Congratulations Mrs. Pitt!!!

Congratulations to Ms. Debra Pitt!!! She was recognized by Office Max with their National "A Day Made Better Award." This award recognizes a teacher who, on a daily basis, makes the lives of everyone around her better. Ms. Pitt received office supplies and supplies for her classroom with a value of over $1000 and we received books for our library in honor of Ms. Pitt.

Be The Church Day- Stop Hunger Now

As a part of our church's Be The Church Day, my family participated in a Stop Hunger Now food packaging event at The Peak Methodist Church in Apex, NC. We packaged over 20,000 meals (Rice, Soy Meal, Vitamins, and Vegetable Flavoring) as a part of our service project. Best yet, everyone no matter how small can help! Many of the meals we packaged are going to Haiti and very well might feed a child that our Haiti team visited in the orphanages this summer.

Chip Popivicieu shares his experiences on Everest.

Chip Popivicieu, one of a very few men to have ever summited Mt. Everest came to speak to our 5th graders Friday about the climb. They are currently reading the book, PEAK by Roland Smith, which details a trek to summit Everest.

Mr. Popivicieu was born in the mountainous region of Transylvania and the Carpathian Mountains in Romania.

Joyner 3rd Graders Helping Refugees from Central African Republic

The family pictured above were guests of Ms. Scheffel and our third graders Monday. They are Refugees from the war in the Central African Republic. They fled to Chad after their villages were burned and soon came to the United States with the help of Lutheran Ministries. They live in Ms. Scheffel's apartment complex.

Our third graders have been studying communities and discussing what happens when things go wrong in a community. Our guests communicated through an interpreter and told the students of their time in the refugee camps and their trip to America.

JY Joyner Open House

Dear Joyner Parents,

We invite everyone to come out to our Open House on Thursday, Sept. 15th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Great Opening!!!

Thanks for another great opening of school! We have enjoyed meeting all of our new Kindergarteners and new to JYJ students. We're off to a good start!

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Joyner Recognized by NC Dept. of Public Instruction

J.Y. Joyner Magnet Elementary has recently been recognized by NCDPI as a NC ABC's School of Distinction for our performance on the NC End of Grade Test.

Congratulations Teachers, Parents, and Students!!

Welcome Laura Sollazzo-Doran

Please join me in welcoming Laura Sollazzo-Doran to our JYJ staff.  Laura will be a half time CCR teacher at Joyner and will be working with our 3rd - 5th graders.  She has over 10 years experience as a behavior specialist and special education teacher.  She will also be working part time at Poe Elementary.

Before and After School Registration

Registration for the JYJ Before and Afterschool Program will run from August 1st to August 15th for parents who will be signing up for the full, 5 day per week program.

This is to give those who need these programs EVERY day a chance to register before seats become limited.

On August 16th, we will begin registration for students who will be participating on a less than full time basis.

Registration costs are $15 for each program.

The Monthly cost for the afterschool program is around $156 per month.

The cost for the beforeschool program is $55 per month.

You can find the registration forms on our school website and you can leave your registration forms and payments in the office with Ms. Mozingo.

Parent Volunteers

It's that time again!  Please stop by our office any day (M - F 9am to 3 pm) to register as a volunteer for the upcoming school year.

It is important for you to register if you plan on volunteering in your child's classroom or going on field trips as a chaperone.

Please remember that you must register at the beginning of EACH new school year.

Images from Haiti

A higher quality version of this slideshow can be accessed via the Youtube address linked below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oac8ZX_nCIs&feature=related