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rjgreyabschools Blogs Eye on the Junior High February 13, 2025

February 13, 2025

Good afternoon, RJ Grey Families:

I hope you are doing well on this dreary day. In stark contrast to the dark conditions outside, our cafeteria was transformed overnight into a sunny, positive representation of our school community! In Advisory on Tuesday, each student added the name of someone in a buddy advisory to an individual paper heart. In some cases, a message or other note was added to the heart. Thanks to several of our teachers and some student volunteers, more than 800 paper hearts were hung up in the cafe yesterday afternoon. Today at breakfast and lunch, many students took the time to try and find the heart with their name on it. I haven't found my own heart yet, but I'll keep looking!

I think this project, new to us this year, is an important, visual way to acknowledge that seeing and hearing our own name matters. Several staff members, many with years of experience in school, excitedly told me at lunch duty that they found their name! These are people whose name gets used dozens of times a day! Knowing that someone took a minute or more to add their name to a heart means something. Knowing that you were "considered" means something. Our community means something.

At RJ Grey, we work every day to support our students and our staff. We are proud of our work to recognize and appreciate all of our students. Every student, from every community, from every religion, from every gender, and from every background is welcome here and we are a better place for it! It's nice to close out our week with a positive reminder about the importance of community.

Tomorrow is Blue and Gold Day! This tradition is another great opportunity for us to experience our community. We'll hold grade-level student assemblies that will feature our performing arts ensembles (band, chorus, orchestra) and will be led by our student council. A rousing game of musical chairs will be a highlight, I'm sure. If your child has some blue and gold gear to wear to school tomorrow, they will fit right in!

Now that our winter sports season has wrapped up, we can expect more predictable routines after school hours. As a reminder, students who stay for extra help or a club or activity are welcome to stay after school. Otherwise, students should be heading home after school. After vacation, we'll reiterate our expectations to students and remind them about our limited supervision after school hours.

I hope that you are able to enjoy some time with your families over the coming vacation week! My family will be staying close to home. We hope to remain healthy and avoid the viruses that have been affecting many of your families! I hope you have a healthy week, too!

Take care and I hope you have a nice week,

Jim

Posted by jmarcotte On 14 February, 2025 at 9:31 AM

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R.J. Grey Junior High School

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