Jayenne Elementary School

Jayenne families, Next week is National Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is always celebrated the last week of October, and we at Jayenne are going to celebrate staying drug free. The Red Ribbon campaign is about living a healthy lifestyle and staying away from drugs. Many schools across the nation celebrate this important week. Next week at Jayenne, we will have different days to dress up and celebrate our healthy lifestyles. The Red Ribbon campaign theme this year is “Drug Free Looks Like Me”. We are very excited to celebrate with our students. Dress up Days: Monday, October 25th- “Pawstivley Drug Free” Wear your red and white/Jayenne Spirit. Tuesday, October 26th- “Wake up drug free” Wear your pajamas. Wednesday, October 27th- “Too Bright for Drugs” Wear your bright colored clothing. Thursday, October 28th- “Drugs are Wacky” Wear your wacky clothing, socks and wacky hair! Friday, October 29th- “Team up against drugs” Wear your favorite sports team attire.

1 Bus + 1 Driver = a BIG Impact on Education. It's National School Bus Safety Week. MCS is proud to work with our bus operators, families, students, teachers, motorists, and administrators to stress school bus safety. Students see poster contest guidelines at https://5il.co/10qvz

October is Bullying Prevention Month. Join us and other Marion County schools tomorrow by wearing orange as a symbol of promoting kindness, inclusion and acceptance!

Don't forget our Title I/PTO meeting tomorrow evening at 6:00pm! Here is the link to join us: https://meet.google.com/fcb-kvmr-kjf

Don’t forget about our Scholastic Book Fair! Add a couple new books to your shelves and support Jayenne Elementary School at the same time. The store closes Sunday! Visit https://www.scholastic.com/bf/jayenneelementaryschool1 to find a new favorite.

Underwood Smith Scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors who are interested in becoming a WV teacher: The current senior class can apply by December 31, 2021, for this scholarship, which could offer them $10,000.00 a year for four years while working to become to teacher.

Jayenne families, Do not forget that tomorrow is picture day for all students pre-k through 4th grade! Bring your smiles!

The MC BOE recently accepted a resolution to recognize MCS as a Purple Heart District. Many WVs are veterans of the Unites States armed forces and have families with children attending school. During times when these families relocate to meet duty requirements or experience the absence of a loved one while on deployment, MCS has an opportunity to meet the unique needs of these children. The Purple Star Award is designed to recognize schools that create a military-friendly environment and make a special commitment to supporting the resilience of military connected children. For more information, contact L.D. Skarzinski, Administrative Assistant of C&I, at lskarzin@k12.wv.us or visit https://wvde.us/commonground/.

Jayenne families, Do not forget that our virtual book fair is going on now! The fair will last until October 17th and all sales will benefit our school! You can access the book fair homepage at www.scholastic.com/bf/jayenneelementaryschool1

Help a Teen Out! Connecting Link Inc. is collecting items for Teen Angels this year. All donations should be turned into Connecting Link or one of Marion County Schools by Monday, November 29, 2021. Learn more at https://connectinglinkwv.com/.

Tomorrow is our PBIS Kick off celebrating PAWSitive behaviot! Wear your Jayenne colors to show your school spirit.

Here are our PAWSitive students of the month for September. Congratulations students!

Parent-Teacher Conference days and times are announced for each of the Marion County Schools. Families should contact their child's teacher for more specific information about how to connect on the dates and times listed below.

Don't forget our Title I/PTO Parent Meeting tonight at 6:00. Here is the link for our Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/kqr-xdfn-mkz

Do it for Babydog: Round 2: Online registration is open for the sweepstakes. Weekly, 5 vaccinated WV students, 12-25, win a full 4-year scholarship – including room and board, tuition, and books – to any public college or university in WV. All 18 older who have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can register for an opportunity to win additional prizes, including sports cars, free gas for 10 years, a dream wedding, season ticket packages to WVU and Marshall games, more!

MCS Child Nutrition Office has received word that its application as a countywide Community Eligibility Program has been approved for the 2021-22 school year. All students in MCS have the opportunity to eat breakfast and lunch at school at no cost through CEP. The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal meal service to children in high-poverty areas. What does this mean for students? If benefits become available again this year through the Pandemic EBT, ALL MCS families now qualify for these benefits. Marion County is an equal opportunity provider.

Like businesses across the nation, the MCS Child Nutrition Dept. has been experiencing some outs and shortages from our suppliers. MCS will continue to substitute products as possible from our suppliers. If we have to change menus, we work diligently to try to give plenty of notice to students and families. Updates are sent through your child’s school as necessary. We appreciate your patience, grace, and understanding.

Help the WV DHHR and WVU Health Affairs gather data about Marion County. The Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health (MATCH) is voluntary, confidential, and non-identifiable. See WVMATCHsurvey.org.

Parents, don't forget our first PTO meeting of the year this Thursday evening. We will meet virtually via Google Meet. The meeting link will be posted on ClassDojo on Thursday. Hope to see you there!

Celebrate Freedom Week educates students about the sacrifices made for freedom in the founding of this country and the values on which this country was founded (WV State Code §18-2-9 ). In social studies classrooms, students will be learning of the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Constitution of the United States with an emphasis on the Bill of Rights. This includes the environments and the study of historical documents that inspired the founding fathers for the purposes of safeguarding our Constitutional republic.