JCMS Update

For the safety of our students, we use the following procedure for student early dismissal.

The person picking up the child must:

• have a valid picture ID. We enforce this.
• be listed in Infinite Campus or be a person authorized by the parent to pick up. (See form link below)
• be over 18 years of age.

Students need to turn in an absence note for early checkouts as well as all day absences.

Parents may use the link below to add people to their child's pick up list. The email used on the form must be the email for the parent listed in Infinite Campus.

Student Release Authorization

Please contact Cassandra Cowan if you have questions.

Every Tuesday afternoon, we will send parents an email listing any work your child may be missing. These emails are auto-generated from Infinite Campus, so please contact your child's teachers if you have questions.

The program pulls missing work even if an absence is excused. We hope it will help keep our kids on track. You will not receive an email if your child does not have missing assignments.

Infinite Campus Parent Portal is another way to monitor your child's work.

IC Parent Portal Login

Not sure how to log in or you need help getting started?

IC Parent Portal Support

Links to the FCPS Student Code of Conduct

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Links to RESET Parent Letter from the FCPS Chief of Student Support

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Deadline to apply for Thanksgiving assistance is September 15th. Please contact Emily Thomas at 859-381-3046 for more information.

Athletics Updates:

• Congratulations to the boys and girls cross country teams! Over the weekend the boys won the Bourbon County Colonel Charge and the girls finished 2nd!
• Shoutout to the girls basketball team on two great wins last week over Bryan Station and Crawford.
• I will be getting our banners in the gym updated soon, please send me an email this week with what needs to be added to your teams banner from last year. I have information written down on my end, but I want to double check and make sure there are no mistakes.

Monday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Practice (4:29-6:31pm) field

Cheer Practice (4:30 - 6:00pm) cafe

Tuesday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Practice (4:29-6:31pm) field

6th Grade Football Scrimmage @ West Jessamine (6:30pm)

Cheer Practice (4:30 - 6:00pm) cafe

Wednesday:

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Practice (4:29 - 6:31pm) field

Girls Basketball Home Game vs Beaumont (B Game 5:30pm, A Game 6:30pm) Crawford

Thursday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Cross Country Practice (4:15 - 5:30pm) track

Football Away Game vs Winburn (A Game 6:00pm, B Game 7:00pm) Winburn

Friday:

Girls Basketball Practice (4:00 - 6:00pm) gym

Football Practice (4:29 - 6:31pm) field

Cross Country Movie Night (6:00 - 9:00pm) cafe

Saturday: Nothing scheduled at this time

Sunday: Nothing scheduled at this time

Beginning of the School Year Frequently Used Links

Bus Finder

Free/Reduced Lunch Application

Infinite Campus Student/Parent Portal

My School Bucks

Parents - We know students are not great about telling you dates/times of events at school, and we want to help you out!

Each day at Jessie Clark, we show the morning news - the morning news is where students find out about lunch, sports tryouts, club meeting times and other important information. This news show is uploaded to YouTube everyday - so if you want to know what's going on at JCMS - it's a great place to get information. If you subscribe to the channel, you'll get notified each day of that day's morning news.

Link to JCMS Morning News Youtube Channel - CLICK HERE

OR - you can search on YouTube: WJCE-The Eagles' Nest

The National Weather Service predicts a heat wave this week. Activities outdoors may be limited due to the excessive heat index. The air conditioning is working in the building at this current time, so the heat should not impact indoor activities.

Please take this time to view the JCMS Dress Code. Students out of dress code will be given a negative focus tap in eOS and/or be asked to call home for other clothing. Two negative focus taps for dress code earns a one hour detention. Dress code has been reviewed each day with the students.

Thank you for your cooperation!

The doors open for student arrival at 8:40am. Students may not enter the building early unless they are in the REAL program. Our teachers are not required to be her before 8:40am, so no one will be available to supervise the students.

6th grade

• Report to your team area upon arrival. (The team name is in the "Homeroom" box on the student schedule.)
• Teachers will then direct the students to the right room.
• Students do not need their school supplies on the first day. Please wait until Thursday to bring them.

7th grade

• Report to your team area upon arrival to pick up your schedule. (The team name is in the "Homeroom" box on the student schedule.)
• Students will remain in their team areas until 9:05am when they will move to 1st hour.
• Please make sure to have at least a folder, notebook and pencil. The teachers will review what supplies are needed on Thursday.

8th grade

• Report to homerooms to pick up your schedules. The homerooms are alphabetical -
• Pod A: A - Hea
• Pod B: Hei - Men
• Pod C: Mer - Zea
• After picking up schedules, 8th graders will report directly to 1st hour.
• Please make sure to have at least a folder, notebook and pencil. The teachers will review what supplies are needed on Thursday.

At the request of our neighbor businesses, please do not wait in their parking lots to drop off or pick up your children. You can be ticketed. You are welcome to wait on the side streets and have your students cross at the crossing guards.

Please only drop off or pick up your students using the car rider lane. The staff parking lot in front of the entrance and bus lane are not to be used for safety reasons.

Thank you!

Please use this link to look up your child's bus number and pick up time. Please look up both morning and afternoon because the bus is not always the same. Teachers will also review bus info before dismissal.

Middle and high schools do not use bus tags, so it is very important for the students to know what bus they ride. We will have plenty of adults outside to assist them.

Since this is the first day of school, buses could be late. However, please call the school if a bus not arrive at all @ 859-381-3036.

Enter through the car rider lane.

• If going out bound Clays Mill toward Man O War, it is the first entrance.
• If going in-bound Clays Mill toward downtown, it is the second entrance.

Students may not be dropped off in the staff parking lot. They would have to cross between buses which is a safety issue.

If walkers have to cross Clays Mill to get to school, they need to use the crosswalk with the crossing guards. This includes students who are dropped off across the street.

Students have 3 days to turn in an absence excuse (parent note or doctor note) once they return to school from an absence. They are marked unexcused until that note has been turned in, and Ms. Cowan updates excuses daily. FCPS sends an auto-generated letter with my name on it when a student hits 3, 6 and 10 unexcused absences or tardies warning of the potential of truancy.

More times than not, students have the notes in their backpacks and never turned them in, but Ms. Cowan cannot change the absence reason once the month is complete and closed out in Infinite Campus. Please reinforce to your students to turn notes in to the front office when they arrive in the mornings. We can also accept emails from the email account that's listed in Infinite Campus or they can be faxed.

Thank you,

Jennifer Kendall

Students are allowed to have their cell phones, but they should be turned off and not in use (ie: in pocket, backpack or locker. Consequences for use of electronic devices (phones, AirPods/Wireless Headsets/Smartwatches):

• Classroom

• 1st offense: Teacher takes phone for the remainder of the class period

• 2nd+ offense: Teacher takes phone for the remainder of the day

• For persistent offenses, teachers may submit a discipline referral that documents the interventions attempted & parent contact made by the teacher.

• Common Areas and Hallways

• Teacher should confiscate the phone and turn it into the office. The student can pick it up at the end of the day.

If you need to reach your child or send a message, please call the office. We will get a message to your child or have them call you. Phones are a HUGE distraction that we are trying to minimize.

The Jessie Clark PTSA supports our school in so many ways.

• Parent volunteers
• Funds Special Projects and Activities
• Advocates for students

Please consider joining!

Membership Form

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SuBBQS_xUGlT4XeBIVR65zK7w_9sDm5a/view?usp=sharing