Don’t forget to sign up for party boards at the Learnstein event Friday, November 6th. Party boards are $25 – $30, though there is a confirmed rumor that there will be Blazer tickets at the $125 level. Cash, check, Visa and MC are all accepted. Party boards are also now online! 

Hiking Adventure
Mr. Lang/Mr. Molloy
TBD

Come hiking with Mr. Lang and Mr. Molloy. Learn about the ten essentials of hiking in the Pacific Northwest. Bring your camera, boots, backpack and… let’s go! Lunch will be provided. (Subway)

Blazers Game
Ms. Barnes
December 2015/January 2016

Ticket to a Blazers game with Mrs. Barnes. Game commentary will be provided by Brody Barnes whether you like it or not.

Black Light / Neon Bowling
Ms. McNabb, Ms. Rose and Ms. Halvorson
TBD

Come black light/neon bowling with your teachers! Mses. McNabb, Rose & Halvorson will be there to help you rock n’ roll.

Collage Art Fun with Book Covers
Ms. Tini Maier
Friday, December 4th

Feeling crafty? Come join Ms. Naier in the library ‘kitchen’ and get your collage on!

Hiking Adventure
Mr. Parrott
TBD

Ever wanted to take a city hike? Come join Mr. Parrott and learn about trees and plants of the PNW.

Get Hooked On Yarn!
Ms. Perdue & Ms. Palmer
TBD

Come learn to knit or crochet with Ms. Perdue and Ms. Palmer! Yarn and either a crochet hook or knitting needles will be provided for ten lucky students. There is room for 5 knitters and 5 crocheters only, so don’t miss out on this amazing once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Best of all, you get to keep what you make!

Henna, Popcorn & Movie With Your Friends in the Art Room
Ms. Doslu
Friday, January 22nd in the art room from 4-6:30

Got henna? We do! Enjoy a night with friends applying beautiful henna designs while watching and movie and eating pizza & popcorn in the art room after hours. Are you in?

Be sure to order your greenery and poinsettias from your favorite choir member or email your order to jacksonchoirvolunteer@gmail.com.  Click here for the order form, and thanks for supporting Jackson’s amazing choir program!

Don’t forget Learnstein this Friday! Join us for dinner, a presentation on the Bernstein Learning Model, and performances by Jackson’s band and choir.

5:30pm – 6:30pm: Dinner, with a short presentation at 6:15pm

6:15 pm: Band/concert kids meet in the band and concert rooms for warm-ups and tuning. 

6:30pm ­- 7pm:  Tours for the parents/grandparents/special friends

7:10pm ­- 8pm: Band and choir mini-­performances ­

• 6th grade choir
• Ensemble
• Band
• Concert Choir

Wilson High School is YOUR neighborhood school!

8th graders and their parents are invited to Wilson HS on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, for an informative open house geared just to you. The structured program begins at 6:30pm, but come early at 6pm for the Wilson High School Club Fair.

Wilson teachers, counselors, and administrators will be on hand to answer your questions and provide you with the information you and your student need to make the transition from middle school to high school. Tour classrooms and meet current Wilson students and parents and learn about all that Wilson offers. Click here for more information.

Applications are now open for the next round of the Nike Community Impact Fund,with $250,000 in cash grants being offered to area nonprofits and schools.

The Nike Community Impact Fund – formerly called the Nike Employee Grant Fund – seeks to benefit communities where Nike employees live, work, and play in the greater Portland area (Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill, and Columbia countiesin Oregon and Clark county in southwest Washington). If you have a project at Jackson that you think qualifies for this grant, please contact the PTA with more information.

Grants are one-year awards totaling between $5,000 and $20,000 each. Grants primarily support organizations and projects that are creating a world where physical activity, play and sports are highly valued, with some of the grants awarded to support organizations and projects that address community challenges through innovative community-based solutions.

The full set of guidelines, along with the streamlined and straightforward online application, are available at www.oregoncf.org/nike.

A partnership with the Oregon Community Foundation, the Nike Community Impact Fund is an innovative approach to grantmaking that directly impacts communities in the metropolitan Portland region and Southwest Washington. A panel of Nike employees awards grants to organizations that promote sport and physical activity for youth, as well as to projects that address broader family and youth issues through sustainable, innovative and replicable community solutions. Since its inception in 2010, the program has awarded more than 250 grants to organizations with impact in the region and has benefited over half a million individuals.

All things Bernstein… and then some!

Join us in the cafeteria and auditorium from 5:30-8:00 on Friday, November 6th for a mac n’ cheese bar dinner followed by party board sign-ups. Party boards are a fun way for your kids to get together with other students and their teachers outside of class and benefit the Bernstein Artful Model. Get there early, as competition on the favorite party boards is FIERCE!

After a brief introduction in the auditorium to the Bernstein Artful Model and how it works at Jackson, take a guided or self-guided tour of the Bernstein units and master artworks the students have produced in previous years. The school is open to all: parents, grandparents and special friends.

The mac ‘n’ cheese dinner is $7 per person or $25 for a family of 4 or more.

For more information, download the flyer.

Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. is hosting a tech connect at Jackson November 18th at 6:30pm. Explore how each school and each student can connect with 21st-century tech to help their education now and in the future.

Keynote speaker: Darren Hudgins, Director of Integrated Events, Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum

Neighbors

Find out first-hand what SW Portland schools do and could do to integrate technology into the school’s program

Families

Get useful resources and hands-on activities for adults and students to use technology at school and at home.

Everyone

See students using technology, hear the latest updates and discuss issues that matter to you. Childcare will be provided, as well as light refreshments.

For more information, go to http://swni.org/schools

1. Call to Order
2. Introductions
3. Approval of September meeting minutes
4. Approval of Standing Rules
5. Treasurer’s Report
6. Reports
7. Cookie Dough Fundraiser
8. Learnstein
9. Membership
10. PTA status
11. Principal’s Report – State of the School
12. New Business
13. Old Business
14. Directory
15. Announcements
16. Book fair
17. Conference Staff Meals
18. PTA website

We are now taking volunteer reservations for the Scholastic Book Fair at JMS 10/19 – 10/22/15. We need a little bit of your time for setting up, organizing and selling books to our lovely kids!

Please click on the following link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn’t work) to go to the signup sheet and then follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a moment to do.
www.volunteersignup.org/FBFCQ