December

Fontainebleau Junior High School

PTA Newsletter

December 2011/January 2012

The Hurricane Tracker

2 - Rachel’s Challenge

6:30-7:30 pm

3 - Pancakes with Santa

5-9 - Book Fair

6 - Strings Concert 7 pm

7 - Chorus Concert 7 pm

8 – Band Concert 7 pm

9 - 7th & 8th Winter Dance

7:00-10:00 pm

13-16 Semester Exams

15 - Teacher Holiday Bkfst.

19 - Holiday Break

January

1 - Happy New Year!

3 - Return to School

5 - 7th grade Movie Day

6 - 8th grade Movie Day

16 - MLK Holiday

19 - Club Day/Canes Cash

25 - Honor Roll Bkfst.

Pancake BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Sponsored by : Norhshore Mandeville Kiwanis Club

Saturday, December 10, 2011

8:00 - 11:00 am Free Pictures with Santa!

New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Hgwy 22 Mandeville

Tickets $5 - may be purchased from Builder’s Club Members

See Ms. Piazza for more details.

Fontainebleau Jr. High had 20 works of art from Mrs. Adair Watkins's

classes entered in the Three Rivers Art Festival. Congratulations to the

following students who won honors: 7th graders Maddi, 1st place, and

Jessica, 7th - 8th grade Michelangelo Award; and 8th graders Emily,

Honorable Mention, and Alina, Honorable Mention.

Art Festival Winners

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Happy Holidays!!!!

December is always a busy month at FJH. The Holiday season creates a festive atmosphere at school and our students and staff enjoy the extra energy it brings. There are challenges, though…during December, our students will be devoting much time to finishing projects and assignments before the holiday break. Parents, it is very important to keep up with your child’s grades at this time of the year. It is especially difficult for students to maintain their academic focus now and we need your help to encourage students to work hard and study for their exams. Please remember that the nine weeks exams occur the week before the Christmas break. This is a critical time for many students and it will take all of us to help them achieve their best.

Come out and see our Band and Chorus Holiday concerts. The information can be found on the Calendar section of the FJH Website. The 7th and 8th grade Winter Dance will be held in our Gym on Friday December 9th. Tickets will be sold at lunch on Wednesday – Friday of that week.

In January, basketball and soccer continue as we begin the third nine weeks. Again, with state test-ing coming up in April, it is critical to keep up with your child’s progress and stay in tune with what’s going on at school.

Have a great Holiday break and as always…thanks so much for all you do to make FJH a great school!!!

Dr. Timothy Schneider, Principal

School Address: Principal:

100 Hurricane Alley, Mandeville 70471 Dr. Timothy Schneider

Telephone: 985.875.7501 Assistant Principals:

Fax: 985.875.7650 Dr. Shannon d’Hemecourt

Website: fontainebleaujunior.stpsb.org Mrs. Kelly Grunditz

Resource Helping Teacher:

School Hours: Eileen Scoriels

8:45 a.m. - 3:46 p.m. Front Office/Student Services:

Jeannette Dixon, Jan Keller, Bonnie Halpern

A Message from the Principal

Important School Information

PTA Co-Presidents’ Message

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for

including a great school, administration, staff, and awesome parents! Thanks to our entire

school community for working together to make this year the best it can be for our students.

The month of November was filled with fun events and December will be just as busy!

The Food Drive was a success with 1,462 total items collected by our students! It is a great

feeling to watch our school come together to help meet the needs of our community. Thanks

to all of the volunteers who helped with Inflatable Day! This day is a fun way to reward our

students for their involvement with the candy sale fundraiser and it was enjoyed by all who

attended.

Congratulations to Mrs. Sharon McNamara-Horne! We chose her as our PTA Educator of Dis-

tinction. We are very fortunate to her at FJH!

Our Winter Dance for 7th and 8th grade will be on Friday, December 9. Thanks to all of the

volunteers who are working hard to plan a fun night for our students. Our Book Fair will be

December 5-9. Contact us if you would like to help with Book Fair. PTA will treat our teach-

ers to a Holiday Breakfast on Thursday, December 15. Thanks to our Teacher Appreciation

committee for working hard to show our teachers how much we appreciate them!

It is really hard to believe we are almost finished with our first semester! We hope all of you

enjoy the Holidays and we look forward to an even better second semester!

Robin Kent and Teri Maassen

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Please remember to put your name on all of

your belongings including shirts, jackets,

sweatshirts, backpacks, instruments etc.

The Hurricane Tracker

2011-2012

Your newsletter is presented by

the Fontainebleau Junior High PTA

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RHT News

November passed in a blur due to a whirlwind of events in such a short period of time that we had at FJH!

Our Veterans Day Assembly was very memorable and extremely moving, and we were so appreciative of everyone who attended. It’s always a special day for us at FJH. We hope to see everyone again next year! Channel 13 has been airing the pro-gram; I highly recommend it for viewing purposes. Thanks to the chorus and 8th grade band members (in particular, Brian Maas-sen for playing Taps) for a wonderful performance, to the officers from the National Junior Honor Society and Builders Club who also participated and did a fabulous job, and to Caleb Lagarrigue, Carson Theriot, and Cameron Guzzardo for reciting their original poems! Thanks to Mr. Danby and his art students for their beautiful flag and to Mrs. Brannon and her Home Ec. students for the delicious treats served at the reception.

We were finally able to hold our inflatable event for all those students who sold one case of chocolate in our September fundraiser. Once again, the students enjoyed themselves tremendously. Our top sellers will enjoy two hours of fun time in the Games2Us Van on December 12th. A big thank you to everyone who participated as this money is necessary to purchase technolo-gy equipment for our school. A hearty thanks to all those wonderful parents who donated their help with the inflatables.

Our basketball schedule is posted on the website and soccer teams are currently forming. Please check the website calen-dar for playing dates and come out and support our CANES!!!

We will have a special assembly on Friday, Dec. 2nd on Rachel’s Challenge, which will also incorporate a parent meeting for that night from 6:30-7:30. More information will be forthcoming, but please make plans to attend this powerful workshop. You can visit their website at www.rachelschallenge.org for more information.

The most important events coming up in December are our chorus (Dec. 7th) and band (Dec. 8th) concerts, which will be held in the gym at 7:00 pm. Both of these groups always put on an excellent show, so make sure to attend. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

On December 9th, 7th & 8th graders will be able to attend a Christmas Dance in the gym. Tickets will be sold during lunch-es on that Wednesday-Friday. No tickets will be sold at the door. Cost is $5.00. Students who are on the blue list for six weeks prior to the dance will not be allowed to attend. Dress is “dressy casual,” which means no shorts or jeans, something fairly nice – something you may possibly wear to a wedding (nice slacks, shirts tucked in, nice dress or skirt and top with appropriate shoes). Clothing needs to follow the St. Tammany Parish Dress Code:

“Girls are required to wear clothing that is suitable for school and that complies with the following regulations. No see-through, sheer shirts, or lace-like clothing are permitted, and no skin may show between the lower garment and shirt in any posi-tion.

Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words, or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by the St. Tam-many Parish School Board is prohibited.

Tank shirts and undershirts may not be worn as outer garments. Lower garments worn by students must be secured at waist level, with no undergarments revealed.

Flip-flops or backless thong sandals are not permitted.

The minimum length of dresses, culottes, skirts, and shorts must be at the fingertip or below when standing erect with arms ex-tended down the sides or not more than 5" above the knee.”

Also, smoothies will be pre-sold for $2.00 and pizza and soft drinks will be sold that night for $1.00 each.

Our library will be holding a book fair the week of December 5th-9th.

Please check the website for the exam schedule.

Eileen

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Support:

Jeanne Schmidt

Volunteer:

Erin St. Pierre

Teacher:

Jamie Fonseca

Catherine and Cody are our October Heroes of the Month. Both maintain

4.0 GPA in honors classes and are members of the NJHS. Catherine also

belongs to the Builders, French, Math, Yearbook & High Impact Clubs. Out-

side of school she is an altar server at her church , babysits and plays on a

local Mandeville Soccer Club Team. Cody is an avid baseball player, having

been a part of the Stars Baseball State Runner up team and participates in

the FJH High Impact Club.

