Junaluska Elementary School

Newsletter November 2018

2238 Asheville Road, Waynesville www.jes.haywood.k12.nc.us (828) 456-2407

Spirit Week

The THS/PHS basket-ball game is Friday,

November 30th. We will be having a spirit

week leading up to this game.

Monday, 11/26:

Pajama Day

Tuesday, 11/27:

Career Day

Wednesday, 11/28:

Disney Day

Thursday, 11/29: 80’s Day

Friday, 11/30:

PHS or THS

Colors

Clothes to

Kids

If your child receives

free or reduced lunch

and is in need of

clothing, please call

456-8990.

5th Grade DC Trip

will be April 22nd-

24th. The first

payment of $75 is

due by November

9th.

Tuesday, November 6th—Girls on the Run, Practice 5K at 3:15 PM

Thursday, November 8th—Veteran’s Day Music Program at 1:30 and 6:30 PM

Monday, November 12th—Veteran’s Day Holiday, No School

Thursday, November 15th—Thanksgiving Meal for lunch

Friday, November 16th—Girls Empowerment Night, 5:30-10:00 PM

November 21st to November 23rd—Thanksgiving Holidays, No School

November 26th-30th: Spirit Week

Tuesday, November 27th—Muffins and Moms at 7:15 AM

Thursday, November 29th—Math Game Night at 5:00 or 5:45 PM

Sunday, December 2nd—Girls on the Run 5K at 10:00 AM

Tuesday, December 4th—Zaxby’s Night

Mark Your Calendars

5th Grade Veteran’s Music ProGraM

When? Thursday, November 8th at 1:30 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. Why? To honor our Veterans and to teach our students about Veteran’s Day. How? Please invite Veterans in your family to attend our music program.

All students are encouraged to wear red, white, and blue on this day!

Thanksgiving Meal

Junaluska Elementary School’s cafeteria will be serving a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, November 15th. An adult meal is $5 and a child that is visiting is $3. JES students pay their regular price. Please let us know if you are planning on coming! Also, the cafeteria would welcome volunteers

on that day.

Girls Empowerment Night Junaluska Elementary School will be holding a Girls Empowerment night on

Friday, November 16th for 3rd-5th grade girls from 5:30 to 10:00PM. This

will be an amazing night for our girls, and it’s all free. They will be attending

sessions on self-esteem, manners, team building, exercising and

eating healthy, dance party, nails, and more…

We still need more donations to make this event possible! Please email Joy Solle at jsollie@haywood.k12.nc.us if you have any questions.

JES will be participating in Walking Wednesdays.

Physically active kids have more active brains!

Students will be walking the gym from 7:30-7:45 AM

Math Night Thursday, November 29th

- 2 sessions. Session 1 5:00-5:45 Sec-

ond session 5:45 - 6:30. Thank you

parents for attending Lunch and

Learn sessions for K-3 and 4-5. It is great for

your student to see you as a learner. We ap-

preciate the feedback that you provided for

this event.

Thank you to those of you who participated in

our first School Community Team meeting

(Coffee with the Principal) and provided feed-

back. The next meeting will be during the first

week of December. We are enjoying working

with your students. Please read nightly and

practice math facts for fluency. Thank you so

much from Title I.

Mixed Bag Fundraiser: We're very excited about our Mixed Bag Fundraiser! You should have received information in your child's backpack. These items make excellent Christmas gifts. Online ordering is very easy and is a wonderful option for friends and family who live out of town. Have them use the fol-lowing link for Junaluska to get credit: http://www.mixedbagdesigns.com/landing-page?fundraiserid=47123. The link is also posted in the Junaluska PTA & Volunteer Facebook page and will be there for the duration of the campaign. When you get to the checkout page, you'll be prompted to input your child's name and teacher's name so your student(s) can receive credit. Feel free to email this link or share on your social media channels.

Box Tops: Thanks to everyone who turned in Box Tops. The money we make on this fundraiser truly helps

classroom teachers purchase needed supplies and instructional materials. We will have another collec-tion in February so keep clipping!

Restaurant Nights: Our Chick-fil-A Spirit Night held on October 23 was a huge success. It was wonderful to see so many students, parents, teachers and commu-nity members come out and support JES! Save the date for our Zaxby's Night to be held Tuesday, De-cember 4.

Holiday Dance: Save the date! Our next dance will be Friday, December 14, from 3-5:30 p.m. Be on the lookout for more information in your child's back-pack.

Amazon Smile: If you love Amazon, be sure to use Amazon Smile so Junaluska Elemen-tary gets credit from your purchases.

Title 1 News

PTA News

White Christmas Canned Food Drive It is time again to start the White Christmas Canned Food

Drive. The cans that are collected will go to help local families in need. There will be a reward given to the

Kindergarten through 2nd grade class and the 3rd through 5th grade class that collects the most cans. The

White Christmas Canned Food drive will start Friday, December 7th and end Tuesday, December 18th.

JES Art News

Look at what we’re experiencing in art...

Our fifth grade had the unique opportunity to take a field trip to see the international artist/puppeteer, Hobey Ford. That same week, Mr. Ford ran a work-

shop at Junaluska to teach some of our students how to make shadow puppets. At the end of the workshop our students were allowed to use their puppets they created to perform a folktale or story for the class in a shadow theatre. The student puppets are on display in the lobby the 1st two weeks in November. Please come by and en-

joy these wonderfully created shadow puppets.

Art Advocacy

The arts teach children to make GOOD JUDGMENTS about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules prevail, in the arts,

it is judgment rather than rules that prevail. Keep supporting the arts!

Muffins and Moms On Tuesday, November 27th we would like to wel-

come all moms and their students to our Muffins with moms breakfast. We will eat from 7:15-7:35 in the cafeteria and then we will meet in the library for a

short lesson from Mrs. Marcus. More information coming home

soon!

Media News

K-3 students have been working on the difference between fiction and nonfiction

text. Grades 4-5 have been using Google Sheets with their chrome-

books working on spreadsheets. If you would like to volunteer in the

media center, let Mr. Hyde know. ihyde@haywood.k12.nc.us

Parents please remember if your child throws up at school, it’s

best if they stay out for 24 hours. Thank you so much!