Our entire community showed PAWS today given the many shifts we had to make due to Ohio's weather. We were able to have our fun walk wearing our brand new t-shirts! I was impressed with our students' athletic abilities!

We quickly had to move our parade indoors due to rain. The students smiled at each child and gave kind compliments as they walked in the hallways. I appreciate all of the hard work of our room parents on planning great fall parties. Thank you for your dedication.

Today was a great day to be a Chapelfield lion. We truly are one team, one family. Have a great weekend.

Sincerely,

Nikki Miller

Report Cards are going home today. You will find an envelope with it in your child's backpack. It is also on infinite campus.

You can access your child's on-line progress report by following the steps below:

1. Log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal here:

https://gahannajeffersonoh. infinitecampus.org/campus/ portal/gahanna_jefferson.jsp

2. Once in the portal, click on "DOCUMENTS" in the left menu and select the appropriate progress report.

3. The progress report will open in a new window so please be sure to allow pop ups with Infinite Campus.

4. As you move the cursor around, a menu will appear at the top of the progress report giving you an option to download or print if you desire.

You may notice on your child’s report card or on the attendance section in Infinite Campus that their tardies will remain at 0 all year, even if they have been late on one or more occasions. If a student is tardy to school, the absence is coded as “unexcused” unless a medical note is provided for the reason for their tardiness. To follow state truancy and absence guidelines, all missed school time is calculated by hours, so this is the reason for the coding. For example, if a student arrives at 8:15am, their attendance will be coded AUX (absence unexcused). If you hover over that specific day, you’ll see it will say “checked in at 8:15am.” This would count 15 minutes of missed school time, or 1/4 of an hour.

Once a student reaches 38 hours of excused or unexcused hours of absence in one month, or 65 hours of excused or unexcused hours in a school year, the student will be flagged as excessively absent. Once this threshold is reached, you will receive a letter of notification of the excessive absence flag, as well as some proactive measures to take to ensure students are coming to school each day. From that point forward, any absence will require medical documentation to be considered excused.

A habitually truant student is “any child of compulsory school age who is absent without legitimate excuse for absence from the public school the child is supposed to attend for thirty (30) or more consecutive hours, forty-two (42) or more hours in one school month, or seventy-two (72) or more hours in one school year.” In the case of habitual truancy, an absence intervention plan would be created with a building administrator, parent/guardian of the child, and the district truancy officer.

Please see the GJPS district guidance with additional helpful information regarding attendance. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Williams, Assistant Principal, at 614-269-4894 or williamsc@gjps.org.

Each year school districts in Ohio are required to offer an opportunity for students in grades K-12 to be identified as gifted in the area of Visual and Performing Arts. The identified areas of giftedness for Visual and Performing Arts include Visual Arts, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Drama/Theater, and Dance. If you know of a student that may be gifted in an area of the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and would like for them to be screened for possible gifted identification in that particular area, please complete the Visual and Performing Arts Nomination Form.

Click here to learn more about the two-phase VPA gifted identification process.

Nominations will be accepted until noon on Monday, November 20, 2023, and will only be accepted using the Google link above.

If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Boyle at gjpsgifted@gjps.org.

Read-A-Thon Winners:

• Top 8: Kinsleigh Puziness, Dakota Cooper, Sam Agan, Margaret Mulder, Kaylee McCoy, TJ Gunn, Caleb Kirchenberg, Nolan Bryant
  
• Raffle Winners: Mackenzie Butler, Grace Williamson, Samantha Champlin, Oliver Meloro
  
• Top Classes: Mrs. Overmeyer, Mrs. Pijor, Miss Steber and Miss McCulley
  
• More information will come about the prizes they have won!

Movie Night: Friday, November 3:

*Please join us for a FREE movie night in our gym. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. We will be watching Bad Guys. Bring a chair or blanket!

*5th grade committee will be selling snacks.

*There will be Free popcorn!

*A guardian must be present to attend.

Restaurant Night:

• Monday, November 6th- 11:00a-8:00p: City BBQ
  

• Wednesday, November 8th- 3:00p-9:00p- Chuck E Cheese (Easton)

Fall Flower Sale Update:

The PTO's Fall Flower Sale was successful! Thank you and congratulations to the top sellers -- your hard work contributed to an excellent fundraiser for the school!!

Class with highest sales: Pardi - $1,970 -- Extra recess

Student with most sales: Adeline Kraning - $1,127 -- $30 Target gift card

Student with 2nd highest sales: Charles Blakely - $790 - $10 Target gift card

Highest Student Sale Per Grade

Kindergarten highest student sales: Patricia Snow - $350 - $10 Whit's gift card

First grade student highest sales: Addyson Stanley - $787 - $10 Whit's gift card

Second grade student highest sales: Brady Kerr - $675 - $10 Whit's gift card

Third grade student highest sales: Annie Dimmerling - $451 - $10 Whit's gift card

Fourth grade student highest sales: Charles Blakely - $790 - $10 Whit's gift card

Fifth grade student highest sales: Adeline Kraning - $1,127 - $10 Whit's gift card

Prizes will be distributed the week of October 30th.

Thanks,

Alicia

Volunteers Needed:

*In order for us to give back to our school community and provide fun events, we need volunteers. Please sign up here to join our team.

CommUNITY University is an opportunity for our GJPS adult community to come together and learn tools and resources for supporting our students' success in school and beyond. Mark your calendar for our first event on Nov. 9 at Clark Hall starting at 6 p.m. You can browse the GJPS CommUNITY University Course Catalog and then please register for the sessions you would like to attend by Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The Heart and Pride Award recognizes two outstanding staff members each month who make a profound impact on our students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.

The Heart & Pride Nomination Form will remain available year-round and is open to any member of our staff, regardless of position.

Friday, November 3: PTO Movie Night

2023-24 GJPS District Calendar (PDF)

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