Jefferson County North USD 339

It’s great to be watching football. 2nd Q and JCN leads 8-6

Happy Friday, JCN families. Thank you for your support in reopening schools at JCN and making our first two weeks successful! I hope to start your Labor Day weekend with great news. I have just received approval for our students to enjoy FREE BREAKFASTS and LUNCHES beginning on Tuesday! All enrolled students are eligible to eat breakfast and lunch free of charge. The USDA has recently released waivers allowing us to continue the summer food service programs. We will serve meals free of charge until the money runs out.... our Kansas State Department of Education is estimating this may continue through December, 2020. On Tuesday, we may need to vary our menu slightly to cover the meals for ALL children. Breakfast will include morning preschoolers. I hope this news brings relief to many of you trying to get back on your feet from the past few months. I want to give a special "shout out" to the JCN food service cooks that have done an amazing job with adapting and working tirelessly to feed our JCN students!!

Here is the live-stream link that will be used for the high school football game tonight at Pleasant Ridge (9/4). It will be on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/Rams-Athletics-Activities-108491834321278/?modal=admin_todo_tour

JCN MS Volleyball is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom game to watch live. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88433143813?pwd=VjdWQktVVjB3U2EwR21YQ1pVSVdHZz09

Calendar Change: Homecoming Dance will not be held on Sept. 19 or when originally scheduled on Oct. 10.

CHANGE YOUR CALENDARS!!!! Homecoming will be held on September 18th, the first home football game. Senior and parent recognition will be on September 25th. We are moving homecoming up to the first home game to give us the best chance of playing the game. Make sure you update your calendar or print another one from the website.

Calendar Additions: Sept. 19 - MS VB "B" Oskaloosa Tournament 8:00 a.m. Sept. 19 - MS VB "A" McLouth Tournament 8:00 a.m. Sept. 8 - HS JVFB @ JCN vs. Pleasant Ridge 6:00 p.m. Sept. 14 - HS JVFB @ JCN vs. Valley Heights 6:00 p.m. Sept. 21 - HS JVFB @ Oskaloosa 6:00 p.m. Sept. 28 - HS JVFB @ Horton 6:00 p.m.

Pleasant Ridge High School will be limiting fans to the football game on September 4th. No one will be allowed to enter without a ticket. The limited tickets are being distributed to the football team first. Pleasant Ridge is complying with Leavenworth County's current guidelines. Please be patient with everyone as we try to get this football season started for our kids. Please call if you have questions.

We have no fan limits tonight at the MS games. Extended families are welcome to attend these events and support our student athletes.

Middle School Spectator Instructions for 9/3/20 MS Volleyball Special Procedures due to COVID-19: • Spectator’s temperatures will be taken at the door. • Spectators will be required to wear masks at all times while in JCN buildings. • The NEKL admission price ($3 adults and $2 students) will be paid by spectators at the door. • Spectators will be required to sit in designated seats that have been prepared to accommodate social distancing guidelines. • We ask that fans only attend games in which their student athlete is participating • Children will be required to remain with their family unit • Thank you for your help in keeping everyone safe and assisting us in our attempt to keep athletes in activities as long as possible! MS Football Special Procedures due to COVID-19: • Spectator’s temperatures will be taken at the door. • Spectators will be required to wear masks at all times while in JCN buildings. • The NEKL admission price ($3 adults and $2 students) will be paid by spectators at the door. • Spectators will be required to sit in designated seats that have been prepared to accommodate social distancing guidelines. • We encourage spectators to social distance by bringing chairs and/or blankets for the lawn areas surrounding the field. • Children will be required to remain with their family unit and not gathering to play • Thank you for your help in keeping everyone safe and assisting us in our attempt to keep athletes in activities as long as possible!

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE LIVE FEED OF OUR VOLLEYBALL GAMES BETWEEN JCN, MH-MA AND PR. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87278062523?pwd=eHRPSHd1ZmxDTkFmOWhySzhleFdhQT09

EMS Booster Club information! They are looking to have a great year!!!!!!!

The Lady Charger VB team will start play this Saturday at Perry. They are not limiting seating, but have move up the start time to 8:30. You will need to wear a mask and social distance in the gym. Go get your first wins of the season Girls.

Football Scrimmage This Friday!!!!!!! Football begins with a scrimmage tomorrow at 7:00 JH will scrimmage first followed by HS. Bring some sports drinks, to help support the team. There is no limit on fans but everyone will need to wear a mask in the stands and social distance. Bring a chair of you want to sit in the grass. With your help we're going to play football

K-5 students will be wearing bracelets to lunch this year to help the lunch ladies know of their lunch choice. Red bracelets will be for hot lunches. Blue bracelets will be for peanut butter and jelly lunches. And white bracelets will be for sack lunches. Please review this process with your child. Bracelets will be kept at school.

K-5 parents - Students will be wearing a bracelet to lunch so the lunch ladies know your child’s lunch choice for the day. Red bracelets will be for a hot lunch. Blue bracelets will be for a PBJ lunch. And if your child brings a sack lunch & wants to wear a bracelet, they will have white. Bracelets will be kept at school & not sent home. Please review this process with your child.

Calendar Change: Senior Parents Night for HS VB will be Tuesday, Sept. 1. instead of Thursday Oct. 15. Remove HS Booster Club tailgate from Oct. 9.

Calendar Change K-8 parents night is cancelled. Teachers will be sending information home in the next week about their classroom procedures, expectations, and other information with their students, on Seesaw, or Google Classroom. Looking forward to a fantastic 2020/21 school year!

First Day of School! We are all excited at the EMS! We will have lines coming into the building front doors for 1st thru 8th grade with staff taking temps, kindergarten will enter thru the primary wing doors with Mrs. Avery and Mrs. Funk. Staff will also be outside and in the hallways to help all our students get to their classrooms were teachers will be welcoming them. Breakfast eaters will enter in the side cafeteria doors where Mr. Polson will be helping them. We look forward to starting this school year! Go Chargers!!!!

I'm pleased to announce we are in GREEN for starting school tomorrow. Our county COVID data from today shows Jefferson County with a decreasing trend. Less than 5% of COVID testing is positive, currently. And, even better, the JCN district's boundaries have ZERO active cases. This information was provided by our county health officer.