Spring is in the air and a new session of lunch clubs is on the way! Spring session of
Clubs will start on April 28th (C Day) and sign up will be on Wednesday and Thursday
April 23rd and 24th.
Janney Lunch Clubs provide a way for our students in Grades K-5 to discover new
interests, develop old ones and connect with a variety of peers and adults in a
setting beyond the traditional classroom experience.
Students have the
opportunity to develop new, cross-cultural and cross-age relationships while trying
out things they may not otherwise choose to do.
The next clubs session runs from April 28th to June 13th. In this document you will find
information about the process of signing up for clubs and a list of the clubs available
this Spring, arranged by grade. Please take the time to read the following information
and review club options with your child/ren. It will make the registration process much
more straightforward for both you and for your child(ren).
Students in K and 1st grade meet in their clubs once a week from 11:45-12:30.
Students having hot lunch collect their lunch from the cafeteria and eat it along with
their fellow members at the start of the club. Student in K-1 clubs may go to recess
from 12:30-12:45.
Students in Grades 2-5 meet in their clubs from 12:15-1:15. Students having hot
lunch collect their lunch from the cafeteria at 12:15 and clubs members eat together at
the start of their club, with a few exceptions described below.
Joining a lunch club is a commitment made by students based on their own interests
and choice, and students are expected to attend their chosen club for the whole
session. 5th Grade are expected to commit to (and attend!) a club at least 2 out of the
3 sessions.
Please contact Pippa Trench at janneyenrichment@gmail.com if you have any
questions. We also welcome parents who are interested in starting a club and sharing
a passion with our students.
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Clubs are optional for all children in grades K-4; 5th grade students are required to be
in a club for at least 2 out of the 3 club sessions over the course of the school year.
Joining a lunch club is a commitment both for the club leader and the student
members. Please encourage your student/s to look at the clubs on offer and ask the
club leader or Pippa Trench for information if they are interested in specific clubs or
would like to know more.
For students who want to be in a club, we recommend a student identify two choices
so there is a greater chance of them getting a place.
Sign up will take place at lunchtime on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23rd and 24th.
During lunch, students are invited to sign-up by class and grade. They are given a
“preferred choice” neon-colored label to use for the club they would most like to be in,
as well as a white sticker for their second choice.
Students who request two clubs will usually get into at least one of their choices,
unless demand for both clubs is very high. If a student only requests one club, he or
she may not end up being in a club.
At the conclusion of sign ups, a lottery will take place for any club with more
registrants than space available.
Students who did not get into any of their chosen clubs will have first priority this
session.
Final club lists will be posted in the atrium and outside the cafeteria on Friday April
25th.
A number of clubs are year-long commitments. These include: Recycling; Jaguar
Journal; Math Olypiad; Peer Mediators; Student Council; Embassy Adoption
Club and Recess Leaders. These year long clubs are not open to sign up for the
rest of this year and current members are expected to continue their commitment to
these clubs through to the end of the school year. Recycling, Orff and Chorus are
half year commitments, with no new sign up this session. Finally, Geoplunge is open
to all 4th and 5th grade students.
Please contact Pippa Trench at janneyenrichment@gmail.com if you have any
questions.
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Students in K-1 who are interested in joining a club have extra help during club sign
up. It is helpful if they have heard about the different clubs available to them. K-1
clubs run from 11:45-12:30. Students who have hot lunch collect their lunch from the
cafeteria at 11:45 and bring it to the club to eat together with their fellow members at
the start of the club. Members of these clubs normally go to recess from 12:30-12:45.
These clubs are relatively small and unfortunately we cannot guarantee a place for
every student that signs up.
This is the club for students who love to draw and could draw all day.
Learn how to fold from pro – Mr Wright is a skilled paper airplane maker and will help
you fold and create your own paper flyers!
Come and learn all about Italy! Learn some basic Italian words and phrases, taste
delicious Italian food, hear stories from Italy and learn about this fascinating country
and some of its awesome history and culture.
