Friday, October 31, 2014 - Day B

Student Announcements - Friday, October 31, 2014 - Day B

1)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive role playing, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

2) Can you sing, dance, act, or play an instrument? Auditions for the Jefferson Talent Show are Tuesday, November 18th, or Wednesday, November 19th after school in the auditorium. Acts for the talent show will be selected from the auditions on those days. Acts should be three minutes or less with appropriate content. All preparation/practices for the auditions has to be done outside of school. Any questions? See Ms. Baumann.

3) There will be NO LEAP Activities today after school. Happy Halloween!

4) Birthdays Today - October 31st...Zachary Edgington, Amber Schatzabel. November 1st...Anselina Jabwa. November 2nd...Nathan Oswalt.

5) Starting after today, there will be NO SCOOTERS ALLOWED in the main office. Scooters will have to locked up outside.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon

Imagination Library Would you like to get a free book mailed to your home every month for your preschooler? The United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States and Women United invite the community to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that offers one free book every month to each child who is enrolled. Any child who lives in Dubuque County and will be under the age of five in January is eligible for the program until their fifth birthday. We invite you to stop by the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Kick-Off Event on November 15 anytime between 9-11 AM at NICC Downtown (700 Main Street) Dubuque. The Kick-Off will include celebrity readers, a bookmark creation craft and a coloring contest! For more information, please contact United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States at 563.588.1415.

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Day A

Student Announcements - Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Day A

1)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive roleplaying, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

2) Can you sing, dance, act, or play an instrument? Auditions for the Jefferson Talent Show are Tuesday, November 18th, or Wednesday, November 19th after school in the auditorium. Acts for the talent show will be selected from the auditions on those days. Acts should be three minutes or less with appropriate content. All preparation/practices for the auditions has to be done outside of school. Any questions? See Ms. Baumann.

3) LEAP activity: Y-Club swimming will be meeting this week, Friday.

4) Birthdays Today - October 30th...Madalynn Gienau; Olivia Meyer.

5) Reminder...All posters for the SASC Poster Contest are due today.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon

Imagination Library Would you like to get a free book mailed to your home every month for your preschooler? The United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States and Women United invite the community to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that offers one free book every month to each child who is enrolled. Any child who lives in Dubuque County and will be under the age of five in January is eligible for the program until their fifth birthday. We invite you to stop by the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Kick-Off Event on November 15 anytime between 9-11 AM at NICC Downtown (700 Main Street) Dubuque. The Kick-Off will include celebrity readers, a bookmark creation craft and a coloring contest! For more information, please contact United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States at 563.588.1415.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Day B

Student Announcements - Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Day B

1)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive roleplaying, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

2) Can you sing, dance, act, or play an instrument? Auditions for the Jefferson Talent Show are Tuesday, November 18th, or Wednesday, November 19th after school in the auditorium. Acts for the talent show will be selected from the auditions on those days. Acts should be three minutes or less with appropriate content. All preparation/practices for the auditions has to be done outside of school. Any questions? See Ms. Baumann.

3) Last week’s results for Spirit Day pride points: 1st place 7th grade with 30%, 6th grade took second with 10%, and 8th grade took 3rd with 5%. Totals for the year, 7th grade = 60 pts., 6th grade = 50 pts., and 8th grade = 25 pts. Complete results are posted outside the cafeteria. It’s still anyone’s race, Nov. 14th is the end of the semester.

4) LEAP activity: Y-Club swimming will be meeting this week today and Friday.

5) Birthdays Today - October 29th...Samuel Scales, Halley Smith.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon

Imagination Library Would you like to get a free book mailed to your home every month for your preschooler? The United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States and Women United invite the community to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that offers one free book every month to each child who is enrolled. Any child who lives in Dubuque County and will be under the age of five in January is eligible for the program until their fifth birthday. We invite you to stop by the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Kick-Off Event on November 15 anytime between 9-11 AM at NICC Downtown (700 Main Street) Dubuque. The Kick-Off will include celebrity readers, a bookmark creation craft and a coloring contest! For more information, please contact United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States at 563.588.1415.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - Day A

Student Announcements - Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - Day A

1)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive roleplaying, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

2) Can you sing, dance, act, or play an instrument? Auditions for the Jefferson Talent Show are Tuesday, November 18th, or Wednesday, November 19th after school in the auditorium. Acts for the talent show will be selected from the auditions on those days. Acts should be three minutes or less with appropriate content. All preparation/practices for the auditions has to be done outside of school. Any questions? See Ms. Baumann.

