Jaguar Tracks
October 7th
Dear JE community,
Happy October! It is now really feeling like fall weather! I hope that you all enjoy a well deserved long weekend.
Our students have been hard at work in all subject areas. I am so proud of the learning that is happening in all grade levels. Our students are showing their PAWSitive behavior and being recognized for their hard work. Our Spectacular Spot board is absolutely spilling over with new students being recognized.
For the last month, we have been watching a butterfly grow in our front office. Today, we had the opportunity to release a beautiful monarch butterfly after school. I hope that our students enjoyed it as much as we did!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Caitlin Shelburne
Health Update
I will begin Mandatory Health Screenings soon. The state requires that we complete the following screenings by grade level:
Kindergarten: Vision (Starting next week) and Hearing
First Grade: Vision, Hearing, Height and Weight (BMI)
Second Grade: Vision and Hearing
Third Grade: Vision and Hearing
Fourth Grade: Vision, Height and Weight (BMI)
Fifth Grade: Vision, Postural Screening (IN THE SPRING)
For more information please see https://www.mass.gov/lists/school-health-screening.
To opt your child out of one (or more) screenings, please complete the following google form.Mandatory Screening OPT OUT Form (one per child) or email me directly elmy.trevejo@reading.k12.ma.us BY OCTOBER 21st, 2022.
Kindergarten parents, please email me or complete the google form by October 11th, 2022 if you would like to opt your child out of having their vision screened.
Thanks,
Mrs. Trevejo, RN MPH
The library is looking for volunteers
If you are interested in volunteering in the library, please return the completed volunteer form to school and plan to attend a library volunteer meeting.
There will be a training session in the library for new volunteers on Wednesday, October 19, at 8:30 – 9:30 AM.
If you are a returning volunteer, please plan to attend the meeting on Thursday, October 20, at 1:30 - 2:15.
If you have any questions, please contact the library media teacher, Karen Ghirardi, at karen.ghirardi@reading.k12.ma.us or at 781-942-9161 x 137.
Mark Your Calendars!
October 10 ..........................Columbus Day: No School
October 21............................Halloween Howl
October 27................................Picture Make-Up Day
November 8 ................................... Teacher In-Service
November 11 .......................Veteran's Day: No School
November 18 ......Conference Day/ Teacher In-Service
Reminders:
FINAL CALL FOR PORTAL UPDATE FORMS!
This is the last reminder to update your Portal Update Forms if you have not done so already. This information needs to be completed and updated EVERY year for EVERY student. Here is a link for parent directions: How To Access and Fill out Portal Forms. It is very important that these forms be updated every year as they contain important contact information and student permissions. If we do not have certain permissions, your child will not be able to access important information or utilize any technology while in school.
There are two forms:
Pupil Information Form -sent to the primary contact only to update any student information, including medical info, student permissions -including photos, Acceptable Use Policy, etc., emergency childcare and Connect Ed emergency notification info. Please submit BOTH forms.
Contact Update Form – each contact associated with a student will see this form. It includes, name, address, home/mobile/office phone, primary and alternate email address. Contacts are instructed to notify the office with changes to primary email addresses because this will impact your portal login and will have to be sent another activation code. You are not able to change this on the form, it is read only. Each contact will need to log into the portal to see this form.
To recap:
Primary Contact will see both forms in the portal to update pupil information and update their own contact info.
All other contacts will only see only the Contact Update form to update their own contact info.
We greatly appreciate your efforts in submitting as soon as possible!
PTO's Corner
PTO Update: It’s hard to believe, but we’ve made it to the first long weekend of the school year! That means your child’s favorite event of the year, the Halloween Howl, is coming up soon!. See below for details & additional ways to support the PTO.
Halloween Howl: The Halloween Howl will be held on 10/21 on the back lot of the school. Grades K-2 will attend from 3-4:30 pm, and grades 3-5 from 4:30-6 pm. Games, Dancing, Face Painting, Fortune Telling and more!
We need many volunteers to help make this event a success. Please see the link below if you are able to help:
https://www.signupgenius.com/.../5080B44A5A82DA4F94...
Feel free to contact Jes Lynch at jessica.l.meehan@gmail.com with any questions!
Room Parents Needed: The PTO is seeking 2 room parents for Emery. We could also use 1 more room parent for Lewis and Derosier.
We are also seeking one to two Enrichment Coordinators for Grades K, 1, and 2 to work with the grade level teachers to plan field trips and special visitors during the school year.
Please email JEVolunteers@gmail.com if you can help!
Calareso’s Gift Certificate Fundraiser: Don’t forget to return your Calareso’s forms and payment by Friday, October 21st! Purchase gift certificates through JE PTO and 25% of your purchase goes directly to our school.
Order forms will go out in backpacks again this week and payment will be accepted by check, PayPal or Venmo.
JE Spiritwear: It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season is around the corner. If your family likes to show their JE spirit, consider a gift from the JE Spiritwear store.
Orders must be placed by November 1. Visit the store at the link here.
We hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!
Meredith Yoder & Jessie Tran
PTO Co-Presidents
Reading Public Schools is a METCO District
"Since its founding during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, the METCO program has enrolled tens of thousands of Boston students of color in predominately white school districts, creating the opportunity for those districts to experience the advantages of learning and working in a racially and ethnically diverse setting."
Found Family Program
Please take a look at the attached document detailing our “Found Family” Program. With the collaboration of 8th grade students from Parker Middle School and all Elementary PTO’s we produced the name “Found Family,” and this document for our district Found Family program. What does Found Family mean? “A group of people who find themselves united in a family-bond based on shared experiences, mutual understanding, and interpersonal connection. Found Family is not biological but found when placed in a new place.”
If you are interested in participating, please sign up HERE.