One in four kids in public schools lacks the glasses they need to see the board, read a book, or participate in class. Students with uncorrected vision problems often avoid reading, suffer headaches, and can have trouble focusing in class, as 80% of learning during a child’s first 12 years is visual.
How Vision To Learn Works:
Vision To Learn mobile clinics solve the problem by bringing eye care and glasses, free of charge, to children at schools. Studies show that students who receive glasses from Vision To Learn are better able to recover lost learning time and succeed in school. Here’s how Vision To Learn works:
· Vision To Learn collaborates with schools and community partners to provide vision screenings to students.
· A Vision To Learn mobile clinic comes to the school or community organization where a Vision To Learn optometrist provides eye exams to students who fail their vision screenings.
· Students who need glasses pick a pair of frames from a large selection in the mobile clinic.
· Students receive new glasses in about three weeks, free of charge.
*Families who do not wish to participate can request and opt-out form from the Front Office.
Please join the PTA for our monthly General Body Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m.
This meeting will be virtual. Register in advance here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsdOqsrz4iGtbV3nyjBuH6odY26wXMC_QN
Membership in the PTA is free and open to all parents, guardians, and staff. Please fill out our membership form to let us know if you're interested in roles like volunteering during events or serving on a committee. To stay up-to-date, visit the school website jowilsondcps.org, follow us on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) @jowpta and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/JOWPTA.
J.O. Wilson is registered for Walk & Roll to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Walk & Roll to School Day is an annual event that involves communities from across the country (and globe!) walking and rolling to school on the same day. It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Today, thousands of schools across America — from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — participate every October. Over time, this celebration has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school.
Support a J.O. Partner by Participating in October Events Organized by The Capitol Hill Community Foundation
The Literary Feast - Oct. 28
Dozens of Capitol Hill homes, including J.O. Families are opening their doors to celebrate great literature, great neighbors, and the great schools that will benefit from this annual fundraiser. Visit the Feast’s website to register for one of our delightful dinners — inspired by a book you select — by Sept. 30 (or before tickets run out)! All proceeds from this event support the Capitol Hill Community Foundation’s Grants to Neighborhood Schools.
Transform your yard or stoop into a festive fall display and sign up for inclusion in the Foundation’s Literary Pumpkin Walk map. Choose a book or favorite character, and design a single pumpkin or an entire yard scene. Each year, neighbors vote for their favorite entry, and the Foundation donates $1,000 to a school selected by the winner.
