Johnson Weekly e-Reminders
January 24, 2020
Calendar for Next Week....
Monday, January 27, DAY 2
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:50am
Orchestra Iowa visits K/1st grade @ 1pm
Musical-Amazing Grace Rehearsals (Scenes 1&2, w/ Crew-sets) @ 3:50-4:50pm
Academy Expansion @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Tuesday, January 28, DAY 3
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:50am
Snack Lady visits K-2
Musical-Amazing Grace Rehearsals (Scenes 3&4, w/ Crew-sets ) @ 3:50-4:50pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Wednesday, January 29, DAY 1
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:50am
Musical-Amazing Grace Rehearsals (Scenes 5&6, w/ Crew-sets ) @ 3:50-4:50pm
Pokemon Club Workshop @ 3:50-4:50pm
Color Outside the Lines! @ 3:50-4:50pm
Gospel Choir @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Thursday, January 30, DAY 2
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:50am
Snack Lady visits K-2
READing Dog Navi visit @ 1:45-3:15pm
Rites of Passage @ 3:50-4:50pm
Musical-Amazing Grace Rehearsals (ALL-Scenes 7, 8 & curtain call/bow, w/ Crew-sets ) @ 3:50-4:50pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Friday, January 31, DAY 3
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:50am
*Early Dismissal @ 2:20pm
Jane Boyd 2:20-6:00pm
JSA PTA Movie Night @ 5:30-7pm
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
Upcoming School Events
2/4- 3rd grade field trip
2/10- 5th grade visits Roosevelt MS
2/10- 2/14- Scholastic Book Fair
2/10- JSA PTA Meeting
2/11- Conferences
2/14- Conferences
2/18- 5th grade Visits McKinley MS
2/24- Spring Enrichments start
2/25- piano recital
2/27- Gospel Choir & Steppers to WHS
2020-2021 Preschool Enrollment Information
Preschool Application for 2020-2021
will be open ONLINE January 13, 2020 at 7am
Your child will be eligible to apply for preschool if they will be turning 3 and/or 4 years old on or before September 15, 2020
How to Apply to Preschool:
Please go to the Cedar Rapids Community School website to place an application for your Preschooler for 2020-2021 http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/schools/how-to-enroll/ and click the pink button
Kindergarten Registration for 2020-2021
Kindergarten Registration for 2020-2021
will be open ONLINE February 24, 2020 at 8am
How to Register: Do you currently have a student(s) attending a Cedar Rapids school?
YES - Please use your Infinite Campus Parent Portal to register your Kindergartener for 2020-2021.If you need assistance setting up your parent portal account, please call 558-2570 or contact your school.
NO - Please go to the Cedar Rapids Community School website at http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/schools/how-to-enroll/ to register your Kindergartener for 2020-2021 and welcome to the district!
*Your child will be eligible to enroll in kindergarten if they will be turning 5 years old on or before September 15, 2020
*You must register in your resident area school unless approved to attend elsewhere. Please use the LINK below to determine your resident area school or call 319-558-2570 https://lcgis.linncounty.org/apps/education/school-attendance-area/
If you do not have access to a computer or would simply like assistance, we invite you to our
Kindergarten Registration Open House on Thursday, February 27th
from 8am-5pm at the Educational Leadership and Support Center (located at 2500 Edgewood Rd N.W.) Spanish, Swahili, French and Nepali Interpreters will be available.
Alternative Kindergarten Information: Our Alternative Kindergarten Program is based on student screenings. To set up a screening for your child, you must enroll them in kindergarten and then set up a time for their screening online. To find out more information about our AK Program you can call 319-558-2247 or visit our website
Volunteers Needed....
*Volunteers for the needed Jungle Scholastic Bookfair-
We are in need of volunteers to help with the various aspects of the Bookfair February 10th - 14th. Click for the sign-up LINK
*Food needed for the Teacher Preview Breakfast-
Provide teachers with breakfast as they browse and select books for their Bookfair wish lists. Please have food/drinks to school either the day before or by 7:45.
Click for the sign-up LINK
*Hearing Van Volunteers-
We need volunteers on Thursday Feb 20 @ 9am-12n & 12n-3:30pm to escort students to the Hearing Van . If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Art Studio Helpers-
- Volunteer to help hanging artwork in the hallways
- Volunteers to help in Art Class in the afternoons with the younger students
If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us or Molly Sofranko at
*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
*Discovery Day Helpers-
We need Volunteers to help in the classroom with Discovery Day, March 13 @ 9:30am-1:30pm. Come join us for a few hours or spend the day. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
Donations Needed...
