Jonesburg Elementary News

August 21, 2023

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

• Milk is $0.50 - Please send in a labeled envelope
• Mark Your Calendar for Upcoming Dates -

• August 22nd - 1st Day of School for Students

• September 7th - Picture Day at JBE

• September 8th - WILDCAT FRIDAY

• September 15th - GRAND’s Day

Our building is spiffy clean and ready for students to return! Special thank you to our custodial and maintenance crews as well as our staff for all of their hard work this summer. We've had many construction projects as well as your typical updates happen this summer! Our staff has been hard at work attending professional development, emergency training, touring the district and getting their rooms ready. Now, we are ready to learn and grow with our students!

Special thanks to the Jonesburg Optimist for kicking off our meetings with a treat from Sacred Groundz and a donation to each classroom.

This is a reminder that only students & staff will be allowed in the building during morning drop off time. The entrance by the powercat will be open at 7:30. The drop off line is for people to pull up, drop off and drive away. You are welcome to walk your student to the front door. If you wish to get out with your student, please park in a spot to do so. Parking in the drop off line creates confusion and is not safe for our students.

For the first two days of school, parents/guardians WILL BE allowed to walk their student to the classroom. We ask for your cooperation in making this drop off as quick as possible to minimize the number of guests in the building at one time as our students will be learning new procedures. Virtual morning assembly will start at 7:50. When that begins, we ask that all parents/guardians exit the building.

Please help us prepare your student for the first day. If your student does not want to eat school breakfast, they should go directly to their classroom. If your student is eating school breakfast they should go to the cafeteria, get their grab and go breakfast and then go to their classroom to eat.

Students that ride the bus will need to know upon entering the building if they are eating breakfast or not. This will help us get them into the correct line. IF they are eating breakfast there will be a sign for their classes line. We've added images for K-2nd for the first week while we learn our procedure. You can help your student by showing them the shape to look for if they are a bus rider wanting to eat breakfast.

Kindergarten - Mrs. Vicente - Red Heart

1st Grade - Mrs. Weatherford - Blue Circle

2nd Grade - Mrs. Temperly - Green Triangle

2nd Grade - Mrs. Davis - Blue Star

We want you to know that we've got the weather on our radar. Below is our handbook information regarding temperatures for recess. If the temperature or heat index is too high, we will have indoor recess.

Handbook: The guidelines for indoor recess are when outside temperatures are 20 degrees or less or the outside temperature when combined with the wind chill factor of 20 degrees or less. If the heat index is 100 degrees or above, students will remain inside during recess.

Thank You for coming to our teacher Meet & Greet event! We had 92.98% attendance and were able to connect many people to our community partners. Thank you to Love Out Loud, JBE PTO, Good News Club, High Hill Christian Church, High Hill Hounds, Jonesburg High Hill Fire Protection District, Jonesburg Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, MCR2 Social Worker - Kylee Waite, Montgomery City Library, Montgomery County Health Department, Ms. Missouri Senior America- Christy Wilson-Smith, NRG, University Extension and Schwartz Bus Service for joining our community partner event! It was great to see everyone's smiles back in the building! We are looking forward to sharing a great year with you!

We are very blessed in our community to have a resource to help our students have access to weekend food. The flier below will be available at both Registration and Teacher Meet & Greet night. If you are in need of food support or would like to make a donation to help a student in need, please grab a form at registration, Teacher Meet & Greet or from any office or nursing staff.

It's that time of summer when you might be starting to think about school supplies. We had some amazing sponsors that donated money to purchase many of the supplies needed for our Jonesburg Elementary students. The remaining items needed for each student are listed on the 23-24 JBE Supply List by grade level.

Please purchase and bring on Teacher Meet & Greet night (8/17/23) or the first day of school (8/22/23)!

We will be sharing “Amazon Teacher Wish Lists” at the end of July/early August for additional group items teachers could use to enhance learning in the classroom.

THANK YOU to these generous school supply sponsors! Independent Stave Company - New Florence Mill, Jonesburg State Bank, Peoples Savings Bank,

Montgomery City Kiwanis, and CertainTeed!

https://docs.google.com/.../1vIc2XTuEo07JzRyLVdCX.../edit...

JBE Amazon Wish Lists are READY for you! If you want to help a JBE teacher out with the extra things for their classroom that they normally buy with their own money their Wish List links are below. We know how blessed we are at JBE with our amazing community and we are so thankful for each of you and your continued support. We'd love your help in any way you can give it from kind words, positive thoughts, sharing our post or by clicking on the links below to donate. Thank you and see you soon!

