Jonesburg Elementary News

March 11, 2025

Principal: Ms. Jennifer Krattli

JBE's PBIS Principles:

Rule #1 - Be Cooperative - Follow Directions Quickly

Rule #2 - Be Respectful - Raise Your Hand

Rule #3 - Be Safe - KHFAAOOTY

Rule #4 - Be Responsible - Make Smart Choices

Rule #5 - Be Kind - Treat Others The Way You Want To Be Treated

Information for You

• We hope you can join us this evening (3/11) for our Family Involvement Night 6:00-7:15 and PTO Meeting at 7:15.
• The book fair is happening this week and is open during Family Involvement Night.
• FCCLA Reading Challenge is still going on through April 9th.
• Be on the look out, our One Book One Community book starts this Friday, March 14th. Ask your students about it!
• Please make sure to look at the important dates at the bottom of the newsletter and mark your calendars.
• Friday Folders will come home each Friday and often contain important information. Please make it a priority to check the folder and return needed documentation promptly.
• If you are interested in a QR Code for your student to use to access iReady an online math and reading resource, please contact your students teacher

Mark Your Calendar:

March 14th - End of 3rd Qtr

March 19th - JBE StuCo Change the World Day

March 19th - JBE Preschool Screening

March 21st - JBE 2nd Grade Field Trip to Science Center

March 28th - 3rd Quarter Growth Parade

See the full list of dates at the bottom of the newsletter.

We are looking for our future Wildcats. Preschool and kindergarten screenings are coming up! PLEASE help us find our Future Wildcats!

Please click this link if you have (or know of) future Wildcats.

https://forms.gle/U5gmNZohndvtAdF98

If you have a child who will be 4 on or before July 31, 2025, please see the image for details about preschool screening.

If you have a child who will be 5 on or before July 31, 2025, please see the image for details about kindergarten screening.

If you have questions, please contact a PTO officer or e-mail jkrattli@mc-wildcats.org and I will connect you with an officer.

Upcoming PTO Dates: WE NEED HELP PLANNING AND HOSTING THESE EVENTS. Please mark your calendar and watch for sign ups in the near future!

-JBE PTO Meeting - March 11th at 7:15

The recess equipment is starting to arrive. We will be looking for volunteers to help install it soon.

Thank you to the PTO for helping support so many things this spring including student shirts, field trips, MAP rewards - snacks & Kona Ice, inflatable for field day and so much more.

Please make sure that your students are dressed appropriately for the weather. Fresh air and exercise are good for our students so we go outside if we can.

JBE Student Council is hosting Change the World Day next Wednesday, March 19th. Students are encourage to bring a donation and wear a hat or bring a stuffed animal. All donations will go to Happy Hearts Animal Rescue.

Teachers are in the process of organizing field trips. Information will come home as time gets closer. Below are the Tentative Field Trip Dates if you want to mark your calendar.

Field Trips

K- May 13th - Myseum

1st- April 11th - Prairie Fork

2nd - March 21st - Science Center

3rd - April 16th - Mark Twain Cave

4th - April 2nd - Capitol

5th - May 7th - Cardinals Game

5th - May 6th - Stevens Farm

MAP Test

3rd Grade -April 23rd & 24th

5th Grade - April 30th, May 1st & 2nd

4th - May 6th, 7th & 8th

Winter snow days are a perfect opportunity to snuggle up with a good book!

Parents, the reading challenge starts this week! January 9th is the start date, download the app and sign your child up today. It will only take a couple minutes.

MCHS FCCLA is hosting a READING COMPETITION for any child in Montgomery County in grade K - 6th grade (homeschooled or within MCR2).

Dates: January 9 - April 9, 2025

How to Get Involved: Parents, Join the Reader Zone App Competition by registering your Child

What: Record 2,000 Minutes of Reading over the 3 month challenge AND we will contact you in the app to get a prize for your child!

We have over $750 worth of books donated by Gumdrop Books. Other prizes have been donated by our FCCLA chapter.

Sign up today!

Please do not "park" in the morning drop-off line and get out to walk your student to the door, come talk to staff, etc. If you need to get out of your car, please park and walk up to ensure that the line can continue to move smoothly. If your student tends to take a little longer to unload, please pull up past the powercat so the line will continue to flow safely and smoothly. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with our efforts to maintain the safety of all riders.

Please DO NOT block the handicapped accessible parking spots. We have several people that need those spots and have been unable to use them because they are blocked.

If you are not the one who picks up your student, please inform your designee of these important procedures.

Thank You for helping us meet our goal the first three years of the month of keeping our building attendance above 95%. As a building we are trying to help students understand the importance of their attendance and have emphasized it in their Data Folders as well as on light up boards in the front window and in the hallway outside the office! Thank you for helping get your student to school healthy and ready to learn!

August Attendance - 96.73%

September Attendance - 96.2%

October Attendance - 95.10%

November Attendance - 94.97%

December Attendance - 95.05%

January Attendance - 94.34%

February Attendance - 90.57%

Please make sure that you call in (833-662-6228 press 5 then press 1) prior to 8:30 if your child is going to be absent so that we can record the reason before we begin making contact. If communication is not received in regard to student absences a few things may happen.

• If your student is arriving after 8am, please come into the office and sign them in. Please be aware that students arrive late are recorded as Late in our student information system and that time counts against their daily attendance.
• You will receive an automated message letting you know your student is absent. (We have a new system and are still working out the kinks. Please call us immediately if you believe the message is inaccurate.)
• You may receive a personal call from our office staff.
• You may receive a visit from Deputy Ault, our SRO, or Kylee Waite, our MCR2 Social Worker.
• You will receive our 3-day, 5-day and 8-day attendance letters regardless of calling in. These letters are board policy and are sent to all student families when they hit the 3, 5, & 8 day threshold.
• As a building we are striving to be higher than a 95% average EACH MONTH.