CONGRATULATIONS 2011-2012 PTA TEACHER MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS!

Mr. Danby

Ms. Bossenmeyer

Ms. Brannon

Ms. Frank

Ms. Pennington

Ms. Rabalais

Thank you to all the teachers who submitted an application! The PTA is dedicated to supporting the teachers at Fontainebleau Junior High. The Mini Grant Program is a special way for the PTA to assist teachers who are seeking financial support for innovative, creative and beneficial projects in the classrooms and in the school.

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Make sure that you are current on ANY MONEY DUE THE SCHOOL OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE A TICKET. No fancy dresses or suits are required but dress nice. No jeans, shorts or tennis shoes. Clothing must adhere to the St. Tammany School Dress Policy. Tell your friends! IT IS GOING TO BE A BLAST!!!!!!!!

Winter

Formal

Dance Friday, December 9, 2011

7:00-10:00 pm

Tickets on Sale $5.00 each

Wednesday December 7– Friday December 9

During Lunch

Smoothies

will also be PRE-SOLD

For $2.00 Each

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BOOK FAIR

The library will have a Book Fair the week of Dec. 5-9. All 7th & 8th grade classes will visit the fair with their ELA teacher. The fair will also be open to students during both lunch periods. There is no sales tax because the school is Tax Exempt and teachers and par-ents can pay with credit card, check, or cash. Students can pay with cash or a check made out to FJH. This is a great opportunity to do some Christmas shopping and help

out the library. Profits from the Book Fair will purchase Reading Counts books.

Mrs. Adair Watkins’s Art II classes at Fontainebleau Jr. High are pictured with the skeletons they made for the Boo

Fest house at Lakeview Hospital. Pictured with the students is Mr. Joe Zimmerman from Audubon Physical Therapy, community partner house sponsor. The theme was ―Make No Bones About It, This Joint is Jumpin’.‖ Students from

the FJH Canes Crew and Mrs. Amy Bennett’s class also helped with the house decorations. Pictured are front row: Viktoria, Savannah, Morgan, Jessica, Mia, and Tanner Middle row: Madeline, Thomas, Cameron, and

Mr. Zimmerman. Back row: Michael, Alina, Emily, and Josh. In addition to helping make the skeletons, Emily,

Savannah, and Jessica volunteered at the Boo Fest handing out candy all day.

The Builder’s Club delivered

treats to our friends at

Marigny Trace Elementary

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Counselor’s Corner

Need help with

homework?

Check out these

websites:

www.homeworkla.org

www.tutor.com

Math Resources:

www.math.com

www.mathforum.org/dr.math

www.webmath.com

www.aplusmath.com

www.purplemath.com/modules/

index.htm

2011 Girls FJH Soccer Team 2011 Boys FJH Soccer Team

Announcement!

Gabbi Anderson

Samantha Bergeron

Maddy Casabat

Maddi Cerise

Baylie Clarke

Sadie Dickinson

Maddie Erwin

Jazmyn Green

Lindsay Heffker

Haley Mundle

Caroline Nihart

Ashleigh Pixberg

Caroline Randazzo

Ely Rodriguez

Bailey Scott

Bailey Tadlock

Alina Vaccaro

Larisa Vaccaro

Paige White - Mgr.

Alex Bollinger

Leaf Ballast

Braiden Beam

Connor Becnel

James Bridges

Samuel Camarda

Alexandro Deleon

Justin Gaudet

Reagan Hill

Seth Homes

Nicolas Miller

Christian Moroney

Quin Mullen

Nathan Pearl

Joe Richardson

Noah Ruby

Sean Spiess

Wyatt Thebault

Carson Theriot

Corey Wilkinson

The broadcast team, CANES

Crew, and Mrs. Bennett’s class

shared a Thanksgiving feast

together.

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Baseball tryouts will be the 1st week in February. Please check with the website for updates on date and time.

The Family and Consumer Science Department would like donations of 18” dolls, like the American Girl doll,

thread and fabric.

Thank you!

