The Jim Plain Insider

We aspire to be a safe and loving community that empowers students to be lifelong learners who positively contribute to the world.

We loved seeing grandparents on campus for Grandparents' Day Lunch on Monday! The main hallway was full of love, laughter, and smiles from both the grandparents and your children.

We are looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday for our first PTA meeting. PTA is providing pizza and our Glenn HS PALS will be providing childcare. We hope you can attend to hear all about PTA, upcoming events, and a special message from Ms. Riordan on our Robotics program! See more information and an RSVP for pizza below!

Don't forget we are celebrating International Dot Day on Monday, and we encourage everyone to wear polka dots. Dot Day is inspired by a book by Peter Reynolds and celebrates creativity and potential. Please ask your student about Dot Day and how we celebrate on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

💖Mrs. Ulatoski

Congratulations to Ms. Huber's class for being the Star Class of the Week!

We'll share the picture next week! :)

24-25 Academic Calendar

September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month

September 16

• International Dot Day - wear polka dots! see info below!
• IT Professionals Week begins - We love our campus technologist, Stephanie!!
• Celebrate Freedom Week begins

September 17

• Constitution Day

September 18

• PTA General Meeting at 5:30 in the JPE Library
• Hector P. Garcia Day

September 20

• Future Friday - wear your favorite LMS, DMS, GHS, college, career, or military shirt!

September 23

• No school - Staff Professional Learning Day

October 1

• Elementary Night at the Danielson Middle School Football Game

October 2

• Glenn High School Homecoming Parade - come walk with JPE! More info coming soon!

Yearbooks are already on sale! Click on the link to order yours now! Yearbooks are $18 from now until November 15th. Prices increase to $20 on November 16th.

Does your 3rd-5th grade child like to build, design, invent, create, perform, and work with a team to solve challenges? If so, they might be interested in participating in Destination Imagination (DI). Destination Imagination (DI) is an extracurricular, school-sponsored program that fosters students' creativity, team-based problem-solving skills, and life skills. Leander ISD Destination Imagination is open to all third through fifth-grade students. Each team must have a team manager to facilitate team practices. You can find more information on the QUEST website as well as the form to fill out.

If your child is interested in participating in DI, please read the DI information and complete the DI registration form with your child. All registration forms are due by October 1, 2024. You may print them and return them to your child’s teacher or email them directly to the QUEST teacher at emily.riordan@leanderisd.org

When your child is absent, please communicate this with us through School Dismissal Manager. You will mark your student absent and let us know the reason for the absence. This communicates your child's absence with administration, our registrar, and your child's teacher all at the same time! Unexcused absences can quickly accumulate, so please be sure you are communicating all absences with us. You can find more information on attendance here.

We show our Plain Pride spirit by wearing our Plain school shirts on Mondays!

This year we will also celebrate Future Fridays -- wear a DMS, LMS, or GHS shirt to celebrate our future LISD schools, wear your favorite college t-shirt, or wear a future career, company, or military shirt to show off our BRIGHT futures!

We love our JPE PTA! They work together to create incredible experiences for our students, staff, and families. Interested in joining or learning more? Find out more about out JPE PTA here and be on the lookout for the PTA table at school events!

Our first PTA meeting is on September 18th at 5:30 pm. We will be providing pizza, and the Glenn HS PALS will be providing childcare during the meeting! Please let us know if you'll be able to make it so we can order enough pizza by completing this form.

We are excited to launch our 24-25 Site Based Committee. This committee will meet throughout the year to discuss our campus improvement plan, assess educational outcomes of all students, review goals and strategies, and ensure that strategies are implemented and adjusted to improve student achievement and experience.

We will have a digital training that will be sent out towards the end of September, and the other meetings will be held virtually 30 minutes prior to our PTA meetings in November, January, and February. If you are interested in joining the site based committee, please complete the form here.

Volunteer opportunities are everywhere! Take a moment to complete your volunteer application for 2024-25 if you have not had the chance to do so already: https://www.leanderisd.org/volunteering/