MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL & MAIN OFFICE NEWS
Climate & Culture Survey: Friday, April 22nd was the final day to complete this survey. We appreciate each and every family who took the time to complete the survey. It is important for us at JGW to know how our community and families are feeling about the job that we are doing here at school. The results of this survey will be used to help plan for our upcoming school year, and information will be shared out with families.
LOST & FOUND: JGW’s lost and found is overflowing with clothes. There are a lot of coats. Please make sure that your student is looking through it if they have anything missing. We will be cleaning out the lost & found and donating any unclaimed clothing as of Friday, April 29th.
8TH GRADE DANCE: Friday, April 29th from 6:30-8:30pm will be an 8th grade Glow in the Dark dance here at JGW. This dance will be free and is for 8th grade JGW students ONLY. Tickets will be available to our 8th grade students starting at lunches on Tuesday, April 26th.
Starting on Monday, April 25th all JGW students will be responsible to meet/follow certain guidelines & expectations in order to attend any after school event. These expectations will also be enforced while at after school events. This information will be shared with students and families this week. Stay tuned…
PROGRESS REPORTS: Your student’s progress report will be available to view online through the student/parent portal starting Friday, April 29th at 3pm. Please follow these directions to gain access:
- Go to HPS main page: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/
- Click on Parent & Student Resources
- Click on Parent & Student Portal Login
- Click Log-in
- Use your student’s username & password to login
- Click on Student Portal (top of page)
- Select Report Cards/Progress Reports
- Click Download
MCAS: Our MCAS Testing Season has officially arrived. You can see our schedule for when your student(s) are testing below.
We are asking families to help support your student(s) through MCAS testing by encouraging the following habits:
-A restful night’s sleep
-A healthy breakfast
-Students arriving to school on time on testing days
-Students taking their time on the test
-Students double checking their work
-Students putting in their best effort
The school and your students appreciate your support. Best of luck to all students on their upcoming MCAS test!
MCAS Testing Schedule 2022
| Dates | Test |
| April 5 & 6 | 5 ELA |
| April 7 & 8 | 6 ELA |
| April 11 & 12 | 7 ELA |
| April 13 & 14 | 8 ELA |
| April 26 & 27 | 5 MATH |
| April 28 & 29 | 6 MATH |
| May 3 & 4 | 7 MATH |
| May 5 & 6 | 8 MATH |
| May 10 & 11 | 5 STE |
| May 12 & 13 | 8 STE |
PTO UPDATES
JGW families,
Teacher Appreciation Week is fast approaching. We would like to make it special to reward our wonderful teachers that work so hard. We would love to do some daily raffles like we did last year. If any family would like to donate a gift card or item or has a contact or a place of work that would like to donate a gift card, etc., please email the PTO at jgwhittierpto@yahoo.com
Thank you!
-JGW PTO
Teacher Appreciation Week Letter to Families 2022
The PTO meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:00pm-7:00pm in the JGW Teacher’s Room. The dates are as follows:
2001-2022 PTO Meeting Dates · April 28th · May 12th · June 9th
COMMUNITY EVENTS/RESOURCES:
HPS Kindergarten Registration Events:
The Helping Hillies:
HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS HANDBOOK (K-8): Please click on the link below to be connected to our up to date handbook for grades K-8: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/hps-student-handbook/