3) Last week’s results for Spirit Day pride points: 1st place 7th grade with 30%, 6th grade took second with 10%, and 8th grade took 3rd with 5%. Totals for the year, 7th grade = 60 pts., 6th grade = 50 pts., and 8th grade = 25 pts. Complete results are posted outside the cafeteria. It’s still anyone’s race, Nov. 14th is the end of the semester.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon

Imagination Library Would you like to get a free book mailed to your home every month for your preschooler? The United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States and Women United invite the community to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that offers one free book every month to each child who is enrolled. Any child who lives in Dubuque County and will be under the age of five in January is eligible for the program until their fifth birthday. We invite you to stop by the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Kick-Off Event on November 15 anytime between 9-11 AM at NICC Downtown (700 Main Street) Dubuque. The Kick-Off will include celebrity readers, a bookmark creation craft and a coloring contest! For more information, please contact United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States at 563.588.1415.

Monday, October 27, 2014 - Day B

Student Announcements - Monday, October 27, 2014 - Day B

1)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive roleplaying, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

2) Birthdays Today - October 27th...Cyric Hook.

3) Can you sing, dance, act, or play an instrument? Auditions for the Jefferson Talent Show are Tuesday, November 18th, or Wednesday, November 19th after school in the auditorium. Acts for the talent show will be selected from the auditions on those days. Acts should be three minutes or less with appropriate content. All preparation/practices for the auditions has to be done outside of school. Any questions? See Ms. Baumann.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon

Imagination Library Would you like to get a free book mailed to your home every month for your preschooler? The United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States and Women United invite the community to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that offers one free book every month to each child who is enrolled. Any child who lives in Dubuque County and will be under the age of five in January is eligible for the program until their fifth birthday. We invite you to stop by the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Kick-Off Event on November 15 anytime between 9-11 AM at NICC Downtown (700 Main Street) Dubuque. The Kick-Off will include celebrity readers, a bookmark creation craft and a coloring contest! For more information, please contact United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States at 563.588.1415.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - Day A

Student Announcements - Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - Day A

1) The Bling Sorority Kids would like to invite all to bring in cat, dog or any kind of pet food to help us during our Pet Food Drive. Please drop off your goods to the Library. We need the help of Hillhawk families to make this food drive a success.

2) Boys wrestling started earlier this week. Make sure you have a physical on file in the main office.

3)Attention all Girls! Camp Hollywood: Divergent is based on the book and movie Divergent by Veronica Roth. Determine your faction, experience interactive roleplaying, watch the movie, and most importantly come learn what it means to be Divergent! If you are interested, pick up a flyer in the main office for more information.

4) Birthdays Today - October 22nd...Levi Schueller. October 23rd...Keegan Lenz, Logan Lenz. October 24th...Megan Hammerand. October 25th...Riley Bleymeyer, Logan Moore. October 26th...Dylan Link, David Maus, Nicholas Wuertzer, Moriah Zimmerman.

5) Jefferson Apparel will be on sale during Parent Teacher Conferences in the hallway outside of the north gym. Come and check out the gear!

6) Spirit Day will be today. Last week’s winning grade was 7th grade, just barely beating 6th graders by 1.5 percentage points.

7) No chess club this week due to parent teacher conferences and no after school athletics. There is no school on Thursday and Friday.

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences Parent/Student/Teacher conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 22nd from 3:30-8:00pm and Thursday, October 23rd from 9:00am - 2:00 pm and then again from 3:00pm - 7:30pm. Teachers will be in the main gym for conferences on Wednesday and for the second session on Thursday. Teachers will be in their classrooms during the first session (9:00 am- 2:00 pm) on Thursday. There will be a "check-in" table located in the hallway leading to the main gym. We ask that all parents and students stop at the check-in table when you first arrive for conferences. At the check-in table you will receive a copy of the students schedule and current grades. This year our sixth grade House 1 (6-1)core teachers are experimenting with student led conferences. If your child is in this House you should have received information relating to the specifics of this schedule. These teachers will be in the Library for conferences. On Wednesday school is scheduled as normal. There is no school scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd or Friday, October 24th.

Volunteers Needed Become a JA Volunteer! Volunteers are a vital part to the success of JA programs. By sharing their own personal life experiences, volunteer’s help students understand how the skills they are learning in school apply to the world of work. JA provides everything you need: * Training for new volunteers. * Materials needed for each lesson and activity. * Support from JA Staff to answer any questions or provide suggestions. Your commitment: * Five lessons to take place once a week for five weeks. Lessons typically run 30-45 minutes per visit. * Coordinate schedule with classroom teacher. * Have FUN! Classrooms in need at Thomas Jefferson Middle School: Fall (starting ASAP and ending before winter break) 7th grade – Emily Kelley. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. 7th grade- Sherry Meyer. Taught at beginning of school day for 45 minutes. Spring (starting in Feb./March and ending before the school year is over) 7th grade- Katelyn Glennon