This year, Mrs. Gambill, our school counselor will be highlighting a character trait each month.As the month goes on, please ask your students what they are learning in counseling class!

Jonesburg Elementary School PARENTS! Connect to Jonesburg Elementary School using Artsonia to receive important updates on your child's art classroom activity.

Use your camera to scan this code above or you can also browse www.artsonia.com/parents and enter this Parent Code PRXW-CBXY

Jonesburg Elementary friends, family & community our Amazon Wish Lists are available if you are interested in supporting a classroom(s) at Jonesburg Elementary. We will share these lists periodically throughout the year. If you do choose to purchase something and want to ship it to JBE, the address is 106 Smith Road, Jonesburg, MO 63351 We know we are blessed with a very supportive community at JBE and we appreciate you more than you know! Your continued support makes our job much easier. Thank you for loving our students as much as we do!

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Paige Hillebrand - Kindergarten - https://qrco.de/bfC73U

Cathy Weatherford - First Grade - https://qrco.de/bfC745

Sheridan Temperly - Second Grade - https://qrco.de/bfC74N

Amanda Davis - Third Grade - https://qrco.de/bfC74t

Amanda Jennings - Third Grade - https://qrco.de/bfC75G

Kristin Scott - 4th Grade - https://qrco.de/bfC76d

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Jeanette Ventimiglia - PK & Title 1 Reading - https://qrco.de/bfC77j

Keri Rhodes - SPED - https://qrco.de/bfC78J

Alayna Parmalee - Instructional Coach - https://qrco.de/bfC79D

Angel Davis, - Library- https://qrco.de/bfC79e

Jessica Davis - Art - https://qrco.de/bfC7A1

Throughout the year, we will be implementing the JBE Mood Meter as a way for students to help identify their emotion/what they are feeling. There are many studies that show the importance of being able to name how you are feeling. It is our goal to help our students find words to express how they are feeling and to enforce that it is ok to have whatever emotion they have, but also that we are still responsible for our actions and our words. If they mention they are feeling a certain color, this could be what they are communicating to you. Check out the image below. We will support this goal through modeling at morning assembly, throughout the day in class and in our counseling classes. If you have questions, please reach out.

We have partnered with USAgain to collect clothes and shoes. This company will pay us 2 cents for every pound collected and will plant a tree (somewhere, not on our property) for every full bin. The bins are located on the southwest corner of our building. We will start spreading the word to the community soon and hope it will help the earth and raise a bit of money for our donation account.

March 7th-14th - JBE Book Fair

March 11th - JBE Family Fun Night - 6:00

March 11th - JBE PTO Meeting - 7:15

March 14th - Missouri Read-In Day - Drop Everything and Read at 12:30

March 14th - End of 3rd Qtr

March 19th - JBE StuCo Change the World Day

March 19th - JBE Preschool Screening

March 21st - 3rd Qtr Report Cards and 4th Qtr AMI menus sent home

March 25th - End of Month Assembly -Kiwanis Terrific Kids & Optimist 5th Grade SotM

March 28th - 3rd Quarter Growth Parade

April 2nd - JBE 4th Grade Field Trip to Capitol

April 4th- School Librarian Appreciation Day

April 4th - Student Council Ice Cream Sales $1

April 4th - JBE Kindergarten Screening

April 4th - Larry Richards Club Meeting 3:35

April 5th - Regional Math Competition at MCHS

April 7th - Possible Snow Day Make-Up

April 10th -Red Cross - STUCO - Blood Drive - 2 - 6 PM.

April 11th - JBE 1st Grade Field Trip to Prairie Fork

April 14th - MONDAY SCHOOL - Friday Specials

April 16th - JBE StuCo Change the World Day

April 16th - JBE 3rd Grade Field Trip to Mark Twain Cave

April 17th - 4th Qtr Mid-Term

April 17th - Delores Miller Young Authors Day

April 18th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

April 21st - JBE 2nd Grade Field Trip to Science Center

April 23rd - Administrative Professionals Day

April 23rd - Bus Driver Appreciation Day

April 23rd - April 24th - JBE 3rd Grade MAP testing

April 25th - 4th Qtr Mid-Term Progress Reports sent home

April 25th - Special Olympics at Wright City

May 1st - School Principal’s Day

May 2nd - Ag Safety Day

May 2nd - Student Council Ice Cream Sales $1

May 2nd - Larry Richards Club Meeting 3:35

May 2nd - School Lunch Hero Day

May 4th-9th - Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5th - Possible Snow Day Make-Up

May 6th - May 8th - JBE 4th Grade MAP testing

May 7th - School Nurse Appreciation Day

May 6th - JBE 5th Grade Field Trip to Stevens Farm

May 7th - JBE 5th Grade Field Trip to Cardinals

May 9th - JBE Field Day

May 13th - JBE Kindergarten Field Trip to Myseum

May 18th - MCHS Graduation

May 19th - MONDAY SCHOOL - Friday Specials

May 20th - JBE 5th Grade Celebration

May 21st - JBE Career Day

May 21st - Elementary 4th Qtr Grades due by 8:00 am

May 21st - PK Celebration 3:00, doors open at 2:50

May 22nd- JBE EOY K-4th Awards

May 22nd - Last Day of School/End of 4th Qtr **Early Out Dismissal for students- 12:30 and Bus Dismissal - 12:50