Friday at Five
August 22, 2025
Last Minute Volunteer Opportunity for tomorrow, Saturday, August 23 from 9 am – noon:
We will have volunteers here weeding the two courtyards on the 7th & 8th grade halls. If you and/or your student wants to volunteer, please show up. If you have gloves and weeding tools, please bring them! Come for the whole time or just a portion! Thank you for your help!
Georgia Milestone Scores are now in CTLS! I have attached directions to this message with screenshots for you to find your child’s assessment scores.
Monday, September 1 is a holiday. No school for students in celebration of Labor Day!
Fall Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26. Order forms have been sent home with your student, but for those who wish to order online using a debit or credit card, click our school’s prepay link below to order:
1. Online Prepay Purchase / Credit Cards: https://bpiphotography.net/view-order-photos/
2. Cash or Check (with an order form, collected by a BPI photographer)
a. ONLY accepted on Picture Day
b. Cash - Exact Change only
c. Checks made payable to: BPI Photography
Pre-Orders are available through picture day, and those packages will deliver back to the school for your child to bring home. You CAN still order pictures after picture day all-year long, but post-picture day orders ship directly home, so there will be a residential shipping charge. BPI guarantees 100% satisfaction. If you are unsatisfied, upon return of your original package, you may receive a full refund. You may also have your student retake their picture on makeup day and BPI will reorder that package for you.
Visit our photographer's website at www.bpiphotography.net or call (866) 363-6936 with questions. As always, thank you for your continued support!
We will have a block schedule (longer classes, but fewer classes) next Wednesday, Aug. 27 & Thursday, Aug. 28 so that students can take their math and reading Beacon inventories. Students take these three times a year, and the data used from these assessments help guide teachers’ instruction throughout the year. Please be sure your student is at school these days.
The Daniell Color Battle is next Friday, August 29! Thank you for your patience as I send a nightly email with the night’s challenges during this two weeks of fundraising! I promise, I will go back to just a weekly Friday email after Aug. 29!
If your child is participating in the Color Battle, here are some tips for you:
• Your child will be covered in colored corn starch when the day is over!
• Students should wear old shoes and socks, and shorts/pants they don’t mind getting dirty. The color washes out, but take it from experience, white clothes just aren’t the same afterwards! Even undergarments can get stained.
• Participating students will be provided a Color Battle t shirt, and they can change into it before the battle.
• Students are allowed to wear a head covering if they want to protect their hair during the battle. (Be aware that the head covering will get color on it.) In the past, we have seen hats, shower caps, bonnets, durags, and bandanas. Even the staff members participating wear these!
• If your child is a car rider that afternoon, you probably want to bring a towel (or two) for your child to sit on, so the inside of your car doesn’t get color powder in it.
• We use leaf blowers at the end of the color battle to blow off as much of the loose color powder as we can, but your child is likely to still be covered when they come home.
• Students end the day with the Color Battle and will not reenter the school afterwards. They are dismissed from the field. This helps our custodial crew with the clean-up. A water station will be outside for students who need it.
• If you need to check out your student that afternoon, please check him/her out before 2 pm. Once the color battle begins, it is very hard to find students! They are not with a group, and they are all covered in powder!
If you are interested in volunteering during the Color Battle, use this link to sign up!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4BA5AA2FA7FF2-57937812-apex
Sign up for Parent Vue! If you have not signed up or need help accessing your PVUE account, please contact the front office so we can help you! PVUE is used to check student grades, attendance, and sign permission forms. Call us at 678-594-8048 or email Caroline.Braun@cobbk12.org for assistance.
Daniell Middle School Intramurals Are Back!
Start Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Get ready to move, play, and grow! Our Intramural Program offers a fun and safe space for students to enjoy physical activity, learn new sports, and build teamwork and sportsmanship.
Weekly Schedule
• Mondays – 8th Grade
• Tuesdays – 7th Grade
• Thursdays – 6th Grade
• Friday – All Grades
Arrival & Participation Info
• Students must arrive by 8:15 AM
• Doors close at 8:20 AM
• Enter through the theater doors
• Athletic shoes are required to participate
Whether you're a seasoned athlete or just want to have fun and stay active, intramurals are for you!
