Teachers are back and we are busy at JCN! In our conversations and planning, we have been reviewing the "Bright Spots" from the end of last year and in our current conditions. New technology and learning adaptability are two significant ones.
I'm pleased to announce we have partnered with Florida Virtual School and will be delivering lessons for our remote learners utilizing their extensive course offerings. To support all learners, our JCN teachers will outline local objectives and select lessons to keep our remote learners in line with our classrooms and connected with our in-person students.
Teachers will also be using some lessons from Florida Virtual School within classrooms to reinforce learning for in-person students. Preparing all students for the possibility of a quarantine time when we need to adapt to learning from home. (though, hopefully, not needed!)
More information to come as we learn about the system!
Welcome aboard new teachers;
New teachers are going through training today.
Just a Reminder that our first 1/2 day of school is coming up on Tuesday, August 25th, AM only. Lunch will be served.
Attention Parents!!!!!!! Calendar Change - Beginning Band Instrument Display is Cancelled (Aug. 13th) - PK-8th Meet the Teacher Night Cancelled (Aug. 13th)
Adding a new look to the EMS Cafeteria before school starts 🍽
Classroom Assignments for Students
Parent’s Use you PowerSchool logins to access you students teacher for K-6
Directions:
1. Go to JCN website, under Menu, select PowerSchool
2. Log in using the information you created when enrolling
3. Click on your child’s name at the top to view their teacher for the ‘20-‘21 school year
NOTICE: The calendar for the school year is now posted under EVENTS. Please be aware that the calendar this year will be ever changing so check back often.
NOTICE: The Academic Banquet has been postponed until a later time.
August calendar change: On August 11, the HS Sports Athlete Parents Meeting @ the HS Football Field will be held at 6:30 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m.
Parents!
Online enrollment is still open. Please go online or call one of the school buildings if you need help completing the online enrollment. We are excited to get this school year under way! We had a great enrollment day with many parents using the online option.
It’s a Great Day to be a Charger!!!!!
Enrollment Today!
It’s exciting to know we are getting close to school started again for a new year!
Team JCN- thank you for all making JCN a great place for kids 😃
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Appointments for Impact Testing for all 7th, 9th, 11th grade students involved in HS or MS extra-curricular activities will be held at the EMS in Nortonville on Monday, August 10 from 8AM to Noon and
Wednesday, August 12 from 8AM to Noon
Contact Coach Polson to schedule an appointment.
Call or Text: 913-426-5606 or
email: tpolson@usd339.net
Class Lists!
EMS Class Lists will be delayed until Friday of this week. Due to the unknown remote learning students, we will be delaying the posting of class lists to ensure balancing classroom numbers.
Thank you for your patience
It sounds as though some of you haven't received your enrollment envelope in the mail yet. I have added my letter to the Enrollment folder under Parent Resources on the website and app. Please see "Welcome back letter 2020" and "Questions and Answers". To begin online enrollment refer to "Instructions -Creating a Guardian account in PowerSchool". Once you have a guardian account, you may log in and click on Enrollment on the left hand side. If you have issues or need assistance, offices in both buildings open tomorrow and in-person enrollment is scheduled for Tuesday from 8-7:00. Thank you!
Free School Supplies. See attached flyer.
NOTICE: The USD 339 Return To School Plan and August, 2020 calendar is available on our website under news and Parent Resources.
The JCN Board of Education met today and have voted to delay the start of school for students by one week. Staff will report as scheduled. The first half day of school will be August 25th (K-9th) and the first full day of school August 26th (K-12th). Preschool will begin August 31st. The delay will provide staff, teachers, and administrators additional time at the beginning of the year to prepare for opening doors with preventive measures in place. Our reopening plan will be out on Monday providing us a framework for the year. I look forward to providing many, many specifics as we work through the next few weeks of this worldwide pandemic.
We will be working to revise our August calendar and get that out quickly as well. We are planning to open online enrollment at the end of next week. We will have our planned in-person enrollment as scheduled, August 4th, if you would like assistance with the process. You will receive a letter next week explaining enrollment and further explaining your opportunities for educating your children this year with JCN. Thank you for being a JCN Charger!
More information to come in the next few days..... but in the meantime, don't panic. As you listen to the news and wait anxiously to hear about schools reopening, masks, etc. Give this a bit more time. We will be sharing our reopening plan next week. We will have options that I believe will help many of you feel better about the school year. I realize the "roller coaster" seems like a runaway train but learning remains our JCN goal and we will help your children continue to learn face-to-face or through a remote manner.
As a kid I loved roller coasters, but as an adult life feeling like a roller coaster is not nearly as much fun. I realize the last time I spoke with you, I said the Governor had delayed schools. While many of you may have been relieved, others may have been quite concerned. Recently, I gave an opinion that a delay of 4 or 5 days would be helpful to ensure our orders have arrived and our best plans are in place. I wanted to reach out and let you know if the State Board decides to reject her mandate, we will be ready for your children. If they support her mandate, the JCN teachers and administration will be on duty each day during the delay planning for our students to return. Teachers will be working to develop remote learning opportunities for students that will need to learn from home during quarantine or high-risk situations. We will be planning for what could be a very interesting year ahead. With teachers on duty, we are able to count half the time as our 1116 hour minimum so if you are afraid we will be attending all next summer, I believe those hours plus swapping some staff development days out of our calendar from later in the year, we can make this work. Most of all, we will be striving for once our doors open, they remain open all year.
I understand this is a very difficult time. Please know the Jefferson County North school community is aiming for making it a quality year. Have a wonderful weekend.
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July 25 8:30am-12pm
July 27 6pm-8pm
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