Art Room Supplies:
- Shoe Boxes
- Wrapping paper or paper towel tubes
- Child-friendly magazines and calendars with pictures
- Cereal boxes
- Small Clean Plastic containers with Lids
- Old Jewelry
- Cool objects to draw- Skulls, Mannequins, etc.
- How to Draw books
- Sponges
- Fake plants/flowers
- Aluminum foil, cling film, wax paper
- Yarn
- plastic bags/grocery or otherwise
STEAM Lab needs.....
- Beans
- Cardboard pieces
- Foam pieces
- Sandpaper
- Corks
- Toothpicks
CLINIC needs.....
- S/M/L/XL Girls & Boys pants - stretch or sweatpants preferred
- deodorant - travel size okay
Jane Boyd notes......
January 2020
13-14th - No School/ Full Day Program 8am-5pm at JBCH (must have signed up to attend)
20th - MLK Day No School/No Achievement Academy
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM
“Building strong families”
Sign up for 7 weeks of family fun activities that consists of parenting skills, children’s life skills and family strengthening activities designed to strengthen your relationships and help your family grow stronger.
Who: You and your family (children ages 6-11 years of age)
What: Interactive family strengthening activities
When: Thursdays 6-8pm (January 9th – February 20th)
Where: Jane Boyd Community House
943 14th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
How: Reserve your spot today by registering with:
Megan Brown (Johnson STEAM families)
Haley Becker (Jane Boyd Community House families)
Melissa Zehr (Family Support Participants)
DaMu Diaz-Doolin (You Do Matter & McKinley Families)
PTA NOTES.....
JSA PTA Facebook page CLICK HERE
Next PTA Meeting
February 10, 2020
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Save the DATES!
1) We have some upcoming events for you and your families to participate in. Your student should be bringing home a note about our winter movie night, which is happening on Friday, January 31st from 5:30-7 in the JSA gym. (In the event of inclement weather, this event will be canceled without a make-up date). Ms. Dorrance had a discovery day about entrepreneurship and this group will be selling popcorn at the movie. Bags may be purchased from $0.25-$0.50. Everyone should bring a blanket or camping chair and enjoy a movie that the students will be voting on soon. Special thanks to Nic Hartmann for already agreeing to be part of the clean-up committee after this event. If you are also interested in helping with the clean-up, please complete this form.
2) The second event is the JSA PTA monthly meeting on Monday, February 10th in the JSA Gallery. We will work to have a 30-40 minute meeting so that committees have time to work after that. Please plan to attend if at all possible.
3) The third event is the very next night Tuesday, February 11th, where PTA will be providing meals for the February Parent-Teacher Conferences and will be a Soup, Salad, and Sandwich theme! Please take a look at the Google Docs link below and sign up for any items you can bring. If possible, please try to have the prepared items dropped off around 4 PM on Tuesday, February 11th. Items that do not require preparation can be dropped off any time that day. If you are unable to bring an item in, but would like to provide a cash donation to purchase the food, please provide your donation to Shawn Carlson in the JSA office by Friday February 7th and we will put it towards the meal.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13PZlX4GdnKn07Y5VFABd82AJ04NBdtglKQa3hYudcQg/edit?usp=sharing
If you have any questions or are unable to update the Google Doc sign up, please contact Corrie Block directly at corrieblock@gmail.com.
4) In addition to these PTA events, there is also a sign-up to work the annual Scholastic book fair Feb 10-14, which will be the same week as conferences and is open during the evening conferences.
Thanks!
JSA PTA
2019-2020 PTA Board:
President- Brandi Parsons
V. President- Jessica Karma
Secretary- Melissa Summers
Treasurer- Corrie Block
Box Tops for Education program
*Traditional Box Tops clips can still be turned in to school
*Participating brands are starting to change their packaging from a traditional Box Tops clip to the new Box Top label.
Prairie Farms milk caps
- Peel off the Prairie Farms cap sticker to reveal a unique, redeemable code.
- go to www.prairiefarms.com/ourcapsyourcause/
- Select Johnson STEAM Academy
- Enter cap codes.
- Click the donate button.
Hy-Vee Receipts
Our school participates in the Cash 4 Students program which gives us $1 for every $200 in HyVee 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