Hello JGW Community,
Multicultural Club: Scholars have been encouraged to sign up for JGW’s multicultural club! The multicultural club is for any scholar who wants to help recognize, explore and celebrate diversity as a way to promote understanding and build community. This club provides an opportunity for students to discuss diversity and how cultural influences shape our students. Students may continue to sign up during breakfast/lunch. Meetings will begin next week on Tuesday mornings at 8:05am.
Video Game Club: Mrs. Hamel will have after school VIDEO GAME CLUB on Mondays from 2:45- 3:45. You will need a ride at 3:45. This is open ONLY to grades 5 and 6.
Arts and Craft Club: Calling all Crafters!!! Ms. Greer will be starting an Arts & Crafts Club for all grades on Tuesdays. We will meet every Tuesday in Room #1 from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm. Snacks will be provided. It will be a great time to gather and create. No Experience needed. We will be learning together!!! See Ms. Greer for more information.
NJHS Fundraiser: Popcorn fundraisers for NJHS went out. The fundraiser will run from March 1 through March 20. Popcorn will be delivered by April 5. This fundraiser benefits the national honor society, but also if the school makes its goal, we will be giving slush away at lunch to the whole school. The top three winners will receive amazon gift cards. Let’s try and beat last year’s totals.
In-School Basketball Tournament: Friday March 24th -Make sure you have you scholar sign up for our first annual March Madness Basketball Tournament. The first 12 teams to sign up will play- there are only 8 spots left! The tournament will be held in the JGW gym on Friday, March 24th after school. Sign ups cost $5.00 per team and teams are made up of any 5 students. Please see Mrs. Hamel to sign your team up.
JGW/Walnut Sq/Pen Lake School Nature Walk: Mark your calendar! Join us for an evening hike around the Lake Pentucket trail while enjoying the beautiful sunset. This is a great opportunity for Walnut Square Families and Pentucket Families to meet. After the hike, families will receive information and tips to experience nature as a family. This event will be held rain or shine, so proper dress and footwear are highly recommended! The trail is 1.1 miles long, and carriages and bikes are not recommended as it is a hiking trail. Please leave pets at home. Questions? Please e-mail Jen Rubera jrubera@haverhill-ps.org. Please RSVP by Monday, March 28, 2023.
Sign up online here: https://forms.gle/WxqmEeWG8VWwhBTs8.
MCAS Dates
5th and 6th grade ELA- Monday 4/3 and Tuesday 4/4
7th and 8th grade ELA- Wednesday 4/5 and Thursday 4/6
5th and 6th grade Math- Monday 5/1 and Tuesday 5/2
7th and 8th grade Math- Wednesday 5/3 and Thursday 5/4
5th and 8th grade Science Monday 5/8 and Tuesday 5/9
Third Annual JGW FAMILY TRIVIA NIGHT
(first time IN PERSON!!!)
- WHEN: Thursday, May 4th
- TIME: 6~ 8 pm
- WHERE: JGW Cafeteria
- COST: $10.00 per team (please reach out to Mrs. Hamel if you need a family scholarship for the event or if you wish to sponsor a team).
INFORMATION:
*Teams can be NO MORE than 6 people
*Reach out to Mrs. Hamel for the registration form to enter your team.
*We will be selling pizza dinners (Slice of pizza, water, bag of chips) for $5.00
*Concessions will be sold for $1.00 each (drinks, chips, candy, baked goods)
*Teams will play 4 rounds; each round will have a winner!
*Raffle tickets will be sold with a table of Fantastic Items- winners will be called when the trivia game is over.
*Please consider purchasing a Raffle item from our AMAZON WISH LIST to be raffled off or you could send in a raffle item/basket of your own creation.
*All donors will be displayed on our JGW TRIVIA NIGHT SLIDESHOW throughout the evening. This is a GREAT WAY to advertise your small business- Send us a gift card or item from your business and we will advertise your business throughout the evening. Feel free to put out business cards with your Raffle Item.
This is going to be a great night with our JGW Families and Friends~ We hope you will come even if you don’t play in the trivia game but just want to join in on a fun night to see your friends and make new ones!
Have a great weekend!!!!
Matt Condon
JGW
Principal
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