Red Oak Principal Notes

The learning community of Red Oak Elementary School exists to provide a culture of high expectations, to engage all students in a nurturing environment, and to inspire all students toward life readiness in an ever-changing world.

The vision of Red Oak Elementary is to be the model of academic excellence, invitational education, and high accountability for all.

It's KSA week and we are ready for it! Please make sure you send your student to school well rested and ready! We will begin testing on Tuesday (3rd-5th only) and finish up on Friday. Please make sure that your student attends school this week and is ready to rock the test!

SBDM Parent Nominations for 2024-2025 School Year: Red Oak Elementary is seeking two parents to serve on the School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Council for the 2024-2025 school year. Parent nominations for RED Site Based Decision Making (SBDM) Council are now OPEN! Parents are eligible to serve if they meet the following criteria:

1. Parent council members must be a parent, step-parent, or legal guardian of a student who will be enrolled at RED during the 2024 - 2025 school year.
2. One district lead training session
3. Monthly meetings after school Please email your nomination & biography to redoakpto@jessamine.kyschool.us. Nominations will close on May 6th. Nominations and biographies will be posted on the school website and in the May 6th Weekly Family newsletter. Voting will occur electronically.

A nurse practitioner from HealthPoint will be at Red Oak the next 4 Mondays and is able to see any student for their well child, vaccination or sick visit needs. This is a service that runs throughout the school year at various schools.

Attention 5th grade parents: your student will need their 11 year old well child physical and vaccinations to enter 6th grade. If your student has turned 11 and needs an appointment, please call the school nurse at 859-885-0616 to schedule your appointment. Parents do not need to be present for the appointment, the practitioner will call you before and after the appointment to discuss the visit. The link for the registration packet is located here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JNy3rW7erwWZl05YwuqeNkyF5_0WOKV1/view.

Online Registration Open for 2024-25 school year

ONLINE REGISTRATION (OLR) is now open for the 2024-25 school year. Please help by going online and registering for next year. You can register your entire family at one time, even if children attend different schools in the district. OLR completion is one required step to ensure your child receives their Chromebook at the beginning of next school year without delay. Thank you in advance! If you have any questions or need help remembering your password please call the school at (859) 885-0616.

https://kyede6.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/jessamine.jsp

Please be sure to arrive at school on time for dismissal! We begin dismissal at 2:50 and our last car riders are usually picked up around 3:05. Please be sure to be on time when picking up your student in the afternoon. If you are dropping your students off in the morning or afternoon, please do not park in the handicap spots! These spots are to be left available for those who need access. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

This newsletter will come out to families weekly to keep our households informed of what is happening at Red Oak Elementary. I will send out the link every Monday via Remind and Facebook.

Let me know what I can do for you,

Emily Ellsworth

Principal

Red Oak Elementary

859-885-0616

921 Union Mill Road

Nicholasville, KY 40356

As we start planning for the next year, if you would like to provide input to be referenced during class placement, please complete this OPTIONAL survey regarding your child's learning environment by Friday, May 3rd. Parent/Guardian input will not be considered after the deadline.

PLACEMENT PROCESS: Many factors go into the placement process for next year. Class lists are a collaborative effort of the current grade teachers, special area teachers, support staff and the administrative team. Red Oak Elementay seeks input from caregivers, staff, and students as additional considerations when forming class lists for 2024-2025. While specific requests for teachers/classrooms are not considered and should not be requested, there are a number of factors that parents/guardians can be instrumental in providing that assist in the placement process. Please consider carefully any information you would like the current school staff to be aware of as the placement of your student for next year is considered. Your input will be shared with the class placement committee. Information will be collected through Friday, May 3rd.

April 30- May 3: KSA Testing (3th - 5th)

April 29-May 3: Red Oak’s Got Talent Round 1, during Specials

May 2: PTO Meeting 6:15pm

May 6-10: Teacher APPRECIATION Week

May 7: 5th Grade DARE Graduation 1:30pm

May 7: 1st Grade Meet the Teacher Night- Incoming 1st Graders ONLY!

May 7: SBDM 4pm

May 8: School Nurses Day

May 8: Red Oak’s Got Talent Round 2, during Specials

May 9: Celebration Assemblies (Final) AM

May 9: 5th grade GRADUATION 6:30pm

May 10: First Friday

May 10: 5th grade BASH

Incoming 1st graders, we are excited to welcome you to Red Oak Elementary! Please join us for our transition night on May 7th. Drop in anytime between 6-7pm!

As part of our Title I participation, we are required to evaluate the quality of our parent and family engagement each year. The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather information on how well the school communicated with and engaged parents and guardians during the 24-25 school year. Your feedback is anonymous and will be used to improve our parent and family engagement activities. Suggestions on how we can better help our students at home or at school are welcome.