Pre K Jeanette Ventimiglia ** K Rhonda Vicente ** 1st Cathy Weatherford ** 2nd Sheridan Temperly ** 2nd Amanda Davis ** 3rd Amanda Jennings ** 4th Kristin Scott ** 4th Tina Cay ** 5th Jenna Fitzgerald ** 5th Paige Hillebrand ** Art Jessica Davis ** Music Bailey Mabry ** SPED Lavada Rodgers ** SPED Keri Rhodes ** Instructional Coach Alayna Parmalee ** Counselor Lacy Gambill

Mark your calendars for Jonesburg Elementary Picture Day on September 7th. Follow the link to make any purchases.
https://bit.ly/44XCCso

www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com

Online Pre-Order Password: 5C9X7T3U

Can’t order online or have other questions? We are happy to help! 314-567-5900

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! JBE will be hosting GRAND's Day on September 15th. In case you are wondering, GRAND's stands for Grandparents, Relatives, Aunts & uncles, Neighbors, & Devoted caregivers. Watch your student's Friday folder for and RSVP and more information on GRAND's Day. We look forward to shining a light on our GRAND's!

More info to come, but mark your calendars for Family Involvement Night, Book Fair and PTO Meeting on September 21st!

As you may know, we have a new math curriculum resource. Mrs. Mallon found this resource and thought it might be helpful for our families. New Math Curriculum Resource Family & Community Overview If you have any questions, please contact your student's teacher or Mrs. Mallon.

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 3PBJJHKD

Help us recognize the great things happening at MCR2 by filling out the Wildcat Award Nomination Form when you notice a staff member doing great things!

The district will be recognizing our outstanding staff members again this year with monthly Wildcat Awards, and at the end of the year reception. Please nominate as many of our staff as you wish for a Wildcat Award.

Like last year, Wildcat Awards will be given each month and all nominees will receive their notes at our end of the year celebration!

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.

We need all families who may qualify to fill out the Free and Reduced Lunch application!

Your Application can help bring funding to MCR2 students. Funding goes directly toward curriculum, teacher salary, family engagement, & more! These funds support student achievement and well-being.

Jonesburg Elementary Meal Reminder

1. We encourage you to fill out a Free & Reduced Meal application to see if you qualify.

2. If you do not qualify and your student eats meals at school the fees are as follows:

1. Full price breakfast - $3.05

2. Full price lunch - $3.45

3. Reduced price breakfast - $0.30

4. Reduced price lunch - $0.40

3. Extra milk and milk break costs $0.50 per student no matter the free and reduced status.

4. Students are not allowed to charge more than $10. If your student owes more than $10 then they will be offered an alternative meal in lieu of the daily lunch choice.

5. Please send in meal money in a labeled envelope. If you are interested, there is an option to pay online through the online SIS portal.

6. Past due balances will be sent home most Friday’s.

7. District phone call reminders for balances under $5 will begin soon. You are welcome to send in money at any time.

8. As always, if you have any questions, please call the Jonesburg Elementary Office. 833-662-6228 ext 4101.

It is important that you have a consistent routine for your child to follow at the end of each day. If you need to make a change to your child’s normal routine you must send a note with your child in the morning.

In an emergency, you may call, but you MUST speak to a secretary before 2pm. Do not leave a message on the school answering service. The answering service is to report absences only, and it is not checked throughout the day. ONLY call in the event of an emergency. A note should be sent if you know in advance of a schedule change.

We will not make any changes after 2pm. Our goal is to get every student safely to their correct destination at the end of each day. We need your help to make sure this happens.

Check out the MCR-II web store! This will be a great way to pay fees and make other purchases this school year. To pay for lunch online, you will continue to do it the way you have in the past. https://mc-wildcats.revtrack.net/

Mark your calendar for the first Wednesday of the month. Frumpy Joe's has generously offered to donate 10% of their sales to Jonesburg Elementary! We are very thankful for the continued support we get from our awesome community! Thank you to Frumpy Joe's for thinking of our students!

Frumpy Joe's has donated over $1000 since they began this program! We appreciate their support!

The Box Tops program has made it easier to collect Box Tops and support your school. Download the Box Tops App, select Jonesburg Elementary (our zip code is 63351), then scan your receipt after you go shopping. No more clipping and saving. You can track our progress on the app. We appreciate your support!

You can find the most up to date breakfast and lunch menus on the district website. Make sure you choose Jonesburg Elementary! You can also click on this link to see the menus.

The Montgomery County R-II Schoolwide Program Plan is available for parents, staff and community members upon request. If you are interested in viewing MCR-II, Jonesburg Elementary, or Montgomery City Elementary’s Schoolwide Program Plan please contact Mrs. Jocelyn Schluss, Assistant Superintendent, at (573)564-2278 or jschluss@mc-wildcats.org. A copy can be printed and mailed, or instructions to access online can be shared.

August 22nd - 1st Day of School for Students

September 6th - SHAC 5:00 @ MCMS (wellness committee)

September 7th - Picture Day at JBE

September 7th- 1st Qtr AMI Menus sent to parents

September 8th - WILDCAT FRIDAY

September 8th - 9/11 Remembrance Day

September 15th - GRAND’s Day

September 15th - 22nd - Book Fair

September 20th - JBE StuCo Change the World Day

September 21st - Family Fun Night 6:00pm-7:15pm

September 21st - 1st Qtr Mid Term