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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.

Other News

Trivia Night (Friday, November 15th): Countdown to Trivia Night 2024, get your tickets now! Doors open at 6:30pm, Trivia starts 7:30pm.  Silent Auction opens at 5pm cst and concludes near the end of the evening, check out the items and bid here! New at Trivia this year:  

  • Wine Pull, compliments of Jefferson families. Select a wine bag(s) and you could bring home wine valued between $20-$400! 1 bottle ($20), 2 bottles ($35), 3 bottles ($50) - all donations go to pta!  

  • Added prizes!!!  In addition to 1st place in trivia, we will have voting for the best team costume, complete with prize for winning team!!

Dad's Poker Night (Wednesday, November 20th):  Jefferson Dads Club is hosting poker night from 6:30pm-10:30pm. $10 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.

Square1 Art Fundraiser (Orders due 11/29):  Coming home to you soon is your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser catalog - featuring their own name and art on the cover, WITH FREE STICKERS OF THEIR ART! Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order! 

Jefferson Mom's Bunco Night (Tuesday, December 10th): Save the date for our a "Sparkle and Shine" bunco night on Tuesday, December 10th at 7:00 hosted by Amanda French, Yvette Kirchhoff and Nicki Forgue at 303 E Crescent Ave (across from Jefferson).  Wednesday, December 11th is a late start.  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 Amanda French with questions. The sign up link will be in next Thursday, November 21st Tiger Beat.

PTA Calendar of Events

  • November 15 - Trivia Night (Tickets available here)

  • November 20 - Dads Poker Night (Sign up here)

  • November 22 - Thanksgiving Feast (Sign up here)

  • November 22 - Mom's Bunco (Sign up here)

  • November 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences

  • November 26 - No School / Parent Teacher Conferences

  • November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break

  • November 29 - Square 1 Art Orders due

  • December 10 - Mom's Bunco (sign-up next week)

  • December 12 - Giving Tree Performance

  • December 18 - Dads Poker Night

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!

Thanksgiving Feast 2024 (Friday, November 22nd):  The Jefferson PTA will once again sponsor the Jefferson Thanksgiving Feast on Friday, November 22nd from 11:00am-12:00pm. All children grades K-5 are invited to stay for lunch, including half day kindergarteners. There will be no charge for the lunch and the food will be prepared by D205 Food Service. We need many parent volunteers to make the Thanksgiving Feast a success. Please click  here to view available volunteer opportunities. If there are any questions, please contact Lauren Tauchen ( lauren.tauchen@gmail.com ) or Krissie Smith ( krissie.f.smith@gmail.com ).

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.