Principal's Pen

Dear Parents,

Whether you know the Lunar New Year as Tet, Seollal, or Chinese New Year the beginning of the lunar calendar is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts for everyone. To celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon, our wonderful PTA picked the most gorgeous of the Lunar New Year celebrations that normally take place around the world – from crafts to stories to spectacular decorations in our school. The Lunar New Year festivities are so exciting and the decorations are extremely vibrant!

A very special thank you to Liz Ngo, Elspeth Spransy, Lisa Flanagan, Katherine Wynne and all of the volunteers who have taken their time to help celebrate the Lunar New Year! Our students are truly enjoying the parent visits with read aloud and crafts. Thank you to Mrs. Esra Murray for her coordination with our PTA as well as the use of the Library Media Center.

We will continue these celebrations through next week and end with a special assembly on Wednesday afternoon.

Wishing you all good health, prosperity, and happiness for your family.

Mrs. McGuire and Mr. Hartigan

Thank you so so much to everyone who participated in the PJ Day Fundraiser for Connecticut Children's Hospital just before break. Across the district, an amazing $22,796!! This incredible sum of money will be put to good use funding research for pediatric cancer. Thank you again so much!!

Thanks so much,

Sophie Lenschow

12th Grade

GHS

Here are the names of the students who will be featured in the District Art Show. Shane Flanagan from 2S has his Penguin featured on the invitation shown above!

Lorenzo Dos Santos KS

Emma Barton KC

Selena Krupa KC

Avery Caldwell 1H

Zachary Cheng 1H

Jade Gianchetta 1S

Shane Flanagan 2S

Miles Saltiel 2S

Fareed Khalitov 2M

Josephine Lutsky 2M

Henrique Moreira de Borba 3H

Pietra Alves Da Silva 3G

Noah O'Melia 3G

Flora Gilmutdinova 4C

Kaylie McLaren 4S

Alejandra Santa Cruz 4C

Robert Jachino 5F

Angelo Lopez 5S

Caitleen Oaferina 5S

Attention 5th Grade Families: If your child is interested in participating in a music ensemble (band, chorus, and orchestra) in middle school, please make sure you fill out the following form: Ensemble Enrollment 2024

If you have any questions or concerns about middle school music ensembles, you can reach out directly to the JC Music Dept. for assistance:

Holly Brown (band) - Holly_Brown@greenwich.k12.ct.us

Melanie Champion (chorus/general music) - Melanie_Champion@greenwich.k12.ct.us

Giulia Sanford (orchestra) - Giulia_Sanford@greenwich.k12.ct.us

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Newsletter Blurb:

Volunteers for the Cafeteria 2/22-2/27!

Food scrap recycling is coming to Julian Curtiss in February! The Eagles are building on their success at reducing cafeteria waste through the Zero Waste Schools program and will now separate all food scraps and compostable paper into a green bin for recycling. Students will learn about the impacts of wasted food and the benefits of composting for the health of people and the planet. The collected material will be picked up weekly by a hauler who will transport it to Quantum Biopower, an anaerobic digester in Southington. Instead of the food scraps being burned as trash, this valuable material will be processed into energy and compost, which can be used in our gardens.

Use the link below to sign up

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A4A923A1F9C25-47812160-lunch

https://forms.gle/cp1yWC72p6YmorXC7

February

February 27 - District Art Show 6 pm

February 29 - Lunar New Year Assembly grades Pre-k- 5 (JC PTA)

February 22- March 1st Lunar Year Celebrations (JC PTA)

March

March 1 - VIP Dodgeball for grades 3-5 and their special person.(JC PTA)

March 6 - Family Literacy night 6:30 pm (this is a change in date)

March 7- JC Theater Arts Production evening performance 6:30 pm

March 11: Full day Parent Teacher Conferences- No school for students

March 13: Half day Parent Teacher Conferences - 12:45 dismissal for students

March 15- BIngo Night 5 -7 pm (JC PTA)

March 19: YMCA swim program for 4th grade (9:30-11:00)

March 21: 5th graders to CMS Play 9:00-11:00

March 27: Fifth grade to UN Day

March 28: Be safe Assembly 9:30-10:30

March 29: Good Friday no school