END-OF-YEAR ACTIVITIES FOR EIGHTH GRADERS

A field trip to Kings Dominion is scheduled for Thursday, June 12, 2025. The cost per student is $85.00. Payment (seeattached payment form) and the signed Field Trip Permission Slip and Agreement to Kings Dominion Policies (see attachedforms) must be submitted by May 9, 2025.

Payment, payment form, and registration will be collected on Wednesdaysduring TA. Late registration will not be accepted. Please note that students going on this trip MUST RIDE THE CHARTEREDBUSES TO AND FROM KINGS DOMINION PARK. Season pass holders may use their passes for this activity and pay $35.00 forthe bus.

In the event that a student must cancel plans, the student will be given their Kings Dominion park ticket which can be usedthrough October 2025. Transportation expenses are paid in advance and cannot be refunded. This includes students wholose the privilege because of behavioral concerns.

Please also note that Kings Dominion does not provide a picnic area. Therefore, students will be responsible for their ownlunch and refreshment expenses. If you would like your child to get a bag lunch from the cafeteria, please note that on thepermission slip. In order to meet park regulations, students with a bag lunch will meet at a scheduled location; TJMS staffwill supervise.

Appropriate attire is required. Kings Dominion Park has outlined the following requirements: shoes, shirts, and pants,shorts, or skirts are required at all times. Clothing which is too revealing is not permitted. Suggestive or offensive wordingor pictures on clothing is not permitted. Bathing suits and swimming trunks may only be worn in the Water Park area.

Attendance will be checked in TA – then all students going on the trip will gather in the Theatre. The charter buses will leaveThomas Jefferson at 8:30 AM and will return at approximately 5:00 PM. Please make plans to pick up your child at that time.Students MUST board the buses at 3:00 PM for the return trip home. This departure time is not flexible. In the event thata student has not boarded the bus by 3:30 PM, parents will be notified and the buses will depart on schedule for the returntrip.

VERY IMPORTANT: TWO telephone numbers are required on each student’s permission form. All information blanks mustbe completed. This is a regular school day for students who choose not to participate in this activity.

See Trip Code of Conduct in your previous letter.

The eighth grade end-of-year dance will be held in the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center on Friday, June 13, from6:30-8:30 PM. This event is for Thomas Jefferson Middle School eighth graders only.

Students are also welcome to join usfor a pasta dinner before the dance in the TJMS Library from 5:30-6:30 PM. There will be a permission slip for the dinnerand dance that will be given to students closer to that date. Eighth graders who are attending the dinner will enter throughthe main entrance (Door #1) and proceed to the library. Eighth graders who are only attending the dance will enter throughthe Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center (Door #12). Formal attire is encouraged.

The annual Yearbook Signing Party is an in-school event on Monday, June 16. Hot dogs (beef, chicken, or tofu) will be provided, as well as drinks and chips.

You are invited to attend the Promotion Program on Tuesday, June 17, at 9:00 AM in the Thomas Jefferson Gymnasium.Eighth grade students are expected to wear appropriate clothes for the promotion. Doors will be open for parents at 8:00AM. Please enter through doors 8 and 9, which are located by the walkway next to the soccer field. Students have beenasked to limit guests to three per family so everyone can sit safely and comfortably, as we will not have an overflow room. Areception provided by the PTA will follow in the gymnasium. Note: some students will be receiving awards during thePromotion Ceremony.

Eighth grade students can go home with their families after the promotion and reception or buses will be provided at12:00 PM. Students who decide to stay will follow their regular class schedule until 12:00 PM.