The Summiteer - September '26

Dear Grown-ups,

September sure snuck up on us fast with all things school! Your student(s) were settling in to school pretty great for their first 5 day week! This week is going to go even smoother as expectations are reinforced through our all school behavior expectations assembly.

Your K-5 student(s) will be taking PRE-assessments this week for our District NWEA assessments and K-2 will also be taking the PRE-assessment for the State IRI called Amira. They might be a little more tired than usual with additional assessments this week.

As parents it is helpful when you reinforce expectations with your student(s) as well. Some routines you can help us with moving forward are:

• Please do NOT get out of your car in the pick up line--we need everyone safe and keep the line moving
• Please USE the crosswalks (cutting through the pick up line is NOT safe for you or our students)
• If you walk or park to pick up your child please meet them AT THE AMERICAN FLAG flag pole in order to pick them up. (Please do not ask them to do something else they are trying to earn points and be safe while following the rules)
• DO not block our pick up line sidewalk area- Wait in the large flag pole area instead
• PLEASE try to get your student(s) to school at the first bell so they can line up with their class and be on time for the school start bell. If you bring them late they receive the tardy, unfortunately.
• If your end of day transportation routine changes you must call BEFORE 2:30pm each day or write a note stating the change to the office. Otherwise they WILL be sent on the daily routine.

Thank you so much for your help with setting a great example for your student and helping to reinforce Summit's routines and expectations for after school.

Students will also be learning about the school store that is part of PBIS and why they have been working hard earning points at school by meeting the expectations and emulating our CLIMB philosophy! They are sure to be excited for our FIRST opportunity to order from the school store!

Additional highlight Information you need to know about to help your student be successful:

This year there will be several changes that will impact some of you more than others:

• The biggest of these is a tightening of school tardies and absences to meet school and school district policies.

1. Please arrive to school on time. Bell rings at 8:10am
2. Automated letters will be sent out for both absences and positive attendance.
3. Consequences for repeated tardies and absences will be addressed by administration and Attendance court.
4. Appointment's require a note from the Dr/practitioner to be turned into the office.

• Implementation of Positive Behavior and Supports Systems (PBIS) building-wide to help students be more success with positive academic and behavioral choices

1. Students will all be required to wear a lanyard with a badge (Summit provides the first one) during school hours with their PBIS code on it to receive positive recognition points
2. Their lanyards will also have their Library barcode and name on it for ease in checking out books.
3. Lanyard must be worn during entire school day for both earning positive rewards and for safety purposes.
4. Lanyards must stay at school-they receive a point each day for this.
5. Lost lanyards cost $3 to replace and lost badges cost $2. If entire lanyard is lost it will cost $5 to replace it. Please encourage your student to demonstrate responsibility when wearing it at school.

• School to home communication will ONLY be through our PowerSchool program. No class dojo etc. will be used! If you want or need to be informed about school events, important safety notices and want communication with your child's teacher to help your child be success you must:
1. Please DO NOT block PowerSchool (you will not know what is going on)
2. If you have already created a block please unblock it
3. Teachers will still call or email with individual concerns or praise occasionally during a time when they have time so please do not block school phone numbers or emails.
4. Teachers will only be using PowerSchool Power Hub for TWO-WAY parent communication so access to power school is very important.
5. We also post information on our Summit Elementary Facebook and Jerome Schools District Facebook pages for your convenience! Please "like" to stay informed.

208-324-3396. Some ways to get involved:

• Help with attendance initiatives
• Join the Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO)
• Join the Community Impact Team (CIT)
• Attend School events! We want to see you
• Attend student conferences and come to Meet Your Teacher Night
• Be a crossing guard
• Substitute teach for us! We would love to have you!
• Be a classroom helper/mentor or other volunteer
• Communicate with your teacher and school!
• Donate or participate in Fall FLING!!! We need your basket or cash donations
• Share your skills and so much more-Be a guest speaker or demonstrator

So happy to help your student(s) learn and grow every day!

Sincerely,

Amber Boone

Principal

Summit Elementary

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at Summit Elementary School at 208-324-3396 x.5000 for the main office, x.5001 for Mrs. Boone, Principal or x.5002 for Mr. Grisso, Vice Principal.

• September is Attendance Awareness Month!
• Regular attendance helps students stay connected, keep learning, and build strong routines.
• Families, keep an eye out during morning drop-off for a special attendance treat sometime this month!
• If your student rides the bus, be sure to check their backpack when they get home so they don’t miss out.

