Congrats to Super Speller Nate Mizelle! Nate, Joyner’s school spelling bee champ, tied for 4th place in the Wake County Spelling Bee held on Saturday! Great job, Nate. You represented Joyner well!
Original Works Deadline is TODAY, March 21
Choose personalized gifts with your child’s artwork! Artwork and ordering instructions for this year’s Original Works school fundraiser were sent home earlier this month. Choose among lots of great products featuring your child’s very own artwork. Completed forms should be turned into your child’s teacher by TODAY, Wednesday, March 21. Contact Meredith Swindell at mlswindel@aol.com or Catherine Otto at catherineeotto@gmail.com with questions.
LAST CALL for Yearbooks – Order by Thursday!
Yearbooks must be ordered by Thursday. Flyers came home in Wednesday folders, or you can order online at http://www.ybpay.lifetouch.com. Joyner’s yearbook ID code is 10746718.
NO EXTRA YEARBOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE SO YOU MUST ORDER TO RECEIVE A COPY. Questions? Contact Claren Englebreth at clarenwarenda@yahoo.com.
Register for Spring 2018 Joyner TEK Clubs on THURSDAY
Spring TEK Club registration will take place this Thursday, March 22, from 8:00-8:30 in the JYJ media center. You or your child may drop off the registration form and payment on Thursday morning. Registration forms were sent home in folders. Clubs will run on Wednesdays, April 18-May 23 (6 sessions), after school till 4:45. TEK supervises students in the afternoon prior to the start of clubs. Full club descriptions can be found on our registration form or online at http://www.teachingenrichmentkids.com/joyner.html. Extra registration and medical release forms can be found at http://www.teachingenrichmentkids.com/forms.html. Please contact TEK with any questions at duval@teachingenrichmentkids.com.
Save the Dates: Dine-Out Night, Night of Nonsense, Kickball Game
- April 19: Student-Led Conferences (see sign-ups in grade level hubs)
- April 19: Dine-out night at Moe’s at North Hills
- May 17: Night of Nonsense and the Food Truck Frenzy
- June 8: 5th Grade vs. Teachers Kickball Game
Amazon Smile Means Your Purchases Help Joyner
3x your impact! Amazon is tripling the donation rate on your first smile.amazon.com purchase through March 31. Shop Amazon through smile.amazon.com/ch/56-1691112 and Amazon donates a percentage of the sale to Joyner’s PTA!
Kindergarten Readiness and First Grade Refresher Camp
Ms. Johnson and Ms. Forbes are offering their rising kindergarten readiness camp again this year and adding a special week for rising first graders, too! Camps are half-day (9-noon) and run June 25-29, July 23-27, and Aug 6-10 for rising Kinders. July 30-Aug. 3 is First Grade Refresher week. Click here to learn more and click here to download the registration form.
Quick Links
- Joyner PTA website
- Joyner glossary of terms
- J.Y. Joyner Foundation website
- Join the JYJ MemberHub
- Join the Wake County PTA MemberHub
- WCPSS email alerts and newsletters
- Lunch menus
- My School Bucks (lunch money app)
- WCPSS Online School Payments (for field trips)
- Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
- Joyner Amazon Smile shopping account
- Harris Teeter VIC card link (number 1988)
- Kroger card link (NPO number is 86044)
Calendar Items
- Mar. 29: Snow make-up day. School is in session.
- Mar. 30: Holiday
- Apr. 2-6: Spring Break
- Apr. 12: Spring pictures and class photos from LifeTouch
- Apr. 19: Spirit Night at Moe’s at North Hills, 3-9 pm
- Apr. 26: PTA general membership meeting, 6:15 pm, and Spring performance, 6:45 pm
- May 3: JYJ Foundation Fiesta, 7:30-10:30 pm, Whitaker & Atlantic
- May 5: Science Olympiad division tournament
- May 8: Teacher appreciation luncheon
- May 17: Night of Nonsense
- TBD: Kindergarten orientation
- TBD: Field Day
- May 28: Holiday
- June 7: 5th grade graduation
- June 8: 5th grade vs. teachers kickball game
- June 11: Last day of school
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