EJMS Jaguar Weekly Aug. 18 - 22

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EJMS Families,

We want to thank you for a great first three days of school! It has been such a smooth start and we are all excited to have the opportunity to teach your children this year. Just a reminder that we ask that all parents use the Red Oak entrance and access road off John Preece Dr. for both morning and afternoon in order to keep traffic off of Highway 169. Please read if your child is a car rider in the morning and/or afternoon.

Morning Drop Off:

If you are the first car in line please pull all the way forward to the sign on the sidewalk (represented with a star image below).
Cars need to pull forward until they reach the car in front of them or arrive at the starting point to form the car line.
Students should exit out of the car at any point where there is a sidewalk.
For safety reasons please only use the car line for drop off (instead of dropping off in the parking lot).

Afternoon Pick Up:

Please pull forward to begin the car line or until you reach the next car.
Students will get in their car when it stops at the curb.
Once your child is in the car, please move to the left side of the car line and continue exiting out of the parking lot.
No student will be able to walk to the Red Oak property without a note from the office with an approved reason (i.e. their parent works at Red Oak or they have an afternoon activity there).
Note: we will not allow any student to cross the crosswalk to go into the parking lot until all cars have moved through the car line. We encourage all parents to get in line for pickup and use the system we have in place. If you still choose to pick your child up from the parking lot please know that they will not be released until all traffic is clear from the car line pickup area.

We have made the following changes to dismissal in order to decrease the number of students in the hallways at one time, increase the number of teachers escorting students during the dismissal process, and increase the safety and supervision of our students.

As soon as afternoon buses begin consistently arriving on time we plan to move to grade level dismissals.
We will begin with 8th grade, but in future months grade levels will have competitions to determine the order.
All 8th grade students (both car and bus riders) will be dismissed at 4:00, once the hall is clear we will dismiss 7th, and then finally 6th grade.

Students will receive a copy of the Code of Conduct and Handbook through Google Classroom. Teachers will be spending the first two weeks of Homeroom reviewing expectations and information from both of these documents. Please make sure you follow the links for the District Code of Acceptable Behavior and student handbook for EJMS:

Please review specific information from the handbook including:

Visitors and Food drop off - All visitors must scan in with a valid state issued ID or Driver’s License to enter our school. Please remember that food or drinks (fast food included) from outside sources is not allowed at any time. This includes food being dropped off by parents (other than lunch boxes) and delivery services such as GrubHub.
Cell phones and electronic devices - all cell phones, earbuds/Airpods, smart watches are not to be used from 8:40-4:00 each day. It is now Kentucky law that schools establish a policy prohibiting the use of cell phones during instruction. Please review the electronic device policy (located in the EJMS Parent and Student Handbook) with your child to make sure everyone understands the expectation.
Field Trip & Dance eligibility - Please note that there are behavior and attendance guidelines for students to participate in field trips, dances and extracurricular activities. Please see details in the Parent and Student Handbook and note that OLR must be completed and school fees must be paid in full in order to participate.

Chromebook Information

We plan to issue Chromebooks to students on Tuesday, August 19th, allow them to charge overnight, and then begin using them in class on Wednesday, August 20th. In order for students to receive a Chromebook, we must have the following items completed:

Online Registration must be complete (https://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/o/jcs/page/olr)
School Fees must be paid in Infinite Campus. This includes the current $50 fee for the current school year as well as any outstanding fees on the account.

Each morning students will pick up their device from their 7th period teacher and take the device with them from class to class. At the end of the day students will return the device to their 7th period teacher before leaving school, so it can charge and be ready for the next day. All returning 7th and 8th grade students will receive the same device they used last year.

How do I apply for Free/Reduced Meal Eligibility

Jessamine Co. is very fortunate to be able to continue participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). This allows all students to receive one (1) BREAKFAST and one (1) LUNCH at NO COST every day school is in session. Students living in a household that receives government benefits such as SNAP, income eligible Medicaid, or TANF automatically are assigned a Free Meal Eligibility. Each month, School Food Authorities (SFA) receive a Direct Certification (DC) download file from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) which identifies students who are automatically eligible for benefits. Students identified on the DC list are not required to take any further action. Eligible student fees are automatically waived for these students without request from their parent/guardian.

If you feel your household is INCOME ELIGIBLE, there are 2 ways you may apply for a Free or Reduced Meal Eligibility.

Complete the Meal Benefit Application found in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Once completed, the application will be send electronically for approval/denial.
Complete the Educational Benefit Form (click here). This form may be completed electronically. If you choose to use this "fillable" form, you will then need to download and email the completed form to allison.banks@jessamine.kyschools.us

Why should families complete one of these forms when students don’t have to pay for meals?

Students who have a Free or Reduced Meal ELIGIBILITY:

Have school technology fees waived or reduced
Have Field Trip Fees waived or reduced
Have Athletic Fees waived or reduced
(Students with a FREE Meal Eligibility have these fees waived 100%, students with a REDUCED Meal Eligibility have these fees reduced by 50%)