Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today is an Anchor Day with A electives for 6th graders.

From the PTA Please come to Bingo Night to have some fun and help the PTA raise funds for our school community! It will be held tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th at 6:30 pm at the Mini Gym.   The PTA is also seeking student volunteers for this event. Student volunteer roles include Bingo Night host, pizza sale, and bingo card sale. If interested, please sign you up using the signup genius link on the PTA website, or contact Mr. Siegel. Have a good day!

Now here’s Dr. Woody-Pope: Good morning. This is Dr. Woody- Pope, your 8th grade school counselor, and this week, we are celebrating National School Counseling Week. As you know, our theme for this week is “School Counselors: Helping Students Dream Big.” Today, I’d like to talk about my dreams for our school. My dream for our school is that every student feels supported and welcome. That we treat each other with kindness, embracing and celebrating our differences, listening and learning from each other. Author Audre Lorde said, “Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone, who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.”  How can you help me meet my goals for our school? Can you reach out to someone today to ensure they feel like they are part of our school community? Do you feel like you belong? Let’s talk about how we can make our school a safe and nurturing space for all of us. You know where to find us. Have a wonderful Wednesday

From Ms. Burton: “In honor of School Counseling Week, each student will have a chance to win a prize each day. Pick up a bingo card, located outside of the Counseling Suite to play! Please turn it in to your grade level counselor’s mailbox by 2:00 p.m. each day to WIN! Good luck!”

From Ms. Wall and Ms. Rosegrant: Students—If you brought in your overdue library book today, please come to the library after announcements to return it or renew it if you still are using it.  If you have any questions, please come talk with us in the library. Teachers—Please follow up with the students on your TA overdue list today and remind students again about these books.

From Ms. Bennett: TJMS Writers and Artists: Now that the first semester is over, it’s time for the Winter edition of the Jefferson Journal of Art and Writing! If you have poems, stories, art, photography, or other work you are proud of from this semester and want to publish, please share it with the world! To submit your work you can go to tinyurl.com/TJMSlit and click “submit your work” or you can send it to Ms. Bennett at Katlyn.bennett@apsva.us. Submissions for the winter edition are due on Friday February 10.

From Ms. Wall and Ms. Rosegrant: TAB Club members: If you didn’t get your permission slip yesterday for our All-TAB author visit, please come get one from the Library today!  From Ms. Wall and Ms Rosegrant…and probably every teacher in this school: Please check your Canvas messages and Announcements every day!  Important information is sent to you through Canvas, and you need to know what is happening! Have you checked Canvas yet today?