John F. Kennedy Middle School

821 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 253-1525

Picture Day

September 1 & 2, 2010

Wednesday, Sepetember 1 and Thursday, September 2 is picture day! Students will have pictures taken during PE class time by teacher.

Wednesday classes: Mr. Moustakas, Mrs. Jennings, Ms. Mercado, Ms. Karas

Thursday classes: Mr. Blair, Mr. Murray, Mr. Nakamura, Mr. Robinson

Order envelopes were sent home with your child last week. If your child forgets to turn in an order form at picture time you may order up to three (3) days after pictures are taken. If you want to order pictures after three days it's not too late!. You can still order, you'll need to pay for shipping and handling and the pictures will be mailed directly to your home.

You can also order on line. Click here to link to the Len Conrad School Photography Site. The online access code is: hsmsba.

School Site Council

Are you interested in helping shape policy at Kennedy? Do enjoy interacting with other parents, teachers, staff and students?

Consider joining the School Site Council. You get the inside scoop on what goes on at the school. All we ask is a two-year commitment, and one hour of your time on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Send an email to wolf_patti@cusdk8.org, if you are interested or need more information. hedule.

Magazine Drive School-wide Fundraiser

ATTENTION PARENTS! Don’t forget that the Magazine Drive beginning on August 27 is the major fund-raising event and source of revenue for the JFK Student Body. Please wait to buy new orders, renewals, or gift subscriptions from our students. You can order directly from QSP by clicking below. Enter our school code: 425002160. Thank you for supporting our school!

August News & Views

This issue of our monthly newsletter contains back to school information!

The next issue of the News and Views comes out at the end of September.

The 2010-2011 PTA Reflections Theme is

"Together we can...."

Create and submit an original piece of artwork in one of six arts areas:

(1) Music Compositon (2) Dance Choreography (3) Film Production (4) Literature (5) Visual Arts (6) Photography

For more information about the Reflections Program, contact Emilie Ho emilieho@yahoo.com

Reflections forms are available in the school office. Click here to view the PTA Reflections flyer. Entries are due by October 15, 2010.

Cupertino-Fremont-Sunnyvale Council of PTA has donated a book, "California 24/7" to Kennedy in honor of Melissa, Sneha, Anushka, and Kartik for their achievement in the Reflections Competition 2009 - 2010.

The book will be placed in the library.

CEEF Survey

(Cupertino Education Endowment Fund)

CEEF's goals for this school year are to raise community awareness of CEEF programs and opportunities, showcase exceptional technology-integrated projects at individual schools sites, and to increase community participation in educational activities.

Click here to view the December newsletter.

Parents: Stay Connected & Informed

Monitor your child's progress...

All CUSD middle schools are using Pinnacle, an internet based grade book program. Pinnacle includes a parent interface called Pinnacle Internet View (PIV) allowing you to monitor your child's grades

and attendance.

Pinnacle is currently not up and running for the new school year. Letters about Pinnacle, including passwords, will be mailed home in early October. All parents will receive a new password this year.

How do I sign up for the “e”News & Views ?
Get the monthly News & Views delivered directly to your email inbox. Simply go to the News & Views page and then click on “subscribe”. You have the option of receiving the News & Views at up to four different email addresses.

How do I monitor my child’s progress?
All of the district middle schools will be using Pinnacle, a new grade book program. Pinnacle also includes a parent interface,

Pinnacle Internet Viewer (PIV) that allows you to monitor your child’s grades and attendance. Unlike the previous system, Parent Connect, you will not have to come to the office to register. Letters are going home in the mail on October 3 with your password and login instructions. You can navigate to our school PIV site at https://cusd.gradebook.net/pinnacle/piv. We have found that the Firefox browser works best with Pinnacle.

PIV Problems?

Pinnacle works best with the Internet Broweser Mozilla Firefox.

Free Firefox download at:http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/