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Upcoming Events (click calendar icon for monthly view )
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Board of Education Budget Review Meeting
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MPES PTA Meeting/School Start Time Discussion
This meeting will include a discussion about school start times/end times with the Superintendent - ALL parents are welcome to attend.
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Game Club
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John Jay Middle School
Community Meeting Re: School Start Time
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Yearbook Club
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Math Counts
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Student Council
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Intramurals
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Engineering and Robotics Club
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High School Library
JJMS PTO Presentation "Surfing the Waves of Emotion"
"Surfing the Waves of Emotion: Strategies to Help Your Child Regulate their Emotions"
Presenters: KLSD School Psychologists Lara Monasch and Marlee Schwartz
JJMS Events
Welcome to John Jay Middle School
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Students experienced the connection between mood and music at a live-art assembly. Watch it happen.
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The Math Counts club competed against more than a dozen Westchester/Putnam school teams at Pace University. More.
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Congratulations to the GeoBee school champ, Joseph, and to all who participated! More.
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14th Harmony performed "Best Day of My Life" and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" at the Winter Chorus Concert.
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Team Zeal created an Ancient Egyptian Museum. Visit it here!
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Sixth graders reinforce how to use OneNote to capture and organize information by teaching others.
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Seventh graders design and build wind machines in technology class. More.
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Sixth graders build littleBits Droid robots in technology class and learn about circuitry and electronics. More.
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Eighth graders design towers to withstand load in technology class. More.
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Thank you, parents, for speaking at the STEM Assembly about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Newsworthy
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MathCounts Club Builds Problem-Solving Skills
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Katonah-Lewisboro Shifts to 100% Certified Green Electricity
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Piloting New Practices in the Classroom
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Designing Droids, Building Wind Machines, and Testing Towers in Technology
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Eighth Graders Spend Time with Veterans at Breakfast and Assembly
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Teachers Focus on Best-Practices and New Methods
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Middle School ELA Teachers Begin Partnership with Teachers College Reading & Writing Project
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Seventh Graders Explore Identity and Build Empathy Through Unified Arts
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Homebase Creates Community Though Activities and Projects
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Andrew Selesnick Reaffirms Commitment to KL Learning Commitment
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From the Principal
Dear John Jay Middle School Families,
We hope that you enjoyed the mid-winter break. Whether you stayed local or were traveling the world, we welcome you back to the many exciting community events like the 6th Grade Game Show Night, the 7th Grade Rec & Roll and upcoming 8th Grade Dance. I would like to thank all of you who come to our parent/faculty discussion about the book Unselfie. It was a great conversation about the importance of developing empathy, especially in a world where human interactions are being replaced by social media posts and screen time. Please keep up-to-date on any future day or night events and opportunities to stay informed by visiting the JJMS PTO website at www.jjmspto.com.
We are excited to share that we have made some recent upgrades to the technology in our district to positively impact teaching and learning. All classroom teachers have received a MacBook and all classrooms have been equipped with an Apple TV. These upgrades allow each teacher mobility and choice with how and where they provide instruction since they no longer need to be “tethered” to a teaching station at the front of the classroom. Teachers can even take their MacBooks to another teaching space in the building. Many teachers are partnering with our Library Media Specialist in order to use the new classroom space in the back of the Library Media Center. These partnerships are leading to increasing amounts of engagement for our students. Please check out our “From the Middle” newsletter for more information about the great things happening in classrooms.
Please follow me @MrSwiatowicz on Twitter or Instagram for more frequent updates.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Swiatowicz
Principal
John Jay Middle School