A few reminders:! This week is Iowa Assessments! Thank you for providing healthy. snacks during our testing window."

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1 A few reminders: This week is Iowa Assessments Thank you for providing healthy snacks during our testing window." We need to make up 840 minutes of instruction because of weather-related school closures or late starts. Starting March 30, school will begin 10 minutes earlier and end 10 minutes later. That means, school will begin at 8:50AM and end at 3:55PM." After school Enrichments will be held Mondays in April. Signup begins today Look for information on separate flyer within this Thursday Folder." Thursday, March 12 SCRIP delivered" Friday, March 13 Spring Picture Day - An order form is coming home today that will need to be returned on Friday when your child has their picture taken. Send no money now, as pictures will be sent home later for your review and return payment." Tuesday, March 17 Kindergarten/First Grade Performance - 6:30 PM at Taft Middle School" Wednesday, March 18 Early Dismissal Staff Learning Day

2 Enrichment Classes REGISTRATION ENDS Monday March 30th Registration link is below. Jackson s annual enrichment program will run on Mondays in April (6,13,20,27th) from 4:05-5pm. The program is free to all students. Classes will be assigned first come first serve. Zumba, Grades 3-5 Join licensed Zumba instructor Mrs. Bower as we learn to dance several styles of international dance Get ready to move-- wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle-- Zumba is fun for your body and your brain Limit 10. Healthy Choices, Grades 1-5 Have fun with Mrs. Warner learning about food groups, reading and understanding ingredients on food packages, making healthy snacks, differentiating between healthy/nutritious food and junk food. Limit 8. Game On, Grades 2-5 Mr.,Mrs. & Grandpa McMahan. Explore games involving math, strategy, deck building, worker placement, and drafting. This is not your momma s card club. You ll learn new and exciting games like Star Realms, Carcassone, Dixit, Wits & Wagers, and Timeline. Limit 15. Flag Football, Grades 2-5 Mrs. Musiol. Football basics including, how to carry the ball, how to throw the ball, how to catch, flag pulling, and basic offensive/defensive concept. There will be NO tackling. Kids must provide their own mouthguard. Let's Play Ball Limit 20. Fun with Code.org, Grades K- 5 Mrs. Smith. Have you ever wanted to learn more about where software comes from and how it is developed? Come join us to learn more about this exciting field and begin your journey in software coding Through self-paced tools provided by Code.org and with the help of Angry Birds and Frozen's Elsa, everyone, regardless of age or experience, can learn to code Limit 30. Cooking, Grades K- 2 Mrs. Russell. Books and cooks unite Join me for some cooking in the classroom. We will be learning how to make some kid-friendly, healthy snacks to go along with our favorite picture books. Limit 8. Ceramics, Grades K- 2 Mrs. Deutsch & Renshaw. Kids will experiment with clay and use different building types to create their own 3-D, clay art works. Get ready to play with clay and get your hands dirty Projects will also be glazed and on the last day of class and returned to each child the following week to maximize work time. Limit 15. Ceramics, Grades 3-5 Mrs. Deutsch & Renshaw. Kids will experiment with clay and use different building types to create their own 3-D, clay art works. Get ready to play with clay and get your hands dirty Projects will also be glazed and on the last day of class and returned to each child the following week to maximize work time. Limit 15.

3 Garden Club, Grades K- 5 Mrs. & Grandma McMahan & guest speakers. Get your hands dirty as you explore various garden topics. There will be guest speakers as well as parents that will help you see what can grow in the garden. Origami & making cool stuff with paper, Grades 4-5 Mrs. Pierce. Kids will learn out to make fun things out of paper, and can be made for gifts, functionality or decoration. Limit 15. Intro into Photography, Grades 4-5 Mrs. DeWulf. Learn how to take creative, interesting pictures of people and objects by exploring the world around you. Investigate methods for taking fun trick photos. Students must bring their own digital camera or camera phone. Students should know how to operate their device independently. Limit 10. ENRICHMENT REGISTRATION: Follow the blue link below to register by MONDAY MARCH 30 Remember spots are limited and assigned according to time received. Entries are time stamped. Please sign up early You may get an external link message, the link is a Google Drive link and is safe. Class assignments will be sent via or hard copy home on Thursday APRIL 2. If you have any questions, please contact Emmaly Renshaw at fenren03@gmail.com Let s have some fun Student Enrichment Registration LINK Remember to hit Submit :)

4 Jackson Garden Club Transplant Class Join the Jackson Garden Club as students create tomato, broccoli & pepper plants from starter seeds to be transplanted into Jackson's garden this spring. Thursday, March 19 3:50-4:50pm Jackson Art Room Grades: K-5 If you plan on attending please signup through the link below: 1i6KLKmKCSCWaQfm7d5b9NC_VZ2mmZASg5qHmcWiR3w 0/viewform?usp=send_form Questions, contact: Julie McMahan or Emmaly Renshaw

