The Navigator Newsletter
Sycamore Junior High's Parent Communication
April 1 - 6
Building Goals
*Cultivate a Positive Climate
*Implement Formative Instructional Practices
Coming Up at the JH
April 10: PTO Meeting 10:30am
3rd quarter report cards
Your feedback is needed
The administration is seeking input as it considers the resources required to print and distribute hard copies of report cards each quarter.
Click HERE to take the anonymous one-question survey.
Lost and Found
If your child has lost an item at school (sweatshirt, coat, lunchbox, etc) please encourage him or her to check the lost & found. Items can be found in the back of the cafeteria and are donated, recycled or disposed of every two to three weeks. If you have any questions, please contact the office.
For photos of items recently in L&F click HERE.
SJH Yearbook
LAST CHANCE . . . April 5th is the final day to order your 2019 SJHS Yearbook!
The cost is $35/copy. Please visit this link to order your 2019 SJHS yearbook . . . www.buytheyearbook.com/sycamore . Order today before it's too late! We will not be ordering extra yearbooks this year so it is imperative that you order by Friday. April 5th!!
Junior High T-Shirt Project: A Long-Standing Tradition
In collaboration with the U.C. Economics center, each year, teams of students design and present their ideas for a t-shirt to be sold and the associated profits donated to a charity of their choice.
TShirt: 7th Grade
This year's 7th grade winner was a team called CAYZE. All profits from the sale of the t-shirt will be donated to Brave Choices which helps people recover from addiction and abuse. If you would like to order this year's winning t-shirt, please fill out the google form below.
GOOGLE FORM ( to order T-Shirts):
https://goo.gl/forms/3Z6aPGENFkiuf6wX2
GOOGLE WEBSITE ( details about the product, cause & charity):
https://sites.google.com/s/12bD3R2kzxMBEbTh5pqDbvMP9h0xbv/p/1Pv2r5IPRHOLb9KSOzb8RUe5eD-pblAyz/edit
Please turn in money (cash or check) to the JH Office in an envelope marked with your name and the words, "CAYZE T-Shirt Project" no later than April 5th. Shirt pickup/delivery will be the week of May 1st . Please be advised that this is just an approximate, as in the printing company may need more time, please look for an email for updates.
If you have any question, please feel free to email the team at CAYZEincorporated@gmail.com
T-Shirt: 8th Grade
Juuling amongst teens
A Message from Sycamore High School:
Parents, Sycamore staff, and members of the Sycamore Community,
At the link below, you will find the March 2019 issue of the Sycamore High School Leaf. As you will soon learn, the cover story of this entirely student-produced issue is Juuling both at SHS and as a general trend amongst teens. Juuling has undeniably become a serious and widespread threat to the health of Sycamore students, and therefore our community as a whole. Written and assembled by students and for students, our coverage of Juuling provides not only vital and pertinent information, but does so in the frame of mind of those it affects most: teens. After reading this issue, we encourage you to take a look at the rest of our award-winning website to learn more about what teens in your community are doing, thinking, and discussing. Feel free to send feedback via email at shsstudentvoice@gmail.com.
Thank you,
Anisa Khatana, Editor-in-Chief 2019-2020
Alex Frost, Journalism Adviser
Link to Juuling issue: https://shsleaf.org/39703/leaf/march-2019-leaf/
Link to Leaf website: https://shsleaf.org
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In case you missed it
Safer Schools Ohio
1-844-SAFEROH
A multi-agency effort created to assist schools in continuously improving the safety of our students. By calling or texting the statewide anonymous hotline parents, students or community members can report anything that is suspicious or endangering you, your friends or your school.
Immunizations for 7th graders
If you have not turned in your child's proof of immunizations from a doctor's office, please do so ASAP. The cutoff date was September 5th.
Reunification
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Around Sycamore
Volunteers Needed
Sycamore Community Schools is seeking Adult Volunteers for April 22nd - Professional Development Day
The certified staff of Sycamore Community Schools will be participating in a professional learning activity called “Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE)” led by facilitators from Think Tank Inc. on April 22nd. The purpose of the activity is to engage our staff in authentic, empathy-building experiences to better understand the daily struggles some of our families may experience as a result of economic fatigue.
Each session will include 120 staff participants. We are in need of 20 volunteers (COPE Resource Leaders) for each session to “role play” various community and business members. As a COPE Resource Leader, you will be given your role by the COPE facilitator during training. Training will be provided in the first hour of the volunteer shift. The time commitment will be approximately 3-1/2 hours. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide babysitting services on this day, therefore volunteers are asked not to bring their children along.
Volunteer Times and Locations
Morning Session: 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Junior High Gym and High School Gym
Afternoon Session: 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Greene Gym and Maple Dale Gym
Sign-up on Eventbrite
For the morning session at Sycamore High School, click here.
For the morning session at the Sycamore Junior High School, click here.
For the afternoon session at Maple Dale Elementary, click here.
For the afternoon session at Greene Elementary, click here.
Additional Information
Contact Chris Beech, Associate to Assistant Superintendent
e-mail address: beechc@sycamoreschools.org,
phone number: 513.686.1700, ext.#5003
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In The Community
Sycamore Junior High School
Email: jhadmin@sycamoreschools.org
Website: www.sycamoreschools.org/sycamorejh
Location: 5757 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Phone: 5136861760
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SycamoreJuniorHighPTO/
Twitter: @sycamorejrhigh