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Welcome to Your Jefferson PTA!

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Current Tiger Beat Edition

The Tiger Beat provides the best way to stay current on PTA activities as well as Jefferson Elementary School updates.

PTA and all District 205 messages are communicated through ParentSquare. Signup for an account, and download the mobile app.

Show Your Spirit!

Jefferson Spirit Wear! Shop the Jefferson Back-To-School Spirit Wear Sale! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days! New product lines include Nike and Adidas! Shop at https://1stplace.sale/31296.

D205 Holiday Fundraisers

  • Minted.com:  In progress now.  CODE: FUNDRAISED205PTA   Minted offers 20% discount on items (Holiday cards, gifts, etc.), PTA Council receives 15% of orders towards scholarship fund.

  • Kie & Kate: Saturday (12/14) Shop and Earn. CODE: 10PTA  A discount on in-store and online purchases will be offered and a portion of sales will go to PTA Council Scholarship fund.

Other News

Giving Tree Performance (TODAY!! December 12th): Come and celebrate the holidays with the Annual Giving Tree Performance! During this wonderful time together, we will hear the students of Jefferson perform and sing the some favorite songs engrained in the Jefferson tradition. In honor of Jan Newmann, a Jefferson teacher who passed away years ago, we will collect gift cards for less fortunate families in our community. If you are able, please send a gift card with your child from a local store (Target, Jewel, gas stations, etc.) with the monetary value written on the back.  Grades K-2 will perform from 8:45-9:30 and grades 3-5 will perform from 9:45-10:30. We can’t wait to share this special time together!

Dad's Poker Night (Wednesday, December 18th):  Jefferson Dads Club is hosting poker night from 6:30pm-10:30pm. $20 donations will be collected on Poker Night to participate.  There is space for 30 guys plus 10 standbys. Click here to sign up.  You will receive an email the week of Poker Night letting you know if you're playing, standby, or if all spots are filled.  The game will be Texas Hold’em.  $20 initial buy in with unlimited buybacks. Cash out whenever you want to leave. Blinds are consistent throughout the night. Dealer rotates every hand.  Bring your own beverages and feel free to bring snacks. The group will take up a collection to order food after people have arrived.

Jefferson Mom's Bunco Night (Friday, January 17th): Save the date for a 90s Hip Hop bunco on Friday, January 17th at 7:00 hosted by Megan Boyle, Colleen Pierce, Kristy Dugandzic, and Laura Kozlowski at 788 S. Stuart Ave. Bring $20 cash. Bunco is a simple and social dice game that allows you to meet almost everyone in the room while raising money for Jefferson. We can teach you how to play! Contact the hosts or Amanda French with questions. FYI, for this bunco, we will be testing a new signup.com platform that will alter the waitlist format. Details to come. The sign up link will be in next Thursday’s Tiger Beat.

Save the date for Family Math Night (Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6PM): Dominoes, dice, and pattern blocks! Join us for a fun evening filled with creative, hands-on activities that will get your kids to think about and make sense of numbers! Look for RSVP information and volunteer registration after winter break. Contact Regine Day at 773-848-3663 with any questions.

Jefferson Carnival (Saturday, February 8th 12-4pm): Come one, come all to the Jefferson Carnival! Join us for a day filled with fun activities and events! We’re bringing back all your favorites, plus some new surprises! This event is a wonderful way to support the Jefferson community, and we need volunteers to help make it a success. We are looking for prize donations for Tiger Bucks, a favorite among kids. More information on how to contribute can be found HERE. Stay tuned for more details about this exciting event—don’t forget to save the date!

PTA Calendar of Events

  • December 18 - Dads Poker Night (sign-up here)

  • December 23 - First day of winter break

  • January 6 - School Resumes

  • January 14 -  PTA Meeting

  • January 17 - Moms Bunco Night

  • January 20 - MLK Day - NO SCHOOL

  • January 20 - Ice Skating Party 2-4PM

  • January 20 - Portillo's Eat and Earn following the Ice Skating Party

  • January 26 - Dads Club Chili Cook-off 1:30-6:30

  • January 28 - Family Math Night 6-7:30PM

  • February 8 - Jefferson Winter Carnival

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to Lara Bogenrief for designing the seasonal flower planter outside of the office!  Thank you for keeping Jefferson looking great throughout the seasons!

Stay Informed!

If you want to start the year off right, follow this list:

  1. Join the PTA!

  2. Download the ParentSquare app.

  3. Download the Directory Spot app to gain access to the school directory.

  4. Add us on Social Media

  5. Review the School Supply List if you didn't pre-purchase school supplies at the end of last year.

    • Supply drop off is August 13th from 3:30-4:30pm.

  6. Review Arrival and Dismissal Procedures

  7. Load your students lunch money at PushCoin

  8. Make sure you have access to PowerSchool for attendance and grade tracking.

Volunteer Opportunities

No volunteer opportunities right now!

Support the PTA / Jefferson Elementary

PTA Sign-up: It's time to join or re-new your PTA membership! Use this link to go directly to the Jefferson PTA store to choose your level of membership and join. For more info, visit the Membership page.

Spirit Wear: Choose from hundreds of spirit wear designs and items that are delivered to your home in days! Check it out today! 

Are you a Jefferson Dad? Click here to add your name to the Jefferson Dads Club. For more info, visit the JDC page. We’ll be using Whats App to communicate for events - add yourself here.

5th Grade Memory Book:  It’s never too early to start preparing for the 5th grade memory book. Below are links to the photo drives for each class. Please bookmark these links for your child’s year(s) so that you may add pictures to the drive. It’s best to load pictures in real time throughout the years in order to avoid having to do it all at once in 5th grade.  Listed next to the links are your memory book leaders. Once your child is in 5th grade, they along with a handful of volunteers will be responsible for creating the memory book. Please feel free to reach out to Melissa Shah (melissakumar@yahoo.com) with any questions.

Jefferson Elementary Resources

Schedule (Arrival, Dismissal, Lunch Recess, Late Starts): The lunch and recess schedule can be found here.

Lunch Menu: Here is the link to the Food Services website. Click the link in the gray box on the upper left to see the weekly lunch menu.

Parent Volunteers for Lunchroom and Recess Supervision

This year’s SignUpGenius for volunteering can be found HERE. Please note, if you are new to volunteering for lunch and recess, please plan on attending one of our training sessions on Monday, August 26th at 9am or Monday, September 23 at 9am in the Multi-Purpose Room before you sign up to volunteer. Slots are available beginning the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Returning lunchroom volunteers will not need to attend the training this year, however we are asking everyone to sign a Volunteer Agreement. Please reach out to Mrs. Guerino in the front office for this form. New volunteers will receive this after completing the training.