MS Students Enjoy Clubs Activities
Preliminary Arts and Language Survey
Parents of Current 6th and 7th Grade Students:
If you haven't done so already, please take time to complete this short Preliminary Selection Survey with you child for next year's classes. Also, at this time we would like to confirm language course preferences as well as survey your child's MYP arts class interest for next year.
MS Spirit Week March 16 - 20
Monday, March 16 Pajama Day
Making "Tang Yuan" Mochi Dumplings and Calligraphy Activity to Celebrate Year of the Rat
MYP Minute Krista Quint, MYP Coordinator & Director of Academics
Aloha parents,
*To see the rubric descriptors for the different levels on Managebac: In the Student View, Go to the 'progress' tab and go to the little 'i' next to his/her grades, you will see descriptions of the criteria at the different levels from 0-8. For more information on MYP assessment, here is a refresher: Assessment in the MYP
If you have concerns or questions, please feel free to email your child's teacher to set up a meeting time. If you have further questions about MYP assessment & grading, please feel free to reach out to me at any time. Thank you, Krista
Reminders and Information from the Principal
Hello Parents! Thank you for taking time out of your busy days and evenings to read and review the information in our weekly newsletters. I know you may be feeling the same way many of us at school are feeling; trying to handle the barrage of daily and even hourly news updates in state, country and world about COVID-19. I ask if you haven't already, please refer to the Head of School Earl Kim's emails regarding our school's response to the information regarding the COVID-19 situation. If you have not been receiving these communications over the past few weeks, please check your "social" tabs in your email inbox to ensure these messages are not getting filtered out or contact MS Administrative Assistant Kim McDonald to verify your email address. Please also note that on our school website you can access all communications issued by the school. Here is the LJA HEALTH UPDATES link.
2. Please install this at home/prior to your test date. If you are not the administrator of your device, please make sure you have your parent type in the appropriate credential so that you can install it.
3. Once it downloads and installs correctly, the program will be called NWEA Lockdown browser.
IMPORTANT for Mac users - you will need to change your security preference so that the program is allowed to run. Please do the following:
1. Open System Preference
2. Click on Security and Privacy
3. Unlock and put in necessary credentials when prompted.
4. Make sure under the heading "Allow applications downloaded from", "Anywhere" is selected.
Summer School: June 15 – July 17
The LJA website is open now for Summer School registration. Check it out today as some classes have already filled! Along with Summer School Principal Kara Omori and Summer School Vice Principal Josh Masagatani (Mr. M), Mercedes Fagundes, the Summer School Administrative Assistant, welcomes you!
Summer Fun: July 20 - July 31
Registration is now open for Summer Fun. K-8 session is July 20 through July 31 Register HERE
LOST & FOUND
Please check out the lost and found while you are here. It is FULL and the items need homes. It will all be donated during spring break.
8th Grade Celebration Dinner Baby Photos Needed
LJA's Archivist Club is asking for baby pictures for the 8th grade dinner. One picture per student. Please send photo to kara.omori@lejardinacademy.org. Please include student's first and last name with the photo.
Thanks, LJA Archivist Club Members
Annual LS Library Book Exchange
If you have books - gently used - that you no longer want or need, you can bring them to the LS Library and we will include them in our annual Book Exchange tomorrow, March 13 during the LS Family Fun Night (click HERE for flyer).
Recycling books is a great way to be green and the Book Exchange is a great opportunity for swapping out your books, especially if you have kids or grandkids.
We also take books for adult readers.
Thanks! Rebecca & Cassie
PFA NOMINATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR
CPK Fundraiser
CPK Fundraiser in support of LJA has began and goes through May 31, 2020. CPK cards were sent home with students last week. When you dine at CPK present the card and 20% of your order will be donated back to LJA! Only one card per family was sent home to parents. The card was given to the youngest student LS - HS or to Junior School students if they have no siblings at the main campus.
Box Tops for Education - Update
No more clipping! Click the link to learn more about the BTFE smartphone app. Here a list of Box Top products.
Follow this link to order school lunch
Important Dates
March 5 - 20 MAP Testing
March 13 Managbac Check In
March 16 Marsh Madness 6th Grade
March 23 -27 Spring Break
April 8 Poetry Slam
April 10 Good Friday - No School
April 22 Earth Day - No letter day
May 1 May Day
May 2 LJA Gala
May 16 Artsfest
May 19 Spring Chorus Concert
May 20 Band Concert
May 25 Memorial Day Holiday - No School
May 29 8th Grade Celebration Dinner
Middle School Contacts Attendance Hotline 261-0707 x7004
Lizbeth Smith MS/HS Registrar 261-0707 x3070 lizbeth.smith@lejardinacademy.org
Kim McDonald MS Admin Assistant 261-0707 x1160 kim.mcdonald@lejardinacademy.org
Juniper Richardson Learning Support Coordinator juniper.richardson@lejardinacademy.org
Jessica Osborne MS/HS Counselor jessica.osborne@lejardinacademy.org
Sean Landau
Amy Yaeger
Krista Quint Dean of Academics, MYP Coordinator krista.quint@lejardinacademy.org
Vicki McNeill Dean of Students 6-12 vicki.mcneill@lejardinacademy.org
Julie Do Middle School Principal julie.do@lejardinacademy.org
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