Hello JFK Families,
I can’t believe this is the final week of school and therefore, our final newsletter! I can’t tell you how proud I am of our students for all they accomplished this year despite some of the challenges they faced. The students at JFK have been amazing and have grown so much academically, socially, and emotionally. I also wanted to thank our parent population for all your support as well. The teachers and I really appreciate all the kind words and encouragement that you have continually expressed and are so amazed by all you have done this year to strengthen the home-school connection! Thank you!!
Our 5th grade celebration, and first ever “clap out”, was a huge success! The students had a great time and really enjoyed a well deserved afternoon of fun activities! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who took the time to organize and set up the activities for our 5th grade students. A special thank you to Jasmine Fitzroy and the 5th Grade Committee for all their time, energy, and planning. There was so much behind the scenes work that made this event special and everything went so smoothly that they made it look easy! We appreciate your generosity!
We have one more day left, but I hope everyone has a safe, peaceful, and relaxing summer break!
Mr. Brennan
Report Cards - Your child’s Report Card will be available on Monday after 1 pm to view/print in the PowerSchool Parent Portal.
The report card can be accessed right from the grades and attendance screen. You must access it from your web browser and not the Powerschool App. Use the following link to access the PowerSchool Parent Portal. https://gradebook.milforded.org Below is a screen-shot of the page.
Should you have any issues logging into PowerSchool please contact the IT Department - computerhelpdesk@milforded.org or 203-783-3446.
Message from the Elementary Music Staff -
Hello from Brian Boots and John Burns, your instrumental music teachers.
Thank you for a great school year. We appreciate all the help and support from our principals this year and wanted to share the link to our new (improved) MPS Elementary Instrumental Music Website. This week, all 3rd grade classes were introduced to the band and string instruments for study in the 4th grade and communication was sent home. Registration has begun and will continue into next school year. If possible, we are requesting principals to include the link in their end-of-the year Friday newsletter to let parents know they can visit the site and register their kids for band or strings for next year.
Here is the link:
https://sites.google.com/milfo...
We hope all is well and everyone has a great summer.
Thank you again for your support,
Virtual Art Show - The Milford Virtual Art Show is up and running! I'm so excited to showcase our students' wonderful work. They did such a great job throughout the school year and I hope that you all get a chance to check out what we've been working on in the art room!
Click the link to view some awesome work! https://sites.google.com/milforded.org/milfordpublicschoolsvirtualart/milford-public-schools-art-show?scrlybrkr=222eddba "
Bridgeport Islanders Summer Reading Program - See the attached flier for more information.
Community Connection Center -In this week's CCC Newsletter you can read about the history of Father's Day from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and you'll know who the "Mother of Father's Day" was.
Maybe you'll want to visit a park with your Dad by using the ParkConneCT program that offers reliable transportation within a 10 minute walk to one of our State Parks.
While you're visiting the parks, the information in the Old Farmer's Almanac article entitled, "How to tell the difference between poison oak and poison ivy", may help you avoid their painful itchiness. Whatever you do to celebrate Father's Day we hope that you have a great weekend!
Click here for this week's CCC Newsletter! The CCC website will continue to be updated with links to community resources throughout the summer!
Have a Safe & Healthy Summer! The CCC Newsletter will be back in the Fall!
Specialist Spotlight
Hello JFK Families and Friends!
Thank you all for another amazing school year! It has been so nice getting to teach the wonderful students at JFK. From exercising our bodies and our brains in P.E. to finding our rhythm and groove in Music. From opening up our creative sides in Art to improving our technology and reading skills in Library and Media. From hands-on labs in Science to developing our new language skills in Spanish. We all had a fantastic year and we hope you have a safe and happy summer break! For those of you leaving JFK, we will miss you, and those of you coming back, we look forward to seeing you next year!!!
Thank you again!
Your JFK Specialists
Ms. Anastasiou (P.E.)
Ms. Benedetti (Art)
Ms. Polansky (Spanish)
Mr. Sabo (Science)
Mrs. Soder (Library and Media)
Ms. Voss (Music)
Lost and Found - We have many items in the lost and found. All items will be donated in June prior to the end of the school year.
Important Dates:
Monday, June 20th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Early Release Day - Students Dismissed at 1:25
PTO News
Field Day Volunteer t-shirts
If you volunteered for Field Day and still have your green volunteer t-shirt, please send them back to school on Monday. These shirts are washed and reused every year. If you cannot return them to school please email us for alternate pickup at ptojfk@gmail.com ASAP.
5th Grade Celebration
Congrats to all of our 5th grade Hawks and their families - we wish you the best in middle school!
Thank you again to Jasmine FitzRoy and the 5th grade committee members for organizing an amazing day of fun and celebration for our 5th graders this week as well as our first “CLAP OUT”! We appreciate all you did to make the day extra special!
5TH GRADE CELEBRATION 2022 - Google Photos
Thank you JFK PTO Board Members for your service!
Thank you to all PTO members for your support this year - we were able to do so many amazing things for this awesome community thanks to your generosity. Together we weathered yet another year of COVID PTO - extra gratitude goes out to the PTO Board Members who kept it all going!
Liz Shipman - President
Loren Mahler - 1st Vice President
Kate Alrich - 2nd Vice President
Jasmine FitzRoy - Corresponding Secretary
Terri van Vlierden - Recording Secretary
Michele Pecoraro - Treasurer
Lastly, thank you to our outgoing board members who are stepping off the board next year after many years of service. We appreciate all your contributions to JFK PTO!
Liz Shipman - President 2021-2022 and Co-President 2019-2021
Michele Pecoraro - Treasurer 2020-2022
One more day to go - HAVE A GREAT SUMMER JFK!
Pictures from the school - Another great week at JFK!
Spirit Day - JFK Attire
