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Noon dismissal/extended care open
Summer Camp
Session II begins
Summer Camp
Sessions III begins
Summer Camp
Session IV begins
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JCDS prepares students for a healthy and productive lifetime of intellectual exploration, character development, and social responsibility.
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Have a great summer break!
Pre-K 3 students are getting their
cars clean for summer
Summer Learning
Students entering grades 1-6 are asked to complete math, reading, and writing lessons over the summer. Summer learning folders with all of the information were sent home with students yesterday (May 29). These activities are required. In addition, exciting optional Science Olympiad experiments are available for children entering grades 3-6. Click here for more information or to view/download the materials.
JCDS Team Ellie
The rescheduled First Coast Kids Triathlon is this weekend (June 1 and 2) at Jacksonville University. Please remind all JCDS Team Ellie triathletes to wear their green shirts on Saturday and Sunday. Please also have your triathlete place the "E" tattoo on their left shoulder or calf. The team will have a tent under one of the registration tents. Look for the banner Sunday morning. Anyone can bring a tent to put up around the tent as well.
Summer Learning on Facebook
In conjunction with the summer learning program, we want to see students actively learning over the summer. Please email pictures of students reading, writing in journals, and working on math problems or science experiments - preferably in unique locations such as on an airplane, at a national park sign, in a foreign country, at the beach or on a mountain - to inyquist@jcds.com. The pictures will be posted to our Facebook page and shared with the entire school at the summer learning celebration in September.
Medication
If your child has medication in the main office, please pick it up by noon tomorrow, May 31.
Save the Date
Knowing that calendars fill quickly, the Parents' Association would like to invite you to our first JCDS family gathering of the 2013-2014 school year:
JCDS Family Round Up and BBQ
Friday, September 20, 2013
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Registration and more information to follow in August. Interested volunteers may contact event co-chairs Tracey Mason (904-992-1493) or Elaine Valinho (904-223-0421). Happy summertime!
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Reminders
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Summer Jazz Camp
JCDS is offering a Summer Jazz Camp that runs from July 15-19. The cost is $175 and you can register your students via the
Veracross portal.
Ambassadors Needed
A parent ambassador serves the school by allowing a new family to have a point of contact to ask questions of at a parent-to-parent level. If you are interested in serving as an ambassador to a new family entering the school in your child's grade level, please contact Julie Anderson.
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Specialists: Arts & Activities
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Art Class
In art class recently, fifth graders learned about how the Impressionist painters were fascinated with the play of sunlight on water, trees, and the sky.
The fourth graders are now studying birds of prey in science with Mrs. Jones. In art they are studying how to create brushstrokes that mimic the many textures found on birds. They have learned how to draw the many different types of birds of prey. The finished paintings will be done on black paper with white paint.
Also, the third graders have studied Asia and have created clay kimono figures. Clay slabs were used to construct the figures and newly purchased clay extruders were used to create the hair or bun. Underglazes were then applied and when the final firing is completed, each will be adorned with a small parasol.
Click here for pictures of the art work.
Computer Lab
Below is an example of an iMovie that third graders made in computer lab. They did the research in class and in science, and then did the writing. Then they made iMovies. Everything from the title, the intro clip, the maps, music, and voiceovers were done by the children. Ms. Sanchez is very proud of them!
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Fine Arts Notes
Upcoming Events:
- Chorus Performance at the Eve Awards Luncheon - Friday, May 31, at noon. Chorus uniform required. We will leave the school by bus at 10:15 a.m.
AmberJax News
Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed in this weekend's Midnight Madness LCM home swim meet. It was so rewarding watching our little swimmers turn in some very big performances in events that make seasoned swimmers tremble. Several of our young swimmers competed in "Open" categories because the events weren't offered for their age group. To see our swimmers now, and look back to the fall, the difference is really amazing. They have become not only proficient swimmers in all the strokes, starts, and turns, but seasoned competitors and athletes as well. The hard work and discipline that the sport requires will serve them well into the future, and on behalf of the entire coaching staff, we want to thank them and their parents for trusting us, for supporting us, and for challenging us to be our best.
This Friday swim practice will be at our usual 3:30 p.m. time because of the 5th grade party. School is a half day, but practice isn't early. Next Monday, June 3, we begin our morning swim practice schedule. All groups will practice every day (even Wednsday for Garnets) and the times are as follows: Silver 7:15-8:45 a.m., Bronze 7:30-8:45 a.m., and Garnet 7:45-8:45 a.m. JCDS summer camps start promptly at 9:00 a.m. The first River City meet of the season will be today, May 30. If you haven't signed up for this, please do so. If you are leaving for the summer, have a wonderful vacation and we look forward to seeing you again in the fall. Thanks to everyone for a successful year.
- Coaches Sonny, Kitzi, and Katrina
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Business & Fundraising
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Box Tops for Education - Summer Collection Challenge
In the fall, we will reward the family that turns in the most Box Tops with a $50 gift card to their favorite restaurant! This summer challenge is open to all JCDS families, faculty, administration and staff! Simply collect Box Tops all summer and turn in one baggie per family to one teacher by Friday, September 13, 2013. The family with the most Box Tops wins!
Access an updated list of participating products. Look for the "Box Tops for Education" logo on the product, cut it out and send it in! Please note: Each Box Top has an expiration date and those submitted with an expired date will not be included in your total; these are considered void and are not honored by the Box Tops for Education company...so check the date!
Target REDcard
Check out the Target Debit Card™ instead of a credit card - it links right to your checking account for hassle-free shopping and you receive 5% off your purchases every time you shop and JCDS receives 1%! Learn more here. (Our school code is 5039.)
Lovable Labels
Summer camp is right around the corner! If you don't want to worry that something your child brings to camp gets confused with someone else's belongings, check out Lovable Labels. Lovable Labels has a huge selection of high-quality, personalized sticker labels with endless uses. They are machine washable and dishwasher safe...so no more losing clothes, shoes, lunch boxes, or sports bottles!
Place your own orders using the JCDS-specific webpage and your items will be mailed directly to your home..and the best part: JCDS receives 20% of the purchase price.
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