Please click here to access the survey.

5th grade parents: we are excited to welcome our newest group of jaguars to East Middle next year. We hope you can join us for a parent night on Tuesday, May 7th beginning at 6:00 PM in the EJMS gym.

All 5th graders are invited to attend the EJMS Jaguar Culinary Camp this summer. Please see additional information on the advertisement slide

We are so excited to have parents and family members join our students for lunch! This is a privlidge that not all schools allow and we are thankful that we are able to offer this to our families. Some things to keep in mind during your visit:

1. You must check in with the front office with a current photo ID.

2. You must be on the students list of emergency contacts in Infinite Campus.

3. Your visit allows you to eat in the cafeteria and leave immediately following after signing out in the front office.

4. We ask that no parents or visitors walk to their child's classroom after lunch. Our teachers work hard to protect the learning environment for our students and we ask for your full cooperation in this manner.

We LOVE to have our parents volunteer in our building, and go on field trips with our students! If you go on a field trip and are in charge of a group of students, all of this information must be submitted prior to the trip. Please be advised that these procedures may take up to 2 weeks to be completed and submitted. All of the forms needed are located in our front office at RED.

See below:

Volunteers - CENTRAL REGISTRY CHECK

To be a volunteer who works directly with students in Jessamine County Schools, Child Abuse/Neglect procedures are required and regulated by Kentucky law and school board policy. Upon requesting to be a volunteer, every person must submit to the AOC crime check and complete a DPP-156 from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services showing no substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect.

For the Child Abuse/Neglect check the DPP-156 form must be completed online. Go Here

and click CREATE ACCOUNT. Enter your information and check the DPP-156 form. You must add that you would like for us to have access to your records and include our email for confirmation. You will be given a unique code to submit for payment.

Jessamine County Schools

871 Wilmore Road, Nicholasville, KY 40356

Stephanie.Kolberg@jessamine.kyschools.us

If you have any questions with this process please contact Mrs. Teresa Walters at 859-885-4179 x 3015.

Both the crime check and the CAN check must be completed prior to beginning as a volunteer with Jessamine County Schools. Please understand that there will be no exceptions to this procedure. Mrs. Teresa Walters will notify you when you are ready to volunteer.

The main goal of the Jessamine County Department of Transportation is to keep our kids SAFE while getting to and from school. Below are the bus expectations. If your student is not following these rules, a bus referral will be written. After 3 referrals, a student will no longer be able to participate in bus transportation. Please help us keep your child safe by going over these rules with them!

Any student who is a car rider will need a tag to pick up in carline. If you do not have a car tag hanging in your car, you will need to park and come in to the office to receive your child! We appreciate your cooperation! Please remember to have your child enter and exit the vehicle on the RIGHT SIDE by the curb. This is the best way to ensure that your student stays safe!

All students will be placed on the appropriate transportation that is reflected in Infinite Campus. If you need to make a transportation change, please call Ms. Wanda in our office by 2:00. We need to have time to notify the teachers.

Our Ride 360 app is up and working! If you have any questions at all concerning your child while they are on the bus, please call our office! If you have any questions concerning the Ride 360 app, please call the Transportation Office at 859-885-4891 or the online site .

Families can use their Parent Portal to pay for field trips, classroom fees, and to put money in student cafeteria accounts. There are no fees associated with online payments through the Parent Portal. Online payments are optional; students may still bring in cash or a check. All RED students will receive breakfast and lunch at no cost, regardless of household size or income during the 2021-2022 school year. Families may choose to put money in a student’s cafeteria account to allow the student to purchase extra food/drink. Online payments are STRONGLY encouraged.

The 23-24 School Fees have been added to Infinite Campus as well as any outstanding fees associated with Chromebook damages from last year. Please login to IC Parent Portal to pay these fees. Our fees this year are $25.

Jessamine Co. is very fortunate to be able to continue participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). This allows all students to receive one (1) BREAKFAST and one (1) LUNCH at NO COST every day school is in session.

• Meal Benefit Application - found in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal

• Educational Benefit Form (EBF) - paper form available in the front office of each school or the Food Service Office in the Central Office Annex.

Why should families complete one of these forms when students don’t have to pay for meals?

• Students who have a Free or Reduced Meal ELIGIBILITY:

• Have school technology fees waived or reduced

• Have Field Trip Fees waived or reduced

• Have Athletic Fees waived or reduced

• (Students with a FREE Meal Eligibility have these fees waived 100%, students with a REDUCED Meal Eligibility have these fees reduced by 50%)

Website: https://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/15/Home
Location: 921 Union Mill Road, Nicholasville, KY, USA
Phone: 859-885-0616
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redoakelem