Blacklick Bulletin

Dear Blacklick Families:

I hope you had a great weekend! It is hard to believe that this is our last week of school. Our student's last day of school is this Friday, May 24, 2024. Thank you very much for all of your support this school year! I am incredibly thankful to be working with such a kind, caring, supportive community of students, staff, and families at Blacklick.

School yearbooks will be distributed to students on Monday of this week. Yearbook orders were completed as a part of the photo orders in the fall. If you have questions about your order, please contact Mrs. Lindsey in the front office at lindseyk@gjps.org.

We are looking forward to several special events this week!

Wednesday, May 22: Field Day! **We will be monitoring the weather to determine if we need to move this event to Thursday.

Friday, May 24: 5th Grade Certificate Ceremony at 9:00 AM

This event will be live streamed for families. I will email the link to grade 5 families later in the week.

Friday, May 24: 5th Grade Clap Out at 2:00 PM

Fifth grade students will walk the halls of Blacklick one last time while students in grades K-4 cheer them on and wish them well! Parents and family members should report to the K/1 playground as the 5th graders will exit the building through the doors leading onto the K/1 playground. We are excited to celebrate our 5th graders!

I hope you have an amazing summer! Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns at 614-759-5100 or by email at grovesk@gjps.org.

Respectfully,

Kristen Groves

Your child's report card for Quarter 4 will be available in Infinite Campus on May 30. We will not be sending home paper copies of the report card this quarter.

If you are not sure of your login or password for Infinite Campus, please call the school office and Mrs. Lindsey will be able to help you (614-759-5100).

You can access your child's on-line progress report by following the steps below:

1. Log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal here:

https://gahannajeffersonoh. infinitecampus.org/campus/ portal/gahanna_jefferson.jsp

2. Once in the portal, click on "DOCUMENTS" in the left menu and select the appropriate report card.

3. The report card will open in a new window so please be sure to allow pop ups with Infinite Campus.

4. As you move the cursor around, a menu will appear at the top of the progress report giving you an option to download or print if you desire.

Field Day/PRIDE Picnic Schedule for May 22:

8:30 - 11:00 AM: Field Day for Grades 3, 4, and 5

11:00 - 11:30 AM: Lunch for the entire school

11:30 - 2:00 PM: Field Day for grades K, 1, and 2

ALL students need to bring a PACKED LUNCH to school on Wednesday!

We are watching the weather and will make a decision regarding whether to utilize our rain date (May 23) if needed!

We couldn’t make this day happen for the Blacklick students without your support - - - our dedicated families! We need your help in leading the students in the collaborative games. You can follow this link to the 2024 PRIDE PICNIC Sign Up Genius page to read brief game descriptions and sign up to volunteer!

We will only have a pizza option for lunch on Friday, May 24. There will not be a yogurt, wow butter or turkey sandwich option on Friday.

All medications MUST be picked up by an adult by the end of the last day of school (Friday, May 24th). ALL medications left behind on this date will be disposed of at the end of the day. If you need to make other arrangements for your child’s medication, please contact your school nurse directly.

Please note:

Gahanna-Jefferson Public School (in accordance with Ohio Law) requires that a new medication form be completed each school year. Each medication requires a separate form. Please contact your child’s healthcare provider to have the form(s) completed if your child must have medication available to them during the school day next year. In the fall, all new medication MUST be brought to the school by an adult. For safety reasons, students CANNOT transport medication to/from school. In addition, ALL medication must be correctly labeled and in the original container.

GJPS’s medication policy as well as all medication forms can be read and downloaded from the Gahanna-Jefferson website:

http://www.gahannaschools.org/District/HealthServices.aspx.

Please contact your school or school nurse with any questions. Have a great summer!

Alexandra Marinelli

School Nurse

614-269-4847

marinellia@gjps.org

Please remind your students to check the lost and found before the end of the school day on Friday. Items left in the lost and found will be donated to a local charity.

Will your student be returning to Blacklick for the 2024-2025 school year? If not, please make sure to notify the school office by calling 614-759-5100 or emailing Mrs. Groves at grovesk@gjps.org. This will help us as we plan for the new school year. Thank you!

This year we are offering families a way to order school supplies for the 2024-2025 school year online. You can pre-order your supplies by clicking the link below. The deadline to order is July 1st. All online orders will be shipped to your home.

https://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/kits.php?sid=79860

All Blacklick students will have access to Lexia and Dreambox over the summer to keep their reading and math skills sharp! I would highly encourage all of our students to continue learning on both Dreambox and Lexia.

You can click on this link to get to ClassLink (consider bookmarking it), and have your child log in with their school email address and password.

Directions for how to log in are linked below:

Summer Access to Lexia and Dreambox - Directions

Mark your calendar! More information will be emailed to families regarding these events in July.

Thursday, August 8: Back to School Bash (6:00 - 7:30 PM) on the Blacklick Playground

Tuesday, August 13: Meet the Teacher Event/Open House

3:00 - 4:00 PM for last names A-M

4:00 - 5:00 PM for last names N-Z

Thursday, August 15: First Day of School for Students

Roarrrr! Little Lions, are you ready to join our PRIDE? GJPS Preschool enrollment is NOW OPEN for the 2024-25 school year! 👧‍👦 Let's play, learn and have fun together!

Click Here for all the information and to register for our GJPSPreschool!

The Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools Central Office and Maintenance buildings will be moved to new locations this summer to create more parking space on the high school site.

Our Central Office will be in a portion of the second floor of the office building at 630 Morrison Road as a result of a three-year lease that the District has entered into. You can learn more about the move and what it means for the current site on our website.

Important Dates:

May 28 Last Day for Central Office at Current Location

May 29-30 Central Office Closed for Move to New Location

May 31 Central Office Opens at New Location

Updated 2023-2024 School Calendar

2023-2024 School Menus

BUS SCHEDULE AND ROUTES FOR 2023-24