5 MONEY SAVING IDEA Want to save money on: SPRING BREAK EASTER MOTHER S DAY GRADUATION Why not use a Hy-Vee Coupon book? Hy-Vee coupon Books offer over $100 of savings for only $10 Coupons include: Free 1 Lb. bananas (no purchase necessary) Free pint side with purchase of one rotisserie chicken $10 gift card for $100 purchase $5 off Chinese Express Dinner for 4 $5 off a $30 or more floral purchase $3 off a 16 Hy-Vee Italian Express Pizza $1 off a $10 or more purchase from the Hy-Vee meat department $1 off one gallon of Hy-Vee Milk $.50 off Hy-Vee Large Eggs $.50 off 1 Lb. of apples Many other valuable coupons are also offered in the book Coupons DO NOT expire until December 2015 The Hy-Vee Coupon Books is $10 of which $8 stays with the Jackson PTA. This money allows the PTA to sponsor events and programs such as The Spring Carnival, Field Trips and Staff Appreciation. Please contact PTA Treasurer Melissa White at bleuyeux5@yahoo.com for Hy-Vee Coupon Books. She will coordinate collecting payment and getting you your Hy-Vee Coupon books. Thank you

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7 supports Visit the OrangeLeaf on Edgewood Rd on Tuesday, March 17th and mention you are with Jackson Elementary at the checkout and they will donate 20% of your purchase to Jackson. *K-1 parents, This is a GREAT way to reward your performer

8 SCRIP In an effort to save paper, we will be including the SCRIP order form in Thursday efolders, where you can print off a SCRIP form to send in with your order. You can always look at the SCRIP form and Lori (lori_a_weber@hotmail.com) or I (Cindy31470@aol.com) your order and we will process from there. You will still need to send in a check/cash with your child. As always, you can also refer to the web page for additional cards not offered on our order form. We are once again going to be exploring some online ordering/purchasing options. As the Shop With SCRIP site changes, new ways of ordering have begun. We will keep you posted with these exciting changes. To date, we have a profit of $1,300 for the IMC. Let s keep that number climbing. Thank you for all of the orders so far this year. $3,000 in new books was just purchased for the library using SCRIP funds earned last year. Watch for your child to bring one home. You can print off the most current order form below.

9 ORDERS DUE BY 9:00 a.m. TUESDAY MORNING JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCRIP ORDER FORM Jackson PTA Scrip/Cindy Becker th St. N.W Cedar Rapids, Iowa NAME: Date: PHONE #: Child's Name: Teacher's Name: Work #: Vendor Profit Denomination Qty Total Vendor Profit Denomination Qty Total Home Improvement and Home Repair Services Local Restaurants Home Depot 4.0% $ Buffalo Wild Wings 8.0% $ % $ % $ Lowe's 4.0% $ CoffeeSmiths 5.0% $ % $ Culvers 5.0% $ 5.00 Menard's 3.0% $ % $ % $ Dairy Queen Johnson Ave. 10.0% $ 5.00 Local Department and Specialty Stores Genghis Grill 10.0% $ Elevate Salon and Spa 10.0% $ Happy Joes Pizza 10.0% $ (formally City Looks) 10.0% $ Kathy's Pies 10.0% $ % $ Papa Murphys Pizza 10.0% $ Cost Cutters 15.0% $ 5.00 Pizza Ranch (NEW) 10.0% $ Edge Salon & Spa (Linda Hunt) 10.0% $ Roscoe's Pizza (on Edgewood) 10.0% $ Sport Clips 15.0% $ Local Grocery & Department Stores Local Gas Stations Fareway 3.0% $ BP 1.5% $ % $ Casey's General Stores 2.5% $ Target 2.0% $ % $ % $ Conoco/Phillips % $ Hawkeye/Sinclair 5.0% $ Wal-Mart 2.5% $ Local Entertainment 2.5% $ Potters Obsession 10.0% $ % $ Westdale Bowling 25.0% $ % $ Hy-Vee Coupon Books 80.0% $ Write Ins: Order Totals (Payment must accompany order form) Release Authorization By signing and intialing below, I authorize Jackson to have the scrip sent home with my child. If you would like to pick up your scrip in the office, please intial the corresponding line. Office pick up will be available by noon on Fridays. Order Totals (Payment must accompany order form) Scrip Due Date and Pick Up Information ORDER DUE: All orders must be turned in by Tuesday at 9:00am to the school office or the student's teacher. MAKES CHECK PAYABLE TO JACKSON PTA SCRIP To be Sent home with Child To be picked up in the office SCRIP Phone Number: or cindy31470@aol.com Initials: Initials: Signature of Parent/Guardian Date Scrip Pick Up: Order received by Tuesday 9am will be delivered or ready for pick up by Friday. 1

10 Vendor Profit Denomination Qty Total Vendor Profit Denomination Qty Total National Department and Speciality Stores National Restaurants Amazon.com 4.0% $ Applebee's 8.0% $ % $ Arby's 8.0% $ % $ Bruegger's 7.0% $ Barnes & Noble 9.0% $ Burger King 4.0% $ % $ Chili's 9.0% $ % $ Chipotle Mexican Grill 10.0% $ Bath and Body Works 13.0% $ Coldstone Creamery 8.0% $ % $ Domino's Pizza 8.0% $ Bed Bath and Beyond 7.0% $ Dunkin Donuts 3.0% $ Best Buy 3.0% $ Fazoli's 7.0% $ % $ Hardees 5.0% $ Claire's 9.0% $ IHOP 8.0% $ CVS Pharmacy 6.0% $ KFC 8.0% $ % $ Little Caesar's Pizza 8.0% $ Dicks 8.0% $ Noodles and Company 8.0% $ % $ Olive Garden/Red Lobster 9.0% $ Gordman's 7.0% $ Outback Steakhouse 8.0% $ Great Clips 8.0% $ HomeGoods 7.0% $ Panera Bread 9.0% $ % $ % $ I-Tunes 5.0% $ Papa John's Pizza 8.0% $ % $ PepperJax Grill 10.0% $ JC Penney 5.0% $ Pizza Hut 8.0% $ 5.00 Kohl's 4.0% $ % $ % $ Red Robin 9.0% $ Land's End 16.0% $ Starbucks 7.0% $ Michaels 4.0% $ % $ Old Navy 9.0% $ Toys R US 3.0% $ Subway 3.0% $ Walgreens 6.0% $ % $ % $ Taco Bell 5.0% $ Younkers 8.0% $ Texas Roadhouse 10.0% $ % $ Wendy's 4.0% $ Order Totals (Payment must accompany order form) Order Totals (Payment must accompany order form) 1

11 JACKSON PTA FAQs What is the Jackson PTA? The Jackson PTA is a non-profit group of parents and teachers. We work together to support Jackson Elementary by providing additional resources when needed. We also work together to try to build a strong sense of Jackson school community. What programs does the Jackson PTA support? The Jackson PTA supports Jackson Elementary by supplying additional classroom needs like microphones. The PTA provides each teacher with $100 to spend on other classroom items. The Jackson PTA supports a school based technology fund. We also support the IMC with additional books and supplies. The Jackson PTA funds classroom field trips. We sponsor the 5 th Grade Recognition. The Jackson PTA provides funding for a week of volunteer staffed after school enrichment programs during the spring. We support America Reads week. The Jackson PTA sponsors a book fair. We pay for a guest reader to visit the school. The Jackson PTA offers a Community Caring Fund to help Jackson families in need. The Jackson PTA also supports the staff by providing conference lunches and by providing a staff appreciation celebration week. How does the Jackson PTA build a sense of School Community? The Jackson Elementary PTA helps build a sense of school community by organizing and funding fun events such as school movie night, swim night, the Halloween Hike, an ice skating event, a roller skating event, a night at the Kernel s, Breakfast with a Buddy, the Kindergarten breakfast and our Spring Carnival Event. How does the Jackson PTA fund these programs? The Jackson PTA funds these initiatives by having one large fundraiser in the fall and supplementing all programs by collecting box tops, collecting soup can labels, collecting Hy-Vee receipts, collecting pop tops, offering birthday books, offering SCRIP purchases and offering Hy-Vee Coupon Books purchases. How do I become a Jackson PTA Member? How do I volunteer? Becoming a member is easy Just fill out the form on the back of this flyer and pay your membership fee of $7 per person and $13 per couple. Turn in the paperwork to a PTA Officer at Supply Drop off. To volunteer please visit the PTA Tables at Supply Drop Off or simply contact any PTA Officer listed below. Thank you Co-President Elect Jennifer Borcherding silverjennb@gmail.com cell Co-President Elect Shawna Carolan shawna3925@gmail.com Co-Vice President Elect Amy Blomquist Amy.Blomquist@nexteraenergy.com Co-Vice President Elect Tonya Meyers tonya.meyers@mchsi.com Treasurer Melissa White bleuyeux5@yahoo.com Secretary Cindy Becker cindy31470@aol.com Membership Chair Becky Smith rlohrball@yahoo.com