Did you know there are many different kinds of Arabic spoken in the world today, but
taken together Arabic is spoken by more people in the world than all but 5 other
languages?! And did you know that Arabic is written from right to left instead of left to
right? In this club you will learn letters, vowels, numbers, colors, small
conversation, and should be able to read and write short Arabic sentences.
It’s Spring, and there is plenty to do in our fabulous gardens, planting weeding,
tending, watering composting and generally making our gardens even more beautiful
and productive than they already are. Don’t just watch your garden grow - come to the
Janney Gardening club ready to work hard, get sweaty and dirty, and have fun - and
learning a lot about gardening too with Ms VanScoy, and Ms Rockwell.
Gardening club for students in K and 1st grade will take place during outside recess
period from 12:15-12:45 after they have eaten their lunch in the cafeteria with their
peers.
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Students in this club will be having fun while learning all about the power of words –
the written word, the spoken word, words and images. Students will practice public
speaking and may even get to prepare a PSA to share among their peers at the end of
the session.
Spend a relaxing recess with Ms Rutledge playing your favorite board games, with
some old friends and make some new ones!
Use your imagination to develop your own characters and stories and act them out.
We will have fun improvising together, and letting our imagination bring stories, old
and new, to life.
Math Masters is a place where students can build on their math fluency. Math fluency
opens the doors to the world of mathematics – whether day-to-day such as checking
your change at the grocery store, or unlocking the world of science and statistics. Set
your own goals and aim for the stars!
1st grade Math Masters will eat with their peers and meet 12:15-12:45 during recess
period. Students currently in Math Masters may continue in the group, and use their
stickers for a different club in the Spring.
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It’s Spring, and there is plenty to do in our fabulous gardens, planting weeding,
tending, watering composting and generally making our gardens even more beautiful
and productive than they already are. Don’t just watch your garden grow - come to the
Janney Gardening club ready to work hard, get sweaty and dirty, and have fun - and
learning a lot about gardening too with Ms. Banks.
Gardening club for students in Grades 2-3 will take place during outside recess period
from 12:45-1:15 after they have eaten their lunch in the cafeteria with their peers.
There is no gardening club on days when there is indoor recess.
Come and spend a quiet recess, reading, working on projects in peace. There will be
different activities on offer to try as well as a quiet space just to read if you prefer that
day – You choose.
Love all things Harry Potter? This club will focus on books 1-3. Make you own wand,
practice spells, enjoy read alouds and play other games – bring your imagination
because you will be inventing games and fun for all your club mates to enjoy!
Come and burn off some energy while learning the fundamentals of the game.
Discover the game and build on your ball handling skills, passing, and shooting, as
well as playing actual games.
Our lunch-room needs your help! Students in this club will help other kids decide
where to put their lunch recyclables, compost materials, and trash when it is time to
clean up. You will spend a few days to a week training with Ms Zallman and then will
spend part of your regular lunch period once a week (or more if you like) helping to
ensure that lunch debris gets into the proper receptacle.
After the initial week of training, compost crusaders will be on duty one letter day a
week and only during regular lunch time, so it will not affect your recess time.
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Do you love writing stories? Wouldn't it be great to have time to write your own stories
in a genre that you are interested in - fiction, nonfiction, letter writing, fantasy, the
possibilities are endless! In this club, you will develop yourself as a writer by creating
your own writing paper, planning and drafting your own writing pieces, and learning
helpful tips to illustrate you writing to bring it to life. During our time together, you will
publish writing pieces using various tools and showcase all your skills as a writer!
Students in this club learn how to position your hands on the keyboard and type
quickly and efficiently. We work on skills in club that you can also practice at home.
4th Graders meet 12:15 - 12:45; 3rd Graders meet 12:45 - 1:15
Current students can continue in the club through the end of the year. You may also
sign up for other clubs. If you would like to join, please sign up for the club and we will
see if there are any extra spaces.
