• Hear from a JAMS administrator about what’s happening at JAMS lately
• Learn about how JAMS PTSA funds are used to support students and staff throughout the school year
• Meet JAMS parents and community members

Welcome to another school year at JAMS! Your student may not have homework right away, but we parents already have some tasks:

• Fill out sports forms (**DUE MONDAY** September 9 for fall sports)
• Get school supplies (the Main Office has school supplies for families that need assistance)
• Keep your eyes peeled (and ask your student) for the “first day” packet, which will include information, forms and important dates. If you need replacement forms, you may find them here.
• Complete a volunteer application
• **NEW** Register your music student at fojam.org
• Fill out a free and reduced price meal application
• Print out or download the JAMS PTSA One-Sheet, chock full of information for the coming year
• Join JAMS PTSA (forms in English or Español — an online membership form will be available soon, too!)
• Study the traffic flow map
• Get connected with the JAMS community — find JAMS on social media

**NEW**  Rocketry Club

JAMS Rocketry Club is a year-long after school program, open to all Jane Addams students. Student rocketeers design, build and launch rockets as part of The American Rocketry Challenge, as well as learn the basics of rocket science and the engineering design process. We meet Tuesdays after school, Sept. 24 through May 19, 3:50 – 5:30.  Launches are held on weekends throughout the school year. Cost is $225 for the entire year, and need-based scholarships are available.

Due to the increasing popularity of the club, and to provide a quality experience for club members, attendance will be limited, and admittance will be application-based.  Information sheet and the application form can be downloaded or are also available in the main office. Contact Mr. Grevstad (kugrevstad@seattleschools.org) with questions.
 

Logistics:
Location: TBD
Meeting Times: Mondays 3:50-4:50
This session will run starting on October 7th on regular school days.

Pickup Policy: Parents will be responsible for pickup or kids will get home on their own. Parents will need to sign a permission slip letting kids self release. The club leader will generally stay 10 minutes at the end of each session

Prerequisites: A good grasp of pre-algebra topics and the willingness to ask questions. Algebra and Geometry come up occasionally.

Fees: There will be a voluntary $50 donation requested that will be used to finance materials and contest entry fees.

Spaces: For this quarter, the club will be capped at 15 students with a first come/first served registration policy.

Registration: Registration will open Saturday September 7. After then please complete the online registration form  http://bit.ly/2ly2GcG Email Ben at benleis1@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Volunteering: The club needs other adults who want to help out. Email benleis1@gmail.com if you are interested.

**NEW**  Calling All JAMS Music Families!

We invite you all to join us at our Annual Pizza Social to kick off the new year! There will be pizza and good music!  We will also have a dessert potluck. Please bring a dessert to share if you like. We will have some ensembles playing.  It is a good time to meet other music families!  

Join us September 18 from 7pm – 8:30 pm.

If you have’t already, remember to head on over to FOJAM.org to register your student for the school year.  The allows FOJAM to communicate directly with you with regard to events and information about our amazing JAMS Music students!

1. Patty Lavelle, our garden master, needs 2 people to assist her in leading 30 volunteers.
2. We are cleaning up the ditch along 31st between 110th and the drop-off spot (this will be extremely rewarding but physical).  1 lead needed.
3. Clearing around staircase to lower fields. 1 lead needed.
4. Mural wall (future endeavor) clearing along base and office planter tune-up. 1 lead needed.
5. HALE 1 lead needed to work alongside Katherine Anderson on library courtyard.

Is your family interested in supporting community and addressing issues of equity and inclusion and special education at JAMS? Want to get to know more families and neurodiverse children of color around the neighborhood and NE Seattle? If so, please contact Friendly Vang-Johnson, JAMS PTSA Community Outreach Chair to learn more about social gatherings, workshops, mobilizations, and other events that will be happening throughout the year. Friendly can be reached at: jamsptsaequity@gmail.com or 206-276-2284

2019-20 Student Data Verification Form on The Source
The 2019-20 student data verification form will be available Sept. 4 through Sept. 30, 2019.

The student data verification form, sent out at the start of each school year, will be available in September online through the Source.  The student data verification form gives parents and guardians the opportunity to update emergency and medical information for their student.

The online form replaces the paper form sent home at the beginning of each school year and offers a secure and green alternative to the paper-based process.

Families are encouraged to complete this form to ensure Seattle Public Schools has current student information including emergency contact information.

To fill out your student’s data verification form please sign into the Source after September 4 and click Data Verification Form. More detailed information and FAQs are here.

This year’s window for parent referrals for K-8 students currently enrolled at Seattle Public Schools is May 15 through Sept. 23, 2019 to determine eligibility for school year 2020-21. Non-SPS and private school referrals will accepted starting Aug. 1  through Sept. 23, 2019.

Applications for students in grades 9-12 will be available in January.

Once you login to your parent or guardian Source account, click on the “Advanced Learning Parent Referral” button to start the referral process.

Read more about how to submit a referral on the Advanced Learning referral webpage. If you need technical tips for The Source, we have some on our Source Technical Tips webpage

Need help? Contact the advanced learning team.
Read more about Advanced Learning Services and Programs.

Flu Vaccine Clinics 2019

This year we are rolling out our biggest effort to prevent illness. School nurses have partnered with the Visiting Nurse Association to come to many of our schools this fall to vaccinate both students and staff. Students can get the vaccination regardless of insurance.

Parents may register their child for a flu vaccination by sending a completed consent form to school or by being present at school on the day of the clinic to sign the form in person.

For more information including flu clinic dates and the consent form, visit the Student Health Services webpage. All school dates are included on the flu vaccine clinic dates page. There will be a flu vaccine clinic at JAMS on October 23 from 10:30am to 12:30pm.