JBN Newsletter 8.22.25
Principal’s Message
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JB Nelson Families,
We had a FABULOUS first full week with our students. ALL classes were able to pass my “Cool Tools” quiz and earn their first Achievement badge (hanging on your child’s backpack) and we launched our theme of “Belonging” at our schoolwide assembly this morning. A child from each JB family will be coming home with a “Wishtree” book today. Teachers will be sending home more information about this book that all of us will be reading. “Save the date” for our Family Reading Night on Thursday Nov. 20th 5:45-7:30. ALL families will be invited to join in on fun activities aligned to the “Wishtree” book.
Picture day is coming! I posted this info on IG earlier this week (see link above to follow me). In addition to the typical school pictures of your child, the whole school will take a Panoramic photo on the blacktop on Oct. 17th. If you would like to order a schoolwide photo, here is the link.
This year we are selling JB Spiritwear right away instead of waiting until November. Please note that there is a “Wishtree” t-shirt that all staff wore yesterday and all students will be able to purchase as part of our theme of “Belonging” this year. All PTO related sign up’s and gear are on the PTO website. Each parent needs to set up a free account in order to access information about our PTO events.
We will see you all on Monday where we will continue our “Mindful Monday” series for the year. Staff and students are invited to wear comfy clothes (Example: yoga pants and joggers, not Pj’s) and we will continue to focus on Skills for Self Management.
The video re: Recess was not linked in last week’s message, please watch this video so that all community members have the same expectations for safety on the playground.
Make sure to rest this weekend and charge those Chromebooks!
Mrs. Prentiss
S.E.L. (Social Emotional Learning)
School-Home connections to help students grow their SEL skills!
BPS Strategic Plan Priority 2, Strategy 3-Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs
BPS Strategic Plan Priority 2, Strategy 4-Family & Community Partnerships
All students at JBN learn about social emotional skills in their daily classroom meetings.
All teachers follow the District’s Portrait of a Graduate sequence grades K-5.
For the months of August and September our focus will be on Self Management.
Self-management is the ability to control your actions, emotions, and thoughts to make good choices. It means staying calm when frustrated, focusing on tasks, and practicing self-discipline. When you use self-management, you can set goals, make plans, and keep trying—even when things are difficult. This skill helps with schoolwork, friendships, and handling challenges. Learning to pause, take deep breaths, and think before acting is a powerful way to grow and succeed!
Students are learning about classroom regulation spots to help with regulating emotions and behaviors in the classroom. All classrooms at JBN have a regulation spot for students to use tools to help them regulate! A strategy they learn about in the regulation spot are different breathing techniques.
JBN PTO
All JBN events are on our:
BPS Strategic Plan Priority 2, Strategy 4-Family & Community Partnerships
PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) website
ALL JBN parents are automatically a part of the JBN PTO.
BPS Strategic Plan Priority 2, Strategy 4-Family & Community Partnerships
The PTO will meet in the LRC at 6:30PM on:
August 19th
September 2nd
October 7th
November 4th
December 2nd
January 13th
February 10th
March 10th
April 14th
May 12th (Off campus)
Meetings are in the LRC and childcare is provided.
The PTO plans ALL JBN family events for the school year.
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