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Principal’s Corner : Dear JCE families, Happy November! Congratulations to Cubs fans everywhere! :) What a series. It is amazing that we are already in November and I have lots of news to share so here goes… Special congratulations go out to Wendy Gilbert, our Teacher of the Year, and Trey Lewek, our Rookie Teacher of the Year! What a fantastic honor to be selected by your peers to represent all of our wonderful teachers at Julington Creek Elementary. We are so proud to have these two professionals as our honorees this year! More congratulations for you to celebrate with us - Congratulations to Kerry Conover, our Volunteer of the Year; Nicole Raziano, our Senior Volunteer of the Year and Brian Cheung, our Youth Volunteer of the Year! We are so indebted to all of you who give of your time to support our students and our school. Specials thanks to each of these wonderful servants who have been exemplary in offering their time and talents to benefit the lives of students at JCE! November brings us to our JAGUAR CHALLENGE (Nov. 17)! This is our major fundraiser of the year where we celebrate fitness and earn money for our school. This year we will continue with our three-year plan to get more technology resources into the hands of our students to deepen learning. Access to technology allows us to have students practice skills in engaging ways on websites and using apps that produce graphs and charts creating usable data for teachers to further know and understand your child as a learner. School in the 21st century continues to look different than it did when you and I attended and that is good! It needs to be different! We need to make use of all that is around us to help out children be the best learners and problem solvers that they can be. We have set a goal of $40,000 this year, which we surpassed last year with lots of hard work by our families and PTO. We know that we can do it again! We will be welcoming Jaxon DeVille from the Jacksonville Jaguars to our celebration party if we meet our goal and our students have voted for me to KISS A PIG! Yuck! But I will happily do it if they meet their goal! Please join us on November 10 at 5pm for our first Friends and Family Fun Run where we will prepare for our Jag Challenge by running a mile course together. This will be a wonderful event and we invite all to get your sneakers on and run with us! It's the time of the year that we have the amazing opportunity to vote. Many have sacrificed and suffered to make it possible for each of us to have this right and have our voices heard - but voting is just one part of it. We need to be educated voters. Research the presidential candidates, the court judges, the state and local political leaders as well as the potential Florida constitutional amendments that are a part of this year’s ballot. Exercise your right and be an informed voter! Model this for your children so they will know how important it is to exercise their right to be an informed voter. Lastly, we will soon have new neighbors to the east, Dollar Tree (opening this month) and Dunkin Donuts (opening January). We are asking for additional crossing guards to help at the entrance and hope that we can make this happen soon. I also want to remind you to be considerate of these businesses and not use them for additional parking at our dismissal times. It is important that we show respect for our local businesses. Thank you for all you do! Thank you for attending our Halloween Parade. It is always more fun to parade when you have an excited audience. You were awesome! What a fun day we had with your children. We love what we do and cherish the time that we spend with your children. Happy November! Sincerely,

Mrs. Olson

Allison Olson, Principal Natalie Gitto, Assistant Principal

2316 Race Track Rd., St. Johns, FL 32259 Phone: 904-547-7980 Fax: 904-547-7985

www-jce.stjohns.k12.fl.us

November 2016

Table of Contents Calendar page 2 Community Events page 3 General Information page 3 Jaguar Challenge Info pgs 5, 6 JCES Clubs page 2 JCES Events and News page 2 Lunch Menu page 3 Principal’s Letter page 1 PTO News and Events page 4 Service Opportunities page 3 Volunteer Needs page 2

Transportation changes MUST be emailed to the front office by 2:00 (1:00 Wednesdays). Email sent after that time will most likely not be seen by the front office due to how busy the front office is at that

time of day.

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Calendar of UPCOMING EVENTS Reminder – early dismissal Wed. at 1:50

November

1 Jaguar Challenge Pep Rally

4 Fall Picture Re-Takes

8 SAC Meeting 3:15 pm

10 PTO/Business Partners Meeting @ Julington Creek Fish Camp 10:30 am

10 Jag Challenge Friends & Family Run 5:00

11 Veterans Day—Student/Teacher Holiday

16 Interims Issued

17 Jaguar Challenge!!

K/1st 8:45 am

4th/5th 10:10 am

2nd/3rd 1:00 pm

23-27 Thanksgiving Holiday

December 1 PTO Meeting 6:30 pm

1 Winter Wonderland 7:00 pm

Please check the school calendar on the website

often for additional dates and resource

schedule.

JCES Events and News

JCES Volunteer Needs

Media Center Request Mrs. Jones is looking for legos to use in the media center. If you have any that you are no longer using she

would happily accept them as a donation.

Cafeteria News!

Come enjoy the annual JCE Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, November 17! Join your student during their lunch time and purchase a adult Thanksgiving

meal for $3.75.

Remember that you can always check your child’s lunch account balance on Paypams.com. Money can be added to their account

by sending in checks and/or cash with your child.

