Johnson Weekly e-Reminders
September 20, 2019
**Fall Picture Day is September 26th**
Calendar for Next Week....
Monday, September 23, DAY 2
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
JSA Orff @ 3:50-4:50pm
Explore Engineering @ 3:50-4:50pm
Academy Expansion @ 3:50-5:00pm
Boys Let Me Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Tuesday, September 24, DAY 3
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
Intramurals @ 7:45-8:15am
*Snack Lady visits k-2nd
*Old MacDonald Farm visits Kindergarten @ 1:30pm
Clay Creations @ 3:50-4:50pm
JSA Harmony Strings @ 3:50-4:50pm
Lego League @ 3:50-5:00pm
Girls on the Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
JSA Band @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Wednesday, September 25, DAY 1
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
The WRITE Stuff @ 3:50-4:50pm
Gospel Choir @ 3:50-5:00pm
YOGA @ 3:50-4:50pm
Boys Let Me Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Thursday, September 26, DAY 2
*PICTURE DAY TODAY!
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
Intramurals @ 7:45-8:15am
Story Art @ 3:50-4:50pm
Rites of Passage @ 3:50-4:50pm
Lego League @ 3:50-5:00pm
Girls on the Run @ 3:50-5:00pm
Jane Boyd 3:50-6:00pm
Friday, September 27 , DAY 3
*Early Dismissal @ 2:20pm
Jane Boyd @ 7:30-8:15am
School Store @ 7:45-8:30am
Green Team @ 7:45-8:30am
*STEAM Discovery Day @ 9:30am-1:30pm
Loom Knitting @ 2:20-3:30pm
JSA Harmony Strings @ 2:20-4:00pm
Jane Boyd 2:20-6:00pm
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
Volunteers Needed....
*Picture Day helpers- PLEASE HELP US OUT!
We are looking for a morning 9am-1pm Volunteer to help with Picture Day on September 26th. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Discovery Day helpers
We are looking for Volunteers to help in classrooms during our 1st Discovery Day on September 27 @ 9:30am - 1:30pm. You can come for 1-2 hour or stay for the whole event. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*Boys Let Me Run helpers
We are looking for 1-2 volunteers for our Mon/Wed (4-5 p.m.) after school Let Me Run program for fifteen 4th & 5th grade boys. Starts Sept. 16 and ends week of Nov. 11 (with a 5K run event on Nov. 2). If interested contact Melissa Summers at
319-558-4216 or msummers@crschools.us
*Thursday morning helpers
We are looking for Volunteers to come in on Thursday mornings and count Take Home Notes and deliver then to classrooms. If interested please contact Leah Ferring at LFerring@crschools.us
*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
Donations Needed....
*Need Snacks- granola bars/fruit snacks for enrichment classes---serve over 200 kids per week in after school program! Please make "Enrichments" and drop off in the Office
We are needing clear bottles. We would prefer anything with a harder plastic! Drop them off in rm. 103 or 106, pretty please! :) - Ms. Clark & Ms. Williams
*Art Studio Request
If you are a greeting card hoarder (You know who you are) and you would like to purge your stash of child-friendly blank cards with or without envelopes, I would absolutely love to take them off your hands! Please drop them off in the Art Studio. Thank you so much! - Ms. Sofranko, Art Teacher
*STEAM Lab Requests- please label “For STEAM Lab" and bring to the Main Office.
Plastic bottles - assorted 12 oz, 20, 2L, gallon
Plastic rope/cord
Sand paper
Foam bedding or polyfiber stuffing
Old CD discs and cases
Newspaper
Corks
Raffia in all colors
Playdoh
Playdoh tools (extruder tools, scissors, cookie cutters)
Pliers (for jewelry making)
Assorted buttons
Felt (not red)
Tissue paper (not white)
Dried beans
Cotton balls
Streamers (all colors)
Foam pieces
Feathers
Toothpicks
Note cards
Tempera Paint
Wide paint brushes
Masking tape
Duct tape in different patterns
Events for Sept. 21-27
Saturday, Sept. 21
STEAM Saturdays.......................................Ladd Library 10-11 am
Marshmallow Towers.........................................Downtown Library 10 am-noon
Monday, Sept. 23
Mother Goose on the Loose..............................Ladd Library 9:30-10:25 am
Parachute Fun!................................................... Downtown Library 10-10:30 am
Word 1 Beginner ................................................Ladd Library 3-4:30 pm
Video Gaming.....................................................Ladd Library 4:30-6 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 24
National Voter Registration Day .......................All day at both Libraries
Preschool Story Time......................................... Downtown Library 10-10:30 am
Basic Computer Skills........................................ Downtown Library 10-11:30 am
Using Genealogy Resources.............................. Ladd Library 10-11 am
Word 2 ................................................................Downtown Library 3-4:30 pm
The UnBook Club................................................Ladd Library 6:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Mother Goose on the Loose..............................Downtown Library 9:30-10:30 am
The More We Get Together................................Ladd Library 10-11 am
Bookin' It.............................................................Downtown Library 11:30 am-12:30 pm
CR Chess Club...................................................Downtown Library 5:30-7:30 pm
Beginning Microsoft Excel................................Ladd Library 6-7:30 pm
Bookish Arts and Crafts: Paper Wreath or Frame.....Downtown Library 6-7:30 pm
Thursday, Sept. 26
Preschool Story Time....................................... Ladd Library 10-10:30 am
Word 1 Complete..............................................Ladd Library 10-11:30 Am
Witwer Senior Games........................................Ladd Library 1-4 pm
Let's Play Scrabble - Evening Edition.................Downtown Library 6-7:45 pm
Community Conversation..................................Downtown Library 6-7:30 pm
Bookish Arts and Crafts: Paper Wreath or Frame...Ladd Library 6-7:30 pm
Friday, Sept. 27
Mother Goose on the Loose.................................Downtown Library 9:30-10:30 am
Laser Cut Jewelry Making....................................Downtown Library 10-11 am
Anything Could Happen!.......................................Downtown Library 2-4 pm
Crafternoons: Personalized Patch.......................Ladd Library 2:30-3:30 pm
Facilities Master Plan
Join the Cedar Rapids Community School District
and OPN Architects at a community open house.
HELP DESIGN
YOUR NEW
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
SEPT. 25
WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m.
WHERE: NewBo City Market,
1100 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids
Learn about the project, timeline, and
SHARE YOUR VISION
for the district’s new elementary school at the current
Coolidge Elementary Site.
Jane Boyd notes......
Jane Boyd will again offer two cohorts (Fall and Spring) of Strengthening Families Program to families who have a need/desire to grow their parenting skills.
The Strengthening Families Program is a nationally recognized, evidence-based parenting and family strengthening skills program for high-risk and general population families. Families complete a 7-session program addressing five protective factors that promote and build family strengths: Parental Resilience, Social Connections, Concrete Support in Times of Need, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development and Social/Emotional Competence of Children. The goal is to promote positive parent-child interaction, promote healthy childhood growth and development; and enhance families functioning by building trusting relationship, teaching problem solving skills, and improving the family’s support system. Program highlights include FREE weekly family meal, FREE childcare for children under 6, and graduation ceremony upon completion of the program.
The first cohort will begin in October. Participant criteria for this cohort include:
1) Family must have at least one child between ages 6-11
2) Family must commit to attending all 7 nights of class (7 week commitment with class mtg once per week)
3) Family must have a way to/from class
4) Family is preferred to be enrolled in other Jane Boyd/Four Oaks services, but this is not required.
5) Cohort capacity of 18 families
See attached flyer.
Thanks!
Megan Isenberg, LMSW
Director
Jane Boyd Community House
Office: 319-366-1408 ext. 1305
PTA NOTES.....
JSA PTA Facebook page CLICK HERE
Next PTA Meeting
October 14, 2019
JSA Window Clings
Show your support for our school with your own 4" x 4.25" window cling for just $5!
All proceeds go to the JSA PTA to support before and after school enrichments and other programming. Order form is attached below. Please drop off orders in the Main Office.
2019-2020 PTA Board:
President- Brandi Parsons
V. President- Corrie Block
Secretary- Melissa Summers
Treasurer- Jessica Karma
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