East Elementary
December 2022
1st Annual East Elementary Craft Fair Starts this Friday!
Time to dig through those change jars!!! The 1st Annual East Elementary Craft fair starts this Friday!! Here are the details...
- Sales will run from 7:25-7:45 in the Gym Friday December 2nd, 9th and 16th.
- Students are ONLY allowed to purchase items with quarters (bills of any amount will not be accepted).
- If a student is working a booth as a vendor they will be allowed to shop that day as well (we will watch their booth for them).
- Parents feel free to encourage your kiddos to buy items as gifts for family members - we have some REALLY cute stuff being sold.
- All items purchased will be put in a bag and sent home that day.
- Students who signed up to sell had a sheet sent home with them. If any parent/student didn’t get that sheet but DID sign up they can come see Mrs. Job.
- All questions or concerns can be directed to Mrs. Job ljob@jackson.k12.mo.us.
Upcoming Christmas Concerts!
The 1st Grade and 2nd Grade Christmas Concerts will be on Thursday, December 15. Here are the details:
1st Grade: The Polar Express
Doors for the 1st grade concert open at 5:30, and the concert begins at 6:00 pm. Please have your child report to the 2nd grade commons no later than 5:45 pm. The concert will last approximately 30 minutes. The theme is the Polar Express, so students are invited to dress in pajamas! Children who have specific speaking parts do not need to wear any particular special item of clothing.
2nd Grade: You Can't Steal Christmas
Gym doors for the 2nd grade concert will open once all families from the 1st grade concert exit. The concert begins at 7:00 pm. Please have your child report to the 2nd grade commons no later than 6:45 pm. The concert will last approximately 30 minutes. Students are invited to dress in nice clothing. They may wear red and green, silver and gold, or any special attire. Children who have specific speaking parts such as, Jack Frost, The Grinch, or Scrooge, are invited to wear clothing that represents that if they choose.
Other important points:
- Please help your child practice their part to where they have it memorized. We want them to feel comfortable saying it slowly and clearly into the microphone.
- If your child is practicing at home and you let Mrs. Sides know, they can get a spirit ticket for working hard on their performance outside of school time.
- Please remember it gets warm in the gym for concerts, so keep layers of clothing light so your child does not get overheated. Shoes should be comfortable and easy to move in.
- 2nd grade families and guests, please wait patiently in the foyer and allow all first grade families to exit before entering the gym.
- If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Sides at rsides@jr2mail.org.
Sounds of the Seasons
***This event is not required and is in addition to our concert mentioned above.
East's North Pole Holiday Party
To our new parents, instead of the traditional classroom Christmas parties, we have one big event sponsored by our East Elementary PTO. Our East North Pole schoolwide holiday party will be on Tuesday, December 20. Teachers and parent volunteers will help students rotate through the following four stations: a Christmas Carnival, Reindeer Games, Cookies & Pictures with Santa & Mrs. Claus, and Crafts (each student makes reindeer food and a holiday photo ornament). PTO provides the carnival games, sugar cookies for Cookies with Santa, the ziplock bags and toppers for the reindeer food, the ornament supplies, and brown paper bags for each student's treat bag.
If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please see the link below in the East Elementary PTO section. Only those who volunteer will participate in the party. Also, be on the lookout for an email from your homeroom parent for a signup link to donate items.
Need a Gift? Check out Artsonia!
As the holiday season is approaching, please consider ordering a gift (or two!!) from Artsonia. Our school gets 20% of what you spend which comes back to use in our art room. The website has greeting cards, mugs, jewelry, sketchbooks, ornaments, and much more! All items can be customized with your child's artwork making it the perfect gift for any family member, or yourself! Thank you for your support of this program and have a happy and safe Holiday Season!
Mrs. Lacey Job, Art Teacher
East Elementary PTO
1. A YoYo.
2. A Nintendo Switch
3. Barbies
4. An end to ALL the Viruses
5. New Shoes
6. Legos
7. World Peace
8. An official Red Ryder BB gun
While Christmas is ultimately about so much more — penning present “Wish Lists” is definitely a big part of the season. Some gift-givers like to browse Amazon or local stores in search of the perfect something for someone. Others prefer specific instructions or, literally, a direct link to what their loved one wants. Either way, the best gifts are delivered by listening to what someone wants, asks for, or simply needs.
DID YOU KNOW… PTO has a few wishes of our own?! Parent involvement is #1 on our Wish List because it’s what makes events like our upcoming North Pole Party and holiday staff luncheon possible.
East’s North Pole Party will be Tuesday, December 20. We need volunteers to help at the party and donate items for each class. To volunteer click here: https://forms.gle/2JefT24fS3NSK1Lk6. To donate items, be on the lookout for an email from your class’s Homeroom Parents.
