Johnson Weekly e-Reminders
September 13, 2019
**Fall Picture Day is September 26th**
Calendar for Next Week....
Monday, September 16, DAY 3
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
JSA Orff @ 3:50-4:50pm
Explore Engineering @ 3:50-4:50pm
Academy Expansion @ 3:50-5:00pm
Boys Let Me Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Tuesday, September 17, DAY 1
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
Intramurals @ 7:45-8:15am
*City Trucks Visit Kindergarten @ 9:00am
Clay Creations @ 3:50-4:50pm
JSA Harmony Strings @ 3:50-4:50pm
Lego League @ 3:50-5:00pm
Girls on the Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
JSA Band @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Wednesday, September 18, DAY 2
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
The WRITE Stuff @ 3:50-4:50pm
Gospel Choir @ 3:50-5:00pm
YOGA @ 3:50-4:50pm
Boys Let Me Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Thursday, September 19, DAY 3
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
Intramurals @ 7:45-8:15am
Story Art @ 3:50-4:50pm
Rites of Passage @ 3:50-4:50pm
Lego League @ 3:50-5:00pm
Girls on the Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Friday, September 20, DAY 1
*Early Dismissal @ 2:20pm
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
School Store @ 7:45-8:30am
Green Team @ 7:45-8:30am
Loom Knitting @ 2:20-3:30pm
JSA Harmony Strings @ 2:20-4:00pm
Jane Boyd 2:20-6:00pm
OFFICE REMINDERS....
2019-2020 District School Calendar..... CLICK HERE
2019-2020 School Supply list....... CLICK HERE
Nurtislice School Menus..... CLICK HERE
Infinite Campus.....CLICK HERE
Breakfast served Monday-Friday @ 8:15-8:40am
Bell Schedule
Monday-Thursday: 8:50am - 3:50pm
Friday: 8:50am - 2:20pm
Volunteers Needed....
*Boys Let Me Run helpers
We are looking for 1-2 volunteers for our Mon/Wed (4-5 p.m.) after school Let Me Run program for fifteen 4th & 5th grade boys. Starts Sept. 16 and ends week of Nov. 11 (with a 5K run event on Nov. 2). If interested contact Melissa Summers at
319-558-4216 or msummers@crschools.us
*Picture Day helpers
We are looking for a morning and an afternoon Volunteer to help with Picture Day on September 26th. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Discovery Day helpers
We are looking for Volunteers to help in classrooms during our 1st Discovery Day on September 27 @ 9:30am - 1:30pm. You can come for 1-2 hour or stay for the whole event. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Thursday morning helpers
We are looking for Volunteers to come in on Thursday mornings and count Take Home Notes and deliver then to classrooms. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Weekend BackPack Program helpers
We are looking for Volunteers to come in on Fridays and deliver weekend food bags to student lockers. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
Donations Needed....
We are needing clear bottles. We would prefer anything with a harder plastic! Drop them off in rm. 103 or 106, pretty please! :) - Ms. Clark & Ms. Williams
*Art Studio Request
If you are a greeting card hoarder (You know who you are) and you would like to purge your stash of child-friendly blank cards with or without envelopes, I would absolutely love to take them off your hands! Please drop them off in the Art Studio. Thank you so much! - Ms. Sofranko, Art Teacher
*STEAM Lab Requests- please label “For STEAM Lab" and bring to the Main Office.
Plastic bottles - assorted 12 oz, 20, 2L, gallon
Plastic rope/cord
Sand paper
Foam bedding or polyfiber stuffing
Old CD discs and cases
Newspaper
Corks
Raffia in all colors
Playdoh
Playdoh tools (extruder tools, scissors, cookie cutters)
Pliers (for jewelry making)
Assorted buttons
Felt (not red)
Tissue paper (not white)
Dried beans
Cotton balls
Streamers (all colors)
Foam pieces
Feathers
Toothpicks
Note cards
Tempera Paint
Wide paint brushes
Masking tape
Duct tape in different patterns
Events for Sept. 14-20
Saturday, Sept. 14
Origami Fun...…………......…….............Downtown Library 9-10:30 am
iPhone/iPad Class...…………………………………..Ladd Library 3-4 pm
STEAM Saturdays: Chemistry......……………….....Ladd Library 10-11am
Monday, Sept. 16
Mother Goose on the Loose...………………………..Ladd Library 9:30-10:25 am
Laser Cut Jewelry Making...…………………………...Ladd Library 1-2 pm
Comic Aficionados...………………………………………..Downtown Library 4-5 pm
Video Gaming...………………………………………………...Ladd Library 4:30-6 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 17
Preschool Story Time...…………………………………....Downtown Library 10-10:30 am
E-Mail Basics...……………………………......................Downtown Library 10-11:30 am
WELL Talks...……………………………………………………..Downtown Library 6-7 pm
Let's Play Scrabble...…………………………….............Ladd Library 6-7:45 pm
Library Apps...…………………………………………………....Downtown Library 3-4pm
Family Fitness: Kickboxing Style class ............Downtown Library 6:30-7:15pm
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Mother Goose on the Loose...…………………………....Downtown Library 9:30-10:30 am
Microsoft PowerPoint...……………………………………...Downtown 10-11:30 am
Listen-In - Audio stories and hands-on activities... Downtown Library 10-11 am
CR Chess Club...…………………………………………………….Downtown Library 5:30-7:30 pm
Game Night - Board Games for Adults...…………...Downtown Library 6-7:30 pm
Thursday, Sept. 19
Preschool Story Time...………………………………………….Ladd Library 10-10:30 am
Witwer Senior Games...………………………………………...Ladd Library 1-4 pm
Virtual Reality...……………………………………………………...Downtown Library 3:30-5:30 pm
CR Comic Book Club...…………………………………………..Downtown Library 6:30-7:30 pm
Reading to Dogs...………………………………………………….Ladd Library 6:30-7:15 pm
Design Depot: Tinny Banned Book Jewelry...……. Downtown Library 3:30-4:30pm
Friday, Sept. 20
Mother Goose on the Loose...……………………………...Downtown Library 9:30-10:30 am
Iowa Accordion Club...…………………………………………..Downtown Library 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Anything Could Happen!...…………………………………….Downtown Library 2-4 pm
Crafternoons…………………………………………………………..Ladd Library 2:30-4:30 pm
PTA NOTES.....
JSA PTA Facebook page CLICK HERE
Next PTA Meeting
October 14, 2019
JSA Window Clings
Show your support for our school with your own 4" x 4.25" window cling for just $5!
All proceeds go to the JSA PTA to support before and after school enrichments and other programming. Order form is attached below. Please drop off orders in the Main Office.
2019-2020 PTA Board:
President- Brandi Parsons
V. President- Corrie Block
Secretary- Melissa Summers
Treasurer- Jessica Karma
Eventually the Box Tops program will become digital-only.
You can still clip and send them to school!
Please Save Hy-Vee Receipts!
Our school participates in the Cash 4 Students program which gives us $1 for every $200 in receipts that we submit. The funds raised will support our students and school.
Johnson STEAM Academy Magnet School
Johnson STEAM Academy provides an innovative, respectful, educational environment for all its students. It does this by focusing on academic achievement through a curriculum infused with STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.
Email: LFerring@cr.k12.ia.us
Website: http://johnson.cr.k12.ia.us/
Location: 355 18th Street Southeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Phone: (319)558-2174
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonSTEAMacademy?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Twitter: @JSAmagnet