Love to draw but there just isn’t enough time in the day? Come and join Ms Warren
and spend some focused time drawing and sketching at your own pace.
Cup stacking (also known as Sport or speed stacking) is an individual and team sport
that involves stacking specialized plastic cups in specific sequences in as little time as
possible. Sounds
Love being in the library and working with books? Janney Assistant Librarians (JALs)
help check out materials on the computerized library system and keep the library in
ship shape while sharing tales of favorite books and authors.
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Orff is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Students in Orff Ensemble practice and
perform vocal and instrumental pieces that fit into the Orff-Schulwerk approach to
musical instruction. Instruments include xylophones, drums, recorders, voice, and
others. The repertoire ranges from Renaissance to rock. Orff is led by Janney music
teacher, Kristen Gentile.
There is no sign up for Orff this session – the current group members
Ensemble will perform in the Spring Concert.
of Orff
Free the Children Club will continue to learn about, and raise money, for children in
Kenya. Through games and activities we will learn about challenges children in Kenya
face every day, and how we can help them and their families. This spring we will be
concentrating on access to clean water in Kenya and Nicaragua, fund raising and
raising awareness among Janney students and families. Be the change you want to
see in the word!
Come and sew your own pair of shorts from scratch! You will learn to make your own
paper pattern to work from, and the stitches and techniques needed to make your own
clothes!
This is the club to be in if you love graphic novels or want to find out more about them.
You will spend time reading graphic novels and then developing and drawing your
own story lines, individually or in small groups.
Come and burn off some energy while learning the fundamentals of the game.
Discover the game and build on your ball handling skills, passing, and shooting, as
well as playing actual games. This is a great chance for members of this year’s team
to share skills with up coming 4th and 5th graders who may be interested in the team
next year!
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Come and burn off some energy while learning the fundamentals of the game.
Discover the game and build on your ball handling skills, passing, and shooting, as
well as playing actual games.
Are you overbooked & overworked? Join the Chillax Club! Members in this club focus
on relaxing in a variety of ways. All you have to do ... is relax!
The Geoplunge club is for any 4th & 5th Grade students interested in U.S. geography drop by Ms Martell Stevensons room any lunch time to see if there are activities going
on that day. You do not need to sign up for Geoplunge – join in the fun when you can
and learn a ton of facts and fascinating information about U.S. geography while
playing games and having fun with your peers.
Janney Chorus is a performing ensemble in which all 4th and 5th grade students are
welcome to participate; there is no limit to the number of students who can join, and
no limit to the fun we will have together! In recent years, Janney Chorus has perfomed
at the Winter Concert, Spring Concert, American University basketball games, and
has been featured on Comcast SportsNet. Our musical selections cover many genres
including: folk songs, pop music, traditional choral music, Broadway showtunes, and
rock and roll. There is no sign up for Chorus this session – the current group members
of Chorus will perform in the Spring Concert.
The Embassy Adoption Program (EAP) continues through the Spring session as
students learn about Slovenia and prepare their presentation for the embassy and the
Slovenian Ambassador later this spring. Students already signed up for this club do
not need to sign up again and are expected to continue with the club through to its
conclusion.
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In this club you will use teamwork to design a mechanism that would protect a raw egg
as it falls to the ground from the third floor balcony to the atrium floor! You will need to
work as a team to brainstorm how you might construct a protective mechanism for
dropping your egg without breaking it! It will be important to work well with your teams
in analyzing the materials you are given and predicting which materials will safely
protect your egg during its descent.
Some of our clubs are commitments that students make at the beginning of the year
or semester, that continue through until the end of the school year. These must take
priority when a student is choosing which clubs to sign up for this session.
