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Principal's Message for LJMS Jaguars

    School is off to a great start. The new PE shirts have been distributed and students are finding their way around the school, greeting old friends and meeting new friends. We are still working on our schedule and may need to change some student schedules.  We hope to have all the changes done by September 10th.  If you have any questions, you can contact me at Laurie_Mason@crpusd.org.

PARENT MEETINGS

See Important Announcements and Upcoming Events listed below. Attending parent meetings helps keep you informed and up to date on what is happening at Lawrence Jones as well as meeting other parents. Your support is is a valuable resource for our students and teachers. Hope to see you there.

PE Clothes 

NEW: If PE clothes do not fit and have not been written on, you can exchange them at Innovative Screen Printing on Wednesday, September 8th from 5-7 pm. Innovative Screen Printing is located at 631 Martin Avenue #2, RP off Labath. Also, again many thanks to our PTSO for their generous contribution of providing every LJMS student their first official shirt for Physical Education class. If you need financial assistance to purchase PE clothes, 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.

Traffic before and after school

I appreciate everyone's patience as we all figure out the traffic issue before and after school. I see more parents carpooling, dropping off students around 7:55 am, and picking up their students closer to 3:00 pm, all of which has helped lessen the parking lot traffic jam. We do need to remind parents of a few things that will keep traffic flowing.

1. Do not drop off or pick up students in the parking lot. This causes a traffic jam when leaving the parking lot and are merging into the loop. Also, it is dangerous to have cars driving through the parking lot while students are walking in the parking lot. If you need to come onto campus, please be careful when you park and escort your student across the traffic loop.
2. Please do not park in the RP Dental Village parking lot, their clients are unable to enter or exit.
3. Please do not park in places where you could block driveways or block traffic.
4. When waiting for your student at LJMS, please be sure to park as close to the curb as possible to let moving traffic go by you. A reminder, red zone areas are fire lanes, please avoid parking in these red zones.
5. When driving through the traffic loop, please stay to the right. When approaching the traffic light, be sure to make room for those cars turning right to go north on Snyder. (My recommendation would be to turn right at the light if at all possible--that line tends to move faster.)
6. Please talk with your student about using the identified crosswalks and the dangers of jaywalking across Snyder.
   

Pledge-a-thon

Next meeting:The next meeting is on Tuesday, September 7th at 6 pm in the MU.

    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.

Sonoma County Transit
The new bus schedules from Sonoma County Transit are available and can be found at http://sctransit.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JGz0ISHWWgQ%3d&tabid=80. The Route 10 from Cotati and the M Section arrives at 8:05 AM on the east side of Snyder Lane. The Route 12 from West of the freeway and the E Section along County Club Drive arrives at 8:05 AM and the Route 14 from the A, B, F, G, and H Sections arrives at 7:57 AM. The Routes 12 and 14 arrive at the stop on the west side of Snyder Lane. ALL AFTERNOON BUSES DEPART FROM THE WEST SIDE OF SNYDER LANE.

   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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