This Week at Jackson
August 5th
Friday, August 18th
Pictures from This Week
New Office Now Open
As many people noticed during Open House, our main office is relocating across the hall from its old location. To accommodate traffic, we were not using the new secured entry during Open House. Now that school has begun, all visitors will have to use the secured vestibule to gain access to the main office and, from there, the school. All visitors must pass through three locked doorways before getting to the main hallway.
To enter the building, all visitors need to ring our outside bell located on the brick wall to the right as you approach the main entrance from the parking lot. Please remain standing in front of the camera after ringing the bell. Our administrative assistants will speak with you to ask the reason for your visit before admitting you to the building. The outside bell is pictured below.
Once visitors have passed the first locked doors, they will need to move forward, turning slightly to the right. The secured vestibule is pictured below as it looks once visitors pass the first set of locked doors.
After turning to the right, visitors will face another locked door (pictured below on the right). After our administrative assistants have verified there is no visible threat, visitors will be admitted through this door into the main office. All visitors will then need to produce ID to gain admittance through the final locked door into the building.
New Behavioral Expectations for Students
To help our students be more successful, we settled on three new school rules. To help teach the rules, we created a matrix that shows specific examples of what it means to live those rules in different contexts. Our new rules are: be safe, be respectful, and be responsible.
This week our teachers have begun to use the matrix in their lessons to help students display the appropriate behaviors that will propel them to success at Jackson. We consider this document a work in progress; if we find items that need adjustment, we will adjust and re-share with the students and with you.
A copy is below. Because it is designed to be printed on 11x17 paper, the font is very small in this format.
Arrival/Dismissal Reminders
After the first three days of school, we would like to offer a few reminders:
- Cars should never block the way of the school buses
- Cars should pull as far forward on our southern curb during arrival and dismissal as space will allow
- For the safety of the children, please have them enter and exit vehicles on the passenger side during arrival and dismissal
- For both safety and efficiency, adults should remain inside their vehicles during arrival and dismissal
- Cars should make use of the office-provided car tags during dismissal; if a family needs one, please call the office to request one
School Pictures
Jackson will host school pictures on September 28th. More information about purchasing pictures will be shared with you when it is available.
Lunch Menu
Related Arts Rotation
With the exception of the first four days of school, our students rotate through their related arts classes every two days. The below charts will help you to know what is happening with your child each day.
DSC 2023-2024 Calendar
Duneland School Clinic
Duneland Transportation
Information regarding student bus transportation for the 2023-2024 school year is available on DSC website under the Transportation Department.
Track Student's Bus with MyStop App
The DSC Transportation has My Stop available for our families.
My Stop is a web-based application which allows parents to access live bus GPS information using a smartphone, tablet, or computer and securely view the current location of your child’s bus on routes. The system also provides the bus’s estimated time of arrival at your child’s bus stop.
Please read the attached letter to parents for more information on how to use My Stop to track your child's bus.
Child Nutrition: 2023-2024 School Meals
The school meals program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Duneland School Corporation will process free or reduced-price meal benefit applications for those students who apply and are approved. Those students not qualifying for free or reduced-price meals will be charged the paid meal price for breakfast and/or lunch.
Meal prices for the 2023-2024 school year will be available on the DSC Child Nutrition website beginning Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
MyPayment Plus for School Meals
Need to add money to your students school meal account on MyPaymentsPlus? Click on the image below to access
Chesterton High School Athletics
Duneland Community Opportunities
The goal of the Duneland School Corporation district school newsletters is to inform students, parents and the school community about school-related information.
This year, the Duneland Schools will share information that pertains to opportunities our students may be interested in outside of school on a special page on our website. These available opportunities are offered by not-for-profit partnerships and organizations within our school district boundaries and local communities. Follow this link to Community Opportunities.