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Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you were able to enjoy the Labor Day weekend with family and friends. Overall, we have had a great start to the school year. Students have transitioned well back to school after their summer break and the teachers are working hard to ensure that all students receive an A+ education each day. I appreciate all the support you provide to the staff by keeping your students focused on education. That makes a big difference in how the students relate to one another and to the Luther Jackson staff.
Back-to-School Night is scheduled for Wednesday, September 14th and the teachers look forward to meeting you and speaking about the wonderful activities they are doing this school year. For our BTSN event, we are offering an in-person event AND an asynchronous option that will be available on our website on that Wednesday, September 14. Parents/guardians will follow the traditional in-person model of attending a student’s schedule for all classes and asynchronous information will be available on our website.
Here is the 9/14 BTSN in – person schedule:
We hope everybody will have the opportunity to meet the student’s teachers either in person or asynchronous from the school’s website.
The selection process of Luther Jackson Middle School’s new principal is moving forward, and an announcement will be made when the nomination is finalized. There will be opportunities for staff and parents to meet the new principal after the announcement has been made.
Kiss and Ride
Please do not drop or pick up students not designated as Kiss and Ride locations (school front sidewalk). Luther Jackson is located in a metro area and the roads are busy. Having students cross Gallows Road and other streets surrounding the school is extremely dangerous and we want to keep our students safe. Thank you for your adherence to this policy.
Thank you again for your continued support and we will see you at Back-to-School Night on
September 14th.
August Frattali
Interim Principal
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology online application portal will open Monday, October 24th, at 4:00PM. Representatives from TJHSST will be giving an information presentation on Monday, October 3rd, at 2:30PM in the LJMS auditorium. The presentation is approximately 30 minutes with additional time for questions and answers. Both students and parents are invited to attend. No registration is necessary. Please note that students attending this information session will need to sign up for a second after school session if they are not leaving school with a parent after the presentation. Please contact Mr. Tickle at BRTickle@fcps.edu or 703 204 8124 for questions or for help with the application process. For more information, please go to the TJ Admissions webpage at https://www.fcps.edu/tjadmissions.
Please join us for a Superintendent Community Conversation at Luther Jackson MS on September 13th, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn more about Dr. Michelle Reid, FCPS superintendent, and help her get to know our school community. Language interpretation will be provided, as available, as well as child care and light refreshments. Please register to attend. [SPANISH - AMHARIC - ARABIC - CHINESE - KOREAN - URDU - VIETNAMESE]
All students will have to pay for breakfast and lunch this 22-23 school year unless they qualify for free and reduced meals.
Families will need to apply for free and reduced-price meals, which they have not had to do since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
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Online applications are now available.
- If you applied and were found eligible to receive FRM last school year, your eligibility will expire on Oct. 9, 2022. Please reapply for this school year!
- Approved FRM eligibility letters may also be used to provide additional benefits.
- Please know that we will not share your data or personal information with anyone else. See FCPS’ Trust Policy.
When applying for FRM, don't forget to complete the "Consent to Share"
The Consent to Share Information Letter informs parents that their children may be eligible to participate in several fee-based programs (art, music, Family & Consumer Sciences, etc.) at either no cost or a reduced cost, if they participate in the Free and Reduced-price meals program, and provide a consent to share information form.
Some students are directly certified (i.e. Medicaid recipients) as receiving Free and Reduced-Price Meals. Even though they do not need to submit a Free and Reduced-Price Meals application, they will need to submit the Consent to Share Information form to be eligible for additional benefits.
The FRM application also includes a section with the Consent to Share information for other programs. If section four of the application is completed, the Consent to Share Information form does not need to be filled out.
FCPS’ updated Student Rights & Responsibility booklet is now available online and in the ParentVue section of the Student Information System (SIS). The SR&R booklet explains expectations for student behavior, and adult responses to enhance school safety and to create a fair, equitable, and supportive school environment.
Each year, we ask parents to review, sign, and return the SR&R to their child’s school. In ParentVue, you may now download and digitally sign the SR&R. Every parent/guardian with a ParentVUE account will see the SR&R upon login to ParentVUE until the SR&R acknowledgement has been completed.
Once you log on, you will see the following message:
 Your name in the digital signature box must match the parent/guardian’s first and last name in SIS exactly before the signature will be accepted.
Please take a moment to log into ParentVue in your child’s SIS account to access the SR&R. Signatures are due by September 30, 2022.
Please contact us if you are having difficulty accessing the booklet.
Our first PTA meeting will be Wednesday, September 14 at 5:30pm in the LJMS auditorium. join us and beat the parking rush before other parents arrive for Back-to-School Night.
At Back-to-School Night we will be selling awesome black LJMS hoodies and car magnets. CASH OR CHECK ONLY accepted.
 Please join the PTA today! Did you know the LJ PTA does not do traditional fundraisers? Your membership dues and generous donations are what fund the support we give back to our fabulous school! You can join in person at back-to-school night or online at Luther Jackson Middle School PTA – Great expectations, infinite possibilities (jacksonmspta.org)
Did you know the PTA coordinates a food pantry at LJ? We are in need of volunteers to help with this meaningful and very robust effort that directly helps families at LJ. Please contact Jenna Von Elling at foodneeds@ljmspta.org for more information on areas where the most help is needed.
Thanks for your support and we're looking forward to a great school year!
Luther Jackson PTA
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