The Jayhawk Journal

Another fun week of learning here at Johnson has come to an end. I would like to say a big thank you to Marisa Woloszyn, Channel 7 News Meteorologist, who took the time to visit our 5th graders this week. It was a fun presentation full of weather facts and experiments. We are always proud to partner up with local community members who want to give our students a unique learning experience.

This upcoming week, we will have no students on Monday. I want to take the time to explain the importance of these dates for our staff. We will be taking the day to look over data for all of our students. We then meet in teams, put together a plan, and then use it to guide our instruction to meet the needs of every student in this building. We look forward to planning ahead with this time!

Student safety is our top priority. We have spent the first few weeks working on drills to ensure the safety of our students if needed in an emergency situation. We have conducted lock-down drills, fire drills, and severe weather drills here at Johnson this Fall. Our students have done a tremendous job in responding and practicing our drills properly.

Our Color Run Fundraiser is up and running and we are off to a great start. We are already over halfway to our goal, keep going Jayhawks! We are also proud to report that our tailgate for the CHS Football game for October 9th is set. We already sent out an email to the community yesterday, but please see the section below to see how you can RSVP for our event.

Enjoy the long weekend!

- Mr. Traub

Johnson Upper Elementary School is committed to providing a safe, respectful environment that supports the academic and socio-emotional needs of every student as they develop the necessary skills to become capable, confident, life-long learners.

We have already raised over $10,000 this week, and we are 52% towards our goal, way to go Jayhawks! Our goal is to get to $20,000 by October 23rd. Your students will be able to earn prizes both individually and as a class as they continue to raise money. If we hit our goal of $20,000, then Mr. Traub and Mr. Bublitz will participate in a school assembly where pies will be thrown at them! Let's do this Johnson Community!

Hello Jayhawk Family,

As we have discussed in the Jayhawk Journal previously, we will be teaming up with Churchill High School for our first ever tailgate party. Please see the flyer below.

Also, here is the link to our Sign-Up Genius if you have trouble scanning it from the flyer.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C48A4A728ABFD0-66069782-johnson

Once again, Johnson will be providing pizza. Please rsvp with how many family members are coming and sign up to bring a snack that can be shared with our group. All tickets will be bought at the CHS box office if you want to attend the game that night. All students must be present with an adult for both the tailgate and the game.

We look forward to a great night! Go Chargers!

For the first month of school, we will continue to have a heavy focus on all routines and procedures in the classroom. We want to set students up for success and we want all students to understand the expectations of the building. This week we focused on recess expectations. Recess is an important part of our day as it gives students the chance to unwind. Take the time to discuss with your students what they like to do at recess and go over expectations, so they can enjoy thier break. Please see the attached matrix to go over SOARing expectations for all aspects of the building. We look forward to rewarding positive behavior with our first round of SOAR Clubs this week on Friday, October 2nd.

We would like to congratulate Mr. Pensari for being voted this award by his colleagues this week! Mr. Pensari is one of our ASD Teachers here at Johnson. As a former student here at Johnson, he has a unique relationship with our building and is full of Jayhawk Pride! He builds authentic relationships with all of his students and works effortlessly to make sure that they are successful. As a colleague, he is dedicated to helping out whenever or wherever. He has a positive attitude and spreads that to those around him. He is a hard worker and is dedicated to making Johnson a great place to be!

My Favorite Part of Being A Jayhawk Is....

Staff and students!

Some Of My Favorite Things

Place To Travel: Up North, U.P.

Foods: Pizza

Color: Blue

College: Michigan

TV Show: One Piece

Sports Team: Detroit Lions

School Subject: Reading

My Hobbies....

Running and the gym.

For the month of September, all LPS schools will focus on using a Growth Mindset. Take the time to talk with your student about what that means to them and your family.

Monday 9/28 - No School (Staff PD Day)

Tuesday 9/29

Wednesday 9/30

Thursday 10/1 - "Roll Into October" PJ Day

Friday 10/2 - SOAR Clubs

9/28 - No School - Professional Development Day for Staff

10/1 - "Roll Into October" PJ Day

10/2 - SOAR Clubs

10/7 - Parent Teacher Conference (Evening Only)

10/8 - Parent Teacher Conferences All Day (No School)

10/9 - Johnson Tailgate at CHS Football Game

10/13 - PTA Meeting 6 p.m.

10/22 - Picture Day Make-Up

10/23 - Color Run

Planning to volunteer this year? Fill out the iChat form now and you'll be all set for the year! Just enter today's date (or a day next week) for when you plan to begin volunteering. Then, you'll be all set when it comes time to help with Holiday Shop, Field Day, and other events.

It is required that each family review the emergency contact information that is on file at Johnson. You can view this information in parent connect. Why? in the event of an emergency, sick child, severe weather, we may need to reach you. The process to verify your emergency contact information is correct is simple. Simply log into Parent Connect and follow the prompts.

Students cannot be dropped off for school in the morning prior to 8:15am. This is when the doors open for breakfast and when staff is available to supervise students. Prior to this time, all school doors are locked. Students are not to be left unattended, arrangements must be made. Also, dismissal is at 3:30pm daily and at 11:45am on half days. It is required that all students who are picked up in the car loop be picked up no later than 3:45pm. Staff is not available to supervise students beyond that time. The district offers a SACC program for those students that cannot be picked up by 3:45pm. Please contact SACC at (734)744-2966 to make arrangements.

Oftentimes a student will come to the office with a medical need. The office staff is able to dispense medication as needed as long as the medication is: 1) Delivered to school by a parent in the original unopened package or prescription container, {NO MEDICATION can be brought to school by students} 2) As long as there is an individual, signed medical authorization on file for each medication {form available in the office and online} Medication includes but is not limited to cough drops, aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, prescription drugs, creams, lotions, vitamins, inhalers, EpiPens, etc.… We cannot administer any medication that is not listed on file in the office. Please reach out to Amy Dimmer in the office to set up a time to bring in medications and to review your student’s medical needs when they are in the building.

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