Backyard Bonfire

Are you thinking about sending your child to the Jenks Academy and wish to learn more?

Join us in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday, November 16 from 6:30-8:00pm for an evening around the fire with Principal Corinne Scioli and a few members of the Friends of Jenks (FOJ) and the Jenks Home and School Association (HSA).

This event is meant for prospective families and guardians who are considering Jenks for their child and is in lieu of our regular joint FOJ + HSA monthly meeting.

Light refreshments will be served.

The Backyard Bonfire will be held outdoors at the home of Jenks parents in Chestnut Hill. The address (which is located within walking distance to Jenks) will be provided to those who register closer to the date.

Please note that this event is for fully-vaccinated adults only (masks are optional outdoors).

Infants under twelve months old are welcome.

If you have any questions or require more info, please contact info@friendsofjsjenks.org.

Congrats, Class of 2021!

On June 9th, 2021 Jenks faculty, staff, students, and their families gathered together in person to celebrate the Class of 2021 at the 8th Grade Closing Ceremonies. This event was held outside in the school yard and thankfully the weather cooperated! After a challenging virtual school year the graduating class and their teachers were able to gather together, safely distanced, to celebrate their achievements.

The event began with a welcome from Principal Mary Lynskey before Jadyn Dutton, Class of 2021 Valedictorian, took the podium. After a few poignant words and the presentation of awards (recipients listed below) there was a tribute to parents and the presentation of certificates by teachers Mr. Jim Hilburt and Ms. Stephanie DeMaio.

Principal Lynskey then gave an emotional closing - her last after her 14 years at the Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences - as she retires this July.

Congratulations, Class of 2021! We are very proud of you and wish you all the very best!

• 2021 Valedictorian: Jadyn Dutton

• Reading: Naleyah Williams

• Writing: Eleanor Palmer

• Math: Shawn Howard

• Science: Anaya Boston

• Social Studies: Jadyn Dutton

• Technology/Computers: Jessiah Thorne

• Art: Clarissa Lanzas

• Music: Kenneth Felton

• Physical Education: Kelvin Stichel

• Louis Giorno award: Jessiah Thorne

The Louis Giorno award is given to the 8th grader that best represents his motto: "Always do your best, but make your best, better than the rest." Mr. Giorno was a school teacher and Dean of Students for over 35 years in the Philadelphia Schools, with most of those years at the Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences.

Call for Board Nominations!

The Friends of Jenks is seeking nominations for two Board positions and general membership for the 2021-22 school year. Nominations for the 2021-2022 Board are now open!

Please fill out this form to nominate yourself or someone else.

NOMINATIONS OPEN
April 21st - May 20th

BOARD MEETING + MEET THE NOMINEES
May 20th (Zoom details TBD)

VOTING OPEN
May 21-May 27

SPECIAL MEETING + ELECTION RESULTS
May 27 (Zoom details TBD)

VICE-PRESIDENT

• Stay abreast of all current Friends of J.S. Jenks business and substitute for the President as needed.

• Work in conjunction with the President based on need and on mutually agreed on division of duties.

• Step in as acting President until an election to replace an evicted or outgoing President is held.

TREASURER

• Sets and enforces the budget.

• Provides proposed budget in late April or May for the following year, to be approved by Friends of J.S. Jenks membership.

• Establish accounting controls.

• Cash flow management

• Prepare the Annual Report:

Within one hundred twenty (120) days of the close of the fiscal year of this corporation, the Treasurer shall present annually to the Board of Directors of the Friends of J.S. Jenks a report, showing in appropriate detail the following, which shall then be filed with the minutes of the meeting of the Board:
       
a. The assets and liabilities, including the trust funds of the Friends of J.S. Jenks as of the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the report.
 
b. The principal changes in assets and liabilities, including trust funds, during the year immediately preceding the date of the report.
 
c. The revenue of receipts of the Friends of J.S. Jenks, both unrestricted and restricted, to particular purposes of the year immediately preceding the date of the report, including separate data with respect to each trust fund held by or for the corporation.
 
d. The expenses or disbursements of the Friends of J.S. Jenks, for both general and restricted purposes, during the year immediately preceding the date of the report, including separate data with respect to each trust fund held by or for the Friends of J.S. Jenks.
 
e. Concurrently with the presentation of the report to the Board of Directors of this Friends of J.S. Jenks, a copy of the report shall be available for inspection by the general public upon request.