The Wildcat

• PTO information
• Body Lessons
• K-Kids officers
• Flex Time Info
• Honor Roll Students
• COVID Update
• Arrival and Dismissal
• Lunch Information
• Girls Basketball
• Wellness Calendar
• Thank A Teacher
• Red Ribbon Week

POWER HOUR-Every Tuesday and Thursday 2:45-3:45pm

Report card grades are now posted in RDS

Monday, October 18th-Student Council Meeting, Spirit wear due, AND Fishing Club is @ Izaak Walton 4-6pm

Tuesday, October 19th-Spell Bowl practice 2:45-3:30 in Mrs. Boyd's room (133)

Thursday, October 21st-4th and 5th grade Honor Roll breakfast

Friday, October 22nd-Monster Bash 6-9pm

October 25-28-Red Ribbon Week

Friday, October 29-Monday, Nov. 1-Fall Break

Thursday, Nov. 4th-Picture retakes (see below for more information)

REMINDER-students are dismissed at 1:55 on Wednesdays

A note from Mrs. Jennings, JN's school counselor:

As part of the guidance lessons being presented this year, there will be a lesson on body safety. This topic is now a state mandate (SEA 355/Erin’s Law) and must be covered with ALL students by December 2021. I will be going into classrooms October 11-28, 2021 to teach these lessons.

I will be using grade appropriate videos as the focal point of her lessons. Feel free to preview these videos sponsored by The Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children. The videos will be shown to students in 1st-5th grade. The videos are available on-line if you Google the following titles:

Protect Yourself Rules grades K-3

Protect Yourself Rules grades 4-6

For Kindergarten students, I will read and discuss the book entitled, “My Body Belongs to Me”. The videos and book are meant to convey that: a child’s body is their own; a child has the right to decline touch-no matter how innocent; and that parts of a child’s body covered by a bathing suit are private parts.

*Ideas for how to talk with your kids about this all important topic are linked below.

All As 1st Quarter:

4th grade.

Addison E.

Sophie L.

Bella T.

Sophia A.

Jared B.

Jenna C.

Gabriel C.

5th grade

Charlie V.

Abendego G.

All A/Bs 1st Quarter

4th grade.

Sophia A.

Aalycia F.

Jose R.

Ayden T.

Eva B.

Annabella F.

Brady G.

Jaxon J.

Sabastian M.

Jackson V.

Aaron E.

Addison H.

Nolan H.

Liliana K.

Andres R.

Carter R.

Natalia W.

5th grade

Jazlin A.

Alhina M.

Ta'Lynn W.

De'Marquis W.

Lucas K.

Hana M.

Aaron S.

Julian S.

Hunter S.

Alexis P.

Brooke P.

Christian P.

Elijah M.

Samuel S.

Haley H.

Chase A.

Michael F.

Elijah E.

Luke C.

Aiden V.

Jet T.

In the top right of our website (https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes), we have added a "Parent Resource Corner". There you will find monthly "Helping Children Learn" articles, as well as a family resource library. The parent newsletter is full of ideas and will change monthly. The electronic resource library has 12 helpful brochures to access anytime you have questions or concerns day or night—from home, at work or anywhere. Check it out!

We ONLY have water bottle filling stations. In order for students to get a drink of water during the day, students have to have his/her own water bottle to fill up. Classroom donations of disposable water bottles are always welcome as well. Thanks!

K-Kids installed officers for the 2021-2022 school year.

President: Eliana DeLeon

Vice President: Bella Rivera

Secretary: Sofia Smith

Treasurer: Issac Whitaker

Congratulations! It is going to be a great year!

• The parade begins inside the school for the kids at 1:15 PM
• Check the photo below to where parents and paparazzi can take pictures
• Only room parents are allowed in for the classroom parties starting after the parade

Spirit wear can be ordered now!!

Here is the link to order: https://johnston-elementaryfall2021.itemorder.com/

Orders Due 10/18/21

Honor roll breakfast for our 4th and 5th graders is October 21st.

Monster Bash is the 22nd. There will be a costume contest! Come ready to win!

PARENTS-HERE IS THE MONSTER BASH SIGN-UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA5AA2BA2FBC52-monster1

ROOM PARENTS and Chaperones!!!

Any parent attending parties and or field trips must have a background check on file or completed at least a week before the event. Parents must also bring their driver's license in with them the day of the event to get a tag. If parents do not bring id/license they can not attend the event

Popcorn Day on Fridays

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!

Our schoolwide intervention structure is called FLEX time for ELA and Math. Teachers

analyze data from cycle assessments that follow a three week period of core instruction.

Using what they learn, teachers create student groupings on specific critical skills/standards.

Teachers then develop instruction/content that is differentiated to maximize student

achievement in each group. We have multiple teachers and instructional aides

designated to these blocks of time in order to get students into smaller groups to

specifically address needs.