Holiday Angel Tree

Julington Creek Elementary will have an Angel

Tree this holiday season which will provide gifts

to families in need. If you are a family in need of

a little extra support this holiday season, please

email or call Mrs. Milite in Guidance at 547-7997

by November 22nd

. All calls are confidential.

Honor Roll Program If your report card has all A’s and B’s, take it to Moon Dog Pie House to receive a free 10” cheese or pepperoni

pizza! Dine in only, please.

Volunteers are needed to help matte and label artwork for the art department. This can be done in the school or at home. Please see Mrs. McAnarney if you are able to help.

JCES Clubs and Activities

Music News All 4th and 5th graders need to begin bringing their recorder and book to music each week, beginning Monday, November 7th until the end of the school year. Those who ordered a recorder, book, or CD from Mrs. Isabelle will receive them when they come in during music class.

Art Request for 5th Graders: It’s time for fifth graders to be thinking about bringing in a pair of white canvas shoes for the “Wearable Art Shoe Project”. Remember, although these are shoes you can wear when they are done, they don’t have to fit your feet

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Tuesday, Nov. 1, 15, 29 Max Cheese Sticks OR Mini Cheese Ravioli OR Mini Corn Dogs Wednesday, Nov. 2, 16, 30 Chicken Nuggets OR Cheese Pizza Thursday, Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 1 Cheeseburger OR Chicken Sandwich OR Chicken Nuggets Friday, Nov. 4, 18, Dec. 2 Chicken Nuggets OR Hot Dog OR Max Cheese Sticks Monday, Nov. 7, 21 Chicken Quesadilla OR Max Cheese Sticks OR Chicken Nuggets Tuesday, Nov. 8, 22 Cheese Calzonettes OR Chicken Sandwich OR Mini Corn Dogs Wednesday, Nov. 9 Cheese Pizza OR Chicken Nuggets Thursday, Nov. 10 Pasta & Meatballs OR Hot Dog OR Chicken Nuggets Monday, Nov. 14, 28 Mac & Cheese OR BBQ Chicken Max Snax OR Chicken Nuggets Mondays: Cookies 35¢ (limit 2)

Wednesdays: Papa Johns $1.85 Fridays: Ice Cream $1.00

Teresa Butrimas, Manager

(904)-547-8000

General Information

2016-17 Gifted Parent Advisory Council Meetings The Gifted Parent Advisory Council meets four times per year to inform the school district about ways in which we can improve our efforts in serving our gifted students. Parents of K-12 gifted students from throughout the district are encouraged to come to all of the meetings. The following are the meetings scheduled for the remainder of the year: Thursday, November 17 Palencia Elementary 4:30-5:30 p.m. Media Center Thursday, February 23 Hartley Elementary 5:30-6:30 p.m. Media Center Tuesday, April 25 Landrum Middle School 6:30-7:30 p.m. Multi-Purpose Room

Community Events

Service Opportunities

Bring in your gently worn or new shoes to donate. Donat-ed shoes will benefit the Akita Rescue Society of Florida. A

collection bin is located in the front office.

Theater Event at Bartram Trail High School

The Bartram Trail High School Theatre Department will present West Side Story on November 3, 4 & 5 at 7:00 pm, and November 6 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door one hour

prior to the show, or can be purchased in advance by emailing BTHSWestSideStory@gmail.com.

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PTO News and Events

November 1st-16th!!

We are excited for the return of our popular Fall Fundraiser, The Jaguar Challenge! Get ready to have fun with pledging and fitness! The event was launched with an in-school pep rally on 11/1.

There will be a special surprise goal this year! Ask your students what the reward will be if we reach our $40,000 goal like we did last year!

Parents, register your student(s) online so that friends and family can pledge and support your favorite

student(s) now! Please see the flyer on the next page for more details on pledging.

For more details on the event, our sponsors, and volunteering, please visit JCEPTO.com or “like”

our Julington Creek Elementary PTO Facebook Page! #TAGYOURJAG

NEW THIS YEAR… JAGUAR CHALLENGE FRIENDS AND FAMILY RUN

Thursday, November 10th at 5pm

Help us celebrate fitness and kick off The Challenge. All students, teachers, staff, friends and family are invited to join us for this free evening event as we run one mile around JCE led by Coach Petrick!

Jaguar Challenge Buffs/Bandanas given away to the first 100 participants at the event!

Jaguar Challenge car magnet given to first 100 participants to cross the finish line!

Event sponsors will be there to cheer you on! Tikiz will have shaved ice for sale and will donate a % of sales back to JCE.

THEN GET READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT… THE FUN RUN!!!

Thursday, November 17th

Fun laps!! An inflatable obstacle course and slide!! The FUN RUN will be on Thursday, 11/17. Come out to cheer on your favorite Jaguar and do a victory lap with them at the end!

Jaguar Challenge t-shirts will be given to every student the day of the event. Here are the times per grade:

K-1st: 8:45-10:00 4th-5th: 10:10-11:15 2nd-3rd: 1:00-2:15

See this link to learn more about event sponsors and volunteering...http://jcepto.com/uncategorized/2341

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