The Wildcat
April 10th-14th
Highlights
- After-School Playground Use
- PTO updates
- Staff Spotlight
- ILEARN schedule
- All Kids Bike Program
- Arrival and Dismissal
- Fine Arts and Gym Schedule
- Lunch Information
- Monthly Wellness Calendar
- Extracurriculars
Dates To Know
Monday, April 10th-No School
Tuesday, April 11th-3rd & 4th Grade PowerHour 2:30-3:30pm
-Fishing Club 2:30-3:15pm
-Girls on the Run (GOTR) 2:30-4pm
-Math Bowl Competition 5:30 @ Griffith High School
Thursday, April 13th-3rd & 4th Grade PowerHour 2:30-3:30pm
-Girls on the Run (GOTR) 2:30-4pm
ILEARN Testing April 17th-May 8th (see schedule below)
Tuesday, May 2nd-ELEARNING DAY (Election Day)
Johnston After School Playground Use
We absolutely love having our students play at our playground after school. However, there are one of two things that have to happen for your child to be allowed at the playground after school hours:
Come with a parent to supervise.
Go home after school to check in and then come back.
Unfortunately, we do not have staff that can supervise the playground after school, so we want to ensure our students are safe and accounted for. Thank you so much for your cooperation with this.
ILEARN Schedule
Are you registered to vote? Your vote matters!
Kindergarten Registration Info
PTO Information
A few reminders:
-Popcorn Day on Fridays
-April 6th-Candy Bar Fundraiser begins (see below)
-Meeting April 20th @ 2:30
-Fun fair Friday, April 21st
Shop at Strack & Van Til Food Market, save your receipts & send them to school with your student to help us earn free classroom equipment, courtesy of Strack & Van Til Food Market!
Fun Fair is Coming!
The themes for each class are:
Torres- Chicago Sports
Kindergarten- Gift Cards
1st- Backyard BBQ
2nd- Movie Night
3rd- Scratch off tickets
4th- Fiesta
5th- A day at the beach
PTO Elections!
Nominations do close on the 17th. Nominees will be announced at the April meeting. Nominees need to be present at that meeting to accept the nomination. Voting will be on May 18th during that meeting.
Candy Bar Fundraiser
Please return $60 (cash or check made payable to Johnston PTO) by April 21st.
If you do not wish to participate, please return your unopened box of chocolate to school on Tuesday, April 11th.
The class that has the highest percentage of students who have returned payment for their box by April 21st will receive an ice cream party. We thank you for your continuous support in raising funds for our PTO and school!
All Kids Bike Program!
"The All Kids Bike program will be used for our kindergarten students and students with special needs in our early childhood development classes. We service a largely impoverished community where the luxury of strider-type bikes is just not feasible for most of our families. To be able to provide the opportunity for every student to learn to ride a bike at a developmentally appropriate age fits our mission and goals perfectly." PE Teacher, Joe T.
Donate here:
Thank a Teacher! Due back April 28th
Safety at Johnston
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Extracurricular
Arrival Procedures
Doors open for students at 7:35 a.m. daily. Students who eat breakfast at school will be allowed entry beginning at 7:20 a.m at Door D. Anyone arriving after 7:50 a.m. will need to buzz and come into the main office to sign in.
Cars will enter the parking lot off Duluth Street (right turn only) and follow the curve to drop off students. Please pull up as far as you can and drop all your students off at one time. Have your children ready with their backpacks, lunch money, hugs, and kisses, so that when you stop they may exit the car quickly, and we can keep the drop-off line moving. The line can become backed up onto Duluth Street very quickly which causes safety issues for our parents, as well as other drivers.
Please drop off curbside only, and parents stay in their cars. Avoid dropping children off where they have to cross the street, this is extremely dangerous. It will be your responsibility to cross them if you choose to do this.
Please be mindful of other drivers and walkers. We know many of you have to get to work, and we want all children to be able to enter the building safely and on time.
Doors C (1st & 2nd) and B (Kindergarten, 3rd, & 4th) will be utilized for entrance as usual.
5th graders and Mrs. Torres's class will use Door G.
Dismissal Procedures
Grade K will exit through door J (FIVE minutes before the rest of the grade levels)
Grade 1 will exit through door C (main doors)
Grade 2 will exit through door B
Grade 3 will exit through door J
Grade 4 will exit through door I
Grade 5 and Mrs. Torres's class will exit through door G
Bus riders will exit through door J (a few minutes prior to the remainder of the school being dismissed where the buses will be waiting).
Cars may enter the parking lot off Duluth Street and follow the curve to pick up or park in the parking lot to walk up to get students.
We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep our Johnston families safe.
Fine Arts and Gym
Breakfast and Lunch Information
Breakfast is $1.50
Lunch is $2.00
Johnston Elementary - Highland's Shining North Star
How to get a hold of me:
Email: aharring@highland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes
Location: 8220 5th Street, Highland, IN, United States
Phone: 219.923.2428
Facebook: facebook.com/johnstonpto
Twitter: @harrington_jn