9/18/2026 Edition

• September 29th- Blue and Gold Assembly 2pm in APR
• October 5th- National Wear Blue Day to Stomp Out Bullying
• October 5th-9th- Week of Respect
• October 12th- No School for Students
• October 16th- SJG Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness (Donations welcome)
• October 20th- 12:40 Dismissal for students
• October 20th- HSA Meeting
• October 23rd- SJG Dance Out Against Drugs
• October 26th-30th- Red Ribbon Week
• October 30th- Halloween Parade 2:15PM
• October 30th- SJG HSA Halloween Party 6-7:30pm

Information regarding free and reduced lunch can be found by following this link.

Pomptonian is our lunch service provider. You can view menus and obtain allergy information by following this link. All elementary students must pre-order lunch. Lunches are made at the high school and transported to the elementary schools.

The Pequannock Profile of a Graduate outlines the skills and qualities that our community expects students to develop in order to succeed in their future endeavors, whether in higher education, the workforce, military service, or other career paths. In this section of the newsletter, I will weekly highlight how these competencies and dispositions are being integrated and promoted at the elementary school level.

Critical Thinking

• Graduates analyze, evaluate, and solve problems.

  • Use Evidence - Present and cite factual information to support a claim.

  • Reason Logically - Use established rules to arrive at justifiable conclusions.

  • Make Informed Decisions In Complex And Unfamiliar Situations - Gather relevant information, weigh potential outcomes, and deliberately take a course of action.

Students support their answers, opinions, and conclusions with information from texts, lessons, data, observations, or their own work. Students explain their thinking and use rules, patterns, strategies, or previously learned information to reach a conclusion. Students encounter problems with more than one possible solution, gather information, consider consequences, and make a choice.

Delia did an amazing job this week reciting The Pledge of Allegiance, as well as our kindness quote for the day. Thank you for being so awesome Delia!

We continue to ask for your partnership in bringing students to school each day when they are well, and scheduling vacations around school days. Please note that the state still counts all absences, even those with doctor's notes or a parent phone call (even ones that we mark as "excused"). To help keep you aware of your child's totals, at the beginning of each month, we notify parents of students who have been tardy or absent 5, 10, or more days thus far. At 10 or more days absent, we will often request a conference or a phone call where we can help develop personalized strategies to improve your child's attendance. Please reach out if you notice any signs of school avoidance, or if you have questions about whether to keep your child home. As always, thank you for your support!

Click on the link below for our 2026-2027 Handbook.

If you are looking for future events, we update the SJG Calendar of Events as we solidify dates. You can find the calendar on our website but below is the link that we will keep in our newsletter going forward.

The HSA Board is excited to welcome all of our families to the 2026-2027 school year. We have a lot of fun activities planned. Follow our Instagram and Facebook for upcoming news and events!

Sincerely,

Kelley Acker, President

Dana Arrigo, Vice President

Alexa Lynch, Treasurer

Steph Naser, Corresponding Secretary

Cara Colombo, Recording Secretary

Follow our calendar to stay updated on upcoming events!

Our 2026-2027 HSA Membership is officially open! Brand new this year, if you want to be a class parents, you have to be a member of the HSA. Use this link to complete our membership form: Join the HSA here!

Join us on Friday, September 18th from 5:30-7:00p.m. on the SJG Back Field. Bring a blanket, chairs, lawn games, and dinner or snacks for a fun evening with other SJG families. If you'd like to order a pizza for the picnic, click here: Family Picnic Pizza Order Form

Sale is open until Friday 9/18

Plants will be available for pick up Friday 9/25 between 2-4pm at SJG

Click Here: Mum and Fall Plants Order Form

Sale is open until Tuesday 10/6

Bags will be available for pick up late November/early December

Click Here: Pequannock Panthers Tote Bags

The Pequannock Public Schools will participate in National Stomp Out Bullying Day on October 5, 2026. We are asking that all students wear blue that day. If a parent would like, we are also going to sell T-Shirts to mark the occasion. The shirt will look like the picture below.

If you would like to order, please click HERE.

Our committee for the inclusive playground worked hard over the summer to secure donations and organize with vendors and contractors on an optimistic timeline that would ideally have an operational playground in place before the end of the year. While the playground will be at NB, it really is intended as a community play space that will be open to all families not only in our town, but also surrounding towns as well. Our website has more information about the project and how to donate to this great effort.

We have a new Pequannock Township School District Promotional Video that was created by PTHS students as part of a passion project. This is amazing! Give it a view!

Email: Matthew.Reiner@pequannock.org
Website: sjg.pequannock.org
Location: 59 Boulevard, Pequannock Township, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 3055615
Twitter: @SJGPride

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjgpride/