Character Ed Volunteer Sign up

Volunteers are still needed for our JYJ Character Ed night on Thursday, Jan 19th from 5:30 - 8:00pm.  Click here to sign up.  Thank you for all of your help with donations and time in this exciting and meaningful celebration of service and helping others.  What a great way to celebrate Dr. King's birthday.  As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

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Middle School Reminders

Just a few middle school reminders:

-Application for Wake Leadership Academics: Friday, Jan 13^th

-Magnet Application Notification: Friday, Jan 13^th

-Proximity School Selection Period: January 17^th- February 24th

Prioritize your choices online; choose schools you’re comfortable w/ your child attending.

(Notification Period for Round 1 Feb 27^th – March 16^th)

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

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Thanks for the rolls

Thanks for the donations for Character Ed Night!

Wow is all that I can say with the amount of donations being collected for our JYJ Character Ed night coming up on Jan 19th.  So far we have collected nearly 6 bins of rolls!  Please feel free to donate other items requested for each grade level.

Everyone:
Old t-shirts, material scraps, cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper rolls, etc).

Kindergarten:
Chewing gum, "main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

1st Grade:
Candy, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars)

2nd Grade:
Canned Fruit, brown bags, gallon size ziploc bags

3rd Grade:
Juice Boxes, bottled water, bags of rice (no Minute rice please), bags of beans (all varieties)

4th Grade:
Canned vegetables, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars) 


5th Grade:

"Main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

Collection bins will be in the front lobby and throughout the building.  Thanks again JYJ families! Pin It

Self Discipline Reading List

January's Character Education Trait is: SELF-DISCIPLINE and I'd like to recommend a few books that focus on that trait.  Most of these books can be checked out from the JYJ and Wake County Public Libraries.  Happy reading!

-Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman
-The Child's World of Self-Control by Henrietta Gambill
-King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft
- I Was so Mad by Mercer Mayer
- Don't Pop Your Cork on Monday's by Adolf Moser Pin It

JYJ Character Ed Night

Just a reminder that our JYJ Character Ed Night will be on Thursday, January 19th from 5:30-8:00 pm.  This is an evening that we will give back to the community and the JYJ Hatti project.  Multiple stations will be around the school where students will do small service projects.

Charities that we will help include:
The Raleigh Rescue Mission
The Tammy Lynn Center
Back Pack Buddies
Ronald McDonald House
The Mayview Center
Wake County SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Donations Needed:
Please contribute one or more of the items below.  There will Character Ed donation bins in the front lobby and near each grade's classrooms.  We'll be accepting donations until January 19th.

Everyone:
Old t-shirts, material scraps, cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper rolls, etc).

Kindergarten:
Chewing gum, "main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

1st Grade:
Candy, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars)

2nd Grade:
Canned Fruit, brown bags, gallon size ziploc bags

3rd Grade:
Juice Boxes, bottled water, bags of rice (no Minute rice please), bags of beans (all varieties)

4th Grade:
Canned vegetables, healthy snacks (raisins, crackers, granola bars) 


5th Grade:

"Main dish" items (tuna pouches, vienna sausages, ramen noodles, pork & beans, microwavable pasta meals).

Volunteers are still needed in the following areas:
-Set up (3:00-5:00) 4 volunteers
-Dinner Serve (4:00-5:15) 3 volunteers
-Dinner Clean-Up (5:15-6:30) 3 volunteers
-Project Stations (6:30-8:00) 12 volunteers
-Photographer (5:30-8:00) 1 volunteer
-Greeter in front of school (5:30-6:30) 1 volunteer
-Direction Givers (6:30-8:00) 3 volunteers
-Advance Preparation (1 week prior) 2 volunteers


If you have questions please feel to contact Erin Duffy (dduffy@nc.rr.com) Jan Pender (jan@ctnc.org) or myself (aburston@wcpss.net)

Click here to view a preview of what character ed night is like.  Hope to see you there!

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Happy New Year!

School's back in session and although I had a wonderful and restful break (hope that you all did also), I am glad to see the smiling faces of our JYJ students!  January will be a busy month for us (as in most months here).  Character Ed Night is just around the corner (blog post coming very soon).  As always I look forward to another exciting and productive year here at JYJ!  Pin It

JYJ Shows Self Discipline!

Each month at JYJ we focus on a character trait of the month.  January's spotlight trait is SELF DISCIPLINE which is regulating yourself for improvement.  Watch the video and see how JYJ shows self discipline!

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