“Turtle Talk” for the Week of October 18th

This month’s focus is Responsibility. One way to define Responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.” Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Positive and responsible actions can help people and

irresponsible actions can hurt others.

Responsibility is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Strong. The trait of Responsibility also connects with “Lead” and “Reflect” of the new district Lancer Way, specifically by “manage time and resources effectively” and “Identify personal strengths and areas for growth”.

Please see attached a school-wide Family Newsletter, as well as newsletters for each specific grade level.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled this week and the overall conference hours for JCS are:

Wednesday, 10/21 after school, from 3:45pm to 5:15pm

Thursday, 10/22, 1:15pm to 8:30pm

Teachers sent out links via ParentSquare to allow families to schedule conference slots across the hours available. We certainly encourage parents and caregivers to meet with their child’s teacher in-person, however teachers will be flexible and offer a virtual conference when needed.

If families were not able to successfully schedule a conference or get the ParentSquare link from your child’s teacher to work, please let us know.

The Solmonese Parent Organization (SPO) is planning to host a Scholastic Book Fair Tuesday, October 20th through Thursday, October 22nd. Families will be able to visit the Book Fair on Wednesday, 10/21 during conferences and Thursday, 10/22 conferences.

There will not be any free books available for students during this Book Fair.

Here’s a link to setup your e-wallet, https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/ewallet.html

JCS and the SPO will be participating in the Chartley Annual Halloween Parade this coming Sunday, 10/25. Despite the busy week ahead, we would love for you and your family to join us. Please let us know if you would like to walk with us by emailing Mrs. Farley at jfarley@norton.k12.ma.us.

We are planning to continue the JCS and Norton tradition of inviting students to bring a costume to wear to school to celebrate Halloween on Friday, October 30th. We understand that not all families celebrate or recognize Halloween and bringing a costume to school is completely voluntary and optional. Each grade level from PreK to 3rd grade will decide exactly during which part of the school day they will wear costumes, so be on the lookout for an email from your child’s teacher/grade level team with more information.

Here are the traditional guidelines that all grade levels will follow in terms of student costumes:

We know that the Thursday ice cream service during lunches is popular for many of our students. Here is the schedule for October:

There WILL be ice cream service on 10/29

There will NOT be ice cream service on 10/22

View and subscribe to the JCS Public Events Calendar at https://bit.ly/jcspubliceventscalendar. Click on the "Add to Google Calendar" button in the lower right corner to subscribe to the calendar using your own calendar app. Events from the JCS Public Events Calendar also appear on the JCS website.

SPO Scholastic Book Fair, Tuesday, October 20th through Thursday, October 22nd

Early Release Day, Teacher Conferences, Thursday 10/22

Early Release Day, Wednesday 10/28

Costume Celebration, Friday 10/30