MJS Weekly Reflection
September 26-29
It was a wonderful week at MJS! As we bring closure to the first month of the school year I want to say thank you to all of our families for the support they have given their children and MJS as we began this school year. I am so proud of everyone at MJS and seeing our students and staff throughout the building is always a highlight of my day. Check out our reflections from the week!
Student Council Elections
On Friday morning our whole school came together in the Auditorium to listen to our President speeches for student council. The speeches were fabulous! Afterwards students went back to their homerooms to view the other candidate speeches followed by voting. By the end of the day we had our official Student Council 2023-2024! We are so proud of all the candidates who ran for an office. Everyone did an amazing job. We will be sharing our official Student Council Officers in the next newsletter.
6th Grade Social
Our 6th grade social was a huge success on Thursday! A big thank you to our PTO for sponsoring this wonderful event and for our amazing staff chaperones! Students had blast! Various activities included a DJ, photo booth, open gym, ice cream truck various outdoor games and snacks.
7th Grade ELA
In preparation for their first graded writing task, seventh grade ELA students explored a universally loved topic: ICE CREAM! Using appropriate, compelling evidence, each student wrote a structured paragraph about the benefits of ice cream. Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Toto, Mrs. Gamba, and Ms. Sanches chose a top response from each class. Winners were announced during lunch, and teachers treated each winner to ice cream. We are so very proud of ALL our seventh grade writers!
7A winners:
per 1: Lily Facciani
Per 2: Alexis Agi and Samuel Cambra Orrego
Per 3: Tori Jacobs and Maggie Patrone
Per 6: Auggie Doehner
Per 7: Jack Varga and Joan Cortes Lopez
7B Winners
per 1: Catherine Wilson and Gio Rivera
per 2: Mary Nunn
per 3: Will Dyer
per 6: Clarissa Kong
per 7: Chase Witz and Cathleen Nunn
6th Grade Science Weather Stations
Students in our 6th grade science classes had opportunities this week to begin exploring weather stations. Thank you Ms. Angelli and Ms. DeRosa for providing these engaging experiences for our students!
Connect and Reflect with Mr. Perrone
Thank you to all of our families who came out to our first Connect and Reflect with Mr. Perrone on Friday virtually and in person. It was great hearing a reflection from our 6th grade team leaders on the first month of school and sharing what is coming up in 6th grade. I enjoyed having an open conversation with our families regarding various questions around our school community. We will plan to have 3 more gatherings throughout the school year. It is important for me to stay connected with our families as we are all here together helping our students learn and grow. Please continue to reach out at anytime during the school year.
The Week Ahead
We kick off the first week of October with Week of Respect. This week affords an opportunity for districts and schools to focus instructional efforts and programs geared toward the prevention of harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB) as they work toward creating environments that are welcoming and supportive places for all to learn.
MJS ONE aligns perfectly with Week of Respect. We have set the bar to be One Inclusive Community Helping Each Learn and Grow. We want every single person in our building feeling valued and respected as an individual. During this week we will have various school wide activities to bring awareness including: Spirit Week, daily morning announcements, a whole school advisory lesson and our first pep rally of the school year!
Check out our Spirit Dress Up Days for next week!
Spirit Dress Up Days
Monday 10/2
We are Huge Fans of Respect
Show off your team spirit by wearing your favorite sports team shirt or jersey
Tuesday 10/3
Hats off to Kindness
Wear your favorite hat
Wednesday 10/4
Peace, Love, & Happiness
Spread good vibes and promote peace by wearing peace signs and/ or tie-dye apparel.
Thursday 10/5
Upstanding Superheroes
If you see something, say something! Upstanders are like superheroes, so come to school dressed in your favorite superhero apparel and join the fight against bullying!
Friday 10/6
Show your team spirit by wearing your team colors!
Fink- black Newbery- blue Ferris- red/maroon
Tobia - white Laur- gray Millichap - yellow/gold
Additional Information
Parent Teacher Organization
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/
Our first PTO meeting of the year will be on
Oct 11th at 7pm in the MJS library.
We will have a representative from the Board of Ed presenting information and answering your questions about the upcoming Referendum Vote. Please submit any questions you might have to the madisonjspto@gmail.com
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Looking ahead
October
Monday, October 9, School Closed for Students/PD Day for Staff
Wednesday, October 11, MJS PTO Meeting 7:00pm
Thursday October 26, Picture Makeup Day
Friday October 27, 7th/8th Grade Halloween Dance, 7-9pm
November
November 6-8, Parent/Teacher Conferences & Single Session Days
Wednesday, November 8, End of First Marking Period
November 9-10 School Closed
Monday, November 13, Second Marking Period Begins
Wednesday, November 22, Single Session Day
November 23-24, School closed