JCMS Update

For the safety of our students, we use the following procedure for student early dismissal.

The person picking up the child must:

• have a valid picture ID. We enforce this.
• be listed in Infinite Campus or be a person authorized by the parent to pick up. (See form link below)
• be over 18 years of age.

Students need to turn in an absence note for early checkouts as well as all day absences.

Parents may use the link below to add people to their child's pick up list. The email used on the form must be the email for the parent listed in Infinite Campus.

Student Release Authorization

Please contact Cassandra Cowan if you have questions.

The National Weather Service predicts a heat wave this week. Activities outdoors may be limited due to the excessive heat index. The air conditioning is working in the building at this current time, so the heat should not impact indoor activities.

Please take this time to view the JCMS Dress Code. Students out of dress code will be given a negative focus tap in eOS and/or be asked to call home for other clothing. Two negative focus taps for dress code earns a one hour detention. Dress code has been reviewed each day with the students.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Deadline to apply for Thanksgiving assistance is September 15th. Please contact Emily Thomas at 859-381-3046 for more information.

Parents - We know students are not great about telling you dates/times of events at school, and we want to help you out!

Each day at Jessie Clark, we show the morning news - the morning news is where students find out about lunch, sports tryouts, club meeting times and other important information. This news show is uploaded to YouTube everyday - so if you want to know what's going on at JCMS - it's a great place to get information. If you subscribe to the channel, you'll get notified each day of that day's morning news.

Link to JCMS Morning News Youtube Channel - CLICK HERE

OR - you can search on YouTube: WJCE-The Eagles' Nest

Athletics Updates:

• Congratulations to the girls and boys cross country team on a great week. On Wednesday the boys and girls XC team finished first in the Frankfort Invitational. On Saturday both the boys and girls XC teams placed first in the Panda Classic in Covington.

• Per FCPS: The heat index could affect start times of MS football games this week (Thursday). Additional guidance for football game times and outdoor practices will be provided as soon as possible.

• Wellness classes are no longer using the locker rooms. JCMS student athletes may drop off their equipment from 8:40 - 9:00am. The locker rooms will be locked until the 3:55pm bell. ALL student athletes need to lock up their belongings in the lockers. If a student needs a lock, please ask Mrs. Riggs or Coach Ford. The locker rooms are for ALL student athletes. Please be respectful of all teams and coaches in our building.

Monday:

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Practice (4:29-6:31pm) field

Cheer Practice (4:30 - 6:00pm) cafe

Girls Basketball Home Game vs Bryan Station (B Game 5:30pm, A Game 6:30pm) gym

Tuesday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track
Football Practice (4:29-6:31pm) field

Wednesday:

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Practice (4:29 - 6:31pm) field

Cheer Practice (4:30 - 6:00pm) cafe

Girls Basketball Away Game vs Crawford (B Game 5:30pm, A Game 6:30pm) Crawford

Thursday:

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Football Home Game vs Bryan Station (A Game 6:00pm, B Game 7:00pm) JCMS field

Friday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Football Practice (4:29 - 6:31pm) field

Saturday:

Cross Country Meet - Bourbon County Colonel Charge (12:00pm) Paris, KY

Sunday:

Nothing scheduled at this time

Beginning of the School Year Frequently Used Links

Bus Finder

Free/Reduced Lunch Application

Infinite Campus Student/Parent Portal

My School Bucks

The doors open for student arrival at 8:40am. Students may not enter the building early unless they are in the REAL program. Our teachers are not required to be her before 8:40am, so no one will be available to supervise the students.

6th grade

• Report to your team area upon arrival. (The team name is in the "Homeroom" box on the student schedule.)
• Teachers will then direct the students to the right room.
• Students do not need their school supplies on the first day. Please wait until Thursday to bring them.

7th grade

• Report to your team area upon arrival to pick up your schedule. (The team name is in the "Homeroom" box on the student schedule.)
• Students will remain in their team areas until 9:05am when they will move to 1st hour.
• Please make sure to have at least a folder, notebook and pencil. The teachers will review what supplies are needed on Thursday.

8th grade

• Report to homerooms to pick up your schedules. The homerooms are alphabetical -
• Pod A: A - Hea
• Pod B: Hei - Men
• Pod C: Mer - Zea
• After picking up schedules, 8th graders will report directly to 1st hour.
• Please make sure to have at least a folder, notebook and pencil. The teachers will review what supplies are needed on Thursday.

At the request of our neighbor businesses, please do not wait in their parking lots to drop off or pick up your children. You can be ticketed. You are welcome to wait on the side streets and have your students cross at the crossing guards.

Please only drop off or pick up your students using the car rider lane. The staff parking lot in front of the entrance and bus lane are not to be used for safety reasons.

Thank you!

Please use this link to look up your child's bus number and pick up time. Please look up both morning and afternoon because the bus is not always the same. Teachers will also review bus info before dismissal.

Middle and high schools do not use bus tags, so it is very important for the students to know what bus they ride. We will have plenty of adults outside to assist them.

Since this is the first day of school, buses could be late. However, please call the school if a bus not arrive at all @ 859-381-3036.

Enter through the car rider lane.

• If going out bound Clays Mill toward Man O War, it is the first entrance.
• If going in-bound Clays Mill toward downtown, it is the second entrance.

Students may not be dropped off in the staff parking lot. They would have to cross between buses which is a safety issue.

If walkers have to cross Clays Mill to get to school, they need to use the crosswalk with the crossing guards. This includes students who are dropped off across the street.

Students have 3 days to turn in an absence excuse (parent note or doctor note) once they return to school from an absence. They are marked unexcused until that note has been turned in, and Ms. Cowan updates excuses daily. FCPS sends an auto-generated letter with my name on it when a student hits 3, 6 and 10 unexcused absences or tardies warning of the potential of truancy.

More times than not, students have the notes in their backpacks and never turned them in, but Ms. Cowan cannot change the absence reason once the month is complete and closed out in Infinite Campus. Please reinforce to your students to turn notes in to the front office when they arrive in the mornings. We can also accept emails from the email account that's listed in Infinite Campus or they can be faxed.

Thank you,

Jennifer Kendall

Students are allowed to have their cell phones, but they should be turned off and not in use (ie: in pocket, backpack or locker. Consequences for use of electronic devices (phones, AirPods/Wireless Headsets/Smartwatches):

• Classroom

• 1st offense: Teacher takes phone for the remainder of the class period

• 2nd+ offense: Teacher takes phone for the remainder of the day

• For persistent offenses, teachers may submit a discipline referral that documents the interventions attempted & parent contact made by the teacher.

• Common Areas and Hallways

• Teacher should confiscate the phone and turn it into the office. The student can pick it up at the end of the day.

If you need to reach your child or send a message, please call the office. We will get a message to your child or have them call you. Phones are a HUGE distraction that we are trying to minimize.

The Jessie Clark PTSA supports our school in so many ways.

• Parent volunteers
• Funds Special Projects and Activities
• Advocates for students

Please consider joining!

Membership Form

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SuBBQS_xUGlT4XeBIVR65zK7w_9sDm5a/view?usp=sharing