JB Nelson Parent Newsletter 3.3.22
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Principal’s Message
JB Nelson Families, Our students have been enjoying their roller skating unit in PE and are sad to see it come to an end. I try to skate with at least one class every year and had fun skating with some first grade students yesterday. If you look at the “Tweet of the Week” (above) you can also find Mr. Albrecht and Mrs. Meiland skating along to the music too! Last week I sent out information about us starting up Art Appreciation again at JB Nelson. We heard from 4 parents and will be following up with them via email. We still need at least one parent to support Kindergarten, 3rd and 4th grades so if this sounds interesting to you, please sign up here. Our running club will be starting up again on Monday. Students are encouraged to run on Monday and Fridays before school. They can choose to run one of the days or both days. A permission slip was given to students in 4th and 5th grade by Mr. Albrecht in PE. The club will culminate with students being invited to run in the Batavia 5K Fox Trot on April 30th. Our 5th grade students that participate in band and orchestra will be returning to in person practices on Thursdays before school in the Gym. We are excited to hear them making music again and want to remind you that they will not enter the front door, but will enter the blacktop gym door E1. We hope you enjoy your three day weekend with your students as we have a teacher institute day tomorrow so students do not have school! We look forward to seeing our students on Monday! ~Mrs. Prentiss |
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Jaguar News Pop-Up S.T.E.A.M. Event What is a Pop Up STEAM event? Following the trend in culture a few years ago, SAB created an event centering around our new STEAM Lab. A Pop Up STEAM Event is a one-time or rare event that SAB hosts to give back to the school and create excitement for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. On March 24th, S.A.B. is having a fun Pop Up S.T.E.A.M activity for 1st-5th graders that centers around engineering and art. To sign up, you will have to go to this google form. Space is limited to 60 participants.. Please send the $5 to the front office. Make sure your money or check has your child’s name, class, and says S.A.B. STEAM. Thank you from S.A.B. -Written by SAB members EARN a ticket during Cougars March Madness Game Plan: Our school will be participating in the Cougars Reading Club, a reading incentive program sponsored by the Kane County Cougars baseball team. Your child will have the opportunity to improve his or her reading skills while earning a ticket to a Cougar’s game on JB Nelson game night on Tuesday, May 17th. They will also receive a Cougars drawstring bag, a free hot dog and drink to enjoy during the game. To get a game ticket and goodies – Your child needs to read or listen to books for 200 minutes during March. Write the number of minutes you read each day on the calendar below. Add up the minutes read at the end of March. Turn in your completed form to your child’s teacher by April 6th. In May, a form will come home to order additional discounted family tickets and parking passes. Tickets and vouchers will be handed out in May. Printed Reading logs will be coming home today! Unlock your child’s potential at Camp Invention this summer! The nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program comes to Grace McWayne from June 13 to June 17 with an exciting new K-6 adventure: Explore! Register using SUM25 by 3/31 to SAVE $25 at invent.org/mylocalcamp. For more information, contact Sue Palombella at susan.palombella@bps101.net or 630-862-0575. Save the Date! JBN Trivia Night Mark your calendars for our annual parents night out! Trivia Night will be on April 23rd. More info coming soon! JBN Family Science Night For those of you who were around a few years ago, you know that we usually hold an in person ‘Family Science Night’ each Spring. The intent of this event is to give all JBN students an opportunity to experience some hands-on science, participate in an interactive science presentation and to create some science of their own if they are interested. This is not a traditional Science Fair, as Ss have several options to participate such as doing an experiment, presenting research of their choosing, or sharing a collection they might have. This event also includes a high interest, interactive presentation about science concepts on the stage. This year, the PTO is planning to bring this back as an in person event on Tuesday, March 15th. We are planning to socially distance all of the students that have a display and limit the number of audience members in the presentation as well as having them socially distanced in the gym. If something changes and we have to pivot to a virtual event we are looking for ways to still have the students present their boards and have a live feed event that all families can view on the event night. Please read this packet for more information about the event and please turn in this form if your child is interested in participating and presenting so we can prepare the spaces and have tables for all students that will present. Mrs. Phillips will be presenting this information to all students in the LRC in the next two weeks as well. JBN Yearbook Have you been capturing fun moments from this year’s school events? Anyone can submit photos for the yearbook! Parents, teachers, volunteers at school please send any photos you have taken at school to our yearbook email address to help make the 2021/2022 yearbook the best one yet. jbnyearbook@gmail.com. Please contact Ashleigh or Kathleen for questions or more information on submitting your photos. Effortless Fundraising! Here are a couple of EASY fundraising free ways to help the PTO and our students: On-Line Shopping? Remember to use AmazonSmile When you shop at smile.amazon.com, AmazonSmile donations are generated for the JBN PTO. For shopping from your desktop, please save this fundraising LINK to your Amazon account! If shopping from the mobile app, search smile.amazon then click to visit Your Amazon Smile Settings. Verify that JB Nelson Elementary School PTO is your charity of choice. Also, periodically check your renewal period and the On/Off dropdown to ensure donations continue. Box Tops Box Tops are worth $.10 each and they add up fast! Twice a year, our school receives a check to help pay for whatever we need – equipment, supplies or experiences the kids love! Receipts are valid for scanning for an entire 14 days. Make sure to designate JB Nelson Elementary School as your home school, and start scanning! There are incredible promos for limited times! To view these promos, all you need to do is download the app on your device, or go into your already existing app, then click on Bonus Offers. Scroll all the way down to see the bigger promotions, and click on each one to view the deadlines and limitations. Here are some great offers currently on the App!
Download the Box Tops for Education app in the Apple store here: https://apps.apple.com/app/ Simple, Easy…Donate to your PTO Did you know that you can donate to your PTO with a simple click of a button? Just visit the PTO website, scroll to the bottom and click DONATE. Your donations help fund teacher appreciation, seasonal crafts and events. Feedback and Ideas for JBN PTO We always want your feedback and new ideas! Please email ideas for discussion to JBNPTO@gmail.com. Newsletter info Need to get information out about your event, or need volunteers for your committee? Make sure your newsletter blurb has been cleared by either the PTO or Mrs. Prentiss and then get it to Dana Weller at jbnptoinfo@gmail.com by Wednesday at noon. Upcoming Events Sync your mobile device(s) with the J.B.Nelson School Calendar. No School March 4 Science Night March 15 Spring Break March 28 – April 1 Important JBN Links |
Backpack MailBPS101 often receives requests from community organizations to distribute informational fliers to students in their backpacks. In an effort to be environmentally conscientious, we use an electronic format to deliver this information, which we call “Backpack Mail.” |
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