Dear JCMES,
We hope your family is enjoying the beautiful weather this week and extra daylight in the evenings! Spring is certainly upon us! We have many upcoming events at school to share with you. Please read on!
Second grade trail mix sales will take place next week! Our second graders are busy learning about economics and as part of their unit will be working as a team to raise money to help pay for an upcoming field trip. Any student may bring in $0.50 on Monday, Tuesday, and/or Wednesday next week to purchase a bag of trail mix in the morning before school from 8:00-8:20am. (There is always a possibility of selling out so if your child plans for this to be their snack, packing an extra just in case might still be a good idea!)
Counseling Corner Newsletter - Our school counselors, Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Schlabach have a new newsletter for you with updates from the counseling department: https://www.smore.com/n/uhtmr
Create a Cultural Display for International Night! Families are invited to create a Cultural Display for International Night on April 25th. They can highlight their own culture, a place they’ve spent time in, or a country that’s interesting to them. Click this link to sign-up! https://forms.gle/1ECyWPmx2QZV8bNTA
RCPS K-5 Literacy Adoption Materials are now available at Central Office for interested teachers, administrators, and parents or guardians to review. The textbooks are aligned with the Virginia Literacy Act and are one of the choices from Virginia Department of Education's 2023 Approved Core Instructional Materials Guide. Sample materials will be available for preview and parent and teacher review until March 22 from 8-4 at the Central Office (100 Mt. Clinton Pike). On March 21, the Central Office will remain open until 7:00pm. There will be an online form to complete for comments and suggestions. There are also paper copies of the same form available at Central Office.
Upcoming Events:
Thursday, March 14 - Final day of PreK/K registration - We will be open until 7pm tomorrow for families of upcoming PreK (age 4 by Sep 30, 2024) or Kindergarten (age 5 by Sep 30, 2024) to stop by to register. You can direct families of rising PreK or K students to our school website where all of the details and information are available: bit.ly/JCMESRegistration
Friday, March 15 - Last day to order yearbooks! $18 All yearbook sales will be done online this year. Go to the website below, select "Order Pictures and Yearbooks" and enter the online code "YB28937." Fill in the required information and payment, and you're all set! https://www.strawbridge.net/
Friday, March 15 - 4-7pm PTO Spring Auction Item Pick Up (please check this update in your email for details on where items will be located for pickup.)
Tuesday, March 19 - Dominos Pizza Night to benefit the PTO - Be sure to enter DN6 when ordering online or mention JCM for call ahead orders.
Wednesday, March 20 & Thursday, March 21 - First and Fourth Grade Musical Program 6:30pm
*Our last music program featuring two grade levels was a completely packed house! This time to ensure there is plenty of room for all the family members that would like to support their students, we have split the program into two days. Wednesday, March 20 will feature Mrs. Alyssa Green’s class, Mrs. Boyer’s class, Mrs. Hatcher’s class and Ms. Clifford’s class. Thursday, March 21 will feature Mrs. Lacey Clarke’s class, Ms. Bazzle’s class, Mr. Shifflett’s class and Mr. Grix’ class.
Friday, March 22 - Character Spirit Day! Wear your favorite character shirt or dress like your favorite character. No scary costumes or masks please.
Monday, March 25th - Monday, April 1 - No School - Spring Break!
Have a wonderful week!
Erin Branner, Principal erbranner@rockingham.k12.va.us
Chelsea Imbrescia, Assistant Principal cimbrescia@rockingham.k12.va.us