DON JUAN AVILA MIDDLE SCHOOL
DJAMS NEWS
Principal: Chris Carter
November 13, 2008
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ANNUAL DJAMS TURKEY TROT FUNDRAISER IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19!
This event raises $$$$$ for our awesome DJAMS P.E. Department, promotes fitness, and it’s something fun and different for the kids! All DJAMS’ students will have an opportunity to enter the race. A $5 entry fee is required and commemorative t-shirts are $20. Entry forms are available from all P.E. teachers. Thank you for your support.
The course goes off campus and we need volunteers to help run the event safely and make sure it’s fun, too! The event will run during 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th period P.E. classes. We will need 13 volunteers to work the off-campus course each shift. 2 volunteer shifts: The a.m. shift covers 1st, 2nd & 3rd periods (9:15 a.m – 12:30 p.m.). The p.m. shift covers 5th & 6th period (1:15 p.m.- 3:25 p.m.). Please sign up for the whole shift if possible. Please sign up NO LATER than Monday, November 17. Interested? Want to sign up? Want to know more? Please contact: Heidi at: s.reiser@cox.net
COSMO’S RESTAURANT NIGHT
Next Tuesday is pasta night! Join the DJAMS’ family at Cosmo’s next Tuesday, November 18, 4:00 – 9:00 p.m., for dinner and 15% of your dine-in or take-out order will be donated to DJAMS PTSA! Print a flyer off of either Edline or djamsptsa.org and give it to your server. Thanks for your support!
THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE UPDATE
We are having a great turnout on our Thanksgiving Food Drive thus far! PAL will continue to collect nonperishable food items from homerooms through Thursday, November 20. Thank you for your support and helping families in need over the holidays.
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HOMEWORK CLUB
Does your child need a quiet place to study and receive homework assistance? If so, please have your child attend DJAMS’ Homework Club. Students may attend on a drop-in basis 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. with the following teachers and locations: Mondays, Mr. Dwyer, Room 804 and Mr. Howit, Room 909; Tuesdays, Ms. Squires, Room 801 and Mr. Dwyer, Room 804; Wednesdays, Mrs. Berndt, Room 608 and Ms. Squires, Room 801; and Fridays, Mr. Howit, Room 909 and Ms. Berndt, Room 608.
NEXT WEIGHT TRAINING CLASS OFFERED IN DECEMBER
Mr. Binley is looking for students to join his weight training class December 1. Classes will be held from 3:40 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, in our DJAMS Weight Room. The cost is $85. This class is designed for all 7th and 8th graders interested in beginning weight training. To register for this class or other classes offered through Capistrano Community Education, please log on to www.capousd.org/adult or call 489-7202. Feel free to contact Mr. Binley if you have any questions regarding the class.
DATES TO REMEMBER
November 13 PTSA Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Library
November 18 PTSA Restaurant Night at Cosmo’s
November 19 Turkey Trot Fundraiser (During P.E. Classes)
November 24-28 Thanksgiving Recess – No School
December 22-Jan. 2 Winter Recess – No School
January 8 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
January 19 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Legal Holiday
February 13 Lincoln Day, Legal Holiday
February 16 Washington Day, Legal Holiday
February 16 SRLA Team Runs the L.A. Marathon
March 12 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
April 6-10 Spring Recess – No School
May 14 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
May 20 Open House, 6:30 p.m.
May 25 Memorial Day, Legal Holiday
June 18 Last Day of School
