Morning Announcements March 1, 2024

Today is a B Day!

From Ms. Burton: Reminder: Girls Mentorship will have their meeting on Monday at 2:40 p.m. in room 273, in the dolphins’ area! We hope to see you there!

Here’s a special announcement: Z: Hi, I’m Ziona. S: And I’m Sahira Z: For our community project we’re doing a food drive for AFAC. The food drive will be open March 1st to April 5th. S: Our most needed times are canned tuna, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned tomatoes, peanut butter, and cereal. Z: Make sure that the items you donate have labels like low sodium or unsweetened. Z&S: Thank You!

From Ms. Dunbar, Ms. Waring, and Ms. Ayoub: Attention Reading Buddies: Today is our last gathering with 1st grade friends at Fleet Elementary. Please join the fun! Let’s finish strong. We’ll see you in Room 260 by 2:45pm.

Here’s Ms. Wall with a special announcement: Jefferson’s 2024 Battle of the Books is almost here! For those of you who are new this year to Jefferson, this is an annual book tournament–kind of like the NCAA basketball March Madness but with books. Your reading teachers and librarians have selected 16 great newish books that we want you to know about. There are thrillers, graphic novels, fantasies, nonfiction…books that make you think, cry, and laugh. We’ve made up a Sweet 16 bracket and have book video trailers for you to learn about them. Starting next Thursday and Friday, right after the regular announcements, we’ll be showing the videos on the announcements. Then, right after, everyone should go to the link in their TA Canvas course and vote for their favorites–either the book you read and enjoyed more…or the book you’d more like to read. Winners in each matchup will move on to the next round. The bracket will be posted in the library window really soon–come take a look! Which book do you think will win? And remember that all these books are available for you to read! Come check one out from the Library–or go to Sora and Destiny Discover to look for ebooks and audiobooks! May the best book win!

K: Hi, I’m Cate.N: And I’m also Cate.K: And we’re doing our Community Project to spread awareness about mental health in retirement homes. We’re doing this by writing cards to people in retirement homes.N: Mental health problems among older people are often under-recognized and under-treated. This makes people reluctant to seek help.K: Around one quarter of elderly people are affected by social isolation and loneliness.N: We’re looking for cards in both English and Spanish. They will be due Friday, March 1st.K: TA Teachers, make sure to put the cards in Mr. Malinosky’s mailbox by the end of t