Congratulations Sandra & Ignacio

Congratulations Sandra, our Learn for Life Student of the Week!

Congratulations Ignacio, our other Learn for Life Student of the Week!

Discounted Timbers Tickets

"The James John PTA has discount tickets to the June 2nd 7:00 p.m. Timbers Reserves VS. LA Galaxy Reserves. Reserve games are still the top team but simply the players who did not start or are coming back from injury. Cost $10 per ticket. Proceeds benefit the James John SUN School Program. Cash or checks made to the James John PTA. Please respond to this post if you're interested & one of our PTA members will connect with you to get you your tickets. St. Johns community also welcome to these tickets. Thanks!"
Katie Selby JJ PTA

Book Fair This Week

Come check out all of the great books Ms. Rolfe has set up in the Library. Before school and after school!

Congratulations to Our Students of the Month!

Congratulations to Leti, Damian & Savannah, our May Students of the Month!

SUN School Drumline with Norman Sylvester Blues Band

@EthosMusic

Tani, Kai, Madeline, Renne and Alexus are in SUN Drumline and played today at our Assembly with the Normal Sylvester Blues Band brought to us by Ethos Music!

We had a great time groovin' to the Norman Sylvester Blues Band!

Congratulations Tani & Julian!

Tani is our Learn For Life Student of the Week!

Julian is also our Learn for Life Student of the Week!

Parenting Advice from a 3rd Graders

While I was home with our new baby (Wakefield) the class decided to write some letters of advice.  They gave some pretty good suggestions and many are concerned that we my 3 year old daughter doesn't become too jealous of the new baby brother.

"I Am From" Poems Are Now On Our Blog

See all of our poems here.

After gracing the walls of our local Starbucks for record long run - we were able to get our "I Am From" Poems back and they are now up on this blog on our Student Writings Page.  

Happy Mother's Day

Did your 3rd Grader give you your card yet?

Thanks for the Thanks!

Thank you James John PTA for a great week of gratitude. The gifts throughout the week continues to make our school a great place to work!
@jamesjohnpta

St. Johns Parade & Bizarre Tomorrow!

Illustration by Carson Ellis 

@jamesjohnpta @StJohnsBizarre @cfellis

See you at the Parade tomorrow!  Our Award Winning PTA will have a Plant Sale on the corner of Lombard & Leavitt Ave. (next to Patty's)

Celebrity Guest Read Alouder Today: Charlie Hales, Portland Mayoral Candidate

@HalesforMayor
Portland Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales came in and started us on our new read aloud book, Because of Winn Dixie.  
We learned that he wants to help Portland Public Schools, and he reminded us how Portland got it's name.  So glad we're not Boston, Oregon.

Thanks Mr. Hales for coming into our class today!  
It was great to meet you.

Mr. Morantte's Classroom Adventures: Mr. Morantte and Ms. Fraiser Graduates

Mr. Morantte's Classroom Adventures: Mr. Morantte and Ms. Fraiser Graduates: Dear Parents, Faculty, Room 12 and all that read my blog, Today marks a day that is significant in a students life. Today, I was able to e...

Job Applications Already?!

In Room 12 we believe in authentic writing experiences.  One type of writing that your 3rd Grader will have to do at some point is fill out a job application.  So this week they have been applying for classroom jobs.  These our jobs that they have been doing all year on a weekly rotation. They have to persuade the hiring manger that they are the best person to do that job for the rest of the year.

 After filling out their job application they put the information into a letter of interest.  Your 3rd Grader then had to find three people to write them letters of reference and trying to convince me that their friend would do a great job.

Sauvie Island Field Trip Today

@SauvieCenter

We learned about the seasons and what happens when.

We went out to the Sauvie Island Center today.  Yes it was wet and cold but we still had a great time and learned a lot from Jennifer and her wonderful teacher interns from PSU.

We matched up seeds.

Dissected Seeds

Learned about Roots.

Planted.

Learned about Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores.

Looked for signs of Producers, Consumers and Decomposers.

Learned about Mustard Greens.

Inspected more roots.