• Fall Fling & Silent Auction: Planning is underway for our Fall Fling! We are currently looking for local businesses and community partners interested in donating, participating, or sharing resources at the event. If you know someone who may be interested, please contact our office or share our donation interest form here: Summit Fall Fling Donation Response
• PBIS Family Access: Information and instructions for accessing your student’s PBIS account will be sent home soon. Families will be able to view and follow their student’s reward points throughout the year. Please keep an eye out for your student’s individual access letter.
• PBIS Lanyards & Badges: Students are responsible for keeping track of their PBIS lanyard and badge. If lost or damaged, replacement lanyards are $3 and replacement badges are $2.
• PTO: Our first PTO meeting is Wednesday, September 2 at 3:30 PM in Room 18. You do not have to attend every meeting to be involved, there are many ways to support Summit throughout the year!

PLEASE JOIN our PTO--We are FLEXIBLE and have A LOT of opportunities to get you involved with your student(s) school! Make a difference and JOIN PTO!

• Are you looking for a rewarding part-time job where you can pick your own days?
• How about a part-time job that is new, exciting and different every day?
• How about a job where YOU get to pick and choose when, where, what age, and how often you work?

• If you love students and new experiences while getting paid!

Please consider joining our Guest Teacher (Substitute Teacher) Pool

Please apply at jeromeschools.org under the employment tab

(Click on link above to apply!)

OR

Maybe you would love to just VOLUNTEER your time for an hour or two a week or day?

We welcome parent volunteers, honorary grandparents and more!

We have wonderful opportunities for you to volunteer as well!

You can even choose an area or grade level!

Call Amber Boone, Summit Elementary Principal at 208-324-3396 x5001

If you are interested in VOLUNTEERING.

Homecoming is Coming!

Our Homecoming theme this year is “Once Upon a Homecoming” — a celebration inspired by the magic, characters, adventures, and stories of Disney!

Festivities officially begin Tuesday, September 8, and we have a full week of activities planned. We would love your help making it an exciting week for all the students in Jerome by encouraging participation, joining in on dress-up days, and helping us bring the Homecoming spirit to life.

Dress-Up Days

9/7 Monday NO SCHOOL due to Labor Day!-NO Dress Up

9/8 Tuesday – Adventure Day

Come dressed for your favorite adventure! Think explorers, adventurers, safari, pirates, Disney adventure characters, and more.

9/9 Wednesday – Jersey Day

Represent your favorite team, player, or sport!

9/10 Thursday – “Dressing” Day

This is a play on salad dressing. JHS will be dividing it by grade but we thought it might be easier for you to dress up as a school:

• JMS, Falls City: Ranch (western attire)
• Jefferson, Frontier, Summit, and Horizon: Thousand Island (tropical vibes)

(at JHS we will also be using Caesar and Vinaigrette, but we want to keep it simple for you)

9/11 Friday – Tiger Pride
Break out the orange, black, and white and show your Tiger Pride during school and at the parade!

Friday Game – Patriotic
To honor 9/11 we will be dressing in red, white, and blue for the game

Homecoming Week Activities

Thank you for helping make this a Homecoming our students will remember.

Let’s make some magic!

Once Upon a Homecoming… and happily ever after starts on TUESDAY, September 8!

HOMCOMING PARADE FRIDAY 9/11

Friday – Tiger Pride

DURING THE DAY AT SCHOOL:

Break out the orange, black, and white and show your Tiger Pride during school and at the parade!

FRIDAY DRESSS UP AT THE GAME IS – Patriotic
To honor 9/11 we will be dressing in red, white, and blue for the game

• Students will be sitting on the curb only! They will NOT be allowed to run out in the road for candy or otherwise. Sitting on the curb with feet in the gutter.
• Summit staff will kick the candy over to the students to keep them safe!!!
• All students SHOULD STAY WITH THEIR CLASS and teacher!
• Parents are welcome to join our Summit family on the 10th Ave Sidewalks. K-2+ will be seated on Northside of 10th Ave. and when that is full 3/4-5th on South side of 10th Ave.
• PARENT --PARKING might be quite a challenge but if you come early you can park in the GUEST parking lot near the entrance of school
• Students MUST be checked out with their TEACHER if you are taking them home with you!

TEACHERS WILL BE TEACHING PARADE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS

PARADE ROUTE AND TIME TBD (Generally early afternoon)

Drivers using the drop off and pick up line must follow these procedures:

1. ENTER Summit Elementary from 10th Ave from Lincoln Ave

• (all other entrances/roads are blocked during drop off/Pick up hours)

• Look for the PINK arrow to the right
• All staff in safety vests can assist you and point you in the right direction

3. Stay in a SINGLE FILE line.

4. Do not stop in front of RED CURB in front of school

• It is a fire lane and it is illegal

4. STAY in your cars at all times

• Staff in safety vest will assist children in and/or out of vehicles for safety

5. Children should exit out of PASSENGER side of the vehicle for safety purposes.

6. Please be patient, yet attentive, to the multiple moving vehicles.

7. Front vehicle should pull all the way up to the WHITE stop line near the crosswalk!

8. Students may "stop and hop"!

• This means they can get out on the passenger side of the vehicle anywhere between the fire lane and front "stop line"

9. Once your student(s) have exited the vehicle you may

• Wait until the front of the line to exit
• You may CAREFULLY pull into the left lane to exit ahead.

