Jackson Elementary School PTO

Get your change ready for Penny Wars!

As the final week of summer break approaches, we cant wait to see our students and their families at open house this thursday. We will give a brief overview of PTO to our upcoming Pre-K and Kinder students before camp begins and we will have a PTO table set up for open house. Please do not feel like we are going to pressure you in anyway when you stop by our table. We are always looking for members and volunteers, but this does not mean you have to commit to anything. Remember, we are also parents and we understand how everyone's availability is different. Come learn about what PTO does and how we are looking to fill the gap for our students and staff. We are excited for a new start to the 23/24 school year. See you Thursday!

We are working hard to get things done, our playgrounds ready for so much fun. With all of the support from penny wars and other pto events, we have started to bring new exciting things to the playground. We have finally have a contractor to begin the process of the prek playground structure after months and months of searching. We tried to think outside the box items for both the kids that love to run around but also for the kids who's interests include drawing/coloring and chalk play. Our storage bins and new playhouse will be here on Wednesday. As soon as we can secure our new toys, we will bring them outside for our kiddos to enjoy. If anyone has any availability next week (Thurs or later on), we would love a hand building the playhouse. We are really excited to offer a new beginning to our future face-lift of the playground. Thank you for your support. We are always in need of donations, both gently used or new to add to our lineup. If our families have a minute, please share this with our kiddos as they aren't behind the scenes knowing what is to come. We will be reminding our students that in order to have these exciting things available, they have to work together to clean up and return the toys they used but to also be cautious of not intentionally kicking balls or throwing balls over the fence. If they are not returned, they won't be available for the next kiddos who have recess.

We hope everyone has had a wonderful spring break. The Pre-k / Kindergarten penny wars winners will be announced during school when students return. The PTO will set out to find the best of the best popsicles for our winners. The outpouring support was well above what we expected. We will be posting updates on our plans to use the funds raised for outdoor toys/items. We will also be posting upcoming information for teacher appreciation week, the 5th grade send-off celebration, as well as end of the year events. We hope everyone has enjoyed their week off and we want to wish all of our JES families and staff a wonderful Easter this Sunday.

Thursday Results are in! Ignore the Tuesday standings. It's actually Thursdays!

*GAME CHANGER* PTO will be set up past the corner of car line. We will continue to collect coins until car line is over. ALERT: We will come to you, Do not get out of the car. We want this to be fun but we cannot do this extra mix up if it jeopardizes anyone's safety, including ours. Pull over to the side so traffic can continue to move. Park where parents pull over to buckle smaller children in. ALL COINS COLLECTED WILL BE A POSITIVE TO THE GRADE LEVEL. THIS WILL BE SEPARATE FROM OUR SCHOOL DAY CHANGE, SILVER INCLUDED. We have also been using 1.00 coins as a positive to the grade but have not labeled it on the graph. Also, we had many rejected coins so if you notice bills not counted in 100s this is why. Be cautious of how you strategize, 3rd is pretty far into the negative but they may be holding out, we do not know. We have a total of 135.00 in venmo sneak attacks. Remember, you can write this off for taxes. Contact us for a receipt. Hit up the family, your friends, and businesses can even use this as a write off. We are very happy with the results and remember, 100 percent of donations go directly to JES Students and staff. Be ready for a crazy Friday.

Pre-k/k +1951
1st +200
2nd +136
3rd -2223
4th +2825
5th +1851