Christmas candy canes will be sold December

5th - 9th

FJH FALL FOOD DRIVE UPDATE

FJH Fall Food Drive was a huge success! Thanks to all of our wonderful students and parents for their great gen-erosity. The Samaritan Center was very pleased to receive our donations that will certainly help the families in need throughout our community.

FJH was able to donate 1462 items of non-perishable food. This was a remarkable amount considering it was col-lecting in just 4 days. The students were really excited about the competition to collect the most items. A special thank you goes to our winning classes who brought in the largest amount of food items. Ms. Perrett’s 7th grade homeroom class was a winner, and we had a tie between Ms. Rabalais’ homeroom class, and Mrs. Puntila’s home-room class. These three winning classes will be given a pizza party to be celebrated before the Christmas break, and the winning homeroom teachers will each receive a $25 gift certificate to N’Tini’s provided by the FJH PTA.

Your great generosity is truly appreciated by all!

EXAM SCHEDULE

Tue 12/13 Periods 1 & 4

Wed 12/14 Periods 2 & 5

Thu 12/15 Periods 3 & 6

Fri 12/16* Period 7

* Half Day for Students

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Community Pals Fontainebleau Jr. High School has been working with

Winn Dixie in its Community Pals program for sever-

al years. This program has been successful in the

past, and we hope to do well this year. The money

raised is used to enhance our instructional program.

All you have to do to participate in the program is to

print this page and cut out the scanner card below.

When you shop at Winn Dixie, hand it to the cashier

with your Customer Reward Card as you check out,

and our school is automatically credited with a per-

centage of your purchase. Furthermore, the commu-

nity pals card and the Customer Reward Card will be

linked so you will only have to present your Custom-

er Reward Card for future purchases.

Please feel free to share this card with your family

Clip Box Tops from your fa-

vorite products

Look for the 10¢ Box Tops

coupon on hundreds of your

favorite products. You can

find Box Tops on brands such

as Cheerios®, Betty Crock-

er®, Pillsbury®, Ziploc®,

Kleenex®, Hefty® and more!

Send all box tops to library! List of Participating Products:

http://

www.boxtops4education.com/

AboutBoxTops/Products.aspx

5% Back To School Program

Community Partners

Our Library collects

labels for education!

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The Attic by Creations

Galore

Beth Cathey Evelyn Cathey

2156 3rd St. Ste E

Mandeville, LA 70471

985-624-8265

Renaissance Property Management

Rodney Durst

985-966-9966

rodney@renmgt.com Peaceful Planet Pets

Bonnie Poivier

985-3732321

peacefulcritters@gmail.com

Kelsey’s Signs & Graphics

22531 Level Street Abita Springs, LA 70420

Michelle Kelsey

504 578-9838

mkelsey500@gmail.com

Cool Touch

Painting &

Remodeling

Roger Girau

504-416-8626

cooltouch@charter.net

Thank you FJH

Sponsors!

Become a FJH

Corporate Sponsor!!

Place your Company card here!

MORE SPONSORS?!! THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF FJH!

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Gotcha Covered Window Fashions

Joanne Crespo

985-624-8882

Joannec@gotchacoveredblinds.com

Northshore Dermatology

Eric N. Tabor, M.D.

985-641-5798

2780 Gause Blvd.

Slidell, LA 70461

MDG

Website Development

Beth Rolinski

985-867-9086

beth@magdevgroup.com

Kids & Family Northshore

Elizabeth Heil

985-377-2532

sales@kidsandfamilyns.com

CIO Services

Computer Networking

Tim Gagliana

504-232-7171

tim@CIO-services.biz CLUB Z! In Home Tutoring Services

D’Ann Stephens

985-626-8300

dstephens@clubztutoring.com

Mande’s Restaurant on the Lake

Frank Bua Jr.

985-626-9047

drdaygo@aol.com

340 N. Causeway Blvd. Mandeville, LA 70448

RESOURCE BANK

Susie Childress

Marketing Asst.

985-801-1842

schildress@bankresource.com

“Expect the Finest"

985.626.5255

www.isisthesalon.com FJH Mission:

Creating a challenging

Atmosphere for

Navigating toward

Excellence and

Success

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