

We are making exciting plans for the 2010-2011 school year for our Lawrence E. Jones Middle School. Students at both middle schools voted on our new mascot and school colors. Lawrence E. Jones Middle School is now the Home of the Jaguars with Black and Gold as our school colors. Please check out our website. Please note that the teachers are on summer break and will update their web pages upon their return in August. If you have any questions, you can contact me at Laurie_Mason@crpusd.org.
PE Clothes
Also, many thanks to our PTSO for their generous contribution of providing every LJMS student their first official shirt for Physical Education class. This is the required shirt for PE classes. PE teachers will help students identify the size needed on the first day of school and students will get their free PE shirt the week of August 30th. Students need to provide tennis shoes, gray sweatpants and sweatshirt, and black shorts. All PE clothes need to have the student's name written on the front of the clothes. If you need financial assistance, please contact your child's school counselor. If you wish to purchase new LJMS PE clothes, you can go online to http://www.crpclothes.com/ to place your order. Clothes ordered online will be brought to LJMS for pick up.
School Start Time
School starts on Thursday, August 26 at 8:15 with our first bell and ends at 2:40. We hope this will alleviate some of the traffic congestion, particularly in the morning. Students need to be in the quad, library or a teacher's classroom before school. A campus supervisor will be in the quad at 7:55 am to provide supervision. The school office is open for new student enrollments.
Sonoma County Transit
The new bus schedules from Sonoma County Transit is available and can be found at http://sctransit.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JGz0ISHWWgQ%3d&tabid=80. The Route 10 which will comes from Cotati and the M Section is scheduled to arrive at 8:05 AM and will arrive on the east side of Snyder Lane. The Route 12 which serves the area West of the freeway and the E Section along County Club Drive is scheduled to arrive at 8:05 AM and the Route 14 which serves the A, B, F, G, and H Sections is due to arrive at 7:57 AM. The Routes 12 and 14 will arrive at the stop on the west side of Snyder Lane. All afternoon buses will depart from the west side of Snyder Lane.
Pledge-a-thon
Save the date! The fall Pledge-a-thon is October 15. Many thanks to Ken Zschach for taking on the responsibilities of the Pledge-a-thon (PAT) chair. The money raised through the PAT will be used to support students and teachers by providing materials and equipment to augment the great things that happen in our classrooms as well as school-wide activities. If you would like to be a part of the planning, you can contact Ken at kzschach@comcast.net. We can use your help in the planning process as we many jobs to fill. This year's Pledge-a-thon will be our first school wide event as Lawrence Jones Middle School. Please join us.
Second Cup of Coffee
On the second Friday of each month, I will be hosting a "Second Cup of Coffee" from 8:30-9:30am in the staff lounge next to the office. The first one is September 10th. If you have questions about our programs, curricular offerings or want to learn more about LJMS, please drop in. Coffee and tea will be provided by Mocha Mamas.
I am excited about the upcoming school year as we have a wider offering of exploratory classes for students, a great teaching and classified staff, and a wonderful opportunity to work together to build upon the many strengths each one of us brings to Lawrence E. Jones Middle School.
Sincerely,
Dr. Laurie Mason, Principal
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Important announcements and upcoming events
K 8 School Calendar 10-11.pdf 69.17 KB 07/20/2010 20:08
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Interesting Web sites:
Well organized website for students and adults alike:
http://www.infoplease.com/
http://www.mathplayground.com/

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