10. To exit the drop off/pick up line you must pull up straight to cross walk and turn left to exit the

SAME entrance you came in (completing a LOOP)

11. You must exit to the left onto 10th Ave to Lincoln Ave.

BOTH Morning drop off and Afternoon pick up work the same way on the same loop!

PLEASE help us keep your child safe during these times.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have middle schoolers:

• You are more than welcome to drop them off at Summit and let them walk on the sidewalk safely to JMS to save time and avoid additional traffic!
• If you want to drop them off at JMS you MUST turn left on 10th Ave to Lincoln, go down one block and turn right onto 8th Ave and turn right again onto Birch St. to reach the JMS line.

PARENTS THAT WALK WITH THEIR STUDENTS at 8:10am Drop Off:

1. PARENTS must use one or both cross walks when entering drop off zone

• PLEASE do NOT cross between cars in the parent drop off/pick up lines--this is NOT safe for parents or student(s)
• You will be asked to use either crosswalk by staff
• Waiting on grass islands or the sidewalk with your student is fine
• Parents should do not go past the playground "gate"
• Please do not wait in the "drop off line" zone (wide sidewalk next to line of vehicles).
• A "drop and go" is great as well as students play and get their energy out first thing in the morning and it builds independence in your child!!
• PLEASE PLAN AHEAD and allow yourself a little time so your child is dropped off on time and NOT tardy!

PARENTS THAT PARK THEIR VEHICLES AND WALK THEIR CHILD FROM PARKING LOT:

1. ENTER Summit Elementary from 10th Ave from Lincoln Ave

• (all other entrances/roads are blocked during drop off/Pick up hours)
• Please plan ahead so your child arrives on or before 8:10 so they are not tardy (even with traffic)

2. make a SLIGHT right and PARK your vehicle in the "GUEST PARKING lot on the right (inside the drop off loop)

3. Escort your child to the playground gate USING THE CROSSWALKS

• Crosswalk is located by the fire lane
• Crosswalk is located at the front of the pick up line

4. To exit turn left at the NORTH side (facing the school) of the parking lot and turn left.

5. MERGE into the drop off line of traffic

• EXIT with a left into the exiting traffic from drop off line (BE CAREFUL)
• Turn left to exit lane to leave the parking lot
• Then left on 10th Ave (ONLY OPTION)

PLEASE NOTE: If you have middle schoolers:

• You are more than welcome to drop them off at Summit and let them walk on the sidewalk safely to JMS to save time and avoid additional traffic!
• If you want to drop them off at JMS you MUST turn left on 10th Ave to Lincoln, go down one block and turn right onto 8th Ave and turn right again onto Birch St. to reach the JMS line.

If you walk or park a vehicle for PICK UP in the AFTERNOONS:

1. ALL Grown ups must wait at AT THE FLAG POLE at 3:05

2. Students will be brought to you AT THE FLAGPOLE

• This is for student safety!

3. PLEASE USE THE CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS when you leave with your student

• This is for both yours and your student(s) safety!

1. All students signed up for and routed on a bus are released from Summit Elementary at 3:05

2. ALL Students should gather back packs and move quietly and quickly to their assigned bus to load the bus immediately after they are dismissed. (Buses will leave pokey students behind)

3. Students riding the bus are expected to follow all Bus Rider rules and protocol

4. Riders should have their bus right badge attached to their backpacks to scan in each day!

5. Riders are expected to scan into the bus with their badge each day so that parents are able to track them on the bus right app for safety. (IF they do not you will not be able to track them on the app!!)

6. CLICK HERE - for Bus right app!

Issues with Transportation should be routed to the JSD Transportation Department Director, Tim Hicks or his Transportation Secretary, Griselda Duarte at 208-324-2392 Ext. 1060

7. To view the Bus Behavior Expectations please CLICK HERE

8. Misbehavior can cause LOSS of Ridership privileges!

9. CHANGES in RIDERSHIP: Require advance notice in writing! (NO changes after 2:30pm M-Th)

Students will ONLY be sent home per their designated Transportation Plan!

Changes MUST be in the form of a parent phone call/written note

BEFORE 2:30pm the day of requested change.