Found out Winter Wheat is sweet!

Ate way too much Swiss Chard.

Checked out the Leeks.

A good time was had by all!  Thanks Sauvie Island Center!

Singing in the Rain? No, Learning in the Rain!

Tomorrow we are going out Sauvie Island Center.  
The forecast looks like it could be rainy so please send your 3rd Grader to school with a jacket and rain boots if they have them.  
We will be outside all day so they need to dress warm.

How Important Is Science?

Who Is Doing What At James John School Next Year?

STAFF ASSIGNMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR

(4/25/12)

Kindergarten

* Melenie Hammond

* Dan Kropp

* Erika Schneider

First Grade

* Shannon Baker

* Meghan DeNiro

* Doug Sammons

Second Grade

* Jennifer Fast/Nicole Camara (Job Share)

* Sue Webb

Second/Third Grade

* Debbie Nicholson

Third Grade

* Sam Leach

* Mike Potestio

Fourth Grade

* Jane Harold

* Michael Horrigan

* Julie Ward

Fifth Grade

* Beth Hufford

* Ben Keller

ELD

* Sam Bessas

* Mark Gast

* Katy Libke (.50)

* Cinnamon Bancroft ELD IS (Shared)

* Maritza Brown

Media Specialist

* Robin Rolfe

P.E.

* Terry Schwartzkoph

Special Education Services

Behavior Rooms

* Teresa McIntosh (K-2)

* Nelson Shinnick (3-5)

Learning Center

* Lainie Yoshida

Speech/Language Pathologist

* Bernie Lahart (.80)

School Psychologist

* Chelyn Joseph (.60)

Paraeducator Support

* Ashley Luginbuhl (1:1)

* Linda Stouch

* Audrey Weins

* New

* New

Educational Support

* Angela Diaz DeLeon (.50)

* Joyce Suckow (.50)

Administrative Services

* Karen Akers (Principal’s Sec.)

* Holly Blakeslee-Gordon (School Sec.)

* Andrea Nahurski (Counselor, .50)

* Beth Shelby (Principal)

Congratulations Madeline!

Madeline is our Learn For Life Student of the Week!

Helping Us Stay Healthy!

Leti using our new water filling station.  

@LorettaSmithPDX

There was a lot of excitement at our school today.  A few months ago we won the School Wellness Award.  Today HBO, Whole Foods Whole Child Foundation, Oregon Dairy Council, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith Director of PPS School Board Bobbie Regan, Director of Nutrition Services Gitta Gether-Sweeney and several other distinguished guests joined us as we were presented with new salad bars, water bottles (for every James John Student) a water filling station, and a big check from The Oregon Dairy Council.
With all this support, it sure makes James John School a great place to grow!

Ms. Harold helped us win the Oregon School Wellness Award through the many wellness programs that she has implemented at James John.

Mallory, Francisco and Eisel using one of our new Salad Bars donated by Whole Kids Foundation.

"We Are James John" by Room 12 & Greta Pedersen

@RightBrainNews 

Hear our School Song:

Happy Birthday Parfait!

Today Parfait turned the big "0-9"!

Happy Birthday Parfait!

Mr. Morantte's Classroom Adventures: Final Day in Room 12

Mr. Morantte's Classroom Adventures: Final Day in Room 12: It has been a fun and enjoyable experience to work with these lovely children since december. They have taught me so much and hopefully the...

Recording & Performing our School Song

@rightbrainnews
We have been writing our school song with local songstress, Greta Pedersen from The Right Brain Intiative.  Last Friday we were able to record the song in the auditorium.  What's next?  Stay tuned.

Celebrity Guest Read Alouder Today: Jefferson Smith, Portland Mayoral Canidate

Jefferson Smith stopped by our room today for Read Aloud.  We learned that he is running for Mayor of Portland.  Which seemed like a pretty big job to us.
We learned that any registered voter could run for mayor.  We also learned that you have to put in some really long days when you are running for a public office, which we found out is called campaigning.
Thank you Mr. Smith for taking time out of your super busy schedule and stopping by today hang out with us.