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Jefferson Parent Newsletter - Week of Oct. 26, 2020
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Red Ribbon Week
- 10/26 - Mon: “Team up with others.” Wear your favorite sports teams
- 10/27 - Tue: “Always be ready to say no to drugs.” Wear the color red
- 10/28 - Wed: “Let’s black out drugs.” Wear the color black
- 10/29 - Thu: “Don’t lose sight of your dreams” Wear School appropriate pajamas to school
- 10/30 - Fri: “Your drug-free journey begins at school.” Wear Jefferson Spirit Wear or blue & gold.
Does your student need a planner?
End of 1st Quarter
The kids have taken over the daily announcements!!!
Check out their fantastic work at the links below for this week on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday!
DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feel free to view the daily morning announcements for last week. Enjoy!
- Monday, 10.19.20 - www.wevideo.com/view/1881070174
- Tuesday, 10.20.20 - www.wevideo.com/view/1883445084
- Wednesday, 10.21.20 - www.wevideo.com/view/1883535602
- Thursday, 10.22.20 - www.wevideo.com/view/1884947069
- Friday, 10.23.20 - www.wevideo.com/view/1884372466
Drama/Musical Coming Soon!
Although we are not able to have our musical in the traditional sense, we are excited to start a remote drama project which we think kids and families will love: Zombies the Musical! Both cast and crew will have an opportunity to participate in the creation of this movie musical. Audition submissions are due by Friday, October 30 and we hope to have a premiere in mid-December.
This link is a slideshow which describes the project, similar to our student and parent informational meeting. The description section of the slideshow contains all of the items required for auditions, and a Google Form that will serve as a permission slip for selected cast and crew.
Thank you for supporting Jefferson drama,
Sarah Giordano
Drive-thru Food Distribution and Flu Vaccine was a huge success!!!
8th Grade High School Placement
In the past, Willowbrook High School has worked with us to use various sources of information to place students in Freshman courses at WBHS. These items included the PSAT, MAP Fall in 8th grade, Teacher recommendation, GPA, and student/parent input. Given the current condition and limitations, the PSAT and MAP Fall tests are not being administered.
Due to this, Willowbrook Department Chairs and Administration has met with D45 8th grade Teachers, Department Leaders, and Admin to identify alternatives for these assessments in both Math and Language Arts. Our teams are now collaborating to identify those resources that will be used for placement considerations at WBHS. The WBHS administration will communicate in greater detail at a later time once everything is finalized, but this is a general overview of our work thus far.
What can your 8th grader do? The answer is simple. Just simply do their best on all their classroom assignments as we will identify items they are turning in through Eureka, Amplify, Savas, and other classroom assessments in Math and ELA as part of their WBHS placement. More details coming soon.
JOIN A CLUB AT JEFFERSON!!!
Book Club
- Are you looking for a place to relax and chat about some really good books? Come to Book Club with Mrs. Pakeltis on Mondays after school starting at 3:30 pm. We will find attention grabbing books to read and share! See you on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. You can Goggle Chat Mrs. Pakeltis with questions. The Google Classroom code is: HAAVBFK.
Broadcast Club
- Create the morning announcements. Learn to use WeVideo and other editing apps. Reach out to Mr. McDaniel and/or Mrs. Tarrant for more details and use code S43APTW to join.
Builders Club
- Builders Club is a service club that helps to "build" a better school, community, and world by helping others. This group works together on ways to help others who need support in a variety of different ways. Join the club using the code AXFFRLO and contact Mrs. Pakeltis if you have any questions.
Choir:
- All students interested in Choir. Join the Jefferson Middle School Choir google Classroom using the google classroom code: QD4SMZJ and contact Mrs. Vrchota with any questions.
Conservation Club
- Students that are interested in recycling and discussing ways to improve the environment. are welcomed to join us. See Mr. Johnson for more details and use code 4NWPI3I to join us.
Escape Room
- The Virtual Escape Room Club is now being offered at Jefferson on Thursdays from 3:15-4:15. What is an escape room? A virtual escape room is all about solving riddles, and puzzles to get out of a situation. There’s usually a theme and some questions you'll need to answer about that subject while others are just about figuring out clues that incorporate the theme. All interested students please join with the code is YJ3GUDY. Any questions please contact Mr. Kulovits or Mr. Peterson!
Fantasy Football
- Are you a sports fan? Then we have the club for you. Come join Mr. Kulovits as he sponsors a virtual fantasy sports club. The first sport that we are going to start with is football, the NFL season is upon us, so all interested students please join the Google classroom.
Photo Club
- Please join the Google Classroom with code "P5GNCB4" If you have any questions, please email Mr. Johnson or Mr. McDaniel! To join the Jefferson Photo Club. ope to see you there!
- 7TH GRADE: Can’t get that worry thought out of your head? Explore all 5 senses doing fun activities. Ms. Farfan will show you cool calming activities which she is learning in college. Club members will have access to borrow and practice with Mr. Schwiekert’s many calming tools and fidgets to reduce stress too. Go to 5QXBUDG to join the 7th grade mindfulness club.
- 8TH GRADE: What does it mean to make Mindful Choices? We all feel emotions, some are heavy and some are light. The focus of the group is emotional awareness and learning mindful practices to manage emotions. Use code LFV4XTA to join the 8th grade mindfulness Club.
Video Game Club
- Students who enjoy video games will have a place to meet up and discuss new games/consoles and even play against other students in mini tournaments. We will even discuss the history of video games and how they started and where they have gone since the beginning. Use code N7MUQHN and contact Mr. McDaniel for more details.
Curbside Book Pickup
If I have a tech issue, who do I contact?
Classroom teachers have experience with many common Chromebook or software issues. Contact your classroom teacher first with any problems. If they are unable to resolve the issue, they may direct you to contact our Technology Department through one of the other support options below or to the appropriate school or district personnel.
Other support options:
- Email support@d45.org
- Call (630) 516-7575
- Text (630) 454-7745
- View Support Videos on Return to School Website
Chromebook Support:
Drop off/pick-up hardware support is available daily at the District office between 8am and 4pm. Please utilize one of the remote support options prior to coming in.DISTRICT MEAL PICKUP
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STAY CONNECTED
Join Remind and get weekly updates from the Principal. It's really easy.
- Take out your phone.
- Open a new text message.
- Enter the number 81010.
- Enter the message @e97chb for 6th Grade, @ea8eah for 7th grade, or @6ae9c4 for 8th grade.
- Then hit send. That's it! Easy!!!
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Jefferson Middle School
- Mr. Wes Riley, 6th Grade Team Leader (Semester 1)
- Mr. John Bratko, 6th Grade Team Leader (Semester 2)
- Mrs. Carolyn Pakeltis, 7th Grade Team Leader
- Mrs. Kathleen Kocimski, 8th Grade Team Leader
- Mrs. Christine Zaccaro, PE Team Leader
- Mrs. Jackie Vrchota, Fine & Practical Arts Team Leader
- Mr. Ryan McDaniel, Special Education Team Leader
- Mrs. Kathy Gerber, Counselor
- Mr. Paul Schweikert, Social Worker
- Mrs. Christine Osterman, Psychologist
- Ms. Gabby Clow, Assistant Principal
- Mr. Raul Gaston, Principal
Website: https://www.d45.org/jefferson
Location: 255 W Vermont St, Villa Park, IL, USA
Phone: 630.516.7800
Twitter: @D45Jefferson