The Jenkins Journal

Dear Jenkins Family,

One of the treasured, long-standing Jenkins traditions is  “Being ‘Fin’tastic” and our Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) shark awards.  Our monthly themes have been updated to reflect our students' multiple intelligences, including attributes such as creativity and sportsmanship. There are several ways that we recognize our students' positive efforts each month which include:

• Individual Shark Awards - Classroom teachers nominate students from their homerooms who embody the monthly theme.  Every student will be recognized once this school year for the theme that the teacher believes best suits each child!  The students are recognized at our monthly Shark Assembly and receive a certificate to take home.
• Fifth Grade Student Ambassadors - The fifth graders who receive the Shark Award are also the Student Ambassadors for the month.  Every fifth grader will be a Student Ambassador this school year.  The Student Ambassadors will have a special lunch and complete a school service project.  
• Class Shark Awards - Students earn shark tickets and every 10 tickets can be traded in for one shark tooth! Each month, the classes with the most shark teeth win “Jen” and “Ralph”, our stuffed shark mascots.  Congratulations to Mrs. Johnson’s and Mrs. MacDonald’s classes for earning September’s classroom awards! 

September’s Shark Assembly was combined with the “This is Our House” celebration of Love, Inclusion, and Trust (LIT) with student speakers and artists. This was our first in-person assembly since the pandemic and it was wonderful to have our school community together to celebrate the opening of the school year!

On another note, free breakfast will be available for all elementary students beginning on Wednesday, October 12.  Students who need breakfast will first report to their homerooms and then go to the cafeteria anytime between 8:40-9:00 am where they will be supervised by staff.  

Thank you for your support of your child’s learning!

Most sincerely,

Mary M. Oldach, MEd., Principal

Student speakers Ryan Beaudin, Collins Gillis, Olive McDemus, Finn Conway, and Sean Swindler spoke at the This is Our House assembly about what Love, Inclusion and Trust (LIT) means to them.

Aoife Clarke, Luca Gainey, Emmitt Maguire, Amberly DeJesus were selected from grades 2-5 to participate in the artist portion of the  This Is Our House event in September. . Students' paintings were inspired by the words spoken, the music played, and the energy felt during the assembly. Students used tempera paints on canvas to create their artworks.

September Shark Awards “Respect”

The following students were recognized by their teachers for exemplifying the theme of Respect: 

Kindergarten: Poppy Chase, Samuel Seaver, CeCe Fagan, Wyatt Fuchs, Alexander Bigda, Maura McGowan

First Grade: Gianna Medugno, Holden Souther, Jada Ferguson, Carter Finch, Olivia Pisco, Nathan Tofuri

Second Grade: Laila Smith, Georgia Stupakevich, Patrick Henderson, Sadie Swider, Zachary Bigda, Reza Seever

Third Grade: Rylee Condon, Hazel Poppish, Violet Hanks, Lars Hundahl,Grace Griffiths, Matthew Hoffman, Patrick McMurrer-Donahue

Fourth Grade: Brynley Anderson, Curren Shaw, Stella Kropelnicki, Madeline Markarian, Collins Gillis, Jack Sullivan

September Fifth Grade Student Ambassadors

Djenny Andrade, Cate Scanzillo, Ryan Duggan, Hadley Chase, Wyatt Cohen, Henry Forbes

September’s Student Ambassadors completed their school service project by working with Jon Belber from Holly Hill Farm to renovate the flower garden on our playground. 

Mrs. Johnson's Class wins the  K-Grade 2 Shark Award: 18 Shark Teeth!

Congratulations to: Craig Beekman, Seven Bundu, Elsie Collins, Emerson Fuchs, Ayden Gray, Patrick Henderson, Ben Lebson, Laney Litchfield, Penelope McGirr, Roselie McGowan, Michael McGrath, Emily O’Brien, Noah Sammartino, Grace Seaver, Jameson Spence, R.C. Stenson, Sadie Swider, Grace Watson, Chet Wislocki

Mrs. MacDonald’s fourth-grade class wins the Grade 3-5 Shark Award: 28 Shark Teeth!

Congratulations to: Zod Crosier, Bridget Dooley, William Duane, Sylvianna Fenton, Reese Finnesey, Luca Gainey, Lucy Gallagher, Adeline Hare, Sean Hynes, Ryan Kent, Stella Kropelnicki, Madeline Markarian, Colin Parker, Matthew Prouty, Jackson Spence, Adriana Stevens, Jake Tyson, Ella Walker, Kaden Worrell-Brathwaite

Upcoming Dates

• 10/7 Food Drive Ends
• 10/12 Walk  to School Day
• 10/21 Boosterthon Fun Run Day
• 10/28 Harvest Moon Dance
• 11/7 Nona’s Scoop-a-Thon
• 11/8 No School - Professional Development
• 11/11 No School - Veteran’s Day 
• 11/23 Half Day - Thanksgiving
• 11/24 - 11/25 No School - Thanksgiving
• 11/29 - 12/2 Scholastic Book Fair

Check the Jenkins Calendar for all of the details!