/5.

Tree of Warmth

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thank you for signing up to attend parent-teacher conferences. All parents will receive the below general information sheet about how to enrich and reinforce academic skills along with a personalized information sheet about your child's progress. The general information sheet Is attached below because it has helpful links embedded that you can access here. Thank you for your attendance at the conference and involvement in your child's education!

Conference sheet - post on website

Fall Food Drive

Ice Cream Day

The fourth Tuesday of each month is ice cream day at FJS. It Is our way of celebrating anyone who had a birthday that month. You can order ice cream ahead of time through the PTA online. It is totally fine if you have purposefully chosen not to purchase the ice cream, but if you happened to have forgotten to put in the order and the window has already closed, it is not too late! You can contact the PTA's lunch chair, Holly Hadyk, whose email address is on the East Hanover PTA website.

Homework Routine

Our standard homework routine will begin in September.

A packet will be sent home each Monday. The cover sheet says what homework to complete each night. Please space it out each day of the week to encourage the daily habit. Rip off that page and send it into school the next day in your child's purple folder. Make sure it has their name on it. Work should be completed in mostly pencil, or crayon if it involves coloring. No need to sign the bottom of the homework cover sheet.

Heart words are also sent home each Monday (unless it is a review week). Practice the words briefly each day.

In addition, the homework sheet will instruct students to read for at least ten minutes every night (independently or together with family members) and add it to their monthly reading log. Keep coloring in symbols on the log and send that in whenever it is complete! Thank you.

Resources Tab

Check this website's right-most tab entitled "Resources." A lot of important information can be found there, and may answer some questions you have.

Scholastic Orders

Information is periodically sent home about ordering books for your child through Scholastic Book Club! Each month, I will be sending home book flyers and a note with a due date for the order that month. You would go online, order books with our class code, and they can be shipped to the school or directly to your home. I will send them home in your child's backpack if shipped to school. This is of course optional for all families. The books you order using our class code helps me to earn points so that I can also buy books to have in our classroom! The books offered through Scholastic are a great affordable and age-appropriate option. It is so important for kids to hold physical books in their hands at this age! Thank you!

scholastic.com/bookclubs

Class Code: NDDYX

Purple Folders

Reminder: Purple folders come home every day and should be emptied and brought back to school every day.

You may see in your child's purple folder:

Work that is finished, with or without a sticker or marking. This can be kept at home.
Work that is unfinished, with or without a sticker or marking. This can be finished at home if desired, and can also stay at home.
Forms - to be filled out and returned in a marked envelope with the form title and your child's name
Flyers or Notices - to stay at home.
New heart words to practice at home.

Thank you!

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