School newsletter

A word from the nurse…
School Activities…
I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about a new February 1 .Southern Area Spelling Bee at 5:30 at Jeff health center here in Dubuque. Crescent Community February 5 .BBB Jeff Red vs Mazz Blue 7J/8M at 4:00 Health Center opened on October 25, 2006 and is .8th Grade Open House at Hempstead at 7:00
located at 1789 Elm Street, suite A. To schedule an February 6 .BBB Jeff Gold vs W Dub Red 7WD/8J at 3:45 . Doreen’s Jazz at 1:45 p.m. in Jefferson’s Auditorium February 7 .Early Dismissal
Services provided…
February 9 .School Dance 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Medical health care - They are accepting appointments
February 12 .BBB Jeff Red vs Wash Blue 7W/8J at 4:00 for all ages, children through adults. Well-child visits, February 14 .BBB Jeff Gold vs Mazz Blue 7M/8J at 4:00 immunizations, physicals, ADHD medication February 19 .No School – Teacher in-service day
management, acute illnesses, diabetes, blood pressure, mole and skin lesion removal, suturing, and wart removal are a few of the services which will be February 20 .BBB Jeff Gold vs Wash White 7J/8W at 4:00 February 21 .BBB Jeff Red vs Mazz Gold 7J/8M at 4:00 provided. Labs (bloodwork) can be drawn on site. They February 22 .BBB Jeff Gold vs W Dub Black 7J/8WD at 3:45 can also do rapid strep tests, pregnancy urine tests, stool February 24 .DCSD String Festival at Roosevelt tests, INR if on coumadin, hemoglobin testing and February 26 .Open Gym 7-9:15 p.m. at Jefferson February 27 .BBB Jeff Red vs Roose Purple 7R/8J at 4:00 February 28 .BBB Jeff Gold vs Roose Black 7R/8J at 4:00 Dental health care…
They are accepting appointments for all ages, children Directions to Western Dubuque basketball games…Games are played at the Farley Middle School. Take Farley Exit 300. Turn right onto through adults. Services include preventative care, 1st Street. Follow 1st Street through the business district. routine cleanings, cavity repair, tooth extractions, Immediately after crossing the RR tracks, turn right onto 3rd Avenue restorative services, pain relief, dentures and denture During the week of February 5th and February 12th the “B”
A $25.00 co-pay is collected when the patient registers. teams will be playing their basketball games first.
(This charge may be waived in some circumstances.) A sliding scale fee based on income is charged for the medical and dental care provided. You will need to take Special Notes…
your work pay stubs with you to the appointment. They Congratulations to Mike Taylor of House 7-1. Mike is do have a billing specialist who will assist you with a the Jefferson winner of the 2006 National Geographic payment plan and help with community resource geography bee. Mike will now take another test to see if services. They accept all insurance, including HAWK-I and Title 19, and will also see patients with no health Harlem Swish (Comedy Basketball Team) performed at Dubuque Senior High School Nora Gymnasium on This is a wonderful agency designed to help serve January 27, 2007. The message given was, “Listen to Open Houses for 8th grade students…
Senior High School’s Open House was on Monday, Students attending 9th grade at the Hempstead High School in the Fall of 2007 should come to the Open House at Hempstead on Monday, February 5th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the gym. A tour will follow.
Continued Special Notes…
Pictured below are Gary Olsen and Jefferson Middle The 2nd annual Dubuque Middle Schools Battle of the School students, who are participating in the “Stories Books is rapidly approaching. Each middle school will from the Hill”. “Stories from the Hill” consists of a be represented in the finals by 1 team of 5 students from group of talented Jefferson students, who have produced each grade level. Students have been reading the their own podcast show on the Dubuque Community selected books since September and are now finalizing their teams. The Jefferson grade level battles to determine our representatives will be held the week of February 5-9 in the Jefferson LRC. The final battle will be held at Keystone AEA on Friday, February 16, 2007 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Student representatives will receive a Battle of the Book t-shirt and lunch (funded through a grant received from the Diamond Jo Casino). A plaque identifying the grade level winners is also on Congratulations to Taylor Riedl and Savannah Gabel! These two students will be participating in the Telegraph Herald Southern Area Spelling Bee on Thursday, February 1st at 5:30 p.m. in the Duane T. Frick Special thanks to John Deere for donating many Auditorium. The back up is Matt Ricketts. Good luck computers to our computer lab. It is greatly appreciated. Ten Jefferson Middle School students participated in Congratulations to the following students who filming a session of “Kids in the Kitchen”, a Dubuque completed the Pacer 100 in the Wellness Department. Community School District media program. The filming 8th Grade…Evan Behnke, Kevin Brimeyer, Mitchell took place at the Hy-Vee store in Asbury. The episode Brimeyer, Cory Crawford, Joe Cruz, Albert Dolan, Brad will be featured on Mediacoms channel 19 in March. Duwe, Sean Fitzgerald, Nick Hammel, Brandon Hefel, “Kids in the Kitchen” members include Brandon Lauren Kelleher, Derrick Kramer, Jason Lewis, Chance Feldman, Austin Oberbroeckling, Megan Kunnert, Kayla Morgan, John Oglesby, Tyler Oswald, Nicole Reding, McLaughlin, Caitlyn Dix, Shane Sullivan, Anthony Taylor Riedl, Tyler Roddick, Tyler Runde, Megan Wince, Telisha Thomas, Amanda Sarazin and Cody Schick, Cole Schlitzer, Andrew Schmitt, Kelsey Streif, Connor Vigen, William Wesley. 7th Grade…Dylan Doerges, Ben Goerdt, Joe Jellison, T.J. Johnson, Liza Thomas Jefferson Middle School presents “The King Kramer, T.J. Lewis, Trenton Miller, Travis Napoleon, and I”. Shows will be on Friday, March 23rd and Vashawn Reeves, Joe Sanders, Luke Sanders, Laura Saturday, March 24th at 7:00 p.m. with the Jazz Band Stenzel, Brady Williams. 6th Grade…Chad Fitzgerald, playing at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 and will be going Zach Freund, Kieffer Helbing, Freddrick Woods. Board of Directors for the DCSD voted to add an early Talent and Gifted Programs…
dismissal day on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. This date February 5 .8th Grade Honors LA Field Trip was added so all secondary teachers could attend a February 15 .Creative Comm. Essay Contest Deadline February 22 .Invention Convention at Table Mound Every Tuesday.Chess Club 2:30 -3:30 in Cafeteria Every Wednesday.Junior Optimist 8th period in Cafeteria Important Phone Numbers…
Swiss Valley. Bring them to school and earn 552-4701 .Jefferson Fax 552-4702 .Jefferson Attendance

Source: http://www.jefferson.dubuque.k12.ia.us/Newsletter/Feb07.pdf