• PTO info
• After school events
• Playground Use
• Attendance
• Spell Bowl
• Monster Bash
• Halloween info
• Election Day-E Learning
• Extra Curricular Info
• Arrival and Dismissal
• Meals
• New Social Media Info

Monday, October 21st-No School-Fall Break

-Report cards are available in RDS

Tuesday, October 22nd-Spell Bowl Practice 2:30-3:15pm

-Honor Roll Breakfast @ 7:20am

Thursday, October 24th-Spell Bowl Practice 2:30-3:15pm

Friday, October 25th-Monster Bash 6-8pm

Tuesday, October 22nd-Friday, October 25th-Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday, November 5th-E-Learning Day (Election Day)

*No popcorn 110/25 due to Monster Bash. Popcorn will resume 11/1

*Monster Bash-October 25th 6-8pm

Volunteer Sign-Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CACA829A0F9C43-51378585-monster

*Spirit wear store is open 10/7-10/25. Order forms will be sent home with students on Monday 10/7. If you decide to use the paper order form please make sure to calculate the 7% sales tax and add it to your total. Orders can also be placed online by visiting bamthreads.shop Password JEPTO2024

AMAZON WISHLISTS:

Johnston PTO is proud to announce for the first time an Amazon Wishlist for our incredible teachers as they settle into the school year. If you are interested in helping, please take a look at the list below. This list was made up by our teachers and will directly help them as they are getting ready for a very fun year of teaching. Everything will be delivered to our school and will be given to that individual grade teacher! Thank you for your kindness and generosity! Please click on the blue link to shop https://a.co/9jNUgBw (https://a.co/9jNUgBw)

• School-appropriate costumes and accessories (no weapons). Students will put costumes on after lunch
• The parade begins inside the school for the kids at 1:00 PM
• Check the photo below to know where parents and paparazzi can take pictures
• Only room parents are allowed in for the classroom parties starting after the parade

Election day is Nov. 5th. STOH will be on a synchronous e-learning day as the elementary schools are polling locations. All students will need to log into their Google Classroom by 8am and will follow their normal Tuesday schedule online. Teachers will be "live" throughout the day.

We love having our students enjoy the playground after school hours!

Please remember that students must go home first after school and are welcome to return to the playground after checking in with an adult. Alternatively, an adult can meet them at the school and accompany them to the playground.

Please note that we do not provide staff supervision on the playground outside of school hours.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14

COMPETITION NOVEMBER 18

Who wants a free bundlet from Nothing but Cakes in Schererville?

Just read 400 minutes (less than 15 minutes a day) in the month of September, fill out the attached reading tracker and bring it to the Schererville Nothing but Cakes. Its that easy!

If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Bastaic at lbastaic@highland.k12.in.us.

President-Emma Allison

Classroom Representatives

Rausei-Henry Clay

Cole Villagomez

Lesich-Christopher St. Michael

Sophia Martinez

DeLeon-Tate McHenry

Jacob Orris

Bailey-Kinsley Westfall

Bellany Avina

Nappi-Owen Kiest

Jovan Gallardo

Kickert-Mila Andres

Olivia Moore

Zabrecky-Audrina Mantel

Titan Alfaro

Polites-Ellie Villagomez

Brayden McDonald

Cochran-Aidan Kozial

Boyd-Lucille Clay

Bliss-Jose Escobedo Jr.

Plesha-Dylan Kiest

For their own safety and the safety of our community, pre-high school students can attend STOH events ONLY if accompanied by a paying parent or adult chaperone. The parent/chaperone will be responsible for the supervision of the student(s) throughout the duration of the event. All students may be required to show proper STOH identification at the ticketing window prior to entering STOH events. STOH reserves the right to deny entry to any individual 18 and under who cannot provide proper identification and demonstrate they are of high school age.

Here is a link to the full policy.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTkKU2kYoUp_qq5Vb-W4oyCnJVxYHAgfKLmILeiLfmdS5_AQf9LtJwWM9zgmIhIsfSuRv7CaeZGpvHV/pub

Only those that are eating breakfast can come in to the cafe at 7:20am. All other students can enter the building starting at 7:35am.

Breakfast is $1.50

Lunch is $2.00

You can find both menus here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2809100435083594&page=menus

• • Doors open for students at 7:35 a.m. daily. Students who eat breakfast at school will be allowed entry beginning at 7:20 a.m. Anyone arriving after 7:50 a.m. will need to buzz and come into the main office to sign in.

  • Cars will enter the parking lot off Duluth Street (right turn only) and follow the curve to drop off students. Please pull up as far as you can and drop all your students off at one time. Have your children ready with their backpacks, lunch money, hugs, and kisses, so that when you stop they may exit the car quickly, and we can keep the drop-off line moving. The line can become backed up onto Duluth Street very quickly which causes safety issues for our parents, as well as other drivers.

  • Please drop off curbside only. Avoid dropping children off where they have to cross the street, this is extremely dangerous. It will be your responsibility to cross them if you choose to do this.

  • Please be mindful of other drivers and walkers. We know many of you have to get to work, and we want all children to be able to enter the building safely and on time.

  • 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade should be dropped off at Door C.

  • Kindergarten, 3rd, and 4th grade should be dropped off at Door B.

  • 5th graders and Mrs. Torres's class will use Door G.

At the end of the school day, the following doors will be used for dismissal:

• Grade K will exit through door J (FIVE minutes before the rest of the grade levels)

• Grade 1 will exit through door C (main doors)

• Grade 2 will exit through door B

• Grade 3 will exit through door J

• Grade 4 will exit through door I

• Grade 5 and Lifeskills class will exit through door G

• Bus riders will exit through door J (a few minutes prior to the remainder of the school being dismissed where the buses will be waiting).

Cars may enter the parking lot off Duluth Street and follow the curve to pick up or park in the parking lot to walk up to get students.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE BUS LANE ON GRAND STREET.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep our Johnston families safe.

Please don't hesitate to contact us in the office for any ideas, thoughts, concerns, or words of encouragement! We are all part of this large extended mix of wonderful people we affectionately refer to as our Johnston Family.

Email: aharring@highland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes
Location: 8220 5th Street, Highland, IN, United States
Phone: 219.923.2428
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