JOHN S. CLARKE ELEMENTARY CENTER

Happy Spring! The weather is beginning to change and we cannot be more excited to get outside for recess and some fresh air.

The third marking period is coming to an end on Wednesday, March 31. I urge all families to connect with your child's teacher to make sure all assignments are submitted and graded.

A friendly reminder to families about appropriate footwear for students. Students should not wear open-toed shoes, shoes with heels, or flip-flops to school. These types of footwear can be very dangerous on the playground or during physical activity in the gymnasium.

Mr. Maley

New families to the Pottsville Area School District: Online registration can be accessed beginning 02/01/2021 through the Pottsville Area School District home page at https://www.pottsville.k12.pa.us/. Click the new student registration link at the top right of the page and follow the instructions to complete the registration.

If you already have a student enrolled in the Pottsville Area School District and have access to the Skyward parent portal, login to family access. In the top left corner, click New Student Online Enrollment. When completing the grade level information, please click Next School Year (2021-2022) and first day of school.

We are very excited to meet our incoming class of 2034! Kindergarten screening is tentatively planned for early June. Once the dates have been approved more information will be available.

Since registration is online, we created a quick video introducing our wonderful Kindergarten staff! See the video below.

Our February Virtual Family Challenge asked students to take a picture with someone who meant a great deal to them and tell us why. We loved seeing all the responses submitted and were overcome with joy hearing about all the people in our students' lives who make them happy!

Students were randomly selected and received some fantastic surprises! Bubbles, chocolate bars, Pez dispensers, and most importantly BOOKS! A big shout out to our JSC Reading Center staff and program for selecting and donating the books.

The Challenge winners are:

Kindergarten: Kayla Murphy

1st Grade: Lillian Dougherty

2nd Grade: Jamarion Klinger

3rd Grade: Olivia Rodgers

4th Grade: Gabriel Trovato

Read Across JSC

JSC kicked off the month of March with Read Across America week. For March’s Virtual Family Challenge, take a picture of yourself reading with a family member. Post the picture to The Principal’s Office Google Classroom under the assignment Read Across JSC along with a description of the book you are reading. Tell us why you like to read.

Three challenge winners will be selected from each grade level. The fifteen lucky winners will receive a book bundle filled with fun stories to share with your family!

The challenge ends on Wednesday, March 31st at 11:59 PM!