Students will not be allowed to change routes

and will be sent on their

regularly scheduled method of transportation home

WITHOUT WRITTEN permission or a phone call from parent(s).

Parents: Please remember to call the school for

absences or email tina.brewer@jeromeschools.org.

To reach the office you need to call before

2:30 M-R and 1:30 on Fridays,

for changes in how your student is getting home.

PLEASE AVOID picking up student early from school!

You may sit and wait for the dismissal bell in the lobby if you choose to but

students are not dismissed through the front doors--

students can be picked up at the flag pole.

If a student is needed for an appointment the request will be granted

but you will need to BRING IN A NOTE from the provider (Dr. /Dentist etc.)

to avoid absenteeism entries in power school.

ONLY pack healthy food items
Consider the appropriate portion size for your child's age
If a treat is included-make it a SMALL treat
NO energy, carbonated, caffeinated drinks
(ONLY Juice milk or Water)

For SAFETY purposes: Please do not pack GLASS containers in their lunchboxes

To contact Boys and Girls Club

Please contact: Ashley Hartley the BGCMV Director

at ahartley@bgcmv.com

Students that eat a lunch brought from home much meet the following Health and Wellness guidelines implemented at Summit and the State of Idaho School Wellness and Smart Snacks-CLICK HERE:

What does a healthy Lunch and Beverage look like? What is rquired?

Required: Healthy Protein/Main course (e.g. PB and J, left overs, ham and cheese sandwich)

Required: Veggies and/or Fruits

Optional side (e.g. one small bag of chips)

SMALL Snack (e.g. FUN SIZED not a full size candy bar!)

Drink can ONLY be Milk, water and/or juice (NO Carbonated, sugary, or energy type drinks)

Food Pyramid:

Check out the New Food Pyramid ABOVE (It is INVERTED)

Consequences:

Students with non-nutritious, healthy lunches from home that do not meet the above guidelines-

• Will be served a well balanced hot lunch
• The parent will be charged for the hot lunch meal

If you struggle with the hot lunch fees please apply for

• FREE/REDUCED LUNCH with this form-CLICK HERE

ONLY Healthy Snack will be allowed to be served at school!

PLEASE read through ALL

THE EXCITING UPCOMING EVENTS

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AT SUMMIT

5 Day School Week:

AUGUST:

31st: Behavior Expectation Assemblies for K-2 and 3-5 for PBIS

WEAR CLASS COLORS today

K=Red, 1st=Orange, 2nd=Yellow, 3rd=Green, 4th=Blue and 5th=Purple

31st: MID September PRE NWEA "MAP" Testing (K-5) and AMIRA Testing (K-2 ) to establish academic baselines of each students.

SEPTEMBER:

1st: 3rd Grade NWEA Testing 8:30-9:30

1st: 2nd Grade Amira Testing 12:45-1:30

2nd: 2nd Grade Amira Testing 12:45-1:30

2nd: PTO Meeting in Room 18th/VIRTUAL at 3:30 EVERYONE WELCOME!

3rd: 2nd Grade Amira Testing 12:45-1:30

4 Day School Week:

7th: NO SCHOOL- LABOR DAY! Hooray!

7th: MONDAY - NO HoCo Dress Up - NO SCHOOL

8th: Adventure Day-Dress up

Come dressed for your favorite adventure! Think explorers, adventurers, safari, pirates, Disney adventure characters, and more.

9th: Jersey Day - Dress Up

Represent your favorite team, player, or sport!

10th: “Dressing” Day - Dress Up

This is a play on salad dressing. JHS will be dividing it by grade but we thought it might be easier for you to dress up as a school: Jefferson, Frontier, Summit, and Horizon:

Thousand Island (tropical vibes) Dress up

11th: Tiger Pride -Dress up

Break out the orange, black, and white and show your Tiger Pride during school and at the parade!

11th: Homecoming Parade - Time TBA (usually about 1pm-See HOCO details above)

11th: Homecoming Game - Wear Red White and Blue in honor of 9/11

5 Day School Week:

14th:

15th:

16th: 3rd Grade only St. Luke's Bike Helmet Give-a-way

17th: PBIS Store delivery to students that ordered

18th:

4 DAY School Week:

21st:

22nd: School Board Meeting at Falls City in the JSD Board Room at 4:30pm

23rd:

24th: Dress your Best Day and SMILE for staff and Students!

24th: Individual PICTURE DAY for students and staff!

25th: NO SCHOOL TODAY for Students - PD Day/Teacher Work Day

5 Day School Week:
28th:

29th:

30th: VISION Screening for K, 1st, 3rd and 5th ONLY

October:

1st:

2nd: