JES Weekly Newsletter
Jag Journal 02/21/2025
Important dates
2/24-3/4 No School, Winter Break
3/5 Community Meet n Greet with Principal Candidates JES Library 5-6
3/5 Parent Volunteer Group JES Library 6:30-7:30
3/25 STEM Fair
3/26 Celebration of Learning Assembly 1:30 in the JES Gym
End of Year Carnival
With the help of the PTO group we will be bringing back the end of year carnival!
It will happen on Tuesday June 10th with a rain date of Friday June 13th.
We are asking for volunteers to make this super fun event happen.
JES Principal Meet-n-Greet
The JES hiring committee is excited to announce that we have identified two strong candidates for the JES Principal position. We welcome you to join us for a meet-n-greet scheduled for March 5, 2025 from 5:00 - 6:00 in the JES library. We look forward to seeing you!
Lamoille North In-District Transfer Policy & Procedure
While we are well past the 2024-2025 deadline, as a reminder for future years, families wishing to transfer their child to a different Lamoille North Modified Unified Union School District (LNMUUSD) elementary school must complete the In-District Transfer Student Application Form. Applicable elementary schools include Eden Central School, Hyde Park Elementary School, Johnson Elementary School and Waterville Elementary School.
Several factors are taken into consideration before approving an in-district transfer. In-district transfers are not guaranteed. Transfer student applications must be approved on a nondiscriminatory basis. The Superintendent shall work with building administrators to determine available transfer slots. Determining factors may include, but are not limited to, new sibling transfers, impact on class size, or impact on staffing, at both the sending and receiving schools. If there are more applicants than remaining available slots in any given receiving school or grade level, a blind lottery shall be used to select students for transfer approval. Please see the In-District Transfer Policy HERE.
The form is available on the LNSU website and must be submitted to the LNSU Central Office by April 15 each calendar year. Applications received past this deadline will not be accepted or reviewed.
If a student is approved for a standard in-district transfer, it is the responsibility of the family to arrange for transportation to their new school building. The district does not provide transportation for these transfers.
Principal's Corner
Community Forum Update
In January, we held a very successful forum attended by over 50 parents, community members, and educators. That night, the attendees were divided into four breakout groups to answer the following questions our school:
- What is working at JES?
- What is your vision / dream for JES?
- What ideas do you have for how the school can support that dream becoming a reality?
- What role can the parents play in supporting this vision / dream?
You can read all of the wonderful ideas discussed by our community members and educators in these combined notes from all of the groups.
Over the past few weeks, our school leadership team has been hard at work reviewing these ideas to determine good next steps. We have grouped all of the ideas into themes and prioritized them based on the amount of time it will take to implement them. We are looking at ideas such as structuring classes to reduce screen time and ensuring frequent school to home communications that include pictures and stories of children engaged in fun learning activities. You can read about the work of the leadership team in these notes from our meetings.
We welcome your input into this work as we strive to make JES the best school it can be.
A note from the Afterschool Program
JES Connections Summer Camp Registration will be available May 1st
JJ News
Want to see the latest JJ News segments? follow this link, https://jes.lnsd.org/jj-news-archive for all current and past episodes!
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