Jordan/Jackson News You Can Use
December 7, 2022
Jordan/Jackson Digital Citizenship
Students in Grade 3 through Grade 5 will be receiving two sessions of Digital Citizenship. The first session will take place in December, while a second session will be scheduled for Spring. During these short, age appropriate lessons, students will learn the importance of being a responsible digital citizen and making smart choices online, in school, and in their community. Subjects include topics such as “Privacy and Security”, “Cyberbullying” and “Media Balance”. Lessons have been created using resources from Common Sense Education, a digital citizenship curriculum.
Grade 3: The Power Of Words: A lesson on how to react when someone uses mean or hurtful language on the internet.
Grade 4: Private & Personal Information: A lesson on what information about you is okay to share online.
Grade 5: Finding My Media Balance: A lesson on using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities.
Let’s Keep Talking
Here you will find resources on ways to continue the conversation at home. Each area provides information along with activities that you can do as a family to further children’s knowledge of what it means to be a good digital citizen.
Grade 3 - Cyberbullying: Help Kids Fight Cyberbullying and Other Mean Online Behavior
Grade 4 - Privacy and Security: Help Boost Kids' Safety, Privacy and Security
Grade 5 - Media Balance: Help Kids Balance Their Media Lives
KINDNESS 101 - COURAGE
Mrs. Norige's 4th grade class rhythmically performing "Sleigh Ride"
Stop by MESA's Book Fair This Week!
The Jordan/Jackson Scholastic Book Fair began Monday, December 5th and will run through Friday, December 9th.
PLEASE NOTE AN IMPORTANT CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS: Tax will be added to purchases this year. To make it easier for the students, please add funds to cover tax on the amount you’d like them to spend. MA state sales tax is 6.25%. (For example: $20 = $21.25, $40 = $42.50, $50 = 53.13) Classes will be going to the fair during the school day, The remaining schedule is as follows:
Thursday: Franklin, Ulrich, Keller, Erick, DiCenso, Reeder
Friday: Enright, Haapaoja
Open to the Public: Anyone can visit the Book Fair on Thursday, December 8 from noon - 8:00 PM and Friday,December 9 from noon-2:00 PM. Please consider visiting the Book Fair in person to help support the school! If you are a CHAMPS parent, please come down to the Book Fair after pickup on Thursday. Be sure to check out the books your classroom teachers have placed in their wish bins!
Sending Money in with your Student/e Wallet:: As a reminder, please send cash in a resealable bag and make checks out to MESA with the monetary limit written in the check note section. Scholastic is also offering a cash-free system called e-Wallet. Parents must transfer leftover funds from last year’s fairs to a new e-Wallet. Jordan/Jackson bookfair is a separate bookfair from Robinson so each student will need their own unique e-Wallet. Link to setup e-Wallet: e-Wallet for Jordan/Jackson
If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Online Book Fair. All orders ship directly to your home and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also benefit our school.
Visit MESA's Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/jj. We hope to see you there! Thank you for supporting our students and our school!
CHAMPS WINTER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
This Winter we will be offering Global Child Spanish, Chess Wizards, and Axtreme Guitar enrichment classes and lessons. Please click on the link below for more information:
And don't forget to visit our website to join our email list!
Mansfield Public Schools Recognized for Long-Standing Partnership w/Piro Family
Press Release: Superintendent Teresa Murphy and Principal John Nieratko are pleased to announce that the staff at Jordan/Jackson Elementary School was honored last week for the school’s ongoing partnership with a family in the community.
On Wednesday, Nov. 30, the Doug Flutie Foundation and Jersey Mike's honored Jordan/Jackson’s commitment to the “inclusion of all people for the benefit of all people." As part of the event, the Flutie Foundation purchased the entire staff at the school subs from Jersey Mike's as a thank you for the school's partnership with the Piro family. Read more in Superintendent Murphy's press release: Press Release Dec 5
Pictured from left: Jordan/Jackson Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Peggy DeAngelis, Jamie Piro and Kim Piro. (Photo Courtesy Mansfield Public Schools)
LOST AND FOUND
ANNUAL HEALTH SCREENINGS
In accordance with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, vision and hearing screenings will be performed on all JJ students. In addition, all 4th grade students will have their height and weight recorded. If you would like to opt out of any of these screenings, please send in a note to the school nurse as soon as possible. Please include in your note your child's full name and teacher.
Screenings will be on the following dates:
December 9 - Grades 4 and 5
December 12 - Grade 5
December 16 - Grade 5
Please make sure your child comes to school with their eyeglasses/contacts.
Jordan/Jackson Dates to Remember
December 6: Health Screening Grades 3 and 4
December 8 and 9: Teacher Parent Conferences
December 8 and 9: Early Release @ 11:40am
December 9: Health Screening Grades 4 and 5
December 12: Health Screening Grade 5
December 12 - December 16: Digital Citizenship
December 16: Health Screening Grade 5
December 23: Early Release @ 11:40am
December 24 - January 2: Winter Break
iCARE Reading Volunteers Needed
Kim Piro is soliciting volunteers this year to serve as classroom readers to benefit her "iCARE” (Introducing Children to Acceptance through Reading and Education) program began 19 years ago to teach students in grades preschool thru 5 about their special needs peers. Books focus on a variety of different disabilities and are available in the school’s library.
If you are interested in volunteering, it can be very rewarding and takes as little as half an hour of your time. If you are an interested parent who would like to read one of these books to a classroom, please call/text Kim Piro at 781-630-0463 or email her at kimpiro20@gmail.com. You can also register to be a reader online at www.thejamiefund.org. Go to the website and click where it asks you to volunteer. Readings will start in January and go through February/March at all three elementary schools.
MESA is the non-profit parent organization of the Robinson and Jordan/Jackson elementary schools. We facilitate fundraising, enrichment, and community building fun for our schools and students. We are always looking for help, new ideas and involvement! Click on the links below to learn more about MESA.
MESA needs volunteers to fill two board positions
Check out the events MESA is currently working on in their latest newsletter:
Jordan/Jackson's Teacher Appreciation Dinner
MESA is excited for the return of our traditional teacher appreciation dinners during parent-teacher conferences. We've had to do things a little differently the past two years because of COVID, but will once again be offering a full dinner to teachers to enjoy during evening conferences this fall.
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We are looking for donations of side items, beverages, centerpieces and paper products. Please see the SignUp Genius link below for more information and to sign up.