School Information
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
3805 Winston Drive
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
Absence: 847-963-5401
Office: 847-963-5400
Office Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Principal: Larry Sasso
Asst. Principal: Jennifer Riehman
Thanks for Visiting the TJ PTA Website!
It's your home for all of the events and activities for both TJ's School and PTA.
Check it out and let us know if you have any suggestions - we'd love to hear from you at TJjaguarsPTA@gmail.com.
T.J.'s Mission:
Our population of approximately 460 encompasses students of many diverse backgrounds and cultures in kindergarten through sixth grade. We strive to provide the kind of individual attention that encourages students both academically and socially and makes our large school seem like a smaller, more personal one. Thomas Jefferson's mission is to empower our students to be self-motivated, world-class learners who demonstrate respect, responsibility, and commitment to academic excellence. Our motto is One Terrific Journey, and staff, parents, and community supporters are all dedicated to making each child's journey at Thomas Jefferson truly terrific!
Mark Your Calendars!
2018/2019
PTA Meeting
Dates
*All meetings start at 7:15pm in the LRC
on the following Tuesdays.
August 21
September 11
October 16
November 13
January 8
February 12
March 12
April 9
May 14
All parents are welcome, so we hope you will
join us!
2018-2019 School Hours
Monday - Thursday
1st-6th Grades: 7:50am-2:30pm
AM Kdg: 7:50am-10:25am
PM Kdg: 11:55am-2:30pm
Lunch: 11:25am-12:25pm
Friday Early Release
1st-6th Grades: 7:50am-1:40pm
AM Kdg: 7:50am-10:00am
PM Kdg: 11:30am-1:40pm
Lunch: 11:25am-12:25pm
TJ eMinder for the Week of December 2nd, 2018
This Week
Tuesday, December 4th 7pm – Beginning Band Concert at Paddock Elementary (225 W Washington St, Palatine, IL 60067)
Friday, December 7th 6:15 – 8:30 pm – Kid’s Night Out Movie Night – Movie Night is back at TJ! Drop your TJ Students off to watch INCREDIBLES 2 with their friends and enjoy some time off! Kids can bring blankets to sit on! Popcorn and water will be provided. Don’t forget to send in permissions slips. Walk-ins are welcome too!
Movie Night Volunteers! - We are also in need of volunteers to help with this fun evening. Please consider signing up to help - CLICK HERE **Note: Does your student have siblings who want to attend? Volunteers are welcome to bring siblings too so volunteering is a great opportunity to share the fun!** Questions? Please contact Sandy Cicinelli (scicinelli@yahoo.com)
Publishing House - It’s time for Thomas Jefferson’s Publishing House to help make your child a published author!! This is a fun opportunity for your child to write and illustrate an original story or poem, then we will bind it into a fabric cover and deliver it to your classroom! Packets are in the wet area of your child’s classroom. Check out the flyer here or print additional blank pages here. Questions? Please contact Heather Helmers (heatherhelmers@gmail.com)
Looking Ahead
December 11th – TJ PTA Holiday Social – First Place Sports 7:00 – 9:00 pm – Appetizers will be provided. Cash bar available. RSVP Here - http://evite.me/XknCWS4ukj
December 11th, 13th and 14th – TJ Holiday Shop – The Holiday Shop is returning to TJ. Look for more information to come home soon about your children’s shopping opportunities. Please consider signing up to help! Volunteers are needed to set up (in the evening!) and to help run the shop while open during the day. Click here for more information
December 12th – School Assembly on Diversity presented by Culture Shock Chicago.
January 18th 7pm – TJ Night at the Windy City Bulls – Mark your calendars! TJ families are invited to join us for a fun evening at the Windy City Bulls game at the Sears Centre. All students who attend will be invited to join the Windy City Bulls Scream Team to pump up the crowd in the fourth quarter! Look for more information soon on how to buy discounted tickets!
Teacher and Staff Favorite Things!
Is there a TJ teacher or staff member you’d like to know more about? Maybe their favorite restaurant or if they have needs for their classroom at school? Each year the PTA request teachers complete a “favorite things” list. This year we’ve taken it digital and asked all staff to complete the questionnaire. Check out their responses here - http://www.tjpta.org/eMinder/TJ_Favorite_Things.pdf
Our Weekly High 5 – You did it, we appreciate it!
This week we'd like to give a high 5 to Heather Ji, Rachel Bormet and Amy Etnyre for organizing our Scholastic Fall Book Fair. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered during the book fair and all the families who purchased items. It was a very successful event that will provide essential funds to the LRC and school to purchase new books and supplies for TJ!
Also thanks to the success of our Fall Fundraiser, the PTA voted at our November meeting to use the funds the PTA budgeted to take from the book fair, to purchase books for our classrooms instead. As a result, the PTA was able to purchase 74 books from the Teacher Wish List baskets for our TJ classrooms. We hope that our students and teachers enjoy these new additions to their classroom libraries.
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