Attendance Phone Numbers
Depending on your child's grade, please call the following telephone number to report his/her absence by 8 a.m., every day of the absence:
6th Grade - 763-7537
7th Grade - 763-7523
8th Grade - 763-7660
If it is the second day of absence, and you would like homework, please call the receptionist at 763-7528 before 9 a.m.

Greetings John Jay Middle School families. I am honored to be your new Principal and look forward to being a part of the JJMS community. This year's school theme is "Try a New Comfort Zone." If you have ideas about how to develop this theme with our students, please contact a building administrator. I hope you have a terrific school year.
Sincerely,
Richard Leprine

Help Haiti Collection
The John Jay Middle School Student Council will be collecting monetary donations to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Student Council members will be visiting homebases, as well as the dining room, to collect donations from students. Teachers and parents of the John Jay Middle School community are welcome to join in our efforts to help those victims of the earthquake in Haiti. If you would like to contribute to our efforts, you may send the money via your student and include your student's name on the envelope. You may also write a check for your donation. All checks should be made payable to John Jay Middle School Student Council and in the memo note "Haiti donation." Please be sure to include your student's name on the envelope as well. It is important that you are a member of the middle school community. Thank you for your generosity and help.

Harlem Wizard Basketball Tickets Still Available!
There's still time to purchase your Harlem Wizard Basketball show tickets. Booster Club representatives will be on hand on Wednesday, February 10, and Wednesday, February 24, during student lunch periods. All tickets are $15.00. Please make checks out to: JJ Booster Club.

Afternoon Sporting Events
Reminder to Parents: Students are not permitted to remain after school as spectators at a high school/middle school inter-scholastic practice or game unless organized as a school event. When this is the case, all students must have a note from a parent giving them permission to stay for the sporting event with explicit instructions on how the student will be getting home (late bus/pick-up). Students wait in supervised study and are picked up by the assigned chaperone. Those without a note will not be permitted to stay. PARENTS MAY NOT DROP STUDENTS OFF FOR AN AFTERNOON SPORTING EVENT.
Thank you for your cooperation.
JJMS Clubs 2009/2010
Please see the attached for a list of clubs starting at the Middle School.
Clubs 2009 2010 rev 2.pdf
JJMS Family Handbook 2009/2010
Please review our JJMS Family Handbook attached below, and complete the "Sign-Off Sheet" located in our August mailing packet. We ask that you return this sheet by the first day of school.
HANDBOOKWAREHOUSE rev 7292009.pdf

John Jay Middle School Independent Reading Guide
Students in grades 6, 7 and 8 may access the independent reading guides as follows:
1. Click on the Library Media Center located under School Resources
2. Click on the Independent Reading Guide