Recess Leaders are volunteers who help with setting up and clearing recess
equipment; determining what activities are offered at recess; and leading and
monitoring activities. A significant role played by Recess Leaders is that of “peer
mediators” for recess activities, helping to ensure everyone has a safe, enjoyable,
inclusive lunchtime recess experience. Of course, staff is always on hand to monitor
recess activities and to step in when Recess Leaders need or ask for support. There
are no more sign
The Student Council includes representatives from grades 1 through 5 plus officers
elected by students in grades 4 and 5. The students also elect a student
representative to the School Improvement Team. The Student Council provides
leadership and representation from the students and organizes a range of activities,
including community service.
Peer mediation is now offered in every public school in the District. Two students from
every 4th and 5th grade classroom are trained how to mediate a problem without taking
sides or making the situation worse. (Students are recommended by their teacher and
then approved by the parents and the principal). The training takes place over the
course of three days at the beginning of the year. The purpose of peer mediation is to
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assist students in solving their own problems so they do not always have to go to an
adult. The mediators follow a script; mediation is done confidentially. No one else
sees the papers or notes. The solution is a written agreement between the disputants.
The mediator follows through making sure the disputants keep the agreement. If they
don’t follow through or the situation worsens then it is handed over to the principal and
the solution is decided by an adult.
Fourth and fifth graders learn to do many of the tasks that professional journalists do.
Club members suggest and discuss ideas for stories, conduct interviews, learn the
fundamentals of good reporting and writing, draft and rewrite stories, meet deadlines,
take photographs, draw cartoons, review movies and video games, and help with
critiquing copy, editing stories and composing headlines.
The Jaguar Journal is a year long club and a year long commitment. There will be no
new sign-up for Jaguar Journal this year.
Recycling committee is a perfect model of our school value of respect for our
environment - caring for each other and our school! The recycling team meets every
Friday throughout the school year and collects and sorts all the recycling in the school
before delivering it to the recycling dumpster for collection. We currently have 40
students signed up for Recycling, and they meet in two groups on Mondays AND
Fridays. Signing up to this committee is a half-year commitment and recognized as an
important community service with small celebrations throughout the year and
recognition at Awards day at the end of the year.
There is no new sign-up for Spring session – existing members may join a second
club but will have to miss that second club when it falls on their recycling day.
Math Olympiad is great for students who love math and are looking for a challenge. .
Math Olympiad . is an international, competitive, math program designed to challenge
4th and 5th graders. Students solve fun, unique, and delightfully tough problems each
week!
This club is a year round club with 5 competitions during the school year.
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JANNEY CLUBS – SPRING SCHEDULE 2013
A-Day
B-Day
C-Day
D-Day
E-Day
F-Day
Non letter days
Favorite board
games
Imagination Club
Word Power
Drawing fun
Arabic Club
(1)
(1)
Paper Airplane
making
(K-1)
(K-1)
All About Italy Wednesday
(1)
Harry
Club
(K-1)
Potter
Math Masters
(3)
(2-3)
Recess
leaders
Paper, Plots
and Publishing
Quietly Creative
Math Masters
(2-3)
(1: 12:15-12:45)
(3-4)
Math Olympiad
(4-5)
(3-5)
Keyboarding
Skills
Baseball Spring
Training
(3-4)
(4-5)
Jaguar Journal
Peer
Mediators
Co-Ed
Basketball
Basketball
with Mr Jones
(4-5)
(4-5)
(2-3)
(K-1)
(4-5)
Gardening
Club
Recycling
MONDAY
FRIDAY
–
&
(2: 12:45-1:15)
(K-1)
Cup stacking
Gardening
Club
Compost
Crusaders
(2-3)
Mon-Fri 2-5
Jaguar
Journal
Garden Market
(3-5)
Discover
France, Italy &
Spain
(1-5)
Thursdays 4-5
(4-5)
(2-3)
Drawing club
(3-5)
Graphic Novel
Club
Chorus
Orff
(4&5)
(3-5)
Embassy
Adoption
Club
(4-5)
Sew Much Fun
Mondays 4-5
(5)
Chillax
(4-5)
Free
Children
the
Egg Drop
Mondays 5
(4-5)
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