Questions?
Reach out to Coach Lee at amber.lee@cobbk12.org
Parents, please follow the Junior Jackets PTSA Facebook group for school event and volunteer information throughout the year. The name of the group is Junior Jackets PTSA.
Parents, please be very careful driving through the Daniell parking lot. Students and staff members are coming and going from all directions throughout the day for various reasons. Check your mirrors before pulling out, backing up, or going around anyone. We want to keep our students and staff members safe!
The Cognia Student, Parent, and Staff Surveys are designed to collect data on student academic learning and wellness during the current school year. Participation in each survey is anonymous and voluntary, and participation is highly encouraged. The survey results will provide the Cognia Accrediting Agency, Cobb County School District, and local schools with data regarding student learning environment, staff input, and parent feedback to support continuous learning. If you prefer that your student opt out of the survey, please email Nicholas.Waltz@cobbk12.org by Friday, August 22. The parent link is below and is also posted on our website. Please help us reach our participation goal by taking the survey by Friday, October 17. Thank you for your participation!
https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/285448/p913
New for the 2025-2026 School Year: Current and past Daniell students are familiar with the Daniell Olympics that we have every May. The students participate through their Homeroom classes, and believe me, things get pretty competitive around here!
To extend the fun, school pride, and the student rewards throughout the year, we have added in an Olympic Day for Quarters 1, 2, & 3 this year! Homerooms will participate and earn points for various activities. Points will be cumulative throughout the year, and the final Olympic Medals will be awarded to leading homerooms after the Q4 Olympics in May.
To be eligible to participate or watch the Olympic activities, students must meet certain behavior criteria which resets each quarter:
1. Three or fewer days of ISS
2. Zero days of OSS
Because the first quarter is already underway, behavior criteria will begin Monday, August 25. During quarters 2 – 4, the behavior criteria will begin the first day of the quarter. The Olympics will take place during connections classes. During the Olympics, points will be earned for homerooms based on “Minute to Win It” or relay-type games. Points may also be earned for homerooms with perfect attendance, the number of students earning all As and Bs, or all As, and for growth shown on the Math and Reading Beacon inventories.
We are excited to offer this to our students this year and hope that you will encourage your child to participate by coming to school every day, following behavior expectations, and earning good grades!
Testimonial Tuesdays: Share your good story about Daniell and our teachers for a chance to be featured on our social media accounts! We'd love to "swarm" our posts with all the great things happening here at Daniell!
Use this link to submit your positive stories: https://forms.office.com/r/nXpewZ93m5
Looking for something to do with the family September 6? Bring the Whole Family and join Agape Church on Saturday, September 6 from 11 am to 2 pm.
J.J. Daniell Middle School Parking Lot
Have a hot dog, play or watch soccer, simple carnival games (no prizes)
11 am to noon kids age 5-9 soccer
noon to 1 pm kids age 10- 12 soccer
1 pm to 2 pm age 13 and up soccer
See below for information regarding Sprayberry Jr Jackets Baseball Tryout/Workout
Hey 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders!
Get ready for an exciting opportunity to be a part of something big! Coach Kelvin Jimenez, Rafael Almonte and the Sprayberry Varsity Baseball Staff are thrilled to announce the creation of a brand-new middle school baseball team this fall! This team will be an essential feeder for the Sprayberry High School Baseball Program, giving you the opportunity to make a strong impression and start building team chemistry with players and high school staff.
Do not worry—being on this team will not interfere with any current or future Travel Baseball/Rec Baseball commitments. You will be competing against other middle schools across Paulding, Cherokee, and Fulton Counties.
Want to be part of this exciting journey? We are looking to have a few workouts during the last week of August and beginning of September. We are aiming to have our official tryouts in September.
Sign up for more information in the link below. (Copy and paste it if needed)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040A4DABAA2BA64-56902536-thefuture
For more details, email us at sprayberryjrjacketsbaseball@yahoo.com. We cannot wait to see you on the field!
Thank You Coach K
Have a great weekend!
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