Dear Families,
I hope this message finds you well. With many activities taking place this week and next week, I wanted to send out my newsletter on Wednesday this week. Thank you to all of our staff members who are working so hard to make these events happen. Enjoy the rest of the week.
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Our Drakes’ Middle School Football team will have a home game this evening at 6:30 PM under the lights. Come on out and support our Drakes.
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Tomorrow evening, we will induct 26 new members into Jenkintown’s Chapter of the World Language Honors Society. Thank you to the students for their hard work and commitment to world language study. Thank you to Mrs. Thatcher, Ms. Lamplugh, Ms.Nitkiewicz and Mr. Oliver for their efforts in preparing our students.
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Our Drakes’ Varsity Football team will take on Bristol on Friday night at 7:00 PM at Jenkintown Stadium. Come on out and enjoy a night of football! The snack shack will be open for purchases!
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Our Homecoming Pep Rally will be on Thursday, October 24, at 5:00 PM at the Stadium. We will have competitions featuring our students and staff, introductions of our Varsity teams, and the introduction of our Homecoming court. It is sure to be a fun evening filled with school spirit.
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Homecoming 2024 will take place on Friday, October 25. There will be an alumni reception with food beginning at 5:30 PM on the elementary field. At 5:00 PM six former Jenkintown graduates will be inducted into the newly formed Jenkintown Middle/High School Hall of Fame. At 6:30 PM, these inductees will be introduced at the stadium prior to the beginning of the Homecoming game. At 7:00 PM the Drakes will take on Renaissance Academy in the Homecoming Game with our special Homecoming halftime festivities. It is sure to be a terrific evening!
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The senior class store will close this Sunday. Please use this link to purchase clothing in support of the Class of 2025. online store
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As a long standing and very important educational experience, Jenkintown Middle/High School will welcome both the Republican, Mr. David Winkler, and Democratic, Ms. Madeleine Dean, candidates for two assemblies on October 21 and 23. The assemblies will be student run assemblies by members of our government and economics classes. It is so important that we continue to foster a spirit of political engagement in young people today. Thank you to Mr. Cunningham and the Social Studies Department for organizing these events.
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We will also welcome Mr. Mickey Rowe to Jenkintown Middle/High School on October 29. We are excited that Mr. Rowe will speak to students in grades 5-12. Here is information pertaining to Mr. Rowe’s background and his triumphant message about overcoming obstacles and appreciating everyone’s strengths.
(As an autistic and legally blind person, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not despite, his autism.
He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, and founded the National Disability Theatre.
Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph.
Mickey inspires all people—autistic and non-autistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths.
Mickey has been featured in the New York Times, the TODAY show, PBS, Vogue, Playbill, NPR, CNN, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Forbes, and Smarter in Seconds. He is the author of, “Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage.”
He has been a keynote speaker at organizations such as the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center, Yale University, Columbia University, Disability Rights Washington, The Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and more)
Jenkintown Color Run!
Our Jenkintown Color Run fundraiser will be kicking off in just a few weeks! We are on a quest to raise $10,000 for our Jenkintown Band and Choir Trip in the Spring.
Join us for 2 weeks of fundraising and fun! The Color Run campaign, powered by Booster, promotes fitness and teamwork, while also helping our school raise some much-needed funds!
Mark your calendar:
● SIGN UP OPENS – 10/16
This creates a personalized donation page that you can share with friends & family to maximize your fundraising efforts!
● Kick Off Day – 10/30
Students will learn about their fundraiser & various prizes, nightly challenges, AND sweepstake prizes they can earn throughout. Students can earn sweepstakes entries by getting signed up, sharing, and donating on MYBOOSTER.COM. Please Note: students MUST be signed up by an adult to be eligible for sweepstakes prizes!
● Event Day – 11/8
Let’s celebrate our success with a Color Run!
