JES FAST FACTS, 2007-08
COMING & GOING (See pages 27 to 30 of the Student Handbook for full
details.)
> If your child will be ABSENT, please call 635-2211 and leave a
message on ext. 5.
> At 7:30, the school is opened and staff come on duty to supervise
students. Students should arrive at school after 7:30. (If you need to
deliver an item that can't be carried on the bus, a staff member is at
the main door from 7:10 to 7:30 to accept the delivery; in this case
only, your child may wait in the lobby until 7:30.)
> Classes begin promptly at 7:50. Students should arrive at school
before 7:50.
> Students arriving after 7:50 must report to the office and get a
pass to enter their class.
> If you drop students off in the morning before 7:50, please use
the drop off area on School Street. A staff member is stationed there
to greet children. If you drop off after 7:50, you must drop off at the
main entrance, "behind" the school.
> If you wish or need to accompany your child into school in the
morning, it is best if you park on School Street and walk in the South
Porch door. THE SOUTH PORCH DOOR IS OPEN UNTIL 7:50; after this,
students must enter through the main north door.
> At the start of
the school year, you must designate a regular end-of-day plan for your
child (for example, bus home, bus to daycare, walk, picked up.) You
will need to send a written note to school with the child authorizing
any change from the regular plan. This includes cases in which a child
goes to different destinations on a regular schedule: the child may
leave school under only one plan without a note. You may send in a
week's worth of notes at a time, but please send in a separate note for
each day, with the date, child's name and destination clearly
identified. Please DO NOT CALL to change end-of-day arrangements unless
it is an emergency.
> School dismisses at 2:40. If you pick up your
child at school, please park on School Street and meet in the "South
Porch" area of the building, PROMPTLY AT 2:40.
> If you drive into
the parking lot behind the building by the main entrance, DO NOT PASS
THE BUSSES AND DO NOT BLOCK THE FIRE LANE; THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY
REQUIREMENT.
MEALS & SNACKS (See pages 33 - 34 of the Student Handbook for full
details.)
NOTE CHANGES IN LUNCH/RECESS SCHEDULE NEW THIS YEAR!
> Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 7:50. Lunch is staggered:
Sparkles start lunch at 11:15; Detectives at 11:45; Green Mountaineers
at 12:45; Explorers at 12:15. Recess is right before lunch, except for
Explorers, who have recess after lunch. Due to their later lunch, Green
Mountaineers have a morning snack built into their schedule.
> Students may bring a snack to eat during their mid-morning break.
> Snack milk or juice may be purchased for $.40. Snack drinks are
NOT part of the free/reduced meal program. This year, snack drink
20-punch cards will be sold for $8.00, and must be paid for separately
from breakfast/lunch. (See the Student Handbook and "Forms Packet" for
details.)
> Please send in payments for both snack drink and regular
breakfast/lunch on Mondays.
> Full prices are: breakfast $.85; lunch $1.75; at breakfast/lunch,
milk $.40, juice $.25 - $.75
> Details about paying for breakfast/lunch are included in the
Student Handbook attachments.
> National School Breakfast/Lunch Program applications and
instructions are in the Forms Packet. The majority of Johnson
households are eligible. (For example, a family of four with an annual
income of about $38,000 is eligible for reduced prices.) Not only are
savings substantial, but other funding for our school is determined by
how many students are eligible for the program, even if they never buy
meals. We encourage you to apply!
HOMEWORK, REPORT CARDS, & PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
> Basic homework policies are outlined on page 15 of the Student
Handbook.
> JES students receive three formal report cards per year, in
November,
March and June. Students receive progress reports mid-term. (See pages
15-17 of the Student Handbook).
> Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for October and as
necessary during the rest of the school year . We encourage you to call
your child's teacher any time during the year to ask a question or
arrange a conference. A list of JES telephone extensions is attached to
the Student Handbook.
