J.R. Ingram Parent News

April 1~Optional Teacher Workday

April 2~Required Teacher Workday

April 5~5th Grade Track and Field Day to SLHS (select 5th graders)

April 8~Solar Eclipse

April 10: 3rd Quarter Report Card Day

April 12: PTO It's a Family Affair ~Family Dance Night

April 13: Spring Campus Spruce Up

April 15: SIT Meeting

April 19: 5th Grade Cap & Gown Picture day

April 23: 5:30-7:30 pm Kindergarten Kick Off for all entering K students to JRI

April 23-May 10: EOY Benchmarks (iReady & mClass)

April 25: 2nd Grade Field Trip

May 1-24: IOWA Testing~select 2nd graders

May 2-9: Teacher Appreciation Week

May 2: Because of Winn Dixie Family Movie Night

May 4: PTO Yard Sale

May 13: SIT meeting

May 13-24: EOG Testing Window (Grades 3-5)

May 14: Reading EOG

May 16: Math EOG

May 21: Science EOG & RTA

May 24: Last Day of School

Summer calendar:

June 3-10 ~Summer Achievement (Grades 3-5, 8:00-11:30)

June 11-28~RTA Summer Camp (Grades 2&3, 8:00-2:00pm) Hosted only at WBW & JGE

July 30-Aug 1 Summer Bridge to Kindergarten (K, 8-11)

On April 8, 2024 our area will experience a partial solar eclipse. In Sanford, the partial eclipse will begin at 1:57 pm and end at 4:28 pm. The maximum partial eclipse will be at 3:14 pm.

Watch this video to learn more about the upcoming solar eclipse.

Here are some bullet points worth sharing:

• It is never safe to look directly at the Sun.
• Regular sunglasses, swimming goggles, smartphones, cameras, and telescopes are NOT safe for looking directly at the Sun.
• The only glasses which are safe for using are those labeled as ISO 12312-2 certified.
  
• Looking at the sun, even briefly, can cause permanent damage to your retinas and even blindness.

They provide two suggestions for seeing the eclipse indirectly:

• Turning your back away from the sun and holding a colander so that the sun’s light shines through it on the ground or a wall where there will be many tiny images of the eclipsed sun in the colander’s shadow.
• Take two pieces of cardboard or thick paper. Cut out a square in the middle of one piece of cardboard, tape a sheet of aluminum foil over the hole, and put a small, neat pinhole in the foil. Then, stand with your back to the Sun and let the Sun’s light fall through the hole and onto the other sheet. (You could also use a cereal box.)

Resources:

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipse-snap/en/

https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-an-eclipse-grades-5-8/?utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2023/9/28/the-science-of-solar-eclipses-and-how-to-watch-with-nasa/?utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery

PTO will be selling parking spaces for $10 a space for you to rent to sale your items. Vendors will keep all profits from their sales.