MJS Weekly Reflection
November 13 - November 17
A special week we had at MJS with our Veterans Day Celebration. It was wonderful to bring our MJS ONE community together for this important celebration and I am so proud of our students for their engaging participation. This week started marking period 2 and our teachers continue to engage our students with amazing content and learning experiences. Our Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences were a success. The time with families during conferences continues to build our collaborative community helping our students to learn and grow.
Jets Flag Football and PE
In partnership with the Jets Flag Football program 10 of our 6th grade students had the opportunity on Tuesday to represent Madison Junior School in a flag football tournament at the Jets practice facility. Our students had a great time at the Jets facility and the group went undefeated. Brielle Amiro and E’son Stokes were chosen to lead the Jets out onto the field against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday December 3rd. Thank you to our PE department for providing this awesome opportunity for our students. Thank you to our 6th grade students for representing MJS well!
Veterans Day Celebration
We had an amazing Veterans day celebration on Wednesday! 25 Veterans were in attendance and we had the opportunity to honor their service during this whole school assembly. Along with beautiful patriotic music performed by our student ensembles we had four students and one of our veterans speak about what Veterans Day meant to them. In addition our Student Council kicked off our first community service project of the year, Toys for Tots. After the assembly our Veterans were able to enjoy breakfast and had a chance to talk with some of our members of Student Council. Our students walked away having a stronger understanding and appreciation of what true service is.
Snapshots from MJS
Turk-a-Teacher
Which teacher will wear our turkey costume this year? Students can purchase a feather for a dollar and whichever teacher has the most feathers gets to wear the turkey costume this Wednesday! All proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association.
Visual Art at MJS
Our students within our Visual Art Department are so creative. Here is a sampling of the wonderful work that is done by our students throughout the school year. Thank you to Ms. Fiedler for sharing her passion and love for Visual Art with her students!
Lost and Found
Over the past 2 1/2 months our lost and found table has gathered many items. A big thank you to our office secretary, Ms. Kelly for taking the time this week to organize these items so we can get them back to their owners. Below are pictures of all the items we currently have in our lost and found. If you notice a item that belongs to your child please have them go to the office during their cycle period and check in with Ms. Kelly before picking up their item. Thank you for your assistance in getting these items back to their owners.
The Week Ahead
This coming week is a short week, however we are excited to continue our team building day tradition, which will be this Wednesday November 22nd. This is an opportunity for each grade level to spend time as a grade engaging in various activities around team building. Our 6th grade will stay at MJS and will be working with our high school students on various activities. Our 7th grade will be going to the Madison YMCA where they have a great program of activities planned. Our 8th grade will go to Hanover Lanes for a morning of bowling. We will start the morning with a locker clean out for all grade levels. Please have your child bring their backpack on Wednesday so they can bring any items home after their locker cleanout. Additional information will be provided with a little more detail about the schedule for the day prior to Wednesday.
Additional Information
Tickets are on sale for our Fall Play!
Rehearsals are going great for our Fall Play and our students are getting excited for their performance! The first show is on Friday December 1st. Tickets can be purchased by clicking this link.
In Our Community
The Madison Marvels won the NJ State Cup on Sunday November 5th, which is an elimination style tournament that began back in September and ended with the finals on Nov 5th in Tinton Falls. The Marvels, a 13U team, took home the trophy! MJS students who are part of the team include: Finn Braverman, Paige Godfrey, Ella Hall, Emma Hamilton, , Katherine McClelland, Madison Mori, Lily Polke, Molly Sanderson, Holly Trupia, Allison Visvikis and Jazminh Witte. Congratulations!!
Madison Public Library Newsletter
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From our PTO
To our MJS community,
Your dues are important to the success of our mission. Please help support your children, the MJS Staff and our PTO with a donation of $50-$75 for every 6th-7th grade student and $75 for every 8th grade student. Dues are not mandatory and any dollar amount donated above or below our suggested amounts will be much appreciated. Feel free to use the square link or the venmo QR code attached below.
https://madison-junior-school-pto.square.site/
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Madison Eagle Christmas Fund
Attention all Junior School families! The Madison Eagle Christmas Fund is again collecting new school supplies this year. Please bring items to MJS or drop them off at 53 Woodland Rd by December 5th. Items can include new notebooks, folders, binders, crayons, highlighters, pens, pencils, markers, post its and more. We are grateful for our community and appreciate your support. Thank you for your contribution!
Stock the Staff Room
The PTO is working on stocking the staff room for Thanksgiving and we would appreciate it if you can signup for a donation. Click the link below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4AA4A822ABFC1-45889758-stock
From SEPAG
Looking ahead
November
Wednesday, November 22, Single Session Day, Team Building Day
November 23-24, School closed
November 28, MJS Walkthrough for Referendum @ 5pm
November 28, District Parent Evening @ 6pm
December
December 1-2, MJS Fall Play Production
Wednesday December 6 - TREP$ Marketplace, 6-8pm
December 6-12 - Scholastic Book Fair at MJS
Thursday December 14 - Orchestra Winter Concert, 6pm
Thursday December 14 - Chorus Winter Concert, 7:30pm
Friday December 22, Single Session Day
December 25-January 1 - School Closed Winter Recess
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