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Welcome to Your Jefferson PTA!

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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! You'll save 30% off the entire site now through September 17th.  New product lines include Nike and Adidas! Shop at https://1stplace.sale/31296.

Other News

Jefferson Trivia Night (Friday, November 15th): Join us for one of the biggest fundraisers of the year! Located at Knights of Columbus (537 S York Ave, Elmhurst - parking and entrance in the rear). The event will host parents, teachers, and staff, organized in teams of 6-8, in a fun, friendly competition. There will be a silent auction, raffle prizes, and a grand prize for the winning team.  Doors open at 6:30 pm, trivia starts at 7:30 pm, and music and fun continue will until 11:30 pm. Click here to purchase your spot now for $40 per player. 

McDonald's Eat & Earn (Tuesday, November 5th):  If you are looking for a quick breakfast or lunch when the kids are off school for the day, swing by the McDonald's (190 E Butterfield Rd in Elmhurst) between 9am and 1pm.   You eat and Jefferson PTA earns 20% of the sales proceeds!  Make sure to show them the flyer and let them know "I'm with Jefferson Elementary."   Don't skip the warm chocolate chip cookies - Jefferson will get 100% of the proceeds and you will see some familiar faces inside helping to sell them!. 

Reflections: “Accepting Imperfection” (Due Wednesday, November 6th):  This year's theme for the annual Reflections PTA arts program is "Accepting Imperfection" which gives your kids an opportunity to think about what they would like to say and how they would like to express it. The Reflections program encourages children to create a piece of artwork in one of six categories that reflects the theme in some way. The categories include dance choreography, film production, visual arts, literature (story or poems), music, and photography. Encourage your student artists to get creative and be proud of their talents. Our students have been recognized at the local, state and national level in recent years. This is a great way for your kids to earn recognition for their artistic talents. Entrees are due by Wednesday, November 6th, in the school office. For more information and entry guidelines, visit the PTA Council website.  NEW Incentive to participate -- if there are 3 entries in a classroom, your class wins a free recess!!

REACH Parent Group (Thursday, October 17th): Reminder that the next Reach Parent Group meeting is tonight, Thurs. 10/17/24 at 7p.m. in the D205 Building-162 S. York St. - Rm.216-217, Dave Beedy, D205 Director of STEM Education, will be discussing "Changes To Grades 6-12 Math Curriculum, Instruction, and Programming."  Please join us in person, or check our RPG "Meetings" for a Google-Meets call-in option and Agenda. This is a great meeting for elementary parents to see what is on the math horizon for their students.  All D205 parents are welcome. You don't need to have a Reach student to attend the RPG meetings. Please see the REACH Parent Group website for more information and to subscribe to the REACH Parent Group Communication List. Please see the REACH Parent Group Directory to contact your school's REACH teacher/s, RPG Leadership Board, and representatives.

PTA Calendar of Events

  • October 25 - Mom's Bunco (add to waitlist here)

  • October 31 - Halloween Parade

  • November 5 - No School - Election Day

  • November 5 - McDonald's Eat & Earn (9am-1pm)

  • November 6 - Reflections Program entries due

  • November 12 - PTA Meeting (7pm, Kindergarten Presenting)

  • November 15 - Trivia Night (Ticket available here)

  • November 20 - Dads Poker Night

  • November 22 - Thanksgiving Feast

  • November 22 - Mom's Bunco

Subscribe to Jefferson PTA Calendar! Subscribe on ParentSquare so that events will update as we add or change information.

  • Log into ParentSquare, choose Jefferson Elementary School, click Events, click Subscribe and add it to your calendar.

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

Trivia Night (November 15th): we need your help in putting together a fun trivia night!  Looking for volunteers for the silent auction fundraising, silent auction prizes, day of setup, and day of teardown. Please contact pauljmatson@gmail.com or jenwilhelm2@gmail.com if you are interested in helping!

Running Club: JRC is made possible because of our wonderful volunteers! Spouses, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, and friends are all welcome to sign up to help.  Have a little one that you need to bring with you? Bring them! Our volunteers will help students stay on the path, hand out water and charms, and most importantly cheer on our kids while keeping them safe. Please sign up here for as many sessions as you can!

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.