Joan Martin Weekly Update

The Holiday Spirit continued this week at JM. Next week the fun continues for the last 3 days prior to Winter Break. Please read the newsletter through till the end to see the spirit days for next week!

What a great day!!! We had enough Pay it Forward, and a little help for Kona Ice to make sure EVER student was able to have a special treat!!!

We have a growing number of sweatshirts, coats, hats, and gloves that are being left behind. Please have your child check to the Lost and Found if they are missing items. If possible please write your child's name on a tag in items to help us get them back to their owners if they are lost.

Please make sure you are sending students in dressed for outside recess. We will continue to go outside as long as the Feels Like temperature is 20 degrees or higher. It is important that students have coats, hats, and gloves. Once the snow starts to fall, remember students will need snow pants and boots in order to play in the field or on equipment, without these items they will be asked to stay on the pavement. Sending in an extra pair of socks or pants is also a good idea for these days, just in case things get wet!

Please make sure you student is dressing for the weather. We will continue to go outside and we are seeing a lot of kids coming in still in shorts and/or without a coat.

Please make sure if your student brings in any athletic balls from home for recess that they bring them in to school either in their backpack or another ball. We are having students playing with and dropping them along cars and busses creating a safety issue. It is also recommended that students names are written on the equipment they bring in from home. Thank you for your support with this.

Some information on What the Science of Reading is and how it is a shift from how reading was taught in the past.

Week of 12/19/2022 Winners

Art - 1st Grade Ms. Sutherland

PE - 5th Grade Mrs. Paulson

Library - 5th Grade Mrs. Mecha

Music - 3rd Grade Ms. Reardon

These classes demonstrated that they knew what it means to be a Brickie by following the Code of Conduct and Class Procedures! They were chosen by the teacher as the Class of the Week! They recieved a Traveling Trophy to display in their classrooms, a Yohan Sticker for the classroom door to track their winnings, and each student recieved a ticket to enter into the PBIS box!

Way to Be Excellent On Purpose!!

Car riders are to pull around to the back of the school and students will enter through Door 11. Please know that on a regular start day, this door is closed at 8:55 and on Late Start Wednesday it is closed at 9:15. Students are released to go to their classrooms at 8:45/9:05 and the bell rings to start class at 8:55/9:15. If you arrive after these times you need to park in the side lot and walk your student up to Door 1 to check them in. Walkers arrive through Door 7 and this door is closed at 8:50/9:00. If you arrive after that please walk to Door 1. It is important that we keep all our students safe and we need to partner together to make this happen. Thank you for your cooperation.

Please remember the front of the school is for buses only during arrival and dismissal. We are having an increase in cars coming through the Buses ONLY lane. If you need to walk a student in during this time, please park in the lot off of 10th Stree and walk up to Door 1. There is an enterance to this parking lot that does not go through the bus lane. Thank you in partnering with us to keep the kids safe!

Here’s the monthly link I created for the PTO meetings.

Crystal Rodriguez is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Joan Martin PTO Meeting

Time: Sep 13, 2022 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Every month on the Second Tue, until Feb 14, 2023, 6 occurrence(s)

Sep 13, 2022 04:00 PM

Oct 11, 2022 04:00 PM

Nov 8, 2022 04:00 PM

Dec 13, 2022 04:00 PM

Jan 10, 2023 04:00 PM

Feb 14, 2023 04:00 PM

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

Monthly: https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/upEocOqpqzgsE9HsIo4YaUBptVVexiEQotaR/ics?icsToken=98tyKu6tqzwpG9GWthCCR7YMGY_Cb-vwmHZdj_p1jzbqVxlSVyHmItR0N6p2Nenf

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75573153695?pwd=8LOaa1eAJtqrPqBnBzD_jqLDjkFB1Z.1

Meeting ID: 755 7315 3695

Passcode: mp5P4t

Thank you for your support and partnership!

• 12/22 - 1/6 - Winter Break
  
• 1/17 - PTO Meeting 4:00 Media Center
• 1/19 - Last Day of Quarter 2
• 1/20 - HS Records Day (Elementary students in school)
• 1/27 - Parent Teacher Conferences (No school for students)
• 1/31 - 1st Grade Informance (Ms. Sutherland and Mrs. Peeler)
• 2/2 - 1st Grade Informance (Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Tilford)

Stay Informed!

The School City of Hobart uses Remind to communicate with families via text messages and/or phone calls.

What are some ways that we use Remind?

• District News- Weekly newsletter, emergency closings, and other important information
• Class Reminders from Teachers - Events, tests, homework, due dates
• Announcements and Celebrations
• One-on-One Help
  
  

If you have not been receiving our messages and would like to, please reach out to your student's teacher for their Remind class code, which you will then text to 81010. For example, if you wanted to join a class with the class code @math, you would text @math to 81010.