Hello Jefferson Families
It is hard to believe March is already here. It won’t be long before the warm weather arrives. It’s also that time of year when we start preparing for next year. We will be starting our course selection with our students this next week and throughout the month. We are looking ahead to finishing this school year strong and look forward to supporting our JMS families with their future educational plans.
Your proud principal,
Jane Allaire
YEARBOOK FOR SALE
The JSSO will be pre-selling yearbooks at the Jefferson Student Store on Tuesdays and Thursdays the last two weeks in March, 3/21, 3/23, 3/28, and 3/30. Yearbooks are $17 each and can be purchased by cash or check or PayPal. Make checks available to JSSO. Order forms will be sent home the week of 3/13.
When filling out the order form, please consider making an additional donation to JSSO for yearbooks for students who need financial support. Contingent on the amount we receive in donations, we will try to purchase yearbooks for students who cannot afford them, with priority going to 8th graders.
We need volunteers to help with the pre-sale. Shifts are from 12:00-12:50 or 1:00 to 1:50 on Tues, 3/21, Thur 3/23, Tues 3/28, and Thur 3/30. Volunteers will need to have completed an OSD background check ahead of time. SIGN UP HERE TO HELP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A094AA9AD2AAAF94-jefferson
KINDNESS CAMPAIGN
If you catch a kid being king, please give them a Manners Matter token (you can pick up more in the office). The student can turn this into Betsy or Jennifer to get M&Ms and a nomination slip that they fill out and return to the office. They are nominating staff they appreciate for being kind and we will select our staff to get PIED in the FACE from these nominations. :) (It's only natural to mix kindness and pie for this month...right?!)
FUN FRIDAYS
We will have spirit days all 5 Fridays in March
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March 3 - Decade Day (we had so much fun today, staff and students)
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March 10 - Superhero Day
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March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - Wear Green
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March 24 - Sports Day - March Madness Style
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March 31 - Dress like a Tourist Day
MARCH MADNESS
We are going to watch the March Madness Brackets and cheer these college athletes! Each advisory class will select a men's team and a women's team. It will be fun having advisory students vote! The winning advisories will have a celebration when we return from Spring Break.
SPRING ASSEMBLY
This will be an end-of-day assembly that features:
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Celebrating Boy's Volleyball, Chess, Robotics, Musical, Battle of the Books, Girl's Soccer, and Boy's Basketball.
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We will have a student vs staff basketball game.
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We will do locker clean out since it is the last day of school before the SPRING BREAK!!
JEFFERSON PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT: MARCH 15
Parents and guardians of Rising Sixth-Grade Students are invited to attend a parent information night at Jefferson Middle School from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, in the MAIN GYM. Students are not required to attend. Representatives from JMS will visit classrooms at LP Brown and Garfield elementary schools this spring to present information about making the transition to middle school. Elementary students, and their teachers, will also visit Jefferson for a school tour in June 2023.
IMPORTANT DATES, RECOGNITION, & CELEBRATIONS
March 7 - 7:00 PM Orchestra Concert @ CHS PAC
March 8 - Practice Lockout Drill
Mid-quarter Progress Reports
6/7 Elective forms Handed out
March 9 - 7:00 PM Band Concert @ CHS PAC
March 10 - SUPER HERO DAY
Mid Qtr 6th & 7th Grade Elective Forms Due
Regional Orch Festival NTSD PAC
Mar 12 - Daylight Savings, Spring 1 hour forward
Mar 14 - PI (????) DAY
Mar 15 - CHS Visits 8th Grade HS & Beyond
Incoming 6th Grd Parent/Student Night 6:30 PM in Main Gym
Mar 16 - Avanti High School visits 8th grade
Mar 22 - 8th Grd Packets handed out for registration
PANORAMA SURVEY
Mar 24 - SPORTS DAY MARCH MADNESS
JAMS Notice to Families
Mar 25 - Solo & Ensemble Festival @ Tum Mid School 9 AM
Mar 27 - Olympia High School visits 8th-grade
5:30 PM JSSO Meeting in Staff Lounge
Mar 28 - 7:00 PM Choir Concert CHS PAC
Mar 29 - ASB Officer Election Information Meeting (for 6th/7th graders for the following year)
Mar 31 -TOURIST DAY
Positive Assembly- Afternoon
JAMS Commitment DUE
Apr 3 -7 Spring Break