Ireland Elementary School
September 13, 2019
Soup and Sandwich FUNDRAISER - Selling Begins Today!
New this year - the top 5 sellers in the school get to choose a song to be played in the hallway in the morning and on our outside speakers during dismissal! We will also be rewarding the top 3 sellers in each grade level.
Thanks for your support!
Chores for Charity - Who is going to kiss that pig???
Don't forget.....this is a community service project to participate in the Kimball Electronics Gives 2019 Dubois County Making a Difference Program! Your child brought home a Chores for Charity paper. They are to do chores for you, grandparents, neighbors, etc. They will bring the money they earn to school and choose a staff member's bucket to put it into. The staff team's bucket that has the most money will have to KISS A PIG on Friday, September 27th in front of the student body! All donations will be donated to a local charity the students will vote on.
Greater Jasper Can Food Drive Competition
You can bring in your can food any day in the month of September. There will be boxes in the front by the office to put your can food donations.
Thanks!
Kindness Challenge of the Week
Sweep a neighbor’s, sidewalk, porch, or driveway.
Every week, your child will be receiving a kindness challenge! If they complete the challenge, they get to put up a sticker on our kindness challenge board!
Jump in on the fun at home too! Help us promote kindness to all - at school, home, and community!
First Family Fun Night - TONIGHT!
I am excited to announce that tonight we are going to have our 1st Family Fun Night for our Ireland Elementary School Community.
We are encouraging your family to attend a free, fun, family night! We will have organized activities and games - kickball, corn hole, sidewalk chalk, jenga, and much more! The whole event will be outside in our play area.
The event is for the FAMILY. It is not intended for parents to drop-off students. Please do not arrive early, as we will be setting up all the stations. In the case of rain, the event will be cancelled.
New GJCS App! - Let's Launch this App!
The GJCS app is your "one-stop-shop" for all of our academic information. The App contains"
- Daily calendars, announcements, and food menus
- Alerts and notifications
- Staff email, calling, and social media feeds
- News, weather, driving directions, and more!
It is a great way to quickly access dates and other information!
Old National Tools for Schools
Every email address can vote, so you can use multiple email addresses to give us votes!
Hallway Morning Song!
Box Top APP!
We have earned $233.90 on the app so far! Have you contributed to that?
If you haven't downloaded the Box Top APP yet, please do so! It is so easy to earn money for our school! Please spread the word to other community members. Just take a pic of your receipt using the app! If it still has box tops that you cut out, we will take those too!
We have a school goal of $2,000. Let's do this!
Box Tops - Add One More!
Parent challenge this week - can you get one person to download the app and show them how easy it is to collect money for our school?
Also, if you do Wal-Mart pick up, please email your receipt to receipts@boxtops4education.com for our school to receive the box top money!
#JasperGreat
Important Reminders and Updates
September 13 - Family Fun Night 6:30 - 8:00pm
September 13 - Soup and Sandwich Sales Begin
September 14 - Jasper Backyard FREE movie at Jasper Football Practice Field
September 19 - Grade 3 & 5 Vision Screening
September 24 - Book Fair Begins
September 26 - Grade 1 & 4 Hearing Screening
September 25th and October 2nd - Parent-Teacher Conferences - a paper will come home next week to let you know what date and time of your child's conference.
October 4 - Soup and Sandwich Fundraiser Ends
October 16 - Soup and Sandwich Ticket Orders will come home
October 21 - 25 - Fall Break - No School
October 30 - Picture Retakes
Drop off in the morning - you MUST drive around the school for drop off. The front of the school is for bus traffic only. You may park and walk in your child, but by no means are you allowed to pull up and drop off in the front of the school in the morning.
If dropping off or picking up your child, please do not block bus exits on the county roads.
VERY IMPORTANT- If your child's transportation changes, please notify the office with a note or phone call.
If your child is sick, please call the office by 9:00am.
Volunteers!
Anyone who would like to volunteer at school or chaperone a field trip must submit a background check. Once this is done, it is good as long as your child is a student at Ireland. If you aren't sure if you have completed one, your child's teacher can look it up for you. Background Check Link
Jasper's Backyard FREE Movie!
Nurse's Notes
Newsletter Highlights
- Recipe for Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
- Suicide Prevention Month
- Fast Health Facts
Community Support - We NEED You!
- We would love to have guest readers this year! Reading every day is very important for your child’s continued growth. Children that read for at least 1 hour a day will grow more than 2 years during the school year. Please encourage your child to read for at least 30 minutes a day.
- We would LOVE to hear about your career!
- Many programs and events will take place this year. If you would like to be on a school event committee, please use the sign up.
- A teacher or the principal will be heading up each of these new initiatives, so if you sign up, you will hear from one of us.
- Feel free to forward this to grandparents or other community members that would love to support our school!
- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A49AFA622A5FD0-community
September Lunch Menu
Scholastic Book Orders
We are IRELAND!
Email: sbauer@gjcs.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.gjcs.k12.in.us/3/home
Location: 2386 North 500 West, Jasper, IN, USA
Phone: (812)482-7751
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ireland-Elementary-School-482279435288092/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARAFiG3PHtLEmKAd5cDeCkiXQq9OSvT5IwdGN5thZayEwosa7K4OQKvDopYDB6ESEJzUS4NVtNa0lmoY