Holiday Staff Luncheon will be Friday, December 9. PTO will provide a hot ham and sides lunch, and need volunteers to donate additional items. Click here to help: https://signup.com/go/STxtRBY.
Our next PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, February 7th at 5:30pm in the library. Having lots of parents and teachers there is also at the top of OUR Wish List! For more information about getting involved with the PTO, email us at east.pto.info@gmail.com.
Winter Weather and Recess
Mrs. Moyers’ Message
The holiday season provides a great opportunity to reinforce the meaning of respect, belonging, and empathy with our students through learning about different holidays that are celebrated for various reasons during the month of December. While we may have heard of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kawanzaa, when we take the time to learn about them, it allows for more feelings of respect, belonging, and empathy for everyone! As I tell the students often, it is important to understand how people around us are both similar to and different from us. When we take the time to learn how others are different, we may just find that we learn things that can help us in our own lives or reinforce our own belief system. Also, it can be helpful to explain to your student that just because you learn about something different doesn’t mean you have to like it or agree with it. However, it is important to learn how to respect those differences in others. Learning leads to knowledge, knowledge leads to understanding, and understanding leads to respect, belonging, and empathy.
Below is a link to a website that you could look at with your student to learn about different holidays that are celebrated in December in the United States.
News from the Nurse
December is here! We are truly blessed with the BEST parents/guardians in Jackson. You have all helped keep our school healthy by monitoring for illness at home and keeping your children home if they are sick. Flu A and RSV have made their appearance at East, so please continue to monitor your child for sickness!
Here are some helpful tips to avoid getting sick this winter:
- Avoid close contact. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
- Stay home when you are sick. If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.
- Cover your mouth and nose. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk.
- Clean your hands. Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs can be spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
- Practice other good health habits. Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home, work or school, especially when someone is ill. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
If your child is sick, follow the school’s Attendance Policy for when to stay home and when it is okay to return. If your child has a 100.1 fever or higher, keep them home. They need to be fever free for at least 24 hours without medication. If your child is vomiting or has diarrhea they need to be at home for at least 24 hours after the last episode. If your child tests positive for Covid, they need to be out 5 days from the start of symptoms.
Full Day Kids Club
The district offers a Full Day Kids’ Club program that will run at South Elementary from 7:30 am-5:45 p.m. and is open to currently enrolled preschool through 6th-grade students. This program is designed to provide a day full of fun activities for children whenever school is not in session.
DEADLINE TO ENROLL AND PAY for ALL WINTER FULL DAYS is Wednesday, December 7 before 4:30 p.m.
Full Day Kids’ Club will be offered during Winter Break at SOUTH ELEMENTARY the following dates:
December 21
December 22
December 23
December 27
December 28
December 29
December 30
January 3
Note: There is NO Full Day Kids’ Club on December 26 and January 2.
Full Day Kids’ Club is hosted at South Elementary 7:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m. All students must bring a sack lunch and a water bottle. There is a $1 late fee per child, per minute after 5:45 pm. We provide an afternoon and morning snack. No walk-ins allowed.
You must enroll and pay for your child to attend Full Day Kids’ Club by the deadlines set for each date. The cost is $27 per day, (any additional children are $22 each). ALL enrollment and payments are due before 4:30 p.m. on the designated due date.
To enroll, please click on the link below to the Full Day Kids’ Club tab (if link does not work, please type the link in your browser)
https://www.jacksonr2schools.com/parents/kids_club
For any questions, please call 243-9576
Birthday Book Club
East families, if you would like to help our library grow by joining the Birthday Book Club, you can find more information here: bit.ly/eastbbc
November Birthday Book Club Members
Charlotte Jones
Austin Dowdy
Kason Creech
Lincoln Hester
Connor LaMar
Wyatt Wade
Colton Francis
Kate Obergoenner
Lincoln Smith
Faith Putz
Annie Sisk
Chloe Shumock
December Events
December 5-9 Canned Food Drive
December 12-16 Christmas Spirit Week
December 15 1st Grade Music Concert 6:00 pm
December 15 2nd Grade Music Concert 7:00 pm
December 20 K-4 North Pole Party
December 20 End of 2nd Quarter
December 21 - Jan 3 Christmas Break
December 25 Merry Christmas!
January 1 Happy New Year!
January 4 School Resumes
EAST ELEMENTARY
Email: eweadon@jackson.k12.mo.us
Website: www.jacksonr2schools.com/East-Elementary-school/
Location: 455 North Lacey Street, Jackson, MO, USA
Phone: 573-243-5271
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastElementaryJR2/