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1600 Root Street
Crest Hill, IL 60403
(815) 741-4180
(815) 741-9753 fax |
2010 - 2011 Registration Materials
Registration Week for current families is January 25 - January 29, 2010.
Registration Packets will be sent home in the next week.
Please call the office if you have any questions. |
Monthly calendars and calendar reminders will now be posted on our website.
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A Word from the Business Manager
Semi-annual tuition is due tomorrow, Fri, Jan 8, 2010.
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Letters of Qualified Education and Daycare Expenses for calendar year 2009 are being completed and will be mailed the last week of the month. |
Adolescent
Class has several Equal Exchange items left
Please see order form enclosed in this months's communication envelope if you are interested in additional purchases. |
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Gymnastics Class
The complimentary introductory class was a wonderful success! We are happy to welcome Tumblebears Gymnastics to the JMS community. Registration brochures are available in the office. Please call and we'll be happy to send one (or more) home through carpool. |
JMS After School Music Program adding Group Guitar Lessons
Registration Form is included in communication envelope. |
A View of the Montessori Classroom
Metal Inset Fractions
These materials teach from a whole quantity down to 10ths, enabling students to create different fractions and then to discover equivalencies and other mathematical operations involving the use of fractions. These materials are found in the primary and the elementary environments. |
JSM Book
of the Month
"The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other"
by
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
The "essential conversation" is the crucial exchange that occurs between parents and teachers. Not limited to only two times a year, it is the foundation of the family-school relationship. A book "full of wisdom and insight." | |
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Elementary and Adolescent Overviews
Parent Education Evening
Please join us this Tue, Jan 12, for an informative evening designed for current and future JMS parents as we discuss the components of the elementary and adolescent programs, define the purpose of the programs, and discuss why these courses of study are designed with an emphasis on the whole person.
All parents are invited to attend, particularly if you have an interest in learning more about how our elementary and adolescent classrooms function.
Elementary Overview begins at 6:30 p.m., Adolescent Overview, at 7:30 p.m. Attendance at both presentations will count as two parent education events.
Child care will be provided. |
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2010 JMS Annual Fund
Our Campus Expansion Annual Fund appeal for 2010 has been distributed to the JMS community. Donations for the 2010 campaign will be accepted until the end of June, which marks the conclusion of our fiscal year.
Contributions to this year's Annual Fund directly benefit our children by supporting the JMS Campus Expansion Project.
Thanks to our current and alumni families who have already generously contributed to our 2010 Annual Fund. |
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Parent Orientation Dinner (P.O.D.) 2010
Training Session for Student Projects - On Wed, Jan 13, after morning carpool, JMS parent Mark Villegas will conduct a brief training session for the project the children are creating. Interested in helping out? Contact Ann Streitz at astreitz@mac.com.
"Experience" Events - The P.O.D. Committee is asking our families for any 'experience' type donations for inclusion in our P.O.D. Auction. These items may include tickets to sporting events, theatre tickets or outings and vacation home donations. We are also accepting signed memorabilia and presentation ready baskets that are fun for our families to bid on and enjoy.
If you have an idea for an auction item, please contact Sue Bebar, Director of Development and Marketing. |
Home and School Association 
Sunday Afternoon Family Game Day
Join us this Sun, Jan 10, from 2 - 4 p.m., for a fun afternoon of board games. This event is designed to give our children a chance to get out of the house during these cold winter days and spend some time with friends outside of school. It also provides our parents with the opportunity to meet each other, or catch up after the the busy time of the holidays.
We have reserved a room at the Joliet Public Library, Black Road Branch, for this event. From the school, take Weber Road south to Black Road. Turn right (west) on Black Road. The library is on the north side of the street past Essington Road.
Please bring a board game or two to play with your children, and/or for your children to play with friends. Please do not bring any handheld electronic games.
There is no charge for this event, but the library snack shop will be open for refreshments.
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Winter Community Service Project
In February, we will be collecting items for the Women and Family Recovery Center (WFRC), a division of MorningStar Mission.
The WFRC assists people in re-entering the community by providing a supportive environment in which they can begin to take charge of their lives. According to the Will County Continuum of Care Gaps Analysis, there are 269 persons in homeless families with children, of whom 153 who have no shelter on a nightly basis. If you are not a Will County resident, you have access to only 72 hours of emergency shelter. Additional shelter care, after the first 72 hours, would be available after a waiting list period of several weeks to a few months. In the current shelters in Will County, 22% of the bed space is available for families, and 78% is available for singles. The current unsheltered population consists of 70% families and 30% singles. The Mission's new shelter will have 75% of the beds designated for families and 25% designated for singles.
The items the Recovery Center is in need of are regular sized shampoo, bar soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, brushes, and hair bands and scrunchies. Start looking for sales now and consider purchasing for this community service project. Drop off dates will be announced in a future newsletter.
Are you able to deliver our donations in February? Morning Star Mission is located at 350 East Washington Street in Joliet. Please contact Kelli McDonald at kelli.mcdonald@comcast.net for more information. |
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Merchant Support
There are many opportunities available to JMS to earn money from your everyday purchases. Throughout the year we will be highlighting the programs we participate in through the newsletters and on the school website. If at any point you have any questions about these programs, please contact Karen Barowsky at kpbarowsky@comcast.net.
We ask that each month you submit your box tops in an envelope marked BOXTOPS and return them with your signed Communication Envelope to the office.
Chances are there is at least one product in your home that participates in the Boxtops for Education program. By clipping these box tops and sending them in to school, we earn 10 cents per box top.
Please take a moment to check out their website www.boxtops4education.com. Besides clipping box tops they also offer a rebate program for online shopping that benefits our school. Youmust register on their site, and some restrictions apply, but if you shop online, consider going through this site to your favorite online retailer and helping JMS earn more through this program.
These boxtops add up fast. Just this week we received the check for our last submission in the amount of $184.86. |
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Thank You!
To the Karceski/Filipitch Family for the donation of the WalMart gift card to Mrs. Renzi's class in honor of a December birthday.
Jenny and Blaine Dolph for their help and considerable expertise in launching the new website! | |
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