All grades have designated times each day for FLEX ELA and Math. These

Johnston periods are not where the core curriculum is delivered. This daily 30 minutes of

math and 30 minutes of ELA is in addition to our core instruction. This time is used in

response to data collected through classroom assessment given every three weeks on

specific skills/standards.

Based on the collected data, students are put into the following group types for

three week cycles.

1. Reteaching - Students who need information retaught will get this instruction.

2. Reviewing - Students who have some grasp of the skills/standards but

need extra practice will get that time to further mastery.

3. Enrichment - Students who have proven mastery will get extension

opportunities designed to stretch their thinking and maximize their

learning.

To simplify this system, we are assessing our students on specific

skills/standards and using that in a way to tailor instruction to maximize the growth of all

of our students. Since this is done in three week cycles with different focus

skills/standards each cycle, a student could be in tutorial for one cycle, but then prove

mastery on the next set of skills and be in extension for the next. Regrouping happens

every three weeks and is based on current data we are gathering from classroom

assessment.

STOH will require all K-12 students and staff to mask starting Tuesday, September 7th.

The parents of students who are identified as close contacts of a positive Covid case will be notified via a phone call, but the student will be allowed to remain in school. Parents are asked to monitor their child every day for the 10 days following the exposure. If symptoms develop at any point, please report it immediately to your child’s school nurse.

• Doors open for students at 7:55 a.m. daily. Students who eat breakfast at school will be allowed entry beginning at 7:30 a.m. Anyone arriving after 8:10 a.m., will need to buzz and come into the main office to sign in.

• Cars will enter the parking lot off Duluth Street (right turn only) and follow the curve to drop off students. Please pull up as far as you can and drop all your students off at one time. Have your children ready with their backpacks, lunch money, hugs and kisses, so that when you stop they may exit the car quickly, and we can keep the drop off line moving. The line can become backed up onto Duluth Street very quickly which causes safety issues for our parents, as well as other drivers.

• ****Please do not be idle or park in the drop-off lane. Parents, please stay in your car. If you want to walk your child up to the doors, feel free to park in a spot to do so.

• Please drop off curbside only. Avoid dropping children off where they have to cross the street, this is extremely dangerous. It will be your responsibility to cross them if you choose to do this.

• Please be mindful of other drivers and walkers. We know many of you have to get to work, and we want all children to be able to enter the building safely and on time.

• Doors C and B will be utilized for entrance as usual.

• 5th graders and Mrs. Torres's class will use Door G.

At the end of the school day, the following doors will be used for dismissal:

• Grade K will exit through door J (FIVE minutes before the rest of the grade levels)

• Grade 1 will exit through door C (main doors)

• Grade 2 will exit through door B

• Grade 3 will exit through door J

• Grade 4 will exit through door I

• Grade 5 and Mrs. Torres's class will exit through door G

• Bus riders will exit through door J (a few minutes prior to the remainder of the school being dismissed where the buses will be waiting).

Cars may enter the parking lot off Duluth Street and follow the curve to pick up or park in the parking lot to walk up to get students. IF PARKING, PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep our Johnston families safe.

This coming week is Week B. We have rotating "Specials" times. Please check your classroom teacher's agenda each day to see what additional class you need to attend.

Here is a link with a calendar that lists the rotations.

Breakfast and lunch will be free again this year. You can find menus for both here.

Picture Day is: Nov 04, 2021

Order Code is: 60188P
Your link to order is: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/60188P

Retake picture day is coming soon! We will not be sending paper order forms or Picture Day Notices for retakes but we want to provide you with the information you will need for ordering.

Above is your picture date, order code & one click link to online ordering for your retake picture day. THIS CODE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDER CODE. The one click link above will take parents directly to our website to order.

Students who ordered a package on original picture day but are choosing to get their picture retaken MUST bring their original picture package with them on retake day. They DO NOT need to place a new order. If they forget their package on retake day, we will take their photo & write their name down but we won’t order them a new package until the old one is returned.

Make a contribution to the Highland Education Foundation, and an individual of your choice, affiliated with the Highland schools, will be honored. He/she will receive a specially designed card, with your name, your special greeting and an apple pin.

Complete the form below and drop it off in your school’s office along with your payment or send your check payable to:

Highland Education Foundation, 9145 Kennedy Avenue, Highland, IN 46322

Donations may also be made on our website using Paypal: Highlandef.org
Be sure to include name of honoree, teacher, school and student’s name in notes.

Forms and donations must be received no later than Friday, November 5 in order for honoree to receive the card & pin the week of November 15, 2020.

Please don't hesitate to contact us in the office for any ideas, thoughts, concerns, or words of encouragement! We are all part of this large extended mix of wonderful people we affectionately refer to as our Johnston Family.

Email: aharring@highland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes
Location: 8220 5th Street, Highland, IN, United States
Phone: 219.923.2428
Facebook: facebook.com/johnstonpto
Twitter: @harrington_jn